mining in the abyss is too good

[obama]

got 100+ of all the rare alien materials in 2 or 3 mining runs
pretty much set for life

[Ronis]

in which biom have you been ?

[Cakner]

How do you mine in the abyss, how far down do you have to go?

[Саныч]

In the abyss are "islands" full of resources. These are the richest places on the map - no matter what biome. There are no small monsters. But you know who can come to you. A good plan - when swimming into the abyss, find an "island" - sit on it with the "belly of a submarine" - in case of an attack, you will not fall to the bottom and will be able to fight. In critical cases, BEFORE the battle - use the bait (you can pick it up and throw it into the airlock) and run away.

[Zackmar]

Originally posted by Cakner:

How do you mine in the abyss, how far down do you have to go?

They spawn anywhere from a few meters into the abyss down to almost the bottom of it. If you want an example make a single player game, start the round as-is and press F3, "enablecheats", then "editlevels". This allows you to see the whole map without darkness and also from very "far" away (low/high zoom I guess). They really are very random though.

[obama]

Originally posted by ConRad:

in which biom have you been ?

3rd biome
the plateu, probably the best place, as i think it has one of the lowest abyss depths in the game. it should be doable in any biome.

Originally posted by Cakner:

How do you mine in the abyss, how far down do you have to go?

in the abyss above the very bottom theres weird floating islands. ive seen 2 types ones that are just solid and have some resources or next to nothing on the outside and another type that's hollow - you can tell by the current signatures on the sonar. those have some environmental hazards inside and resources on the inside and outside. all resources there are rare alien ores - dementonite, physicorium (seems rarer than the other ores?), fulgurium, incendium and paralyxis. unfortunately no oxygenite and sulphurite. you dont have to deconstruct them either, you just get the bars after mining them.
the thing about the abyss is that nothing spawns there, except the single endworm or charybdis, which are... kind of pushovers. ive killed over 10 of those in orca (2 players + 6 bots) and i dont think theyve ever actually killed anyone. you kill them and then you're free to mine everything for easily tens of each of the alien materials. after doing this a few times you're set for the entirety of the campaign. you can sell paralyxis and dementonite for tons of money too. you could even probably do this without fighting them if you're stealthy.

[HerrDave]

Translation: Mining in *the scariest, most dangerous, horrifying ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place in the game* is too rewarding, plz nerf

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[Ronis]

Originally posted by HerrDave:

Translation: Mining in *the scariest, most dangerous, horrifying ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ place in the game* is too rewarding, plz nerf

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as he stated previously, most of the time youll just have to handle one Big Monster and then your free to go, with no more danger at all.
after some time with the game, i wouldnt say endworm or chabrydis are the most dangerous threat

[KnEe_GrOw]

If you read the unstable patch notes right now, the resources available in abyss caves are getting nerfed.

[obama]

it seems mining the abyss might be impossible in the 2nd biome the ridge
ive only tried once but it seemed all the islands are in the area of the hot currents that burn anyone super fast
it might be an anomaly and still doable with pucs but even then im not sure

[Buggy Boy]

I tried this the other day, so many alien materials! Wasted a lot of time searching for the big geode islands though, I went deep but found nothing but invisible barriers and black upon black ocean floor with the occasional lava vent, the geodes were much closer to the entrances to the abyss.