LavaCave (The Center)

LavaCave

Location

Map

The Center

Location

11.2° Lat, 67.4° Lon

Loot

Artifact of the Massive
10.2° Lat, 52.9° Lon

Artifact of the Strong
15.2° Lat, 57.4° Lon

Loot Quality

Red

LavaCave is a region in The Center DLC.

Overview

The LavaCave is in the East of the Lava Biome, and it is one of the hardest caves in the DLC: The Center.

It is almost impossible to access the cave without a Pteranodon, Argentavis, or Quetzal. One could enter using Grappling Hooks or Climbing Pick, albeit an extremely difficult prospect.

This cave contains two Artifacts. For the Artifact of the Massive, take the path to your right, and you will come to its chamber. For the Artifact of the Strong, take the left path heading toward the first ruined archway in the cave.

Dangers

• Extreme Heat
• Dangerous jumps, not even a parachute will save you from lava

Recommended Equipment

•  Flak Armor,  Ghillie Suit or better
•  Pike
•  Crossbow
•  Grappling Hooks
•  Cooked Meats
•  Medical Brews
•  Stimberry or  Stimulants
• Bring lots of extra water

Tips

• Bring Grappling Hooks, and lots of them; should you fall, grappling is the only thing that can prevent you from losing everything.
• IMPORTANT: If you're playing Official or any server with cave flying disabled, land your flyer as soon as you fly down the initial chamber. You will be ejected from your mount (possibly over a lava pit) if you continue flying.
•  Therizinosaur and  Megatherium are probably the most suitable creatures in this cave, since it doesn't aggro any of its inhabitants. Even with a low level ones, this cave is a piece of cake. You do not even need to jump on the way to the  Artifact of the Strong like with smaller tames. Just watch out if you dismount it. In addition a  Wyvern can carry them to the initial chamber (mind above note).
• Using a  Megalania with medium to high stamina you can easily climb along the walls and ceiling, bypassing the majority of hazards. If you climb high enough, the  Araneo won't reach you with their net attack, and if you carefully plan your path you won't aggro the  Onyc either.

Creatures

•  Araneo
•  Arthropluera
•  Dung Beetle
•  Onyc
•  Pulmonoscorpius
•  Titanoboa

Compatible Tamed Creatures

Warning:

• All creatures taken into the cave will be unable to leave unless they can fly, be carried by a flyer, cryopodded, or ride on top of a Quetz Platform Saddle.

General notes:

• Flyers can be mounted and land at the bottom of the initial descent.
• A few creatures cannot be brought in via  Cryopod.

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
Allosaurus		Yes
Ankylosaurus		Yes
Archaeopteryx	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Argentavis	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player	Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount in the rest of the cave.
Arthropluera		Yes
Beelzebufo	Excellent	Yes
Brontosaurus	Limited	Yes	Requires a cryopod to leave cave.
Carbonemys		Yes
Carno		Yes
Castoroides	Limited	Yes	Unable to go up the first stairs section towards Artifact of the Strong.
Chalicotherium		Yes
Compy	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole pack.
Dilophosaur		No
Dimetrodon		No
Dimorphodon	Excellent	No	Can keep one on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Diplocaulus	Limited	Yes
Diplodocus	Limited	Yes
Dire Bear		Yes
Direwolf	Excellent	Yes
Dodo	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
DodoRex	{{{2}}}	Yes	Requires Quetz Platform Saddle to retrieve from cave.
Doedicurus		Yes
Dung Beetle	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Gallimimus		Yes
Giganotosaurus	Limited	Yes	Requires a cryopod to leave cave.
Gigantopithecus		Yes
Hesperornis	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Ichthyornis	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Jerboa	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Kairuku	Excellent	No	Can be carried in and out by player.
Kaprosuchus	Excellent	Yes
Lymantria	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player
Lystrosaurus	Limited	No
Mammoth		Yes
Mantis		Yes
Megaloceros		Yes
Mesopithecus	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole troop.
Microraptor	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulderor bring a whole flock.
Morellatops	Limited	Yes
Onyc	Excellent	No
Otter	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Oviraptor		No
Pachy		Yes
Paracer	Limited	Yes
Parasaur		Yes
Pegomastax	Excellent	No	Can be carried on shoulder.
Pelagornis	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player	Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount in the rest of the cave.
Phiomia		Yes
Procoptodon	Excellent	Yes
Pteranodon	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player	Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount in the rest of the cave.
Quetzal	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player
Raptor	Excellent	Yes
Rex		Yes
Rhyniognatha	Excellent		Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount in the rest of the cave.
Rock Elemental		Yes
Sabertooth	Excellent	Yes
Sarco		Yes
Scorpion		Yes
Spider		Yes
Spino		Yes
Stego		Yes
Tapejara	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player
Terror Bird	Excellent	Yes
Therizinosaur		Yes
Thorny Dragon		Yes
Thylacoleo	Excellent	Yes
Titanosaur	Not Recommended	Yes	Is too large for much of the cave.   Will be unable to leave cave.
Trike		Yes
Vulture	Excellent	No	Can keep on shoulder or bring a whole flock.
Woolly Rhino		Yes
Wyvern	Excellent	Unofficial/ Single-Player	Unofficial/Single-Player: Requires server setting -ForceAllowCaveFlyers to mount in the rest of the cave.

Resources

•  Chitin
•  Crystal
•  Flint
•  Metal
•  Obsidian
•  Stone

Notes

• Take  Otter because he can carry many Artifacts.
• The cave is so massive that a Giganotosaurus will be able to navigate around the majority of the cave. A cryopod to required to get it out.
• Before The Center became a DLC, reportedly one could retrieve the Artifact of the Devious here. After its official release however, it seems to have been replaced by the Artifact of the Strong.
• There is a bug where while attempting to fly into the cave entrance, you will clip to the top of the volcano's caldera. It is recommended to land your mount outside the entrance and walk it manually inside before flying down into the cave.
• There is another bug where the game will think you are underwater in much of the cave and display ocean particle-effects. This is only cosmetic, and you will not be affected otherwise.
• If using a Megalania on the way to the Artifact of the Massive, it is possible to be teleported outside and find yourself in the middle of the vulcano island.

Gallery

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  Cave Entrance

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  The initial descent into the cave proper

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  Chamber with the Artifact of the Massive