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FIELD GUIDE 06 / v1.1.4.4

Don't Sleep With The Fishes Endings Guide.

Official ending objectives, current rescue mechanics, and clearly marked community route details.

Sources checked Official notes + labeled community reports

Rescue: Airplane and Cargo Ship

Signal with a Flare Gun or Flashlight, then keep surviving until rescue. The newer countdown replaces advice that treats every subsequent night as a fresh rescue lottery. No fixed wait length is published in the patch notes.

True End / Pay Back Your DebtReveal spoilers +

True End / Pay Back Your Debt

These refer to the same Steam objective. The developer confirms that an earlier Kraken encounter no longer closes the route. Keep collecting Heart Parts rather than abandoning the run.

  • Community route: collect three Heart Parts, then reach the relevant Kraken / Heart encounter.
  • Players report parts from the red-sea encounter, chests, fishing, and occasionally Row's dialogue. These are random opportunities, not a guaranteed day-by-day sequence.
  • Exact drop rates, danger thresholds, and dialogue timing are community observations and are not verified here.
Other Official ObjectivesReveal spoilers +

Other Official Objectives

Achievement objectives establish that these outcomes exist; they do not prove a complete route. We do not claim 12 endings simply because there are 12 achievements.

Other Official Objectives
ObjectiveSteam achievement
Reach landBy your own means
Board another vesselSailing to Safety
Be kidnappedSleeping With Ghosts
DeathSleeping With The Fishes
StarvationEating With The Fishes
Sink with the original shipSleeping With Scraps
Too many friendsSleeping with Feathers

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