After progressing through Paradise Island, you may eventually run into a gigantic bridge under the control of the Protectorate north of Fairfield. To cross the Protectorate bridge, Outer Worlds 2 players have quite a few options, including some methods to get to the north island of Paradise that don't use the bridge at all.
In total, there are six ways to cross the Protectorate Bridge in Outer Worlds 2: two involve working with Auntie's Choice, two involve working with the Protectorate, and two take you on alternate routes far to the west and east of the bridge. Of course, you can storm the bridge on your own, but this is not recommended – at least not without quick saving first.
All Methods to Cross The Protectorate Bridge in Outer Worlds 2
How to Get to the Vox Relay & North Island on Paradise
There are essentially six ways to get to the north side of Paradise Island. Depending on where your allegiances lie, whether you want to work with Auntie's Choice or the Protectorate – or avoid both of these factions entirely – different methods to cross the Protectorate Bridge on Paradise may appeal to you.
- If you don't mind working with Auntie's Choice, choose to work with either Kaur or Milverstreet or meet up with Commander Torres in the camp just south of the bridge to charge it alongside Auntie's Choice forces.
- If you would rather work with the Protectorate, talk to the bridge guard and learn her request to pass, or befriend Vigilant Hogarth in Westport to get a Writ of Conscription to gain passage through (and into the Vox Relay main entrance)
- If you don't want to work with either Auntie's Choice or the Protectorate, there are two hidden paths onto the North island of Paradise to the far east and far west of the bridge.
Side with Kaur or Milverstreet to Expand Auntie's Choice Influence
- Location: Central Auntie's Choice Corporate Building in Fairfield
After arriving in Fairfield for the first time, head to the big building directly below the gigantic holographic Auntie Cleo sign to find Minister Milverstreet and Kaur, two Auntie's Choice higher-ups who disagree on how to approach the Protectorate forces in the area.
Milverstreet would rather convert Protectorate subjects in Westport to the side of Auntie's Choice, while Kaur would rather stomp the Protectorate forces at the Auto-Mech Repair facility under her boot heel.
Depending on which NPC you decide to work with, you will be given a different mission that ultimately leads to a way to get past the Protectorate Bridge and get to the Vox Relay in Outer Worlds 2. Milverstreet ties into Vigilant Hogarth's conscription, while Kaur ties into Commander Torres' front-line charge.
Charge The Bridge with Commander Torres
- Location: Auntie's Choice Camp, North of Fairfield
A little bit north of Fairfield, and just south of the Protectorate Bridge, Outer Worlds 2 players will find Auntie's Choice Forward Operating Base, where Auntie's Choice holds the line against the Protectorate from encroaching. Find Commander Torres to learn that a soldier recently took off with their squad mascot (a small scrat doll named Scrabbles), and died in the minefield.
Find Scrabbles, then return to Commander Torres and convince him to storm the bridge. Join the Auntie's Choice forces and defeat every Protectorate soldier in the area, then lower the bridge from the control room once combat ends.
Earn Vigilant Hogarth's Trust & His Writ of Conscription
- Location: Westport, in Northwest Paradise
Head to Westport, in the far northeast of the southern island of Paradise, and proceed into the main hall. Head to the balcony in the back to find Vigilant Hogarth, the overseer of the near-ruined settlement of Westport. Westport's sea wall was destroyed by Auntie's Choice forces in a recent attack, and much of the city has flooded, threatening the Protectorate subjects in the area.
Talk to Hogarth, help him rebuild and repair critical portions of Westport to ensure the settlers' survival, and you will earn his trust. Ask him if he knows how to get into the Vox Relay and he will present you with a Writ of Conscription, allowing you passage past the bridge and into the Vox Relay main entrance.
If you decide to work with Minister Milverstreet, his mission will eventually lead you to Westport. As part of this mission, you will gain the trust of Vigilant Hogarth (before sabotaging Westport, forcing him and the Protectorate subjects to flee to Fairfield).
Find Charlton Weintraut and Ida Rutledge For Protectorate Judgement
- Locations: Westport (Charlton) and southeast of Fairfield (Ida)
Approach the Protectorate Bridge and talk to Seinor Warden Weintraut outside. Choose friendly dialogue options until she tells you that she will allow passage if you track down two Protectorate subjects for judgement: Charlton Weintraut, and Ida Rutledge.
- Charlton Weintraut can be found in Westport. Look for his house in the flooded area to the north to find out that he has a severe addiction to Purpleberry Crunch. Find Charlton in the central square of Westport and convince him to go to the Protectorate bridge.
- Head to the southeast of Fairfield to find two workers stuck in a lift above the Sovereign's Sweet Spire Grove. They will inform you that Ida died after she fell into the machinery nearby. Pick up her severed arm and bring it back to the bridge guard as proof of her death.
An Alternate Crossing to the West....
- Location: A Bridge North of Skycutter Station, West Side of Paradise
All the way to the west (and slightly north) of the Protectorate Bridge lies the Skycutter Power Plant. Jump across the gap in the bridge here to reach the Power Plant. You can take on the Skycutter sub-area, or continue northward to enter the northern half of Paradise without crossing the Protectorate bridge.
...and an Alternate Crossing to the East
- Location: Northwest of Westport, Look For A Path Across The Water
Far to the east of the Protectorate bridge (and just northwest of Westport), you will see a series of half-sunken rocks and wreckage that connects to the northern island. Carefully make your way down the cliff face, use your Protectorate jump boots to platform across, and you will reach the north island without crossing the protectorate bridge.
This route is actually quite useful to unlock even if you have already made it to the north island, as it connects almost directly to the Vox Relay via a secret lift.
Paradise Island Interactive Map
The Outer Worlds 2
- Released
- October 29, 2025
WHERE TO PLAY
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Obsidian Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Xbox Game Studios
- Prequel(s)
- The Outer Worlds
- Number of Players
- Single-player
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
