- Difficulty2 of 5
- Named places34
- Return points8
Alcantara Power Plant, or "The Dam", stands as a silent sentinel amidst a toxic, waterlogged land, nourishing a riot of resilient vegetation and fauna. A monument echoing with the memories of power once generated.
In-game description
Dam Battlegrounds, also called The Dam, is set around the Alcantara Power Plant, a long-idle structure standing in toxic, flooded country that hardy plants and wildlife have overrun. It rates 2 of 5 for difficulty. The map covers 34 named places and has 8 return points.
An ordinary round has 333 loot container spots, though only some of them are filled each time. Raider Caches are the most frequent at 47, followed by Wasp Husks at 43, Ammo Boxes at 39 and Grenade Tubes at 36. Research & Administration holds the most containers with 36, ahead of Old Battleground at 23, Controlled Access Zone at 22 and Water Treatment Control at 18.
ARC can appear in 217 areas, and which machine shows up varies from round to round. Turrets and ARC Surveyors each have 18 spawn points of their own, Snitches have 14, and Sentinels and ARC Turbines have 11 each. To leave, you have 4 Elevators and 4 Raider Hatches. Cold Snap brings 310 spots of its own, Lush Blooms brings 74, Uncovered Caches and Hurricane bring 47 each, Electromagnetic Storm brings 35 and Close Scrutiny brings 11.
Named places on Dam Battlegrounds
| Named place | Loot categories | Container spots (ordinary round) | In-game description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Welder's Sunroof | — | 9 | — |
| Control Tower | Security and Technological | 7 | Located above the Admin building. An excellent vantage point for looking out over the battlegrounds. |
| Controlled Access Zone | ARC and Mechanical | 22 | Ivy and rusting ARC husks are all that's seemingly left of this underground power station |
| East Broken Bridge | — | 3 | — |
| Electrical Substation | Electrical | 9 | A rocky basin full of old power generators. |
| Electrical Tower | — | 8 | — |
| Floodgates | — | 10 | — |
| Formicai Hills | — | 10 | — |
| Formicai Outpost | — | 10 | — |
| Generator Hall | — | 2 | — |
| Hydroponic Dome Complex | Industrial, Nature and Security | 15 | A field scattered with glass domes that were once used for plant cultivation. |
| Old Battleground | ARC | 23 | An old First Wave battleground where lopsided forts and wrecked ARC parts still remain. |
| Pale Apartments | — | 2 | — |
| Pattern House | — | 9 | — |
| Pipeline Tower | — | 7 | — |
| Power Generation Complex | Electrical and Industrial | 7 | A rusting relic of hydrogen infrastructure. |
| Primary Facility | Industrial and Mechanical | 12 | — |
| Raider Outpost East | — | 6 | — |
| Red Lakes | — | 12 | — |
| Red Lakes Balcony | — | 11 | — |
| Research & Administration | Commercial and Technological | 36 | The abandoned administrative building for the Enelica corporation. |
| Ruby Residence | — | 4 | — |
| Scrap Yard | Industrial and Mechanical | 7 | — |
| Small Creek | — | 9 | — |
| South Swamp Outpost | — | 9 | — |
| Swamp | — | 3 | — |
| Testing Annex | Commercial and Medical | 10 | A half-drowned testing center overlooking the red lakes. |
| The Breach | — | 4 | — |
| The Dam | — | 4 | — |
| Victory Ridge | — | 4 | — |
| Water Towers | — | 8 | — |
| Water Treatment Control | Industrial and Mechanical | 18 | A concrete monolith of pipes, tubes, and old water treatment equipment. |
| West Broken Bridge | — | 4 | — |
| Wreckage | — | 8 | — |
Return points on Dam Battlegrounds
| Name | Type | Nearest named place | In-game description |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Complex Elevator | Elevator | Power Generation Complex | Sections of these tunnels exhibit a curious phenomenon where magnetic anomalies cause compasses to misbehave. |
| Central Swamp Lift | Elevator | Swamp (about 150 m away) | The decomposing organic material from the swamp seeps into these tunnels and create pockets of dangerous gases. |
| Water Treatment Elevator | Elevator | Water Treatment Control | You'd think this elevator would win the "worst smell" category by a landslide, but the competition is surprisingly strong. |
| Red Lakes Balcony Lift | Elevator | Testing Annex | At the bottom of this elevator shaft, a rare type of fungi thrives on the metal-rich mud. |
| Good Old Baron's Hatch | Raider Hatch | Water Towers | This tunnel runs past an underground cistern filled to the brim with red, iron-rich sludge. |
| Sunroof Hatch | Raider Hatch | Ben Welder's Sunroof | Nasty water from the swamp perpetually fills the tunnel below this hatch so make sure the pumps are running. |
| Red Lakes Hatch | Raider Hatch | Red Lakes Balcony (about 150 m away) | The tunnels in this area are almost impossible to keep open. The red, contaminated water pose a constant challenge. |
| Pump House Hatch | Raider Hatch | East Broken Bridge | If you suffer from claustrophobia and fear of drowning, consider using a different hatch. |
Containers, objects and ARC on Dam Battlegrounds
| Name | Kind | Spots in an ordinary round | Only during map conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
 Raider Cache | Loot container | 47 | 94 |
 Wasp Husk | Loot container | 43 | 59 |
 Ammo Box | Loot container | 39 | 11 |
| Grenade Tube | Loot container | 36 | — |
| Medical Bag | Loot container | 35 | — |
| Worn Backpack | Loot container | 34 | — |
| Weapon Case | Loot container | 31 | — |
 Rocketeer Husk | Loot container | 22 | 34 |
 Crashed ARC Probe | Loot container | 18 | 18 |
 ARC Courier | Loot container | 17 | 17 |
| Container | Loot container | 8 | — |
 Baron Husk | Loot container | 3 | — |
 Snow Pile | Loot container | — | 189 |
| First Wave Cache | Loot container | — | 47 |
 Drop Off Station | Loot container | — | 8 |
 Basket of Fruit | Loot container | — | 148 |
 Field Crate | World object | 63 | — |
 Camera | World object | 37 | — |
 Zipline | World object | 17 | — |
| Supply Call Station | World object | 10 | — |
 Mast lift | World object | 4 | — |
 Button | World object | 4 | — |
 Fuel Cell | World object | 1 | — |
| Air Purifier | World object | — | 5 |
 Recharge Station | World object | — | 5 |
 Turret | ARC spawn points | 18 | — |
 ARC Surveyor | ARC spawn points | 18 | — |
 Snitch | ARC spawn points | 14 | — |
 Sentinel | ARC spawn points | 11 | — |
 ARC Turbine | ARC spawn points | 11 | — |
| Small flying machines | Possible ARC spawn area | 98 | — |
| Small ground machines | Possible ARC spawn area | 66 | — |
| Large flying machines | Possible ARC spawn area | 27 | — |
| Large ground machines | Possible ARC spawn area | 26 | — |