Exploration
The Last Caretaker North Deep Intake Station: Location, Memory for Aron and What Is Inside
Short answer: North Deep Intake Station is in the far north at 65, -136, and it stays off your map until the Memory for Aron quest starts. To start it, play the PECO - Rising Tide cartridge on a PECO terminal to 300 points, then read the ARON notes and the notes in Last Bastions. Sail to the station, enter Aron’s room and take the memory A Future without Him (+5 to every attribute). Quantum Crystal, Titanium and Gold ore grow underwater at its base.
Game version: Early Access, Update 6 (October 19, 2026); the station and its quest came with Update 5.5 (August 31, 2026)
Where North Deep Intake Station Is
Where is North Deep Intake Station?
North Deep Intake Station is in the north of the map, at 65, -136, just south-west of NDNS Node 70, -142.
It does not show on your map until the Memory for Aron quest starts; the quest then marks it for you.
Sailing there before the quest is no use: you can find the station, but you cannot get into the building until you have played the two PECO games below.
See also: key locations on the map
When was North Deep Intake Station added?
Update 5.5 (August 31, 2026) added Memory for Aron as a new questline, and that quest is what leads you to the station.
See also: update history
Memory for Aron: How to Open It Up
How do you start Memory for Aron?
Memory for Aron (often spelled Aaron) starts inside a PECO game, not at the station. Carry the PECO - Rising Tide cartridge, open Cartridge on any PECO terminal (the one on your boat’s bridge works) and play Rising Tide until you reach 300 points.
At 300 points the last menu line keeps flipping between INFO and ARON. Read all 11 notes behind it: on the last one the screen glitches and a second game, Last Bastions, loads. Open its INFO and read those 11 notes too, and Memory for Aron is added to your quests.
The wiki lists the Rising Tide cartridge at NDNS Node 69, -82 and at The Last Listener Station.
See also: other secrets on PECO screens
What do you do at North Deep Intake Station?
Once it is active the quest asks two things: sail to North Deep Intake Station and enter Aron’s room. Aron worked at the station, and the notes in the game say it flooded while he was there.
Clear the flying enemies around the outside before you climb; Orange Cocoons and slugs turn up on the structure too.
The wiki lists 500 experience and 10 Enhancer Points for finishing the quest.
See also: combat guide
What Is Inside
What memory is at North Deep Intake Station?
A Future without Him, the memory item in Aron’s room, adds 5 to each of the ten attributes and weighs 0.1 kg.
A Camera and a Compass are listed among the memories here as well.
See also: the other reusable memory items
What resources are at North Deep Intake Station?
Ore grows underwater at the foot of the station: Quantum Crystal, Titanium and Gold. Dive down with the Dismantle Tool and recycle the nuggets afterwards.
Ammonite paint cans are here too, one of the few places outside the Quarantine Stacks to find them.
See also: every way to get Quantum Crystal · diving guide
What is on top of the stack?
The top of the tall stack has a tiny landing pad and one memory, but a pole beside the pad catches the Gyro’s rotor; climbing the ladders is safer than flying up.
See also: flying the Salvage Gyro
