any% Offline Very Easy Route
These Notes have been created from findings and routing by the Death Stranding Speedrunning Community.
Rules
All runs must start from the main menu or difficulty select screen. Runs must be Single Segment. Time starts after OK when you input your birthday and ends on the credits screen “Written and Directed by Hideo Kojima” Submit both Real Time & In-Game Time. RTA Timer must be shown on screen, and results screen must be included in the video.
Starting from “New Game”, complete the game as fast as possible. You may NOT change the difficulty at any point during a run. Continuing from an Auto-Save, or Loading Manual Saves, is allowed.
All runs require game audio. If your run has portions muted due to copyright music, your run will be rejected. (In-Game tracks by Low Roar and Silent Poets are the exceptions to this rule.) Separate music also must not overpower the game audio. Local recording is suggested to avoid this.
Missing footage could result in the run being rejected. If the video provided is a past broadcast from Twitch, please use the Highlight feature to include only the run. Again, local recordings are suggested.
Run must be done in offline mode.
The use of SSD is allowed.
Terminology
- CS = Cutscene Skip (Press start, left, X)
- DS = Dialogue Skip (mash X)
- PCC1 = PCC Level 1, Shoes1 = Shoes Level 1, …
- Complete Delivery and Connect Chiral Network = usually a few cutscene skips and a dialogue skip
- Auto-Arrange = Press Triangle to optimize Cargo position
- Drop everything = Hold Triangle to quickly drop all carried cargo
General Tips
- Stumbling is faster than walking (especially down hills), press X while off balance to manually trip yourself
- Hold L2+R2 to avoid falls when dropping down
- Movement is faster with less weight, ideally you’d have no cargo
- In a whiteout, use the terrain scanner and compass for easy navigation
- Autoskip is faster
Before the run
Options:
- Optional: Audio Options: Set BB Voice to Controller
Prologue “Porter”
Episode Route video by Jaguar King (contains extra movement info)
Cave Scene
- Set Game Difficulty to “Very Easy”, keep default Birthday, Timing starts when pressing “Ok”
- Optional: Increase the Screen Brightness setting to improve visibility in dark areas
- Keep the default Birthday (Effects are not currently known, might change in the future)
- Kojima Productions Cutscene is not skippable
- 2x CS
- Hold up to start running before screen fades in, no need to pick up cargo
- 1x CS
- After Prologue Screen, 1x CS
- Go down to river and do a double jump over it
- If you lost your cargo falling on the way to the river, pick up the cargo on the other side of the river
- Before the river curves to the left, cross it again, use stones to jump on/from
- Proceed to objective in Capital Knot City
Capital Knot City
- Jump over truck instead of walking around the building (might require some practice)
- Complete (partial) Delivery
- 2x CS after Result screen
- 3x CS, move to Sam, hold Square, 3x CS
Episode 1 “Bridget”
Episode Route video by Jaguar King (contains extra movement info)
Capital Knot City
- 2x CS
- Hold L2 and mash triangle to put Cargo on your back and keep sprinting
- 1x DS while continuing to isolation ward
- jump into cutscene before isolation ward door (otherwise Sam will slowly walk to it)
- 2x CS, Result Screen
- 2x CS
Incinerator
- Continue to Incinerator
- Cross River
- Use Rope (consistent, run close to wall before grabbing) or Climb (faster)
- Walk (not climb) up Ladder
- At Incinerator, 3x CS
- Leave this direction, continue straight, slightly right after first BT
- avoid and outrun + outjump BT’s, Hold L2+R2 when dropping down
- Return to Capital Knot City
Capital Knot City
- Complete Delivery
- 4x CD
Episode 2 “Amelie”
Episode Route Video by Jaguar King (contains extra movement info)
Capital Knot City
- CD, then take shower (has 2x CS)
- 3x CS, activate Terminal with O, CS
- while DS: check Equipment, check BB, check Suits, then CS
- turn to shower, Press X to Use Toilet, CS
- unskippable dialogue, look towards Door and mash Triangle
- 6x CS, on terminal DS then Accept Order
- offload: Ladder, Climbing Anchor
- Head Out
[Order No. 4] Smart Drug Delivery
- Continue on a straigt path to the Waystation West of Capital Knot City
- jump over rivers and avoid BT’s
- safe spots across river:
- Complete Delivery, Connect Chiral Network
- Accept next Order
[Order No. 5] Rare Metal Delivery
- Carry 6x Rare Metals on Back, Auto-Arrange
- Continue towards Destination
- cross river shortly before uphill on the right, CS
- avoid BT’s, CS
- Complete Delivery, Connect Chiral Network, DS
- Rest in Private Room, 3x CS, DS
