CRACK game endings: both routes and the second ending

Both endings at a glance

The specimen is a living chicken. Both routes require releasing it from the egg’s inner sack and catching it.

Reach and retrieve the specimen

The Steam player guide reports that Dynamite Mk III is needed for the final Containment Plating; ordinary excavation tools, including the Jackhammer, do not clear that barrier.

After the plating, open the inner sack and catch the chicken. The full walkthrough covers the preceding Work Orders.

Ending 1/2: follow Hatch Corp’s instructions

1. Carry the living specimen to the Holding Chamber.
2. Put it into the chamber’s receiving enclosure.
3. Let processing finish.
4. Complete the dispatch interaction with the processed specimen and shipping container.

This route awards Well Done. Reaching the Holding Chamber is only part of the sequence; finish dispatch before checking the ending result.

Ending 2/2: open the secret escape route

Prepare the passage

1. Find the boarded KEEP OUT / Do Not Enter doorway in the Break Room.
2. Use a Hammer on the board fasteners and enter.
3. Excavate the dirt passage upward with a suitable tool.
4. Continue until you reach a door bearing a chicken symbol.

The Steam guide reports using a Chainsaw for dirt and a Jackhammer for rock along this route. Open a carryable path before retrieving the specimen.

Bring the living chicken to the exit

Return with the chicken and follow the cleared passage to the marked door. Whisper’s ending walkthrough describes approaching it with the specimen in hand. The Steam guide reports putting the living chicken directly in front of the door and waiting briefly.

If carrying it to the door does not trigger the sequence, try that reported placement method. A processed chicken does not substitute for the living specimen. The escape awards Free Range and Ending 2/2.

The keypad room is a separate puzzle

The Redacted room is not the boarded Break Room passage. Its randomized password and UV clues have a separate door code guide; solving that puzzle is not the second-ending delivery.

For the remaining secret unlocks, see all 40 achievements.

Sources

Checked October 29, 2026.

• Steam player guide: both endings and the Redacted room
• Whisper: ending destinations, dispatch, and hidden passage
• Whisper: Redacted room and the separate escape passage

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