Rainbow Six Extraction: How to deal with Caustic Sprawl - Ultimate Guide

If you don't know how to deal with Caustic Sprawl in Rainbow Six Extraction, read carefully the following article where we have it covered.

What is caustic expansion in Rainbow Six Extraction all about?

It is a chimera mutation, one of the many modifiers that can be randomly applied at the start of a raid. The substance is a grayish black color that will be replaced by dark green and will be there throughout the raid making things difficult for you, as it slows you down, speeds up the Archaeans and inflicts damage. But if you want to counteract the negative effects of the substance just read on to learn how to deal with Caustic Sprawl.

How to deal with Caustic Sprawl in Rainbow Six Extraction?

The first thing you need to know if you are wondering how to deal with Caustic Sprawl in Rainbow Six Extraction, is that this substance is mostly found in Archaean Nests and the best way to clean it up is to run those Nests with a melee attack. This substance will make it more difficult to approach the nests, but there are other tactics you can opt for.
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For example, shooting Sprawl will clear it, but with Caustic Sprawl, it is best not to pre-emptively weed the map, as you may run out of ammo, which you may regret later.

Dedicated REACT techs are a good option to finish off the Sprawl, among them the suspended Sprawl-Remover is excellent, explosives and others will help you deal with Archaean Nests.

You can also use the temporary health of operators like Finka and Doc to run through Caustic Sprawl and avoid damage.