Alpha 3.24.2 introduces two new cave archetypes into Star Citizen: Acidic and Rock caves. Prior to this, there used to be only sand caves in Star Citizen, but now there are new underground locations to explore.
While mostly using the same map layout as sand caves, the new Acidic and Rock caves come with distinct lighting and design. Acidic caves have pools of acidic water inside, but hopefully touching them does not damage players.
On the other hand, Rock caves feature a specific fluorescent plant that lights up slightly. Exploring Rock caves is also quite rewarding, as players will be able to find more than a few loot chests inside. Some of these chests include gemstones.
The locations below have been extracted using VerseGuide. These are not all the cave locations, but if you want to discover more, check out the VerseGuide.
Acidic Cave Locations
Acidic caves can only be found on the planet of Hurston and its moon, Arial. For now, no other planet or moon seems to feature Acidic caves. In the case of rewards, we have not been able to find any chests or minerals inside Acidic caves so far.
- Cave 1:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Lathan, move towards 111.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 244.2KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 2:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Bezdek, move towards 278.7° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 223KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 3:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Lathan, move towards 194.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 3KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 4:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Bezdek, move towards 222.9° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 1.7KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 5:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Lathan, move towards 44.8° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 3.9KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 6:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Bezdek, move towards 206.5° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 25.9KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 7:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Bezdek, move towards 223.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 292.8KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 8:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Bezdek, move towards 318.8° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 239.2KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 9:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Lathan, move towards 261.9° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 6.1KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 10:
- Location: Arial
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Bezdek, move towards 272.9° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 232.7KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 11:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDSF-Hiram, move towards 192.5° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 153.29KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 12:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDSF-Hiram, move towards 211.1° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 135.1KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 13:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDSF-Hiram, move towards 192.4° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 201.65KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 14:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDSF-Hiram, move towards 195.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 211.76KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 15:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Thedus, move towards 72.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 221.28KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 16:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Thedus, move towards 59.3° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 255.48KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 17:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Thedus, move towards 86.8° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 64.96KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 18:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDSF-Hiram, move towards 182.8° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 315.29KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 19:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDSF-Hobart, move towards 304.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 406.57KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 20:
- Location: Hurston
- Direction: Start from HDSF-Damaris, move towards 114.6° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 165.82KM away from the starting point.
Rock Cave Locations
Unlike Acidic caves, Rock caves do come with loot right in the face! Players can find multiple looting chests inside Rock caves and they may include armor pieces, medguns, medpens, multi-tools, or gemstones.
Rock caves can be found in Aberdeen, Magda, Ita, Cellin, Daymar, Wala, Euterpe, Hurston, and Microtech.
- Cave 1:
- Location: Microtech
- Direction: Start from The Necropolis, move towards 332.1° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 141.57KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 2:
- Location: Microtech
- Direction: Start from MT DataCenter 8FK-Q2X-K, move towards 23.8° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 55.48KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 3:
- Location: Microtech
- Direction: Start from MT DataCenter TMG-XEV-2, move towards 66.5° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 65.76KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 4:
- Location: Microtech
- Direction: Start from MT DataCenter TMG-XEV-2, move towards 61.4° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 283.52KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 5:
- Location: Microtech
- Direction: Start from MT DataCenter 8FK-Q2X-K, move towards 144.0° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 79.36KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 6:
- Location: Aberdeen
- Direction: Start from Klescher Rehabilitation Facility, move towards 154.8° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 12.85KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 7:
- Location: Aberdeen
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Anderson, move towards 198.5° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 97.85KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 8:
- Location: Aberdeen
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Norgaard, move towards 328.3° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 12.9KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 9:
- Location: Magda
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Perlman, move towards 150.6° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 305.66KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 10:
- Location: Magda
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Perlman, move towards 181.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 162.86KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 11:
- Location: Ita
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Woodruff, move towards 242.9° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 190.19KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 12:
- Location: Ita
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Ryder, move towards 184.4° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 64.93KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 13:
- Location: Ita
- Direction: Start from HDMS-Ryder, move towards 84.4° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 400KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 14:
- Location: Cellin
- Direction: Start from Terra Mills Hydrofarm, move towards 341.9° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 14.12KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 15:
- Location: Cellin
- Direction: Start from Private Property, move towards 69.6° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 163.45KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 16:
- Location: Daymar
- Direction: Start from Eager Flats Aid Shelter, move towards 354.5° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 10.39KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 17:
- Location: Daymar
- Direction: Start from Kudre Ore Mine, move towards 17.0° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 84.75KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 18:
- Location: Wala
- Direction: Start from ArcCorp Mining Area 056, move towards 252.4° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 4.62KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 19:
- Location: Wala
- Direction: Start from ArcCorp Mining Area 056, move towards 123.2° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 16.69KM away from the starting point.
- Cave 20:
- Location: Euterpe
- Direction: Start from Devlin Scrap & Salvage, move towards 88.7° at an altitude of below 2,000m until you are 30.5KM away from the starting point.