All ARK Survival Ascended Astraeos Cave & Artifact Locations

Dive off the Therokis coast and look for the underwater entrance around 48.6, 49.8. The cave is lengthy — keep swimming through until you resurface into a hall lined with Greek statues.

At the end is a pedestal puzzle: interact with the bases of the statues to light their fires, and the sealed door opens onto the artifact. The puzzle can be glitchy, so if a pedestal doesn't register, back off and re-interact rather than assuming you've missed a step.

The Devourer cave is on the eastern side of Phokintos at 21.8, 43.3. It's a surface entrance with a prominent opening, so it's one of the easier ones to find.

Follow the path downward into a room with statues. From the first door, take a hard right, then an immediate left, then right. You'll reach a room with a crystal growing from the floor and a hole in the center — drop down carefully (mind the rocks), take the first left, follow to the stairs, climb, turn right, descend, and go straight to the end before turning right into the artifact room.

Head to the south side of Therokis and find the entrance at 67.4, 62.9. This cave is genuinely confusing and packed with high-level creatures, so stay on the path to avoid wandering into a fight you didn't plan for.

Inside, follow the path to a crossroads and take the left — flowing lava acts as a handy direction marker. Keep straight, pass an arch and more lava pools, then enter a smaller cave. Keep right as you advance and you'll exit into an open area. From there you can either follow the curving path to the bottom, or grapple/parachute straight down. Watch the lava either way.

The Massive sits in the heart of Korinthos at 37.4, 22.5. The entrance blends into the landscape, so trust the coords. Inside, head to the statue and take the stairs down to the room below.

Clear the enemies, then find the pedestal on the first pillar to the left of the doorway and interact with it to unlock the next room. In the scaffold room, stick to the left until you reach a doorway, take the first right, and follow it to the artifact room — which is a three-button puzzle. Button one is a pedestal at the end of the room; button two is above the scaffolding on the left as you enter; button three is high on the right side, reachable only with a grappling hook. Hit all three and an underwater passage opens — swim to the end for the artifact.

The Clever is underwater between Korinthos and Phokintos, entrance at 24.5, 23.9. Once inside, follow the path to a crossroads marked by a giant boulder.

Keep left, descend into the trench, and turn left at the bottom. After you exit into a new section, look across for a purple glowing entrance — use it as your beacon. The artifact is inside that small glowing cave.

On the northwestern edge of Korinthos, find the entrance next to two scenic waterfalls at 29.9, 9.5 — you pass the falls to reach it. (This is the Natrix/Medusa set's signature cave.)

Follow the path to a bridge, cross it, keep left, and use the giant mushroom as a landmark. There's a narrow offbeat path on the left — take it, and you'll reach a gap you must jump or grapple across. Continue, clear another gap the same way, then follow the path left, fighting through creatures including the two guarding the artifact itself.

Unlike the cave artifacts, the Strong is earned by defeating the Minotarchos, a new Pyranthos miniboss, around ~91, 74. Treat it as a fight to prep for, not a quick pickup.

The Minotarchos has a roughly hour-long respawn cooldown, so don't expect to farm it repeatedly in one sitting — come prepared to win on the first attempt. Bring a capable combat mount and enough firepower to close the fight quickly.

The Cunning is an underwater cave around ~80.8, 71.9. As with the other water caves, bring oxygen gear and clear any predators near the mouth before you commit to the swim.

The Skylord sits in the far corner of Pyranthos around ~2.5, 97.6. This coordinate in particular is the least-corroborated of the set, so verify it on your own map before the trip — it's a long way out to the edge of the desert.

The Immune is at ~30.7, 85.6 in the Pyranthos dunes. The desert itself is the main threat here — Deathworms burrow beneath the sand and untamable Scorpion Kings and Queens roam the dunes, so treat the journey as seriously as the cave.

The three Manticore-progression artifacts live in eastern Pyranthos. The Crag and Gatekeeper are reported close together around ~94, 79.2, and the Destroyer is to the north at ~94.4, 96.1. (These three reuse the classic Scorched Earth artifact names — fitting for a desert.)

Because the Crag and Gatekeeper sit so close, one stop can net both; confirm in-game whether they share a single cave or sit in adjacent entrances, as community reports group them together.