Getting Started
First-day priorities: oxygen, tools, food, and your first safe route into Luca’s deeper layers.
Day 1 Checklist
Immediate Priorities
- Secure oxygen: learn where you can surface safely and where you cannot
- Craft a basic tool set: gather, cut, scan, and light
- Establish food + water loop before going deep
- Mark points of interest for quick returns
Early Craft Goals
- Core tools (scanner + utility items)
- Starter storage and a small safety stash
- Navigation habit: always leave with a “return plan”
- Upgrade path planning for deeper biome access
CICADA & Pioneer Basics
🚢 CICADA
Starting Ship Loop
Use the CICADA area as your early “surface hub”: storage, crafting access, and a known-safe reference point.
- Do a full sweep for scannables and supplies
- Keep one locker as “deep dive kit”
🧍 Pioneer
Your Survival Curve
The Pioneer becomes dramatically stronger once DNA traits enter your build. Early habits make later depth runs safer.
- Scan everything you can reach safely
- Track what you need before long trips
🫧 Oxygen
The Rule of Two
Always plan: one route forward, one route back. Leave yourself one “panic option” for air.
- Return earlier than you think you should
- Avoid unknown caverns without a marker plan