Death Stranding 2: On the Beach continues Sam Bridges’ mission to reconnect humanity, completing countless deliveries while crossing vast, hostile terrain. The adventure avoids the sprawling scale of many open-world games yet still spins a surprisingly long tale that moves Sam through deserts, rainforests, and coastal zones in Mexico and Australia, forcing him to face ingenious threats only Hideo Kojima could imagine.
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Even without diving into side quests, Death Stranding 2 still packs substantial content into its main campaign, offering vivid locales and memorable set pieces that keep the journey’s rhythm engaging.
For players tracking story progress or choosing the best moment to branch into optional material, this list assembles every Order central to Sam, along with the titles of each episode that composes the core narrative.
All Main Quests In Death Stranding 2
Order Numbers
The story unfolds across two distinct regions: Mexico, where players spend the opening hours exploring the landscape, and, later, Australia, where the main narrative really takes shape. Each area features its own main and side quests, and the good news is that players almost never hit a point of no return, and Sam can move freely between both territories throughout the entire game.
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Order Number |
Description |
|---|---|
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1 |
Return Home |
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2 |
Deliver the Chiral Network Gateway to C1 |
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3 |
Deliver One or More Remote Medical Units to Villa Libre |
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4 |
Recover All Chiral Density Gauges Stolen by Bandits |
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5 |
Defeat the BTs Near the Former Geophysics Research Lab and Deliver the Prototype MP Bullets |
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6 |
Defeat the Giant BT |
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7 |
Deliver the Present for Lou |
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8 |
Connect the Australian Plate Gate Terminal to the Chiral Network |
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9 |
Deliver the Chiral Decontaminator to the Government’s Base |
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10 |
[Elimination] Liberate the Western Environmental Observatory from the Brigands |
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11 |
Deliver the Communications Disruptor and the Mysterious Recording to the Musician |
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12 |
Investigate the Unusual Tar Currents near F1 |
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13 |
Restore the Monorail and Deliver Special Alloys to F1 |
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14 |
Deliver all Terraforming Equipment to Rainbow Valley |
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15 |
Deliver the Test Subject Kangaroo to the Animal Shelter |
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16 |
Deliver All Aid Packages to the Northern Environmental Observatory |
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17 |
Escape the Strange Realm |
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18 |
[Hazardous] Recover All Weapon Sets and Burrowing Bombs Stolen by the Brigands |
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19 |
[Do Not Submerge] Deliver Necrobiotes to the F2 South Distribution Center |
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20 |
Deliver All Aid Packages and Chiral Printer Parts to F1 |
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21 |
Rescue the Dowser’s Friend from the Armed Survivalists |
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22 |
Search for Tomorrow |
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23 |
Deliver Flower Assortments Collected Near a Large Waterfall and Deliver Tar Magnetite to Heartman’s Lab |
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24 |
[Chilled] Deliver the Beach Yeast to the Pizza Chef |
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25 |
[Keep Flat/Express] Deliver a Piping Hot Pizza to the Data Scientist |
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26 |
Recover Old BB Pod from the Armed Survivalists’ Base |
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27 |
Deliver All Tar Dissolvent to the DHV Magellan |
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28 |
Extract Data from the Weapons Fabricator and Destroy Them, Then Bring the Data Back to the DHV Magellan in the Ring Terminal Expansion Device |
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29 |
Recover the Coffin from the Armed Survivalists’ Base |
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30 |
Deliver All Prototype Life Support Systems to F4 |
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31 |
Return from the Strange Realm |
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32 |
[Do Not Submerge] Deliver the Cryptobiote Variants to the Chronobiologist |
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33 |
Deliver Timefall-Resistant Emu to the Metagenomicist |
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34 |
Deliver All Chiral Microbes to the F5 East Distribution Center |
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35 |
[Elimination] Extract Data from the Ghost Mech Fabrications and Destroy Them Along with Any Guards, Then Bring the Data Back to the DHV Magellan in the Ring Terminal Expansion Device |
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36 |
[Hazardous] Cross Treacherous Snowy Peaks to Deliver a Meteorite to the Adventurer |
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37 |
Rescue the Adventurer from the Snowy Mountains |
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38 |
Deliver the Chiral Decontaminators and Sedatives to the Eastern Environmental Observatory |
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39 |
Destroy the Giant Ghost Mech |
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40 |
[Breakable Cargo] Recover All Stranded Cargo |
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41 |
[Hazardous] Deliver the Chiral Field Controller Prototypes to F6 |
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42 |
Deliver Chiral Cyclotron Parts and All Special Materials to the DHV Magellan |
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43 |
Destroy All Chiral Jammers and Eliminate the Threat to the Southern Environmental Observatory |
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44 |
Deliver the Network Stabilizer to the F7 North Distribution Center |
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45 |
Return from the Strange Realm |
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46 |
Deliver the Drawbridge Terminal Unit to F8 |
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47 |
Rescue Tomorrow and Prevent the Last Stranding |
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48 |
Find an Item with a Deep Connection to Higgs |
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49 |
Return Home with Lou |
Only a few missions temporarily prevent Sam from doing other tasks, like investigating the Strange Realm at certain points in the main story.
It is worth noting that, despite being labeled Orders, not every quest revolves strictly around delivery; several quests have entirely different objectives and challenge types. Durations and mechanics also vary widely, with certain tasks asking Sam to transport fragile cargo that must never touch water or collide with rough terrain, while others dispatch him to dismantle bandit camps, eliminate BTs, or penetrate a fortified enemy base to rescue someone.
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All Episodes In Death Stranding 2
In addition to missions that guide players through the story, Death Stranding 2 divides its sweeping narrative into chapters labeled as Episodes. As with the Orders, these Episodes follow no fixed structure, so one chapter may take hours to complete, while another unfolds almost entirely through cinematic sequences, offering minimal gameplay time before the plot advances.
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- Episode 1: Sam
- Episode 2: Lou
- Episode 3: Dawbridge
- Episode 4: Raindrops
- Episode 5: Conflagration
- Episode 6: Chrysalis
- Episode 7: Pod
- Episode 8: Deluge
- Episode 9: Puppets
- Episode 10: Isolation
- Episode 11: Quake
- Episode 12: Fragile
- Episode 13: Die Hard
- Episode 14: Last Stranding
- Episode 16: Tomorrow
- Episode 15: On The Beach
- Episode 17: One Day
Starting from Episode 17, players regain the freedom to explore the entire map again, but only to complete the available side quests and orders.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Released
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June 26, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Violence, Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Strong Language
- Publisher(s)
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Engine
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Decima
- Franchise
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Death Stranding
- Number of Players
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Single-player
- PS5 Release Date
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June 26, 2025
