Cyclops

Overview Access is obtained either via the dive chamber located at the bow of the keel or via the docking bay when piloting a Seamoth or Prawn Suit. It is equipped with an onboard AI that will warn the player of danger and a beacon allowing the player to locate it at a distance. If the player chooses to build multiple Cyclops, each will have its own beacon.

Blueprints Unlike most other blueprints, the player must find and scan three different sets of fragments in order to craft the Cyclops. These are:

Cyclops Hull fragments (Mushroom Forest, Sea Treader's Path, East side of Mountain Island) Cyclops Engine fragments (Aurora, Crag Field, Crash Zone, Mountains, and the Underwater Islands Wreck, East side of Mountain Island) Cyclops Bridge fragments (Crash Zone, Mushroom Forest and Sea Treader's Path, East side of Mountain Island) Each set requires three fragments to be scanned to complete the component. Each component is shown individually in the PDA. Each completed component will progress the overall Cyclops blueprint by 33%; to fully complete the Cyclops blueprint, the player needs to locate and scan nine fragments in total. It should be noted that while the East side of Mountain Island is a viable place to find many, if not all of the parts, a Reaper Leviathan and numerous Boneshark patrols the area, and the parts reside at a depth of below 200m. A far safer option for finding all hull and bridge blueprints could be either of the Mushroom Forests, and engine fragments can be found with relative ease in the Crag Field.

Features The Cyclops functions as a cross between a Seabase and a vehicle: the player can freely walk around inside it, only controlling it when they approach the helm control and "use" it. While controlling the helm, the player is still able to move their viewpoint in a limited arc to look around. The Cyclops takes over the movement controls, with forward and back moving the submarine in that direction, swim up and swim down being used to ascend and descend, and left and right used to turn. It cannot "strafe" sideways, nor can it pitch forward or back as the Seamoth can.

The submarine is equipped with three external cameras which are operated via the HUD. These cameras are located on the keel, sail and screw, which in layman's terms are below, above and at the rear of the submarine, respectively.

The Cyclops has three speed settings: "slow," "standard" and "flank." As well as speed, each setting affects the amount of noise generated and, in turn, the attention drawn from hostile fauna. More information on noise can be found in the Noise subsection.

A Cyclops is built with a full set of six standard Power Cells inserted into racks of three sockets on either side of the engine, and two wall-mounted Fire Extinguishers, one located next to the damage control console and the other in the engine room. If the player takes one of these, they can replace it (or place a different fire extinguisher) by equipping the extinguisher and looking at the wall bracket, which will bring up a "replace fire extinguisher" button prompt.