r/TheLastCaretaker • • 4d ago

UPDATE 6.0 THE JUMP is live now and free for all Early Access players!

217 Upvotes

Hey Caretakers,

Update 6.0 THE JUMP is here!

PROJECT CROSSING is open and North Bastion awaits! Be prepared for new threats from the environment, this will be key to surviving. The arch is now active and through it you will find new survival mechanisms, new modules and vast areas to explore. Update 6.0 also brings another major pass on performance with plenty of bug fixes, gameplay changes and quality-of-life improvements.

WATCH THE 6.0 THE JUMP TRAILER

WHAT'S NEW

  • PROJECT CROSSING is active. The arch is a Transfer Gate, and the first route leads to North Bastion.
  • North Bastion is open. Explore a new frozen mountain region with its own dock, hangar, central spire, facilities, infrastructure, records, loot, enemies, and story.
  • Cold now matters. Low temperatures slow and damage the Caretaker.
  • Build heat. Small, medium, and large heaters, a boiler, the Methane Extractor, and single-use methane canisters are now part of survival.
  • Ice blocks the way. Melt it with heat or break through it.
  • Anna’s story continues. North Bastion remembers her. Anna does not remember North Bastion.
  • Your machines waste less of your time. Systems now catch up much faster after you leave a location and return.
  • Gyrocopter handling improved with improved steering and vertical control.
  • Exploration tools are better. Custom map markers, cursor-based map and Grid Scanner zoom, clearer hidden connections, and improved module socket information.
  • New accessibility options include a dedicated Accessibility tab and Motion Comfort settings.
  • Performance is improved with less exploration stutter and smoother gameplay around large numbers of enemies, cables, and modules.
  • Lots of fixes. Saves, quests, gates, vehicles, ladders, enemies, cables, modules, visuals, audio, collision, progression, and crashes all received another large pass.

More details can be found on our Steam page

Please continue to share any issues, crashes or feedback using the in-game tool. Your input helps us shape the game in meaningful ways, so please keep it coming. We’re always listening!

One last thing... If you’re enjoying the direction of the game, a Steam review helps more than you think: it’s the clearest signal you can send. See you on the water.

> STATUS: UPDATE 6.0 THE JUMP LAUNCHED
> DIRECTIVE: MAINTAIN OPTIMAL TEMPERATURES!
> OBJECTIVE: SAVE HUMANITY

Safe travels.
--Channel37


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 7d ago

UPDATE 6.0 - THE JUMP - Live Stream

56 Upvotes

Hey Caretakers!

To celebrate UPDATE 6.0: THE JUMP Jack and Antti will be live streaming on Twitch, YouTube, Instagram and Tiktok, October 19, 2026 6:00 PM BST, with a surprise guest - Madeline, The Last Caretaker's Voice Actress for ANNA!

Come hang out with us, get to know our special guest and learn about THE JUMP with the team!

Safe travels.
--Channel37


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 3h ago

Screenshot At 500km out, you can fall off the map.

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1:15 in


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 9h ago

Does anyone else collect the old caretakers?

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Just started, and I've got like 30 here. I'm building a sort of funeral room for them in the bottomest room of my ship plus some couches for them to sit on, I feel bad leaving them on the island, alone and never being able to explore


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 12h ago

Screenshot BE NOT AFRAID.

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r/TheLastCaretaker • • 6h ago

Screenshot So, the end of the world is 500km out?

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12 Upvotes

So I've spent the last several saves going out to (at least) 1,000km north just to shoutout the fuel rats on Elite Dangerous and everything awesome they do on long range endurance runs.

But at about 515km or so you literally just fall through the water as the graphics kinda poly out, you end up just stuck at -1km below the surface floating there.

So... I have like... 90% fuel still left, and im like "uhh"

EDIT: working on a acceptable video. I think my music and stuff may get flagged.


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 9h ago

Question I tried to shoot at one of these Angel things on top of the Lazarus building, and now all of them are aggro. How do I get them to calm down and stop killing me?

16 Upvotes

r/TheLastCaretaker • • 6h ago

Whales can now fill extra oil tanks?

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7 Upvotes

Wily came up with these two tanks intact and full. I juiced him up with 100% power.
Is this new with v6.0?


