Sons of the Forest has finally had its full fledged update courtesy of Update 1.0. As a result, you can finally find all of the hidden artifacts in the game and actually use them to create something really special! However, finding them can indeed be a very difficult task.
To help you out, we’ll be showing you how to find two artifacts that can be found in Cave D. This includes both the Lake Cave portion and the Ancient Armor portion. Let’s dive in and see exactly where each of them are located.
How To Find Cave D Artifact Pieces
Cave D is quite large and consists of two entrances, one that is considered the Lake Cave and the other the Ancient Armor Cave. There are a total of 6 artifact pieces to look out. So, we recommend that you also check out how to get the one found in Cave A.
Artifact Piece #1 – Lake Cave
Starting off, we’ll be looking for the artifact piece in the Lake Cave. If you aren’t sure where it’s located, below is an image that shows the location on the GPS map.
Once you reach this location, you’ll see a boarded up entrance near some hanging skeletons. Break down the wooden boards with a weapon. After that, enter inside.
Navigate your way ahead and near the start, you’ll come across a boulder. Both sides of the boulder lead in separate directions. So turn right from this point.
After that, make your way forward until you come across a skeleton sitting on a sofa. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to give you any directions for the artifact piece in Cave D!
Instead, look towards the left and you’ll see a small body of water. Dive inside it and go underwater with your Rebreather.
The area here is extremely deep but for the most part pretty straightforward. However, you’ll need to go very deep and swim forward before resurfacing. So, keep an eye on your oxygen for this part.
Once you resurface, immediately head straight on the small incline that comes up. Once you go through the gap, you’ll know you’re heading the right way courtesy of the solafite ore on the wall. Your first Cave D artifact piece is close!
Keep going forward until you come to an area with some monsters, and branching paths. Turn to the left from here and continue ahead.
Again, you’ll come across some branching pathways. From here, you’re supposed to turn to the left.
After that, you’ll come across a wooden barricade. Equip your melee weapon and break it down. From this point, you’ll start to see strange structures which will tell you that you are extremely close to the artifact piece.
Push forward and you’ll go through a small narrow pathway, with the strange structures either side of you. Seemingly, it’ll look like you’ve hit a dead end.
Look towards the right, and you can see a small rock outcropping. Your goal is to jump on top of it so that you can go up the platform.
Continue forward on the platform and you’ll come across the first Artifact Piece of Cave D. It’ll be sitting on a strange looking square podium. You can pick it up from there. Just one more to go!
We also recommend that you check out how to get the Artifact Piece in Cave B!
Artifact Piece #2 – Ancient Armor Cave
For the next artifact piece, we’ll be heading towards the Ancient Armor Cave section of Cave D in Sons of the Forest. Below is the location of this cave entrance shown on the GPS map.
Navigate through the entrance and go up the small incline that comes up ahead inside.
Keep going straight until the paths divide again. You should turn right from here, ignoring the platform that is in front of you.
Up ahead, you’ll be able to make out a small gap, slightly towards the left. Enter this gap.
Once you go through the area will open up quite a bit. It’ll be a cavernous area with various platforms.
In essence, you want to stay on the rightmost platform and follow the path on it. On the left below, you’ll be able to see quite a few enemies. Just keep going towards the solafite ore that is shining in the distance.
Near the reserves of solafite ore, you can see an entrance that leads ever deeper into Cave D.
As you follow the solafite, the ground will dip and end in a dead end where there is some water. You’ll need to dive underwater for this part making sure you have the Rebreather. Dive underneath any wall that comes up when you’re swimming.
After you resurface, continue straight and keep following the path laid out by the cave.
Eventually, you’ll reach an area that branches to the left, and goes straight. You might even miss it if you aren’t careful. You’ll be able to see this path by looking at the wooden planks below.
Make sure you turn left and follow the planks.
Up ahead, the cave will end in another dead end near some solafite ore. If you look closely, however, you should be able to make out a rope. Climb onto this rope and ascend up. Quite a long journey and still quite a bit of it left!
This artifact piece is by far the hardest to find in the whole game!
As you move forward now, you’ll be able to see the strange structures built into the cave walls. Turn right from where the path branches here.
Eventually, you’ll come across a gap where there is a steep decline. Jump down this incline and your character will slide down rapidly. Enjoy the ride!
Eventually, you’ll find yourself in a very large cave. It will be very dark here, and you can use the reserves of solafite up ahead as a marker to follow.
Eventually, you’ll see two pathways when you are near the solafite ore. From here, you want to turn to the left and keep going straight. There are a lot of enemies here so be careful. Also keep a melee weapon handy, so you can break the wooden barrier.
Be on the lookout as there will be a platform that drops a bit sharply. Make sure you use the rope that is here to descend, otherwise you might take quite a bit of fall damage.
After that, you’ll come up near an area that branches to the right and to the left. Make sure that you go to the right from here.
You know you picked the right spot when some deep water comes up to you out of nowhere. Dive into the water using your Rebreather.
After you resurface, you’ll need to swim ahead before being blocked by a wall with more solafite ore. So, you’ll need to dive underwater again!
When you’re underwater, you’ll come across a spot where you can swim to the left or the right. Go to the left at this part.
Keep going ahead until you come to a structure with more solafire ore on it. Look towards the right for a small gap that you can easily miss if you aren’t looking.
Over here, you’ll come across a large cavernous room with lightning! The artifact piece now is extremely close!
In this area, you’ll see a strange looking green UFO or spaceship. Go towards the front of this plane that is facing downwards. You can climb onto this part pretty easily by jumping and making your way up the spaceship.
Once you jump down from the spaceship, immediately turn around towards its rear. Here, you’ll see the entrance to it is boarded up. Break the entrance and enter inside.
Make your way to the cockpit and you’ll eventually come across a dead pilot. The artifact piece will be resting nearby and you’ll see that it has green lightning on it. Pick up the artifact, and don’t forget the Ancient Armor next to him too!
If you’re interested in collecting all of them, here’s a complete guide on all the Artifacts & how to activate them in Sons of the Forest 1.0!
That’s everything you need to know about getting the artifact pieces in Cave D. For now, you can’t really use the artifact pieces for anything. You’ll need to get your hands on the last piece and actually activate it. We won’t spoil what it does – but you will not want to miss out!
