The Last Caretaker - The Livestream of Smooth Sailing

Story and Progress

The stream follows a lone robotic Caretaker exploring a flooded world and trying to preserve humanity. The robot discovers Lazarus pods designed to grow people, but they need human seeds and other resources before they can be used. A brief phone message from someone in space hints that at least one person may have made it, though the state of humanity remains uncertain.

John and CLA

• Revisited Outpost 49, collected supplies, learned to scan blue cubes for schematics, and began organizing the boat with storage containers.
• Explored underwater wreckage and service platforms while searching for parts of a lost gyro blueprint.
• Fought hostile sea creatures and investigated a fuel depot, then restored power to the Lazarus complex by repairing and connecting its power infrastructure.
• Repaired a Lazarus rack and inserted a pod. The next objective is to find the seed vault in Norfolk Grave.
• Reached an underwater ruin, found an air pocket and a Pico terminal, and obtained information pointing toward the vault. The stream ends with the Caretaker back at the boat; the vault itself has not yet been reached.

Gameplay Highlights and Useful Strategies

• Prepare before diving: Upgrade pressure tolerance, bring a light and enough power, and try to explore underwater during the day. Eels appear in nighttime waves; light can help keep them at bay, but some other creatures are attracted to light.
• Scan rather than guess: Use the scanner on blue cubes to identify schematics and advance objectives.
• Manage resources carefully: Build storage containers and sort materials. Bio-organic material can be processed into fuel, but biolite and biodark were described as valuable or limited, so avoid using them as ordinary fuel.
• Keep the boat supplied and safe: Improve the diesel engine, watch fuel consumption, and anchor before leaving the boat. Mines can be shot from a distance, but getting too close is dangerous.
• Use the right tools for enemies: Keep ammunition stocked, and use the flamethrower against clustered enemies such as bees when practical. Some hostile growths can regenerate, so destroy their source and finish off enemies before they multiply.
• Restore power systematically: Repair the complex’s turbines and connect them with cable extenders. Medium batteries set to equalize can store surplus power for later demand. Once the facility is powered, doors, lights, and lifts become usable.
• Look for environmental clues: Glow sticks, signs, and bubbles can guide exploration. At Norfolk Grave, the route to the underwater area was marked by trapped air rising from below.

Featured gamers and sources: John and CLA of Many A True Nerd. Live-chat gameplay tips were credited to Sanki Gaming, Axel Fact, Zo, Arrowthorn, Cabbage Play, Alexis, Joel, The Half Fire, Pugax, Tony, Rab Adler, Vmia, NB Brit, Spookax, and Big Gay Druid.