Rooms
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"I can never get used to the topography of this place. Shouldn't be too much trouble for you, though. *sigh*" |
Each floor consists of an interconnected series of rooms. They are shown as squares on the map. The player can teleport between explored rooms by opening their map and selecting the room to which they wish to travel.
Most rooms consist of enemies and traps. When the player enters, all exits will lock if there are any enemies inside the entered room and the player will be forced to defeat all enemies in the room in order to leave. Upon defeating the enemies, the doors will unlock and there is a chance that a Pickup will generate as a reward. The color of basic rooms depends on how much health the player has, with green, yellow, and red signifying high, low, and critically low health respectively. Uncleared Rooms will have darker shades of these colors, while cleared Rooms will have lighter shades.
In addition to these average rooms, there are a variety of special rooms that are listed below.
Most rooms have different icons when they have been completely used, such as buying out Shops and using Upgrade terminals.
Essential Rooms
All of these rooms must be entered to finish a floor.
Mini-Boss Rooms
Mini-Boss rooms contain Mini-Bosses specific to the floor, orbited by a ring of runes, which must be defeated to access the boss and to delve deeper in the facility. The amount of Mini-Bosses that need to be defeated varies based on how far into the Facility you are.
- 1 Mini-Boss in the Excavation and Archives
- 2 Mini-Bosses in the Maintenance System and the Bellows
- 3 Mini-Bosses in the Sanctum, ???, and Nowhere
You will be offered a choice between 25% Ammo or +1 HP, regardless of your health value. The Temple Floor has its own rules surrounding Mini-Bosses, which can be found on its page.
Boss Rooms
Only one Boss room will generate on a floor. The Boss Room will be mostly empty, except for a large sealed exit at the north side of the room. This exit will be protected by runes, with a number of layers signifying how many more Mini-Bosses must be defeated to break the defensive rune Shield. No room can generate directly north of the Boss Room.
Once all Mini-Bosses have been defeated, the player may destroy the exit seal to fight one of the floor's bosses. After defeating the boss, the northern exit will open to an elevator leading to the next floor, with the exception of some final bosses which will simply end the run upon their defeat.
Defeating a boss rewards the player with the following, in most cases:
The boss will give the player a choice between a 5% Damage pickup or a +2 HP Pickup.
Non-Essential Rooms
These rooms are not a requirement for beating a floor, but it is encouraged to enter them, as most of these rooms contain helpful pickups or weapons.
Weapon Trove
Weapon Troves contain a large glass canister that can be broken to create 1-3 (Up to 6 with Cartridges) linked Weapons, each with two Keywords. On floor 1, Kleines can appear sitting on the top of troves.
The number of spawned weapons will by default be 2, but there are two separate 10% chances to modify that number. The first, if successful, reduces the number of spawned weapons by 1, but increases the number of Keywords on the spawned Weapon(s) from 2 to 3. The second chance simply increases the number of spawned Weapons by one. If both effects happen, then as expected, 2 Weapons with 3 Keywords each will spawn.
Before all other modifications, there is a 1% chance to spawn Unique weapons instead. If this happens, no other chances are rolled. If the Weapons are not unique, there is an additional 2% chance that the spawned weapons will be blessed, after which everything will proceed as normal. There are also ways to increase the amount of weapons spawned outside of the chances rolled for each individual Trove. The Treasure Trove Cartridge adds 1 weapon to troves, and hacking a trove using the Plug Cartridge adds 2 weapons, up to a hypothetical 6 with both cartridges.
Troves always give a choice between 1 HP and 50% ammo. If upgraded by the Treasure Trove or Plug Cartridges, they instead offer 2 HP or 100% ammo, and if both cartridges are used, they offer 3 HP or 20% max ammo.
Active Trove
Active Troves can only appear when playing as Arena Blaster.
Active Troves contain a canister that looks similar to the Weapon Trove, albeit with a white flame inside and no cap on the top. They can be broken to create 2 (Up to 5 with Cartridges) linked Active Items. They appear on every odd-numbered floor alongside Weapon Troves.
Secret Room
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"Some walls down there are pretty thin. Give them a good knock with a Bomb and they might just tumble down. And behind them... who knows?" |
Secret rooms are identified on the map via their yellow color and a question mark icon. Unlike other rooms, they are not automatically added to the map when in a room adjacent to them and, most of the time, must be revealed and opened by using a bomb in an adjacent room.
Secret rooms always contain some sort of pickup or weapon, though the quality is variable.
