Lower Caves

Lower Caves
There is an intricate network of cave tunnels below, above and all around the Underrail metro system.
Major location information
Music	Subterra
Located in	Below Lower Underrail
Areas	Junkyard tunnels North caves (Omega) South caves East caves (Hathor)
Connections	Mushroom Cove Junkyard Gate Siphoner Pools Abandoned Building Battery Recycling Plant Camp Hathor Rathound King Lair GMS compound level 3
Fast Travel	Rift (near deep caverns elevator)
NPCs	Cliff, Jenny, Ol' Chopper
Technical Map file(s) jyt1, jyt2, jyt3, jyt4, jyt5, cv-dc, cv1, cv2, cv3, cv4, cv5, cv6, cv8, cv9, cv10, cv11, cv12, cv13, cv14, cv19, cv20, cv21

Lower Caves are the natural caverns and tunnels that don't reach all the way up to Lower Underrail nor all the way down to Deep Caverns.

Description

The only initially accessible part of caves is a nondescript cavernous area between Mushroom Cove and Junkyard. Consists of four zones; a waterfront tunnel, two cavernous areas with some ruined shacks and buildings to the west and Siphoner pools. One more small area becomes accessible during Abram's quest Free Maura. Some azuridae and rathounds can be found lurking in the waterfront tunnel between Junkyard and Mushroom Cove. Further to west, hostile junkyard thugs can be found in a ruined shack and wounded Cliff in a ruined building further to south.

Once the player gets access to TNT Charges, cave passages blocked by rocks can be opened. This opens many new cave exploration possibilities, mainly Hathor caves east of Crossroad Watch. The cave tunnels between Mushroom Cove and Junkyard may contain entrances to random dungeons.

Areas

Junkyard tunnels

Junkyard tunnels 1

• 5 patches of Lake Mushrooms
• 2 respawning Mindshrooms on an island. An underwater rock bridge leading to the island can be found with 8 Perception
• Pile of rubble west of the island containing a Trilobite Fossil oddity, 1 XP
• If your game includes the random dungeon Water Treatment Facility, the facility will be visible through a crevice on the west side of the area. However it cannotbe reached from this map
• Can be fished in this area: Pentapus, Minihead, Anglerfish, Walking Fish

Junkyard tunnels 2

• 1 respawning Mindshroom in the northwest part of the area
• Pile of rubble in the southeast corner containing a Trilobite Fossil oddity, 1 XP
• On the shelves in the thugs' shelter is a Marked Card Deck oddity, 2 XP
• During Abram's 3rd quest, Free Maura, a new exit will become available on the north wall
• Can be fished in this area: Yellow Puckerfish, Minihead

Junkyard tunnels 3

• Refer to Siphoner Pools for details, which is the name for this area

Junkyard tunnels 4

• Cliff is on the west side of the area and the quest giver for Save Jenny
• If your game includes the random dungeon Water Treatment Facility, the facility can be reached with the southeast exit
• In the southeast broken buiding, one of the lockers requires 40 Lockpicking to open

Junkyard tunnels 5

• Can be reached from the north side of Junkyard tunnels 2 during Abram's 3rd quest, Free Maura
• The pile of rubble contains a Trilobite Fossil oddity, 1 XP

Characters

Junkyard tunnels

• Thugs
• Cliff
• Jenny (after being rescued)

Caves north of SGS

• Raiders

Caves east of SGS

• Ol' Chopper

Quests

• Save Cliff's girlfriend: Cliff asks you to save Jenny from the Abandoned Building he barely escaped from.
• Mushroom Cove scavenger: potential quest, appearing only in playthroughs where the Water Treatment Facility random dungeon exists.

Flora and fauna

This section needs expansion with fishing info.

All plants and critters in the wild respawn over time unless noted otherwise.

Junkyard tunnels Lake Mushrooms Mindshrooms Azuridae Rathounds Rathound Alphas Siphoners

North of SGS ("Omega caves") Lake Mushrooms Mindshroom Lake Poppy Red Dream Mushrooms Crawlers

South of SGS Lake Mushrooms Mindshrooms Red Dream Mushrooms Lake Poppy Bats Cave Hoppers Crawlers Siphoners

East of SGS ("Hathor caves") Lake Mushrooms Mindshrooms Cave Ears Red Dream Mushrooms Rathounds Rathound Alphas Pigs Warthogs Crawler (no respawn)

Map Gallery

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  Lower Caves Global Map

Junkyard tunnels

These caves are the tunnels leading to Junkyard, west of South Gate Station and northwest of Mushroom Cove.

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  Junkyard tunnels 1

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  Junkyard tunnels 1 with random dungeon fragment

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  Junkyard tunnels 2

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  Junkyard tunnels 3 (Siphoner pools)

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  Junkyard tunnels 4, above Abandoned Building

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  Junkyard tunnels 4 with random dungeon fragment

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  Junkyard tunnels 5 (Abram's dig site)

Caves north of SGS

The caves between South Gate Outposts and the bottom level of GMS compound. SGS's old rival Omega used to move through these caves. Part of the caves is accessible from the bottom level of GMS, but TNT Charges or Jackhammer are required to enter some of them.

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  Caves 10, north of South Gate Outposts

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  Caves 11, north of South Gate Outposts

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  Caves 12, east of GMS compound

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  Caves 13, east of GMS compound

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  Caves 14, raider base

Caves south of SGS

These caves are situated to the south of Mushroom Cove and Crossroad Caves. TNT Charges or Jackhammer are required to enter.

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  Caves 1

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  Caves 2

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  below Caves 2

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  Caves 3 (Cave hopper cemetery)

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  Caves 4

Caves east of SGS

The largest section of caves. Located east of Crossroad Watch and Crossroad Caves, also connected to the northeast part of South Gate Outposts. TNT Charges or Jackhammer are required to enter. Notable locations in these caves include Camp Hathor, a battery recycling plant, Rathound King Lair, and a Deep Caverns elevator.

Caves 6

• The west entrances lead to Crossroad Watch and are initially blocked with breakable rocks.
• The old building to the south:
  • Can be entered from the door with 65 Lockpicking or by destroying the weak wall.
  • Has no creatures/enemies

Caves 22

• Has 1 respawning Lake Poppy
• Can be fished in this area: nothing
  • Has no creatures/enemies

Caves 23

• • Has no creatures/enemies

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  Deep Caverns elevator

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  Caves 5, east of Crossroad Caves

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  Caves 6, east of Crossroad Watch

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  Caves 8, west of Camp Hathor

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  Caves 9, northeast of South Gate Outposts

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  Caves 15, Camp Hathor mushroom fields

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  Caves 19, south of Camp Hathor

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  Caves 20, south of Camp Hathor

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  Caves 21, outside Rathound King Lair

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  Caves 22, new area in 1.0.3

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  Caves 23, new area in 1.0.3

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  Caves 24, new area in 1.0.3