The Last Caretaker · Guide

Memory for Aron – Find Rising Tide and Start the Quest

How to find PECO – Rising Tide and start the Update 5.5 quest “Memory for Aron”.

Published: September 11, 2026Game version: Update 5.5

If you’re standing at North Deep Intake Station waiting for Memory for Aron to start, you could be waiting for a long time: the quest does not begin at the station. The actual trigger is hidden in the PECO cartridge Rising Tide.

Quick facts

Quest: Memory for AronAdded in Update 5.5
Trigger: PECO – Rising TideAny one of the nine documented cartridges is enough
Requirement: 300 pointsThis unlocks the hidden INFO sequence
Terminal: INFO page 11Open it before and after the reboot
Quest destination: North Deep Intake StationThe quest destination, not its starting point

Open Memory for Aron in the Quest Log

Finding PECO – Rising Tide

Rising Tide is documented at nine locations. You only need one cartridge. If you want a location that’s easy to follow, Central Warehouse Alpha is a good choice: this particular cartridge was verified directly in-game in Update 5.5.

The Rising Tide PECO cartridge as a collectible in The Last Caretaker — The PECO cartridge you're looking for is labelled “Rising Tide” on the packaging.

Show Rising Tide at Central Warehouse Alpha on the map

The following nine locations are currently documented:

Location	Note
Central Warehouse Alpha	Location verified in-game
The Last Listener Station	Cartridge at the corresponding POI
NDNs Node 70,-82	Cartridge at the corresponding POI
Lazarus Complex	Cartridge at the corresponding POI
Deep Silence	Cartridge in the cave area
Habitat Node 05-14.5	Cartridge at the corresponding POI
SGS-SE-101-7200	New Gyro Tower from Update 5.5
Platform Omega	Cartridge at the corresponding POI
Black Vein Station	Cartridge at the corresponding POI

Show all nine Rising Tide locations on the map

How to start Memory for Aron

Once you have PECO – Rising Tide, the quest trigger follows a fixed sequence:

Start Rising Tide
Insert the PECO cartridge and start Rising Tide at the terminal.
Reach 300 points
Play Rising Tide until you have reached at least 300 points.
Open INFO page 11
Then switch to INFO on the terminal and open page 11.
Wait for the terminal glitch
Stay on page 11. After a short while the terminal display begins to glitch and the PECO terminal reboots.
Open INFO page 11 again
After the reboot, return to INFO page 11. The hidden information will now appear.
Listen to the message
Let the hidden message and voice sequence play through.
Close the terminal
The quest “Memory for Aron” only appears after you leave the terminal.

Rising Tide running in the PECO terminal with the score visible — You need at least 300 points in Rising Tide to trigger the hidden quest sequence.

PECO terminal rebooting after the glitch — After the glitch, the PECO terminal reboots.

PECO menu before the glitch showing Rising Tide — Before the glitch, the game appears in the terminal as “Rising Tide”.

PECO menu after the reboot showing Last Bastions — After the reboot, the same terminal displays it as “Last Bastions”.

Next: North Deep

Only now does North Deep Intake Station become relevant to the quest. The two documented quest objectives are:

Travel to North Deep Intake Station.
Enter Arons room.

Exterior view of North Deep Intake Station in The Last Caretaker — North Deep Intake Station is the destination of the quest – not its starting point.

Show North Deep Intake Station on the map Show the quest and objectives in the Quest Log

North Deep features prominently in the quest data, which is also why it’s easy to mistake the station for the quest’s starting point. It is, however, the quest destination. The actual trigger happens earlier through Rising Tide.

Quest not appearing? Check these steps

If Memory for Aron still doesn’t start after using Rising Tide, go through the sequence once more:

Did you reach at least 300 points in Rising Tide?
Did you open INFO page 11 afterwards?
Did you stay there long enough for the terminal glitch and reboot to happen?
Did you open INFO page 11 a second time after the reboot?
Did you let the hidden information and voice sequence play through?
Did you close the terminal afterwards?

Visiting North Deep does not replace any of these steps.