The player can locate secret rooms fairly reliably by observing gaps in the map that touch three or four walls of various rooms, with each wall touching the gap being a single tile in depth or having no enemies that spawn close to it. Alternatively, if the player finds or buys a Map, the secret room will be revealed alongside the rest of the floor.
Shop
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"I've got some associates running Shop down there. See if you can find them, give them my regards. If you need something special, though, check by me." |
In shops, players can trade debris or sometimes HP in exchange for a variety of possible pickups and weapons. There are several shop types, but the most common will provide the player with three choices consisting of pickups (varying in quality) or weapons.
Shops are indicated on the map via an icon of a large exclamation point, and at least one is guaranteed to spawn per floor, unless replaced by a Shrine. There cannot be two of the same type of shop on the same floor (with the exception of Temple shops). Shops will not generate on Floor 6 unless the player is in possession of the Cool Sunglasses cartridge.
Shrine
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"Did you find one of those Shrines? Was there once, something about it really spooked me. Couldn't shake the feeling that thing was watching me." |
Shrines contain a large statue offering one benefit in exchange for one downside. Shrines are marked with a large exclamation mark and can replace shops. The cost is linked to the benefit, and a list of deals is below.
- "Gain 20% damage, but halves your current health." This does not affect max HP.
- "Gain 6 power bombs, but lose a max bomb." A max bomb in this case is the amount of bombs you can regenerate up to.
- "More rooms this floor, fight one more Mini-Boss this floor." Several grey rooms will appear, but there will be one more Mini-Boss on this floor that must be defeated. It drops pickups as normal.
- "Lose your current weapon, but save it for the next floor." The weapon sacrificed will appear in the starting room of the next floor.
- "Lose all your held bombs, and gain HP for each." Lose every bomb you're carrying, and gain 1 HP for each bomb lost.
- "Spawn a random unique weapon, no more weapon rooms." Weapon trove rooms will no longer generate on entered floors.
- "Your current weapon has its ammo set to 400%, but Max ammo is halved." This is the only way for a weapon's current ammo to exceed its maximum amount.
- "Gain a random upgrade, lose a random upgrade." Whichever upgrade is lost can't appear again in future upgrade terminals. Some upgrades, such as Artifact and Plating, have no effect when lost.
- "Unlock a Seal, Face Death." This deal is unique in that it starts a boss fight. When you defeat the Renegade, you will get a Seal. This option is only available after defeating Overlord and is no longer available after claiming the seal.
Upgrade Terminal
Upgrade Terminals are identified on the map via a plus sign, or by a truncated black square when used. Upon entering the terminal in the center of the room, a player can choose from one of three upgrades.
If the player has the Plug cartridge and successfully hacks the terminal before entering, they will receive a choice between four upgrades instead.
Vaults
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"Seen any of those Locked Doors? Old Vaults, have been locked up forever. A key is always bound to be somewhere around. Though, not always in plain sight." |
Vaults are identified on the map via a keyhole icon. When a vault is present on the floor, a player will be able to find a key to unlock its door and gain entry. Within, players are guaranteed to find pickups, weapons, or both. The quality of the vault's contents ranges, but they tend to be of a relatively high quality. Only one Vault may generate per Floor.
If a Secret Room generates beside a Vault, entering the Vault from the secret room will not require a key.
Some Vaults generate without a corresponding key, and must be Hacked to open.
Shortcuts
Shortcuts are rooms that can be opened up by using bombs. Unlike secret rooms, these are displayed on the map before being opened, and the walls leading into them have a cracked appearance.
The value of what can be found inside of these rooms varies greatly, ranging from enemies to powerful upgrades. Some shortcuts contain rewards hidden behind puzzles, hazards, or walls, potentially forcing the player to take damage to reach them or requiring specific tools like the Extra Pow and Blink Upgrades or Shattering Bombs.
Shortcuts are identified on the map as a hollowed-out version of a normal room when unexplored, missing the green coloring in their center. Some special shortcuts have very specific or unique contents and are listed below, along with their special icon on the map.
Deactivated Machine
These shortcuts contain a deactivated Microcore in their center. The player can activate it to start the the Microcore fight, or safely ignore it. Microcore has unique mechanics that dictate the rewards it will leave. Most deactivated machine Shortcuts have many destructible blocks, with a high chance for one to contain scrap.
Trader Room
Trader rooms are identified on the map via an icon resembling the mask of the Trader NPC. The Trader himself, found inside these rooms, will offer +2 Max Health, 10% Damage, or a Cartridge in exchange for the Player sacrificing 20% Max ammo.
