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The Fisherman

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH guide · Coastal settlement visited along the shores ✓ Checked against sources

This remote coastal shelter sits beside a pier facing the central tar crater and is overseen by a sole surviving mariner obsessed with an aquatic behemoth. You visit this station to turn in salvaged freight, eliminate nearby anomalous beach entities, and integrate the outpost into the broader chiral network. Progressing through deliveries eventually triggers an investigation to bait and confront a massive leviathan lurking deep within the tar.

Region: Australia
Getting there: Along the coastline heading north toward the Metagenomicist's camp, turning across a player bridge toward the pier at the edge of the crater voidout
Connects to: F5 East Distribution Center, Metagenomicist's camp, Ghost Mech Factory
Related quests: Sub Order 116 · Sub Order 117 · Standard Order 494
Services and people: The Fisherman · Delivery Terminal · Private Locker
Enemy types: Floating BTs · BT Delphis · BT Cetus

Achievements here

Showdown at the Tar LakeRaise The Fisherman's connection rating until he offers Sub Order 117 via an SSS alert. Capture the required bait BT to summon the Lord of the Tar Lake boss, then defeat or capture it at the lake.

Achievement guide and roadmap →

Key fights

Lord of the Tar Lake

Enemies: BT Cetus

Threats: Immense swimming lunges, tar submergence, and heavy wave disruption

Weaknesses and resistances: Anti-BT weaponry; EX Capture Grenades when health is critically low; blood-based explosives

Tactics: Use dolphin bait from the pier, restock via ghost players, and bombard its core with rocket launchers and machine guns before capturing or defeating it

Rewards: Showdown at the Tar Lake trophy; max connection rank progression

Enemies

Floating BT

Weak to Anti-BT weaponry or ranged gunfire

Drifts near the shore and descends toward noise; eliminating them fulfills recurring clearing assignments

BT Delphis

Weak to EX Capture Grenades after depleting its health to the red

Dolphin-shaped entity encountered at the Ghost Mech Factory to be used as bait

Shops and people

The Fisherman: Backpack Cover fabrication; chiral network bandwidth increases; APAS firmware upgrades; material allotment expansions

Tips

If connection progression halts near the fifth star, check the shelter terminal for recurring elimination orders or look for lost cargo along the shoreline.

Not listed for this area: items, secrets.

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