Core Ring

	Core Ring;
The circular waterway near the Core City is popularly called Core Ring.
Location information
Music	Lifeblood
Located in	Lower Caves
Areas	Core Ring
Connections	Core City Docks (north) ; Port Zenith (north) ; Core City Sewer Exit (north) ; Core Ring Protectorate Outpost (south) ; Rig Periphery (south) ; Silent Isle (southwest) ; Old Ib's Homestead (west) ; Omega Pass (east) ; Drag 'n' Drop (east); Abandoned Waterway Facility (southwest)
NPCs	Jet Skier; Old Ib
Technical
Map file(s)	cvw11, cvw13, cvw15, cvw16, cvw17, cvw18, cvw19, cvw20, cvw21, cvw22, cvw23, cvw24, cvw26, cvw27, cvw29, cvw32, cvw33

Core Ring is a location in the waterways of Lower Caves. It can be accessed with a Jet Ski.

Description

Long circular waterway. On the north side lies Core City. In the south, two Protectorate Outposts leading into The Rig and rest of the south waterways.

Areas

Waterways 11

The east exit leads to Rig Periphery, area Waterways 10
The north exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 14
The west exits lead to Abandoned Waterway Facility, area East waterway facility. The southern of those exits requires between 264 and 464 speed with your Jet Ski and grants access to a different part of the abandoned facility.

Waterways 13

The east exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 28
The south exit leads to Rig Periphery, area Waterways 12
The west exit leads to Abandoned Waterway Facility
It is not possible to disembark in this area
Has 1 respawning Lake Poppy
has 2 respawning Mindshrooms
Can be fished in this area: Blue Eel, Yellow Puckerfish, Pentapus, Anglerfish, Black Dragon, Walking Fish

Waterways 15

The north exit leads to area Waterways 17
The east exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 14
The west exit leads to Silent Isle
Has 2 respawning Mindshrooms

Waterways 17

The west exit leads to area Waterways 17 caves
The north exit leads to area Waterways 18
The south exit leads to area Waterways 15
Has 1 respawning Mindshroom
Can be fished in this area: Blue Eel, Anglerfish, Pentapus, Yellow Puckerfish, Minihead, Black Dragon

Waterways 17 caves

The NW exit leads to area Waterways 19
The SE exit leads to area Waterways 17
There are some Coil Spiders in this area
Making noise (using TNT for instance) will make 5-6 more Coil Spiders appear, including a Greater Coil Spider
To the north are some Destructible objects
- A Utility Bot is trapped behind those rocks. By freeing it, it will attempt to open the door to the facility in the SW corner (assuming the spiders do not destroy it)
The facility in the SW corner:
- Is guarded by 2 Auto-Turrets (Plasma Turrets on Hard difficulty and above)
- Has a medical locker with a Super Health Hypo
- Has a weapons locker requiring 100 Lockpicking
- Has shelves containing good quality Energy Edge Emitter, some electronic components and a Warehouse Inventory List oddity, 2 XP
- Has a box with Image Intensifier Tube
In the NE corner are 2 respawning Cave Ears mushrooms

Waterways 18

The north exit leads to areas Waterways 21 and Waterways 22 (depending if you're on the west or east side of the exit)
The west exit leads to area Waterways 19
The south exit leads to area Waterways 17
Some Jet Skiers roam this area
An abandoned Scrap Jet can be looted with 50 Lockpicking. It has an XG Power 3.0 battery
On the east side it's possible to set foot on the island:
- It has 6 respawning Lake Mushrooms
- Some neutral Cave Hoppers inhabit the island
- It holds the entrance to Old Ib's Homestead
Can be fished in this area: Shrimp, Anglerfish, Black Dragon, Yellow Puckerfish, Minihead

Waterways 19

The west exit leads to area Waterways 17 caves
The north exit leads to area Waterways 20
The east exit leads to Waterways 18
Can be fished in this area: nothing

Waterways 20

The south exit leads to area Waterways 19
The east exit leads to area Waterways 21
It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 21

The west exit leads to area Waterways 20
The south exit leads to area Waterways 18
The east exit leads to area Waterways 22
It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 22

The north exit leads to Port Zenith, area Port Zenith docks
The west exit leads to area Waterways 21
The south exit leads to area Waterways 18
The east exit leads to area Waterways 23
It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 23

The north exit leads to Core City Docks, area Docks
The east exit leads to area Waterways 24
The west exit leads to area Waterways 22
The island:
- Is the refuge for a family consisting of Doxy, Soot, Ursula, Grimy and Grunge
- The refrigerator in the shed contains a Bubblegum oddity, 1 XP
Can be fished in this area: Slackjaw, Yellow Puckerfish, Pentapus

Waterways 24

The north exit leads to Core City Docks, area East Docks
The west exit leads to area Waterways 23
The east exit leads to area Waterways 26
Some Jet Skiers roam this area
It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 25 / Core City Sewer Exit

Refer to the detailed article Core City Sewer Exit

Waterways 26

The west exit leads to area Waterways 24
The north exit leads to Core City Sewer Exit (i.e. waterways 25)
The south exit leads to area Waterways 27
Some Jet Skiers roam this area
It is not possible to disembark in this area

Waterways 27

The north exit leads to area Waterways 26
The south exit lead to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost, area Waterways 28
Has a respawning Red Dream Mushroom
Some Jet Skiers roam this area
Can be fished in this area: nothing

Waterways 28 / Core Ring Protectorate Outpost

Refer to the detailed article Core Ring Protectorate Outpost

Waterways 29

The west exit leads to Core Ring Protectorate Outpost (i.e. waterways 28)
The south exit leads Rig Periphery, area Waterways 31
The east exit leads to area Waterways 33
Potential location of the Drag 'n' Drop club. Terry requests an entrance fee of 30 Charons, but you can enter for free if you're the Invictus. The door can also be opened with 100 Lockpicking, but it will likely aggro Terry and the people inside.
If Hopperdrome is present in the savefile, there will be an entrance in the north leading to the location
Some Jet Skiers roam this area
Can be fished in this area: nothing

Waterways 32

The north exit leads to area Waterways 33
The west exit leads to Rig Periphery, area Waterways 31
The east side on land:
- Is inhabited by some Azuridae and Azuridae Goliathus
- Has 3 respawning Mindshrooms
Has an abandoned Scrap Jet containing some hunter (crossbow, bolts...) loot and an XG Power 4.0 battery.
Can be fished in this area: Minihead, Blue Eel, Yellow Puckerfish, Anglerfish

Waterways 33

The west exit leads to area Waterways 29
The east exit leads to Omega Pass (i.e. waterways 34)
The south exit leads to area Waterways 32
Some Jet Skiers roam this area
It is not possible to disembark in this area

NPCs

Jet Skier

Map Gallery

Waterways 11
Waterways 13
Waterways 14 / Core Ring Protectorate Outpost
Waterways 15
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Waterways 16
Waterways 17
Waterways 17 Caves
Waterways 18
Old Ib's Homestead
Waterways 19
Waterways 20
Waterways 21
Waterways 22
Waterways 23
Waterways 24
Waterways 25 / Core City Sewer Exit
Waterways 26
Waterways 27
Waterways 28 / Core Ring Protectorate Outpost
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Waterways 29
Waterways 29 (with Drag 'n' Drop)
Drag 'n' Drop club
Waterways 32
Waterways 33