Try To Reach The Abyss: How to Get Speed at Outposts

Quick answer

Spawn your submarine, hop in, follow the outpost marker, then exit the submarine at the outpost to earn Speed. Repeat at each new outpost to keep earning.

To earn Speed in Try To Reach The Abyss, step out of your submarine while you are at an outpost. The game's HOW TO PLAY instructions list stepping out at outposts as the direct earning action, so that is how you earn Speed.

The game's own HOW TO PLAY instructions list this as the direct earning action, and gameplay shows Speed award popups appearing while a character is outside the submarine near the outpost's upgrade stall.

Earning Speed at an outpost, step by step

1. Spawn your submarine and hop in.
2. Follow the outpost marker to the next outpost.
3. Once there, step out of your submarine onto the outpost platform to earn Speed, as the official HOW TO PLAY instructions describe.

This earning loop repeats naturally as you explore, because reaching each new outpost both grants safety and awards 1 free upgrade point — the game advertised this at Shallows Outpost 2 as "Every new outpost earns 1 free upgrade point." So every leg of travel to the next outpost sets you up for more Speed and a free spendable point when you arrive.

Why Speed matters

Speed is your movement speed progression: the game's description says "Earn Speed at outposts and level up to move faster!" In other words, collecting Speed awards at outposts and leveling up both feed into how quickly you can travel. Your submarine also evolves into new forms every 5 levels, so the same progression that raises your movement speed carries you toward more powerful subs.

Spend your upgrade points on Speed

At an outpost you can open the Upgrade Store (an "E — Open Store" prompt appears beside the stall). The store sells upgrades you buy with upgrade points:

• Speed Gain — "Get more Speed from each award." In one recorded store visit at Shallows Outpost 1 this previewed +20 -> +40 Speed per award, and at Shallows Outpost 2 it showed +70 -> +90.
• Upgrade Rate — "Earn Speed more often." The same visits previewed the time between awards shrinking from Every 1.0s to 0.9s at Outpost 1, and from 0.9s to 0.8s at Mesa Outpost 9.

The store also states "Your first upgrade is free: it uses 1 upgrade point, no Robux," so your first purchase costs only the point you already earned. Those exact numbers come from one player's recorded state at specific outposts — treat them as examples of what the upgrades look like, not a fixed price or progression schedule.

Upgrade points are not limited to Speed: the official instructions say to spend them on Speed gains, hull, and torpedoes. The store separates these entries (hull is "More health for your submarine," torpedo damage is "Each torpedo hits harder"), and it also shows separate point and Robux purchase buttons if you want more points than you have earned. For a deeper look at how points work, see the upgrade points guide and the dedicated speed gain upgrades page.

Putting it together

The whole loop is: spawn and pilot your sub to the next outpost, step out on the platform to collect Speed awards, spend your free upgrade point at the store (a free Speed Gain boost early on is a natural pick), then push on to the next marker. Each outpost arrival repeats the cycle, and leveling up along the way keeps you moving faster toward the abyss. If you are still learning the basics of piloting, the how to play and submarine controls pages cover the handling side.