Rainbow Six Extraction Studies

Rainbow Six Extraction has a collection of challenges for you to complete as you enter Incursions, asking you to do everything from earning XP to killing enemies in a specific way or with a specific piece of gear.

Called ‘Studies’, these tasks are unlocked one-by-one as you complete each set of three, and there are nine sets for each region: New York City, San Francisco, Alaska, and Truth & Consequences. On top of earning a hefty dose of XP upon completion, each one also offers up a dose of lore and world building thanks to a codex entry detailing the locations you visit, the Parasite, or Rainbow Six Extraction’s Archaeans.

Continue reading for a full list of the Rainbow Six Extraction’s Studies. Completing them is key to earning Milestone and Operator XP fast in Rainbow Six Extraction and working towards fully completing everything on offer.

Below you can find all the Studies in Rainbow Six Extraction:

New York City Studies
San Francisco Studies
Alaska Studies
Truth & Consequences Studies

New York City Studies

New York City has nine sets of three studies which are as follows:

Intro To Nests

Look Up – Ping Nests on walls or the ceiling (five required)
Nest Popper – Kill Nests (seven required)
Nest Removal – Kill Dormant Nests (three required)

Scouting Ahead

Resource Tagging – Ping different supply crates (three required)
Plan Ahead – Use any command from the Chat Wheel (one required)
Let It Glow – Make an enemy bioluminescent through a wall (three required)

Killing Basics

Primary Practice – Get kills with your primary weapon (five required)
Secondary Practice – Get kills with your secondary weapon (five required)
Warm Up – Get 15 kills or assists in a single Incursion (one required)

Grunt Management

Grunt Tagging – Ping an unalerted Grunt (one required)
Aim For The Head – Kill Grunts with their weak points (five required)
Base Samples – Kill or assist killing Grunts (fifteen required)

Core Performance

Checklist – Complete objectives (three required)
Intel Target 1 – Earn 11,000 XP
Exploration – Safely extract from the second Sub-Zone or later (one required)

Getting Sneaky

Deploy Cover – Deploy barricades or reinforcements (one required)
Hush – Stealth kill enemies with takedowns (three required)
Well Prepared – Kill or assist killing enemies with a suppressor equipped (three required)

Spiker Studies

Smoke ‘Em – Cover a Spiker with smoke (one required)
Gunned Down – Kill Spikers before they shoot suppressive fire (three required)
Exposed – Kill Spikers with their Weak Points while their head is unprotected (two required)

Killing Basics 2

Stay Low – Get kills with firearms while prone (three required)
Customized – Get kills with a muzzle break equipped (three required)
High Precision – Get kills through destructible surfaces (five required)

Performance Check-In

Safety First – Complete an objective without a down-but-not-out state (one required)
All Together – Complete three objectives and extract with a full squad (one required)
Health Conscious – Extract with at least 50% health and at least one objective completed (one required)

San Francisco STUDIES

Most of the San Francisco studies can be completed quite easily and are as follows:

Studies In Defusal

Defused – Take down Breachers or Bloaters (three required)
Lookout – Ping an unalerted Breacher or Bloater (one required)
Stop Hitting Yourself – Kill enemies with Breacher explosions (three required)

Target Practice

Boom Specialist – Kill enemies with explosives (10 required)
Holo It’s Me – Kill enemies with a holographic sight equipped (five required)
Lethal Challenge 1 – Get 20 kills or assists in a single Incursion (one required)

Mid Performance

Stay Healthy – Have at least 60% health after completing one objective (one required)
Unknockable – Extract from the third sub-zone without a down-but-not-out state (one required)
Intel Target 2 – Earn 25,000 XP

Caustic Buddies

Keep It Clean – Kill a Sludge without it dividing (one required)
Watch Your Step – Kill or assist in killing, Sludges without being hit by them (one required)
In The Walls – Shoot or ping Sludge on the ceiling (one required)

Coordination

Lethal Scanner – Get scan kills or assists (five required)
Dedicated Scanner – Scan 10 enemies in a single Incursion (one required)
Spore Spotter – Destroy Blinding Spores without them attaching on anyone (five required)

Shooting Drills

Calculated Kill – Score four kills within two seconds (one required)
Opportunist – Kill or assist killing stunned Archaeans (five required)
Lethal Challenge 2 – Get 20 kills or assists in a single Incursion (one required)

Stealth Variety

Get Around – Stealth kill an enemy in each sub-zone in an Incursion (one required)
No Howls – Complete an objective without triggering any Howls in the sub-zone (one required)
Muscle Memory – Take down enemies (10 required)

Sower Mitigation

Sower Vulnerability – Kill or assist in killing a Sower with its weak point (one required)
Fancy Footing – Kill or assist killing a Sower before setting off any of its mines (one required)
Minesweeper – Destroy Sower mines without setting them off (three required)

