Inside that creepy cave in the Thundra

[Enila]

Today I've found a very creepy cave in the thundra. Maybe some of you have already found it - it's not too far away from the way where you can go back home. When you enter it, there's a quite creepy/sad music. You'll find a tiger skull in it, but there's really a lot more skeletons in here. Doesn't look like rabbits - in fact, there's big ones and little ones, and I wondered ... Who's skeletons are those ?
Personally, the first thought that came to my mind was something like, maybe those are Lynx's skeletons. The little ones would have been ... Well .... Cubs. The form of their skull is strange though. But my cubs were very scared anyway, none of them entered the cave. My mother lynx seemed okay though.
Or maybe it's just some preys, and that your Lynx is just quite sad about the fact their ancestor (the tiger) is dead ?

What's your thought ?

[Lynx]

Oh you must of found the tiger skull, it's one of the secret items and it is kinda scary with the music, the other bones are the rest of the tiger.

[Enila]

Probably but there's more skeletons which doesn't belong to the tiger so it made me wonder .... :/ I should take a screenshot and post it, but I don't know how to do that.

[Yupes]

Where was it again? You said near where you go back home.

[Enila]

Originally posted by Yupes:

Where was it again? You said near where you go back home.

It's located in the tundra. Remember when your scent something you can also see the others zones, and it's located not too far from the way which leads to the shelter area.
If my memories are correct, it's supposed to be at the right corner of the map.

[Arpogest]

Thank you! This cave is gonna be our first destination in hard mode! Can't wait to breed again :)

[NinjaGerbil]

(Late reply is late, lmao. Here goes anyways.)

I just sat in the cave and had a thorough look at the skeletons; and I think they're actually just prey. The large skeletons at the far back of the cave have the same skull shape as deer do irl, not to mention you can notice legs complete with hooves among the bones.

As for the small skeletons, while I couldn't really see the skull's teeth clearly to see if they were canines or incisors I DID note that the skeletons had very long rear legs and feet. So I'm making my guess that these are rabbit skeletons, not lynx cubs.

However, I also found some other skeletons close to the little stream; not too far from the lake where the dead mammoth is. (From that lake, walk on the left side of the stream and you'll find them pretty quick.) It's a string of about 4 or 5 of those deer skeletons, along with one of the small skeletons closest to the river. If a little one's also there, maybe those little skeletons are the young of whatever that species was, or maybe that one was just an unfortunate rabbit too close to the deer herd when something killed them - be it tiger, wolves, or some natural disaster like an avalanche.

I'm still not sure why the cave gets so eerie and dark though. Maybe it's just the overall sense of melancholy of how so many animals met their fate at the fangs of the tiger - and even now, hundreds of years later, animals are still meeting that same fate at your own fangs.

Or maybe I'm overthinking this way too much.

[Enila]

No, this actually make sense. Maybe the lynx feels some sort of empathy. Or maybe does she fear the tiger, knowing that if it was still alive she'd meet that fate too ?
Or maybe it's where the pack of wolves live ? And in that case, maybe she just feel really ill-at-ease.


Anyway, I like your explanation. c:

[hepburn]

Originally posted by Ehnila:

No, this actually make sense. Maybe the lynx feels some sort of empathy. Or maybe does she fear the tiger, knowing that if it was still alive she'd meet that fate too ?
Or maybe it's where the pack of wolves live ? And in that case, maybe she just feel really ill-at-ease.


Anyway, I like your explanation. c:

If that's where the pack of wolves live... *shivers down spine* That's really freaking me out xD I've never seen that place before, but depending on the size of the cave, it may or may not be where the wolf pack lives. There aren't too many wolves in the pack, but if it's too small it won't fit all the wolves inside. I think I'll try to check this place out... With volume off xD
I turn volume off when eagle cmes, when being chased by bear, forest fire (I don't even know if that has creepy music lol), and blob. Only sometimes when the wolves attack. It would make sense that the wolves have a den in the tundra, noting that that is the only place they attack (except for at the beginning). They might be angry that you are tresspassing on their territory l:D

[CeresOnMain]

In Paws, there is a Gold Clam collectable. Its on a little island in the river and you have to jump to it. But across from this little island, there is a cave with skeletons in it. I think when your character walks into the tiger den, they remember the skeleton cave from Inna's story, which has probably been passed down from generation to generation....