FOREST CAVE

Artifact of Growth · cave on Extinction

Screenshots

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The Cave

guide

The cave entrance is a fairly classic cave entrance design in the rockface, in the North-Eastern end of the underground forest zone, located at 11.8° Lat, 39.3° Lon (-87004 -305369 -132339 10.57 17.16).

The entire cave, as well as the area immediately outside, is designated a "no build" zone. The cave itself is a fairly linear route, with a long, winding tunnel for most of the cave. There is a small body of water that needs to be crossed part of the way through.

What You'll Be Dealing With

assembled from what lives in this cave 6
Heavy carnivoresDismountArmour damageBleedAmbush
  • Carnotaurus — Fast mid-size carnivore that closes distance quickly.
  • Terror Bird — Fast, and glides down onto you from ledges.
  • Microraptor — Dismounts you, which is the entire threat — being on foot is what kills you in a cave.
    Kill it before anything else in the room.
  • 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.
  • Allosaurus — Hunts in threes and applies a stacking bleed that keeps ticking after you break away.
    Medical Brew. The bleed, not the bite, is what kills.
  • Purlovia — Buries itself and ambushes from under the ground, applying torpor on the first hit.
    Watch the floor for the mound. It cannot follow once you are past it.
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
  • A strong mount, or a ranged weapon and a chokepoint — Heavy carnivores
  • A saddle you can remount fast — Dismount
  • Grappling Hook — Dismount
  • Hide Armor (cheap to replace) — Armour damage
  • Fiber and Hide to repair in place — Armour damage
  • Medical Brew — Bleed
  • Cooked Meat or Cooked Prime — Bleed
  • Move slowly; check ceilings and the ground — Ambush

Location

Extinction
Extinction map
No entrance coordinate on file for Forest Cave.

Cave facts

Artifact at13.5, 49.2

Artifact

and what it opens
Artifact of Growth tribute for Forest Titan

Referenced by

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Artifact Crate Loot

contents & odds
Artifact: Growth 1 item sets
Artifact100% chance per draw

Other Caves On Extinction

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Coordinates and loot odds from the game's own data files.
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Player Tips

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