The Aurora Mine of Coastal Highway: Looting it on Interloper Day 1050 

the first time you enter it i didn't know that if i was inside too long the aurora would disappear so i slept before going back up that's how i stayed inside 15 days and came out with 4% of life

They need more locations like this. Kinda like the hidden survivor caches.

I wish I could have seen this live. This place to me is never worth it. 1 false move and that the end of a run. You sir are brave.

Its crazy that i have played this game for 250h and watched a lot of content on RU-vid and i have never even heard about the Aurora cave

I just went through this area myself and had a harrowing experience. Went in knowing what the mine was, what it could do but just wantedto see for myself and to loot it thoroughly as I had never been there myself. I had heard about it and found my way there in the evening while beginning my exploration of the coastal highway, the aurora had just moved in and I saw a wolf which kind of pushed me towards the mine so I decided to search it. After looting for a while the water stopped sparking and any form of light was lost. The power had gone out. I pulled out 1 of the 3 lamps I found there and began using what fuel I had to find my way through the last couple hallways. As I progressed I eventually found more supplies but this only hindered my movement speed. Eventually I made the choice to go towards the entrance. I assumed there must be a way back up, surely I wouldn't be trapped in the mine right? I made my way to the elevator to see it would not operate. I checked my vitals and inventory, my food supplies were limited to 1 piece of venison and some various canned goods. At this point I felt the hopelessness kick in, I thought after my nearly 100 days I had sealed my own fate by going down the elevator shaft... I decided to pass the time with some reading, so I started a fire in the barrel next to the elevator in hopes that the next night would bring another aurora as I didn't have enough food to survive down there for very long. I laid down my sleeping bag and went to bed, almost willing to give up hope that I would leave the mine. I awoke to the sound of lights flickering and power surging through the mine and myself, I ran to the elevator and made my way back to the surface. This game is incredible for creating these moments of tension and suspense in a quiet way. Way more memorable than 90% games simply due to how one mistake can end your playthrough.

When I did this on my main run I intentionally trapped myself down there by waiting until the aurora was over to explore without any risk, as getting too close to the wires is what ended my previous run. Fortunately for me I got the aurora again the very next night! I had hauled tons of food, water, and firewood down there but got lucky and hardly needed any of it.

The game only saves when you enter and if you get hurt I believe. In theory if the aurora ends early you can just quit, reload and do it faster

I got trapped in here in one of my first sandboxes. Took 4 days, two with cabin fever and one in darkness, before I got out. XD

I wondered in just before an aurora and was confused as to why I could use the lift, once I saw the electrified water I immediately noped out.

Your skill at navigating the wires is much better than mine. I was getting a new run established in Mystery Lake. I looted in a circle, starting with the cabins around the lake and fishing huts, camp office, traders homestead, and finally made it to the dam. My sleep cycles were off so I was looting the dam in the early evening. I got the aurora, and off into the long dark I went.

Watching this live was pretty intense. Chat was holding their breath the whole time!

I know someone who said: "F*** it, my save will be gone soon, so let's try crazy things !" The way you did incorporate the pilgrim footage was pretty nice and a good idea.

Thanks for the video Zak! Super fun watching or sometimes just listening to your videos while I'm playing. I always learn someone new from you so thank you! I died here not once but twice on runs with over 200 days. Died the first time when I first stepped in (because I thought that water would only give me burns not death if I took too long) and then the second time I auto walked off the planks. I call it the No Mercy Mine and never returned on any save. Glad I got to see it through you!

I found this guys content a couple days ago and I’m loving it, I’m binging nogoa right now, gotta say man you turned Ash canyon into my favorite to explore!

I think it should be noted that things decay very quickly on loper. So things might have all been decayed by the time you get there. This place probably should be explored early on.

I died here from a live wire on one of my first runs of the game ever. Voyager difficulty i think. Never gone back 😅

I think it would be cool if this was the only place you could get a rifle/revolver with ammo on interloper, it would create a real an opportune reason to go into the lower area of the mine

I went here around day 200 on my interloper run. I did find ear wraps but they were already ruined. Fortunately I had the ones from the summit already.

