

The next important item is the Survival Knife. Later on in the game you’ll be able to create a Battery Charger and place it in your base to recharge the batteries you have. If your tool runs out of power, simply craft another battery and replace it by pressing R while holding the tool. Note that it and the Scanner require a charged battery to operate. One very useful piece of technology that can be scanned in the Shallow Twisty Bridges is the Seaglide, which greatly increases your movement speed. Each biome has a different array of fragments. Fragments are broken pieces of technology that litter the floors of many biomes. The Scanner allows you to scan fauna, flora, rocks, and most importantly, Fragments.

Once you have all the items you need, return to the Drop Pod to craft the Scanner. The other resources needed for batteries are two Ribbon Plants, which are small, narrow, yellow and green plants generally found in the caves of the Shallow Twisty Bridges. The outcrops also drop Copper Ore, which is required to craft batteries. Titanium can be acquired by breaking open Limestone Outcrops, which litter the floor and walls of many biomes, including the one you are currently in. Its recipe is one Battery and one Titanium. The quickest tool to craft is the Scanner. Note that the speed at which temperature decreases depends on the biome and the current weather. Temperature, on the other hand, decreases when outside of water and in cold environments. Oxygen slowly runs out at a pace of 1 unit per second (unless your depth is below 100 meters and you don’t have a Rebreather equipped) when underwater and in bases/vehicles without power.

Finally, the last two indicators are Oxygen and Temperature. Healing requires the use of First Aid Kits, but health will also slowly regenerate if you’ve refilled your food and water meters enough. Damage usually comes from predatory fauna or flora, though it can also be caused by fall damage and excessive heat. Also present is the health bar, which monitors how much damage you can take before dying. To refill food and water, Robin must eat cooked fish, which can be made using caught fish at a Fabricator, eat Cured Fish, which are made from fish and Salt Deposits, and drink Filtered Water, which can be crafted using Bladderfish. Food and water are two core gameplay threats that need to be managed constantly. At this point, your food bar should be at about half.

The exact biome you are now in is the Shallow Twisty Bridges. The path exits into the main area of gameplay, known as Sector Zero.
