Time capsules

[ShidzukaNEKO]

In one world I can find only 4 capsules. I tried to search in places from other worlds where there were capsules, and in places from the passage of other players, but in all worlds there was a maximum of 4. I wanted to know if everyone is like this, or if it's just me?

[sgrey]

What do you mean by a world? The playthrough?

[Ignis]

Time capsules are randomly placed in a lot of biomes. It has nothing to do with where the players usually go.

You can find an average of 47 per world. Make sure to look around carefully. Good luck.

[ShidzukaNEKO]

Originally posted by sgrey:

What do you mean by a world? The playthrough?

yes

[ShidzukaNEKO]

Originally posted by Ignis:

Time capsules are randomly placed in a lot of biomes. It has nothing to do with where the players usually go.

You can find an average of 47 per world. Make sure to look around carefully. Good luck.

I looked in every corner, I even had to run away from large predators so as not to waste time killing them. There are only 4 capsules in my entire world. Even in creative mode.

[ShidzukaNEKO]

Although the contents of the found capsules are different in each new game, I have never had more than four.

[Ignis]

The map is pretty big. Often they are in the grass or hidden by the terrain.

There is a mod to make them appear on the scanner room if you want.

[penner3]

They may be placed randomly, but in my experience the area around Lifepod 19 is lousy with them. I usually find at least two when I do that mission.

[ShidzukaNEKO]

Originally posted by penner3:

They may be placed randomly, but in my experience the area around Lifepod 19 is lousy with them. I usually find at least two when I do that mission.

In some game worlds there were 2 next to it, or 3 near the nearby wreckage. In one of the worlds next to this capsule, and in general in this biome - none.

[Diamond Knight]

Almost all my time capsules were found on the edge of the map

[dreamrider]

Hey, folks.
Read Ignis's note at the top of the thread. He is the UWE moderator and he knows authoritatively whereof he speaks.

Average of 47 on the map of the Crater surface area. In every playthrough.
Dropped randomly.

A few things he doesn't say:
- You will never find any TCs in the Safe Shallows.
- The minimum number of TCs in a playthrough is something like 35.
- The number of 40+ drops has been verified many, many times over the years, by EA veterans and other game gurus running "TC search only" playthroughs running tedious grid searches, or using the mod to track them down.
-The "usual" playthrough, one that goes to game completion in ~60 hrs (-), will rarely turn up more than 2-3 TCs, quite often none. They can be very, very hard to spot, except in a few bare seabed locations. Also, there is a huge amount of the map that there is no need to spend any, or any significant, amount of time in, if you are working on a typical playthrough. Remember, distributed RANDOMLY.
- You will never find TCs in the underground biomes, or deep in caves (unless there is an entrance slope they can roll down a little ways.) You WILL find them in the bottom of ravines and canyons. This is because the "drop mechanic" places them as if dropped from above.

[penner3]

There may not be any in the Safe Shallows, but I have found them along the port flank of the Aurora. That's pretty safe. And shallow.

[adritheonly]

Originally posted by penner3:

There may not be any in the Safe Shallows, but I have found them along the port flank of the Aurora. That's pretty safe. And shallow.

Yep. I found one there too, pretty close to the Aurora.