New content, changes and guide (Death Stranding Director`s Cut)

[Sascha]

Backpack Patches:
1: Reverse Trike (Order No. 35)
2: Truck (5 Stars at The Junk Dealer)
3: A- (Order No. 35)
4: A+ (Order No. 35)
5: B- (Order No. 35)
6: B+ (Order No. 35)
7: O- (Order No. 35)
8: O+ (Order No. 35)
9: AB- (Order No. 35)
10: AB+ (Order No. 35)
11: Central Knot City (5 Stars at Wind Farm – Jake Wind)
12: Capital Knot City (5 Stars at Capital Knot City – Nick Easton)
13: Port Knot City (5 Stars at Port Knot City – Viktor Frank)
14: Lake Knot City (5 Stars at Lake Knot City – William Lake)
15: Middle Knot City (5 Stars at The Craftsman)
16: South Knot City (5 Stars at South Knot City – Owen Southwick)
17: Mountain Knot City (5 Stars at Mountain Knot City – Aaron Hill)
18: Edge Knot City (Order No 63)
19: UCA/A (5 Stars at The Engineer)
20: UCA – B (5 Stars at The Collector)
21: UCA – C (5 Stars at The Spiritualist)
22: BRIDGES – A (5 Stars at Weather Station – Alex Weatherstone)
23: BRIDGES – B (5 Stars at The Geologist)
24: BRIDGES – C (5 Stars at Heartman’s Lab)
25: Bridges General Staff (5 Stars at Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City – Thomas Southerland)
26: Corpse Disposal (5 Stars at Waystation North of Mountain Knot City – Charles Khan)
27: Medical (5 Stars at Distribution Center North of Mountain Knot City – Phillip North)
28: Special Delivery Team (5 Stars at Waystation West of Capital Knot City – George Baton)
29: Special Security Team (5 Stars at Distribution Center West of Capital Knot City – Benjamin Hancock)
30: Porter (5 Stars at Veteran Porter)
31: Fragile (Complete all 12 races)
32: ! (5 Stars at The Musician)
33: Rain (5 Stars at The Timefall Farmer)
34: Smile (5 Stars at The Cosplayer)
35: Ludens (5 Stars at The Ludens Fan)
36: Octopus BT (5 Stars at Film Director)
37: Monstrous BT (5 Stars at The Photographer)
38: Giant BT (5 Stars at The Paleontologist)
39: Whale BT (5 Stars at The Evo-devo Biologist)
40: Higgs (5 Stars at Peter Engert)
41: Handprint (5 Stars at Chiral Artist’s Studio)
42: Cryptobiote (5 Stars at Novelist’s Son)
43: Golden Toadstool (S) (5 Stars at The Elder)
44: Golden Toadstool (M) (5 Stars at The Doctor)
45: Golden Toadstool (L) (5 Stars at The Mountaineer)
46: Pathfinder (5 Stars at The First Prepper)
47: Buddy Bot (5 Stars at The Roboticist)
48: BB in Pod (Order No. 35)
49: I Love BB (Complete episode 14)
50: Like (Complete all 28 Firing Rage Drills with S Rank)
Odradek – Attention (Order No. 35)
Odradek – Caution (Order No. 35)
Odradek – Danger (Order No. 35)
Odradek – Emergency (Order No. 35)
Odradek – Mama (Order No. 35)
Odradek – KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Order No. 35)

BB Pod Colors:
Wood Grain (Order No. 79)
Iridescent (Order No. 79)
Check (Order No. 79)
Stickers (Order No. 79)
Leather (Order No. 79)

BTs:
Jellyfish BTs are encountered in more locations on the central region map

Buddy Bot Colors:
Snow White (Order No. 84)
Wolf Gray (Order No. 84)
Stealth Black (Order No. 84)
Bridges Orange (Order No. 84)
Navy Blue (Order No. 84)
Blood Red (Order No. 84)
Signal Green (Order No. 84)
Prismatic Purple (Order No. 84)
Olive Drab (Order No. 85)
Mars Red (Order No. 85)
Emergency Yellow (Order No. 85)
Grass Green (Order No. 85)
Cool Blue (Order No. 85)
Express Purple (Order No. 85)
Desert Pink (Order No. 85)
Coyote Brown (Order No. 85)
Sandy Tan (Order No. 85)
Volcanic Orange (Order No. 85)
Bright Yellow (Order No. 85)
Ghost Green (Order No. 85)
Lightning Blue (Order No. 85)
Rose Pink (Order No. 85)
Omnireflector (Order No. 85)
Chiral Gold (Order No. 85)

