You can explore this area with either a Snowfox or Prawn Suit.Then insert the new module in the bridge and extend the bridge to cross it. Scan the broken Hydraulic Fluid canister on the bridge and fabricate it. To get to the Arctic spires, you will need to repair a large bridge at the entrance of the Glacial Basin.It is recommended that you have a Snowfox or Prawn Suit before exploring this region.This is the north half of the island at the west side of the map.When you get to Frolo, use the robot to inject the Kharaa antidote.You will find Parvan's Bunker near near the entrance to the Phi Excavation Site.You'll know you're close when you see the grove of purple flower trees (Frost Acacia). On the Research Sites map, it's marked by the mountain symbol. It's in a large cave (the Phi Excavation Site) in the western-most section of the Glacial Basin. It has a Kharaa antidote you can bring to Frolo, the Frozen Leviathan Storywise, the only important spy pengling cave is one circled in red.You will need to control the spy pengling to enter them. These provide small amounts of resources (mainly quartz and magnetite). Find the spy pengling caves (marked by blue spy penglings on the map).You can also prevent coldness by riding a Snowfox, or by building a ton of exterior growbeds with Fevered Pepper plants across the region. You may want to collect some fur from snow stalkers by using the spy pengling. Progressing without a cold suit is difficult.(Note that this replaced the 'Research Sites' map from EA11.) It's hard to navigate this region without it. Nearby her base, you can find a Water Filtration Suit blueprint, Thermal Plant fragments, and a Spy Pengling fragment.įinding FroloUse the 'Glacial Basin' map from Phi Robotics Lab.There is a Seatruck Perimeta Defense Upgrade module on the floor by the table. You can also scan her base to unlock the Moonpool (which also unlocks the Seatruck Dock), vehicle upgrade console, and large room. Hover over text to unhide: Maida's Base.Scan the Test Override Module and the Snow Fox for their blueprints.(You won't be able to access the rest of her base until after finishing all her quests.) After her dialogue, you'll be able to walk around some of her base, but her pet Snow Stalker will be blocking the rest of her base. She'll ask you to disrupt the radio tower. Meet Maida for the 2nd time at her base.

If you end up in the Crystal Caves, you've gone too far.

There's a branch of the cave that goes up a bit and leads east to the Base. Head straight down and keep exploring the cave. Then head straight down and follow the trail of light sticks to her base.Įntrance 2) In the Tree Spires biome, find the northern-most Ventgarden. You'll come across a giant floating rock. It's 100m directly east of the northern-most Mercury II shipwreck (the one SE of the Satellite Tower). There are 2 main entrances to it:Įntrance 1) Go to the signal beacon in the Lilypads biome for Maida's last known position. This cave system is a bit hard to find.Find the cave system between the Tree Spires and Lilypad Islands biomes.It is highly recommended that you start a new game after every major update. They also sometimes introduce new story elements.

collectibles, items, and materials will respawn). Game updates sometime reset objects (e.g.Note that they won't trigger while you have console cheats enabled. If you ever see a glassy hole you can't enter, it probably opens from the other side.On the rare occasion that you die, if you have a beacon in your inventory, it will deploy where you died.If your feeling of dread rises off the chart, it's time to head back to safety. You will know when you swim too far off the map into the Void if it gets really dark and the background music stops playing.The one exception is Fevered Peppers, which can regrow after you leave the area. Mineral deposits and naturally-occurring plant seeds will not respawn after you collect them.Similar to the first game, growable plants will make survival mode much easier.Your main underwater vehicle, the Sea Truck gets much slower with every additional module.Swim and Seaglide speeds have been reduced, and there is no Cyclops or Seamoth. Movement is generally slower in Below Zero.Most of the story objectives can be completed in any order.You can relax and take as long as you want to complete the game. All the formulas and recipes have changed from the first game.

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