Citizen Sleeper 2 Walkthrough: All Crewmates, Contracts & Resources

Citizen Sleeper 2 is an incredible game, but its complex systems can be overwhelming.

There’s nothing like the thrill of completing a Contract and recruiting a new crewmate. On the other hand, running out of good dice and having Laine closing in on you is a nightmare.

This guide will help you stay ahead by breaking down the game’s mechanics, recommending the best teams for each Contract, and sharing tips to maximize your resources.

All Difficulties Explained

There are three difficulties in Citizen Sleeper 2: Safe, Risky, and Dangerous. Let’s break them all down:

• Safe: If you’re interested in the story and want to avoid stress during contracts, choose this mode. It disables death, increases stress tolerance (meaning fewer broken dice), and even if your dice do break, they can still be used as a “1” die.
• Risky: If you want to experience the challenge of managing a stressed Sleeper and crewmates, dealing with broken and glitched dice that can’t be used until fixed, and facing the possibility of death if things go wrong, choose this difficulty.
• Dangerous: If you’re a tryhard or playing a second run, this is the mode for you. Repairing dice is harder, your Sleeper and crewmates stress out more easily, and permadeath is enabled.

You can change the difficulty at any time by pressing Esc. However, there’s an achievement for completing the game on Dangerous difficulty – you’ll only earn it if you never lower the difficulty.

All Sleeper Builds Explained

There are three Operator classes you can choose in Citizen Sleeper 2. Let’s go over each of them:

• Operator:
  • Solid Interface skill
  • Decent Intuit and Engage skills
  • Can build Engineering skill
  • Doesn’t have (and will never have) Endure skills

With an Operator Sleeper, you’ll always take the sneaky, persuasive, or technical approach in Contracts and conversations.

• Extractor:
  • Solid Endure skill
  • Decent Engineer and Engage skills
  • Can build Interface skill
  • Doesn’t have (and will never have) Intuit skills

With a Extractor Sleeper, you’ll want to pick the direct approach options. It’s a solid option since there aren’t lots of crewmates with Endure skills.

• Machinist:
  • Solid Engineer skill
  • Decent Interface and Intuit skills
  • Can build Endure skills
  • Doesn’t have (and will never have) Engage skills

The Machinist is the master of all things tech – just don’t ask them to speak to other people. Having no chances to Engage at all does set you back, but you’re pretty much covered in every other aspect.

How to Increase Stats

To increase your stats in Citizen Sleeper 2, select the arrow next to your class on the upper right corner of the screen.

• Increasing stats costs four points.
• Unlocking Focus or Rally perks costs two points.

You get points by completing contracts, side quests, and main quests.

How to Get Cryo

The fastest way to get Cryo in the early game is to purchase a Contract and complete it. You can get the money for the Contract by doing a workshift or gambling.

Here are a few ideas to get Cryo in Hexport, which you can later look for in most settlements.

Appearance	Location	Activity	Skill Required
	The Bends	Play Star and Stroker	Intuit
	The Warehouse	Work a shift	Endure
	Switch Scrap Sol.	Data Defusal Shift	Interface
	Switch Scrap Sol.	Scrapyard Shift	Engineer

With 10 Cryo, you can purchase the Conway Signal contract in Hexport – there are also other Contracts in pretty much every settlement.

You’ll also need 5 supplies and some fuel to fly there – so a few working shifts will do you good.

How to Repair Dice

You unlock Dice Repair once you escape Hexport and reach the Far Spindle and meet Bliss. He sets up a workshop in The Rig to fix dice.

Repairing Dice requires 2 Scrap Components or 1 Rare Component.

Here’s some notes on how dice repair works:

• You can’t fix a die until it’s fully broken.
• Die fixed with Scrap Components (Improvised Dice Repair) results in Glitches, which leads to Glitched dice.
• You can’t fix Glitched dice if you’re playing on Risky and Dangerous difficulties.