- Take Shower, DS
- Leave Private Room (3x CS)
- DS, Terminal, DS
- Accept:
- “Recovery: Chiral Printer Interface”
- “Collection: Chrial Crystals”
- offload PCC’s, Head Out
[Order No. 7] Recovery: Chiral Printer Interface
- Continue to MULE Camp, pick up Chiral Crystal if you come across one
- keep left to not alert other MULE’s
- Unlock MULE Postbox, pick up Chiral Printer Interface, no need to bind or fight the MULE
- Head Back
- Recycle: Chiral Crystal
- Offload: Container Repair Spray
- Complete Chiral Printer Delivery
- Accept: “Power Supply Unit Delivery: Wind Farm”
- Carry Power Supply Unit on Back
- Take: 3x PCC
[Order No. 9] Power Supply Unit Delivery: Wind Farm
- Continue towards destination
- Double Jump into river
- you will loose balance, then paddle left
- Continue uphill, drink Energy at the top
- avoid BT’s (keep right, move with the wind)
- Complete Order, Connect Chiral Network
Capital Knot City
- Return to Distribution Center
- Build a Generator
- Double jump into river again
- Build another Generator in range of the Bike in front of the Distribution Center
- Let the bike recharge and use it to continue
- Build another Generator along the way
- Bike battery might be enough to get to CKC but a short charge is recommended
- jump across rivers
- stop bike on Bridges Logo, store Bike
- Accept “Aid Package Delivery: Port Knot City”
- Take:
- Bike
- 2x Hematic Grenade
- Ordered Cargo
- Auto-Arrange, Head Out
[Order No. 14] Aid Package Delivery: Port Knot City
- Continue to destination, avoid BT’s
- charge to ~75% on the last generator you built
- cross river
- continue to the first generator you built and charge fully
- avoid BT’s, when captured use bike trick to escape
- be a bit conservative with the bike battery
- Complete Delivery, Connect Chiral Network
- Take: 2x Hematic Grenade, 2x Blood Bag
- 3x CS, leave private room (3x CS)
- Head Outside, 2x CS
- Wait for Boss to get closer, throw 3-4 Grenades
- Pick up: at least 600 cg of Chiral Crystals
- Continue, DS, CS
Episode 3 “Fragile”
Episode Route Video by Jaguar King (contains extra movement info)
Lake Knot City
Engineer
- Fabricate:
- Ladder
- 2x PCC1
- Equip: Power Skeleton
Elder
Craftsman
- Take: Bola Gun
Lake Knot City
- Fabricate: Long Range Bike
Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City
Weather Station
- Fabricate:
- 2x PCC1
- PCC2
- Special Alloy x1200
Timefall Farm
- Fabricate: Special Alloy x1200
Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City
- Fabricate:
- Bridges Boots
- Long Range Bike
Junk Dealer 1st Mission
Junk Dealer 2nd Mission
- Fabricate: Speed Skeleton
Chiral Artist
- Fabricate:
- PCC1
- Floating Carrier
Junk Dealer
Port Knot City
- Fabricate: Long Range Bike
- Store: Long Range Bike
Lake Knot City
- Fabricate: Long Range Bike
South Knot City
- Fabricate:
- Assault Rifle
- Blood Bag
Episode 4 “Unger”
Episode Route Video by Jaguar King (contains extra movement info)
Episode 5 “Mama”
Mama’s Lab
Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City:
- Fabricate:
- Long Range Bike
- PCC2
- Sticky Gun (you need to accept the mission)
Waystation:
- Fabricate: 2x PCC1
Distribution Center North of Mountain Knot City:
Mountain Knot City:
- Store: Sticky Gun
Mama’s Lab:
- Fabricate: 2x Hematic Grenades
Episode 6 “Deadman”
Mountain Knot City
- Fabricate: 2x PCC2
Doctor
Robotist
- Fabricate: 2x PCC2
Mountain Knot City
- Fabricate:
- PCC1
- PCC2
- Long Range Bike
Mountaineer
Photographer
Mountaineer
- Fabricate:
- Gloves
- Boots Level 3
- Floating Carrier
- Assault Rifle
Spiritualist
Episode 7 “Clifford”
Episode 8 “Heartman”
Mountain Knot City
- Fabricate:
- Sticky Gun
- Long Range Bike
Heartman’s Lab
- Fabricate:
- Power Skeleton
- PCC1
- Equip: Power Skeleton
Geologist
Paleontologist
- Fabricate:
- Gas Mask
- Speed Skeleton
- PCC1
- Equip: Speed Skeleton
Evo-Devo Biologist
Heartsman’s Lab
- Equip:
- Power Skeleton
- PCC1
Chiral Relay
- Equip: Speed Skeleton
- Offload: Power Skeleton
Episode 9 “Higgs”
Distribution Center of Edge Knot City:
Edge Knot City
- Fabricate: 2x Rocket Launcher
Episode 10 “Die-Hardman”
Safe House
- Fabricate:
- 2x Hematic Grenades
- 2x Rocket Launcher
- Speed Skeleton.
Episode 11 “Clifford Unger”
Episode 12 “Bridges”
Episode 13 “Sam Strand”
Beach Credits
- Start sprinting when the following names appear on the screen, CS after each of those
- “Lindsay Wagner”
- “Daizaburo Nakamura”
- “Hiroaki Arai”
- “Tsutomu Hashiguchi”
- mash square when Death Stranding logo appears
- continue straight to Amelie at the beach
Episode 14 “Lou”
- move to the door, go left twice, go in front of Cliff
- 4x CS
- end timing on the credits screen “Written and Directed by Hideo Kojima”