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Beached things (BTs) are entities whose souls are stranded in the world of the living following the events of the Expiry Stranding. BTs are considered extremely dangerous and are almost invariably hostile toward living things. Considering the bodies of BTs contain antimatter, if they consume a living thing, a voidout will be triggered, causing a massive explosion capable of destroying entire cities.

1 Overview
2 Types
- two.one Gazer
  - 2.1.1 Hunting behavior
- 2.ii Catcher
  - 2.2.1 Variants
- ii.three Higgs' Catcher Titan
- ii.4 Jellyfish
- 2.5 Whale
3 Notes
4 Gallery

Overview

A beached affair comes into existence when the deceased soul of a living thing fails to cross through the Embankment into the earth of the dead, consequently becoming "stranded" in the world of the living, with their connection to the other side maintained through an umbilical cord. The Expiry Stranding occurred concurrently with the first recorded sighting of a BT by a doctor performing a Caesarean section on a brain dead mother. Due to the Death Stranding, when a human being dies, their "ka" (soul) is still connected to and will attempt to render to their "ha" (body) after death. The only fashion to forbid this is to destroy the trunk, ordinarily through cremation at an incinerator; if this is not carried out, the ka will return to the ha and then become a BT, stranded in the world of the living, risking a Voidout.

BTs tin can exist perceived by individuals suffering from DOOMS, or via a trance connection to bridge babies, which exist between the worlds of the living and dead. The extent to which DOOMS sufferers can interact with BTs varies; Sam is capable of sensing BTs, simply cannot run into them without the assistance of Lou. Frail, meanwhile, is capable of seeing BTs without aid. With a DOOMS level of vii at minimum, Higgs is capable of not but seeing BTs, just besides controlling them at will.

Information technology is never articulate if the Beached Things are all stranded human souls, native entities to the 'other side', or a mixture. It is safe to assume that Gazer-types are all the event of man deaths, but very little is explained regarding the nature or origins of the larger BTs. Higgs' Collosus, however, would seem to be an entity that is entirely of his own creation and nether his control, suggesting that it is at least possible for BTs to arise from sources other than human death. It is likewise unclear if the BT'south behaviour is predatory or non: The grappling and grasping of Gazer-type BTs could be interpreted as a desperate need for physical contact, or even a plea for help. Heartman at i signal speculates that the homo hand-prints that appear during close encounters could be interpreted as the BTs reaching out to united states.

A very rare case is a BT baby connected to a living woman. This was the condition of the scientist of Bridges Målingen (AKA Mama) whose baby dies in childbirth while however continued to her by the umbilical chord. The result was that Målingen has to alive isolated to avoid whatsoever contact with some other BTs. Still, her BT baby by itself was inoffensive and had some curious behaviors similar feeling hungry and sleeping.

An intriguing attribute most this case is that Mama was technically dead; She didn't have pulse and her skin was cold all the fourth dimension, only was withal able to talk, retrieve and interact similar whatever other person. Somehow the BT baby kept her in a limbo between the world of the living and the beach. She tin even produce milk even though her baby cannot beverage it.

Sadly Mama dies shortly after deciding to cut the link with the babe for diverse reasons. But curiously her body doesn't necrotize, considering the connection with the BT infant filled her cells with Chiralium.

Some other curious case is Cliff Unger (AKA Gainsay Veteran) who having died, returns to life in human being grade and with improved abilities, every bit well as being able to control ghostly entities remotely. Its non sure if Unger is a BT entity, but how it came back to life avoiding to become a conventional BT is a complete mystery. Merely something that is certain is the aggressiveness of Unger besides as his ghost soldiers.

It is speculated by various Bridges experts that when a person dies with swell hatred and unresolved issues, can come back to life in a spectral style. Which would explain the render of Cliff and even more than it confirms the existence of ghosts throughout homo history, since these kinds of appearances were believed to be legends and myths before the Expiry Stranding.

Types

Gazer

Gazers are floating humanoid BTs which manifest in areas showered in timefall; their presence is indicated from a distance past spectral black strands in the atmosphere in a higher place such areas. They come in two forms: adults and infants. Gazers sense by audio, and are unable to detect Sam while he is either immobile or property his jiff. If Sam holds his breath, however, he will be unable to encounter nearby gazers and only regain the power to practise so after animate and remaining yet once more.

Gazers tin can be temporarily immobilized with a shot from a bola gun infused with repatriate blood. While immobilized past a bola, gazers will remain visible to Sam even while he is moving. Hematic grenades can bulldoze gazers back to the other side, after which chiral crystals volition materialize below where they floated. The odradek also detects the next nearest BT, if any, as a result, showing that the targeted gazer has been killed.

