Playthrough screenshot, 30–31 Aug 2026. Official select-screen unlock line: “Meet him in the Student’s story, or clear any of her endings.”
Warehouse Manager (clerk) is the third origin. On 16 Aug community notes he played like an easy mode — incoming supplies were generous. The unlock is not clickable the first time you launch.
The select screen is enough to start: play the Student, or finish one of her endings. The numbered steps below are the community quest path (Steam guide “开启仓库管理员方法”, undyne). If Steam renamed the beta branch, look for the preview / test depot.
Unlock steps
- Steam library → Survival Log → Properties → Betas →
preview(priority test branch). Restart the game from that depot. The live default branch may not spawn the quest. - Start a run as the university student, or any origin that still has the female neighbor relationship — the guide says both the student and that neighbor route can reach the trigger.
- Survive into the twenties. The supermarket opens.
- Take a crowbar. Pry the driver’s seat of a parked truck. That starts a quest.
- At home, use the drone and choose aid for Warehouse Manager.
- Deliver food ten times. After the tenth drop, the origin becomes selectable.
If the truck has no prompt, you are on the wrong depot, too early in the calendar, or in a map state where the supermarket event has not fired. Do not confuse this with buying the used sedan during prep.
What you get
| Trait | Community read (Aug 2026) |
|---|---|
| Tone | Logistics, cars as moving crates |
| Combat craft | Can make molotovs (unlike the student) |
| Difficulty | Described as the easiest live origin once unlocked — “lying down” clears |
| Social | Solo elder energy; neighbor gift loops matter less |
Use him when you want a cleaner 100-day campaign or to farm systems knowledge before a harsher origin. For a full three-way split, see characters.
The drone trade is the logistics screen this origin leans on. This Loop 2 City Trading Point (day 75) split Freezer / Drone Cargo / offered goods (wire, hardtack, door and window repair kits, scrap). It shows the job after the drone unlocks — load cargo, take the deal — not proof of which origin started the save, and not the Used Car Lot.
Playthrough screenshot, Loop 2, Day 75, 08:00, 31 Aug 2026. Header: “Deal: The price is right. Send out the drone.” Horde stage 1 wave 3 retreating on the left rail.
If it does not unlock
- Confirm the beta name is actually selected and the game fully updated.
- Count successful food deliveries, not drone flights.
- Patch notes after 16 Aug may move the truck or the day gate — email us the day/origin if the steps rot, or check the Steam discussions hub.