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Artifact of the Massive · cave on Astraeos

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The Cave

guide

Holds the Artifact of the Massive, the last of the three artifacts the Natrix portal requires.

The entrance is at 37.4 / 22.5, with flooded sections inside — Sarco and Piranha spawn alongside the usual cave crawl.

What You'll Be Dealing With

assembled from what lives in this cave 7
UnderwaterArmour damageTorporSwarms
  • Piranha — Attacks in shoals the moment you enter the water, and does not stop.
    Do not enter the water on foot. There is no gear answer, only a mount.
  • Sarco — Rolls a survivor in water and is fast on land as well.
  • Arthropluera — Its ranged acid attack damages armour directly — primitive Flak breaks in one or two hits — and armour damage cannot be repaired if the piece is destroyed.
    Wear Hide rather than Flak and carry Fiber and Hide to repair. Kill it at range; it out-damages armour faster than you out-heal it.
  • Araneo — Webs you in place from range, which stops you kiting and stops a mount fleeing. Its bite applies torpor.
    Kill it at range before it closes. Bug Repellant makes it ignore you entirely.
  • Pulmonoscorpius — Torpor per hit, higher than almost anything else its size, and it is fast.
    Bug Repellant, and Stimulant for when it lands hits anyway.
  • Titanoboa — Applies heavy torpor per bite and is quiet enough to reach you before you see it.
    Stimberries or Stimulant on your hotbar. Two bites will drop an unprepared survivor.
  • Onyc — Attacks in numbers, drains stamina, and is small enough that most mounts cannot hit it.
    A shotgun, or a pike on foot. They path erratically, so aimed single shots waste ammunition.
Not a threat: Dung Beetle
Each line above is a fact about the creature and its own in-game behaviour — attributed to this cave only because the cave contains it. It is not a walkthrough, and it does not claim to describe the layout or the route.

What To Bring

derived from the hazards above — this cave has no editors' list yet
  • Scuba Tank and Flippers — Underwater
  • Lazarus Chowder — Underwater
  • An aquatic mount — Underwater
  • Hide Armor (cheap to replace) — Armour damage
  • Fiber and Hide to repair in place — Armour damage
  • Stimberry or Stimulant — Torpor
  • Bug Repellant — Torpor
  • A shotgun or a wide-arc melee weapon — Swarms

Location

entrance · artifact
Astraeos map
Entrance 37.4, 22.5 Artifact 37.2, 21.7

Cave facts

Entrance37.4, 22.5
Artifact at37.2, 21.7

Artifact

and what it opens
Artifact of the Massive tribute for 4 bosses
Also found in Lava Cave, Nidisheim Depths

Other Caves On Astraeos

nearest first all caves →
Coordinates and loot odds from the game's own data files.
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Player Tips

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