Brave New World

Your ultimate guide to The Outer Worlds 2's Brave New World quest. Learn about skill recommendations, gear, and strategies to secure Halcyon's future.

Alright, so we're heading into the endgame now, and Brave New World is a pretty big one. It's all about getting your hands on The Hope, this massive ship that's basically the key to fixing Halcyon. Phineas wants to use it to bring back the best and brightest to solve the colony's problems, while The Board has their own plans for it. Your job? Fire up its old systems and use its FTL drive to go grab it from way out in the solar system.

Before you dive headfirst into this, let's talk about your character build. Since we're nearing the end, you'll want to make sure your skills are in a good spot. It's not strictly required, but having either all your dialog skills at 100 and Science at 90, or Lockpick and Hack both at 100 will make things a whole lot smoother. Seriously, it makes a difference.

For an even easier time, especially when you're on your ship, try to get one dialog skill up to 100. Your companions SAM, Felix, and Nyoka have some sweet bonus perks that can really help out in conversations. Alternatively, if you're not big on the skill checks, just slap on your toughest armor and bring your biggest gun. Sometimes brute force is the answer!

One last thing before we hit the point of no return: look for a Laminated mod and slot it into your Armoring. You might not have run into too much N-ray damage yet, but trust me, a lot of enemies in the final mission are packing weapons with Mag-2-Ray mods. That damage-over-time effect stacks up super fast, and it can easily send you to the game over screen before you even know what hit you. Don't let that happen!