Similar to the Zero Dam, Layali Grove has hidden loot that players can fight for and acquire. The hidden loot is classified as ‘Secret Protocol Crate #L‘. There are a total of 6 of these crates in Layali Grove to date. Each Secret Protocol Crate contains exquisite items that would cost a lot if you went to buy or craft them at the marketplace. Dawning these will show off your search and acquisition skills while in battle. In this guide, we will walk you through all 6 Layali Grove Hidden Loot (Secret Protocol Crates) in Delta Force.
Layali Grove Secret Protocol Crates In Delta Force
There are 6 loot crates to be acquired and named ‘Secret Protocol Crate #L1,2,3,4,5, and 6. All of the crates have rare and special items that can be found all over at Layali Grove in Delta Force. Let us go through the locations and contents of these crates one by one.
Layali Grove Secret Protocol Crate #L1
To acquire the Secret Protocol Crate #L1, travel south of Aminya Village as shown in the image above. You will see a small yellow building with the Delta Force symbol and next to it are stairs leading to an underground bunker. The door of the underground bunker will be locked by a numeric keypad requiring 3 digits to unlock.
Secret Protocol Crate #L1 Digit 1
The first digit is near the left boundary wall with a dagger pointing down towards a well. The first digit is imprinted on the walls of the well.
Secret Protocol Crate #L1 Digit 2
For the second digit, face opposite the stairs leading to the bunker, climb a small hill, and you will see a yellow building with a dagger pointing left to a passage between 2 buildings. In this passage you will see a blue-colored water station with a tap, the digit will be below the tap near the drain.
Secret Protocol Crate #L1 Digit 3
You will find the third digit in the same building with the blue water station. Head inside the building through the doorway. Go up the stairs till you reach a balcony connecting to a structure (under construction). Keep climbing the wooden platforms and work your way up, you will have to climb the yellow ladders along the path.
Once you are nearing the end you will see an AC unit with a bird’s nest, jump on that. From there you will have to jump on a couple of wooden platforms till you see a big jump leading into a scaffolding. The third digit will be in that scaffolding on the top right side of the floor.
Tip: Search the bird’s nest for some goodies.
Secret Protocol Crate #L1 Location
Head back to the underground bunker and enter the 3 digits. Unlocking the door will lead you inside to a radio which which will give you a ‘Breach Specialist‘ contract. This has to be finished before the timer runs down in order to acquire the Secret Protocol Crate #L1.
Accept the contract, and you have to plant a C4 on the building door, marked on the map (very close to you). After setting the C4, you will be met with resistance from a few bots, destroy them till the C4 blows the door open. Once the C4 detonates, head inside and walk up the stairs till you see a bookshelf. You will find a Key Card between (on the floor) this bookshelf and a chair.
Go back to the start of the stairs leading to the underground bunker. Turn left and you will see a small mustard-colored building, go inside and you will see a locked door needing a Key Card to unlock it. Use the key card that you found, to unlock the door leading to the Secret Protocol Crate #L1. This crate contains the ‘Gold Helmet‘.
Note: The digits change often so you cannot keep using the same digits each time. Enter the digits in the order specified by us.
Layali Grove Secret Protocol Crate #L2
For the Secret Protocol Crate #L2 travel to ‘Manor House‘. At the back of the house, you will see a Delta Force symbol and stairs leading to an underground bunker. This bunker also needs 3 digits to get unlocked. All the digits will be found at the house.
Secret Protocol Crate #L2 Digit 1
Go inside the house and into the room with a dagger pointing left towards the corner of the room. Once you go left into the little cubby, you will see the number above the wooden boxes on the left top-hand side.
Secret Protocol Crate #L2 Digit 2
For the second digit, go outside and climb the outer stairs which lead you to an open veranda, from there jump on the tent-like roof opposite the forklift. You will see a dagger pointing right to another veranda, jump onto that veranda. On the bottom left, you will see the second digit.
Secret Protocol Crate #L2 Digit 3
Opposite to where you found the second digit, you will see a dagger pointing left, walk in that direction and in the left corner you will see a hole containing the third digit.
Go back to the underground bunker and enter the 3 digits in the order which we have specified. Unlocking the door will lead you to the Secret Protocol Crate #L2 containing the ‘Gold Vest/Armor‘.
Layali Grove Secret Protocol Crate #L3
Before starting this mission it is important to note, that you will need to have acquired the ‘Layali Grove‘ key card in ‘Zero Dam‘ during the ‘Secret Protocol Crate #D3‘. If not, play Zero Dam and find the Secret Protocol Crate #D3.
You will need 3 key cards to find the crate (considering the key card from Zero Dam to be the first).
Secret Protocol Crate #L3 Key Card 2
Head over to Ghurab Desolation. You will see a red arrow pointing right, go in that direction. Use the key card which you acquired in Zero Dam, to unlock the blue door with designs having the ‘Wireless Card Reader’. Pick up the key card on the table inside.
