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Death Stranding 2 On the Beach DS2 How to Increase Porter Grade

Porter Grade is the evaluation system for your delivery performance in Death Stranding 2 On the Beach (DS2). Learn how to increase your porter grade, its categories, and the benefits for increasing them.

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How to Increase Porter Grade

Perform Actions that Get Likes During an Order

Porter Grade Categories

Category Contributing Actions
Porter Completing deliveries.
Combat Engaging in fights with enemies such as bandits, BTs, MULEs, etc.
Stealth Avoid detection and covertly dispatch enemies.
Servicemanship Fulfill orders and aid requests, and return lost cargo.
Bridge Link Help other porters by building structures, liking their Signs, etc.

The Porter Grade serves as an evaluation system for your delivery performance. It captures your experience and delivery style, and is divided into five categories.

Your overall Porter Grade increases with every evaluation you receive as a porter. Similar to improving your stats, you can increase your Porter Grade by performing specific actions during an order.

The score is calculated based on your performance throughout the delivery and is determined by the number of Likes you earn.

For example, engaging in combat against bandits and BTs will earn you Likes that contribute specifically to your Combat Porter Grade Category.

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APAS and Porter Grade

By increasing the Porter Grade of a specific category, you will unlock skills on that particular branch. The more you excel in a particular category, the further its skill tree will expand.

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Porter Nickname

Increasing your Porter Grade will also grant you nicknames. The specific nickname you receive after an evaluation will reflect your playstyle, highlighting the category you've prioritized most during your delivery.

For example, if you opted to incapacitate bandit enemies silently using the Strand instead of head-on confronting them, you will receive the nickname Silent Handler.

Is There a Porter Grade Trophy?

A Premier Porter Trophy

Silver TrophySilver A Premier Porter
Achieve a porter grade of 40 or higher in all categories.

When you manage to reach a Porter Grade of 40 and above in all five categories, you will unlock the A Premier Porter Trophy.

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