For a rescue, locate survivors, reach them, and use the available rescue equipment. The developer identifies lifebuoys on every vessel and Grace's rescue net as recovery tools. The exact input sequence for a particular mission and ship is 待确认.
Search and rescue basics
The Rescue Update introduced search and rescue missions and dynamic survivor events. Its description says distress calls can direct players to shipwrecked people or people overboard. Survivors must be transported safely back to port after recovery. The exact objective order can differ by mission, so use the current job log.
Lifebuoys and Grace
The official developer notes say every vessel carries lifebuoys for unexpected rescue situations. Grace is a fast daughter boat of Salvation and has a rescue net for people in the water. Those are distinct methods, so a guide for one vessel should not be applied blindly to another. Which method is required for a specific objective is 待确认 until that mission is documented.
Finding survivors
The official site lists drones and rescue equipment as interactive tools. The developer describes the unlockable drone as helpful when rough weather makes survivors difficult to see from a vessel. Earlier notes also mention improved scanning of castaways. Exact drone range, rescue search radius and on-screen markers can change by update and should be checked in the current build.
Distress calls and dynamic encounters
The Rescue Update describes distress calls that task you with locating shipwrecked survivors, helping people overboard and transporting them safely to port. It also says rescue situations can appear dynamically while sailing. That means the searcher may be facing a planned job or an unexpected event, and the objective may differ. Check the job log or radio message before deciding which rescue equipment is appropriate.
The Immersion Update later made event missions trigger through the radio system. Its map changes added a visual current map, while weather and ocean conditions remain part of the official game description. These systems may shape how you approach a survivor, but the official sources do not give a fixed route or time limit for every rescue. Do not invent a universal response window.
Known differences between updates
An older Career Update known-issues list reported survivors sometimes appearing outside the marked area and a camera issue after using Grace's rescue net. The full release subsequently fixed crashes around the rescue net and multiplayer interactions. These entries show why a solution for an old beta issue may be stale. They do not establish whether either older issue still occurs in the current release.
Evidence
The official game site and update log support the rescue types, vessels and equipment described here. Neither source supplies a verified button-by-button walkthrough for every rescue. Unverified control steps remain 待确认.