All Crewmates & How to Recruit Them

Best Team for Every Contract

Contract name	How to start	Best team	Why
Conway Signal	Head to the Contract Board and purchase this contract for 10 Cryo.	Serafin & Nia	Not many alternatives at this point of the story. That said, you can gain Control Access with your own Engineer skills or Nia’s high interface skills. Then, you’ll be able to Disconnect the backup with your own Intuit. Finally, when it’s time to address Hull Damage, Serafin’s Endure skill will come in handy.
Solheim HS22	In Hexport, search Factory Row and haul Materials until you find the trusted supplier in the factories. Then, agree to help Karsten to get the feed lines.	Serafin & Juni	You don’t really have much of a choice here. Serafin’s Engage and Endure skills will come in handy to dissect and force the lock in the Corroded Airlock, which is the main priority. He can also Clear the cargo doors to get some extra scrap in the Depressurized Bay. Juni’s high Intuit skills can help find an access point to the cargo entry. If the crisis event Hull Breach occurs, Serafin can seal the Emergency Seal with his Endure skill.
Hidden Wreck	Speak to Yu-Jin in the Far Spindle’s bar.	Yu-jin & Bliss	This contract requires lots of Engineering and Interface, both of which Bliss has. Yu-jin’s Endure and Engage skills will also come in handy to clear the wreckage and take care of interactions. The one skill you need to provide as a Sleeper is Intuit.
Ice Asteroid	In the Far Spindle, Repair the leaks and Reroute the Flow to save Springtide at the very top of the settlement. Its captain, Malik, will give you this contract.	Yu-jin & Bliss	This contract requires a lot of Endure and a lot of Engineering. Since you’re still in the early game, Bliss and Yu-jin will do. Again, the one skill you must provide as a Sleeper is Intuit. If you can’t do that, then you’re better off bringing Juni.
Winds Long Shadow	Speak to Aki in the Greenbelt and agree to retrieve supplies in the Wind’s Long Shadow protect the farm.	Bliss & Yu-jin	You’ll need to expertly search and clear the dusthouse using Intuit and Endure without breaking the Fragile Husks. To access the bays, you can either cut them open with Engineer or break them open with Engage. Once inside, Interface and Intuit will help you scan and search for the Husks. With such a wide range of skills required, Bliss and Yu-jin make the best team, as their opposing abilities cover everything needed for the job.
Stranded Rig	Purchase in Floatsam’s bar for 8 Cryo.	Juni & Yu-jin	This Contract requires high Intuit, which makes Juni a perfect candidate. Yu-jin can take care of the hard work like tracking cables and isolating the bay. You’ll need to take care of the Interface and Engineering tasks. If you can’t, perhaps you’re better off bringing Bliss.
Shipmind Wreck	Accept Jean-Mi’s help in Floatsam.	Juni & Yu-jin	This is a pretty straightforward contract. However, you’ll benefit from binging Yujin and his Endure skills to do Engine Labor and Gather Scrap. Juni can also use her high intuit to complete Component Search.
Solheim Bunker	Recruit Juni in Helion Gate and agree to visit her bunker.	Juni & Yu-jin	If you’re able to bring Engineering and Interface to the table, then these two can expertly deal with sensitive Endure and Intuit tasks.
Headstream	Agree to help Kirk with the mutiny in Wellspring.	Kirk & Bliss	Kirk handles the Engage and Endure tasks while Bliss takes care of the Engineering and Interface ones. All you need to provide is some Intuit.
Debris Field	Side with the Lotics after speaking with Malik.	Juni & Yu-Jin	With Yujin’s Endure skills you’ll be able to enter the Asterioid, Clear the debris, and Reshape the Rock. Juni, on the other hand, can handle the high-intuit tasks like Constrct Shielding and Searching the Surface.
Cutter’s End	Agree to help Femi rescue Nia in Floatsam (post-Wellspring)	Femi & Bliss	This contract requires a lot of Engage and Endure, so try to at least have one of those yourself. Femi will help in that department. Bliss, on the other hand, will handle the Engineering and Interface tasks.
Aphelion Beacon	Agree to help Yu-jin in The Hollow.	Yu-jin & Nia	Nia will handle all the Interface tasks like triangulating and decrypting the signal. Yu-jin will take care of all the Endure tasks like searching rocks and forcing the drive’s startup. I recommend you polish your Engage skills for this mission.
Darkside Recon	Agree to confront Laine.	Marko & Two-skill Crewmate	Marko has Engage and Interface skills. I would recommend you bring a crewmate with two skills that can easily fill your Sleeper’s gaps. As a Machinist, I’d pick Yu-jin or Kadet. But if you’re an Extractor, maybe Bliss is a better choice.
Old Manufactory	Agree to help Flint get rid of the Hunter.	Juni & Yu-Jin/Luis	You’ll have to set up a fair share of traps with Endurance, Engage, and Intuit, so Juni and either Yu-Jin or Luis, depending on who’s on your team at the moment, are the perfect match here.

All Materials & How to get them

Material icon	Material	How to get
	Scrap Components	Purchase in Scrapper Ship in Far Spindle and Debris Dealers in The Hollow.
	Rare Components	Speak to Jean-Mi in Floatsam to get 1. Complete Hidden Wreck Contract to get 4, Complete Ice Asteroid to get 2. Search Storage in Juni’s Solheim Bunker Contract to get 2. Print components in exchange for Solheim Data in Holm’s Rock.
	Raw Scrap	Extracted during Solheim HS22, Hidden Wreck, Shipmind Wreck Work in Floatsam Integration (Interface) and Maintenance (Intuit)
	Solheim Data	Data Scraping in Helion Gate (Interface or Endurance)
	Engine Components	Bought in Floatsam for 50 Cryo. Retrieve Kadet’s drive to receive 3. Can be built in the Scatteryards’ Fabricator Bay.

How to unlock all Citizen Sleeper 2 Paint Jobs

Here’s how to complete this side quest:

1. Find Surya in Scatteryards: He needs inspiration and wants you to sketch different hubs.
2. Accept the task: Say yes, and you’ll get 150 cryo upfront. Nice.
3. Create Three Sketches: Visit Far Spindle, Greenbelt, and The Hollow and use your Intuit Skill to find the eye icon. Each sketch earns you another 150 cryo and unlocks a new paint job.
4. Return to Surya: Hand over the sketches one by one or all at once.
5. Complete the Drive: Once all sketches are in, the “Paint The Rig” drive is done! You’ll get a skill point and the “Proud Rig Owner” achievement.

That’s our Citizen Sleeper 2 walkthrough. If you’re looking for other indie RPGs, check out Caravan Sandwitch and Dungeons of Hinterberg.

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Cande’s calling in life is to annoy NPCS, smash virtual pottery, and complete every side quest available in RPGs. Her passion for games dates to 2006, when she mounted a Chocobo for the first time, but she has been writing professionally for the past four years. Under Nintendo and Square Enix’s chokehold, she willingly pours hours upon hours into reaching 100% completion in the longest roleplaying games ever made. But hey, who needs fresh air and sunlight when you can just live in Ivalice?

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