The Abyssal Trench is the deep descent toward Proteus’s core and the World Tree. It is the most punishing explorable region in the Early Access build — pitch black, crushing pressure, and home to the game’s heaviest fauna.
Requirements
You do not enter the Trench casually. It demands:
- A late-game crush-depth rating on your vehicle.
- Large oxygen reserves and a charted ascent route.
- Power and supply infrastructure staged on the way down.
Threats
- Collector Leviathan — the apex hunter; sight-based, relentless pursuit.
- Great Jaw — trap-wire ambushes along trench walls.
Strategy
The Trench is a logistics problem before it is a combat problem. Build forward outposts, stage power, and never push deeper than your return-trip oxygen and battery allow.