Locations

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* Caves

*For info on biomes, see Category:Biomes.*

There are several different locations to explore in Planet Crafter like caves, wrecks and other hideouts.

*Main article for the wrecks: Wrecks*
## Caves

There are various caves on the map, most of which are tunnels. At the beginning they are blocked by ice which melts away in stages with your progress of terraforming.

* Stage 1 melts at 175 kTi.
* Stage 2 melts at 5 µK Heat.
* Stage 3 melts at 45 µK Heat.

### Osmium Cave

There are at least five locations that have been found. All of them are initially blocked by ice. One of them will be underwater after the Lakes milestone.

* Tunnel connecting Steep Hill to Sulfur Fields
* Under the falling sand in Sand Falls
* Tunnel connecting the Cracked Spires and the Wasteland. It contains iridium ores on the Cracked Spires side entrance. See below.
* Tunnel connecting the Arches to the Pulsar Quartz cave, and through there the Meteor Crater.
* Tunnel connecting the Grand Rift and the Dune Desert (submerged)
* (Not anymore) Under a sinkhole in Gate Desert, but after 0.4.14, this Osmium Cave became a Pulsar Quartz Cave, and in saves created prior to this, the cave will still have Osmium and Sulfur there.

All of these caves have both Osmium and Sulfur lying around. An Ore Extractor T2 placed in any of these caves (except the flooded ones) will collect Osmium, but Ore Extractor T1s will not collect Sulfur.

### Iridium Cave

The Iridium Mine can be found northeast of the Starting Valley. It connects to the Sulfur Fields.

The second Iridium cave is on the east wall of The Grand Rift. It is located southeast of the landing pod if you chose The Grand Rift as starting site. Coordinates: *2027:3:-45*

The third Iridium cave connects the Cracked Spires to the Wasteland. It also has Osmium in it (see below: Osmium-Iridium Cave)

### Uranium Cave

The Uranium cave is located in the Gate Desert, entrance coords 585:38:-664. A narrow, zigzag slot canyon offers a shortcut to the Cracked Spires and Aluminium Hills.

A second Uranium Cave is in the northeast portion of The Highlands. Its entrance is pretty tight and is easily missed.

### Osmium-Iridium Cave

The Osmium-Iridium cave is located in the south of the map (coords 361:10:-181) in the Cracked Spires (it is connected to the Wasteland). An entrance can also be found in the Barren area, coords 89:31:-303. There is a layer of ice that has to melt in order to access a half of the cave. The entrance to it is really narrow. It contains a bunch of Iridium and Osmium. The ground is purple, and there are multiple platforms to jump on, some of which will lead you to a crate if you parkour enough. The fog is blue and there are Osmium crystals on the ceiling. It also contains some Sulfur.

### Pulsar Quartz Cave

This cave emerges in the Meteor Crater, and backs onto an Osmium Cave that comes out in the Arches. It is long, narrow and tortuous, and filled with thick maroon fog. It contains a couple crates and several nuggets of Pulsar Quartz, but does not have any mineable terrain at all.

A second Pulsar Quartz cave can be found under a sinkhole in Gate Desert. During the Lakes stage, the sinkhole will fill with water, submerging the cave. Prior to version 0.4.14, this was an Osmium cave, and in saves created prior to this, the cave will still have Osmium and Sulfur there.

### Super Alloy Cave

The Super Alloy cave is located in the north-west region of the Dune Desert. Its entrance features a conspicuous overhead shelf and several massive rock columns, looking almost deliberate. The coordinates to the entrance of the cave are 1088:64:1695.

In the north wall of the Super Alloy Cave is an immense pair of stone doors, shut tight. There is no currently implemented way to open them or content behind them.

## Bunkers

Underground bunkers can be found in the following areas:

* Dune Desert (1170:8:1288) - 1 room (submerged)
* The Highlands (1135:15:2355) - 2 rooms connected by cave
* Gate Desert (700::-882) - 2 rooms (submerged)
* Meteor Crater (-304:4:1342) - 2 rooms (submerged)
* Meteor Crater (-580:82:1520) - large complex
* Wasteland (-318:35:-700) - bunker complex

Most of these were built by Ikhlas, while the Wasteland one was built by Xiaodan.

Access is granted via ladder, the appearance of which match Indoor Ladder top portions. These can easily be missed while passing nearby.