📖Lore & Concept
Key lore terms, concepts, and phenomena in Death Stranding 2
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Bridge Baby (BB)
Bridge Baby (BB)
biology
Stillborn infants maintained in specialized artificial womb pods. Because a BB exists between life a…
Chiral Network
Chiral Network
technology
The communications, data, and logistics infrastructure connecting human communities post-Death Stran…
Chiralium
Chiralium
technology
Exotic matter originating from the Beach that spread through Earth atmosphere following the Death St…
DOOMS
DOOMS
biology
A rare condition giving heightened metaphysical connection to the Beach. Manifests at varying severi…
Death Stranding
Death Stranding
phenomenon
The cataclysmic extinction-level event that reshaped human civilization. When the barrier between th…
Ka
Ka
concept
The term for a person soul or spiritual essence — the non-physical aspect persisting beyond physical…
Plate Gates (Lore)
Plate Gates
phenomenon
Supernatural transcontinental portals forming as an unexpected side effect of Chiral Network expansi…
Repatriation
Repatriation
biology
The ability — exclusive to Sam Porter Bridges — to return from death. When Sam dies, his Ka is sent …
Social Strand System
Social Strand System
technology
Death Stranding 2 asynchronous online multiplayer framework. Players inhabit separate game instances…
Tarfall
Tarfall
phenomenon
A supernatural environmental hazard unique to Death Stranding 2. In areas of extreme chiral and tar …
The Beach
The Beach
concept
A metaphysical liminal space existing between the world of the living and the afterlife — a threshol…
Timefall
Timefall
phenomenon
A supernatural form of precipitation caused by the Death Stranding. Unlike ordinary rain, Timefall i…
Voidout
Voidout
phenomenon
A catastrophic antimatter explosion triggered when a BT consumes a human corpse, or when a Repatriat…