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Stranger in a Strange Land
The Outer Worlds

Stranger in a Strange Land

Follow our comprehensive guide to The Outer Worlds' first quest, Stranger in a Strange Land, covering character creation, meeting Phineas Welles, and your first steps on Terra 2.

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Follow our comprehensive guide to The Outer Worlds' first quest, Stranger in a Strange Land, covering character creation, meeting Phineas Welles, and your first steps on Terra 2.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After the opening scenes, create your character.
  2. 2
    Phineas Welles will explain your situation: you are a colonist from the Hope, delayed by 70 years, and require chemicals to revive the remaining colonists.
  3. 3
    You receive your first quest, Stranger in a Strange Land.
  4. 4
    Travel to Terra 2 to meet Hawthorne. Upon arrival, you discover Hawthorne has died and you inherit his ship.
  5. 5
    Head east downhill. Jump over a log when prompted (X/A).
  6. 6
    Turn southeast and crouch under another log (CIRCLE/B).
  7. 7
    Follow the path to a camp and loot an Adreno from a Marauder's corpse.
  8. 8
    Continue downhill, noting Canids on a ledge to the west. These enemies are harmless and will flee, so you do not need to engage them.
  9. 9
    Enter a cave to the north.
  10. 10
    Crouch and drop down a ledge.
  11. 11
    Pass through the cave, experiencing side-effects from cryostasis.
  12. 12
    Drop down a larger ledge, introducing fall damage, passive health regeneration, and your Inhaler.
  13. 13
    Continue through the cave system.
Tips
  • The game introduces sneaking mechanics early. To sneak, crouch (CIRCLE/B). Enemies have detection meters (exclamation points) that fill white then red if they spot you. Breaking line of sight depletes these meters.
  • With the NOVICE skill (20 Sneak points), you can perform Sneak Attacks for bonus damage. This will alert enemies, but killing the target may prevent full detection.
  • Fall damage can be mitigated by passive health regeneration or using your Inhaler with consumables like Adreno.
  • The Inhaler initially holds one consumable but can be upgraded to four slots by increasing your Medical skill. Adreno restores 25% health over two seconds.

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