Interact with Sam in the Private Room
Private Rooms offer Sam a chance to rest and recuperate between his travels, and they’re found all over the open-world of Death Stranding. It’s important that you’re familiar with all the systems within each Private Room, so when you’re given that first opportunity, do take the time to explore everything.
Thankfully, that’s no hardship, since the activities in the Private Room are all pretty fun. Yes, it’s amusing to take a pee and a poop, but there’s other stuff there, too. Sam can look in the mirror and take selfies, you can drink copious amount of Monster Energy (later, beer), inspect Sam’s collection of toys, try on different apparel, check your equipment, and all sorts more.
Not everything is available right at the very start, but it’s worth checking out what’s there so that when new features are introduced you’ll notice them immediately.