North West Cave

North West Cave is referred to as "Northwest Hollow" in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile

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Cave in the North-Western Snow-Area of the Island.

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Interior Map

Location

Map

The Island

Location

19.3° Lat, 19.0° Lon

Climate

Biome

Snow

Temperature

Very Cold

Clothing

Fur

Loot

Artifact of the Skylord
19.6° Lat, 18.4° Lon

Artifact level

40

Loot quality

Yellow

Red

The North West Cave is a cave in the northwest of The Island. The cave contains the Artifact of the Skylord, needed to summon the Dragon. This cave is the smallest cave by far and you will have to crouch occasionally to explore. Watch your feet and take it very slow, as there are drop offs that deals 5000 instant damage even if you descend with a grappling hook. Therefor, if you fall in, your gear is not retrievable and is lost.

After the update, this cave contains very little loot, excluding the artifact.

Creatures in the cave spawn at normal levels and are not that difficult to beat.

Dangers

Dangerous jumps
Very little space
Extreme Cold
Easily lost

Recommended Equipment

Chitin Armor, Fur Armor
Torch
Pike
30 × Cooked Meat
Medical Brew
Crossbow and Grappling Hooks
Bring lots of extra water
Must bring hatchet or pick to destroy metal rocks that block some of the paths
If possible an assault rifle, pistol or pump action shotgun (Boom stick time)

Tips

Hug the right wall to reach the Artifact of the Skylord.
Melee weapons do not work when prone. Bring plenty of ammo. There are some areas in which you can stand so check constantly with the prone key (default X)
Several of the high-quality loot crates within this cave are restricted to the use of grappling hooks to cross pitfalls. It is recommended to bring a few to maximize your rewards from the cave. Grappling hooks can also allow you to escape the artifact chamber if you fall in.

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	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Compy	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack.
Daeodon	Limited	Yes
Dimorphodon	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Dodo	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Dung Beetle	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Jerboa	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Kairuku	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Mesopithecus	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Thylacoleo	Not Recommended	Yes	Unable to leave cave.
Vulture	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.

Notes

The North West Cave is all about your jumping skills. It is a very narrow cave, you will be crouching mostly. You won't encounter many enemies.
Watch your feet. When you first enter the cave and go left, there is a pitfall that will kill you instantly if you fall in. There are likely other pitfalls and recovering your body won't be possible if you fall in, so bringing high value gear is not advised. It may be possible to build over such pitfalls on PvP servers.
It is possible to get the artifact without building or jumping. However this requires precise positioning and the chances of falling are very high. If you fall in it is currently impossible to escape the artifact room alive without a Grappling Hook. Tundra Biome graphics are covering up the only escape path from the room, preventing escape.
Users of Grappling Hooks will find that the pits will kill you far before you actually reach the spikes. Be cautious when using a Grappling Hook to swing over pits.
To recover your body in SinglePlayer you must use the cheat God and Infinitestats at the same time as well as ghost or fly to retrieve your body.
If you die in any of the spike pits, it is possible to use a grappling hook to retrieve your body from the death spikes, bring a few, it is kind of like fishing.
There is a chance that the Artifact of the Skylord will not spawn in this cave or the world. This is a very common glitch that has been in the game for a little over a year now."
Dropping items in this cave will cause them to spawn above the cave's roof.

Gallery

Cave Entrance
Original interior of the cave prior to 252.0 redesign