Cueva Noroeste

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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

La Cueva Noroeste (North West Cave en la versión original del juego) es una de las ubicaciones del mapa "The Island" en ARK: Survival Evolved.

Descripción[]

It contains the Artifact of the Skylord, needed to summon the Dragon. Its entrance barely fits players on foot (mounts are too large to enter the cave organically). The inner tunnels are extremely narrow, often requiring crouching to explore. Watch your feet and take it very slow, as there are pitfalls that deal 5000 instant damage - even if you descend with a grappling hook. If you fall into these pits, retrieval of your gear is only possible by grappling your body out of the pit. Your body may fall through the world if you die to the pits, making it impossible to retrieve your gear without cheats.

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

Creatures in the cave include Araneo and Onyc and spawn at normal levels.

Dangers[]

Insta-death pits
Very narrow tunnels
Extreme Cold
Easily lost
Mega Rabies (Bring plenty of antidote and/or medical brew to treat)

Recommended Equipment[]

Chitin Armor, Fur Armor
Torch
Pike or other melee weapon
Shotgun or other ranged weapon
30 × Cooked Meat
Medical Brew
Crossbow and Grappling Hooks
Bug_Repellant
Canteen or Jar of water
Metal Pick to destroy metal rocks that block some paths
Lesser Antidote
Otter for extra Fortitude and holding Artifacts. (Not necessary but makes life easier)
Some Grenades to weaken Araneo as they walk toward you

Strategy[]

Hug the right wall to reach the Artifact of the Skylord quickly with grappling hooks.
You can access the artifact without jumping/grappling by approaching the artifact from the southern cliff. Carefully position yourself on the edge of the cliff to grab the artifact, but take care - if you fall onto the artifact's platform, it's nearly impossible to exit the artifact room without a Grappling Hook.
- Players can escape the artifact platform to the south by jumping onto the left edge of the southern cliff from the obsidian rock.
Avoid bringing any tames other than shoulder pets. Even dimorphodons can be instantly killed in the pits while flying/attacking falling enemies.
Enemies in this cave are scarce and easily die to handheld weapons, so bringing other tames/companions is unnecessary.
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 loot crates within this cave are only accessible via grappling over pitfalls. Bring several grappling hooks to maximize rewards from the cave and easily exit the artifact platform.
Do not build a foundation within the cave or near the entrance, since this can prohibit the spawning of loot crates.
Speed-Run option for Mobile: This path bypasses all loot crates and most creatures spawns. Bring 1 foundation and 1 ceiling. Enter the cave and travel along the right wall. You'll come to a passageway that is mostly obscured until you reach it, which leads to a narrow ice bridge with an explorer note on it. Build the foundation on the very edge of the bridge. Place the ceiling in front of the foundation to extend the bridge. Cross the bridge and jump to the ledge; it will lead you directly to the artifact container. After obtaining the artifact, simply take the same path back out of the cave. You can use photo mode to find the correct path and to scout for any creatures.
Bug Repellant can help prevent mobs from sneak-attacking.

Creatures[]

Compatible Tamed Creatures[]

This table is incomplete.
Tu puedes ayudar añadiendo las criaturas domesticadas que conoces que entran en la cueva. Si la criatura no puede entrar en la cueva, porfavor excluyala.

Accessibility Ratings:

Excelente: acceso a toda la cueva (desde la entrada hasta el Artefacto)
Limitada: puede acceder de forma segura a ciertas partes de la cueva
No recomendada: puede quedarse atascado o no salir de la cueva

Criatura	Accesibilidad	Se puede montar	Notas
Archaeopteryx	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Compy	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack.
Dimorphodon	Limited	No	Flying too low over pits or attacking falling creatures will kill them.
Dodo	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Dung Beetle	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Hesperornis	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
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 keep on shoulder or bring a whole troop.
Microraptor	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Otter	Excellent	No	Excellent as insulation when carried on shoulder.
Vulture	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole flock.

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. Pit fall deals 5000 absolute damage to anything that falls in, instantly killing almost anything.
If you die in the pits, it is sometimes possible to use a grappling hook to retrieve your body. Bring quite a few; it's kind of like fishing.
- If your corpse becomes an item bag (eaten by a bat) or glitches into the terrain, it's irretrievable. Take lesser gear that you can spare.

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.
This cave is so narrow, even dropping items in this cave will cause them to spawn above the cave's roof - permanently lost.
A SinglePlayer bug on all platforms causes the artifact to not spawn. Hosting a non-dedicated server does not change this(tested on PC version 324.22, even though the patch notes for 324.16 mentioned the bug is fixed).
In Rockwell The Island Explorer Note #13, Rockwell went to this cave for spelunking as a brief vacation and found the artifact while exploring.
Using orbit camera in some areas can allow for you to peak outside of the walls and orient yourself.

Gallery[]

Cave Entrance
Original interior of the cave prior to 252.0 redesign