Swamp Cave

The Swamp Cave is a cave on The Island. The cave contains the, needed to summon the. A survivor entering the Swamp Cave will notice that the heat is nearly unbearable and the toxic gas will slowly kill you. Come prepared with, along with or any 3 pieces of and. This will prevent a swift death caused by the extreme heat or toxic gas.

Dangers

 * Wildlife: Swarms of araneo, meganeura and titanomyrma litter the cave. Titanoboa and the occasional megalania can also be confronted, as well as a large leech pool. Possibly the biggest threat are the arthropluera which can rapidly destroy armour and breathing equipment. On 1.0 difficulty, most of these creatures range between level 120 and 360. Achatinas can also be found but offer no threat.


 * Poisonous air: Breathing equipment including gas masks or a full set of SCUBA gear (including the mask, tank, leggings and for some reason the flippers), as the toxic fumes within the cave can rapidly cause death.

Recommended Equipment

 * Ghillie suit
 * Gas masks or full set of SCUBA
 * with or better ranged weapons to control aggro
 * s
 * to regenerate health and food
 * A mount that's tall enough to keep you out of range of arthropluera armor destroying spit
 * for blocking passages and making animals slowly kill themselves.
 * , if available, makes short work of meganeura and leech swarms.
 * to regenerate health and food
 * A mount that's tall enough to keep you out of range of arthropluera armor destroying spit
 * for blocking passages and making animals slowly kill themselves.
 * , if available, makes short work of meganeura and leech swarms.
 * , if available, makes short work of meganeura and leech swarms.

Minimum Equipment (With Megatherium)

 * Any 3 pieces of SCUBA and Ghille Armor to fill in the other slots.
 * Cryopod
 * (lvl ~100 post-tame)

Tips

 * Complete protection from poison gas requires either gas masks or any 3 pieces of SCUBA (ex: SCUBA tank, SCUBA mask, SCUBA leggings, flippers or ghillie boots, and ghillie gauntlets).
 * Extra gas masks are not required if you are fast, but are recommended. - they only have 20 minutes of durability, but the player can survive with that gear alone (SCUBA is easily destroyed to arthropleura spit)
 * Bug repellant will help you in much of the cave, however there are many tight corridors where you cannot sneak past enemies.
 * Bring lots of stimulants with you and constantly watch your torpor. Everything in there wants you unconscious.
 * Entering the cave with a tall tame like the baryonyx or Megatherium will help increase survivability.
 * Ensure to pack extra armor/equipment, as arthropleura will likely break through whatever gear they can target.
 * Try to tackle each creature one at a time by selectively drawing aggro. The last thing the player wants to do is attract several swarms of different threats at once.

Mounts

 * are the strongest mounts for this cave and highly recommended. This is due to their high HP and very good bonus damage against bugs. even a mid-level (~100 post-tame) Megatherium will plow through this cave and make it an absolute breeze. Megatheriums can easily be brought in with cryopods, but are too large to be ridden throughout and must be cryopoded in the cave at least once to explore the entire cave. Careful: players on foot are at higher risk of attack/gear destruction.
 * Beelzebufos is useful as a secondary tame for damage and gathering very large amounts of cementing paste, but arthropluera can easily target the player's gear if used as a mount. Careful not to let enemies swarm it!
 * A flamethrower with plenty of ammo is the best way to deal with the vermin in this cave if you are not mounted, and can quickly kill large swarms of meganeura and leeches.
 * Speedrun option: Near the start of the cave is a room with two stone pillars against the wall, with a high-elevation opening between them. Use a grappling hook enter this tunnel and get to the artifact. When you are using the hook (reeling-in) to the tunnel, you must crouch before the opening. This relatively easy maneuver bypasses the majority of enemies.(As of 6/14/2020 this hole is not in Mobile.)

Compatible Tamed Creatures (Without Cryopods)

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