

Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive via Polygon Follow the sand to the top inside the Lakebed Cave. (We think.) Use the video above - mistakes and all - to help guide you. The path isn’t exactly clear, but the tunnels you take are left, left, left, right, left. Make sure your flashlight is on, and keep firing your scout nearby to light up the area. Your first goal is to find a sand waterfall (sandfall?) not too far in. The path through the Lakebed Cave is confusing and complex - and, if you take too long, you’ll get crushed by rising sand. When you reach the dry lakebed, look for a cave in the ground that leads down. You have to start your search for the Lakebed Cave very early in a time loop - it fills with sand and disappears within just a few minutes.įrom Chert’s Camp, drop off the edge and descend as far as you can. The script will mention the disappearance of a Nomai named Coleus from the Lakebed Cave at the north pole. Head into both of these caves to find the wandering Cave Shard and some Nomai script. You won’t be able to see them when the sand gets too high, though. To the left and right (east and west don’t mean much at the north pole) of Chert’s Camp, you’ll see two cave entrances lined by Nomai columns. Quantum caves The entrance to one of the quantum caves. If you pull out your signal locator, you’ll see that it’s a quantum fluctuation. While hanging out with Chert, you’ll also get an alert that there’s an unidentified signal nearby. While this may be true, it doesn’t happen within the bounds of a time loop, so you only have one shot at the lower levels of the planet. He’ll point you to Escape Pod 2 at the south pole and hint at an underground settlement.Ī quick note: Chert will say that the sand eventually drains off of Ember Twin.

Depending on his mood and how quickly you get to him, Chert will either just keep reminding you that the sun is dying, or give you a lot of useful information about the planet for your ship’s log. Follow your signal locator to Chert’s drums. When you first arrive, check in with the local expert at the north pole. Find Chert’s Camp Chert’s camp and the entrance to one of the quantum caves. You’re going to die while exploring here. This means you only have a few minutes to explore some areas. On the surface, there’s not much to worry about, but underground - where most of what you’re here to learn lies - the sand will trap you in tunnels and eventually crush you. Over the course of a time loop, the Ash Twin pours sand onto the Ember Twin.

This guide will introduce you to Chert, and then we’ll explore the nearby quantum caves, and the Lakebed Cave.Įxploring the Ember Twin is dangerous. There’s a lot to explore here, and not a lot of time to do it, so let’s start simple. Many of the Outer Wilds mysteries we’ve explored so far have eventually pointed us to the Hourglass Twins, specifically the Ember Twin.
