Struggling to find Lava Lake / Primary Containment Facility
BigGrayGolem
Lima Peru Join Date: 2018-04-24 Member: 240304Members
Lima Peru Join Date: 2018-04-24 Member: 240304Members
I'm at a point in the game that I need to find the PCF or I'm stuck. I had found the lava lake previously by accident, and now cannot find it again. One of the problems is that it's so dark down there, navigating is rough.
I can get to the lost river, and follow it to the skeletons, etc. I believe the lava lake is connected to that somewhere. So far the few online posts I have seen have not helped.
If I keep following the lost river, do I get where I need to be? Or am I totally off base?
I can get to the lost river, and follow it to the skeletons, etc. I believe the lava lake is connected to that somewhere. So far the few online posts I have seen have not helped.
If I keep following the lost river, do I get where I need to be? Or am I totally off base?
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It's also easier to explore with the PRAWN.
If you are having a rough time navigating, try setting up a beacon every now and then, just so you know where you came from.
And an advanced base can also be a huge help. A place to recharge, restock and not need to leave the cave system just for it.
Soon you'll know the layout of the caves by heart.
Also since you said it was very dark down there. Make sure you're not playing using the cinematic filmic color grading in your graphics settings. It is moronically dark, not to mention that bloom also seems to add quite an obscuring haze, especially in the lava zones...
Love it.
You rebel, you!
Is it just a big, white tree with red bloodoil sacs? I know where that is, and yes, it's near the skeletons. But I don't see eggs, only red bloodsacs.
The eggs are..
The tree will look like this..
The area is close to the..
Hopefully this will help you out. It's kind of hard for me to explain as I know the way by heart. If you get tired of searching, I would either build a scanner room with maximum scanning range (4 upgrades) to help you navigate the terrain, or try looking at some maps of the lost river online.
OK great, that's definitely NOT the tree I thought it was. I did find the Disease Research Facility, so if I make it back there I should be good to go. Didn't see that tree, though, so I might have missed it. I left a few beacons so should be able to find my way back.
I'll also check my graphics settings, because it's REALLY dark down there, and the bloom is pretty bad; everything appears like my visor is smudged.
Thanks!!!
Use your sonars or, as @Crewman87 noted, build a Scanner Room to map the surroundings.
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Yeah, I always use the South West Blood Kelp Zone. I'm pretty sure that the Northern one has a Ghost Leviathan guarding the entrance.
Agreed
Trench FTW
Anyway, that is by far the easiest way to get to the Lost River and the Lava zone(s). From the Mushroom Forest near the Aurora, go north until you find a giant hecking hole in the ground. It can be surprisingly easy to miss, even when I know it's there, so I like to scout it out with my Seamoth and then leave a beacon in place so I can find my way back. 'ware the bonesharks, though.
I killed both the adult in the Blood kelp, Well, technically it was in the Underwater Islands before I hit it a few times and it ran off into the Grassy Plateaus, where I killed it. Anyways, I killed both the adult one there and the juvenile in the ghost forest. So now what was my forward base right at the edge of the UI and the BK has had room to expand a lot.
Also, I set a beacon at the wreck in the trench, and I still have a difficult time finding the LR entrance there. The entrance in the NBK, though, is very easy to find.
By the way, do leviathans ever respawn?
I hate that bastard, the Cyclops is such a slow beast!