Just got a cyclops and wondering how to prepare
Just got a cyclops and wondering how to prepare
Don’t listen to what @Dogmage999 said at the start, please, for the love of god make a base
Really? I never made one. The cyclops should be enough if you prepare right, and it's much easier to just stockpiles power cells.
You can grow stuff, you can build a water filtration machine, you power it with a bioreactor and it won’t get rekt by a ghost leviathan
If you can get through the whole game without using the PRAWN suit, then sure cyclops works fine. a base is a necessity in one form or another due to exclusive upgrades only fabricated by a vehicle Upgrade console. Unless you plan on making back and forth runs for crafting any exclusive PRAWN modules- you'll want a base relatively near. And without a base- what are you going to do for power cells? consider that- A cyclops run needs either 20+ power cells available, or a base of operations for power cell charging. Because the only way to fabricate powercells - is with materials found in creepvines.
And are you doing the snack machine + coffee from experience or speculation? because I can tell you from experience as far back as when "throwing up" was in the game, that is one of the most tedious chores in existence to do- making it easier to go catch a fish or kill it with a thermal blade and get food + water that way.
I never said I didn't build bases. I built one in the Grassy Plateaus by the Mushroom Forest, so the BKZ is really close by. I usually recharge my cells when i return after each mission to the LR. The Snack Machine thing was there just to get emergency food when I was stockpiling cured fish before I got the growbed. And your cyclops being destroyed is surprisingly hard to do if you've got a shield generator and use caution around Ghost territory.
Generally by the time you're able to even Get your cyclops into the lost river- you would have at least seen a leviathan threat once. And you would have some of the upgrades. I always prioritize piloting through the Deep Grand Reef. Because it has the Data box for the Cyclops Shield upgrade- which is essential for lategame. And this is because of the last degasi habitat.
I'm actually doing it right now as I write this.
Never had a destroyed cyclops.
^ same here
Never got it under three quarters of health.
Me not want broke that streak ;)
Progress update:
Titanium is hard around the cove tree. This is why I emphasized on bringing extra if you’re making permanant residence. Now there’s plenty of magnetite, uranite, and ruby in and around the cove tree area. Enough for thermal reactors. However even I feel stumped. If anything it feels more worth while to make a nuclear reactor with all the uranite around. It’s a strong supply on rods. And with so much lead on hand- could be more worthwhile.
When life gives you uranium- make an enriched reactor I guess.
I didnt have the prawn suit finished so I didn’t bring it down. I already have a moon pool setup and fully upgraded seamoth- in my haste in getting to the lost river. I made the cardinal sin of not scanning the power cell charger fragments present in the jelly cave. I’ll have to make a return trip to any biome with it