Starlit Cove
Outer Wilds guide · First dream world location
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The Starlit Cove is an area inside the simulation accessed via the green fire inside the Cinder Isles tower. You must extinguish the lights of the cove to open the path to the forbidden archive buried beneath the central tower. Navigating the dark requires avoiding patrolling pursuers to reach the elevator that leads to the archive.
Achievements here
Simulation HypothesisAttempt to enter the dream world by holding an artifact at a campfire while you are already inside the simulation.
You'll Never Take Me Alive!Jump into the water to drown yourself while being actively pursued by an inhabitant in the simulation.
Sleep. Wake. Repeat.Wake up from the dream world simulation within a single loop by being caught, jumping in water, or dying, repeating this process multiple times.
Ghosts in the MachineReach all three archive locations inside the simulation without ever getting caught by any of the pursuing inhabitants in a single loop.
Items
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Secrets
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Enemies
Pursuer (Owl-elk inhabitant)
Weak to Blinding them momentarily by focusing your lantern light
Patrolling creatures that will hunt you by sight and blow out your lantern to send you back to the real world.
Tips
- You must enter the well structure and extinguish the area's main lights to access the lower archive, but doing so will release patrolling pursuers.
- Concealing your lantern hides you from the pursuers completely, but you will need to flash it briefly to navigate around obstacles and cliffs.
- If you drop your artifact on the ground and step away, your perspective expands into a wireframe view that lets you see nearby pursuers and terrain in the dark.
Not listed for this area: shops and people.
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