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Free Cognito is a four-floor building in the Barkan Region, hidden partway up
[[Trail 61 (Shoru)|Trail 61]]. The location features in EvoCreo 2.

Free Cognito is the organisation that has been taking creo from their owners across Shoru,
and this is its headquarters, chosen for being secluded until the player finds it. The
members inside are not of one mind about the work: some are true believers who say they are
on the right side of history and that all creo will be free once the mission is done, while
Tomasz admits he is tired of the job and Sayuri is mainly worried about being fired. Their
files record years of creo abuse enabled by powerful politicians, which is the same
corporate capture the [[Shoru Government]] council chamber is arranged around. The building
is only leased to them, and Emil, whose family owns it, ends the lease and cooperates with
the police once he learns what has been going on.

== Exits ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Exits
|-
! Map Name !! Location
|-
| [[Trail 61 (Shoru)|Trail 61]] || out, from Floors 1 and 3
|}

== Floor 1 ==
<div style="text-align:center;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block; max-width:100%; line-height:0;">[[File:Barkan - free cognito indoor floor 1 - map - evocreo2.webp|908px]]<div id="mw-customcollapsible-mapmarkers" class="mw-collapsible" style="position:absolute; inset:0;"><div title="Free Cognito Floor 2" style="position:absolute; left:90.53%; top:6.87%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Atacar Orb" style="position:absolute; left:76.43%; top:23.56%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">1</div><div title="Wing Pack" style="position:absolute; left:9.47%; top:39.26%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">2</div><div title="Trail 61" style="position:absolute; left:78.19%; top:97.18%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1f7a3d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">A</div></div></div><br /><div class="mw-customtoggle-mapmarkers" style="display:inline-block; margin-top:6px; padding:4px 10px; border:1px solid var(--border-color-base); border-radius:2px; cursor:pointer; font-size:0.875rem; user-select:none;">Toggle map markers</div></div>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Floor 1 Legend
|-
! Marker !! Type !! Contents
|-
| 1 || Item || Atacar Orb
|-
| 2 || Item || Wing Pack
|-
| A || Exit || Out to [[Trail 61 (Shoru)|Trail 61]]
|-
| D || Building || Up to Floor 2
|}

Reception, and the only floor where nobody fights. The members here are variously recruiting,
sneering at the player for being a cadet, and telling them to leave a private meeting.

== Floor 2 ==
<div style="text-align:center;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block; max-width:100%; line-height:0;">[[File:Barkan - free cognito indoor floor 2 - map - evocreo2.webp|960px]]<div id="mw-customcollapsible-mapmarkers" class="mw-collapsible" style="position:absolute; inset:0;"><div title="Free Cognito Floor 3" style="position:absolute; left:48.55%; top:5.23%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Free Cognito Floor 1" style="position:absolute; left:45.64%; top:47.06%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Free Cognito Floor 3" style="position:absolute; left:54.36%; top:47.06%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Gold Nugget" style="position:absolute; left:98.00%; top:79.18%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">1</div><div title="Ascensio Stone" style="position:absolute; left:77.64%; top:80.67%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">2</div><div title="Sheffa Orb" style="position:absolute; left:47.09%; top:85.15%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">3</div><div title="Phoenix Orb" style="position:absolute; left:2.00%; top:92.62%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">4</div></div></div><br /><div class="mw-customtoggle-mapmarkers" style="display:inline-block; margin-top:6px; padding:4px 10px; border:1px solid var(--border-color-base); border-radius:2px; cursor:pointer; font-size:0.875rem; user-select:none;">Toggle map markers</div></div>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Floor 2 Legend
|-
! Marker !! Type !! Contents
|-
| 1 || Item || Gold Nugget
|-
| 2 || Item || Ascensio Stone
|-
| 3 || Item || Sheffa Orb
|-
| 4 || Item || Phoenix Orb
|-
| D || Building || Three ways, one down to Floor 1 and two up to Floor 3
|}

The records floor, where seven members block the way. William is going through data he calls
damning, and Asma is breaking the work into chunks to keep it manageable.

== Floor 3 ==
<div style="text-align:center;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block; max-width:100%; line-height:0;">[[File:Barkan - free cognito indoor floor 3 - map - evocreo2.webp|960px]]<div id="mw-customcollapsible-mapmarkers" class="mw-collapsible" style="position:absolute; inset:0;"><div title="Trail 61" style="position:absolute; left:30.88%; top:3.27%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1f7a3d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">A</div><div title="Platinum Bar x3" style="position:absolute; left:37.25%; top:24.31%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">1</div><div title="Free Cognito Floor 2" style="position:absolute; left:43.63%; top:46.29%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Free Cognito Floor 4" style="position:absolute; left:5.38%; top:64.99%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Free Cognito Floor 2" style="position:absolute; left:59.56%; top:70.60%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Bota Orb" style="position:absolute; left:91.43%; top:81.36%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">2</div><div title="Tome of Light" style="position:absolute; left:46.81%; top:82.29%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">3</div><div title="Phoenix Orb x3" style="position:absolute; left:40.44%; top:88.84%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">4</div><div title="X Patch" style="position:absolute; left:65.94%; top:99.12%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">5</div></div></div><br /><div class="mw-customtoggle-mapmarkers" style="display:inline-block; margin-top:6px; padding:4px 10px; border:1px solid var(--border-color-base); border-radius:2px; cursor:pointer; font-size:0.875rem; user-select:none;">Toggle map markers</div></div>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Floor 3 Legend
|-
! Marker !! Type !! Contents
|-
| 1 || Item || Platinum Bar x3
|-
| 2 || Item || Bota Orb
|-
| 3 || Item || Tome of Light
|-
| 4 || Item || Phoenix Orb x3
|-
| 5 || Item || X Patch
|-
| A || Exit || Out to [[Trail 61 (Shoru)|Trail 61]]
|-
| D || Building || Three ways, two down to Floor 2 and one up to Floor 4
|}

