Seamoth destoyed with 300m depth upgrade

[swoopnhuck]

On my first mission since obtaining the Seamoth 300 meter depth upgrade module, I was seeking out the plans for the alien containment tank at the wreck near Life Pod 12. I was able to retrieve the plans, but then wanted to have a closer look inside the wreck. So I positioned the Seamoth close to it, and then out of nowhere the Seamoth explodes (I assume the electric shark did this). Now I am still alive floating in the ocean depths, but I briefly witnessed what was left of the Seamoth (there wasn't much just small chunks) fall down to the dark ocean floor. I should have stuck around, I had oxygen to follow what was left of the Seamoth deeper. But I am new to this game and instead, I made a b-line for the surface (this was the deepest I had been yet in the game). Once on top, I decided to venture back into the depths again, but what was left of the Seamoth was nowhere to be found. I swam several laps around the wreck once I realized the electric sharks didn't know I was there as long as I maintain a little vertical distance above them. But there were no signs of Seamoth parts I thought I saw fall to the bottom. I did this twice, diving from the surface to the ocean floor but could not try a third time because food and water were becoming an issue.

Question: I can't be the first to have had their Seamoth destroyed with the depth upgrade module. Did I just screw up the story line? Do I need to conduct mission after mission searching the dark sea floor for this device that may or may not have been destroyed with the rest of the Seamoth? Or can the story be advanced without this initial upgrade?

[admiral1018]

Originally posted by swoopnhuck:

Question: I can't be the first to have had their Seamoth destroyed with the depth upgrade module. Did I just screw up the story line? Do I need to conduct mission after mission searching the dark sea floor for this device that may or may not have been destroyed with the rest of the Seamoth? Or can the story be advanced without this initial upgrade?

When the Seamoth is destroyed, all of its modules and anything in storage is lost for good. The falling debris is just for show, so you won't find anything if you search.

However, this is common and not much of a problem. You can create another Seamoth from the mobile vehicle bay. You can create additional depth modules from the vehicle upgrade console, which is built in the Moonpool (both Moonpool and vehicle upgrade console parts/blueprints must be found).

[swoopnhuck]

Thxs admiral1018.

[dragonbornzyra]

Your Seamoth protects you, but you must also protect your Seamoth! Anytime I exit I always check to make sure it's Armor/"HP" are topped off.

[Just Chill]

Either don't forget to turn off the lights.

When in wrecks I always like to stay until I am close to get out of air.
In another run, I had the Seamoth parked outside the wreck in the floating underwater islands using its light to shine into the wreck.
Well, some bone sharks found it funny to destroy the Seamoth and when I came out with almost 0 O2, Ryley took that joke to his lungs. oO

[swoopnhuck]

Thanks for the info folks. This truly is a game of trial and error with hopefully lessons learned from events such as this. LOL

[Andreas]

Originally posted by Just Chill:

Either don't forget to turn off the lights.

When in wrecks I always like to stay until I am close to get out of air.
In another run, I had the Seamoth parked outside the wreck in the floating underwater islands using its light to shine into the wreck.
Well, some bone sharks found it funny to destroy the Seamoth and when I came out with almost 0 O2, Ryley took that joke to his lungs. oO

That's a dangerous place. I always clear out the sharks in the vicinity before I leave my Seamoth hanging there.

[Just Chill]

Well, I merely don't kill the smaller aggressive fishes, as normally when I park the Moth near the ground with lights off, the sharks rather go after me than the Moth.
Yet as they don't follow into the wrecks I am mostly safe.

Even though that one incident surely had rendered me more cautious.

[swoopnhuck]

FYI ... I have recovered from this incident and it might have actually been good for me that it all happened in the first place. Not only did it trigger me to obtain the Moonpool and vehicle mod station sooner than had my Seamoth not been destroyed. But it also was a valuable lesson that certain bad things can and will happen when certain creatures are not given the appropriate respect.

[nalesnik]

you can also use the flairs to clear out the bonesharks lol

[admiral1018]

Bonesharks can be killed with just 5 hits from the thermalblade. They also never respawn, which is a nice bonus. I'll typically spend some time deliberately clearing the immediate area of all of them when I explore the wrecks in the Underwater Islands and Bulb Zone.

You can also run them over and kill them with the Cyclops, which can be fun to do.

[dragonbornzyra]

Originally posted by Just Chill:

Well, I merely don't kill the smaller aggressive fishes, as normally when I park the Moth near the ground with lights off, the sharks rather go after me than the Moth.
Yet as they don't follow into the wrecks I am mostly safe.

Even though that one incident surely had rendered me more cautious.

That chunk of underwater floating islands has a chamber inside of it with several entrances, some of which are on the "top" I tuck my Prawnsuit/Seamoth into this chamber before searching this particular wreck.

I also suffered a "popped" seamoth to the "Me and the Boys" having a funtime with the Sealady.

Also @ OP took this as a learning experiance. Much respect for that.