Dealing with Ghost leviathans

[lateralus_o_negative]

Hello All,

I've been playing for quite a while (loving the game) and am at the point where I really want to progress the story.

I'm purposely trying to avoid walkthroughs and wiki's but think I have found the next area to visit.

*Spoilers*


So i've visited the alien structure on land, repaired the drive etc. From the journals etc I think their are some underwater structures I need to visit. I think I found one about 700m deep in a lake area with various leviathan bones etc. However their is a ghost leviathan blocking the way.

What is the best strategy to get past the thing? I have crafting (what I think) is almost everything; do I use the submarine with some decoy torpeados, try to fight it with the prawn suit or try to sneek by in the submersable craft?

Thanks in advance.

[Lee23]

Wait... by "repaired the drive" you mean that you repaired the aurora?

Anyway, use your cyclops on the slowest speed possible, and click "Rig for silent running". It should be very quiet. Also, just for safety, stay far away. You should see him on the cyclops hologram at the right. If the arrow changes from yellow to red, that means he notices you. That means you'll need to immediately turn of your engine and deploy a creature decoy.

Good luck... reply back if something bad happens

[cwsumner]

Yes, that is what I did. But I didn't have any decoys. I did turn on shield just before it hit me (do it soon enough) and then immediatly off again. They circle around so you have time to repair if you are -fast- about it. But I only actually got hit twice total. So sneak and hide down low.
(Reminded me of crawling through a ditch playing "paintball"...)

[PotatoPounder]

Another thing you can do is put it on full speed and ram the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ out of the way. It works with reapers so it will work on a ghost leviathan

[hunterkiller3543]

i normally just go ram it and hope for the best well that and try and kill it

[Incredible HLK]

I just repeatedly jump past it in the Prawn suit.

[cwsumner]

By the way, note that these are young ghost leviathans, and they are much smaller than the ones out in the deeps. So don't get over-confidant out there... 8-)

[old.school]

Punch it in the face with your prawn suit...yes i'm being serious. It might take away some of your HP, but one it runs away just hop out really quick, repair and jump back in and keep on going. It wont kill it but after 2-3 one armed punches it will leave for for like 15-20seconds or so.

[lateralus_o_negative]

Thanks all, I took everyones advice and tried toggling 'silent running' as well as using some decoys. This worked and has allowed me to progress significantly in the game.

[LadstonFelisGaming]

In future I would suggest forgoing the Cyclops entirely and just walking past it in the PRAWN.

One thing to note is that, unlike Reapers, Ghost Leviathans will not chase you to the ends of the map if they decide to attack you. They’re extremely territorial. Once you leave their territory, they leave you alone. While unlikely, walking past one in the PRAWN may result in getting hit once at most, but the damage is minimal due to how tanky the suit is.

[Darkspear]

best way to deal with hostile leviathans: stasis rifle and thermo blade and patience

[scorpion22374]

Originally posted by Darkspear:

best way to deal with hostile leviathans: stasis rifle and thermo blade and patience

ya what you said lol...

[scorpion22374]

btw most of the ghost leviathans in the lost river are juveniles.. the adults are in the void. spoiler.. the river is their spawning grounds