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Central Cave
CaveC
Cave near the Volcano in the middle of the Island.
Interior Map

Central Cave Cavemap

Location
The Island Topographic Map
Location
41.5° Lat, 46.9° Lon
Loot
Artifact of the Clever
Artifact of the Clever
39.6° Lat, 45.9° Lon
Artifact level
10
Loot quality
Green Crate Green
Blue Crate Blue

The Central Cave is a cave in the central part of The Island. The cave contains the Artifact of the Clever Artifact of the Clever, needed to summon the Broodmother Lysrix Broodmother Lysrix.

Dangers[]

  • Tight corridors which can make fights requiring range a huge problem.
  • And ledges can make some creatures slip off! Bring saddles so you can ride them and navigate them across the ledges.
  • Especially dangerous with Megalosaurus Megalosaurus around the corner when using splash damage weapons.
  • Multiple paths that loop back together may cause some players to get lost.
  • Large amounts of Piranha Piranha are in the water section which is difficult to see before being in the water. Do not enter the water without a strong mount.
  • Cold
  • Arthropluera Arthropluera acid attack will break primitive Flak Armor Flak Armor in 1 - 2 hits (Not recommended, because you can´t repair it. So take Hide Armor to get a bit of Armor)
  • Megalosaurus Megalosaurus become active here at night and are fierce opponents with devastating attacks. During the day they are slower and weaker than they are at night, but running into one is still an unpleasant experience.

Recommended Equipment[]

Recommended creatures[]

  • Direwolf Direwolf (Use alongside tribemates, remember to howl for maximum pack bonus.)
  • Sabertooth Sabertooth (Use with higher quality saddles.)
  • Baryonyx Baryonyx (Use your stun & height to your advantage! You can disable all water threats and stay above the height of arthropleura spit. Heal it by going into the water and killing the fish for easy healing and making this cave a lot easier with this tame.)
  • Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus (Can not harvest Chitin.)
  • Thylacoleo works well in this cave, though it can be a little narrow. you also have to cryopod your Thyla to get through the entrance.
  • Doedicurus - allows ride on with weaponry

Strategy[]

  • Bringing a high level baryonyx or sabertooth is by far one of the most efficient methods to clearing this cave. The baryonyx and sabertooth can easily enter the cave and get to the Artifact of the Clever. There is also a lake filled with piranhas, allowing you to get tons of fish meat to heal your baryonyx.
    • If you're riding another mount or have a small group already (direwolves for chitin farming, for example), the terrible pathing of the baryonyx (in this cave especially) can be cumbersome to constantly correct. It is viable to bring a baryonyx in a crypod and simply release it for the lake areas, then re-pod it when the area is cleared, to avoid an extremely annoying trip out.
  • The ranged heavy damage of gigantopithecus will help you clear this cave with little effort, even without bug repellent. But you will have to dismount to get the artifact and you won't be able to harvest chitin with it.

Creatures[]

Compatible Tamed Creatures[]

This table is incomplete.
You can help us by adding the tamed creatures you know can enter the cave. If the creature can't enter, please exclude it.

Accessibility Ratings:

