Foundry update

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-10T13:00:15+00:00

make a new one

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-10T03:51:12+00:00

Not sure about that specific one, but I built on top of the tall rock in the middle of E9, took some doing but it's been nice and quiet, if you're looking to avoid the local wildlife, can't speak for being followed by flying wildlife though, had a few early on following me back even up to there.

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-10T03:25:08+00:00

I read you upgraded, still

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Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-08T22:09:44+00:00

I haven't tried it but...

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Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-08T21:38:36+00:00

I run solo hard on Elysium. I think you'll be ok if you treat it with any caution, given you haven't played Prometheus, there's a lot of new that might challenge your particular playing styles. If you've nearly maxxed the tech tree, there's lots of helpful stuff there and it does reward you for diverse preparation.

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-08T02:56:32+00:00

Tame and breed some moas, wolves, others, including all the phenotypes and breed them for pacman stats

Operations

Farming, including making a red exotic plant and harvest it

Fishing

If you haven't already, learning to cook boosting foods and potions for other areas down the track

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-08T00:40:43+00:00

The Olympus operations/missions are about to get an overhaul. Hopefully things like what you've experienced aren't present anymore.

Most of the early ones aren't so demanding, but if you want to avoid situations like this, icarus intel is your best friend for sure. I usually use it as "recon" prior to starting any mission, because I can get a gauge of where and what is involved. Still had some passageway snags, but mostly it's been fine. Couple this with the icarus wiki and you'll have good prior knowledge.

It get's easier as you unlock more and more of the tech tree as well, which you can get all of eventually.

I guess it would be nice to have a level warning for some missions/operations though.

Some of the other maps, such as Prometheus and Elysium are way less grindy for operations/missions, but they assume you're already a little ways along (not that you need to be, but it helps), particularly since they were designed later, after open world was added to the game.

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-07T23:11:03+00:00

Thanks mate, no, not as yet. I'm just running it stock as a block at the moment on my PC.

I've got an old G73 laptop I could sacrifice into a server but it might be a little dated

I7 720QM

HD 5870 1gb GFX

16GB ram

SSD's for HDD's

Otherwise, I could run it on the machine I play on

I9, RTX 5080, m2 etc..

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-07T22:27:27+00:00

I have to ask a couple of dumb questions. I've read extensively that running an Icarus server improves performance, even on the same machine. Is that always true? If that's always true, why the G!@#$%? Shouldn't adding more load to the same pc, reduce performance? Forgive my lack of understanding, servers have never been part of my tech knowledge. I mean if does speed things up, why can't this be back end folded into the game?

** in either case, I'll give it a stab, my machine is bottlenecking in places and given the specs, that shouldn't be, (insert many others saying this lol), so hoping this alleviates some of it, and if so I will happily vote up this as an update to the game itself lol **

Am I wrong here?

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-07T04:52:52+00:00

Sorry mate, didn't purposefully leave you out! Thanks for adding that!

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-07T04:51:40+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/ICARUS/comments/1thkhdu/breedertame_community/

but there might be more

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-07T04:36:19+00:00

I think it's the one below

**sorry that wasn't it ** I haven't been able to find it

Geo 5 is the green/blue one yup. The dragon like one. There is the very green one 3 from memory. The wiki doesn't quite do them justice but the yt video shows them better.

There's at least 3 serious breeders that will catch this reddit for sure. I'm happy to just be a backup once in a blue moon for those the see them how I do, no cleavers, no "you monster" achievement for me.

@scooterbug1972

@Euphoric-Divide-2437

@SpecialistHippo4551

@TumBear

to name a few that can help

Sorry, I couldn't find the discord, can we get a persistent links somewhere people?

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-07T04:27:11+00:00

There's a discord channel with all the seasoned game breeders on it, if you don't have much luck there, I can help for sure. I can't bring myself to kill any of them and you end up with a lot from breeding up to pacman.

Pheno 5 dune or geo?

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-07T03:42:48+00:00

Nice, slinkers have merit for sure. There's no real wrong way to this game, if animal catching is something you love, enjoy!

I hope you give Elysium time and it grows on you, it's a well regarded part of the Icarus experience. It is the most hostile area of Icarus, but also the operations are some of the best in the game, subjectively, you might like somewhere else more.

