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

In Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, reconnecting the divided communities of Mexico and Australia means finding and linking every Facility to the Chiral Network using the Q-pid.

There are 42 Facilities in total — 6 in Mexico, 36 in Australia — encompassing major Distribution Centers, Fort Knots, and individual Prepper Shelters.

Connecting all of them is required for the Keep on Connecting trophy, while maxing every Facility's connection level to 5 stars unlocks Connecting Hearts and Minds — typically the most time-consuming trophy in the game.

All 42 are properly marked on our interactive Death Stranding 2: On the Beach maps.

Three Facility-Related Trophies

• Starting Point — connect any Facility's Q-pid for the first time, unmissable early in Episode 1.

• Keep on Connecting — connect all 42 Facilities to the Chiral Network. Only requires initial connection, not maximum level.

• Connecting Hearts and Minds — raise every Facility's connection level to its maximum 5 stars. This is the single largest time investment in the entire platinum trophy, frequently the last one earned, since several optional Facilities require specific Sub Orders or rare Lost Cargo only available late or post-game.

30 Automatic, 12 Optional

30 of the 42 Facilities unlock automatically as the main story progresses. The remaining 12 are optional Secret Preppers — locations like The Phantom Smith and The Tar Therapist that never appear on the map until their Lost Cargo is found in the wilderness, or until a specific Sub Order from a nearby connected Facility is completed.

Boss Fights Gate Some Facilities

A handful of optional Facilities are unlocked only after defeating a specific boss tied to that location.

The Ghost Hunter requires defeating the Headless Riders. The Fisherman requires defeating the Lord of the Tar Lake, one of the captureable giant BT Territory bosses, unlocked through a Sub-Order chain after reaching maximum connection with the nearby F5 East Distribution Center.

Five-Star Rewards

Each connection level milestone unlocks new fabrication blueprints, weapons, cosmetics, and gear — the Monorail network, Tri-Cruiser armor, and various Rocket Launchers are all gated behind specific 5-star Facility connections.

Prioritise the Four Observatories (Western, Northern, Eastern, and Southern) early, as they provide critical weather forecasting data and are frequent prerequisites for unlocking surrounding optional Preppers.

No New Game+: One Playthrough, Episode 17 Post-Game

Death Stranding 2 has no New Game+ — every Facility must be connected and maxed within a single playthrough.

Nothing is permanently missable: after completing the main story, Episode 17 opens as a free-roam post-game state where all 42 Facilities remain fully accessible for continued levelling, with no time pressure on remaining Standard Orders.