{"id":195,"date":"2025-06-15T20:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T20:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/2025\/06\/15\/death-stranding-2-how-to-get-the-otter-hood-inventor-guide\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T20:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T20:24:14","slug":"death-stranding-2-how-to-get-the-otter-hood-inventor-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Death Stranding 2: How To Get The Otter Hood | Inventor Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Otter Hood<\/strong> returns in Death Stranding 2<\/em> and once again it gives Sam the uncanny ability to stay afloat in water. Normally you can\u2019t easily swim, but the Otter Hood allows you to float on your belly and makes crossing rivers a lot easier. No more draining stamina in deep water. This is a permanent upgrade that Sam can equip (or unequip) at any time with no penalties \u2014 it\u2019s one of the few pieces of headgear that unlocks new abilities for Sam, so you\u2019ll want to unlock it ASAP. <\/p>\n

The Otter Hood<\/strong> is developed by an optional character called the Inventor<\/strong>. To get the hood, you\u2019ll need to find his island \u2014 and at first, it looks impossible to reach. The island is located north of the Mine North of F1<\/strong> and is surrounded by a bottomless tar pit that sucks up vehicles. You won\u2019t get delivery orders to go here; you\u2019ll need to find deliveries that washed ashore instead. This is what you need to know.<\/p>\n

The Inventor | Prepper Bunker Location<\/h2>\n

The Inventor<\/strong> is a prepper located on the west coast of Australia<\/strong> \u2014 he is on a small island surrounded by tar. The island only becomes accessible in Episode 6<\/strong> after the Main Order Deliver All Aid Packages and Chiral Printer to F1<\/strong>. This is following a major Gate Quake that changes the landmass slightly and wrecks West Fort Knot. <\/p>\n

After delivering the Aid Packages, go to the inventor\u2019s island north of the Mine North of F1<\/strong>. His beach is now littered with lost packages<\/strong> Sam can recover. Picking up a package marked for \u201cThe Inventor<\/strong>\u201d will show his nearby location. The problem is reaching it. <\/p>\n

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  • How To Reach The Inventor<\/strong>: The Inventor\u2019s Bunker is on an island surrounded by bottomless tarpits. To reach the island, use your scanner to find yellow<\/strong> areas in the tar. These are difficult terrain but it\u2019s passable. There are multiple roads through the tar big enough for pick-up trucks \u2014 one is on the left and another is on the right when facing the bunker. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The tar pits don\u2019t immediately suck you down, so even if you stray from the yellow path briefly, you can still correct yourself while riding a vehicle. <\/p>\n

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    What Does The Inventor Give You?<\/h2>\n

    The Inventor gives Sam items from the first Death Stranding<\/em> \u2014 but they\u2019re incredibly useful. You\u2019ll earn the Otter Hood<\/strong> first and then variants of the Stun Grenade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    • 1 Star<\/strong>: Otter Hood<\/li>\n
    • 2 Star<\/strong>: Stun Grenade<\/li>\n
    • 3 Star<\/strong>: Remote Stun Grenade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Deliver the lost cargo on the beach outside the Inventor\u2019s island to get started \u2014 there should be enough cargo here to rank up Sam to 2 Star<\/strong> if you bring the Inventor everything. <\/p>\n

      The Otter Hood<\/strong> is an Easter egg item rewarded by celebrity appearance Conan O\u2019Brien in the original Death Stranding<\/em>, and it\u2019s back here with the exact same functionality. While swimming, Sam can flip onto his back and float like an otter, making crossing large bodies of water a lot easier. <\/p>\n

      Stun Grenades are also very useful. These weapons explode with an electricity discharge that knocks out humans and mechs. Even better, it can be used to temporarily disable vehicles<\/strong> \u2014 which is actually it\u2019s most useful function. Having a weapon to stop bandits, brigands or survivalists in their heavily armed vehicles make all the difference on tough missions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Otter Hood returns in Death Stranding 2 and once again it gives Sam the uncanny ability to stay afloat in water. Normally you can\u2019t easily swim, but the Otter Hood allows you to float on your belly and makes crossing rivers a lot easier. No more draining stamina in deep water. This is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[53,54,55,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yyqiuxia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}