Core Ring

Core Ring
The circular waterway near the Core City is popularly called Core Ring.
Location information
Music	Lifeblood
Located in	Lower Caves
Areas	Core Ring
Connections	Core City Docks (north) Port Zenith (north) Core City Sewer Exit (north) Core Ring Protectorate Outpost (south) Rig Periphery (south) Silent Isle (southwest) Old Ib's Homestead (west) Omega Pass (east) Drag 'n' Drop (east) Abandoned Waterway Facility (southwest)
NPCs	Jet Skier Old Ib
Technical Map file(s) cvw11, cvw13, cvw15, cvw16, cvw17, cvw18, cvw19, cvw20, cvw21, cvw22, cvw23, cvw24, cvw26, cvw27, cvw29, cvw32, cvw33

Core Ring is a location in the waterways of Lower Caves. It can be accessed with a Jet Ski.

Description

Long circular waterway. On the north side lies Core City. In the south, two Protectorate Outposts leading into The Rig and rest of the south waterways.

Areas

Waterways 11

• The east exit leads to Rig Periphery, area Waterways 10
• The north exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 14
• The west exits lead to Abandoned Waterway Facility, area East waterway facility. The southern of those exits requires between 264 and 464 speed with your Jet Ski and grants access to a different part of the abandoned facility.

Waterways 13

• The east exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 28
• The south exit leads to Rig Periphery, area Waterways 12
• The west exit leads to Abandoned Waterway Facility
• It is not possible to disembark in this area
• Has 1 respawning Lake Poppy
• has 2 respawning Mindshrooms
• Can be fished in this area: Blue Eel, Yellow Puckerfish, Pentapus, Anglerfish, Black Dragon, Walking Fish

Waterways 15

• The north exit leads to area Waterways 17
• The east exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 14
• The west exit leads to Silent Isle
• Has 2 respawning Mindshrooms

Waterways 17

• The west exit leads to area Waterways 17 caves
• The north exit leads to area Waterways 18
• The south exit leads to area Waterways 15
• Has 1 respawning Mindshroom
• Can be fished in this area: Blue Eel, Anglerfish, Pentapus, Yellow Puckerfish, Minihead, Black Dragon

Waterways 17 caves

• The NW exit leads to area Waterways 19
• The SE exit leads to area Waterways 17
• There are some Coil Spiders in this area
• Making noise (using TNT for instance) will make 5-6 more Coil Spiders appear, including a Greater Coil Spider
• To the north are some Destructible objects
  • A Utility Bot is trapped behind those rocks. By freeing it, it will attempt to open the door to the facility in the SW corner (assuming the spiders do not destroy it)
• The facility in the SW corner:
  • Is guarded by 2 Auto-Turrets (Plasma Turrets on Hard difficulty and above)
  • Has a medical locker with a Super Health Hypo
  • Has a weapons locker requiring 100 Lockpicking
  • Has shelves containing good quality Energy Edge Emitter, some electronic components and a Warehouse Inventory List oddity, 2 XP
  • Has a box with Image Intensifier Tube
• In the NE corner are 2 respawning Cave Ears mushrooms

Waterways 18

• The north exit leads to areas Waterways 21 and Waterways 22 (depending if you're on the west or east side of the exit)
• The west exit leads to area Waterways 19
• The south exit leads to area Waterways 17
• Some Jet Skiers roam this area
• An abandoned Scrap Jet can be looted with 50 Lockpicking. It has an XG Power 3.0 battery
• On the east side it's possible to set foot on the island:
  • It has 6 respawning Lake Mushrooms
  • Some neutral Cave Hoppers inhabit the island
  • It holds the entrance to Old Ib's Homestead
• Can be fished in this area: Shrimp, Anglerfish, Black Dragon, Yellow Puckerfish, Minihead

Waterways 19

• The west exit leads to area Waterways 17 caves
• The north exit leads to area Waterways 20
• The east exit leads to Waterways 18
• Can be fished in this area: nothing

Waterways 20

• The south exit leads to area Waterways 19
• The east exit leads to area Waterways 21
• It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 21

• The west exit leads to area Waterways 20
• The south exit leads to area Waterways 18
• The east exit leads to area Waterways 22
• It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 22

• The north exit leads to Port Zenith, area Port Zenith docks
• The west exit leads to area Waterways 21
• The south exit leads to area Waterways 18
• The east exit leads to area Waterways 23
• It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 23

• The north exit leads to Core City Docks, area Docks
• The east exit leads to area Waterways 24
• The west exit leads to area Waterways 22
• The island:
  • Is the refuge for a family consisting of Doxy, Soot, Ursula, Grimy and Grunge
  • The refrigerator in the shed contains a Bubblegum oddity, 1 XP
• Can be fished in this area: Slackjaw, Yellow Puckerfish, Pentapus

Waterways 24

• The north exit leads to Core City Docks, area East Docks
• The west exit leads to area Waterways 23
• The east exit leads to area Waterways 26
• Some Jet Skiers roam this area
• It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 25 / Core City Sewer Exit

• Refer to the detailed article Core City Sewer Exit

Waterways 26

• The west exit leads to area Waterways 24
• The north exit leads to Core City Sewer Exit (i.e. waterways 25)
• The south exit leads to area Waterways 27
• Some Jet Skiers roam this area
• It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 27

• The north exit leads to area Waterways 26
• The south exit lead to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 28
• Has a respawning Red Dream Mushroom
• Some Jet Skiers roam this area
• Can be fished in this area: nothing

Waterways 28 / Core Ring Protectorate Outpost

• Refer to the detailed article Core Ring Protectorate Outpost

Waterways 29

• The west exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost (i.e. waterways 28)
• The south exit leads Rig Periphery, area Waterways 31
• The east exit leads to area Waterways 33
• Potential location of the Drag 'n' Drop club. Terry requests an entrance fee of 30 Charons, but you can enter for free if you're the Invictus. The door can also be opened with 100 Lockpicking, but it will likely aggro Terry and the people inside.
• If Hopperdrome is present in the savefile, there will be an entrance in the north leading to the location
• Some Jet Skiers roam this area
• Can be fished in this area: nothing

Waterways 32

• The north exit leads to area Waterways 33
• The west exit leads to Rig Periphery, area Waterways 31
• The east side on land:
  • Is inhabited by some Azuridae and Azuridae Goliathus
  • Has 3 respawning Mindshrooms
• Has an abandoned Scrap Jet containing some hunter (crossbow, bolts...) loot and an XG Power 4.0 battery.
• Can be fished in this area: Minihead, Blue Eel, Yellow Puckerfish, Anglerfish

Waterways 33

• The west exit leads to area Waterways 29
• The east exit leads to Omega Pass (i.e. waterways 34)
• The south exit leads to area Waterways 32
• Some Jet Skiers roam this area
• It is not possible to disembark in this area

NPCs

• Jet Skier

Map Gallery

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  Waterways 11

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  Waterways 13

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  Waterways 14 / Core Ring Protectorate Outpost

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  Waterways 15

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  Waterways 16

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  Waterways 17

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  Waterways 17 Caves

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  Waterways 18

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  Old Ib's Homestead

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  Waterways 19

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  Waterways 20

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  Waterways 21

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  Waterways 22

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  Waterways 23

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  Waterways 24

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  Waterways 25 / Core City Sewer Exit

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  Waterways 26

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  Waterways 27

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  Waterways 28 / Core Ring Protectorate Outpost

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  Waterways 29

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  Waterways 29 (with Drag 'n' Drop)

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  Drag 'n' Drop club

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  Waterways 32

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  Waterways 33