

While exploring keep an eye on your Oxygen meter, if it runs out you will have mere seconds to reach the surface before the screen fades to black and you die.

Collect at least one of each resource, along with several Acid Mushrooms, which are used to craft batteries. These can contain Copper Ore or Titanium, both of which are vital resources early onto the game. Begin your search by looking for Limestone Outcrops, they can be found on the floor and walls of several biomes, including the Safe Shallows. The easiest one to craft is the scanner, which requires one titanium and one battery. At this point, it is important to begin collecting resources to build your basic equipment. There are two hatches on the lifepod, one on the top and one on the bottom, choose one of the hatches and use it to exit the lifepod. These can both eventually be repaired using the Repair Tool. Finally, you will see the Damaged Radio and damaged secondary systems. It is also used to craft several tools, the most vital ones being the Scanner, Repair Tool, Standard O₂ Tank, Fins, and the Survival Knife. Also inside the lifepod is the Fabricator, which is used to craft natural resources into other materials, including food and water sources. It is recommended to take a first aid kit so you have a way to heal if you are attacked by fauna. Also inside the lifepod is a Medical Kit Fabricator, which will automatically provide First Aid Kits for the player to use when they get injured. Along with these, there will be 2 Flares, which can be used to light up dark areas until a more reliable light source is found. These will serve as your food and water source until you can create your own. Inside the lifepod, there is a storage chest with a red top, inside the chest, you will find two Nutrient Blocks and 2 Filtered Waters. After the fire has been put out you will boot up your PDA, a tablet that will act as a databank, inventory, beacon and screenshot manager, as well as act as your virtual assistant for the duration of the playthrough, giving game hints and anecdotes. Aim the fire extinguisher at the base of the fires and use it to put the fires out until you can no longer see their bright red and orange glow. A fire has started in the lifepod, move towards the Fire Extinguisher on the ground, (see Key Bindings for game controls), and pick it up. This is when the player will gain control of Ryley. Following the cinematic sequence, the player will wake up, and after a short struggle to get out of the chair, will stand up. It lands in the Safe Shallows, the first biome the player will enter.

Following the ship's catastrophic hull failure and subsequent crash landing, he must find a way to escape from the water planet known as Planet 4546B, and discover the cause for the Aurora's crash.Īfter the Aurora's hull failure, Ryley enters Lifepod 5 and ejects the lifepod. You play as Ryley Robinson, the Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief aboard the Aurora, a spacecraft sent to the Ariadne Arm by the Alterra Corporation to build a phasegate. 16.2 Deactivating the Quarantine Enforcment Platform.In addition to the normal supplies that you would typically bring on a long mission (food, water, first aid,) it’s advisable to bring a few Fire Extinguishers as most of the Aurora is on fire.Įach Fire Extinguisher costs 3x Titanium to fabricate.

It also is the safest and most convenient way to deal with the Cave Crawlers and Bleeders that now inhabit the ship. Propulsion Cannon – While it is possible to board the Aurora without a Propulsion Cannon, it is extremely useful on this mission and allows you to make your exit without backtracking through the entire ship.Laser Cutter and Repair Tool – Both are critical for opening doors in the Aurora.Make sure to bring the following tools with you: That explosion will create the opening where we can enter the Aurora. Before you can get into the Aurora you have to wait for it to explode, blasting away the entire front end of the ship in the process. The Aurora is not initially accessible at the beginning of the game, even with the Radiation Suit equipped. This is a long mission so I’ve divided it up into several chapters. The next big mission that we’re going to tackle is the exploration of the crashed wreck of the Aurora spacecraft.
