Ruins of Nosti (Scorched Earth)

Ruins of Nosti

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The echoes of lost civilization...

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Interior Map

Location

Map

Scorched Earth

Location

78.5° Lat, 75.6° Lon

Loot

Artifact of the Destroyer
79.8° Lat, 81.3° Lon

The Ruins of Nosti is a Cave underneath a ruined building on the Scorched Earth map.

The cave that is the Ruins of Nosti begins with a descent down beneath the surface. This location dubbed as the entrance consists of the Church all the way down to where the path splits into two, where it then becomes the descent.

The  Artifact of the Destroyer and a  Scorched Sword Skin can be found in the artifact crate.

This is easily the most dangerous cave in Scorched Earth between the jumps over a bottomless void and the combination of some of the most dangerous creatures—including large swarms of  Onycs and  Mantis. Survivors should be well-prepared before tackling this cave. Mega Rabies will come from the bats, so make some  Lesser Antidote beforehand.

Dangers

• Swarms of Creatures
• Extreme Heat
• Dangerous Heights
• Mega Rabies

Recommended Equipment

•  Flak Armor,  Ghillie Armor or better
•  Pike
•  Crossbow
•  Cooked Meats
•  Stimulants
•  Medical Brews
•  Parachutes
•  Grappling Hooks
• Explosives or  Metal Arrows for  Rubble Golems
•  Lesser Antidote

Tips/Notes

• Be prepared to possibly encounter a rare  Rubble Golem (a variant of the  Rock Elemental). Extreme caution should be taken around them, and conflict is best avoided on-foot.
• A  Grappling Hook can save your life and your inventory if you get knocked into the void.
• It is possible by using 4 or more articles of  Ghillie Armor, in combination with a  Cactus Broth and  Bug Repellant, to avoid most, if not all of the creatures in the cave. Level Stamina, and be careful to avoid  Titanoboa and  Rock Elementals.
• Beware of the "Trap Loot" below and to the right of the series of jumps there is a loot crate near the instakill area on a ledge however it will kill you before you even reach it.
• Bringing a decent  Thylacoleo is an option, because it can climb up the ledge to the left of the "Killvolume" area. After that you have direct access to the south part where the artifact is - so you don't have to do the dangerous jumps. Also it has decent weight, so one could farm the  Obsidian inside the cave.

Creatures

• Achatina
• Araneo
• Arthropluera
• Mantis
• Megalania
• Onyc
• Rubble Golem
• Titanoboa

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.
Bulbdog	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack
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.
Dodo	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Dung Beetle	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Hesperornis	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Hyaenodon	Excellent	No	Can't be carried and can't be mount.
Jerboa	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Kairuku	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Mesopithecus	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole troop.
Microraptor	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Otter	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Pegomastax	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Raptor	Excellent	Yes	Can be mounted.
Sabertooth	Excellent	Yes	Can be mounted.
Vulture	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole flock.

Resources

• Berries
• Crystal
• Fiber
• Flint
• Metal
• Obsidian
• Rare Mushroom
• Sand
• Stone
• Sulfur

From local creatures

• Hide
• Raw Meat
• Raw Prime Meat
• Megalania Toxin

Gallery

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  The ruined building containing the entrance

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  Cave Entrance (Old)

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  Manticore mural

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  The dire jumps over the Void

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  Artifact of the Destroyer

Notes/Trivia

• Prior to patch 292.100, the cave entrance requires the survivor to enter the cave through crawling under boarded boards at the old gate, preventing most creature from entering or leaving the gate. This makes raising a decent  Thylacoleo behind the the gate entry the only one-way option of ensuring a quick passageway to the cave through climbing up the ledge, bypassing the "Killvolume" area.