InJourney to the Savage Planet, the ‘Fun With Corrosives’ quest is among the quests players will receive after reaching the area called The Itching Fields. Compared to the enemies and missions at the Landing Site, tougher enemies and puzzles await you here.

One of the interesting aspects of this quest is that it cannot be completed for a long time. You will need upgrades like the Advanced Prothon Tether and Launch Boosters for this quest. Upon completion, you will unlock the Blight Bomb Stabilizer as a reward. If you are ready to undertake this long mission, let’s get started.

The player is heading towards to a rock arch in Journey To The Savage Planet.

How To Complete ‘Up, Up And Away’ Quest

You receive the ‘Fun With Corrosives’ questwhile doing the ‘Investigate the Tower’ quest.Normally, for this mission, yougo northwest after passing the hollow tree trunk northeastof Festering Chasm and go through the rock arch.

When you turn left, you willsee a stone tablet with a jumping markon it. This will open the ‘Up, Up and Away’ mission.

The player is standing in front of an alien pumpjack in Journey To The Savage Planet.

For this mission, you need toreturn to Planetary Flotsam.After teleporting, go to the marked location on your map for this mission. To activate the shrine, you need tothrow seedsobtained from Blight Bomb Plantsonto the amber-covered Alien Pumpjacks nearby.This will dissolve the amber with acid. There are a total of three Alien Pumpjacks. Their locations are as follows:

Location

First Pumpjack

From the area with the altar,grapple to the flower on the rock to the east.Then, grapple to the south, then southwest flowers to reach the wide floating island. There is an Alien Pumpjack on this island. Blight Bomb Plants are locatedin the upper area to the south of the island.After taking them, jump to the floating stone to the west to get an angle to see the pumpjack.

Second Pumpjack

From the area with the first pumpjack,go north and jump across four floating stonesto reach another wide area. If youlook east of the pumpjack, you will see the Blight Bomb Plants.

Third Pumpjack

From the area with the second pumpjack,go north and jump to the small islandwith the blue mushroom. Then,jump to the other floating island to the northeast and turn southeast.Grapple to the flower on the first floating stone and reach the large floating island ahead. You will see Blight Bomb Plants to the north of the pumpjack.

Once you get all the pumpjacks working,you will be able to craft Launch Boosters, completing the ‘Up, Up and Away’ mission.

The player is standing in front of an alien altar in Journey To The Savage Planet.

In addition to the Alien Pumpjacks,use Blight Bombs to dissolve the other amber stonesaround them. Some of these stones may contain Goo which can increase your maximum health and stamina.

How To Complete ‘Fourth Best Detective’ Quest

After crafting Launch Boosters,return to the stone tabletnortheast of Festering Chasm. Use the Launch Boosters toget on top of the stone tabletbut you will encounter another dead end. To use the Grapple Rails, you need tocomplete the ‘Fourth Best Detective’ quest.

For this,teleport to Fungi of Si’ned VII.Head north to the marked mission location on your map. You willarrive at a shrine, but you will see that the parts of the shrine are missing. In scan mode, you canfollow the three separate tracesfor these parts:

The player is standing in front of a vertical grapple rail plant in Journey To The Savage Planet.

First Crystal Piece

Go to the lake northeast of the altar. There will bea cave behind the waterfallwhere the lake flows down. Use Blight Bomb Plants to dissolve the amber and find the piece you are looking for. The correct amber is theone closest to the cave entrance.

Second Crystal Piece

Go directlywest from the altar.Looking down the cliff, you willsee this crystal piece on a purple mushroom.You can reach the part where the Planetary Flotsam teleporter is located by jumping down from the purple mushroom. Afterward, you can teleport back to Fungi of Si’ned VII to continue searching for the remaining piece.

Third Cyrstal Piece

Go to thewatery area north of the Fungi of Si’ned VIIteleporter.Destroy the reeds thereand you will see the crystal piece hidden among them.

After collecting all three pieces, you canreturn to the altar and combine them.After taking the sample, return to the Javelin andupgrade the Adcanved Prothon Tether.

The player finds the Festering Overhang teleporter in Journey To The Savage Planet.

How To Find The Floopsnoot Matriarch

Now return to the dead-end area above the stone tablet. The ‘Fun With Corrosives’ quest will now mark a location for you to go.Use the grapple rail plant on top of the stone tabletand, when you detach from it,use the other grapple rail plant on the left wallof the cave to reach the area above the second stone tablet.

Here,turn northwest and you will see a vertical grapple rail plant.It will launch you and attach you to another one, taking you outside the cave.Head northand you will see a horizontal grapple rail plant. Use it and jump from it to use the others, making a half circle.

A shrine has Blight Bomb Stabilizer above it in Journey To The Savage Planet.

This willlead you to the area with the Festering Overhang teleporter.Enter the cave to the northeast from here and you will see the boss, Floopsnoot Matriarch. You need to defeat it to complete the ‘Fun with Corrosives’ mission.

How To Defeat The Floopsnoot Matriarch

In this boss fight, you need to use all the knowledge you have gained. You can start the battle by shooting at the boss’s eye. The boss has a massive body, andyou need to shoot at the yellow glowing holes on its bodywhile navigating the ledges around the cave and using the grapple flowers.

There arethree Vitality Plants on the ground, and you will lose a lot of health during this fight. Make sure to replenish your health with the essences from these plants before your health gets too low.

Also, it is extremely difficult to dodge the constantly spawning Floopsnoots, so you cankill them before they spawn.

After taking down the boss’s first health bar, heal and shoot at its eye again. At this stage, theboss will protect its yellow glowing holes with amber.You need todestroy ambers with Blight Bomb Plantsand then shoot at the yellow glowing parts again.

When the boss has only one health bar left, heal again and shoot at its eye. This time, the number of yellow holes protected by amber will increase, and more Floopsnoots will spawn. After shooting all the yellow holes, shoot at the boss’s eye to finish the fight.

Once the Floopsnoot Matriarch is defeated, the stone in the center of the battle area will disappear,revealing a cave going downwards.In this cave, you will find the Blight Bomb Stabilizer Shrine. Once you extract it, you will need to craft the Blight Bomb Stabilizer to complete the mission.

To the right of the Shrine, you will find the Matriarch’s Lair teleporter. This will allow you to teleport to The Enigmatic Spire teleporter in The Elevated Realm.

Return to the Javelin. You cancraft the Blight Bomb Stabilizer for200 Carbon and 150 Silicon.This will complete the ‘Fun With Corrosives’ mission, allowing you to carry Blight Bombs with you.