Navigate the initial hours of The Alters with our comprehensive walkthrough. Learn resource gathering, base building, and survival essentials to escape the starting zone.
Walkthrough:
- Day 1: Make It To The Base
- Follow the linear path, find your Captain's pod, and head towards the base.
- Avoid radiation by reaching the base quickly.
- Interact with the elevator to enter the base.
- Go to the Communication Room and attempt to contact Earth.
- Visit the Captain's Cabin to learn basic mechanics from logs.
- End the day by interacting with the bed.
- Day 2: Collecting Resources to Survive
- Exit the base through the Airlock.
- Gather Metals from orange glowing rocks.
- Locate Blue Smoke indicating Organics deposits.
- Return to the base and build a Workshop using the Base Building Console in the Command Center.
- Craft a Scanner in the Workshop.
- Exit the base and find cargo pods near the Organics deposit area. One contains useful items, another a Multitool.
- Locate the glowing Spire and extract Rapidium.
- Find the Organics deposit and use Scanners to find the best mining spot.
- 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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