Entrance
The entrance to each depth, where you can get your bearings before the first fight.
How a descent works
Choose a hero, then cross six procedurally arranged depths. Clear fights to open their doors; use keys on gold locks and bombs on cracked secret walls. A keeper guards the way down. Death ends the run, but the wishes and discoveries you bring home stay in your codex.
The first two depths are free. One full-game purchase unlocks the remaining depths and the complete Story mode.
One dungeon, two looks
Every room type
A depth mixes combat, rewards, shops, glades and secret paths. Some rooms and encounters unlock as your codex grows.
Combat room
Foes bar the exits until the room is cleared; later depths add hazards and land twists.
Glade
A pocket of the world with a chest, searchable bushes and a land landmark. It may hide Wishing Stones, a sleeping dread or Pip’s cousin.
Wish Alcove
The Wish Alcove offers an artifact; sometimes you must choose between two.
Pip’s Stall
Buy artifacts and supplies from Pip. A key opens the back shelf with two more goods, including a rare one.
Keeper’s hall
A keeper guards the last door. Defeat it to choose a lost wish and the next way down.
Secret room
Break a cracked wall with a bomb for a chest, coins and a chance of an artifact.
Hidden Grove
A hidden grove off a quiet corridor, with an ancient chest or hearts.
War Horn
Blow the horn for a challenge with a rule; keep the promise for a better chest.
Wishing Fountain
Toss coins into the dial. Every full turn grants an artifact.
Campfire
Rest, temper an artifact, cleanse a hex or listen to a story; choose one use.
Sacrifice Altar
Offer hearts for a sequence of gifts, ending in an artifact.
Champion Den
Defeat a marked champion and its guards to claim a gold chest.
The Armory
Choose one of two weapons or skills for the rest of the run.
Cartographer’s Nook
The cartographer offers a map, a scout’s hint or lore.
Coffer
Several chests await, including a stone coffer that needs a bomb.
Thorn Door
A thorn-locked prize: a winter chest or a powerful hexed artifact.
Blessing Shrine
Choose a blessing, or accept a blessing paired with a hex.
Mimic Parlour
Three gold chests, but one bites. Read the tell before choosing.
Pip’s Anvil
Pay Pip to temper one artifact, strengthening the numbers it can change.
Reforging Well
Throw in an artifact and take back a new one of higher rank.
Bell Chorus
Listen to the bells, then repeat their order for a gold chest.
Trap Gallery
Cross the traps without taking a hit to improve the chest.
Echo Arena
Fight an echo of an earlier keeper for a keeper-class artifact.
Keepers by depth
Each depth draws a keeper from its own roster. Their names and fears are the ones recorded in the game’s codex.
Depth 1
The Mossy Throat
The Sunlit Meadows · Violet Vale
- Bell Wardena fear of being forgotten
- Silent High Priesta fear of the silence after prayers
- Rootkeepera fear of the dark under the soil
Depth 2
The Cistern
Rose Shore · The Fen of Lanterns
- Echo Salamandera fear of never being answered
- Archivista fear of words that are lost
- The Geode Wardena fear of being opened
Depth 3
The Kilns
Cinder Canyon · The Amber Afterlight
- Kiln Keepera fear of the fire going out
- Crown Sentinela fear of an empty throne
- The Mushroom Queena fear of being alone
Depth 4
The Undercroft
Rookshade · Ashglass
- Vampire Counta fear of the morning
- Ashglass Stokera fear of the cold
- Window Keepera fear of what waits outside
Depth 5
The Frozen Throat
Pale North · Last Crossing
- White Howla fear of never being warm again
- The Wardena fear of the open gate
- The Geode Wardena fear of being opened
Depth 6
The Bottom
Last Crossing
- Wish-Eatera fear that nothing will ever come true
All artifacts
The names, ranks and effects below come from the game’s artifact catalog. A run offers only a changing subset, so some finds take several descents.
Passive artifacts
Rank 1
Whetstone
+15% damage
Rank 1
Oven Mitts
Attack 12% faster; 40% as you stop
Rank 1
Puddle Boots
In water: unslowed, attacks +25%, hits soak
Rank 1
Heart in a Jar
+1 max heart, filled
Rank 1
Long Ladle
+18% reach; +30% damage at the tip
Rank 1
Paper Kite
Dashes 30% cheaper; stamina back 30% faster
Rank 1
Sand from a Tuesday
Skill recharges 15% faster (25% on Tuesdays)
Rank 1
Spare Key Ring
+2 keys; a used key may stay (20%)
Rank 2
Piggy Bank
+5 coins; drop a coin when hurt (3 a depth)
Rank 2
Pod Satchel
+4 bombs; your bombs deal +50%
Rank 2
Grandma’s Scarf
+50% damage to frozen foes
Rank 2
Forked Twig
Swings also cut behind you (60%); shots fork
By weapon
- Swings also cut the foe behind you (60%)
- Your shots fork in two
- Your lantern’s bolt reaches one more foe
Rank 3
Lucky Coal
Your hits set foes burning
Rank 3
Snowman’s Button
Your hits and your dashes chill foes
Rank 2
Storm in a Jar
Lightning jumps from your hits
Rank 2
Toy Sword
