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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); some details are from the public beta (October 9–18)
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. The Leadership module, scanning and what to bring are confirmed. Tips that are not confirmed yet are marked.
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.
Opening the Gate takes a quest, a repair and a lot of power; the Transfer Gate guide walks through it step by step, and the Continuity Token guide shows where the token is and what it takes to build.
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.
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.
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.
The heating guide covers the Boiler, the heaters and where their steam and methane come from; the oil, methane and fuel guide covers methane. The first quest after the crossing asks for exactly this, steam from the Boiler into a heater; our Bring Back the Heat quest guide walks through it.
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 (clicking it with the left mouse button does nothing), and the gaps in the far wall behind the round table open into the hidden room.
Inside the complex the story has you track down a set of modules, and you scan them rather than pick them up.
The Leadership module is one of six that the I Know This Place quest asks you to scan and rebuild for Anna's Reconstruction Unit.
What to Bring
You do not need to bring much: there is so much to salvage that little is needed. Going through with an empty inventory works, and one box of supplies can come back as nine or ten.
More Tips
Not confirmed yet. These tips are from 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.
A Flamethrower is worth bringing, because its small area of effect helps clear the iced-up doors.
A handful of large solar panels, one water purifier, a Fabricator and a couple of medium heaters can be enough for the first base, and one Boiler can keep every room of it warm.
The heater you carry on your back switches off if you back into something; drop it and press its button to turn it on again.
There is one water pump outside and five inside the mountain. Steam is the hard part because it runs one to one to one: one water pump feeds one Boiler, which feeds one large heater.
Flying home to the Lazarus Complex in a Gyrocopter instead of using Recall can end badly: one attempt froze 16 to 18 km out, when night fell and the heater on the Caretaker's back went cold.
No way into the building at the very top of the mountain has been found yet. Flying past it shows what looks like a locked vent at the top right, and it seems empty inside.
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. There is plenty to salvage over there, and going through with an empty inventory works. Plan heat first, because the cold slows the Caretaker down and wears down its health.
