The Case of Wainwright Jakobs

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The Case of Wainwright Jakobs is the story mission in the Guns, Love, and Tentacles DLC for Borderlands 3.

Background[]

"Wainwright is safe for now in The Lodge, but the cursed ring on his finger is slowly possessing him. To find out how to break the curse, you'll need to brave a less-than-friendly town and enlist the help of an enigmatic private eye. What could go wrong?"

Walkthrough[]

Objectives[]

Talk to Mancubus
Talk to Wainwright
~~Remove mysterious ring~~
Talk to Mancubus
Go to The Eye Witness
Ring bell
Talk to townsfolk
Talk to Hallan
Talk to Jeanna
Go to Whiternot Cemetery
Defend Burton
Revive Burton
Take gate key
Open gate
Go to Dustbound Archives
Reach holography chamber
Talk to Harriet
Clear holography chamber
Use projector
Find holotape
Place holotape
Find holotape
- Find another way in
- Enter ventilation
- Destroy barricade
Place holotape
Survive ambush
Find founder's office
- Kill Empowered Scholar
Search for information
Return to The Lodge
Talk to Mancubus
Insert Delta-3 tape

Notes[]

Mission items:
- Gate key - Key to the Dustbound Archives. Wonder why he had that?
- Holotape - The broken past, fragmented like a memory.
- Delta-3 Tape - The old ways are better.

Trivia[]

The title of the mission is a reference to the H.P. Lovecraft short story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

Video Walkthrough[]

The Case of Wainwright Jakobs

Borderlands 3 Missions

Borderlands 3

Main Missions

Children of the Vault • From the Ground Up • Cult Following • Taking Flight • Sanctuary • Hostile Takeover • The Impending Storm • Space-Laser Tag • Atlas, At Last • Beneath the Meridian • Hammerlocked • Lair of the Harpy • The Guns of Reliance • The Family Jewel • Going Rogue • Cold as the Grave • Blood Drive • Angels and Speed Demons • The Great Vault • The First Vault Hunter • Footsteps of Giants • In the Shadow of Starlight • Divine Retribution

Optional Missions

Powerful Connections • Bad Reception • Dump on Dumptruck • Golden Calves • Under Taker • Skag Dog Days • Head Case • Just a Prick • Healers and Dealers • Maliwannabees • Rise and Grind • Dynasty Diner • Kill Killavolt • Proof of Wife • Porta Prison • Technical NOGout • Holy Spirits • Invasion of Privacy • Opposition Research • Ratch'd Up • Don't Truck with Eden-6 • Get Quick, Slick • On the Blood Path • The Kevin Konundrum • Witch's Brew • Sacked • Malevolent Practice • Irregular Customers • Capture the Frag • Swamp Bro • Dynasty Dash: Eden-6 • Rumble in the Jungle • Sell Out • Raiders of the Lost Rock • Pandora's Next Top Mouthpiece • Dynasty Dash: Pandora • ECHOnet Neutrality • The Feeble and the Furious • Buff Film Buff • Boom Boom Boomtown • Life of the Party • Sheega's All That • The Homestead • The Homestead (Part 2) • The Homestead (Part 3) • Just Desserts • Let’s Get It Vaughn • Wildlife Conservation • The Demon in the Dark • Childhood's End • Transaction-Packed • Cannonization • Bad Vibrations • Homeopathological • It's Alive • Fire in the Sky • Baby Dancer

Non-story Missions

The Slaughter Shaft • Welcome to Slaughterstar 3000 • Slaughterstar 3000 • Discover the Trial of Cunning • Trial of Cunning • Discover the Trial of Supremacy • Trial of Supremacy • Discover the Trial of Survival • Trial of Survival • Discover the Trial of Fervor • Trial of Fervor • Discover the Trial of Discipline • Trial of Discipline • Discover the Trial of Instinct • Trial of Instinct • Cistern of Slaughter • Bloody Harvest: Descent into Heck • Bloody Harvest: The Rebloodening • Discovery: Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite • Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite • Revenge of the Cartels: Ultraviolet Nights • Revenge of the Cartels II: The Revengening • Discovery: Takedown at the Guardian Breach • Takedown at the Guardian Breach

Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot

Main Missions

The Handsome Jackpot • Playing with Fire • Winners and Losers • One Man's Treasure • The Plan • Jack's Wild • All Bets Off

Side Missions

Regaining One's Feet • Sisterly Love • Do it for Digby (Part 1) • Do it for Digby (Part 2) • Do it for Digby (Part 3) • The Great Escape • Heart of Gold • Too Much Of A Good Thing • Raging Bot • Acid Trip • Double Down

Guns, Love, and Tentacles

Main Missions

The Party Out of Space • The Shadow Over Cursehaven • The Case of Wainwright Jakobs • The Horror in the Woods • On the Mountain of Mayhem • The Call of Gythian

Side Missions

Call of the Deep • Sinister Sounds • The Proprietor: Empty Bottles • The Nibblenomicon • The Proprietor: Rare Vintage • Cold Case: Buried Questions • Cold Case: Restless Memories • Cold Case: Forgotten Answers • The Great Escape (Part 2) • We Slass! • We Slass! (Part 2) • We Slass! (Part 3) • The Madness Beneath • Happily Ever After

Bounty of Blood

Main Missions

Blood From A Stone • The Name of the Law • Off the Rails • Where It All Started • Riding to Ruin

Side Missions

Miracle Elixir Fixer • Devil Rustlers • Saurdew Valley • Money Back Guarantee • The Legend of McSmugger • Dirty Deeds • The Quick and the Quickerer • Lost and Found • Of Blood and Beans • The Meatman Prophecy • The Dandy and Damsel

Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck

Main Missions

Enter the Psychoscape • Siege of Castle Crimson • What Love Remains • Inhuman Trials • Locus of Rage

Side Missions

A Good Egg • Blast Requests • Brainstorm • Check, Please • Does a Body Good • Don't Call it a Rorschach • Hot and Unbothered • It's an Allegory • Krieg's on Parade • Laid to Rust • Remodel Behavior • Scratch, Don't Sniff • That Rings a Something

Designer's Cut

Side Missions

Arms Race • Arms Race: Introduction

Director's Cut

Main Missions

Mysteriouslier: Murder on Eschaton Row • Mysteriouslier: The Vanishing of Hizzen Mays • Mysteriouslier: Ghosts of Karass Canyon • Mysteriouslier: Horror at Scryer's Crypt

Side Missions

You. Will. Die. (Over and Over.)

The Case of Wainwright Jakobs

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Background[]

Walkthrough[]

Objectives[]

Notes[]

Trivia[]

Video Walkthrough[]

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