Found alien base, now lost it(?)

[8-bit]

I accidentally stumbled across an island with an alien base on it but now can't find it. I'm sure I was sent coordinates but can't find them. Can anyone tell me where it is, I am sure it wasn't far from the Aurora crash site.

[admiral1018]

In general, it will be north-northeast from the starting lifepod area. If you look closely, you can see some low-hanging clouds on the horizon where that island is.

[Steelfleece]

Helps if you can get to a high spot. The clouds covering that island - and maaaybe another, hint hint - are very low and from a high location you can see them down over the water's surface.

[Ensign Toby]

Originally posted by 8-bit:

I accidentally stumbled across an island with an alien base on it but now can't find it. I'm sure I was sent coordinates but can't find them. Can anyone tell me where it is, I am sure it wasn't far from the Aurora crash site.

Lost a Mountain, poor 8-bit has. How embarrassing...

Beacons are your friend, especially for major landmarks. Just sayin'.

Take a beacon, surface, then head out for the low-hanging clouds.
It's a Mountain with a Big Honking Gun on it - can't miss it.

[kane]

Stand on top of your lifepod and hold up the pda and look at the clouds.

[Zu]

If you once had the coordinates, then the permanent waypoint still exists. You just gotta reenable it in your pda.

Edit:
Turns out this is the one exception.

[8-bit]

Thanks guys, I've looked all through my data and can't find anything, not sure what's happened to it.

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by 8-bit:

Thanks guys, I've looked all through my data and can't find anything, not sure what's happened to it.

You will unlikely find anything in your PDA.

Maybe this can help for orientation:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3302647040

[8-bit]

Thanks for the link. 👍

[Ensign Toby]

Originally posted by 8-bit:

Thanks guys, I've looked all through my data and can't find anything, not sure what's happened to it.

I'm guessing the Sunbeam story line is what triggered your interest in the Mountain Base...
In that case, there is no automatic beacon or way point in your PDA after that "event".

The only way to (easily) locate the island again (in early-to-mid game) is either:
* By the methods listed above, or
* By having manually placed a Beacon in the vicinity when you were there

If you are seriously into game spoilers, there is always a Subnautica Map site too:
https://mapgenie.io/subnautica/maps/world

Happy Searching.

[penner3]

Annoyingly, that is the only beacon signal the game gives you that disappears. When you find it again, leave a beacon. (But not on land.)

[8-bit]

Originally posted by penner3:

Annoyingly, that is the only beacon signal the game gives you that disappears. When you find it again, leave a beacon. (But not on land.)

Thanks, definitely will do next time for sure.

[dreamrider]

I build a cantilevered Platform just a meter or so beneath the water, from one of the beaches on the south side. I park my Seamoth over the Platform, preferably floating a few centimeters. Platform is shallow enough I can walk ashore. This keeps you from parking the Seamoth on terrain mesh that it might sink into.

I start any flagged (lightsticked) trails from the beach, or rather from the top of the trail off the beach.

I place a Beacon, if I want one, floating just above one corner of the Platform.

The alternative spot is to place one in the central lagoon, when you pick up the PDA from there.

[penner3]

So Dreamrider you are talking about Degasi Island, not Gun Island. At Gun Island, I tend to leave the beacon inside the moonpool in the base. I also park the seamoth there when I'm visiting. Don't want any of the locals to f* with it.

[admiral1018]

I've always found that Moonpool very interesting. I remember wondering the first time I encountered it about what kinds of exotic craft the precursors docked there in their exploration of the world. I thought for sure we'd see some evidence of their crafts in the Below Zero world... Alas.

However, I still enjoy the mystery and intrigue in imagining what they used it for.

[penner3]

You're right, it is kind of a bummer that we never see any Precursor vehicles. And also, what a coincidence that this moonpool is the perfect size for the Cyclops...