Mama and her BT girl. A rare case of BT link with a living human.

If Sam cuts the umbilical cord of a gazer, they volition exist driven dorsum to the other side. After doing and so, the BT will give Sam a like, maybe implying their beached country is uncomfortable for them, and existence untethered grants relief.

Baby BT: These much smaller BTs are normally found near some other BT, and can exist hard to spot. Rarely are they ever alone so be certain to cheque your environment upon approach. When "cut" this BTs screams and cries much like a baby would, a noticeable divergence from other BTs.

Behemothic BT: As the name would advise, these BTs are much larger than the normal BT you come across. Some can exist between 2x-4x the size of regular BTs. These Behemothic BTs however exercise non take umbilicial cords and equally such cannot exist "cutting". Some are even "connected" to other BTs which means if they are to be defeated, the surrounding fastened BTs need to be defeated also. These BTs accept been spotted in the Volcano Observatory expanse, the Abandoned Roadside Mill surface area, and near the bigger Middle Knot City crater. What causes the BTs to be this size is never explained, just it could correspond a decease of a person with a low level of DOOMS.

Red BT: Red BTs are particularly troublesome due to the fact that they can only be defeated using chiral bullets or by cutting the umbilical cord; Bola guns, strands and hematic grenades are all ineffective against this adversary. Both Behemothic and Red BTs produce a big amount of chiral crystals once "released"; it could be theorised that red BTs are the souls of people who had been exposed to a high amount of chiral radiation.

White BT: This type of BT is present once Sam has fallen into the tar and is being grabbed past BTs. The white BT drags Sam to the Catcher-blazon BT, listed below.

Hunting behavior

Gazers will investigate and slowly glide towards whatsoever disturbance that happens near them. Upon detecting a target, gazers will hone in on the source of the disturbance; this is visually identifiable every bit tar handprints moving towards the sound. They are sensitive to the sound of animate when close to a target, and if Sam'south breathing is not held, they will rapidly arroyo him.

Cliff Unger and his ghost soldiers. It's non clear if Unger is a BT per se. Only he shares some interesting characteristics with these entities

If a hunting gazer reaches Sam, a pool of tar will manifest beneath him, and a group of gazers (possibly those from nearby) will reach out and effort to elevate him down into information technology. Sam can milkshake them off and abscond to the edge of the tar pool. The tar gazers tin also be repelled through utilise of anti-BT weapons such as EX grenades, hematic grenades, or even timely urination. If Sam escapes their grasp, the hunting gazers will soon afterward vanish for a time. Should the gazers succeed at pulling him downwardly, they will drag Sam away into a confrontation with a catcher.

If Sam has triggered a voidout in a given area, and there are no areas suitable for a catcher confrontation, normal black gazers will be replaced with golden ones, which will instantly impale him if he is caught. Golden gazers as well appear in certain areas and catcher battles.

Catcher

Catchers are large BTs that appear when Sam is dragged away by gazers. They accept a core of antimatter from the other side within them. Equally such, if Sam is eaten by them, it will react with his matter and explode in a voidout. Catchers form an arena of thick tar in which old buildings, vehicles, and rubble constantly emerge and sink. Sam must either destroy the catcher or abscond to the border of the arena. If he flees, the catcher volition go caught on the edge of the arena and disappear into the tar, which will then evaporate, and all BTs will vanish from the area for a brusque time. Upon being defeated, catchers will crystallize before evaporating with the nearby tar, all BTs will leave, and a big amount of chiral crystals will form on the ground. Defeating or fleeing a catcher will cause timefall to stop for a curt fourth dimension.

Variants

Octopus (β): A porpoise-like BT, with a mass of stubby tentacles that erupt from around its head. This fauna has a variety of lunging attacks, one of which is telegraphed by a flashing lite in its mouth: this particular one can take hold of Sam, and therefore trigger a voidout.
Quad (β): A lion-like quadruped, with a mane of oily tentacles surrounding a Tardigrade-esque featureless head. When the brute roars an orifice-like mouth is revealed. This catcher has multiple melee attacks, telegraphed past either its paws or its tail glowing. Additionally, it can attack from afar with a chiral laser. Hideo Kojima refers to this blazon of catcher as 雑魚 (zako, lit. "pocket-sized fish"), and has noted that it is one of the weakest catcher-type BTs.
Octopus (α): An unnamed large sperm whale type BT, with a set up of chubby tentacles surrounding its "head", every bit well as larger wing-similar tentacles sprouting from its back. A golden skull-like protrusion sits atop the frontal head area of the animal. This catcher is a harder, more resilient version of the Dolphin fought in the overworld, and is manifested only once by Higgs, a version of this BT without a gilt potrusion can be establish in the Abased Roadside Mill when the tar sequence begins.
Quad (α): A big panthera leo-like quadruped, with a mane of oily tentacles surrounding a segmented golden carapace. When the brute roars an orifice-similar head is revealed beneath this gilded faceplate. This catcher has multiple melee attacks, telegraphed by either its paws or tail glowing. Additionally, it can attack from afar with a chiral laser. This catcher is a harder, more resilient version of the Lion fought in the overworld, and is manifested by Higgs, they tin can as well exist found during episode 12, in the BT surface area betwen the Waystation west of Capitol Knot City where the tar sequence will trigger immediately as four of these will endeavor to ambush Sam.

