Death Stranding Preppers, Gear and Upgrades and How to Find Them

Collectibles are a big part of Death Stranding and they carry a lot of importance. Here’s how you can find all Preppers, Gear, and Upgrades in the game.

It is important to find all of the preppers in order to gain more gear and improvements in Death Stranding. You can earn various prizes from cities and preppers you encounter by delivering their desired items. Upgrade your existing equipment and any cosmetics, preppers.

We have mentioned below the list of all the things you can’t really avoid picking up in the game since they are given as a reward for various story events.

• Postbox PCC lvl 1 (Waystation West of Capital Knot City)
• Container Repair Spray (Distribution Center West of Capital Knot City)
• Bridge PCC lvl 1 (Distribution Center West of Capital Knot City)
• Generator PCC lvl 1 (Wind Farm)
• Blood bag (Capital Knot City)
• Hematic grenade lvl 1 (Capital Knot City)
• Smoke-emitting decoy cargo (Lake Knot City)
• Power skeleton lvl 1 (Engineer)
• Smoke grenade lvl 1 (Engineer)
• Bola Gun lvl 1 (Craftsman)
• Delivery bot (Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City)
• PCC lvl 2 (Weather Station)
• Floating Carrier lvl 1 (Weather Station)
• Anti-BT handgun lvl 1 (Chiral Artist)
• Power skeleton lvl 1 (Junk Dealer)
• Smoke grenade lvl 1 (Junk Dealer)
• Backpack customisation (Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City)
• Truck (Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City)
• Handgun lvl 1 (South Knot City)
• Assault Rifle lvl 1 (South Knot City)
• Grenade (South Knot City)
• Sticky Gun (Lake Knot City)
• Armour plate lvl 1 (Waystation North of Mountain Knot City)
• Non-lethal assault rifle lvl 1 (Waystation North of Mountain Knot City)
• Stabiliser (Knot City)

Not everything is necessary to get in the game. Some of these upgrades will be optional but help you get to travel to other areas with ease. You can also transport cargo easily by finding some of the optional upgrades.

You can acquire more items as a result of your strong relationships with different people gained via searching for items and completing several deliveries. Some random characters also offer you numerous valuable goods, thus knowing which items are supplied by which people is crucial so you can focus on developing your friendship with them. Here’s a handy list to help you figure out which character has the best stuff.

You can generally unlock the following new items when you hit relationship level 5 with any character.

• Hologram data
• Ability to rest for a prepper
• Cosmetic star

All Death Stranding Preppers, Gear, and Upgrades In Eastern Region

1. Capital Knot City

• Level 3 – Bridges Baseball cap

2. Ludens fan

• Level 2 – Hologram: Ludens Jumbo Nendroid
• Level 4 – Hologram: Ludens fan

3. Distribution Center West of Capital Knot City

• Level 4 – Hologram: Benjamin Hancock

4. Musician

• First delivery – Harmonica

All Death Stranding Preppers, Gear, and Upgrades In Central Region

1. Lake Knot City

• Level 4 – Hologram: William Lake

2. Engineer

• Level 2 – Power skeleton lvl 1
• Level 2- Smoke grenade lvl 1
• Level 3 – Power skeleton lvl 2
• Level 3- Smoke grenade lvl 2
• Level 4 – Power skeleton lvl 3
• Level 4 – Engineer hologram data

3. Craftsman

• Level 2 – Bola Gun lvl 1
• Level 3 – Bola Gun lvl 2
• Level 3 – Custom hematic grenades

4. Elder

• Level 2 – Vog-emitting decoy cargo
• Level 4 – Hologram: Elder

5. Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City

• Level 1 – Backpack accessory: Windmill
• Level 2 – Delivery bot
• Level 2 – Bridges boots lvl 2
• Level 3 – Truck (long range lvl 1)
• Level 4 – Truck (long range lvl 2)
• Level 5 – Truck (long range lvl 3)

