HOW TO EXIT THE HOLLOW CAVES ?

[tripodalt]

more i dig deep less their is walls and i fall more deep in another cave.
i reached the core and i just see mushroom and no rock for make a climbing slope else tiny wall that make me stuck.
since i used the rover drill i canot longer digg by hand and even i have no oxygen for exiting by foot.
im now out of power because the tiny mushromms seem to not being organics.
since the red layer i not found more material to make a slope : its like all the deep is a single cave.
is i was not intended to dig so deep?
is it gameover?

[seven]

It is intended that you dig all the way to the core if you want to progress the game. You do need to be prepared though. The deepest cave layer is large caverns. It is difficult to climb out.

A lot of people will give advice to use a rover and dig to the core, but it's easy to get stuck. It sounds like that is what has happened to you. It may be 'game over', or at least 'respawn at shelter'.

Does your rover still have power and the paver attachment? That would let you build a ramp to the surface.

[seven]

Hmm. You may not be at the lowest cave level. The mushrooms there do give organic. If you're in the layer with large purple mushrooms that's not the lowest, and those don't give organic.

My first time to the core of Sylva I built ramps and used a lot of tethers to get there. The lowest level was a bit scary with a long ramp spiraling down to the floor (screenshot below). If you don't know, ramps don't need any support to hold them up.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3357547268

[tripodalt]

i just unlocked the rover and made a first test.
the paver requiert chemical gas and im not at that tech.
i tought than more deep i dig more i find iron but even at the red matle its all the same than in surface :
their is no iron on the earth what a surprise.
i unlocked the center of planet achievement and even found a strange pink structure for the item i guess.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3357623546
i still can make a ramp by hand but it will take hours and i have to find organics at the core.

[seven]

Yes, iron (hematite) is only found on some other planets. Many of the resources are limited to certain planets. The Astropedia has information on this (the rocket ship tab on the menu).

So, you got the Awaken Sylva achievement? If you walk around the inside of the structure at the core so you are opposite where you activated it you'll find something else to investigate. It might help you get back to the surface.

Or is it an achievement just for reaching the core? I don't remember, it's been a long time. If so, then if you look at some pedestals in the core structure you'll find slots that you can attach something. There is a symbol. You can look in the Astropedia to see what resource it requires. You should be able to find that at the lowest cave level.

[tripodalt]

i reachead to come baack at surface by handcrafting slopes.
saddly i dont understand how the artifacts or the exo boxes are working.
i only unlocked those that requiert energy .
their is achivement for reaching the mantel and another for the core of any planets.
im a bit disapointed their is no laval but this unice structure.
i found the mineral ore info on pedia its ok .

[seven]

Congrats on saving yourself.

The cube shaped "Artifacts" are used for a train mission. After that you can put any you find in the research chamber for bytes. They don't have another use.

The EXO boxes either require power, or some resource. The box will have a symbol on it. They mostly contain items for the research chamber.

Lava would be interesting but fluids are difficult. There is no water either.

[tripodalt]

i seen their is a fluid canister to build.
so i need to make a train reach the center of the planet?
i have a start mission that remmain to use the artifact on the ground but i have ever an error message that say than an object prevent it.
and i found another kind of artifact when i opended the strange structure with power.
i tryed to research the strange item but the device not accept it.
now i got 2 mission related and no clue how to complete them.
for the exo boxes resource i will check the logo with pedia .

[seven]

Ok, I think there is a translation or localization issue that was confusing. This is what the game calls an "Artifact" in english and I thought it was what you were talking about. You will need to have a train for the mission, but that comes later. They are on a different planet.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3357990384

I think when you are saying artifact you are talking about this.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3357990359

In the game it's called a Geometric Tryptych. You get one when you put quartz in the slot on one side of the core structure. You then walk around the inside of the structure to another slot and put the tryptch in there. And then you get this.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3357990366

You can interact with it, and it displays the planet (this screenshot is at a surface structure). The different positions are the stuctures on the surface, the planet core and a mysterious object.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3357990377

You will need a second tryptych for a future mission so you could get that now and save it.

[tripodalt]

i activated the planet display in the strange surface structure using power.
i have no clue of what it show.
i not ever seen all your artifacts but since the whole begining of the game i colect 3 cristal cube that make a kind of blast wave when i activat them and they lso display a % value.
later i colected or get a mission reward another diferent kind of cubic cristal pink too that make a more visually strong blast wave without any physical interaction both.
the message say it canot be activated underground and have to be planted on ground but ever another object interacting to prevent the usage.
i tryed to plant it far away using the buggy but same result.
i guess the mentionned object is maybe the strange structure radius or the other artifact radius of effect.

[seven]

When you look at the planet display, both on the surface or at the core, hover the mouse over the icons. If it says Dim Node you can't do anything with it yet (it's not been activated). If it says bright node you can click on it and fast travel.

There are small crystal like cubes you can find and collect. They change the sky and they have little bits of story you can read. I think that's all they do at this time. There are a lot to find, maybe 70 or 80. I'm still missing some.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3358420313

[tripodalt]

ah ok this cubes serve nothing than i can just trash them?
i canot use it for research.
their is also another cube like this but more bright that message to be planted on the ground but send error because an object is too near.

[ragtopbob]

I wouldn't be prone to "trashing" anything....but the other brighter cubes, the first one probably is used to place the snail related lab. The second on you'll probably come across is for a rail station on Glacio. At any rate they need to be placed on a relatively level and clean spot.

[seven]

Originally posted by ragtopbob:

I wouldn't be prone to "trashing" anything....but the other brighter cubes, the first one probably is used to place the snail related lab. The second on you'll probably come across is for a rail station on Glacio. At any rate they need to be placed on a relatively level and clean spot.

Yes, I think you're right. I dont remember them being cube shaped, but they are bright like those above.

OP, when it says an object is too near it means you are too close to other structures or things. These small objects expand to something large when planted. They need more room.

Edit: I also tend not to trash anything, but they can be scrapped in a shredder if you want.

[tripodalt]

by trashing i not mean destroyed but more abandon in a place ike a small pit i digg.
i remind last time when i played their was a reason to lock the bench on ground because some tempest with high winds that pushed chaoticly everything not anchored : is it over?

i have no clue of the distance and the area requiered for deploying this strange cube:
are we taling about a dozen of meter radius or more?
are we talking about free surface or volume ?
is the object are any assets or include the ground deformation?

[seven]

The storms were removed some time ago, but they are returning in the next update. We don't know if it's in the base game or just the DLC though. The game does still have a bug where things sometimes fall through the ground, so I always put things on platforms, and lock the platforms. That seems to help.

When you try to place the cube thing there should be a ghost image or hologram. It can be hard to see how big it is though. Here is the one that you deploy on Sylva compared to a large rover. It does flatten the ground similar to how the shelter flattens the ground when you start a game.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3360438218

Edit: the train track and the generators by the rover are not part of it, the rest is.