The richest floor and the one the story turns on. Emil keeps his trinket stand here, Jackson
finds scribbles that look like the [[Coliseum]], and Anton guards a set of files he insists
are all locked. Grizzly appears in the cutscene at the top of the stairs.

== Floor 4 ==
<div style="text-align:center;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block; max-width:100%; line-height:0;">[[File:Barkan - free cognito indoor floor 4 - map - evocreo2.webp|172px]]<div id="mw-customcollapsible-mapmarkers" class="mw-collapsible" style="position:absolute; inset:0;"><div title="Free Cognito Floor 3" style="position:absolute; left:50.00%; top:23.43%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#4d4d4d; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">D</div><div title="Dominus Link" style="position:absolute; left:22.09%; top:80.33%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">1</div><div title="Skill Token" style="position:absolute; left:77.91%; top:80.33%; width:20px; height:20px; margin:-10px 0 0 -10px; border-radius:10px; background:#1c66d6; color:#fff; font:bold 12px/20px sans-serif; text-align:center; border:2px solid #fff; box-shadow:0 0 2px #000;">2</div></div></div><br /><div class="mw-customtoggle-mapmarkers" style="display:inline-block; margin-top:6px; padding:4px 10px; border:1px solid var(--border-color-base); border-radius:2px; cursor:pointer; font-size:0.875rem; user-select:none;">Toggle map markers</div></div>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Floor 4 Legend
|-
! Marker !! Type !! Contents
|-
| 1 || Item || Dominus Link
|-
| 2 || Item || Skill Token
|-
| D || Building || Down to Floor 3
|}

A single small room at the top, held by Kartik, who insists there is nothing special up here
while standing next to a Dominus Link.

== Evokers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Evokers
|-
! Evoker !! Floor !! Party
|-
| Luka || 2 || [[Celesbo]] 66, [[Vortibo]] 66
|-
| Sayuri || 2 || [[Glaciadon]] 66, [[Cavalisk]] 66, [[Hemishield]] 66
|-
| Fernando || 2 || [[Saldo]] 67, [[Ume]] 68, [[Xermonious]] 69
|-
| Ludmila || 2 || [[Vargtron]] 67, [[Fulgedeus]] 68
|-
| Tomasz || 2 || [[Rebas]] 67, [[Deor]] 68, [[Furen]] 69
|-
| Mila || 2 || [[Fermokang]] 68
|-
| Luis || 2 || [[Fyru]] 69
|-
| Theodore || 3 || [[Jamad]] 68, [[Tronsol]] 68
|-
| Sergio || 3 || [[Gurbur]] 68, [[Obsius]] 68, [[Aerodon]] 68
|-
| Diana || 3 || [[Rebtrix]] 68, [[Rusarth]] 68, [[Dykar]] 68
|-
| Anton || 3 || [[Madirekat]] 68, [[Batilstar]] 68
|-
| Mariana || 3 || [[Fylovis]] 69
|-
| Kartik || 4 || [[Tenefoly]] 70, [[Cavalisk]] 70, [[Fyru]] 70
|}

== Vendors ==
Emil's trinket stand is on Floor 3, and everything on it carries its own price.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Emil
|-
! Item !! Price
|-
| {{ItemLink|Plutonium Knuckles}} || {{Money|5000}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|TC Patch}} || {{Money|5000}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|V Patch}} || {{Money|5000}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|Diamond Earrings}} || {{Money|5000}}
|-
| {{ItemLink|Opal Earrings}} || {{Money|5000}}
|}

== NPCs ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Overworld NPCs
|-
! NPC !! Notes
|-
| Emil || owns the building, ends the lease and cooperates with the police
|-
| Riley || explains the charges against Emil are being dropped
|-
| William || on the data showing years of creo abuse enabled by politicians
|-
| Jackson || finds scribbles that look like the [[Coliseum]]
|-
| Radwan || the door is jammed and he has lost the key
|-
| Obi, Hyeon || recruiting on the ground floor
|-
| Roberto, Julia || unimpressed that the player is a cadet
|-
| Sakura, Asma || working through the files
|}

[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Buildings]]
[[Category:Barkan Region]]