How to Get the Cyclops Through Lost River Safely and Build a Thermal Charging Base in the Tree Cove 

Glad I could help, lol. The ghost leviathans *inside* LR are all juveniles, but there's an adult that hangs out not far from the NE entrance by Lifepod 2.

Friendly reminder, there is nothing stopping you from killing the leviathans

You should go to the dunes (directly west) or the mountains (north-east) they are the most safest and colourful biomes in the whole game. I always build my base there

@@goofygrassbros evil😭

​@@YEETGOD108well I didn't kill any in Subnautica, until Below Zero & I killed 1 of each leviathan. Now, I'm back playing Subnautica & am killing those leviathians.

ive absolutely been warped out of my cyclops before...

@@patrickhelmold9878 Hmm. Possibly out of a wreck of the Aroura or a bug or a nightmare as they are a thing. :)

I don't like to use my prawn bc I can encounter some warpers

I usually go through the entrance thats close to the floating island since thats the first one i discovered from exploring but going that way will make you meet the ghostie and its a bit narrow

And then I used stasis rifle and knife

The perfect lost river base location is in the vent area between the cove tree and the alien facility. I firstly made thermal things to make energy and then sweeped them all to a nuclear reactor. That place is near the cove tree and as a result, a lava zone entrance

I really can finish the game right now but I don't want to

Also make a Reginald farm. They are the best fish in the game

I mean, there's definitely some stuff you can bump into, but it's not bad if you slow down a bit in the tighter spots and use the cams effectively. Lol, bulb zone's pretty useful, too - it's pretty close to the ILZ entrance, and definitely roomier than the others for a cyclops. There's just that ghost leviathan hanging out by the ILZ shaft, and if you're staying in LR to go put up a base in Tree Cove, it's clear at the opposite end of LR, like the longest route possible. ETA: You might also find this useful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1ylZKroPx4Y.html It's the route I use to find the bulb zone entrance by landmarks (follow the ridge from mushroom forest and then down past those two overlapping points that stick out from the bulb zone).

I always used the blood celp trench enterens just for convenience because I built my base close by and going to the floating island enterens just took me wa longer. I later built a large base at the see dragon skeleton and faund aut that the lost rive is full of rare resources. I will remember that for my next play through.

Nice, lol! It was a concern that just. Kept. Coming up. So I thought I'd make a video that might help some people...

Awesome! Glad it helped!

Am i the only one that goes out of my cyclops with a stasis rifle and thermoknife just to kill the ghost levyathans even when they arent aggroed towards me?

@@Albania4life535I have killed all hostile leviathans in the game....but I prefer not to do that because it totally kills the mood. PS: If you want to kill the Sea Dragons use the normal survival knife - Sea Dragons and Lava Lizards are immune to the thermoblade.

Yes, this is a good tip as the hotter biomes also seem to decrease hydration extremely rapidly. :)

However they deplete the power of the base faster. You will need several thermals energy things or just make a nuclear reactor

@@lazy_guy_2525 that is true but I'm so used to not having a chase after bladder fish that doing it again feels weird and also I don't have the blueprint for a nuclear reactor yet somehow I've gone to the Lost River four times and I don't have a nuclear reactor yet

@@Electrodoc1968that's when the stillsuit comes in super effective, even tho it does reduce your food there's plenty of red eyeye and stuff down there to cook for food.

Awesome!

same, verne rules

Nice. Probably don't need backup power with a nuke plant running, though, lol. Those things produce a ludicrous amount of power!

A cyclops is basically required if u want to build any kind of major base down there because you need to bring so many materials

The biggest thing is just work that keel camera, and slow down in tight spaces. Don't be afraid to back up if you're grounding on something. Lot of times the worst thing you can do is keep trying to push into something you're hung up on. It *can* be a bit of a trick to wrap your head around moving in one direction while your cam is pointed the other way. Just be patient with yourself. Once you're inside LR, just go basically straight until you get to the first skeleton and then kind of stay close to that wall on your left. You can also try the related video where I did this with the seamoth. The perspective is a little different, but it might give you a little clearer idea of the navigational side of things?

Yes, you can. And you can sneak past the ghost leviathan on silent running. It's just something I prefer not to have to worry about. On my latest hardcore playthrough, I used the lifepod 2 entrance (because my main base was in the Dunes, and it was closer).

I would just kill the ghost leviathan so I don't have to worry anymore lol

How do you do that?

Your cyclops has headlights, and each of the individual cameras have their own light as well. That might help? Other than that, can you not adjust the gamma correction in your graphics settings on Xbox (sorry, I've only ever played PC).

Not as tight, that's for sure, and super easy to find if you have the beacon for pod 2. I find it's also easier to get disoriented up at the BKZ entrance, though. There's also the matter of that pesky leviathan in the ghost forest tunnel... which this entrance avoids.

@@TheIppus true but ghost leviathan is easily avoidable for me

@@TheIppus He's talking about the North Eastern entrance, not the North Western one. The NE entrance is the one in the Bulb Zone - and because of the lack of obstacles the Ghost there is super easy to avoid. The route you show is not 100 % Ghost free in all cases btw - it is possible that the Ghost leaves his original patrol route. All Leviathans in the game can leave their original areas and wander off into other territories - I've had that happening in many playthroughs: - Reefbacks wandering into basically every above-ground biome, including the Shallows, Dunes and Crash Zone (none of which originally has Reefbacks); in one playthrough a Reefback even glitched into the Jellyshroom Cave - The adult Ghost in the Blood Kelp chased an Ampeel through the Mushroom Forst into the Grassy Plateau in one of my playthroughs; The two fought there for a while until the Ghost killed the eel. However the Ghost stayed there for the rest of the playthrough, making the Plateau dangerous and the Blood Kelp less dangerous - I've seen the juvenile Ghost from the Bone Fields end up both in the Deep Grand Reef and the Lost River Junction. - Reapers invading more or less all biomes neighbouring the Crash Zone, Dunes and Mountains - No idea how it got there but I once found a Sea Treader close to the Crash Site Mesas - And here's my highlight (even though that was clearly a bug): I got eaten by a leviathan inside an Alien structure deep below.

Can u make video on it

@@hmx_mrx it’s the one on the bulb bush area it’s quite literally straight NE and then down

The floodlights are more for lighting the area while you're outside doing something. Try using the sonar to help you see thru the caves; it's much easier.

You might find this video more helpful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r8FIc7XohE4.html It's not RIGHT at (0,0) but it is from the safe shallows, approximately (0, 200).