Combat:
Upgraded melee system with new moves (Body Slam, Drop Kick, Knee Strike)
Mounted Machine guns can be used by the player
BB gets "excited" for short periods when entertained enough. During this time, he can repel bullets and BTs are shown while walking

Compass mode:
You can see the goal of your current mission, the needed materials to upgrade your structures, and Likes

Controller functions:
DualSense Haptic Feedback
DualSense Adaptive Trigger
DualSense Edge Support

Customization (BB Pod):
BB Pod Customization (Order No. 78)
BB pod customization (Chiral Gold)
BB pod customization (Omnireflector)

Customization (Gloves):
Power Gloves (Gold)
Power Gloves (Silver)

Customization (Suits)
Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Gold)
Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Silver)

Delivery Support:
Support Skeleton (Order No. 77)
Cargo Catapult (Order No. 46)
Jump Ramp (Order No. 80)
Chiral Bridge (Order No. 81)
Buddy Bot (Order No. 83)

Episode 1:
Route planing tutorial

Equipment (Backpack):
Spare Ammo Pouch (Lv. 2) (Complete all 28 Firing Rage Drills with B-S Rank)
Stabilizer (Lv. 3) (5 Stars at Mountain Knot City)
Extra Battery (Lv. 4) (5 Stars at Distro North of Mountain Knot City)

Facilities:
Firing Range with 28 Drills (VR like missions)

Fast travel:
Locations can now be selected from the map instead of a list

Graphics:
New improved water effects

Highway:
Route 41 can now be built in mountainous areas

Holograms:
Ludens Duck: Blue (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Ludens Duck: Brown (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Ludens Duck: Dark Blue (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Ludens Duck: Green (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Ludens Duck: Red (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Ludens Duck: Reddish Brown (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Ludens Duck: White (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Ludens Duck: Yellow (Complete Drills at the Firing Range)
Reverse Trike (S-Rank in all four Reverse Trike races)
Roadster (S-Rank in all four Roadster races)
Truck (S-Rank in all four Truck races)

Hot Springs:
Ludens Ducks can be seen

Interview Data:
A Letter from a Porter #1
A Letter from a Porter #2
A Porter’s Note #1: To Our Beloved Daughter (Order No. 78)
A Porter’s Note #2: To Our Beloved Daughter (Order No. 79)
An Asexual World (updated)
Come Roar Around the Racetrack of Your Dreams! (Order No. 35)
Higgs's Journal: Coffin #1
Higgs's Journal: Coffin #2
Memo #1: A Call to Arms (Order No. 77)
Memo #2: From Mother to Daughter (Order No. 78)
Memo #3: From Mother to Daughter (Order No. 79)
Memo #4: From Mother to Daughter
Memo #5: From Mother to Daughter
My Mother`s Misanga

Locations:
Ruined Factory area available in the eastern region

Mechanics:
Resting on the Reverse Trike
One floating carrier can be taken with you on a Zip Line
Cargo, chiral crystals, cryptobiotes can be picked up while on Reverse Trike
Strands can be used to tie down cargo loaded on floaters, buddy bots and reverse trikes. Tying them down prevents the cargo from falling off even in a severe fall & prevents attacks that take away the cargo

Mule Camps:
Camps now feature Mounted Machine Guns from episode 5 onwards

Music:
Ludvig Forssell - Car Go Fast (Used for race track)
Ludvig Forssell - Dredge (Additional BT music)
Ludvig Forssell - Factory (New mule/terrorist action music)
Ludvig Forssell - Over The Threshold (Used for race track)
Ludvig Forssell - Pizza Time (Used for pizza delivery missions)
Ludvig Forssell - Scourge (Used for big Catcher BT fights)
Ludvig Forssell - Tryouts (Used for firing range time attack)
Ludivg Forssell - UCA Pacific Highway 46 (Used for race track)

Online Functions:
Friend Play (Friends can be added as strand contracts) (Bridge Link Lv. 10)
Ranked Boss battles with leaderboards
Ranked Drills with leaderboards
Ranked Orders with leaderboards
Ranked Races with leaderboards

Options:
Key assingments for some actions can now be changed
Option to change frequency of tips to fit your preferences
Option to change wether background images & tips are displayed on loading screen
Option to change your Trigger Effect Strength from Strong, Medium, Weak to None

Orders for Sam:
2 story orders available in episode 2 (No. 77/78)
1 story order available in episode 15 (No. 79)
3 vog-preserved resources orders (No. 80/81/82)
3 porter carrying rescue orders (No. 83/84/85)