6. Collector

• Level 1 – Backpack cover

7. Junk Dealer

• Level 2 – Speed skeleton lvl 1
• Level 2 – Smoke bomb
• Level 3 – Speed skeleton lvl 2
• Level 3 – Custom CHIRAL ladder x3
• Level 4 – Remote stun bomb
• Level 4 – Hologram: Junk dealer
• Level 4 – Custom CHIRAL ladder
• Level 5 – Speed skeleton lvl 3

8. Chiral Artist

• Level 2 – Anti-BT handgun lvl 1
• Level 3 – Anti-BT handgun lvl 2
• Level 3 – Chiral boots x2
• Level 4 – Holograms: Chiral Artist

9. Film Director

• Level 1 – J.F Rey “Sam” Glasses
• Level 2 – Hologram generator (disguises post box as rocks)
• Level 4 – Film Director hologram

10. Weather Station

• Level 1 – Backpack accessory: Weather Talisman
• Level 2 – PCC lvl 2
• Level 2 – Floating carrier lvl 1
• Level 3 – Floating carrier lvl 2

11. Cosplayer

• Level 1 – Otter hood
• Level 2 – Utility pouch bag upgrade
• Level 3 – Large Grenade pouch
• Level 4 – Wandering MC and Cosplayer holograms
• Level 5 – Omnireflector backpack color

12. South Knot City

• Level 2 – Handgun lvl 1
• Level 2 – Assault Rifle lvl 1
• Level 2 – Grenade
• Level 3 – Reverse Trike: Defensive
• Level 3 – Handgun lvl 2
• Level 4 – Truck: Defensive
• Level 4 – Second delivery bot

13. Timefall Farm

• Level 2 – Odradek scanner nullification
• Level 3 – Odradek human detection
• Level 5 – Hologram: Goose

14. Veteran Porter

• ???

15. Paleontologist

• Level 2 – Oxygen mask
• Level 2 – Hematic grenade lvl 2
• Level 4 – Hologram: Palaeontologist hologram

16. Geologist

• Level 2 – Climbing anchor level 2
• Level 4 – Hologram: Geologist

17. Heartman

• Level 1 – Thermal pad
• Level 3 – Backpack Accessory: Cryptobiote

18. Evo-devo Biologist

• Level 2 – Grenade launcher
• Level 4 – Multi-rocket launcher

19. Roboticist

• Level 2 – All-terrain skeleton lvl 1
• Level 3 – All-terrain skeleton lvl 2
• Level 4 – All-terrain skeleton lvl 3

20. Mountain Knot City

• Level 2 – Stabiliser
• Level 3 – Assault Rifle lvl 3
• Level 3 – Non-lethal assault rifle lvl 3
• Level 4 – Third delivery bot unlocked

21. Doctor

• Level 2 – Canteen lvl 2
• Level 3 – High capacity blood bags

22. The First Prepper

• ???

23. Spiritualist

• Level 1 – Backpack accessory: One Dollar Coin
• Level 4 – Spiritualist hologram

24. Waystation North of Mountain Knot City

• Level 2 – Armour plate lvl 1
• Level 2 – Non-lethal assault rifle lvl 1
• Level 3 – Armour plate lvl 2

25. Distribution Center North of Mountain Knot City

• Level 2 – Assault Rifle lvl 2
• Level 2 – Non-lethal Assault Rifle lvl 2
• Level 3 – Spare ammo pouch

26. The Novelist’s Son

• Level 2 – Backpack Accessory: Bell charm
• Level 3 – Holgram: Novelist’s Son

27. Photographer

• Level 2 – Shotgun lvl 1
• Level 2 – Riot shotgun lvl 1
• Level 3 – Shotgun lvl 2
• Level 4 – Riot Shotgun lvl 2

28. Mountaineer

• Level 2 – Bridges boots lvl 3
• Level 2 – Power gloves
• Level 2 – Custom chiral climbing anchor
• Level 4 – Hologram: Mountaineer
• Level 4 – Hologram: Mountain Guide holograms

Death Stranding is available now for PS4 and it will be out in Summer 2020 for PC. The game is up for pre-order on Steam and Epic Games Store.