The weather on Icarus is not your friend, and wind and rain will make quick work of anything useful you leave out in the open. If you want shelter from the storm for you and your stuff, you’ll need to…

Even when it’s not required, growing your own food and herbs in ICARUS can provide a tactical advantage for some of the more challenging missions. And, when used efficiently, growing seeds in Dirt Mounds or Crop Plots can also be…

Beehives and bee farming is a system introduced to ICARUS for all maps and DLCs, from Olympus thru Prometheus (so far). This guide will show you how to fight bees and get honeycomb without taking any damage, and how to…

The RICOCHET expedition combines some of the mechanics of the Olympus expedition Dry Run with the action in the ZEPHYR expedition. While the UDA may want you to blast a tunnel to the Desert biome in the Oasis region, Icarus…

The Black Wolf world boss is introduced in the LUPINE mission, which is the Styx version of KILL LIST: Extermination. In exchange for taking down a couple Black Wolves, you will learn two new recipes for gear that uses Black…

The Styx mission FLATLINE is a unique combination of the recovery elements of FORSAKEN and the hunting tasks in AGRICULTURE: Supply Stockpile. The twist is that the stockpile task has a short timer that constantly resets. It only stops when…

As you might expect, VERTIGO has some climbing, but it is nothing like the WATERFALL expedition. VERTIGO begins with radar scans like the OMPHALOS expedition, and it continues with a Recovery task like FIELD TEST. However, VERTIGO packs a uniquely…

The mission ABYSS is a frantic race through all three biome types — including the Ring Lake region, a Forest Biome with max-level predators — to discover the secrets of the Abyssal Oxite mineral before the three-hour mission timer expires…

Apparently, Icarus grows worms in all sizes and biomes! ZEPHYR introduces a new Giant Worm beast to the Styx map, and you engage a whole swarm of them in this expedition, in a boss fight similar to CRYOGENIC: Research. Along…

This mission unlocks the Olympus Outpost, which allows you to establish outposts anywhere on the 64 sq. km. Olympus map. NIGHTFALL: Survey is also the culmination of your survival, crafting, and building experiences, as it combines Recovery, Delivery, Construction, and…