Photo mode:
Can now be used during cutscenes

Private room:
2 DOOMs Nightmare cutscenes
Bridges Energy instead of Monter Energy
Nightmare Battles (Revisit boss fights)

Racetrack:
Fragile Circuit (Complete order No. 35, then read yellow-letter email from Thomas Southerland, go to the south of the Timefall Farm and build it)

Songs:
Apocalyptica - “Path” (Complete Episode 1)
Apocalyptica - “Path Vol. 2” (Complete Episode 1)
Biting Elbows - "Alone" (Complete Episode 1)
Biting Elbows - "Control" (Order No. 83)
Biting Elbows - "Other Me" (Order No. 85)
Midge Ure - "Fragile" (Complete Episode 1)
Woodkid - "Goliath" (Order No. 78)
Woodkid - "Pale Yellow" (Order No. 77)

Standard orders:
Order No. 600-639

Technology:
NVIDIA Image Scaling
NVIDIA DLSS 2.3.7
AMD FSR 1.0
AMD FSR 2.0
Intel XeSS 1.1
MetalFX (on Mac, iPad and iPhone 15 Pro)

Tips:
The guides and tips displayed in the game have been adjusted to make it easier to play

UI:
Premium delivery requirements are more clear in multiple ways
The health of structures is easier to see from the map
Players can now see what orders are at each terminal without having to go there first
Footwear now has differently sized health bars that accurately demonstrate their durabilit

Vehicles:
Roadster (S-Rank in any Roadster race)
Roadster Long Range (S-Rank in all four Roadster races)
Reversed Trike: Transporter (4 Stars at Lake Knot City)

Weapons:
Maser Gun (Order No. 77)

Other:
Selections From ‘The Art of DEATH STRANDING’” Digital Book (by Titan Books)

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sHd62brMtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cDsmFbdBEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKg1ZZ1FBLk

[AvrorA]

Will it replace initial released game, like Automata did, for example?

[Boudicia Dark]

No, this is all just add-on.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

wuz dis?

[Shovel Fighter]

thx 4 the list! pretty helpfull!

[[XGS]DonkyBoY]

Thx for the post :D appreciated.

[BlickWinkel]

I hear there seem to be two more points:

1. In the eastern region, you can climb the mountain directly from the shelter of ludens fans to the incineration plant (there was an air wall here before)

2. When carrying Chiral crystal, it can generate anti gravity and reduce the weight of cargo. 1cg kerol crystal can reduce the weight of 1g.

[Flybye]

I was planning to play a 2nd round but without highways. I think the $10 will be a nice slight change to the game. I wouldn't use something as silly as the racetrack, though.

[ZloVeshiy PartiZaN]

many games have free updates and dlc, but the greedy publisher decided that it was possible to sell again. It's a shame/

[Bainrow Kicks]

Originally posted by The Slave of System:

many games have free updates and dlc, but the greedy publisher decided that it was possible to sell again. It's a shame/

Yeah, since I love the game I have no problems paying for some more content. Base game delivered by far one of the best gaming experiences I've had in years.
There's also a lot of free games you can play, that way you don't have to support any of the greedy game developers or publishers with money.

[ChiefWildEagle]

The list is helpful. I've play the DC on PS5. It's good to be sure. But really it's not worth full price. I've paid for the original game on steam and on PS4, then bought the DC on PS5. Its ok. Somehow the new roads are nice but it also takes away from exploration of the world. It's a mixed bag. Still a great game though!

[Arrogant Player]

isn't this game too long already?

[Flybye]

Originally posted by Arrogant Player:

isn't this game too long already?

You can speed run it in 5 hours.

Is that also too long for you?

[Shovel Fighter]

Originally posted by Sascha:

(...)new content(...)

u missed the former PS5 pre order items in ur list! would be nice if u could add them:
• “Selections From ‘The Art of DEATH STRANDING’” Digital Book (by Titan Books)
• Backpack Patches
• Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Gold)
• BB pod customization (Chiral Gold)
• Power Gloves (Gold)
• Bridges Special Delivery Team Suit (Silver)
• BB pod customization (Omnireflector)
• Power Gloves (Silver)

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Flybye:

Originally posted by Arrogant Player:

isn't this game too long already?

You can speed run it in 5 hours.

Isn't that the average completion of an EA title?

[neighborhood terrorist]

If you own the original, will both versions still be on the same "servers?" What I mean is will structures built in the base game still show up in the directors cut edition? Can both base game and directors cut owners see each others structures or are the versions stored on separate servers now?