Which artifact is in Snow Cave?

Snow Cave holds the Artifact of the Strong, which is tribute for Dragon, Dinopithecus King, Crystal Wyvern Queen, Hydraskos, the Unbroken.

Where is the entrance to Snow Cave?

The entrance is at 26.0, 29.1 on The Island.

What should you bring to Snow Cave?

High quality or multiple sets of Fur Armor and Riot Armor or Flak Armor. 400+ Hypothermic Insulation required to avoid constant health drain. Engram-Grade Fur Gear(the ones made from the Smithy via earning Engrams) is not enough insulation. You will want improved Fur from the Deep Sea Loot Crates. Alternatively an Otter, check the #Recommended Creatures section The cave gets colder the deeper you go. You can be well-insulated at the entrance, and freezing to death at the artifact.

SNOW CAVE

Artifact of the Strong · cave on The Island

View on The Island map → Artifact of the Strong →

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The Cave

guide

The Snow Cave is in the Snow Biome. It is a challenging cave and should be saved as one of the last caves you visit.

Hazards

Wild Creatures only spawn between levels 120 and 340 on default settings (they are not tamable). With DifficultyOffset value set to 1, the creatures level can be as high as 672 although the max wild level dinos outside are only 120.
Polar Bear do massive damage with their bite attack, which can possibly oneshot you or your shoulder pet
Yeti do massive knockback with their attacks, and can push you off cliffs (fall damage) into the water (where you also take damage) or into other hostiles
Extreme Cold
Water (6 absolute damage per 2 seconds to players, dinos and shoulder pets)
Purlovia which can dismount and/or stun you, many of them spawn buried and are only visible as brown earth mounds
Confusing pathways

Recommended Equipment

High quality or multiple sets of Fur Armor and Riot Armor or Flak Armor. 400+ Hypothermic Insulation required to avoid constant health drain.
Engram-Grade Fur Gear(the ones made from the Smithy via earning Engrams) is not enough insulation. You will want improved Fur from the Deep Sea Loot Crates. Alternatively an Otter, check the #Recommended Creatures section
The cave gets colder the deeper you go. You can be well-insulated at the entrance, and freezing to death at the artifact.

What You'll Be Dealing With

assembled from what lives in this cave 5

UnderwaterHeavy carnivoresAmbushColdHeat

Anglerfish — Lures, then bites hard, in water dark enough that you meet it at melee range.
Direwolf — Hunts in packs and gets a damage bonus for pack size, so the fifth wolf hurts more than the first.
Fight in a corridor where only one can reach you.
Polar Bear — High health and damage, and untameable.
Yeti — A Megapithecus variant: high damage, throws you, and untameable.
Polar Purlovia — Buries and ambushes with a torpor hit, as Purlovia.

Not a threat: Sabertooth Salmon

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.