Thanks for making this video Zak. It saved me a lot of time and grief (and probably my life) by knowing it's not worth going into this, literal, dead end! Cheers.

For exploration purposes one can set up a custom game and set araura frequency to very high. Have one almost every night.

This cave is the embodiment of my fears. Getting trapped underground, without light, food or water. Only to hear your own breath and occasional water drops surrounded by complete darkness and wet cold. Amazing location.

"if youre walking past on interloper and are in need of some coal or pre-cut cedar/fir, then just wait for an aurora for a perfect opportunity to scoop some easy fuel" >:)

THANK YOU Zak! I was thinking about asking you to do this but thought it would be a bit bold of me. I was preparing to try to do it my self but doubted it was worth it. Now I know. I don't see any benefit for the risk taken. This was hyped up when done and I really feel they dropped the ball on this one. There should have absolutely been some top tier loot down there. Oh well, Thank you again, I have really enjoyed your videos and learned a lot from you. See you around Great Bear.

Created a backup save because I wanted to be 100% sure that those watered out tunnels had multi-access, but yeah, he basically looted every area. Boy did I luck out here. Only my 2nd time to Coastal Highway and I just stumbled across this mine. I was actually herded here by a bear who was blocking the road: otherwise I would have just gone straight. I saw the elevator, and I knew enough about electricity in this game from Blackrock to know that an aurora would open it. My energy was low so I took a nap in the nearby trailer, only to wake up to an aurora. Loot was: jerry can, gunpowder, work gloves, and a case of revolver ammo. Honestly not that disappointed. A decent top up, and those work gloves make me happy. Only on day 25.

I just recently started playing TLD again and found your channel while looking for some guide. I’ve been binging your content and it’s really fantastic. I really love the long videos, not just to fall asleep to, but I’ve learned a lot watching them and it’s made me a lot better at the game. I’m a casual stalker player, but after watching a lot of your content I think I’m ready to try interloper for the first time. Also I can’t wait to see your content on the new update😄

another great video zak ,i had no idea this was the place from wintermute

First time i've explored it (it was before TFTFT, around when Fearless Navigator came out), it was interloper and I found a can of arachis paste, rifle ammo and fisherman's sweater (i hope i wrote names of those items rightly).

Great content, as always. Thank you very much.

Awesome video Zak. Lots of love my friend

could hear your excitement:) just went there on my main run last week

as someone who never plays interloper, it's always so strange hearing zak celebrate something like 6 jerry cans lol

I was hoping to just run in and grab stuff before making my escape. I didn’t realize the interior would be so big and as soon as I made it down one corridor, the Aurora ended suddenly. I was trapped and thought for sure it’d be the end of me. Thankfully an Aurora came the very next night and saved my ass. Probably going to be less risky in the future and forgo that mine entirely. My problem was that I couldn’t find a gun anywhere else.

So, amazing to have it in game, Thanks fer sharing.

11:05 Sounds like Will says "Dammit, my ankles." Never heard this voice line before, any idea what it indicates? One idea I had to explore this "safely" would be to bring a massive amount of birch bark tea, wait for the aurora to end and then explore without fear of electrocution. Even if it's a long time to the next aurora, after you get cabin fever the BBT will keep you alive despite not being able to sleep for healing. Not really worth it without more/better loot down here though.

Love the shorter gameplay videos

im playing this game for 5 months only, my personal best on interloper is 41 days, how you reached day 1000 and beyond will ramain a mystry for me😂

I got stuck the first time I tried my luck. Thankfully there was an Aurora the following night so I only took a bit of condition hit. It was intimidating on a 500 day run.

just explored this place on my loper run and man there was not much! Just the Jerry can.

Kinda funny i've played for over 252 hours of this game and i've never been down in that mine, thank's for the video :D

I have done this on a custom run with high loot settings. And yeah, unless you have OCD it's kind of pointless. And dangerous.

