SUNKEN CAVERNS

Artifact of the Clever · cave on Astraeos

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The Cave

guide

Holds the Artifact of the Clever, first of the three artifacts Natrix demands — and an ocean cave: everything that lives in it swims.

The entrance is at 24.5 / 23.8, in the map's north-west.

Hazards

  • The cave is flooded — oxygen and an aquatic mount decide this trip, with Megalodon and Mosasaurus waiting in the open rooms.

Recommended Equipment

What You'll Be Dealing With

assembled from what lives in this cave 11
UnderwaterShockPoison and gas
  • Anglerfish — Lures, then bites hard, in water dark enough that you meet it at melee range.
  • Dunkleosteus — High armour and health; slow, but it destroys what it catches.
  • Helicoprion — A fast, shark-like open-ocean predator built for speed; it runs down anything slower.
  • Manta — Fast, and hits hard for its size in shallow water.
  • Megalodon — Fast, and does enough damage to kill a swimmer immediately.
  • Mosasaurus — Very high health and damage; one of the strongest things in any flooded cave.
  • 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.
  • Xiphactinus — A large predatory fish with rows of razor teeth, aggressive to swimmers on sight.
  • Cnidaria — Shocks on contact, dismounting a rider and stunning a swimmer.
  • Electrophorus — Shocks you in the water, which stops you swimming and stops you fighting back until it ends.
    Never enter water that has one in it on foot — the shock lasts long enough to drown you.
  • Eurypterid — Applies torpor and Swamp Fever-style damage over time in water.
Not a threat: Ammonite, Coelacanth, Sabertooth Salmon, Trilobite
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.

Location

entrance · artifact
Astraeos map
Entrance 24.5, 23.8 Artifact 26.8, 26.1

Cave facts

Entrance24.5, 23.8
Artifact at26.8, 26.1

Artifact

and what it opens
Artifact of the Clever tribute for 3 bosses
Also found in Central Cave, Northern Ice Cave, Shoola Hollow, Molten Caverns

Other Caves On Astraeos

nearest first all caves →
Coordinates and loot odds from the game's own data files.
ASE.GG · Sunken Caverns

Player Tips

tricks from other survivors, for this page