Changes: Prison Depths

Revision as of 08:16, 15 May 2021

Few prisoners managed to see out their time here alive. None, actually.

The worst prisoners were locked up here, in the company of the worst guards.

"To be transferred to the Depths" meant you weren't coming back. All you could really hope for was that your execution would be quick.

The Prison Depths is short, optional biome between the second and the third level.

It's accessed through the Promenade of the Condemned or the Dilapidated Arboretum using the Spider rune and leads to the Ossuary, the Morass of the Banished or the Ancient Sewers (1+ BSC).

General information

Access and exit

The Spider Rune is required to access this area through the Promenade of the Condemned or the Dilapidated Arboretum. An underground section only accessible by wall climbing in both levels leads to the Prison Depths.

There are three exits out of Prison Depths. The player will always have the choice between the Ossuary and the Morass of the Banished on all Boss Cells. With at least 1 BSC active, a third door (always close to the other exits) will lead to the Ancient Sewers.

Iron cells

Two locked doors are found at the end of the biome, next to the exit doors to either Ossuary, Morass of the Banished, or Ancient Sewers (at 1+ BSC). Behind both these doors there is a 2-item choice altar. If the player finds the Iron Cells Key, which drops from a random enemy, they can choose to open one door to access the item inside.

Level characteristics

Scrolls

The Prison Depths contains only one Power Scroll, obtained through the cursed chest at the start of the level.

Enemy tier and gear level scaling

In the table below, you will find the gear level and enemy tier of Prison Depths based on difficulty.

Difficulty	Normal	Hard	Very Hard	Expert	Nightmare/Hell
Gear level	III	III	III	IV	VI
Enemy lvl tier	8 - 9	11 - 12	12 - 13	14 - 15	15 - 16
Enemy Health tier	Base	9 - 11	13 - 14	15 - 17	20 - 22

Boss Stem Cells rewards

1 BSC: Exit to the Ancient Sewers

Chests and loot

There is always a cursed chest at the beginning of the biome, right before the one-way door.

Shops

There is always a weapon/skill shop around the halfway point of the level.

Enemies

In the Prison Depths, you will find many dangerous enemies, such as Slashers and Lacerators. In addition, Maskers and Hammers could be considered the iconic enemies of this biome, with the latter never spawning in any other location than Prison Depths. On high difficulties, Knife Throwers and Rampagers appear, making this level even harder to navigate.

In the table below, you will find which enemies are present in the Prison Depths depending on difficulty level. For each enemy, any common, uncommon, rare or legendary blueprints they carry are indicated. When applicable, the minimum difficulty level for blueprint acquisition is specified in brackets.


Enemy	Normal	Hard	Expert
Zombie	Blood Sword, Double Crossb-o-matic, Bobby Outfit (1+ BSC)
Undead Archer	Bow and Endless Quiver, Infantry Bow, Ice Bow
Hammer	War Spear, Oil Grenade
Kamikaze	Frantic Sword, Kamikaze Outfit, Neon Outfit (1+ BSC)
Lacerator	Crusher, Open Wounds, Carduus Outfit (1+ BSC)
Masker	Fire blast, Ghost Outfit (2+ BSC)
Slasher	Cluster Grenade, Heavy Turret, Demon Outfit (3+ BSC), No Mercy
Knife Thrower		Great Owl of War, Legendary Warrior's Outfit (3+ BSC)
Rampager			Adrenalin

Notes

Because v1.5 Corrupted Update decreased the amount of Cursed Chests, there is always a guaranteed one in the first room of this biome. To the right of the chest there is a door that will close behind the Beheaded, no matter if he had or hadn't inflicted the curse upon himself.
Consequently, the Gold Cells Key that used to be found here became obsolete with v1.5. Thus, it was removed, as the Curse Chest at the beginning of the biome guarantees the Scroll that this key used to guard.

Trivia

Prison Depths is the only biome to contain two distinct soundtracks, namely "Prison Depths" and "Prison Theme". While "Prison Depths" was made exclusively for this biome, "Prison Theme" would have been for another biome called Prison Hub^[1], but it was scrapped during the alpha stage of the game.

Gallery

Fully explored map of Prison Depths showing general generation of the level.

References

↑ Prison Hub as it would have been, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzsbR7CJyMM

[1] Prison Hub as it would have been, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzsbR7CJyMM

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 == Trivia ==
 * Prison Depths is the only biome to contain two distinct soundtracks, namely "Prison Depths" and "Prison Theme". While "Prison Depths" was made exclusively for this biome, "Prison Theme" would have been for another biome called ''Prison Hub''<ref>Prison Hub as it would have been, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzsbR7CJyMM</ref>, but it was scrapped during the alpha stage of the game.
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery widths="320" heights="180">
+File:P depths full map.jpg|Fully explored map of Prison Depths showing general generation of the level.
+</gallery>
 == References ==