Death Stranding 2: On the Beach: Animal Shelter Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide

In Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, the Animal Shelter is a unique Facility in Australia dedicated to preserving the continent's endangered wildlife — kangaroos, koalas, possums, Tasmanian devils, and emus, all decimated by the Death Stranding event.

Run by three staff members (Lauren, Martin, and Iain), the shelter relies on Sam reconnecting it to the Chiral Network and delivering rescued animals to its nature reserve.

The Animal Shelter is unlocked at Rainbow Valley during Order 15: Deliver Test Subject Kangaroo to Animal Shelter in Episode 4, introduced by Rainy. Its exact location is marked on MapMaster's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach interactive maps.

How to Capture and Deliver Wild Animals

Once the Animal Shelter is unlocked, wild animals can be captured anywhere across Australia.

Scan the environment with the Odradek to highlight nearby animals with a blue outline, then knock them unconscious using any non-lethal weapon. Approach the docile animal to automatically stuff it into an Animal Carrier.

Animals count as fragile cargo — handle carefully during transport, as drops or rough terrain can injure them before delivery. Once captured, deliver the animal directly to the Animal Shelter, or Entrust it to another nearby porter and visit the shelter afterward to confirm the delivery.

Five Connection Levels and Their Rewards

Like all Facilities, the Animal Shelter has a five-star connection system, increasing with every animal delivered:

• Level 1 — Chiral Network connection, Decoy Hologrenade
• Level 2 — Stealth Hologrenade
• Level 3 — BT Hologrenade
• Level 4 — Quokka backpack accessory, which lets Sam approach wild animals more closely without spooking them — directly improving future capture success
• Level 5 — Custom Hologram: Animal Shelter Staff, Custom Hologram: Quokka, Patch 28: Animal, and the ability to Rest at Animal Shelter

Two Trophies Tied to Animal Deliveries

• Creature Comforter — deliver any wild animal to the Animal Shelter for the first time. Animals delivered as part of mandatory Orders do not count toward this trophy; it requires an animal captured independently in the open world.

• Albino animal delivery — a separate trophy requiring delivery of one of four rare albino variants found across Australia: an albino Wombat (beach behind South Fort Knot), Emu (beach below the cliffs at the Plate Gate), Platypus (under a broken bridge south of the F7 Northern Distribution Center), or Kangaroo (southwest corner of the red desert). The albino Kangaroo is the easiest to find and is XXL cargo, so clearing inventory space before the capture run is recommended.

Nothing Is Permanently Missable

Like all Facilities in Death Stranding 2, the Animal Shelter and its connection levels remain fully accessible after the main story concludes, during the post-game Episode 17.

Players can continue capturing and delivering animals at their own pace without risk of missing the associated trophies.