Floating Island

[🅶ila]

Hey guys,

I just recently set off for the floating island after receiving the communication from Keen about it being 750m south of the Aurora.

However, I've used 50% of the Seamoth battery to get there and I see nothing in sight. (I traveled South by the compass from my life pod before reading that it's not directly south...)

Can anyone tell me what the distance is from the island to Lifepod 7? (This is the only nav point I've got equipped - and would help me travel along the circumference of the distance to find the island.)

I'm currently 5km out from Lifepod 7 lol, probably WAY farther out than I should be.

[Cougarific]

Yah if you're 5km away you missed it. It's southWEST of your Lifepod. Easiest thing to do is go back to your pod and look at the skyline to the southwest - you should see two dots floating in the sky. Those are made by stuff that's sitting on the two peaks of the island, so moving toward them will take you to the island.

Recommend you stay on or near the surface as you travel - graphical glitches like the two dots floating in the sky (and the glitch that reveals faraway stuff if you're only semi-submerged) will keep you on the right path.

This image (not my screenshot) gives you an idea of where it is in relation to the Aurora:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=814642093

[That Is Irrelevant]

By the way... since everyone on both the wiki AND steam disscussion boards were too lazy to just flat out say it. The coordinates for the island's beach are -706.4, 1.6, -971.5

[slxpress]

It's mildly irritating that the message says the island is south of the crash site instead of southwest. I've always felt that way.

Gila, when you get to the island, scan everything you come across. There are three bases. One at the base of the island, and then two others at each peak. Aside from the blueprints you pick up, make sure to grab at least one marblemelon plant, then plant it in an interior growbed when you get back. Marblemelon is the game's "superfood" with the best combination of food/water in the game. After I've build a Cyclops I'll build an interior grow bed filled with this stuff, and I never have to worry about food or hydration regardless of how long I'm gone.

[veryinky]

Easiest way to find Floating Island is to grab a couple beacons, follow the Sunbeam landing site beacon to find Gun Island, find the warp gate (and power it with magical alien power crystals) and it'll transport you to Floating Island. Drop a beacon at Gun Island and one at Floating Island.

Also many players don't seem to know that there's multiple farms on Floating Island, so marblemelon and chinese potato aren't that rare.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=822430914

You also don't need to carry a whole marblemellon, use knife to turn one into seeds which are 1x1 while a marblemelon is 2x2. Or take a couple small marblemelons, plant them in pots when you get home and then knife them for 4 seeds each.

[Cougarific]

Originally posted by veryinky:

and it'll transport you to Floating Island.

Maybe it goes without saying but be advised that doing this will require that you swim back from the Island to your lifepod.

Not that big of a deal, BUT let's say you drove your Seamoth to the Mountain Island then took the portal to the Island - now you've got a REALLY long swim back to your Seamoth. If you're gonna use the portal I advise leaving your Seamoth at your lifepod and swimming to the Mountain Island, so the Seamoth is that much closer when you return from the Island.

[veryinky]

Or you can just drop a beacon at the Floating Island so you can find it again and just hop into the Warp Gate back to Gun Island to get into your Seamoth. I put my beacons at the Gun Island Warpgate and entrance/exit of the Floating Island Warpgate cave so I can find them more easily.

[Jan Zizka of Trocnov]

Originally posted by slxpress:

It's mildly irritating that the message says the island is south of the crash site instead of southwest. I've always felt that way.

Gila, when you get to the island, scan everything you come across. There are three bases. One at the base of the island, and then two others at each peak. Aside from the blueprints you pick up, make sure to grab at least one marblemelon plant, then plant it in an interior growbed when you get back. Marblemelon is the game's "superfood" with the best combination of food/water in the game. After I've build a Cyclops I'll build an interior grow bed filled with this stuff, and I never have to worry about food or hydration regardless of how long I'm gone.

Its south of the crash, southwest of your POD

[Hawkefire]

The best way to get to the island is to go straight from the thruster of the aurora that is closest to the life pod. Also if the Aurora starts to unload or flicker, that means you have gone too far and have past it (this goes for recommended and highest settings, haven't tested it on lowest).

[CapNKirkland]

you can kind of identify where the floating island and the above water mountains are before getting to them. there's a difference in the sky textures where it kind of looks like a mirrage or a almost bubble shaped haze or fog (however you want to describe it) around those areas LONG before you get to them.

i've always just used that to get there.

it's a subtle difference between this and the actual skyy texture so it's relatively easy to miss.

[slxpress]

festive czartrak, that's not true. Directly south of the crash goes to the void. There's nothing there. It's southwest of the pod, and southwest of the crash. More west by southwest of the crash, actually.