Secret Protocol Crate #L3 Key Card 3
Travel to just south of the ‘Transnova Station‘, and you will another underground bunker. Use the second key card to unlock the door. Pick up the keycard on the wooden box.
Secret Protocol Crate #L3 Location
Once you have acquired the third key card, head over to ‘Desert Trails Farm‘. Find the underground bunker in the middle of the field. Use the Key Card 3 to unlock the door leading to the Secret Protocol Crate #L3 containing the ‘Ammo Crate‘
Pro Tip: Extract the crate into an expansion slot.
Layali Grove Secret Protocol Crate #L4
Go far south of the ‘Sparkling Express Hotel‘ on the map, and you will find an underground bunker next to the ‘Paid Extraction’. The bunker door will be locked by a 4-digit numeric keypad and on the keypad, you get a hint of Ciphered words. You have to decode the cipher.
Use an online ‘Keyboard Change Cipher‘ to decode the message. For now, it says ‘Cave Ghurab Desolation Minefield Warf Tower‘ (could change in the future). This means Digit 1 is at ‘Cave’, Digit 2 in ‘Ghurab Desolation’, Digit 4 at ‘Minefield’, and Digit 4 at ‘Warf Tower’.
Secret Protocol Crate #L4 Digit 1 (Cave)
You will find the cave, east of the map and southeast of the ‘Storage Center’ as shown in the image. Go inside the cave, and find a small box with a dagger pointing left. Go between the box with the dagger and the boxes on the left. You will find Digit 1 in the corner on the bottom of a wooden box.
Secret Protocol Crate #L4 Digit 2 (Ghurab Desolation)
Go into Ghurab Desolation and find the building with a dagger pointing to the left (as shown in the image). You will see the Digit 2 inscribed on a broken blue-colored wall.
Secret Protocol Crate #L4 Digit 3 (Minefield)
Make sure you have full health and stack up on medical supplies before you approach this minefield just west of Ghurab Desolation. Head over to the rock overlooking the warning signboards about mines. Find the one signboard that has fallen on the ground. You will see a mine near it, you need to trigger that mine by quickly walking over it but do not stand on it (cannot be triggered by shooting it). You can even trick a bot or your teammate to walk over it. Once you quickly walk over it, it will explode, causing significant damage to you if not killing you. Med up, and you will see the Digit 3 where the mine was.
Secret Protocol Crate #L4 Digit 4 (Wharf Tower)
Head over to ‘Blue Wharf‘ where you will see a big tower by the pier. Go inside the tower, and follow the directional arrows to the room with a dead end. In that room on the top right-hand side, you will see a dagger pointing to the Digit 4 on the wall behind the top staircase railing. Stand directly under the dagger for a better view.
After you gather all the 4 Digits, head back to the bunker and enter them. Unlocking the door will lead you to the Secret Protocol Crate #L4 containing the ‘SCAR-H Skin‘.
Pro Tip: The Digits are transcribed in Morse Code (dots and dashes) try to resemble the shapes of the Morse code into numbers 0-9. Digits will change often
Layali Grove Secret Protocol Crate #L5
Head far south of Ghurab Desolation towards the end of the map, where you will find an underground bunker requiring 4 digits to get unlocked. You are given a hint ‘A1, B2, C2, D’ (each letter represents a digit), and above the door, you will see in Morse code ‘Ascension‘. This means you will have to play on the Ascension map to acquire the digits.
The map is divided into 4 sections: Section A, B, C, and D. Each letter represents a flag hoisted.
- A1 Location: On the green box by the Flag A.
- B2 Location: Go into the red-colored warehouse with ‘Haavk’ written on it. Find the flag hoisted in the center, B2 will be on the center machinery near the yellow light.
- C2 Location: Inside the warehouse tunnel with ‘ST3’ written inside the big wall, on the left you will see the flag C2, and the C2 digit right below the flag.
- D Location: On the right-hand side of the flag D, you will see 2 red containers stacked upon each other, the D Digit will be on the the upper left corner of the top container.
Go back to the Layali Grove map, and enter the digits found in the order we have specified on the bunker door. Unlocking the door will lead you to the Secret Protocol Crate #L5 containing the ‘MP5 Camo Skin‘.
Pro Tip: The digits will get refreshed every 24 hours.
Layali Grove Secret Protocol Crate #L6
Obtaining the last crate is a very straightforward method, make your way to the west of Desert Trails Farm till you see a minefield. Walk along closely to the edge of the rocks till you see the crate, extract it, and bring it back avoiding contact with mines. The Secret Protocol Crate #L6 contains the ‘M249 Skin‘.
Pro Tip: Throughout the game, store all your key cards in your Safe Box, as a precaution to not lose them, in case you get killed.
And with all that, you will obtain all the 6 Layali Grove Hidden Loot in Delta Force. You should also go through our guide on the Delta Force Zero Dam Hidden Loot(All 6 Secret Protocol Crates Locations)