Clean Hands is the Nomadic Envoy’s first assignment, and it drops you straight onto Pendola Pass with the Frozen Trail update. The job is short on paper but unforgiving in practice: you recover a quest item, carry it to a rooftop, and extract with it still in your bags. Every objective has to land inside a single raid.
Quick answer: In one round, search the duffle bag at the Nomad Camp below the Railyard for the Equatorial Sundial, hold it up on the Old Town church roof, then extract and hand it to the Nomadic Envoy in Speranza.
Requirements before you start Clean Hands
You accept Clean Hands from the Nomadic Envoy, which means Pendola Pass needs to be open already. The map unlocks once you have played 25 rounds, and it sits at difficulty 3 of 5. Snow is the first hazard here. A blizzard can roll in and chip away at your health while you cross open ground, so pack accordingly.
The whole quest resets if you lose the Equatorial Sundial before extracting. That single rule shapes what you carry in.
- An augment fitted with a safe pocket, so the Sundial survives if you die
- Healing items to counter the blizzard damage out in the open
- At least one reliable weapon for raider and ARC encounters, including a Bully ARC that can chase you across the snow
Recover the Equatorial Sundial from the Nomad Camp
The Railyard sits near the center of Pendola Pass, south of the Controlled Receiving Facility. The Nomad Camp is tucked directly underground beneath it, and ARC activity down there tends to be light.
Open your inventory right away and move the Equatorial Sundial into your safe pocket. If you die with it sitting in your regular bags, it is gone, and you will have to come back for it in a fresh raid.
Raise the Sundial on the Old Town church tower
The Envoy wants the Sundial taken somewhere high and open so the air can speed along its cleansing. That spot is the church in Old Town, west of the Railyard, easy to pick out thanks to its tall steeple standing over the ruined streets.
Once the objective updates, confirm the Sundial is back in your safe pocket before you climb down. It still has to survive extraction.
Extract and deliver to the Nomadic Envoy
Grab any loot you want on the way down, then make for an exit with the Sundial on you. A Gondola point is one straightforward option. Clear out of Pendola Pass, return to Speranza, and hand the item to the Nomadic Envoy to close out the quest.
You know it worked when the turn-in registers and the Envoy’s dialogue acknowledges the favor:
Good. You have done for us what we could not do ourselves. Such a debt is not lightly regarded.
Clean Hands rewards
| Reward | Qty | Use |
|---|---|---|
 Sextant | 1 | Trinket; sell for extra Coins |
 Shield Recharger | 1 | Gear item |
 Battered Paperback | 1 | Research Workbench upgrade material |
| XP | 5,000 | Account progression |
Keep the Battered Paperback instead of scrapping it; it’s used for a Research Workbench upgrade. The Sextant is only worth selling when you need cash. Using the Shield Recharger takes 2 seconds, then it restores 4 shield per second for 10 seconds. This Uncommon item sells for 520 Coins or can be bought from Lance for 1,560 Coins.
Clearing Clean Hands opens up Taking Stock, the Nomads’ next job, so this is the thread to pull if you want to keep working through their questline on Pendola Pass.
