Overview
Character Creation
Terra 2: Emergence and the Unreliable
Edgewater & Skipping Side Content
Power Plant: XP & Speed Tricks
Into Orbit & The Groundbreaker
Gladys' Safe Trick
Byzantium
Ministry of Accuracy and Morale
Phineas’ Lab & The Hope
Tartarus: Final Mission
Final Boss: Sophia Akande

Welcome to a detailed, tested walkthrough designed to help you complete The Outer Worlds on Supernova difficulty in under an hour. It’s recommended you play the game at least once before using this walkthrough as you won’t get the full experience.
🔗 Full credit to this walkthrough by original runner on YouTube

Mode: Supernova (no companions, hunger/thirst/sleep needs, permadeath)
Approach: Dialogue and stealth focused — you’ll lie, sneak, and talk your way through most of the game.
Estimated Time: 30–50 minutes with practice

Attributes: Set Body, Dexterity, Intelligence to Below Average
Max out Perception, Charm, Temperament
Skills: Choose Dialogue and Stealth as your starting focus.
Raise Sneak to 50 eventually then raise Lie to 80.
Perks to take: Cheetah – faster sprinting or The Negotiator – better vendor prices (optional but useful).

• Land on Terra 2 and run past the marauders.
• Pop Adreno if injured (you regenerate 7–8 HP/sec).
Note: Make sure you don’t engage with the marauders, it’s best to just run past them.
• Speak to ADA after reaching the Unreliable.
• Level up and put points into Sneak.
• Talk your way past Corporal Mercer peacefully.

• Run straight to Reed Tobson in the Cannery.
• Do NOT recruit Parvati – she becomes stuck with you until the ship flies and can become a liability if you’re sneaking.
• Exit town and follow the river to the Power Plant.

• Grab Max’s Journal (this is just for extra XP and bits to buy food later.)
• Enter the plant, reprogram the mechanicals (Modify → Intruders → Spacers + Choice + Auto).
• Use TTD and stealth to navigate rooms.
• Crouch behind railings to dodge drones.
• Redirect power to Edgewater – you end up skipping long side quests this way.
• Go to the Botanical Lab to grab the power regulator.
• Return to Edgewater, give journal to Max, and tell Reed the good news.
• Go back to the Unreliable, talk to ADA and install the regulator.

• Take the Holographic Shroud from upstairs on the ship.
Note: This is important for sneaking around and avoiding unnecessary combat later on.
• Land on Groundbreaker.
• Skip Felix (you don’t need him), talk to Wheeler, then shop at Martin’s kiosk.
• Buy food and water (skip alcohol). Try and find some Mock-apple juice to raise your stealth – you’ll see why in a sec.
Gladys’ Safe Trick:
This will save about 20-30 hours of gameplay and will avoid any Monarch related quests along the way.
Tip – reloading back to groundbreaker will autosave, even if you can’t quick save.
When you reach Gladys:
• Use TTD to crack the safe fast. Grab Udom’s Seal.
Tip – You will get one chance to persuade guards not to attack you when you’re caught. First, get close to the safe and activate TTD before lock picking (make sure that it will take 1s to crack the safe otherwise the guards will reach you before you’ve emptied the safe). If your sneak skill is low, consume Mock-apple juice or wear armor that boosts your sneak skill.
• If the guard catches you, use your persuade skill and they will let you walk away.
• If you fail, load the autosave and try again.
• Deliver the seal to Udom Bedford and pretend to betray Phineas.
• Receive the Nav Key to Byzantium.
• If you level up at any point during the game, once your sneak has hit 50, just keep pumping skill points into lie This is important for the endgame.

• Land at Sophia’s pad and loot Rizzo’s vending machine.
• Use the Percival Desk Trick
Note – this needs to be done quickly. Jump on Percival’s desk and attempt to pickpocket him. But, before you finish the action, run to the locked door on right. If this doesn’t work, reload the autosave otherwise if you try a second time, the guards will attack you.
• The pickpocket prompt will trigger him to walk towards you where you are standing near the locked door.
• Percival standing near the locked door will automatically unlock the door.
• He will talk to you but just use your Persuade skill again and he will let you walk away.
• Enter the office, play message, print Ministry keycard.

• Pickpocket the commander near the elevator for the UDL ID Card.
Tip – Focus on the guard in the lobby, there are two standing on either side of the hall. Get right behind one of them before pickpocketing him.
• Use the disguise and sneak to lab.
Tip – Your disguise only runs out when you are moving, so you can be tactical here. Also, you can persuade guards 3 times but if you reload a location (by going in or out of an elevator for example) then this will reset.
• Transfer 100% dimethyl sulfide from terminal (kills sleepers).
• Return to ship.

• Sneak through Phineas’s lab do not engage with the guards, use pig terminal, collect Tartarus Nav Key.
• Loot fridge if needed.
• Travel to The Hope.
• DO NOT skip the Hope yourself – let ADA do it.
Note – if you’re hunting for the achievement, because of the way we created out character (low stats in intelligence) you can technically get the ‘Sunburn’ achievement if you haven’t done so already. But ending the game here early doesn’t count as finishing the game. So you will need to reload the autosave and do it again.

• Use Lie 80 to get ID and bypass prison guards.
• Eat/drink everything now.
• Sprint through with ID cartridge active.

Follow this dialogue tree exactly:

• "Let’s talk about this"
  
• Charm: "I don’t want to fight you, Sophia."
  
• "Halcyon is changing..."
  
• "We can still work together..."
  
• Perception: "You weren’t trying to recruit me..."
  
• "You don’t want to abandon the Hope..."
  
• Temperament: "You’re getting flustered..."
  
  
  Result: No RAM fight. No drones. No deaths.
  

You’ve completed The Outer Worlds on Supernova and gained the achievement with:

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• Lie = 80 minimum (higher = better)
  
• Close doors behind you while sneaking
  
• Rest before big speech checks
  
• Save often outside no-fast-travel zones

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• Can’t pickpocket Percival? Wait for him to stand up before circling the desk.
  
• Caught opening Gladys’s safe? Reload, use TTD earlier or boost Sneak.
  
• Combat drone won’t stop following you? Soft-reset area by fast travelling in/out.
  
• Lie stat too low? Reallocate gear, sleep for rested bonus, or complete Max's journal early.
  
• No food or drink available? Visit Rizzo’s vending machine in Byzantium.