Tools

Learn about essential tools in Death Stranding Director's Cut, including the Climbing Anchor, Container Repair Spray, EX Grenades, Ladder, and PCC.

Climbing Anchor

Unlocks at the start of Episode 2. Small package size, 5kg per package. There are three climbing anchors in each package. Place at the top of a steep slope or cliff using L2 to select the placement and R2 to place. Once this is done, you can grab the rope using Square and use it to ascend or descend. An unplaced climbing anchor is useless at the bottom of a cliff, but once a climbing anchor's been placed at the bottom of a cliff, you can use the rope to go back up the cliff, provided the rope is left dangling.

While holding onto a rope, you can't use the cuff links. Also note that you can turn the camera to face Sam so you can see where he's going as you descend a rope.

Container Repair Spray

Unlocks after completing Order 8: Collection: Chiral Crystals. It will repair damage to any cargo containers caused by Timefall. It does not repair any damage to the actual cargo, but given how many times you've come through Timefall just fine only to stumble and have all your cargo destroyed because the containers were badly damaged, it's worth keeping your containers intact. The standard L2 aiming is good for cargo on a vehicle or on the floor. You'll need to hit Square to reach anything you're carrying on your back.

EX Grenades

Unlocks when you reach the Distribution Center West of Capital Knot City. They don't deal direct damage to BTs (Beached Things). Instead, EX Grenades appear to act as a sort of "crowd control" tool, as a BT hit with one will move away from wherever it was hanging out. They also seem to make Catchers more susceptible to anti-BT weaponry such as Hematic Grenades.

There are three levels: Number 0, Number 1, and Number 2. The higher levels act more strongly. Number 0 is made from Sam's shower water. Number 1 is made from Sam's urine; use the standing toilet in a private room after you've drank a lot of water from your canteen. Number 2 is made from Sam's feces, thus the sitting toilet. You need to eat cryptobiotes to make Number 2 grenades.

Ladder

Unlocks at the start of Episode 2. . One ladder per package. Can be used to scale cliffs, as well as placed across a river or ravine as a narrow bridge. Use L2 to see an overlay of where the ladder will end up, and R2 to place. If the ladder is vertical enough, you'll use Square to grab it; otherwise you'll just walk across.

PCC (Portable Chiral Constructor)

Unlocks once you reach the Waystation West of Capital Knot City. . One structure can be built per PCC. These have a variety of uses. Use L2 to select placement for the PCC, and remember to press DPad down in order to cycle through the possible structures that can be built. R2 will send the PCC out to start building the structure. There's a certain radius structures need around them in which you can't build another.