Bit confused on what I'm "supposed" to do

[kismachaddis]

So started playing with a couple of other people, set up a base (log cabin, bunch of racks and walled off), went through a couple of cave systems we've found.
Although i'm enjoying the game so far I don't really understand how im supposed to progress the story, I realise i should be looking for lost passengers, the child (timmy) and more caves but i don't really know how to find these things.
Are there maps leading to them, or am i supposed to just walk around and explore until ive stumbled upon a new cave, then look for new passengers within and possibly timmy. Or have i missed something?

[kismachaddis]

Found few of the treasure maps too, as in the photos with X's...
Ultimately weve explored a bunch of caves near our base and I'm trying to figure out what to do next. If i'm meant to explore until i find something notable im happy to do so, but i dont want to have missed some obvious waypoint or mechanic

[Pisaro]

Forest dont give you really a direction. You have to search by yourself. You will need some keyitems from caves to pass the final cave.

[kismachaddis]

Originally posted by Pisaro27:

Forest dont give you really a direction. You have to search by yourself. You will need some keyitems from caves to pass the final cave.

So when you say final cave, is there an order i'm meant to have gone through them, and if so how do i know which cave is 1st/last?

[M4S0N13]

Originally posted by kismachaddis:

Originally posted by Pisaro27:

Forest dont give you really a direction. You have to search by yourself. You will need some keyitems from caves to pass the final cave.

So when you say final cave, is there an order i'm meant to have gone through them, and if so how do i know which cave is 1st/last?

There is a couple of caves, that contain items you need to explore "other" caves.
There is a couple of tutorial videos on You Tube

[AC Denton]

Originally posted by kismachaddis:

Are there maps leading to them

There's a cave to the south-east-ish with a map of the game. Honestly just use the interactive map online.

[RequiemsRose]

There is an in-game map, but you have to find it first and it will fill out as you explore. In single player you will usually find it when you die the first time and the cannibals drag you to a cave and string you up. It is found in that same room you get strung up in, along with the compass on a miner's corpse. In multiplayer, you get no such cutscene and direction. You simply take a knee and either get picked up by another player or respawn at the plane. If you don't mind an external map, theforestmap is a common go-to for players but be aware it shows almost everything, including spoilers.

As for direction. The caves are numbered, but that doesn't mean that is their order. In game they instead use the cave name rather than number anyway. Some caves however, will require that you already found certain items in other caves in order to fully explore them. The last cave, requires several of these items, making it the last cave that is restricted to the player by progression. It is also where the end-game is, so any additional information would include spoilers.

As for finding caves in general, the map can help you in identifying where you have been and marking entrances even if you overlooked them. Most cave entrances are somewhat obvious, they will often be marked by totems and some will have a bat screech sound when you approach them as a sound cue as well. There is a wiki if you truly can't find them, it tends to spoil what items can be found within but it doesn't always get specific enough to find them easily.

If you want some direction in at least finding the map:
The most obvious and easiest entrance to the chamber with the map in multiplayer is within the cannibal's main village. It is the largest village and fairly central to many points of interest.

If that doesn't make anything stand out in memory, then most players learn the yacht beach pretty early (the bay with the sailboat). If standing on that beach facing the sailboat you would see a large hill to the right with a lone tree on it. Follow the beach away from there, to the left instead towards the other large glowing tree. Continue following the coastline as best you can until you come across a hut near the cliffside containing several ropes, an outfit, and some gas cans iirc. Follow the path from that hut into the main village. The cave entrance would be behind the huts on the opposite side of the circle around the tree. It's a climb entrance with a rock hood that makes it pretty easy to spot.

[SoloQuieroJugarDeChill]

Keeping it the most vague possible, there is a map you'll find in one of the caves, and there are several caves in the game. Some caves will connect to others too.

You also have a to-do list. This list will indicate you what caves you need to explore, and it will tell you once your business is done in that cave. If the cave is still not marked as completed, then you might have missed something on that particular one.


The to-do list will not tell you on which order to explore the caves. You might find you need a partcular item in order to advance in some. If that's the case, you need to find another.

Now, some cave entrances can be actually hard to spot/you could miss them completely. So you can look for it on yourube in case it becomes too difficult. Entrances are marked on your map, but even then it can not be so obvious.

In - game the caves have names like "hanged man cave" or so. But on most places you'll find them numbered.