A Cysty-Dance with Death

Guide to completing 'A Cysty-Dance with Death' in The Outer Worlds. Learn how to start the quest, deal with Clive Lumbergh, and eliminate Catherine Malin.

Alright, let's tackle this quest, 'A Cysty-Dance with Death.' It's a bit of a tricky one because it's tied pretty closely to another quest, 'Slaughterhouse Clive.' You'll want to have that one figured out first, so make sure you've read up on it.

How to Start:

First things first, you need to head over to the C&P Boarst Factory on Monarch. Your goal here is to find and talk to Clive Lumbergh. The path to him, and all the choices you have, are detailed in the 'Slaughterhouse Clive' guide, so seriously, go check that out first. It's a whole thing.

Once you've managed to get to Clive and have a chat, you'll get an opportunity to respond. When it comes up, pick the dialogue option that goes something like: “SubLight sent me to kill you. But I’m sure we can work something out.”

Clive will then make you an offer: he wants you to take out Catherine Malin for him. You can agree to this by choosing “Good deal. I’ll kill Catherine for you.” or if you're on the fence, you can say “I’ll think it over and get back to you.” Either of those choices will kick off this quest, 'A Cysty-Dance with Death.' As you can see, it's pretty much impossible to do this one without dealing with 'Slaughterhouse Clive' too.

Walkthrough:

So, your new objective is to eliminate Catherine Malin. The game suggests being sneaky about it, and honestly, that's probably the best way to go.

Head back to Fallbrook. Once you're there, find a good spot to crouch down somewhere near Catherine. The goal is to take her out without making too much of a scene. If you go in loud, you might find yourself having to deal with a bunch of SubLight goons. However, if you're careful and don't draw too much attention, it should be a pretty contained fight. We found that just shooting Catherine, then ducking into her room and letting our companions handle any SubLight thugs that showed up worked pretty well. Once the fighting died down, we just casually walked out of Fallbrook.

Warning: Doing this will definitely earn you some negative reputation with SubLight. So, if you still have business with them, make sure you've wrapped that up before you go making Catherine an ex-employee.

After you've dealt with Catherine, you'll need to return to Clive Lumbergh at the C&P Boarst Factory to collect your reward.