  • Excellent: Full-Cave Access (Entrance-to-Artifact)
  • Limited: Can Access Portions of the Cave Safely
  • Not Recommended: Can Get Stuck/Unable to Leave Cave
Creature Accessibility Rideable Notes
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player. Can be used as a Parachute Parachute
Argentavis Argentavis Not Recommended Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Likely to glitch and remain permanently trapped in walls. 
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Arthropluera Arthropluera Excellent Yes
Baryonyx Baryonyx Excellent Yes
  •  Long attack range can fight off Pulmonoscorpius and Araneos with ease. MOUNT ONLY. Bringing Bary as a follower is NOT RECOMMENDED, they glitch and get stuck constantly on every rock and wall.
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo Excellent Yes
Carbonemys Carbonemys Excellent Yes
Carno Carno Excellent Yes
Castoroides Castoroides Excellent Yes
Chalico Chalico Excellent Yes
Coelacanth Coelacanth Limited No
  •  Can only be brought in using a Fish Basket (Aberration) Fish Basket (Aberration). But can only be released into the water inside the cave.
Compy Compy Excellent No
  •  Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack.
Daeodon Daeodon Excellent Yes
Deinonychus Deinonychus Excellent Yes
Doedicurus Doedicurus Excellent Yes
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur Excellent No
  •  Can bring one or bring a whole pack.
Dimetrodon Dimetrodon Excellent No
Dimorphodon Dimorphodon Excellent No
  •  Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Diplocaulus Diplocaulus Excellent Yes
Dire Bear Dire Bear Excellent Yes
Direwolf Direwolf Excellent Yes
  •  Can mount and ride one or bring a pack.
Dodo Dodo Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Dung Beetle Dung Beetle Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Enforcer Enforcer Excellent Yes
Gallimimus Gallimimus Excellent Yes
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus Excellent Yes
  •  Can mount and ride one or a whole troop.
Hesperornis Hesperornis Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Hyaenodon Hyaenodon Excellent No
  •  Can bring one or a whole pack.
Ichthyornis Ichthyornis Excellent No
Iguanodon Iguanodon Not Recommended Yes
  •  Can Not Fit Through The Entrance
Jerboa Jerboa Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Kairuku Kairuku Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Kaprosuchus Kaprosuchus Excellent Yes
Lystrosaurus Lystrosaurus Excellent No
Megalosaurus Megalosaurus Excellent Yes
Megatherium Megatherium Limited Yes
  •  Will be unable to leave cave unless a cryopod is used.
Mesopithecus Mesopithecus Excellent No
  •  Can keep on shoulder or can bring a whole troop.
Microraptor Microraptor Excellent No
  •  Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Moschops Moschops Excellent Yes
Onyc Onyc Excellent No
Otter Otter Excellent No
Oviraptor Oviraptor Excellent No
Ovis Ovis Excellent Yes
Pachy Pachy Excellent Yes
Pachyrhinosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus Excellent Yes
Parasaurolophus Parasaurolophus Excellent Yes
Pelagornis Pelagornis Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Allow cave flying
Pegomastax Pegomastax Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder.
Phiomia Phiomia Excellent Yes
Piranha Piranha Limited No
  •  Can only be brought in using a Fish Basket (Aberration) Fish Basket (Aberration). But can only be released into the water inside the cave.
Procoptodon Procoptodon Excellent Yes
Pteranodon Pteranodon Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Purlovia Purlovia Excellent No
Raptor Raptor Excellent Yes
  •  Can mount and ride one or bring a whole pack.
Ravager Ravager Excellent Yes
Sabertooth Salmon Sabertooth Salmon Limited No
  •  Can be brought in using a Fish Basket (Aberration) Fish Basket (Aberration). But can only be released into the water inside the cave.
Sabertooth Sabertooth Excellent Yes
  •  Can mount and ride one or bring a whole pack.
Scorpion Scorpion Limited Yes
  •  Will be unable to leave cave unless a cryopod is used.
Spider Spider Excellent Yes
Terror Bird Terror Bird Excellent Yes
  •  Can mount and ride one or bring a whole flock.
Thorny Dragon Thorny Dragon Excellent Yes
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo Limited Yes
  •  Will be unable to leave cave unless a cryopod is used.
Titanoboa Titanoboa Excellent
Triceratops Triceratops Not Recommended Yes
  •  Can Not Fit Through The Entrance
Troodon Troodon Excellent No
  •  Can bring one or bring a whole pack.
Vulture Vulture Excellent No
  •  Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole flock.

Notes[]

  • Many creatures can fit inside effortlessly.
  • There is an underwater segment in the artifact room that is NOT necessary to obtain the artifact.
  • Central Cave is also referred to as "Chitin Cave" because of how easy it is to obtain chitin while riding on a sabertooth, direwolf or raptor.
  • This cave also contains the Rockwell Record #17 and dossiers of Megalodon and Araneo.
  • This cave is a common place for megalosaurus spawns, making it a prime destination if you wish to tame these animals.
  • Due to tight spaces, fighting on foot is very troublesome. Using grenades, shotguns or ranged weapons to fight around corners is a good idea. But if you disturb a megalosaurus in the process, you and your mounts may be in grave danger.
  • Megatherium Megatherium DO NOT FIT in the entrance and can only be brought into the cave with a cryopod.
  • Direwolf can smell the dossiers for easy XP.
  • [Confirmed on PC] Tames on follow may seem to glitch and disappear forever when exiting the cave. Still a current issue as of September 2020. During the transition from under- to overworld, follower dinos suddenly seem to think that the path to their leader is under the artifact pool. Tames will glitch under the world and be unrecoverable until they drown. Before reaching the exit of the cave where the world loads, UNfollow all tame and take them out one at a time, to be safe.
  • As of 09/2020 the artifact may not be present when reaching its chamber. Sometimes it will spawn in after time has passed; sometimes leaving the chamber area so it is not loaded (heading back towards the surface) will bring it back; sometimes it will be there when you turn around again.

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