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Late game · ending choice

Military Repair Kit: choose an ending without losing the run

YOU SEE The beacon, hospital recorder, or neighbor route is highlighted, but no repair option appears.

Short answer

Do not burn time clicking every highlighted object. The Military Repair Kit is a one-use ending trigger. Keep it accessible, then wait for the late-game choice window: players report the actual interaction opening around Day 70 through Day 74 even when the quest appears earlier. Use it on the rooftop rescue beacon, the hospital recorder, or the neighbor supply device only after the repair action appears. If the kit never arrives, check storage first, then save and reload—the item has appeared after reload for another player.

What success looks likeOne target exposes a repair action and consumes the kit. The other two routes are no longer available for that run.

Official Survival Log screenshot showing the home layout and purchase interface
Official home-layout scene for orientation; it does not show the ending trigger itself. View the official Steam source ↗
Three-route diagram showing the Military Repair Kit leading to the rescue beacon, hospital recorder, or neighbor route
Original decision diagram for this answer—not an in-game screenshot.

Do this now

Run the fix in this order

  1. 01

    Check the date before diagnosing a bug

    The quest can appear before the action is live. A player who saw it around Day 65 could only choose around Day 70–74. Treat that timing as a player observation, not a guaranteed universal trigger.

  2. 02

    Put the kit where you can actually reach it

    Check the character inventory and every storage area you used. Players have reported the quest while the item was easy to overlook in storage.

  3. 03

    Choose one device

    Rooftop beacon points to evacuation, the hospital recorder points to the outbreak-truth route, and the neighbor supply device opens the neighbor route only when that storyline is available to the current character.

  4. 04

    Use the repair action—not the ordinary inspect action

    A highlighted object is not proof that the choice window is open. Wait until the specific repair interaction appears.

  5. 05

    If the item is still absent, reload once

    One independent player reported that the missing kit appeared after reloading. If it remains missing on build 1.0.16756, treat it as a save-specific bug and report it rather than inventing another trigger.

Keep beside the run

Field notes that change the decision

Official patch boundary

September 17 version check

Build 1.0.16756 does not list a change to the Military Repair Kit trigger. Day 70–74 remains a player observation, not a guaranteed day for every save.

Cross-checked player report

The kit is single-use

Community replies consistently describe one kit feeding one ending device. Make the route choice before clicking Repair.

Player-observed boundary

The neighbor route is character-sensitive

Players report it requires the earlier neighbor quests, and one reply says it is unavailable to the Warehouse Manager.

Official patch boundary

Beacon saves were patched

The August 25 update restored a missing beacon blueprint to affected saves, but that note does not prove every Military Repair Kit softlock is fixed.

Scope boundary

This is not the complete ending list

This page covers only the three Military Repair Kit targets. Build 1.0.15690 adds the separate Shield of the Street challenge ending through a post-Day-50 trading-post defense route, so do not treat this page as every Survival Log ending.

Not proven

What this page will not pretend to know

  • The exact day the action opens may vary by quest and character; Day 70–74 is player-observed, not official.
  • The English community uses both “Military Repair Kit” and “upgrade kit”; this page treats them as the same ending item only within the cited threads.
  • The exact ending names are intentionally omitted until the current English localization is independently captured.

Visible evidence

Sources behind this answer

  1. 01
    Official September 17 update ↗

    Build 1.0.16756: defense-device hit detection and Drone status fixes; no replacement Workbench or Military Repair Kit trigger is listed.

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  2. 02
    Steam discussion: choosing endings ↗

    Three targets, one-use item, missing-kit reload, and route observations.

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  3. 03
    Steam discussion: quest appears before the choice ↗

    Independent Day 70–74 timing report.

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  4. 04
    Official August 25 update ↗

    Beacon blueprint recovery and current patch context.

    official
  5. 05
    Official September 4 update ↗

    Adds the separate Shield of the Street challenge ending; it is outside the Military Repair Kit routes on this page.

    official
  6. 06
    Official September 12 update ↗

    Current 1.0.16363 check; no blanket Military Repair Kit softlock fix is claimed.

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