Tangaroa is an Environment location in Raft. It is the second and final location introduced in the Second Chapter.
Contents
- 1 Summary
- 2 Areas of the City
- 3 Strategies
- 4 Unique Items
- 4.1 Blueprints
- 5 Resources
- 6 Gallery
- 7 Trivia
- 8 History
Summary[ | ]
Tangaroa City is a massive location that consists of a metallic, circular foundation topped by a hexagonal-patterned glass and metal dome. Inside the dome is a complete city, full of apartment buildings that can be explored, shops such as a barber or hamburger restaurant, and two new types of enemies: the Butler Bot and a tougher lurker variant. The city is the most complex location in the game by far, both in terms of the amount of intricate places to explore and puzzles to solve.
To be completed, the city requires being explored pretty much in full, as well as backtracking to previously visited locations with newfound supplies. Also, for the first time, a location in the game offers the possibility to restock on vital supplies like water or food, without having to go back to the raft, via a vending machines service that uses Vending Machine Tokens, thus allowing for longer exploration sessions. Upon completion the fifth playable character, Elaine, may be unlocked by speaking with her in the final area.
There are 10 journal notes here.
Areas of the City[ | ]
Strategies[ | ]
- Bring food and water in abundance. The city is huge and exploring the apartments will take a long time. Cooking Pot produced foods are recommended, as well as at least two Water Bottles. A Backpack is highly useful here as it provides more inventory slots thereby limiting the need for returning to the raft.
- Armor is not strictly necessary as there are not that many enemies and they can be dispatched quickly and from a distance. The most dangerous enemies are the Butler Bots, but they can be dodged by sprinting sideways.
- Don't bring a Metal Detector or Shovel, as there are no digging spots in the city.
- Don't bring a Sweep Net or Net Launcher, as there is no Livestock or Bee Swarms.
- Bring at least three Machetes to cut down tape inside of the Tangaroa Apartments.
- If you wish to collect Banana Seeds, bring an Axe for the Plantation.
- If possible, open all of the exits of the dome. This will allow for an easier entry into the city if the player comes back after leaving it, no matter the angle they approach from.
- As with other locations, it is highly recommended to explore during the day and bring a Head Light for the dark areas.
- If you choose to break every tree in the Main City Area, you will need to bring at least 5 axes. It will yield over 240 of both wood and leaves.
Unique Items[ | ]
Elevator Cassette- Generator Part
- Tangaroa Keycard
- Tangaroa Painting
- Tangaroa Plant
- Vending Machine Token
- Tape
- Radio
Blueprints[ | ]
Resources[ | ]
Gallery[ | ]
Top-Down View of Tangaroa
View of the Tower
Tangaroa Main Tower
Tangaroa underground
Plantation Area
Streets of Tangaroa
Tangaroa Skyscraper
Tangaroa Building 2
Tangaroa Apartment from inside
The Tangaroa Lurker Variant
Tangaroa's Vending Service
Tangaroa Trees
Trivia[ | ]
- The name of the city is most likely inspired by Maori/Cook Guardian of the sea, who is said to be the guardian of sea and fish.
- However, it may also be a reference to two separate but similar real-world raft expeditions, the 1965 Peruvian expedition on the Tangaroa raft, or the 2006 Tangaroa Expedition led by Norwegian Torgeir Higraff, on a raft also named the Tangaroa.
History[ | ]
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