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The Lost Relic — The Alters Walkthrough
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The Lost Relic — The Alters Walkthrough

Complete walkthrough for The Lost Relic quest in The Alters. Learn how to survive, gather resources, build your base, and progress through the prologue.

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Complete walkthrough for The Lost Relic quest in The Alters. Learn how to survive, gather resources, build your base, and progress through the prologue.

Walkthrough:

  1. Day 1: Make It To The Base
    • Follow red Emergency Flares to the base.
    • Interact with the elevator to enter the ship.
    • Head to the Communication Room to contact Earth.
    • Visit the Captain's Cabin to learn basic mechanics from old logs.
    • End the day by interacting with the bed in the Captain's Cabin (press 'E').
  2. Day 2: Collecting Resources to Survive
    • Exit the base through the Airlock.
    • Gather Metals from bright orange glowing rocks.
    • Locate Organics indicated by blue smoke (to the left after exiting, then straight towards a cave, look up and right).
    • Return to the base and use the Base Building Console in the Command Center to build a Workshop.
    • In the Workshop, craft a Scanner using the panel on the left and the conveyor belt on the right.
    • Exit the base and go towards the parachute on the cliffside to find cargo. Loot all items.
    • Head towards the blue smoke Organics deposit. If the direct path is blocked, go left and through the cave to find a Multitool in another crashed pod.
    • Navigate through the blurry environment to find the glowing Spire and extract Rapidium.
    • Find the path to the Organics deposits.
    • Place Scanners to find the best mining spot, indicated by a blue circle.
    • Place a Mining Outpost and connect it to the base using Pylons.
    • Return to the Communication Room and contact Earth.
    • Build a

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