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Jungle Cave
South East Cave (The Center)
Cave on the Southern Jungle Island of The Center.
Location
The Center Topographic Map
Entrance(s)
54.2° Lat,  62.7° Lon
52.5° Lat,  67.7° Lon
45.0° Lat,  64.0° Lon
50.8° Lat,  71.3° Lon
46.3° Lat,  63.1° Lon
Loot
Artifact of the Immune
Artifact of the Immune
49.2° Lat, 65.5° Lon
Loot quality
Blue Crate Blue

The Jungle Cave (previously known as the South East Cave prior to the Center's map expansion in PC patch 245.0) is on the Southern Jungle Island of The Center.

There are five cave entrances at:

  • 54.2, 62.7: land entrance near a pond.
  • 52.5, 67.7: flyer entrance
  • 45.0, 64.0: underwater entrance at a river.
  • 50.8, 71.3: raft entrance connected with the ocean.
  • 46.3, 63.1: Ruins entrance with a flooded tunnel

The crate containing the Artifact of the Immune is at the bottom of a submerged passage surrounded by Silica Pearls and Oil-bearing rocks.

Dangers[]

  • Risk of Drowning
  • Dangerous Heights

Recommended Equipment[]

Tips[]

  • Depending on which entrance you enter from, the Artifact will be nearly-impossible to acquire without SCUBA or Lazarus Chowder.
  • If you enter through the underwater cave entrance at 45.0, 64.0 with a water mount, you can be in and out of the cave with the Artifact in under one minute.

Creatures[]

Resources[]

Compatible Tamed Creatures[]

This table is incomplete.
You can help us by adding the tamed creatures you know can enter the cave. If the creature can't enter, please exclude it.

Accessibility Ratings:

  • Excellent: Full-Cave Access (Entrance-to-Artifact)
  • Limited: Can Access Portions of the Cave Safely
  • Not Recommended: Can Get Stuck/Unable to Leave Cave
Creature Accessibility Rideable Notes
Allosaurus Allosaurus Excellent Yes
Angler Angler Limited Yes
  •  Restricted to water portion.
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus Excellent Yes
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Argentavis Argentavis Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Arthropluera Arthropluera Excellent Yes
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter through either underwater entrance.
Baryonyx Baryonyx Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter through either underwater/land entrance.
Carbonemys Carbonemys Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter through either underwater entrance.
Carno Carno Excellent Yes
Castoroides Castoroides Excellent Yes
Chalicotherium Chalicotherium Excellent Yes
Compy Compy Excellent No
  •  Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack.
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur Excellent No
Dimetrodon Dimetrodon Excellent No
Dimorphodon Dimorphodon Excellent No
  •  Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Diplocaulus Diplocaulus Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter through either underwater entrance.
Dire Bear Dire Bear Excellent Yes
Direwolf Direwolf Excellent Yes
Dodo Dodo Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Doedicurus Doedicurus Excellent Yes
Dung Beetle Dung Beetle Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Gallimimus Gallimimus Excellent Yes
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus Excellent Yes
Ichthyosaurus Ichthyosaurus Limited Yes
  •  Restricted to water portion.
Jerboa Jerboa Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Kairuku Kairuku Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Kaprosuchus Kaprosuchus Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter through either underwater entrance.
Lymantria Lymantria Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave past the initial descent. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Lystrosaurus Lystrosaurus Excellent No
Manta Manta Limited Yes
  •  Restricted to water portion.
Megaloceros Megaloceros Excellent Yes
Megalodon Megalodon Limited Yes
  •  Restricted to water portion.
Megatherium Megatherium Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter via land entrance or either water entrance. 
  •  Wild creatures here will not attack unless attacked first. 
  •  Chitin Harvester.
Mesopithecus Mesopithecus Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder.
Morellatops Morellatops Excellent Yes
Onyc Onyc Excellent No
Oviraptor Oviraptor Excellent No
Pachy Pachy Excellent Yes
Parasaur Parasaur Excellent Yes
Pelagornis Pelagornis Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave past the initial descent. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Phiomia Phiomia Excellent Yes
Procoptodon Procoptodon Excellent Yes
Pteranodon Pteranodon Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Quetzal Quetzal Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Raptor Raptor Excellent Yes
Rex Rex Excellent Yes
Rock Elemental Rock Elemental Excellent Yes
Sabertooth Sabertooth Excellent Yes
Sarco Sarco Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter through either underwater entrance.
Scorpion Scorpion Excellent Yes
Spider Spider Excellent Yes
Spino Spino Excellent Yes
  •  Can enter via land entrance or either water entrance. 
  •  Wild creatures here will not attack unless attacked first.
Stego Stego Excellent Yes
Tapejara Tapejara Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave past the initial descent. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Terror Bird Terror Bird Excellent Yes
Trike Trike Excellent Yes
Vulture Vulture Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder.
Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino Excellent Yes
Wyvern Wyvern Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave past the initial descent. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.

Notes & Trivia[]

  • There is a bug that causes creatures to overspawn inside the cave and outside the cave on nearby mountains. In severe cases, there will be multiple, tightly packed groups of hundreds of creatures. This could causes extreme lag or crashes when players are in render distance of the cave. If you manage to get inside the cave, the overpopulation is a great source of XP, but you need a strong dino to kill the thousands of creatures within.
  • Cave creatures will attack Megalania on sight. If they cannot reach Megalania, however, they will still keep moving toward it relentlessly. This also contributes to the server lag or crashes.
  • For playing single player, you can keep the lag manageable by running the admin command "destroywilddinos". Which destroys all untamed creatures on the map.
  • Megalosaurus is only found at land entrance near a pond.
  • Instead of saying "artifact is in this cave", "artifact chamber is connected with this cave" should be more appropriate, because the entire land portion, where deadly creatures are found, is totally unnecessary for the artifact retrieval.

Gallery[]

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