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So, if you're curious how far through the game you are, here's a full list of all the chapter and Main Orders in Death Stranding 2.

How many chapters are in Death Stranding 2?

There is a total of 17 chapters in Death Stranding 2, known in-game as 'Episodes', two more than the 15 chapters in Death Stranding 1.

Most of these Episodes have vague names, typically just a single word or name that hints towards the focus of that particular chapter.

They also vary quite heavily in length – some will take you a couple of hours to complete, while others require 10 or 20 minutes.

Here is a full list of Episodes in Death Stranding 2:

Episode 1: Sam
Episode 2: Lou
Episode 3: Drawbridge
Episode 4: Raindrops
Episode 5: Conflagration
Episode 6: Chrysalis
Episode 7: Pod
Episode 8: Deluge
Episode 9: Puppets
Episode 10: Isolation
Episode 11: Quake
Episode 12: Fragile
Episode 13: Die Hard
Episode 14: Last Stranding
Episode 15: On the Beach
Episode 16: Tomorrow
Episode 17: One Day

Full list of Death Stranding 2 Main Orders

Death Stranding 2's story is progressed by completing a series of Main Orders.

Effectively acting as the game's missions, these are the deliveries you need to complete to connect new locations to the Chiral Network, elimination and infiltration missions, or boss fights.

We've got a list of all of them, but be aware, there are spoilers ahead for the full Death Stranding 2 story and ending.

Here is the full list of Main Orders in Death Stranding 2:

Main Order 1: Return Home
Main Order 2: Deliver the Chiral Network Gateway to C1
Main Order 3: Deliver One or More Remote Medical Units to Villa Libre
Main Order 4: Recover All Chiral Density Gauges Stolen by Bandits
Main Order 5: Defeat the BTs Near the Former Geophysics Research Lab and Deliver the Prototype MP Bullets
Main Order 6: Defeat the Giant BT
Main Order 7: Deliver the Present for Lou
Main Order 8: Connect the Australian Plate Gate Terminal to the Chiral Network
Main Order 9: Deliver the Chiral Decontaminator to the Government's Base
Main Order 10: [Elimination] Liberate the Western Environmental Observatory from the Brigands
Main Order 11: Deliver the Communications Disruptor and the Mysterious Recording to the Musician
Main Order 12: Investigate the Unusual Tar Currents near F1
Main Order 13: Restore the Monorail and Deliver Special Alloys to F1
Main Order 14: Deliver all Terraforming Equipment to Rainbow Valley
Main Order 15: Deliver the Test Subject Kangaroo to the Animal Shelter
Main Order 16: Deliver All Aid Packages to the Northern Environmental Observatory
Main Order 17: Escape the Strange Realm
Main Order 18: [Hazardous] Recover All Weapon Sets and Burrowing Bombs Stolen by Brigands
Main Order 19: [Do Not Submerge] Deliver Necrobiotes to the F2 South Distribution Center
Main Order 20: Deliver All Aid Packages and Chiral Printer Parts to F1
Main Order 21: Rescue the Dowser's Friend from the Armed Survivalists
Main Order 22: Search for Tomorrow
Main Order 23: Deliver Flower Assortments Collected Near a Large Waterfall and Deliver Tar Magnetite to Heartman's Lab
Main Order 24: [Chilled] Deliver the Beach Yeast to the Pizza Chef
Main Order 25: [Keep Flat/Express] Deliver a Piping Hot Pizza to the Data Scientist
Main Order 26: Recover Old BB Pod from the Armed Survivalists' Base
Main Order 27: Deliver All Tar Dissolvent to the DHV Magellan
Main Order 28: Extract Data from the Weapons Fabricator and Destroy Them, Then Bring the Data Back to the DHV Magellan in the Ring Terminal Expansion Device
Main Order 29: Recover the Coffin from the Armed Survivalists' Base
Main Order 30: Deliver all Prototype Life Support Systems to F4
Main Order 31: Return from the Strange Realm
Main Order 32: [Do Not Submerge] Deliver the Cryptobiote Variants to the Chronobiologist
Main Order 33: Deliver Timefall-Resistant Emu to the Metagenomicist
Main Order 34: Deliver All Chiral Microbes to the F5 East Distribution Center
Main Order 35: [Elimination] Extract Data from the Ghost Mech Fabrications and Destroy Them Along with Any Guards, Then Bring the Data Back to the DHV Magellan in the Ring Terminal Expansion Device
Main Order 36: [Hazardous] Cross Treacherous Snowy Peaks to Deliver a Meteorite to the Adventurer
Main Order 37: Rescue the Adventurer from the Snowy Mountains
Main Order 38: Deliver the Chiral Decontaminators and Sedatives to the Eastern Environmental Observatory
Main Order 39: Destroy the Giant Ghost Mech
Main Order 40: [Breakable Cargo] Recover All Stranded Cargo
Main Order 41: [Hazardous] Deliver the Chiral Field Controller Prototypes to F6
Main Order 42: Deliver Chiral Cyclotron Parts and All Special Materials to the DHV Magellan
Main Order 43: Destroy All Chiral Jammers and Eliminate the Threat to the Southern Environmental Observatory
Main Order 44: Deliver the Network Stabilizer to the F7 North Distribution Center
Main Order 45: Return from the Strange Realm
Main Order 46: Deliver the Drawbridge Terminal Unit to F8
Main Order 47: Rescue Tomorrow and Prevent the Last Stranding
Main Order 48: Find an Item with a Deep Connection to Higgs
Main Order 49: Return Home with Lou

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Alex RaisbeckGaming writer