In The Division 2, there is a vendor named Cassie Mandoza who constantly changes her location. I visited her for the first time and was mostly disappointed by her offerings.
This is the secret vendor: Cassie Mandoza is a vendor that you unlock during the game. You can only find out her location through the NPC known as “The Snitch”.
She changes her location every 36 hours and has several spawn points that repeat, similar to the vendor Xur from Destiny 2.
The Search for Cassie Mandoza
So I set out to find her. Fortunately, I was able to locate The Snitch quickly, right by a safe house.
He then told me where I could find Cassie, and her icon appeared on the map. Eager and curious, I wanted to know what treasures she had to offer. Maybe an exotic weapon? Blueprints? Skins or something similar?
After all, the whole thing with The Snitch and the changing locations is very mysterious. The offerings must be good!
Where I found Cassie: The vendor was located in the northeastern part of Washington D.C. – even right at the location where you can unlock the mission for a secret mod.
Our guide explains in detail how to find Cassie Mandoza.
Where Cassie is, there are often side missions
Apparently, she spawns at the locations where other NPCs with secret side missions are waiting for you. Because later, I stumbled upon one of the secret missions again when I visited her at a different location.
Overall, it wasn’t hard, but still somewhat above-average effort to find a vendor.
More about the secret side missions can be found in our guide:
Was it worth it? Mandoza only had 4 high-end items on her:
- House Gloves – Providence Defense
- Attributes: +Health
- Talents: Nurturing – +10% health on kill
- 1 mod slot
- Flexible Knee Pads – Sokolov Concern
- Attributes: +Crit Chance, reduced cooldown
- Talents: Self-Regulating – +20% armor regeneration
- Needlestick – Covert SRS
- First Blood: The first shot of a magazine deals headshot damage on a body shot
- Allegro: +10% rate of fire
- Unyielding: When the weapon is holstered and you are in cover, it regenerates 2 ammo every 5 seconds
- M44 Hunting Version
- Quick Hands: Critical hits grant a stacking bonus of 3% to reload speed. The maximum stack size is 20%
- Extra: +20% magazine capacity
- Oiled: When the weapon is holstered, it increases weapon swap speed by 10%
While Needlestick is a cool precision rifle, the overall offer was hardly better than what the other vendors in the settlements have.
My excitement quickly fizzled out, as the offer turned out to be quite lame.
Cassie Mandoza’s offerings need improvement
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think the offer is terrible now and Cassie is certainly a good way to increase your gear score.
A vendor doesn’t have to bring the best items in the game right away.
Nevertheless, I had hoped that Cassie would go a little more in the direction of Xur with her offerings. He carries exotic items in Destiny 2.
I can certainly understand why the developers decided against it. Exotic weapons like the Wonkyn Quack or Merciless should be rare and valuable.
Thus, the named high-end pieces are a good alternative. Still, I was a little disillusioned, as there is only one of those with Needlestick.
Even regular vendors are usually better equipped at the moment. They not only have equipment but sometimes also interesting blueprints.
But apparently, Cassie can’t even offer that. Surely there will be a week after a vendor reset where she has better stuff. But I still wish for an upgrade. It’s not particularly hard to find Cassie, but as it stands, one could almost skip the search.
Accordingly, her offerings should stand out from other vendors.
How to improve Cassie’s offerings:
- A random cosmetic item per week
- More than just one named high-end item
- Materials like titanium, of which you can buy a limited number each week
- A random part from each brand should be available.
You could also take a cue from the special equipment vendor from The Division 1 . Why not introduce special containers that are only available from Cassie?
Here, at least, there could be a chance for exotic items, even if it should only be low. You could also limit the number you can buy or make them particularly expensive.
These are just a few ideas, but personally, I would like these changes.
At the moment, you really need luck to find anything in Cassie’s offers.
Have you been to Cassie? Do you have ideas on how to make the vendor more valuable?
