How to Work Toward a Specific Ending Across Multiple Runs

This isn't a repeat of the Overview page -- it's a practical look at planning across runs and difficulty levels, based on official materials ahead of the August 11 launch.

Pick a Target Ending Before You Start

Since 9 confirmed endings each demand a genuinely different strategy, decide roughly which ending you're chasing before a run begins rather than making choices reactively -- the 4 hidden endings specifically are confirmed to require cryptic, deliberate choices you're unlikely to stumble into naturally.

Treat New Game Plus as Real Progress, Not a Reset

Since victories and accumulated knowledge are confirmed to carry forward even after permadeath, don't treat an ending as a dead end -- each completed run is confirmed to genuinely inform and strengthen your next attempt.

Start Below Extinction Difficulty While Learning

Since the typing-driven mechanics demand real precision, use one of the more forgiving of the 5 confirmed difficulty levels while you're still learning the colony-management systems, saving Extinction difficulty for once you're genuinely comfortable.

Pay Attention to On-Screen Choice Feedback

Since the developers have directly acknowledged and fixed earlier issues with choices not clearly showing their outcomes, watch the screen carefully after each decision -- confirmed fixes mean this feedback should now be reliable, and missing it could cost you understanding of how your choices are shaping the story.

See the full data: The Carcass FAQ