Performance Check-In

Full Sweep – Complete three objectives and extract with a full squad (one required)
Health Maintenance – Extract with at least 60% health after completing 3 objectives (one required)
Intel Target 3 – Earn 35,000 XP

Alaska Studies

Alaska has another nine sets of Studies to complete:

Theatre Of Torment

Stun Still – Kill of assist killing stunned Tormentors (two required)
Interception – Destroy Tormentor projectiles with firearms (one required)
Explosive Reaction – Damage Tormentors with explosives (two required)

Eye In The Sky

Specialised Scanner – Scan enemies (15 required)
Piercing Eye – Get kills through Destructible surfaces (five required)
Scout Ahead – Ping Lurkers, Rooters, or Smashers (three required)

Silent Killer

Silent Streak – Score five stealth kills in a row. Enemies must not be alerted (one required)
Dormant Destruction – Kill dormant Nests (10 required)
Adept – Perform 3 stealth kills on different types of Archaeans in a single Incursion (one required)

Lurker Busting

Lurker Vulnerability – Obliterate a Lurker with its weak point (one required)
Specialised Reveal – Uncloak a Lurker with REACT Tech or Operator abilities (one required)
Grand Reveal – Uncloak non-Lurker Archaeans (three required)

Adaptability

Trait Adjustment – Complete an objective while Parasite Mutations are active in an Incursion (one required)
Health Maintenance – Complete three objectives without a down-but-not-out state (three required)
Intel Target 4 – Earn 45,000 XP

Underhanded

Deadly Accuracy – Score a five weapon point streak with firearms (one required)
General Stunner – Kill or assist killing stunned Archaeans (10 required)
Achilles’ Exploit – Obliterate Archaeans with their Weak Points (10 required)

Silent And Deadly

Always Ready – With a suppressor equipped, stealth kill Archaeans with their weak points (five required)
No Howls 2 – Complete an objective without triggering any Howls in the suz-zone (five required)
Shush – Take down enemies (10 required)

Unrooting

Rooter Vulnerability – Obliterate a Rooter with its Weak Point (one required)
No Touchy – Kill or assist killing Rooters before they root anyone (three required)
Pause – Stun Rooters (three required)

Performance Check-In

Spotless – Extract with at least 80% health and at least 2 objectives completed (one required)
Intel Target 5 – Earn 55,000 XP
Self Sufficient – Reach the third sub-zone without using any Ammo refills (one required)

Truth & Consequences STUDIES

The final area of the game has the final sets of studies, all of which are noticeably more challenging than the rest:

Sneakssassin

Double Down – Stealth kill Archaeans with their weak points (five required)
All Alone – Stealth kill three enemies in each sub-zone during an Incursion (one required)
In The Smoke – Kill Archaeans while they are covered in Smoke (five required)

Highly Trained

Mass Stunning – As a squad, kill stunned Archaeans (15 required)
Special Abilities – Kill enemies with operator abilities (five required)
Boom Specialist 2 – Kill enemies with explosives (20 required)

Smashing

Frontal Assault – Damage Smashers with firearms without hitting their weak point (three required)
Smasher Vulnerability – Kill or assist killing a Smasher with the weak point on its back (one required)
Missed Me – Lure a Smasher to charge without hurting anyone in the squad (one required)

All-Seeing

Dedicated Scanner 2 – Scan 15 enemies in a single Incursion (one required)
Spore Spotter 2 – Destroy Blinding Spores without them attaching on anyone (10 required)
No Cover – Score 10 kills through destructible surfaces with firearms (10 required)

Efficiency

Intel Target 6 – Earn 60,000 XP
Can’t Touch This – Complete an objective without taking any damage (one required)
Resilience – Extract with at least 80% health from the third sub-zone (one required)

Apex Predator

Containment – As a Squad, kill an Apex without it damaging anyone in the squad (one required)
Lackeys – Kill of assist killing Archaeans summoned by an Apex (15 required)
No Casting – Kill an Apex before it generates any Nests (one required)

Dead Accuracy

Back To Basics – Kill Archaeans by shooting their weak point with firearms (15 required)
Beheaded – Get kills through destructible surfaces (20 required)
Relentless – Score a 7 weak point streak with firearms (one required)

The Final Sneak

Lullaby – Kill dormant nests (15 required)
Alone But Never Lonely – Score 10 stealth kills in a row. Enemies must not be alerted (one required)
In The Mist – Complete objectives without triggering any howls (three required)

Performance Check-In

Undying – Complete three objectives without a down-but-not-out state (one required)
Speedrun – Complete three objectives in less than 15 minutes (one required)
Self-Care – Reach the third sub-zone without using any health refills (one required)

That covers all of the studies in the game. If you are looking for more details on Extraction, check out how to unlock the REACT Laser in Rainbow Six Extraction and take a deep dive into more tips with our Rainbow Six Extraction walkthrough.