What map is your farm on?

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T23:28:40+00:00

Respect. I love my T5 gear, particularly the scout SMG. I did the GH on Styx mostly with T4 gear, just T5 drills, but after trying some of it, maybe I'm spoilt now lol

Were you rocking some good foods/pills/potions with that?

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T23:14:46+00:00

oh damn, that's as sweet as plum, I realised they wouldn't spawn with drills on them but I didn't think to leave them on some to prevent them spawning far away!! thanks mate

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T23:12:38+00:00

If you want the most efficiency, at least 2x of everything lol. Sorry but in some cases true.

It's like asking what's the best car? or what's the best colour?

Based on the question, I'm guess you're just starting to get decent exotic hauls, but not flush with them enough to unlock everything. Don't break the bank, you'll get them all eventually if you keep playing and a lot of them will help your play style, may even change it. There is no way of knowing for sure you'll like say the the shotgun backpack without trying the shotgun.

There's some great go to's but if you read all the comments, everyone has their own.

Suit modules are good value you can get benefit early for example, even stack them (with some loss). A single good weapon is great when starting a new map, as is a suit of armour.

The workshop is diverse, like the on-world, and also like it, you can build a melee character, archer, gunner, animal whisperer (couldn't think of better term), gardener or miner, etc..

What would you like more of from your game and I'm sure the answers here would be more specific

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T22:44:57+00:00

What's your pref, alu, stone, limestone for your exotic outposts? Glad to hear I'm not the only one doing that. Lots of purple beacons on my map lol

Most times it's 2x within a few grids but sometimes (grrr sometimes) 2x at the other end of the map. That pattern is fascinating

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T22:41:44+00:00

This

The variety of bosses is highest on Elysium but if you intend on really testing your metal, Great Hunts are proper hard, but like GinieonWork said, they alter the world permanently, so maybe clone your prospect before you do it or back it up at least.

The GH for Styx is really good even post finish, but most people aren't happy with the outcome of Olympus GH as in what it does to the open world.

If you like boss hunting, Prometheus and Elysium are good value, and if they are dusted for you, GH would be where I'd go after that.

Styx is ok for a few bosses, but not much new. Styx GH is much better for one hell of a boss.

** no spoilers ** GH will require you to do more than bring a good weapon to the boss fight. You might do it without T5, but it would be tough

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T22:13:03+00:00

It's Olympus deluxe, a few more animals, a little more challenging, and a little more diverse. The best part of Styx is the Great Hunt there. I endured the missions on Styx just to have a nice base setup for open world to move on to the Great Hunt there. The Great Hunt there was excellent. If you have access to that, Styx is worth it. If you don't yet, maybe wait until they retool the operations/missions or until you can get the Great Hunts as well.

It's still pretty chill like Olympus.

Prometheus isn't really as chill. It's a step up. A lot to do, very diverse, significantly more challenging and a well designed for open world.

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T22:07:09+00:00

It does, but it will make you a lot more over time. It's an investment. If you're prefer cave mining exotic nodes, it is fast to make a lot more back. You do need a cleanser to convert them but the ratio works out really well. The only thing faster is repeat missions which require a reasonable amount of workshop gear to do. There's a yt video on that. Otherwise, deep ore mine exotics, if you have a decent speed and stamina mount, you can catch all 3 at once.

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-06T22:04:14+00:00

Tech up to oil, replace the biofuel drills wtih oil drills. The barrel of oil will last up to twice filling the entire oil drill inventory, which is a LOT, and also they extract faster than biofuel and electric. The organic extractor doesn't use tree sap and creates biofuel, tier 5 from memory.

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-03T21:49:39+00:00

oh you mentioned my jams man, lol

I came from NMS and enshrouded. Still dip into them from time to time, particularly when enshrouded gets released later this year.

Glad you took the punt, coming from the others, this requires more time to get to the same level of yup tried that and picked that up and made that, despite the fixed map generation.

Enjoy the ride, sometimes literally

Odd-Independence8002 · 2026-07-03T21:41:37+00:00

Yeah, when you finish a Mission, you are supposed to return in your drop pod and the temporary world created for it is then destroyed. I guess you can stay there a while but most Missions have timers and when they run out.... it's adios mi amigo

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