Higgs' Catcher Titan

Higgs can manifest a jumbo humanoid BT capable of communicable living beings in an attractive force and devouring them, in turn triggering a voidout. The voidout triggered by this BT devouring Igor Frank is significantly larger in scale than those triggered by repatriates, although in-game tips provided about voidouts would suggest that this happens regardless of what blazon of BT it is, and then long as it consumes a non-repatriating homo. Higgs later forces Sam to confront his colossus directly, and in the ensuing fight it is shown to be able to manifest several other types of BTs besides. The "strands" attached to its arms are tipped with golden hands, which information technology can utilise to immobilize Sam and pick him up.

Jellyfish

Unofficially named "gas bags", a type of creature manifesting in Border Knot City. They are substantially large pulsating sacks with tendrils hanging from them, non unlike jellyfish. Some are stuck to the footing, while others bladder around in the air. When Sam gets close enough, the flight ones will start gravitating towards him, and after a certain corporeality of fourth dimension, they will explode into tar, causing damage.

They tin can also be found floating over the tar belts at the edges of the Key Region map, these ones tin can be forced to become down with the usage of EX grenades.

A variant of these BTs manifests in the area due north due east of Port Knot Urban center during episode 12. They possess a golden coloration and spikes, and when they are damaged, they volition dissever into ii smaller versions of themselves.

Whale

"Whale" comes from the Game Files. The name of this type of BT has not been officially confirmed.

A whale BT is a massive whale-like BT capable of flight. Many manifest in the Midwestern tar belt when Sam crosses on foot. Sam is forced to put a whale BT down before returning to Majuscule Knot City from Edge Knot Urban center. The whale BT can assault with a chiral laser from distant, as well as fire golden gazer-type BTs as projectiles from within its mouth.

Notes

As an extinction entity, Amelie tin perceive BTs to an extent that allows her to circumnavigate BT-occupied areas entirely; she used this ability during the Bridges I westward expedition to protect the expedition team on many occasions. Amelie is as well capable of controlling BTs, an ability which she conferred to Higgs.
Following the increment of chiralium density in an area, BTs volition manifest in said area. Such an increase of chiralium density follows after bodies are burned at incinerators.
Yous tin run into two wax sculptures in scale of an a BT with homo form in Heartman's lab. Also yous can inspect them and receive 10 likes from Heartman.

Gallery

5 · d · eastward Characters and groups in Death Stranding
Bridges	Sam • Die-Hardman • Deadman • Mama • Heartman • Lou • Igor Frank • Nick Easton • George Billy • Benjamin Hancock • Jake Wind • Viktor Frank • William Lake • Thomas Southerland • Owen Southwick • Alex Weatherstone • Charles Khan • Phillip North • Aaron Hill Divisions: Bridges Corpse Disposal • (Corpse Disposal Team 6)
Delicate Limited	Frail • Fragile's Father • Alex Lee • Jonah Westhead • Shawn Edgefield • Peter Englert
Homo Demens	Higgs Monaghan • Coffin
United Cities of America	Amelie • Bridget Strand
Preppers	Chiral Creative person's Mother • Collector • Cosplayer • Craftsman • Doctor • Elder • Engineer • Evo-devo Biologist • Film Manager • Get-go Prepper • Geologist • Junk Dealer • Ludens Fan • Mountaineer • Mountain Guide • Musician • Novelist's Son • Paleontologist • Lensman • Roboticist • Spiritualist • Timefall Farmers • Veteran Porter • Wandering MC
Other characters	Cliff Unger • Lockne • Lucy Strand • Lisa Bridges • Bridge babies • MULEs • Stillmothers
Entities	Beached things • Extinction entity
Manufacturers	Cicada • Solstice • StrandWolf • WellMax