Everything revolves around the connection in Death Stranding, including its likes-based progression system. In this new guide, we will be looking at everything you need to know about this system, from increased stats to a few tricks to know to get the most out of it.
Functionality of likes
The likes are Sam Porter's experience points. You will receive abilities boosts thanks to them, every 10 levels to be more precise until level 80. However if you want to have a purple star, you will have to reach level 100 in all categories.
Types of likes
The likes will depend on the type of delivery you make, except for bridges links and miscellaneous which include many more ways to earn valuable points.
- Delivery time: Increases Sam's endurance. These levels take longer to increase, simply because it is the rarest type of delivery. The use of a motorcycle is recommended.
- Delivery volume: Increases Sam's load capacity. Many deliveries of this kind will be offered throughout the story.
- Cargo conditions: Increases Sam's stability. Same as above, you will likely level up many of these as you travel west.
Multiplayer Likes, Bridges links
Multiplayer likes will improve Bridges links statistics and allow you to improve your bandwidth, but also your ability to give likes to other people's structures and, finally, to expand your list of people affected by Bridges links.
The latter are people with whom you decide to "better" link yourself, which will give more visibility to the items that these people leave in the world. Here are the ways to easily get likes easily:
- Install structures and customize them: Leave generators, bridges and many other structures with PCC kits. Better still, in our experience, an improved structure that is open to customization is more likely to be popular.
- Deliver for others: Whether in storage boxes or in the wild, deliver cargoes that belongs to other players or leave equipment to automatically receive likes from them.
- Make safe paths: If players follow the same path as you by walking in your footsteps, you can count on new Bridges links.
- Strategic signs: Help players find collectibles, sources and more with signs. Good indications or funny uses of these holograms are often rewarded.
Miscellaneous Likes
The largest number of miscellaneous likes will come from the unusual deliveries you will make with Sam during the Death Stranding storyline. However, other less common sources will be able to boost your counter:
- BB can release likes: Go at full speed, escape BTs, or make faces in front of the mirror of your hideout.... BB loves it!
- NPC Porters: Friendly porters will sometimes try to make deliveries on their own and may potentially use your structures. Additional miscellaneous likes will then be granted to you.
- BTs: End the nightmares of stranded people and they will thank you with blue likes.
Drop likes
By using an other player structure, you will automatically give a like to the person who placed it. Feel free to stop and fill the structure of likes by pressing quickly and continuously on your touchpad. Remember that likes can literally save lives, since a like will regenerate a little the stamina of the Porter in question.
