Live With It

Refuse to choose; carry all branches forever. Live With It is one of four main endings in CONTRABAND, and like the others it has roughly 7 variants depending on which crew you brought, your faction reputations, and whether you completed certain side quests.

How to reach Live With It

Refuse to choose at every major fork in Chapter 4. Keep multiple branches active. Reject both the Weaver alliance and the Scourge offer at the chamber.

What happens in this ending

You refuse to pick. The branches stay alive. You become a kind of node, aware of all of them, unable to fully inhabit any one. The closing sequence is haunting and beautiful.

Variants

The exact ending you see varies based on: which crew survived, your faction reputations, whether you befriended Vex, and a few smaller flags. There are roughly 7 distinct variants of Live With It, each with different epilogue text.

Achievements unlocked

Reaching Live With It unlocks the corresponding achievement. Reaching all four endings unlocks the All Endings achievement, and triggers a hidden message at the title screen on your next launch.