How to Complete the Population Census Quest in Escape from Tarkov

A new day, and a new task to complete Escape from TarkovThis time, Therapist wants to determine how many people have disappeared in the city. To do that, you must find a diary with data.

Here is how to find the diary and complete the census quest in Escape from Tarkov.

Escape from Tarkov: Census Guide

Therapist has given you a difficult task: determine how many people have disappeared in the city. Tarkov has a report of this via the Housing Agency Magazine which is somewhere on the Streets of Tarkov map.

You can find the magazine in the Housing Department, a small building in the center of Streets of Tarkov. The map above shows you where to go, but we’ve broken it down further below.

Find the magazine in the Housing department

The magazine can be found in the Housing Departmenta building on the Streets of Tarkov map. Go down Primorsky Avenue, opposite the Pinewood Hotel. You are looking for a air bridge directly opposite the Burger Spot and next to the IDEA poster.

Walk under the skybridge and the Housing department will appear right before your eyesThe medium sized yellow building cannot be entered through the front door because it is boarded up, so walk through the playground on the left And enter through the red door at the back of the building.

The magazine will be in one of the five locations at the Housing Department. Below you will find the locations.

Location one

At the second door on the right after you enter the Housing Department, a small office with a desk and bookshelf awaits behind the door. The magazine will be in the marked red square above and on the bookshelf.

Location two

Go down the hall to the left, then go right. An office on the right will have a double desk with a lamp – the diary will be on the desk under the lamp.

Location three

Go back to the hall and continue in the original direction. In a room next to the stairs on the left will be the main reception with a filing cabinet and a long desk behind a counter. The diary will be in the small drawer under the potted plant.

Location four

Go back to the hallway and continue to the end. There should be an office with a door on the left side of the hallway with three desks. The diary will be on the first desk on the right, hanging off the edge of the desk.

Location five

If you’ve cleared all four locations so far, the last place to check is upstairs. On the first floor and in the first door on the left that you can open, there’s a bookshelf with its contents empty. The journal is under the darkened desk between the journal and the bookshelf, among the other books.

If you’ve checked all five locations and haven’t found the journal, chances are another player got there before you and you’ll need to restart the raid.

Unpack the diary and complete the mission

Once you have the journal in your possession, it’s time to leave. Go back to the main road under the sky bridge and then go to an exfil. Or the Collapsed crane or the Sewer river works as the best extraction locations (if they are available to you).

Be careful of other players and Scavs when you leave. The Housing Department and nearby buildings have some nice loot to be found, so expect to see a few people snooping around.

Turn in the journal to Therapist and the quest is complete. You will be rewarded with 6,900 EXP, 35,000 rubles, two Salewa first aid kits and two medical devicesas well as some seller’s reputation.