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FAR: Changing Tides Early Route | Flooded City, Drainage, and Departure

Released: Steam main game · Updated 2026-10-13

The city boxes and rope, factory drainage, and boarding via a floating box, in order. Includes checking that the potted plant is aboard.

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1 | Reach the blue button with a box

Move right through the water, cross the roofs and two ladders, then enter the building. Pull the box beneath the blue button and jump from it to press the button. Move it back beneath the window and leave.

2 | Pull the rope from the floating box

Open the blue-handled door and enter via the roof ladder. Drop into the water through the opening left of the painting. Move the floating box beneath the chain, take the rope, and connect it to the underwater blue fastening on the left to open the great door. Collect the flowerpot in this early building and carry it onward.

3 | Drain water with the factory hose

Enter the inside of the bent pipe. The hose lever is suction on the left, pumping on the right, and stop in the center. Drain water, press the revealed ceiling blue button, and go left. After gaining underwater acceleration at the facility, return to the main room.

4 | Pull the submerged box free to reach the ladder

Underwater on the main room's right is a blue-handled box caught between two beams. Pull it right to make it float, return to the surface, and move it beneath the left ladder. Climb from the box to the ladder and ship.

5 | Sail core and rope

Jump to the blue button at the ship's front and install the first core. Raise the mast and connect the upper rope to the rear fastening. Adjust the angle until the flag enters the blue zone, then leave the factory.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Q1 I cannot jump from the water to the ladder ▼
A

Pull the submerged blue-handled box free of the beams and move the floating box beneath the ladder.

Q2 I cannot proceed after draining the water ▼
A

Press the ceiling button now reachable after drainage, then enter the left door.

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