A little blade circles you
Rank 2
Burr Coat
Thorns burst when you are hit and as a dash ends
Rank 3
Patient Stone
Stand still to build Focus: up to +80%
Rank 2
Walking Stick
Every 3 m walked, your next hit is stronger
Rank 2
Echo Shell
Your skill has a 30% chance to echo
Rank 2
Moth Cloak
Dashes go 40% farther
Rank 2
Seed Packet
Fallen foes and your dashes leave thorn patches
Rank 2
Pearl String
Arrows ricochet; killing blows bounce on (50%)
By weapon
- Killing blows bounce on to the next foe (50%)
- Your arrows ricochet to another foe
Rank 2
Thornneedle
Arrows pierce 2; blades, chains +0.5 m, ignore Bulwarks
By weapon
- Blades reach +0.5 m and ignore Bulwarks
- Your arrows pierce 2 foes
- Chains reach +0.5 m and ignore Bulwarks
Rank 2
Lamp Oil Wick
Dashes leave oil (6 s); your fire spares you
Rank 1
Chime Note
After your skill (a dash, if none), hits deal +60%
Rank 1
Ash from the Hearth
Hit down to 40% of your hearts? You burst into flame
Rank 3
An Answering Song
Your skill answers your strikes
Rank 3
Lucky Fly
A firefly zaps a foe every 2.5 s (60%)
Rank 3
Kettle of Rain
Standing still, you soak foes within 4 m (6 s)
Rank 2
Magpie Feather
Wish Alcoves offer a choice of two
Rank 3
Bat Tooth
Heal ½♥ every 15 kills, ½♥ a room at most
Rank 3
Glass Cannon
Your damage is doubled
Trade-off: Every blow costs ½♥ more
Rank 3
Blood Pact
+45% damage, sealed in blood
Trade-off: −1 max heart
Rank 3
Second Wind
Once a run, a lethal blow leaves half your hearts
Rank 3
Grandmother’s Lantern
A flame circles you, lighting foes; wider when still
Rank 3
Lighthouse Lens
+25% damage to foes within 3.5 m
Rank 2
Well Stone
Your skill pulls foes together
Rank 4
Twin Soul
A second you strikes with you
Rank 3
The Miser’s Wish
+2% damage per coin held (max 40%)
Rank 3
Crown of the Tide
Hits soak; soaked foes take +25%, +50% from lightning
Rank 4
Paper Boat
Each dash starts and ends with a strike (200%)
Rank 4
The Long Draw
Stand still for 2 attacks: next hit blasts a line ×1.5
Rank 4
Tuesday That Never Ends
While you stand still, foes move at 75% pace
Rank 4
Winter’s Heart
+3 frost wards (≤4); +50% damage with one; overheal freezes
Rank 4
Cold Hand
Hits chill; frozen foes shatter for 150% of a hit
Trade-off: You move 12% slower
Rank 4
The Long Night
+60% damage in the long dark
Trade-off: The depths are dark for you
Rank 4
Soap Bubble
A bubble stops a blow; back after 5 cleared rooms
Rank 4
Pip’s Promise
Once a depth, a lethal blow leaves you at ½♥
Trade-off: Each rescue after the first costs a max heart
Rank 3
Choir Stone
+1 ward now; +10% damage per ward (max 30%)
Active artifacts
You carry one active artifact at a time. Use it with R or its on-screen button; most recharge as you clear rooms. Some spend coins or hearts and require a hold.
Rank 1Active artifacts
Tin Bucket
Splash a 4 m cone: flood, douse, soak, shove
Rank 2Active artifacts
Frog Tongue
Yank the nearest foe or pickup to you
Rank 2Active artifacts
Cinder Kettle
Throw a fire pot: a 3 m blaze for 4 s
Rank 3Active artifacts
Snow Globe
Freeze all foes here (3 s); keepers only slow
Rank 2Active artifacts
Old Bell
Stun foes within 6 m for 1.5 s
Rank 2Active artifacts
Crooked Coin
2 ◎, once a room. Heads: drops double. Tails: a Thief
Rank 3Active artifacts
Moon Mirror
For 6 s, a twin strikes beside you
Rank 2Active artifacts
Paper Lantern
8 s: +40% damage and a burning aura
Rank 2Active artifacts
Frog Umbrella
4 s: bolts bounce off you back at foes
Rank 2Active artifacts
Honey Jar
Heal 1♥; at full health, a slowing honey pool
Rank 3Active artifacts
Pocket Storm
6 s: lightning each second (120%), soaked first
Rank 3Active artifacts
Ancient Die
Reroll the artifacts on pedestals here
Rank 1Active artifacts
Coin Die
Reroll the loose pickups here
Rank 3Active artifacts
Knight’s Horn
3 blades circle you for 10 s
Rank 2Active artifacts
Grapnel
Hook the nearest foe, or pull yourself ahead
Rank 3Active artifacts
Trapdoor Chalk
Draw a way down: skip this depth’s keeper and spoils
Rank 3Active artifacts
Pip’s Doorbell
Pip’s Stall opens here, once a depth (+2 ◎)
Rank 2Active artifacts
Thorn Seed
3 m thorn ring, 6 s; no knockback inside
Rank 2Active artifacts
Bellows
A gust shoves foes away and fans fire
Rank 2Active artifacts
Crow Caller
3 crows dive at foes; their kills drop coins
Rank 3Active artifacts
Tuesday’s Hourglass
Foes move at half speed for 6 s
Rank 2Active artifacts
Salt Circle
A 3 m circle foes can’t enter, 5 s
Rank 2Active artifacts
Pod Launcher
Throw 3 bombs without spending any
Rank 3Active artifacts
Sacrificial Knife
Pay ½♥: all foes here take 3 + 2 per depth
Rank 1Active artifacts
Digging Shovel
Dig: coins, keys, bombs, maybe a chest (2× in glades)
Keep going
After each keeper, two trapdoors offer different lands and omens. Watch their skulls for risk and stars for reward. Keep a lost wish for a boon now, or carry it down: your choices shape the ending.
