What is the point of that map?

[GAMING_Alligator]

So, I finally found the penguin cave on the map that's circled in red.

The only thing I found in there though was a PDA about glacial research.

Am I just missing something obvious? It seems like that circled area must have some significance, or why would it be circled?

[Coops]

Are you sure you are in the right cave? There is a narrow winding path through a gorge and a container with something you need in it.

[steventirey]

Wrong cave. There are multiple caves in the area. The cave you want is the one with the antidote.

[Concha]

thanks steven for the spoiler alert

[GAMING_Alligator]

Humm ... I must have the wrong cave. But I found the purple trees, and the pointy research thing and walked south from there and that's the one I hit.

I guess I'll keep scouring the area.

[steventirey]

Its not in the purple tree area if I remember right, but the area leading to it from the south.

[LION]

map was useless .. it just kept me lost... the most important part of the map is missing and it north of the purple area... that is the alien base...

[GAMING_Alligator]

I'm starting to suspect there are multiple very similar areas and it's done like that on purpose to make the actual place harder to find.

In which case, pardon my french, but f*ck this for artificially lengthening the game duration.

Nothing would have been lost by just introducing a damn beacon. Like what happens in every other part of the game.

[Sindira]

The lesson to take from BZ: Land = hell

[mreed2]

Originally posted by Bookworm:

I'm starting to suspect there are multiple very similar areas and it's done like that on purpose to make the actual place harder to find.

In which case, pardon my french, but f*ck this for artificially lengthening the game duration.

Nothing would have been lost by just introducing a damn beacon. Like what happens in every other part of the game.

But the game is already provides too much hand holding -- just look at the negative reviews!

Yes, that's sarcasm -- but I'm pretty sure that this kind of feedback, given during the EA period, is why there are so few beacons for plot critical locations.

The particular cave is in the location specified -- that is, once you've found the docks and the frozen leviathan there is a "peninsula" of higher land that divides the two spaces. The cave you are looking for is contained in the "tip" of that peninsula. If I'm remembering correctly, there is another research location that isn't shown on the map in that area, but it is located on the "wall" that marks the border of the glacial basin area rather than the peninsula itself.

If you think this is annoying, wait until you have to explore the arctic spires biome. At least here you have a map (and thus, a relatively small area to search) -- there you just have a vague hint that there's something useful in the area.

[Talamarie]

Originally posted by LION:

map was useless .. it just kept me lost... the most important part of the map is missing and it north of the purple area... that is the alien base...

That map is for the Frozen Leviathan and The Antidote, part of the Robin Story branch which concern only the SOUTH of the frozen land biome. The Alien Base is in the NORTH part which there is no map for it.

[GAMING_Alligator]

Still can't find the damn thing. Could someone just confirm that the purple tress on the map are the ones by the entrance to the frozen leviathan cave?

Or am I looking in the completely wrong place?

[RCMidas]

Yup, the map trees are the ones by the leviathan cave. You need to go a little further to find what you're looking for, around a bend and down a bit.

[GAMING_Alligator]

OMG, I finally found the cave . Wow, that map was useless.

Actually, comparing my surroundings to what I can see on the map, I'm pretty convinced the map is downright lieing about the cave's location.