ICARUS

8.5/10
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ICARUS Review — Mission-Driven Sandbox Survival

ICARUS, an ambitious new survival sandbox title from RocketWerkz and its game-runner Dean Hall (of DayZ fame) was released last December after 2 years of development and a marathon of 8 Beta Testing weekends, spread over 4 months. After that…

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ICARUS Logging Build

Wish you were a lumberjack? Have an inexplicable hatred of trees? Or do you simply want to protect your stuff from storms? Whatever your reason for wanting to turn our tall leafy friends into a usable crafting material, this guide…

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How to Create Steel – ICARUS

In ICARUS, most metals are smelted directly from their corresponding ore. However, making Steel involves an extra step, and additional equipment as well. In this guide, we’ll quickly go over everything you need to create Steel in ICARUS. Equipment and…

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Weather and Storms – ICARUS

Weather is one of the events in ICARUS that produces the “everything is going great until it doesn’t” situation. Here you are, mining rocks and minding your business, and then a weather event warning pops up. A more experienced player…

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LIVEWIRE: Terrain Scan Mission Walkthrough – ICARUS

In the LIVEWIRE mission, you’ll be helping the Lagos Unit scan for new drop sights on Icarus. This guide will first list the relevant details of the mission, and then provide a step-by-step walkthrough. Prospect Details Difficulty: Easy Recommended Level:…

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Fishing – ICARUS

It’s a good idea to keep a mental list of easy ways to refill your basic needs in ICARUS. These come handy after unexpected deaths, when supplies run low, or when traveling and settling new areas. Fishing should definitely be…

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Easy Headshots and Critical Hits – ICARUS

Or, how to one-shot most of the ICARUS fauna with even a basic Wood Bow and some Bone Arrows, every time, no Talents needed! And, no, you do not need impressive aiming skills to do this. The basic idea is,…

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How to Survive in the Desert Biome – ICARUS

If you haven’t ventured outside of the Forest Biome after completing some starter missions, the Desert is a great place to start. The Desert Biome is somewhat of a middle ground between the plentiful Forest and the merciless Arctic. The…

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Construction – ICARUS

Learning how to construct a shelter is a crucial skill to possess if you plan on surviving more than a night or two on-planet. In this guide on construction, we’ll go over the basics of creating shelters and other structures…

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Forestry – ICARUS

Wood is one of the first resources you’ll use to craft in ICARUS, and it continues to be relevant deep into the Tech tree. Currently, wood is found in significant quanitity only in the Forest biome. To harvest wood, you’ll…

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Water – ICARUS

Water is the resource prospectors tend to worry about the least — until they don’t have any. Thirst can kill an unprepared prospector as surely as a storm or a wolf pack. Where to Find Water Water Source Effect Misc…