With the new Valguero map having a huge underwater cave network with no access to air pockets, i figured this would be useful information for a lot of people. I used to wear one scuba and carry 2 or 3 extra with me when i had my underwater adventures, but now i just bring the one. Use Thatch instead of wood to light it, otherwise youll end up with dye from your berries. You dont need it to make the chowder though, just throw everything in the pot and it works. Another upside is that you can wear a strong armor chestpiece for 99% of the time while underwater so you take less damage. The recipe is a pretty common drop in caves & the ocean. With just one scuba chestpiece, you can stay underwater for basically as long as you have Lazarus chowder. When you eat your last Lazarus chowder, start making your way back to the surface. When your Lazarus chowder wears off, eat another one.(that is why you have to have a mount, to be able to eat underwater.) rinse and repeat. It is nice to have a higher than 200 oxygen stat, but not required.(i like having it at 300) When your Oxygen gets low, put the scuba chestpiece on, but only until your oxygen fills up, then immediately take it off again. Eating Lazarus Chowder will significantly decrease the rate at which you consume oxygen for 10 minutes.

There is already an item for diving s called Lazarus Chowder.and can be made fairly early in game progression, as soon as you unlock the cooking pot. Take a chowder before you go down, and wait until your air is almost totally depleted, then go into your inventory and put on the tank. until then you gotta make lasarus chowder to increase your oxygen by 300. They can work together, but it requires a bit of micromanaging. Eat a Lazarus chowder and dive underwater. This method allows you to stay down much longer, however you do have to access your inventory every 10-15 mins or so. The trick is to *not* wear the scuba tank. 3) As much Lazarus chowder as you can make.

Ark lazarus chowder and scuba