The Crawling Depths

Level 20 Grade 9

The Crawling Depths, as it was before the 2020 rework: the exiled Son of Arachna stole hundreds of his mother's unhatched eggs, burrowed deep into the mountain soil and raised his siblings into an army. A chain of round caverns full of egg sacs and spiders, fourteen of them between the entrance and his web; now and then a treasure cavern of Glowing Eggs. Spiders drop up to T10 armor, his four giant egg sacs T9-T11 and a stat potion each, the Son T10-T12, the Doku No Ken and the two pieces of the Flesh Collector set.

Getting in

Portal: Crawling Depths Portal
The portal drops from Silkmother (100%)

Difficulty

Grade 9 of 10 on this server's dungeon scale: the bosses have 87,500 HP counting defense, the heaviest hit is 380, the busiest phase fires up to 37 shots a second. Also: four giant egg sacs feed the Son's powers; he cannot be hurt while the yellow one stands, and woken early he fights with all four.

How the Crawling Depths plays

The Crawling Depths as they were before the 2020 rework: a much harder Spider Den, and one of the first three "Epic" dungeons. Bring a level 20 character with real gear. The portal opens where the realm's Silkmother falls, every time.

After Arachna exiled her son, he stole hundreds of her unhatched eggs, burrowed deep into the mountain soil and raised his siblings into an army. The Depths are dug anew for every portal, but always the same way: a chain of round caverns joined by short tunnels, no forks and no dead ends, fourteen caverns between the entrance and the Son's web.

The caverns. Small green Crawling Depths Egg Sacs lie everywhere: step next to one, or break it, and three to five Crawling Spider Hatchlings burst out, spitting Weakening shots and now and then a Quieting one. Break the sacs in your way one at a time. Each cavern holds one kind of spider, more the deeper you go: packs of Crawling Red Spotted Spiders lead their Bleeding stars to where you are going, Crawling Green Spiders spray fans of Bleeding shots up close, the small black Crawling Grey Spotted Spiders run you down and hit hard, and Crawling Grey Spiders lunge and fire one big slow bullet that breaks your armor. Clear the cavern before the boss room: you will want it to fall back to.
Treasure caverns. Now and then a cavern is a large round room of orange stalagmites and Glowing Eggs. They do nothing; break them all, a few hold a share of the Son's treasure.
The web wall. The way into the boss room faces south and is plugged with web. It does not grow back.
The Son of Arachna. Son of Arachna waits in the middle of his room and wakes when someone comes within 7 tiles. Around him stand four giant egg sacs, and each feeds one of his powers: the [[Yellow Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac|yellow]] one (south-west) makes him invulnerable, keeps two spiders beside it and gives him paralyzing bullets; the blue one (north-west) gives him his frightful speed, a faster rate of fire and quieting bolts; the red one (north-east) bleeding stars; the [[Silver Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac|silver]] one (south-east) slow grey bullets that break your armor and hit hardest of all. Breaking an egg takes its power away and lets its spiders out. Hug the wall and break the eggs before you wake him; woken with his eggs standing, he is a hurricane. Awake, he raises a web of slowing threads round the room, keeps his distance, fires green bolts all round and Weakening orbs at you, and charges whoever corners him; he never strays far from the middle.

Uniques: the Doku No Ken, a katana whose venom-green cut sways (true at the middle and the end of its reach); and two pieces of the Flesh Collector set, the Symbiotic Ripper (a dagger) and the Rags of the Host (leather), +6 VIT and +7 WIS worn together. The giant eggs drop a stat potion each and the katana now and then. The tarot card here is the Eight of Swords.

Boss: Son of Arachna

HP	50,000 (+20% per other player within 24 tiles, up to 6 players)
Defense	30
Level	20
Hits up to	330
XP multiplier	1.0
Immune to	stasis

Phases

nest
dormant
wake
fight
- guarded
- exposed

Lines

You dare enter my nest? My brothers and sisters hunger!

Drops

Loot	Chance	Bag
Doku No Ken	2%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Symbiotic Ripper	1.5%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Rags of the Host	1.5%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T12 armor	5%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T11 armor	15%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T11 weapon	6%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T10 weapon	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T10 armor	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
T5 ability	20%	own bag for the cyan-and-better ones, else shared
T4 ability	30%	shared bag
T4 ring	30%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Health Potion	100%	shared bag
Magic Potion	100%	shared bag
Potion of Defense	58%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 2, always
Potion of Wisdom	58%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 2, always
Potion of Attack	17%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always
Potion of Speed	17%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always
Potion of Dexterity	17%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always
Potion of Vitality	17%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage · one of 6, always
Eight of Swords	10%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage
Wine Cellar Incantation	1%	own bag, each player with 2% of the damage

Chance per kill. A shared bag is one roll for everyone. An own bag is rolled separately for every player who did at least that share of the damage, and only they see it: soulbound items and everything that comes in a cyan or better bag drop this way. A tier row splits its chance over every item of that tier. Loot rules

Unique drops

Doku No Ken UT Soulbound
132–160 · 5.2 tiles · 125% rate
From Son of Arachna 2%, Glowing Egg 0.20%, Yellow Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac 0.50%, Blue Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac 0.50%, Red Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac 0.50%, Silver Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac 0.50%

Symbiotic Ripper UT Soulbound
117–190 · 5.6 tiles · 120% rate · -2 VIT
From Son of Arachna 1.5%, Glowing Egg 0.30%

Rags of the Host UT Soulbound
+15 DEF, +6 ATT, -2 VIT
From Son of Arachna 1.5%, Glowing Egg 0.30%

Enemies

Enemy	HP	DEF	Hits up to	On map	Notes
Son of Arachna	50,000	30	330	4
Epic Arachna Element (Epic Arachna Element 1)	100,000	1000	–	summoned	The web: six spokes in a ring round the room's middle, each casting slowing threads to its neighbours and to the middle. They cannot be hurt, and fall with the Son.
Epic Arachna Element (Epic Arachna Element 2)	100,000	1000	–	summoned
Epic Arachna Element (Epic Arachna Element 3)	100,000	1000	–	summoned
Epic Arachna Element (Epic Arachna Element 4)	100,000	1000	–	summoned
Epic Arachna Element (Epic Arachna Element 5)	100,000	1000	–	summoned
Epic Arachna Element (Epic Arachna Element 6)	100,000	1000	–	summoned
Yellow Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac	12,500	20	–	summoned
Blue Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac	12,500	20	–	summoned
Red Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac	12,500	20	–	summoned
Silver Son of Arachna Giant Egg Sac	12,500	20	–	summoned
Crawling Grey Spider	3,500	15	110	32	Lunges at you like a hellhound and fires one big, slow bullet that breaks your armor.
Crawling Grey Spotted Spider	3,500	15	150	39	Small, black and very fast: runs you down and jumps at you, firing single heavy shots from medium range.
Crawling Web Wall	2,500	0	–	60
Crawling Red Spotted Spider	2,000	15	150	86	They hunt in packs of three or four, leading their fast Bleeding stars to where you are going.
Crawling Green Spider	1,500	15	95	58	Chases you and sprays quick fans of three Bleeding shots from close range.
Glowing Egg	900	0	–	48	The treasure cavern's eggs. They do nothing; now and then one holds a share of the Son's treasure.
Crawling Spider Hatchling	500	0	60	summoned	Fresh from its egg. Circles you, spitting Weakening shots, and every few shots one that Quiets.
Crawling Depths Egg Sac	400	0	–	182	A small green egg sac. Step next to it, or break it, and three to five hatchlings burst out.