The Lair (Valguero)

The Lair

Interior Map

Location

Map

Valguero

Location

73.1° Lat, 40.6° Lon

Climate

Biome

Redwoods

Temperature

Warm

Clothing

 Ghillie

Loot

Artifact of the Strong
72.2° Lat, 36.5° Lon

Artifact of the Immune
74.3° Lat, 35.8° Lon

Artifact of the Pack
70.1° Lat, 39.2° Lon

Loot quality

Blue
Yellow
Red

The Lair (more commonly referred to as Spider Cave) is a region in the Valguero DLC.

Overview

The Lair is a cave system located in the southern ends of the Valguero map in the midst of the Redwood Forests. Beware of the Broodmother who nests at the entrance with her swarm of Araneos.

Dangers

• Poisonous Gas (Negated by wearing Gas Masks or full set SCUBA)
• 3x Creature level limit, up to Lv.450 by default settings
• Broodmother guarding the entrance (Evitable)
• Catching Swamp Fever from Diseased Leeches
• Meganeura and Leech swarm

Recommended Equipment

• a  Torch or charge pet
•  Gas Mask or  SCUBA Armor to negate Damage from Poisonous Gas

•  Bug Repellant to avoid angering Meganeura Swarms
•  Campfires to remove leeches
• A  Flamethrower may assist in dealing with a large amounts of enemies

Creatures

Very Common

• Araneo
• Meganeura
• Titanoboa

Common

• Achatina
• Arthropluera
• Leech
• Titanomyrma

Uncommon

• Diseased Leech

Rare

• Broodmother Lysrix

Very Rare

• Thylacoleo

Resources

• Flint
• Metal
• Stone

From Local Creatures

• Chitin
• Hide
• Leech Blood
• Oil
• Organic Polymer
• Raw Meat
• Raw Prime Meat
• Silica Pearls
• Titanoboa Venom

Compatible Tamed Creature

• If a creature is blocked by the first choke point(the double holes), it won't be able to reach any artifacts and will be marked as "Not Recommended".
• If blocked by the second one(crouching needed), it can at least clear the way to  Artifact of the Pack and  Artifact of the Strong.
• Bloodstalkers can fit through the entire length of the cave and can easily get past the underwater part, as well as dispatching Arthros from a distance, arguably the best mount for the cave. (Note there seems to be a glitch where if you die while riding a Dino, that Dino will fall through the map)

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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
Beelzebufo	Limited	Yes	Insect Killer. Blocked by the second choke point.
Deinonychus	Excellent	Yes	Can exit the chamber of Artifact of the Immune with precise jumping/climbing onto the broken bridge leading to Artifact of the Strong.
Megatherium	Not Recommended	Yes	Arthropod Killer(including insects). Can fight Broodmother. Blocked by the first choke point.
Raptor	Limited	Yes	Blocked by the second choke point.
Megalania	Excellent	Yes	Not Found on Valguero.

Notes

• The  Broodmother is the 4th dungeon boss in the game with the others being the  Iceworm Queen in the Frozen dungeon, the  Lava Elemental in the Forest dungeon and the  Spirit Direbear and  Spirit Direwolf in the Lifes Labyrinth dungeon all 3 of which are on Ragnarok.

• It is highly recommended to take  Gas Mask or full  SCUBA suit to avoid damages from the gas in the cave. Bring multiple in case they are broken by Arthropluera.

• Leeches are in this cave so bring the materials to make a fire.

• There is a part of the cave where even a Raptor/Deinonychus cannot fit that is about halfway through the cave; However a  Deinonychus can scale the wall of the cliff/ledge just before the Artifact of the strong and still access that part of the cave. Fully Traversable with a Deinonychus.

• The entrance is at the bottom of the northern end of the spider trench.

• The Broodmother spawns outside of the cave itself in the ramp area down to the cave. You can go around her with a Deinonychus by going straight through to the cave, or drop into the trench at the cave entrance.

• She also takes more damage and deals less damage than the Arena and Island boss versions of the broodmother. Damage taken is somewhere around 3-4x.

• Health of the Wild Broodmother at level 20 was 578,000. At level 77, 1,166,400. So bring plenty of damage!

• Strategy to kill can be shooting down from the nearby cliff edges with either a shotgun or other weapons as you deal approx 4x damage. You could also bring four Rexes and use a cryopod to hold them as you go into the cave.
• Multiple Broodmother can be present at one time.
• Recommended creature: Mutated Megatherium.

Gallery

Level 145 Valguero Lair Broodmother. Singleplayer, official settings.