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Gears 5: Act III, Chapter 4: One Small Step walkthrough

The launch goes wrong and Delta has to fight its way off the launch tower.

  • About 13 min in the videos
  • 1 part · 3 steps
  • 1 boss

Compiled from 1 playthrough video and 4 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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Video: Lone Wolf on YouTube (solo run). Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

What each player can do here

P1 · Kait (JD in Act I)
  • No collectibles here; the whole chapter is the escape.
P2 · Jack or Del
  • A co-op partner can play Jack as a support seat.
  • If a tongue grabs a teammate, shoot that tongue to free them.

If your skill levels differ: Uneven pair: the newer player can take Jack, the support robot (scans, fetches, opens doors and revives), while the steadier shot takes a soldier seat and carries the gunfights. How to split the roles

Escape from the tower

Part 1 of 1. Get off the launch tower alive.

  1. BothFollow the squad out of the control room and drop through the hatch.
  2. BothWhen the platform gives way, keep fighting the creature from each new platform.
  3. BothOnce the exit opens again, run for the tunnel.

Boss

KrakenA giant creature

  1. Limbs: Its limbs wrap the platform: shoot the membrane holes on them when they open; Leeches fly out of them.
  2. Tongues: Trapped under the engines, shoot its tongues; they can break your cover or grab a teammate, so free anyone it takes.
  3. The exit: It blocks the way out with its body; keep shooting tongues until the exit opens, then run.
  • If you are grabbed, mash the button shown to break free.
Sources (5)

Steps compiled from 1 playthrough video and 4 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.