Talk:Crystalline Sulfur/@comment-51.6.17.67-20170728115923/@comment-99.107.241.212-20170824190155

I'm able to get vehicle mod station and workbench w/o cyclops.

The trick is to make 2 hi-cap tanks (using fabricator), and park the seamoth just above the 300m crush mark (using mk1 pressure mod). Then swim down to wrecks further down. I do this for the wreck in the grand reef (midway down the drop off cliff, perched between two ridges) and the one on the border of NW mushroom forest / dunes.

Once I get mod workbench, I can then make the mk2 (500m) and mk3 (900m) pressure mods for seamoth and go out getting more resources (blood kelp zone, lost river, etc) and explore more wrecks.

May sound dumb to take seamoth into lost river, but it's small size and speed make it easy to navigate the area and avoid. The new ghost leviathan that shows up down there likes to camp out on certain ends of the caverns. So, you just slip by the other side with your lights off to keep from attracting attention. And the spine eels (whatever they're called) often just ignore you.

I keep a storage unit on my seamoth loaded with extra food, water, a power cell, a battery, thermal knife and med kit just in case things run afoul.

Even without power mods (sun recharge or energy efficiency), the seamoth can go from one side of the map and back with about 50% energy left. So, the seamoth makes an ideal exploration and resource gathering vehicle (when you just need a few bits of a hard-to- get resource). I used it to go get the nickel ore from lost river for cyclops mk2 pressure mod. Used it to get blood oil and deep shrooms. Used it to farm a boat load of resources from sea tredders kicking up rocks.

My cyclops and prawn sit idle for most of the game, b/c the seamoth gets good gas mileage and is far more versatile. The mk3 pressure mod, armor mod, and two storage containers. No torpedos, no energy discharge array, no sonar ... I just keep it simple and work on avoidance. Keep the repair tool in a slot to make quick repairs. Once the seamoth is parked near a wreck, most wild life avoids it. Parked it near wreck in floatind island area, and bone sharks just ignored it.

When I'm finally ready to head into lava zone, I'll setup a small temp base in lost river (since it's bright and easier to see in there vs. grand reef). Mostly there for a water filtration unit to get water, recharge batteries. Just pick a spot away from leviathans.