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Why is the Artifact of The Strong Cave So Impossible?
So on the server I'm on, it's no problem to get stuff like art of immune, devourer, pack, etc, then I got a few megalodons and went through and got the art of Brute pretty easily, then after getting a mosa & basilo I got the art of cunning, and all that was left was art of the strong. After easily getting everything else I expected nothing from this cave, so I brought a baby dog in there and killed some stuff, but the purlovias knocked me off... We both died.
I brought a better dog in, we still died. I'm about ready to bring in 5 dogs and 100 dimorphs, what the ♥♥♥♥ is this cave???
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Deadman Feb 11, 2018 @ 9:16pm 
Just got to be prepared. All the caves are pretty easy actually.
DrathDragoon33 Feb 11, 2018 @ 9:42pm 
which map, the center or ragnarok?
Alax Feb 11, 2018 @ 9:44pm 
I guess it's called the artifact of the STRONG for a reason huh?
Satan's Countess Feb 12, 2018 @ 3:37pm 
The Island use of the artifact is poorly coded. In most cases, it doesn't spawn at all
Natjur Feb 12, 2018 @ 3:40pm 
Artifact of The Strong Cave on the island you can not take any dinos in (so no wolf) as you have to crawl in and all the creatures are x3 normal level (so defaults they are up to L450)

Its a hard cave but do able, just not recommend solo unless you are just going to grapping hook your way and bypass most of it

Since he has a wolf, I guess its not the island map?
Eminence Feb 12, 2018 @ 3:44pm 
Originally posted by Natjur:
Artifact of The Strong Cave on the island you can not take any dinos in (so no wolf) as you have to crawl in and all the creatures are x3 normal level (so defaults they are up to L450)

Its a hard cave but do able, just not recommend solo unless you are just going to grapping hook your way and bypass most of it

Since he has a wolf, I guess its not the island map?
He said baby. You can get a baby to crawl in, raise it inside, then go through the cave with it. It just never come out haha
Natjur Feb 12, 2018 @ 3:46pm 
Originally posted by Eminence:
Originally posted by Natjur:
Artifact of The Strong Cave on the island you can not take any dinos in (so no wolf) as you have to crawl in and all the creatures are x3 normal level (so defaults they are up to L450)

Its a hard cave but do able, just not recommend solo unless you are just going to grapping hook your way and bypass most of it

Since he has a wolf, I guess its not the island map?
He said baby. You can get a baby to crawl in, raise it inside, then go through the cave with it. It just never come out haha
If you going to do that, might as well take a Rex egg in and hatch that in there, I have see that done and that makes the cave super easy
Last edited by Natjur; Feb 12, 2018 @ 3:46pm
Uexx Feb 12, 2018 @ 3:52pm 
Grappling Hook is the best bet...

Bring a lot (if you dont have reusable), and cling along the celing while you shoot everything as you progress.

Purlovia are the biggest problem, just look for their "Burrow" indicator before walking anywhere.
Last edited by Uexx; Feb 12, 2018 @ 3:52pm
~ Ryu ~ Feb 12, 2018 @ 10:43pm 
As Uexx said, Grappling Hook all the way. At least two sets of fur armor (if one brakes you won't freeze to death), food, water, hp potions, fria curry, alot of ammo and patience. Going in with another player would be best if possible.
Eminence Feb 12, 2018 @ 10:56pm 
Also, if available, Plant species Z fruits are both fun and effective. Nothing is better than going through a cave with shotguns and no one talking a hit because you stun everything and kill it before it wears off haha
Stevenclark_666 Feb 13, 2018 @ 12:01am 
Shame your doing it on a server. I did it solo on my SP but i was able to build in the cave so i spent many hours building outposts with spikes and fighting my way down was quite enjoyable but i still took many sets of armor and weapons.
Senkoau Feb 13, 2018 @ 12:14am 
I would recommend some well bred allo's myself a bit more maneuverable than Rex's (or they were before the TLC not sure about after) + you get pack buff. Hatch some baby's raise them in the cave, throw in a lystasaurus for the xp buff and some passive levelling then working through should be doable. Personally I had more trouble with the sea cave (Dunkle swarms, alpha tsuo's, alpha megalodons, normal tuso's bleh).
I got it taken care of
the server I play on has high rates and yes it's the island, max wild level is 600 so its not as simple as shotguns and I can't build in the cave either. What I did was got a friend to come on, bred a yutty and got the baby in there (which Yes they do fit) and he got an ape for himself. I had 3 dimorphs and we pretty much had no problem running through, the yut's roar pops out any hidden purlovias.
So if you still need a way to run this cave, forget dire wolves, dire bears, or anything you've been doing, use a yut.
Also, baby apes are the funniest thing I have ever seen
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Date Posted: Feb 11, 2018 @ 9:04pm
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