Deep Sea Rework

Deep Sea is an early-game Tier 2 event. (All information as of April 21st, 2026)

Overview

The new Deep Sea event is a rework of the existing vanilla Deep Sea. The notable change from vanilla is the addition of cargo events.

There are 5 cargo events on each Deep Sea reset which happens every 1.5-2 hours after it closes.
The cargos are similar to the vanilla ones, but include turrets and more roaming bots.
Because Deep Sea is a Tier 2 location, you need Tier 1 endgame gear (Impact set) to survive out there.

Cobalt Patrols

Boats that are roaming around the deep sea. Usually consists of 5 bots. There are 2 types of patrol boats. Scientists have the same loot table as cargo. They are usually harmless if killed from a distance or when only one patrol is present.

Cobalt Cargo Ships

Spawn Behavior

There are 5 cargo ships per Deep Sea, but they have the ability to respawn until there is 1 hour of Deep Sea left.
No one is completely sure how this works right now (other than devs of reworked deep sea), and it is subject to change.

Loot

These cargos are populated with bots, turrets, and really good loot.
You can usually get about a stack of C4/rockets from one cargo.
Locked crates guarantee 1 battery.
There is a good chance to get a levi piece, like a glove, kilt, hoodie. Others are a bit more rare.

Dangers of Cargos and How to Neutralize Them

Bots

They are trivial to deal with and relatively weak (150 HP).
You can shoot them, explode them, or kill them by any other means that deal damage.

Recommended approach:

Use explosions from something that can rapid-fire them, like Ashmaker.
If you don’t have that, use M249/AR with incendiary ammo.

Turrets

They are the most dangerous threat you're gonna face while doing cargos.
They have the same health as their vanilla analogs (1k HP | 3 HV rockets), but deal significantly more damage: 153 HP in full HQM and 126 HP in heavy metal pants/head with rest being vanilla.

Recommended approach:

Use splash from explosions to avoid entering shooting range.
Use something that heals you fast, like pumpkin pies (100% HP heal).
Always have a medkit in hotbar/Helping hands
Be wary about turrets in the top middle, as there could be more than 1 per time

Enemy Locations

Bots

Bots are scattered around the cargo.
You will meet them in the left and right corridors on the bottom, and everywhere on the top.

Turrets

Turrets are usually located:
- 1–2 at the front of the cargo
- 1–4 in corners of bottom sections
- 0–2 on the back top of the cargo
- 10~ scattered in the top middle:
  - On top of metal crates
  - In corridors
  - At entrances to the bottom floor

Tactics for Clearing

Tactic 1: Scaredy Cat

Overview:

Trying to be as careful as possible and take your time.
Can be done by anyone no matter how skilled you are.

Skill requirement:

Basic knowledge of how to heal and shoot.

Time to clear:

Usually 25–35 min to clear a cargo if solo.

Items required:

Anything that can shoot rockets (e.g. Ashmaker, Rocket launcher)
AR/M249 with incendiary ammo
5–10 Pumpkin pies
~500 Berries
Preferably Impact set
- If you don’t have one: Levi/Impact gloves, hoodie, chest, and heavy metal pants/head as it is the cheapest and most protective alternative.
Max health teas (preferably with Prestige 2+)
Player-built boat (3 stories tall, with protection, small peeks, roof access, and a respawn set)
10~ medkits or Helping hands in case you go down from a turret/bot.

Steps:

Get the boat as far as you can, as long as you can comfortably shoot bots.
Kill all the bots that peek you. Get as close as you can to the middle of the boat, check for turrets. If you see any, shoot them with explosives.
Get on the cargo and check your surroundings for turrets.
If you don't see any, move to the other section while being careful and peeking for turrets/bots. If you get hit by a turret, eat a pumpkin pie and shoot it.
Utilize cover as much as possible, listen for sounds around you, and memorize common turret spawn locations for easier future runs.
Repeat Step 4 until cargo is done.

Tactic 2: Speedrunner

Overview:

Requires knowing the layout and usual spawns of turrets.
Focused on fast clearing rather than safety

Skill requirement:

Good knowledge of cargo layout and turret positions.
Ability to react quickly to bots and turrets in one place (like healing or getting into cover).

Time to clear:

Usually 10–15 min solo.

Items required:

2–4 Ashmakers
40–50 Pumpkin pies
~500 Berries
10~ Medkits or Helping hands
Rhib (Can be bought through /rhib with 1k scrap)
Max health tea (preferably Prestige 8+)
Vampiric chest, rest Impact/Levi set

Steps:

Approach the cargo through its front.
Get to the bottom floor door, don't shoot scientists yet, to not activate turrets.
As soon as you get inside, start spamming Ashmakers to kill all the bots (vampiric chest and berry spam should provide enough health).
When you are done with bots, look for turrets in the corners and clear them if they are present.
Get out in the back of the cargo when done looting and look out for turrets, if they are present clear them from both sides.
Get into the command room and get onto the top, be careful of 2 turrets up there.
From the top, shoot all of the turrets on the metal crates you can see.
Turrets should be left only in hallways and front by now, just proceed with caution and finish remaining threats.