PEAK: How to Unlock the Secret Ending (Rule Zero Badge)

The Final Ascent update closed out PEAK with a hidden finale that most runs never see. It hides behind the Rule Zero Badge, and reaching it means collecting four Scout Gems during a single climb, building a special item at the summit, and freeing the trapped soul of Scoutmaster Myers before the credits roll.

Quick answer: Gather Scout’s Tenacity, Scout’s Initiative, Scout’s Generosity, and Scout’s Ambition in one run, place all four on the Stone Scout behind THE PEAK to create Scout’s Honor, use it to enter NADIR, free the Scoutmaster’s Soul, then climb to the gate and interact with it to trigger the secret ending and earn the Rule Zero Badge.

What you need before you start

The route has one strict rule. All four Scout Gems must reach THE PEAK together in the same climb. Lose one, leave one behind, or try to swap in another item, and the summit statue will not accept the set.

Bring a Backpack so the four gems stay safe while you still have room for food, ropes, and traversal tools. A missing inventory slot late in the climb is the most common way runs fall apart before the summit.

Note: Each gem grants a strong effect if you use it, but using one can also cause heavy damage tied to this route. Keep all four unused if the secret ending is your goal.

Scout statue glowing during a PEAK climb — Landfall Games

Where to find all four Scout Gems

Each gem sits on a small Stone Scout statue marked by a tall blue glow you can spot from a distance. Follow the light, climb to the statue, and pick up the gem. There is one per biome, in the order you meet them on the way up.

Scout Gem	Biome	Where to look
Scout’s Tenacity	SHORE	At the top of the mountain, beneath the campfire.
Scout’s Initiative	ROOTS / TROPICS	Inside a fallen, collapsed tree trunk as you head down.
Scout’s Generosity	ALPINE / MESA	Around the middle, under the ledge of the snowy mountains.
Scout’s Ambition	GLOOM / CALDERA	Tucked beneath a tree on your left as you enter.

Scout's Ambition with an E Pick up prompt in PEAK — Landfall Games

Create Scout’s Honor at the summit

Reach THE PEAK with all four gems in your inventory. Do not fire the rescue flare. Instead, head down the grassy slope toward the back of the summit to find the Stone Scout holding a pink Strange Gem.

Pick up the Strange Gem. Four slots appear on the statue’s stone sash where the Scout Gems belong.

Strange Gem with an E Pick up prompt in PEAK — Landfall Games

Use Bestow to place each Scout Gem onto the sash, one at a time, until all four are set.

With the four gems placed and the Strange Gem still in hand, select Bestow on the Strange Gem. It glows, shifts to purple, and turns into Scout’s Honor.

Free the Scoutmaster’s Soul in NADIR

Hold Left-Click to Commune while carrying Scout’s Honor. This pulls you out of the summit and into NADIR, a ghostly area built around a crashed ship.

Walk past the Explorer’s Luggage. Open it if you want traversal help such as a Glider, rope, or stamina item, since the climb out is long.

Find the white hand statue holding an orb with a ghost inside. This is Scoutmaster Myers. Press and hold to free it, and you will see the prompt “Lost souls are rising” as the soul begins to follow you.

Climb out the way you would leave any biome. Use the staircases, chains, and glowing anti-gravity bubbles to launch upward across the broken terrain while the soul trails behind.

Keep angling toward the golden gate once it comes into view instead of drifting onto side platforms. Interact with it while the Scoutmaster’s Soul is still with you to return to PEAK and start the ending.

Glowing arched portal ahead on a cracked white platform in PEAK — Landfall Games

How to confirm the ending unlocked

Interacting with the gate plays a long cutscene. The Scoutmaster lights a flare, a rescue helicopter arrives, and both of you are carried off the mountain as the credits roll. When it finishes, open your Accolades and the Rule Zero Badge will show as unlocked, with the Starboy Hat and Starboy Outfit tied to the reward.

Why the ending fails to trigger

You reached the summit without all four gems, or lost one mid-climb.
You fired the flare and left normally instead of using the Stone Scout behind the summit.
You tried to substitute a different item for a Scout Gem, so the statue slots did not line up.
You entered the NADIR gate without the Scoutmaster’s Soul following you.

The gems double as powerful climbing tools, but the safest path to the finale is to save all four and treat the whole run as a single, uninterrupted delivery to THE PEAK.