Outer Wilds Echoes of the Eye: How to Start the DLC

What Is Echoes of the Eye?

One impossible photograph gives you a reason to investigate the solar system again. Outer Wilds Echoes of the Eye expands the existing world with a mystery that begins at Timber Hearth’s museum. Finding its hidden destination is a puzzle itself, so start with the exhibit if you want to discover the entrance yourself.

Developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive, the expansion released on September 28, 2021. It connects directly to the original game’s narrative and requires the base game to play.

Keep Your Existing Save

Keep your existing save file when returning for the expansion. The new journey fits into the solar system you already explore, with Timber Hearth providing its starting clue.

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Your immediate destination is the museum’s new exhibit about the deep space radio tower. Read it before taking off: it points you toward the investigation rather than revealing the hidden location outright.

The following sections spoil the entrance puzzle and describe the expansion’s main location.

How to Start the DLC

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1. Visit the Radio Tower on Timber Hearth

After examining the museum exhibit, find the Radio Tower on Timber Hearth’s surface, near your ship’s landing site.

Inside, inspect the four satellite photographs labeled 40, 137, 248, and 350 degrees. Listen to the recording about an impossible detail in one image.

Focus on the 40-degree photograph. A small object partially blocks the Sun. That silhouette is the clue you need to reproduce out in space.

2. Locate the Deep Space Satellite

Open your map and zoom all the way out. Find the Deep Space Satellite on its orbit above and below the solar system’s usual planetary plane, then lock onto it.

Travel there early in the loop so you can watch its display reach the relevant angle. Near the satellite, a floating recorder contains Gabbro’s account of checking the camera lens.

3. Watch for the 40-Degree Alignment

Stay near the satellite and watch its onboard angle display. At around 40 degrees, look toward the Sun.

The same dark shape from the photograph becomes visible against the sunlight. Fly toward it while it overlaps the Sun to discover the Stranger, a cloaked ring-shaped spacecraft.

Approach either circular face to find a landing bay. Each bay has an airlock leading inside.

4. Mark the Stranger for Return Trips

After discovering the Stranger, use its entry in your ship log to set a HUD marker on later loops.

Mark it before departing Timber Hearth. This lets you return directly instead of repeating the satellite alignment puzzle every time.

Exploring the Stranger

The Stranger’s interior wraps around a rotating ring, with settlements arranged along a circulating river. Rafts provide transportation between areas, including the River Lowlands, Cinder Isles, and Hidden Gorge.

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Light operates much of the machinery here. Doors, elevators, and rafts respond to illumination, while slide projectors reveal images left by the inhabitants.

Use those features to guide your exploration:

• Try your flashlight on unfamiliar mechanisms. Watch for a response before searching for another route.
• Inspect slide reels in each settlement. Visual storytelling is central to understanding this place.
• Pay attention to the dam and reservoir. The environment changes during the loop, and the dam eventually collapses.
• Plan around disrupted navigation tools. The map does not work inside the cloaking field, and the Signalscope cannot receive signals through it.

The cloaking field also interrupts the Scout’s connection when it crosses the boundary, leaving its photographs filled with static. Use the ship-log marker for the approach rather than trying to scout through the cloak.

Steam Price and PC Requirements

On Steam, the expansion costs $14.99 and requires ownership of Outer Wilds. You can buy Echoes of the Eye on Steam.

For Windows players, these are the DLC’s hardware requirements:

Component	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows 10	Windows 10
Processor	Intel Core i5-2300 or AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory	6 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Graphics	Nvidia GeForce 660, 2 GB, or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580

Both configurations require a 64-bit processor and operating system.