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The Last Caretaker North Bastion Guide: Getting There, the Cold and the Leadership Module
Game version: Update 6 (Early Access 0.10.0.653173); player reports from the public beta (October 9–18) and release day
North Bastion is the frozen mountain region Update 6 added on October 19, 2026. You reach it through the Transfer Gate at the Lazarus Complex, the main quest continues there, and the cold slows the Caretaker down and wears down its health, so plan heat first. The module players get stuck on most, Leadership, is in a hidden room off the meeting room: crouch and check beneath the left-hand desks for a red button beside a green glowstick, then press E to open the wall behind the round table.
What North Bastion is, the route and the cold are from Channel37's October 19 release announcement and patch notes (A). The Leadership module, scanning and what to bring are cross-checked: players in separate Steam threads say the same thing (B). Single-player tips are labeled as player reports.
The picture at the top shows a MOSES sea outpost from the press kit, not North Bastion; Channel37 has not released a press screenshot of North Bastion yet.
How to Get to North Bastion
The first active Transfer Gate links the Lazarus Complex with North Bastion. Once it is open, Recall on its console takes you back without paying for another crossing, and vehicles can come through.
Official (A). Update 6.0 release, build 0.10.0.653173 (official announcement, October 19, 2026). Sources: Official Steam announcement: Update 6.0 The Jump is Live, October 19, 2026
Opening the Gate takes a quest, a repair and a lot of power; the Transfer Gate guide walks through it step by step.
What Is in North Bastion
North Bastion is a frozen mountain region around one of the biggest facilities in the game: a dock, a hangar, a central spire, industrial and utility areas, interiors, tunnels and frozen rooms, with records, loot and enemies. The cold also limits which creatures live there.
Official (A). Update 6.0 release, build 0.10.0.653173 (official announcement and patch notes, October 19, 2026). Sources: Official Steam announcement: Update 6.0 The Jump is Live, October 19, 2026 · Official full patch notes (Channel37DevTeam), build 0.10.0.653173, October 19, 2026
The main quest continues in North Bastion. A reconstruction quest sequence there carries on Anna's story with new records, voice-over and Permanent Memories, and Anna's interactions stay available after the storyline.
Official (A). Update 6.0 release, build 0.10.0.653173 (official announcement and patch notes, October 19, 2026). Sources: Official Steam announcement: Update 6.0 The Jump is Live, October 19, 2026 · Official full patch notes (Channel37DevTeam), build 0.10.0.653173, October 19, 2026
The Cold: Plan Heat First
In deep cold the Caretaker moves more slowly and loses health, and a temperature readout appears on the HUD. Some doorways are blocked by ice that you melt with heat or break open.
Official (A). Update 6.0 release, build 0.10.0.653173 (official announcement and patch notes, October 19, 2026). Sources: Official Steam announcement: Update 6.0 The Jump is Live, October 19, 2026 · Official full patch notes (Channel37DevTeam), build 0.10.0.653173, October 19, 2026
The heating guide covers the Boiler, the heaters and where their steam and methane come from; the oil, methane and fuel guide covers methane.
Where Is the Leadership Module?
The Leadership module is in a hidden room off the meeting room. Crouch and look under the desks on the left, in front of the round table: one has a red button, with a green glowstick beside it and a broken robot on the floor pointing at it. Press E on the button (one player clicked it with the left mouse button first and nothing happened), and the gaps in the far wall behind the round table open into the hidden room.
Cross-checked by several players (B). Players in three Steam threads agree, October 10–19, 2026, from the public beta to release day. Sources: Steam discussion: Response modules from update 6.0 beta (October 9–11, 2026) · Steam discussion: 6.0 stuck, looking for the Leadership module (October 11–12, 2026) · Steam discussion: Where is the North Fortress leadership module? (October 18–19, 2026)
Inside the complex the story has you track down a set of modules, and you scan them rather than pick them up. Two players in one thread first tried to pick them up, and a player in another thread calls them the scannable modules.
