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Upper South Cave
CaveUS3
Cave in the Northern South of the Island
Interior Map

Upper South Cave Cavemap

Location
The Island Topographic Map
Location
68.2° Lat, 56.2° Lon
Loot
Artifact of the Pack
Artifact of the Pack
73.0° Lat, 61.0° Lon
Artifact level
25
Loot quality
Blue Crate Blue

The Upper South Cave is a cave to the north of the swamp on The Island. The cave contains the Artifact of the Pack Artifact of the Pack, needed to summon the Megapithecus Megapithecus. This large cave was considered one of the hardest caves prior to the Snow Cave and Swamp Cave, added in PC Update v252.0. The Mammoth and Lystrosaurus dossiers can be found here, as well as Helena Note #11.

Dangers[]

Recommended Equipment[]

Tips[]

  • A very large part of the cave is underwater. You will likely need 3-5 points in oxygen or Lazarus chowder to get through the underwater parts. Note that the water is cold.
  • If you are planning to use a SCUBA Tank to cross the water sections, it is advised to bring along more than one. If you get dismounted the Piranha and Sarco will cause it to break very quickly.
  • Bring a Baryonyx. It is surprisingly good for this cave as an exceptional swimmer, and can fend off Piranha and Sarco with ease using RMB attack.
  • Follow the green glowing moss on the floor in the tunnel that will lead you to the artifact.

Creatures[]

Compatible Tamed Creatures[]

Now that Cryopods are very easy to obtain (available on every map, crafted in supply drops) it's possible to bring in every creature in any cave, as long as the area is big enough to deploy said creature. This is not going to be assessed in the CTC table.

This cave contains multiple bottleneck points which deny many creatures to access. The first one will prevent creature from engaging any cave creatures. The second one is after a cliff and the first spawn location, and climbers can bypass it by jumping down and climbing back. The risk of drowning in the underwater tunnel is not assessed.


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 Archaeopteryx Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Argentavis Argentavis Limited Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Baryonyx Baryonyx Excellent Yes
  •  Good swimmer for the underwater tunnels. Can stun-lock Sarco and kill Piranha in bulk via its RMB attack.
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo Not Recommended Yes
  •  Very difficult to get back out of the cave.
Carbonemys Carbonemys Limited Yes
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus Limited Yes
Castoroides Castoroides Limited Yes
Chalicotherium Chalicotherium Limited Yes
Coelacanth Coelacanth Limited No
  •  Can only be brought in using a Fish Basket (Aberration) Fish Basket (Aberration). But can only be released in the water inside the cave.
Compy Compy Excellent No
  •  Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack.
Daeodon Daeodon Limited Yes
Doedicurus Doedicurus Limited Yes
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur Excellent No
Dimorphodon Dimorphodon Excellent No
  •  Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Direwolf Direwolf Excellent Yes
  •  Enters the cave easily through the narrow path. Exit via the narrow path with some right-to-left-to-right adjustments to your walking direction.
Dodo Dodo Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Dung Beetle Dung Beetle Excellent No
  •  Can be carried in and out by player.
Enforcer Enforcer Excellent Yes
  •  Can pass the first bottleneck with some effort of Teleporting and Wall Climbing. Bypasses the second one as a climber
Equus Equus Excellent Yes
Gallimimus Gallimimus Limited Yes
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus Excellent Yes
  •  Can mount and ride one or bring a whole troop.
Hesperornis Hesperornis Excellent No
Hyaenodon Hyaenodon Excellent No
  •  Can bring one or bring a whole pack.
Ichthyornis Ichthyornis Excellent No
Iguanodon Iguanodon Limited Yes
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 Limited Yes
  •  Can pass everywhere except the second bottleneck.
Kentrosaurus Kentrosaurus Limited No
Lystrosaurus Lystrosaurus Excellent No
Megalania Megalania Excellent Yes
  •  Can climb walls and reach the artifact chamber easily.
Megaloceros Megaloceros Excellent Yes
Mesopithecus Mesopithecus Excellent No
  •  Can keep on shoulder or can bring a whole troop.
Microraptor Microraptor Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder.
Moschops Moschops Excellent Yes
Onyc Onyc Excellent No
  •  Cannot go underwater, but will escort the survivor via a shortcut to the Artifact chamber.
Otter Otter Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder.
Oviraptor Oviraptor Excellent No
Ovis Ovis Excellent Yes
Pachy Pachy Excellent Yes
Pachyrhinosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus Limited Yes
Parasaurolophus Parasaurolophus Limited Yes
Pelagornis Pelagornis Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
Pegomastax Pegomastax Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder.
Phiomia Phiomia Limited Yes
Piranha Piranha Limited No
  •  Can be brought in using a Fish Basket (Aberration) Fish Basket (Aberration). But can only be released in the water inside the cave.
Procoptodon Procoptodon Limited Yes
Pteranodon Pteranodon Excellent Unofficial/
Single-Player
  •  Official Servers: Cannot mount in cave. 
  •  Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount.
Purlovia Purlovia Excellent No
Raptor Raptor Excellent Yes
Ravager Ravager Excellent Yes
Sabertooth Salmon Sabertooth Salmon Limited No
  •  Can only be brought in using a Fish Basket (Aberration) Fish Basket (Aberration). But can only be released into the water inside the cave.
Sabertooth Sabertooth Limited Yes
  •  Can pass everywhere except the second bottleneck.
Scorpion Scorpion Excellent Yes
Spider Spider Excellent Yes
Terror Bird Terror Bird Excellent Yes
  •  Can be used to glide over most underwater portions. Can also mount and ride or bring a whole flock.
Thorny Dragon Thorny Dragon Limited Yes
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo Limited Yes
  •  Can pass everywhere except the second bottleneck.
Triceratops Triceratops Limited Yes
  •  Cannot pass the first bottleneck.
Troodon Troodon Excellent No
  •  Can bring one or bring a whole pack.
Vulture Vulture Excellent No
  •  Can be carried on shoulder or bring a whole flock.


Notes[]

  • This cave is not on Mobile.
  • The entrance is facing south, on a small cliff.
  • Bring Cryopod to be certain your mount can exit.
  • The underwater part is teeming with Piranhas and Sarcos. If mounted bring some good leather armor and fiber to repair midway, or multiple sets of flak.
  • The main path will direct you in front of a lake at the bottom of the cave. There is a shortcut on the right-hand side cliff which is accessible via Grappling Hook Grappling Hook and climbers, leading to the Artifact chamber.
  • There's a glitch to kill piranhas by tricking them to go above water.

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