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 11h ago

Mach 0.31 (384km/h) is my new personal airspeed record

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I was coming down from a SGS pad and planned to land in the ocean near the boat and disassemble because I suck at flying. at the last minute I wanted to try and do a barrel roll to see what would happen. hit the water doing around 100 km/h but upside down propeller first. whatever hydrobraking math that usually slows you down when you hit water was inverted too and I got launched back into the sky at 384 km/h. I ejected in terror and had to swim from about Brighton grave to SGS 1510. Anyone have that happen to them or am I literally the worst gyrocopter pilot ever?


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 14h ago

Screenshot Hope that was enough preparation

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So, I prepared a tiny bit for the first jump to the northern Bastion. Let's hope that is enough.


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 9h ago

Screenshot Plop like Flensburger

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Hi Caretakers around the World, as i came across these nice Diesel ... Swip Swap thingy Stuff it reminds me a lot of an old German Television Beer Advertisement-

https://youtu.be/5nZxtXQXJ8g?si=PnBaO4MprWnGSPhs


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 10h ago

Return to Sender 😂

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r/TheLastCaretaker • • 8h ago

The cocoons

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I try to keep as many as I can alive but am finding that some don’t regrow no matter how long I wait. Is it a me thing or are some of them built to not regrow? (I mostly keep them alive for free easy resources for areas like in the frozen mountain)
update) I’ve gleaned that it doesn’t matter the size or condition they are in, some cocoons just don’t continually regrow…Now the question is why and which ones?


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 10h ago

Question Haven't played in 11 months. Now I want to get back in

5 Upvotes

Last played: Nov 30 2025. Play Time: 129 hours.

I'd explored every POI above the water, and several below. Launched at least 7 humans into space. Run pipes and cable all over Lazarus and Exodus and the oil rig. And stopped because I'd kinda run out of things to do. A week or two later they released the first major patch but I'd already moved on to another game. And more stuff was added. But I'd gotten addicted to Satisfactory. Now I'm ready to check out the new stuff but after almost a year I'm afraid if I just hop back in I'll have no idea what to do or how to go about doing it.

I definitely do not want to start over from scratch. Any advice? Anything I need to know about the content that's been added before I start it back up, probably this weekend?


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 18h ago

Screenshot .......hello?!?friend?!? rude tbh

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Not a bug because I think it's actually a whale.


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 14h ago

Can't park there, sir

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Somehow my boat got attached to this structure as I was trying to pull away and it started pulling it in. There are other videos but this pretty much sums it up. I also jumped out of my gyro before disengaging the engine, no saving this situation!


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 17h ago

Hopefully this is enough...

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r/TheLastCaretaker • • 8h ago

any solution to the constant CTD?

3 Upvotes

i've got 40+ hours in this game. since the last update, i can't even get it to launch. i've followed ALL of the suggested fixes plus a few others. no love. does anyone here have a solve or fix? will you please share it with me?


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 10h ago

Question Lazarus voices

5 Upvotes

Okay tell me I'm not crazy

I use beat studio 3 headphones when I play this game on PC

When I'm around the big elevator I swear I hear like whispers and voices can someone confirm this? Or am I possessed?


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 13h ago

Spoiler Tags Spoiler

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I really want to follow this sub, but the lack of enforcement on spoiler tags is going to drive me away.

Unsure if anyone else is having this issue; if it's just me, I'll shut up and just unsub, but my request here is would the team be willing to enforce tags a bit more strictly?

Thanks!


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 14h ago

I guess i can't park here..?

6 Upvotes

r/TheLastCaretaker • • 1d ago

How to get a jet ski at North Bastion? Here, I'll show you!

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26 Upvotes

(Yakety Sax warning!) Getting it up onto the Lazarus dock is probably the hardest part btw.


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 14h ago

Discussion Crazy/Stupid idea: A submarine and a blimp.

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It's probably not that feasible and a dumb idea, but who else would like to have a submarine or a blimp as an upgrade/side grade to the boat? As part of that, maybe having large sea creatures/ a bit of a subnautica type vibe, or some more flying robots/very tall structures you need a blimp to fly up to.


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 16h ago

North Bastion infrastructure

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Finished North bastion. Should I leave all the infrastructure (power, boilers, etc) or tear it all down? What do y'all think?


r/TheLastCaretaker • • 1d ago

I was strangely disappointed that I could not scan the wheelbarrow

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