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Entities

• HunterThis is you! Walk into enemies to attack.
• ScavengerThe classic threat. You'll see this one on every floor.
• SprinterThis pink diamond is quick and can close distance fast.
• HaulerMight be slow but can deal a lot of damage.
• EchoViolet diamond. Idle until you get too close.
• BossThe final challenge — defeat to win.

Loot & exit

• ScrapThis green pip is currency that can be spent in the workshop.
• PartThis blue pip stands for gear that can be equipped at the Station.
• ExitThis amber marker is the way out — either to the next floor or back to the Station.

Props

Props block movement. Use them as cover; walk around them.

• CrateWooden box. Useful as cover, but blocks movement.
• BarrelLike crates — blocks movement, but you can hide behind them.
• TerminalConsole is still glowing. Something is still powering it?
• DebrisScattered fragments that can't be stepped on.

Mutations

Altars drop three choices per floor that you have to pick one and stays with you for the run. Most options have a cost and a handful are pure buffs.

Grafted Carapace

+6 max HP, +1 damage taken.

Salvaged Edge

+2 attack damage, -1 max HP.

Subdermal Mesh

-1 damage taken.

Adrenal Stim

+3 HP on kill, -3 max HP.

Ferro-Blood

+3 HP on descent.

Photoreactive Skin

+6 max HP, -1 attack damage.

Salvaged Neural Cord

+3 attack damage, +1 damage taken.

Overclock Cortex

+2 attack damage, +2 HP on kill, -4 max HP.

Glass Nerve

+4 attack damage, +2 damage taken.

Calcified Marrow

+10 max HP, -2 attack damage.

Bellows Rig

+4 HP on descent, -1 attack damage.

Parasitic Graft

+4 HP on kill, +1 damage taken.

Signal classes

Each signal is tagged with one of six origins and classes, all of which have different effects, themes, and spawn pools.

Military

Bunkers, silos, installations. Sealed from inside. Command chain gone.

Corporate

Labs, arcologies, R&D facilities. Proprietary processes that won't stop.

Civilian

Ruins, hospitals, transit tunnels. People lived here.

AI

Datacenters, spires, uplink arrays. Broadcasts without operators.

Unknown

Anomalies, sealed vaults, impact craters. Signature matches nothing catalogued.

Faction

Outposts, scavenger camps, cult compounds. Something is still organizing in there.

Runs & the Station

Signal ID

Every run has a shareable ID (e.g. XG-MZS-WARP). Send the link to a friend so they can try the exact same site.

Descent

Seven floors with a boss at the end. Defeat the boss to complete the run.

Mutations

Altars give you a choice of 3 mutations. Pick one and it sticks with you for the run.

Death

You keep banked scrap and any parts collected during the run, but lose half the scrap you collected this run.

Scrap & upgrades

You can use scrap to upgrade yourself with better stats in the workshop.

Gear

Gear will occasionally drop when defeating enemies. Equip it at the Station to receive special stats.

Controls