1. Pick Your Goal Before Evacuation
For a first run, plan for recovery and signaling. For a secret-ending attempt, expect additional random opportunities. Avoid a fixed Days 1–10 script: encounters and supplies vary.
2. Stock the Lifeboat
Use the Beginner Guide's control reference. Bring food, bait, medical supplies, and route tools. Return to the boat before the evacuation ends; choosing supplies is useless if you miss departure.
3. Repeat the Daytime Status Check
- Read today's hunger, health, hull, and companion status.
- Check whether support is available and worth its Energy cost.
- Choose fishing, recovery, repair, or another task according to the immediate risk.
- Read night choices carefully; a listed item does not guarantee a safe outcome.
Rescue: Airplane and Cargo Ship
Signal with a Flare Gun or Flashlight, then keep surviving until rescue. The newer countdown replaces advice that treats every subsequent night as a fresh rescue lottery. No fixed wait length is published in the patch notes.
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True End / Pay Back Your Debt
These refer to the same Steam objective. The developer confirms that an earlier Kraken encounter no longer closes the route. Keep collecting Heart Parts rather than abandoning the run.
- Community route: collect three Heart Parts, then reach the relevant Kraken / Heart encounter.
- Players report parts from the red-sea encounter, chests, fishing, and occasionally Row's dialogue. These are random opportunities, not a guaranteed day-by-day sequence.
- Exact drop rates, danger thresholds, and dialogue timing are community observations and are not verified here.
4. Recover After a Dangerous Night
Repair and heal before taking another optional risk. Players report that the Anchor can repel Kraken but can still break or be lost, with severe damage possible. It is not an invulnerability item.
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