North East Cave

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Cave on The Dead Island

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Interior Map

Location

Map

The Island

Location

14.7° Lat, 85.4° Lon

Loot

Artifact of the Devourer
16.1° Lat, 84.6° Lon

Artifact level

55

Loot quality

Blue

Red

The North East Cave is a cave in the northeast of The Island, on an island known as The Dead Island or "Carno Island". This short cave consists primarily of an open, towering room with a narrow pathway spiraling downwards toward the Artifact of the Devourer, which is needed to summon the Megapithecus.

Dangers[]

Big Drops
Narrow Pathways
Cold (-5° C throughout)
Swarms of Onycs

Recommended Equipment[]

Armor[]

Chitin Armor, Fur Armor or better

Weapons[]

Pike
Crossbow or better

Consumables[]

30 × Cooked Meat
Medical Brew (multiple)
Stimberry or Stimulant as antidote for the scorpion-stings
Fria Curry
Bug Repellant
Lesser Antidote (Lots of Onycs in this cave)

Tools[]

Torch
Grappling Hook (Bring as many as you can carry.)
Parachutes

Recommended creatures[]

Thylacoleos can deal large amounts of damage to bats. Thylas also have a climbing ability, albeit this will not help you escape many sections of the cave.
Terror Birds can glide to the bottom of the cave immediately, but it may struggle to fend off the enemies at the bottom of the pit.
Enforcers are skilled climbers, bat killers, and can teleport. This makes them a very useful mount for caving, though one would need a powerful enforcer to hold its own.
Shadowmanes can make this cave trivial thanks to their super-jump (which can nearly reach the topmost ledge from the bottom), good damage, and natural defense. Likely due to a bug, they also receive the Hydrated bonus no matter where they are in the cave, which only increases their efficacy. Unfortunately, a Cryopod is needed to get them past the first tight squeeze.

Tips[]

There is a small section of water just after the entrance to the cave. Nothing spawns inside and it is brief enough that a survivor with default oxygen can swim the gap with ease.
The fastest way down is by using a Parachute or Grappling Hook. However, many Onyc, Pulmonoscorpius, Araneos spawn at the bottom of the bit. Try to land on a ledge out of reach of the land-dwelling creatures so you can shoot them from a safe distance.
The spiral pathway is spotted with gaps. All of these jumps, heading both up and down, can be made on foot if you are careful.
Bug Repellant will make this cave much easier. You will lower the aggro radius of some creatures, namely Onyc.
Mesopithecus Dossier is on the outside of the ruined structure that contains the artifact, on the corner facing the ramp back up.
Megalosaurus Dossier is at the bottom of the pit about halfway back from the artifact.
Mosasaurus Dossier is found on a ledge (not part of the main walkway) above the artifact ruins on the right side. It is very easy to miss. There is a simple guide in the image gallery.

Creatures[]

Common[]

Uncommon[]

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
Archaeopteryx	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Baryonyx	Excellent	Yes
Beelzebufo	Excellent	Yes	Reduced fall damage increases chances of survival in a fall.
Compy	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack.
Dimorphodon	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Dire Bear	Limited	Yes	Can fit into the cave and swim into the main chamber, but will be unable to exit if you proceed further without building exit ramps.
Direwolf	Excellent	Yes
Dodo	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Dung Beetle	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Enforcer	Excellent	Yes	Wall climbing plus teleport and lack of fall damage makes this one of the best suited mounts for this cave.
Gigantopithecus	Excellent	Yes
Hesperornis	Excellent	No
Jerboa	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Kairuku	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Megalania	Excellent	Yes	Best creature to ride trough the cave only by running down the wall to reach the artifact
Megatherium	Excellent	Yes	Risky to maneuver but can enter and make it out safely.
Mesopithecus	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder or bring a whole troop.
Pachy	Limited	Yes	Ramps will have to be built to safely ride it out of the cave. (Needs AllowCaveBuildingPvE for PvE servers.)
Pteranodon	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player	Can be glitched in and out of the cave while on-follow at the water portion. Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Raptor	Excellent	Yes
Ravager	Excellent	Yes	Reduced fall damage.
Sabertooth	Excellent	Yes
Terror Bird	Excellent	Yes	Doubles as a Parachute to the bottom.
Thylacoleo	Excellent	Yes	A tight fit through the initial section and high move speed can be tricky in the water Can fire weapons while mounted, though will not be able to climb most cliffs to exit.
Velonasaur	Excellent	Yes	Its quill attacks can "ground" onycs. However, onycs have no landed state. They will either not respond to the status at all or drop to fly against the ground for a moment. Their speed and damage is never actually reduced.
Vulture	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Carnotaurus	Limited	Yes	Potential problems moving through water section, and some jumps are one-way or impossible.

Notes[]

If you bring a dino that can not jump and it falls it will be unable to escape the cave without building escape ramps or using a cryopod
While you can use a tame to swim to the island, there are often the Cnidaria and Megalodon in the water that can make quick work of you and your dino. A better choice would be to take a raft, or fly over with your cave mount being either carried or within a cryopod.
It is possible for players to bring their sabers in to farm chitin however the reward is often not worth the risk. There is a lot of maneuvering that requires foundations and ramps and players are extremely likely to die if they fall.
Cave does not exist on mobile

Gallery[]

The location of the Mosasaurus Dossier from the Mesopithecus Dossier
Inside the cave
The cave entrance, on the back of Carno Island