First run on it, starting there as a new player, 15th day or so, coming there and Aurora hits, but was scared to stay long time there hahah as I didn't explore more of the map, and didn't know is there an exit so I just went back, looted minimum stuff around 😂 not watching video, just intro, don't want to spoil it for myself 😂

I´m playing a run with custom setting, gunlooper, all setting like intrusión plus weapons. I found a balaclava and a fisherman's sweater in the mine !!

I remember being trapped here once, I nearly starved 2 death, never going in there again. I think if hinterland did put something worthwhile in here no one would notice because no one (except zak) is insane enough to go in lol

Was plotting on emptying a jerry can to see how long it would take to fill from fishing, i guess i never emptied one before because i use torches more than any other light source

+ jerry can is good when cooking fishes it add some oil to jerry can after each cooked fish

I was stuck down there for 5 days with no food. I almost starved to death.

I found so many Jerry can. I think it's more then 6

Fun fact: when you leave the mine you'll realize it's the area of the shipwreck at the end of chapter 3

Just got in there on my 150 days loper run. Got electrocuted 2 times, reduced my hp to 10%. Instantly panicked and ran away as fast as possible. Didn't even loot the damn thing. Now I see it wouldn't even be worth it, except for the jerry can maybe.

The electricity part reminds me of Infra.

Are you going to be using the “Time Capsule” feature on Steam to keep this run going?

Lol, nothing but Jerry cans.

So was there any loot inside the green crates? Worth breaking them down?

Note to players: What you drop in the elevator/lift does not move with the elevator.

I love your videos are you gonna use the time capsule and keep playing this over 1k day save? Thats a pretty awesome achievement especially when you are exploring every nook and cranny.

im on my first interloper run since the update and I can't find any flare cartridges. found two pistols and 1 cartridge. checked all the usual locations... nothing... what has been your experience?

that was a nail biter!!!

Don't u go through this in the winter mute story line part? Nvm he just said in the vid

I remember this area had some serious monkey bar climbing to do to get to the fuse boxes in the story mode. I would imagine the best loot would be in those same spots. No?

where is the trailer breakdown ?

whoa! I had no idea they integrated that mine into survival mode. I thought similarly to the heating system puzzle in Blackrock it was only available in story mode. I guess it is similar to the way the "cave of the king bear" was integrated into Hushed River Valley.

Ти пропустив розгалуження. Коли зникає електрика ,то можна пройтись до іншої частини печери по воді.

Bare wires kill instantly or is there still a chance to survive them and not die?

Father of drizzt. Awesome books.

Went in on pilgrim mode checked the right area no corpse or rifle :(

Неплохо 😃

Been playing this game for years, literally never seen this. Is it a new addition or am i just blind?

This aurora mine doesn't seem worth it at all in interloper. I will take this video as a warning.

Don't do it. The aurora has killed me twice. Once down here and once in the Dam. I never venture out in it any more.

This is always the last place i loot

Quite risky to ruin your thousand jorurney run. I was luckily enter un interlooper 79th day running away from power wolf in 2AM find just nice clothes, lot of coal, pair of flares, and a pair of electrical burns. There Is fireplace so i make water there. I was reckless and lucky

I was lucky that i got 2 aurora nights in a row

GGWP

Is it because you're going here so late all the loot has decayed away

Watch the "Abandoned and Forgotten Places" mine exploring channel for some inspiration before going in here ;)

Ahh

Why were you carrying ruined meat around, Can't cook it or eat it

interloper is demoralising man..

A load of nothing😄

can eat ruined food

This came just doesn’t have enough unique things to do. It’s fun to start a new game, but I always end up wanting to off myself around day five. That being said, this is probably as cool as it gets for the game and it’s still a really boring secret especially to watch.

They should have an inner chamber you can only reach once the aurora ends, meaning you have to get in and get out before the next aurora, which would also allow you to leave. Ooooh and then a third inner sanctum you can only get in, when another aurora starts!