After establishing a foothold in the lush, radioactive Fertile Lake, the survivor—breath masks tight and climbing picks sharpened—began the steep descent into the , often referred to as "The Blue".
: Progress was nearly halted by a pack of Ravagers . Using the ziplines they had rigged earlier, the survivor narrowly escaped the gnashing teeth of these hairless, lupine predators, only to realize that the ground below was far more dangerous.
: Among the ruins of a collapsed TEK structure, the survivor found a series of Explorer Notes left by Diana and Mei-Yin. These logs spoke of a "New Legion" and the early experiments of Sir Edmund Rockwell , hints of the ultimate betrayal that led to the ARK's derelict state.
Watch this gameplay walkthrough to see the challenges of establishing a base and taming creatures in the Aberration biome: