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Prologue Section 3: Corpse Disposal
Death Stranding Director's Cut

Prologue Section 3: Corpse Disposal

Learn about corpse disposal, BTs, and Voidouts in Death Stranding Director's Cut. Understand why burning bodies is crucial.

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Learn about corpse disposal, BTs, and Voidouts in Death Stranding Director's Cut. Understand why burning bodies is crucial.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Observe semi-interactive cutscenes where Sam and the Corpse Disposal team discuss procedures. You can move the camera during these scenes.
  2. 2
    Understand that since the Death Stranding, corpses necrotize within 48 hours, or slightly longer if kept on ice.
  3. 3
    If a corpse is not burned before necrosis, its soul will return, creating a BT (Beached Thing).
  4. 4
    Contact between a living human and a BT causes a Voidout, an explosion that leaves a crater, similar to matter-antimatter annihilation.
  5. 5
    Corpses release dangerous chiralium, which also attracts BTs.
  6. 6
    The standard practice is to burn bodies to prevent BTs and Voidouts, thus protecting populated areas.
  7. 7
    Witness the truck ambush where a necrotized corpse drops a BT amidst living humans, leading to a Voidout.
  8. 8
    After the Voidout, you will find yourself in the Seam, a space between the Beach and the world of the living.
  9. 9
    In the Seam, locate the gold strand. Aim your camera at it and hold the square button to proceed.
  10. 10
    Sam awakens at the edge of a crater where Central Knot City once stood, a result of a BT touching a single living human.
Tips
  • Do not touch the BTs; they are dangerous.
  • The Seam is a space you ideally want to avoid frequent visits to, as it signifies Sam's death.

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