When the player exits the room after declining his trade offer, he may no longer be found within the room upon re-entry.
In certain circumstances (spoilers), The Trader will have no dialogue and only the Yes/No prompt will appear. In this case, selecting Yes will initiate a trade where the player recieves one of his wares at random in exchange for 20% Max ammo.
Reliquaries
Reliquaries contain two shrines, resembling Council members, that offer a choice between two blessings based on which shrines are present in the room. Blessings grant the player a bonus effect that is permanent unless replaced by another blessing later on. The blessing pickups do not disappear if the player leaves the room. They can also be found in the Temple, along a rune marked path.
Each blessing is named after its representative Council member's preferred magical type.
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Ammo runs out 20% faster, but weapons that consume ammo deal 25% more damage (additive). | |
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Every shield now has the described freezing effect upon breaking, including those not granted by the blessing. Shields will now also stack twice, indicated by the blue glow around the player becoming white. If the player already has two shields when entering a new floor, the new shield will be salvaged. | |
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The item restocked will not necessarily be the item that was initially bought; it is likely to be different. Works on all shop types except Gambling Halls. | |
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Notably, this has synergy with the Fortune upgrade and Magic Bag Cartridge. While magic bag is active, two identical sets of choices will be created. | |
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An enemy bullet may, at a 1/8 chance, not fire. | |
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While in combat, shortcuts still need to be opened by bombing. After combat, walls leading to shortcuts will automatically open. Does not open secret rooms. | |
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An extra room is added to the current floor and all later floors that give the player a choice between 3 high tier Pickups, which can include Weapons, Cartridges, a special keyword stone with up to 7 options, and more. These are not shown on the map and must be bombed into. |
Gauntlet Entrance
The Gauntlet entrance room is a shortcut that only appears once per run, on either Bellows or Sanctum. Unlike other shortcut special rooms, the Gauntlet entrance will only have one normal room adjacent to it, but other shortcuts or the secret room can still spawn next to it.
This room is always identical, being an empty shortcut containing only Ace within it. By talking to Ace, the player will be teleported to the Gauntlet, which is a special series of rooms completely disconnected from the rest of the floor's map. Ace will always appear at the end of the Gauntlet, and the player can teleport back to the Gauntlet entrance room by talking to them.
Danger Rooms
Danger rooms replace normal rooms. They can be identified by the small exclamation mark in the top right corner of their room icon. While in a danger room, the player's loop is temporarily increased for the room by 1 and their damage is reduced (to 65% of current damage, rounded up to the next whole number). Danger Rooms have alarm lights on their inner doors, and are guaranteed to drop a Pickup. Pickups from Danger Rooms can pull from the improved Fortune room drop pool, even if the player doesn't have Fortune.
Strange Rooms
Strange rooms will start to replace normal rooms when looping. They can be identified by rooms on the map glitching out and cycling through various other icons, although this happens somewhat infrequently. These rooms draw from a room pool that is vastly more difficult than the current floor, often consisting of harder enemies and deviously-placed traps and obstacles.
Arcades
Arcades are special rooms with terminals that can be hacked for various rewards. See Hacking for more details.
Breachstones and Breaches
Once a run, on floors 1-5, a breach stone may spawn. It is distinguished on the map by its unique red color. Inside the Breach Stone room, there will be a large seal. Destroying it will do one of two things: it will either spawn two breaches (90% chance), or summon the Trespasser and create two opened shortcuts (10% chance).
Breaches are challenging rooms that reduce the player's damage by (Player Damage ÷ [1 + [.2 × Floor Number]]) and disable any picked up weapons while inside. The player will be forced to use their starting weapon, though this does not destroy any carried weapon. If the player was carrying a Cursed Weapon, the effects of the curse are also temporarily disabled.
Breaches generally contain floor 6 enemies and have guaranteed drops tied to that arrangement of enemies, usually tied to the challenge of that room, with breaches containing Mini-Bosses giving more than one.
Trivia
- Strange rooms can display room icons on the map that are otherwise only used in developer builds of the game.
- In Relics of the Past, there used to be a shortcut room containing two 10% damage pickups that could only be reached by entering the room from underneath (or using a shattering bomb while inside). They are affectionately referred to by the community as Pure rooms, named after their creator, PureQuestion. There was also a variant of this room that had a 5% damage pickup accessible from the other three entry points, punishing players that tried to anticipate an upcoming Pure room.
- Back then, the only way to destroy or otherwise bypass blocks in a room was using a Shattering Bomb, making the ability to get the damage from any side a rare occurrence.
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