Cross-checked by several players (B). Players in two Steam threads, October 10–11, 2026 (public beta). Sources: Steam discussion: Response modules from update 6.0 beta (October 9–11, 2026) · Steam discussion: 6.0 stuck, looking for the Leadership module (October 11–12, 2026)
What to Bring
You do not need to bring much. One Steam guide opens with a long packing list for an easy start, but four other players in the same thread say there is so much to salvage that little is needed: one went through with an empty inventory and had no trouble, and another took one box of supplies and came back with nine or ten.
Cross-checked by several players (B). Four players in one Steam thread, October 12, 2026 (public beta). Sources: Steam discussion: a player's 6.0 spoiler guide, with help on the Leadership module (October 11–14, 2026)
More Tips from Players
Player reports, not yet verified (C). Single players on Steam during the public beta, October 10–18, 2026.
The Empathy module is said to be at the back of the Doctor's Office. The way in is through the office itself; melting the ice on that door with a room heater did not work for the player who found it.
Sources: Steam discussion: Response modules from update 6.0 beta (October 9–11, 2026)One player was glad to have brought a Flamethrower, because its small area of effect helps clear the iced-up doors.
Sources: Steam discussion: Response modules from update 6.0 beta (October 9–11, 2026)Another player says a handful of large solar panels, one water purifier, a Fabricator and a couple of medium heaters were enough for the first base, and one Boiler kept every room of it warm.
Sources: Steam discussion: a player's 6.0 spoiler guide, with help on the Leadership module (October 11–14, 2026)The same player warns that the heater you can carry on your back switches off if you back into something; drop it and press its button to turn it on again.
Sources: Steam discussion: a player's 6.0 spoiler guide, with help on the Leadership module (October 11–14, 2026)One player counts one water pump outside and five inside the mountain, and says steam is the hard part because it runs one to one to one: one water pump feeds one Boiler, which feeds one large heater.
Sources: Steam discussion: a player's 6.0 spoiler guide, with help on the Leadership module (October 11–14, 2026)One player tried to fly home to the Lazarus Complex in a Gyrocopter instead of using Recall and froze 16 to 18 km out, when night fell and the heater on their back went cold.
Sources: Steam discussion: a player's 6.0 spoiler guide, with help on the Leadership module (October 11–14, 2026)Nobody in a Steam thread has found a way into the building at the very top of the mountain. One player who flew past it several times saw what looks like a locked vent at the top right and says it seems empty inside.
Sources: Steam discussion: Building on top of the mountain (October 13–18, 2026)
North Bastion FAQ
Where is North Bastion?
North Bastion is the frozen mountain region added in Update 6 on October 19, 2026. You reach it through the Transfer Gate at the Lazarus Complex; once the Gate is open, Recall brings you back without paying for another crossing.
Where is the Leadership module in North Bastion?
In a hidden room off the meeting room. Crouch and look under the desks on the left for a red button next to a green glowstick, press E on it, and the far wall behind the round table opens.
Do you pick up the modules in North Bastion?
No. You scan the modules the story asks for instead of picking them up.
What should you bring to North Bastion?
Very little. Players say there is plenty to salvage over there, and one went through with an empty inventory. Plan heat first, because the cold slows the Caretaker down and wears down its health.
All sources
- Official Steam announcement: Update 6.0 The Jump is Live, October 19, 2026
- Official full patch notes (Channel37DevTeam), build 0.10.0.653173, October 19, 2026
- Steam discussion: Response modules from update 6.0 beta (October 9–11, 2026)
- Steam discussion: 6.0 stuck, looking for the Leadership module (October 11–12, 2026)
- Steam discussion: Where is the North Fortress leadership module? (October 18–19, 2026)
- Steam discussion: a player's 6.0 spoiler guide, with help on the Leadership module (October 11–14, 2026)
- Steam discussion: Building on top of the mountain (October 13–18, 2026)
