Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is a game all about the journey, and there is a whole lot of journeying you must do. All that traveling without a little bit of conflict would be incredibly boring though, so the game has something to help spice up those deliveries - natural disasters.

Natural disasters are not events you can ignore, and they help to make even the most well-trodden paths become a bit more unpredictable. Learning how they occur and what they affect is the best method of surmounting them since you do not have the means of preventing them entirely.

How Do Natural Disasters Occur?

Natural disasters are, as the name implies, natural. They are not something Sam or anyone else in the game has control over. They occur constantly throughout the game, mostly randomly outside of some preset encounters. This means you can't fully plan around them, and have to adapt on the fly.

However, you can still be prepared to a degree. Plate Quakes, for example, are most devastating when you are holding a very highly-stacked backpack, so try to have a vehicle or Floating Carrier at the ready to spread out the load more evenly. Always bring some Container Repair Spray for Timefall, or Ladders and Climbing Anchors in the event of flooding.

However, while storms and quakes are mostly random, flooding tends to occur as a direct result of other events. For example, after a particularly heavily period of Timefall, rivers may flood. This happens regionally based on where and when the Timefall occurred. As such, checking the weather forecast can give you a rough idea of where flooding may occur next.

Plate Quakes also tend to cause rivers to flood. Since there are very few ways of predicting a quake, you cannot quite plan for the rivers that will flood as a result of them, either. As such, that is why it is smartest to always come prepared to the best of your ability.

Every Type of Natural Disaster

There are a few different natural disasters present in the game. While the list of them is relatively small, they offer a great degree of diversity based on where they occur and the strength of the natural disaster itself.

Natural Disaster	What It Does
Plate Quakes	Cause shaking that can knock small over, dislodge boulders from cliffs, erupt tar currents, and cause avalanches.
Flooding	Causes rivers to widen, and other low-land areas to become flooded. Also causes surrounding land to become slippery, even after flooding stops.
Wildfires	Causes continual, spreading fires in wooded areas, and also has flaming comets drop from the sky.
Storms	This can be a variety of storms, such as sandstorms, electric storms, or blizzards. These reduce visibility, push Sam in the direction of the wind, and can wear down cargo faster and trigger lightning bolts to strike the ground.

Storms, for example, can take on different elements depending on the environment, while Plate Quakes will affect the area differently based on their surroundings.

How To Survive Every Natural Disaster

Each type of natural disaster in the game is quite distinct from one another. Here are the best methods to manage each of them.

Quakes

You will typically get a brief warning in advance of a Plate Quake. These have diverse effects depending on where they occur and their strength. Plate Quakes have a unique scale, Q-Ranks, that determine their strength. The higher the number, the stronger the Plate Quake.

Floods

Floods are easily the most common of the natural disasters that occur, and this is mostly because other natural disasters can trigger them. When flooding occurs, any existing rivers become much wider, making existing ladders and bridges less effective.

However, flooding can also cause areas that typically have no water to fill up, making low land you could previously traverse on foot suddenly much more difficult to navigate. The land in general also gets wetter, making it much easier for Sam to lose his footing.

Wildfires

Wildfires are the rarest of the natural disasters, but also one of the most difficult to manage. They only occur in dense wooded areas, which are rare enough in general across Australia. They also result in 'Chiral Comets', which are basically meteors that rapidly assault the area, causing fire to spread even faster.

Wildfires are incredibly difficult to manage because wooded areas offer less freedom to move, while also giving fire the ideal means of expanding. The fire is incredibly damaging to Sam, and there are functionally no limits to where and how it can spread. If you are not fast enough, the fire will consume you.

This means you cannot wait it out. If you are caught in a wildfire, you must immediately plan an exit route. Do not try to pick up more cargo as it is entirely possible you will get trapped by the expanding flames.

Storms

Storms are one of the more varied natural disasters as they can take on many different forms. The primary ones you will encounter are sandstorms, lightning storms, and blizzards. All of them are accompanied by strong winds, though each has its own unique aspects as well.

Sandstorms are the earliest you will encounter. They possess incredibly strong winds that push Sam in their direction, though taking cover behind large buildings will save you from the worst of this. However, visibility will still be dramatically reduced by the sand itself, making it much more effective to rely on markers to navigate over your own eyes.

Lightning storms will be the most common you see, typically occurring during moments of heavy Timefall. They come with strong winds, though not as intense as sandstorms, nor do they reduce your visibility anywhere near as much. However, they also feature periodical lightning strikes which have the potential to hit Sam. Therefore, resting under a Timefall Shelter or keeping on the move are the safest bets. Don't stay still without any cover to protect you.

Finally, we have blizzards. These are most akin to sandstorms, dramatically reducing visibility and featuring very powerful winds. However, they are also heavily composed of snowy Timefall. This makes the weather conditions more rapidly deteriorate your cargo, so try to find shelter as often as possible if you are caught out in the mountains.

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