Cradle of the Broken God
Cradle of the Broken God is a wool dungeon in the Architect's Ring. It is home to the brown wool.
Lore
"Welcome to Utopia, new resident. It may take some time for you to adjust to your new form. Be not afraid. This is normal. Neo Antium is a wonderous city. It is the future. It is perfect. The Machine God has given you a new form with which you can enjoy this beautiful place that will soon be your home forever. Be thankful. Be grateful. Soon all will join the great machine. Soon all will become a part of perfection.
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This place isn't right. The Machine is taking energy from every living thing. Pelias is trapped here too. This is disaster. This is not Utopia."
Layout
From the starting room, there are three rooms: a checkpoint hub to the left, the pipe to the first area up ahead, and the path to the second area to the right. At first, the only way to go is down the pipe, which has a glass wall and gives players slow falling so they can gaze upon the entirety of the first area: the Factory.
The Factory
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The Factory is a massive area consisting of buildings constructed with a steampunk color palette and theme. To complete this area, players must find and activate four of five mechanisms scattered around the factory: Water Treatment, Aether Plant, Amethyst Processing, Research Ward, and Oil Extraction. Nearby the entrance pipe is a building housing the Command Room, which grants the player a checkpoint back to the start as well as the ability to check which mechanisms have been activated in the instance.
A unique gimmick for the factory is polarity tiles, signified by red and blue pressure plate platforms. Stepping on the pressure plate will change the player's polarity between positive and negative. Most mobs in the factory also have a polarity, indicated by colored particles, heads, and/or their names. Players will deal 20% more damage and take 20% less damage from mobs of the opposite polarity to them.
The Water Treatment section is located on the left side of the pipe, accessed through various copper hallways and staircases. At the end is a large room with water behind and under tinted glass, as well as a checkpoint pipe embedded in the wall. The door to the activation mechanism is locked, requiring the player to kill the Hydraulic Overseer miniboss on the opposite end of the room. Once the door is opened, pressing the button will activate the mechanism, completing it.
The Aether Plant is located to the left towards the back of the factory. At the end is a big multi-layered room, with a checkpoint pipe before it. Entering the center of the room will summon the miniboss, which players can use polarity to their advantage with pressure plates around the arena.
The Amethyst Processing section is located around the center of the factory and can be accessed through the "streets". The checkpoint pipe is located next to the mechanism within the area. To activate the mechanism, the player needs to find four of five Aether Cells within the factory, typically within stray pipes. Inputting four Aether Cells into the item frames and pressing the button will complete the mechanism.
The Research Ward is located at the back of the factory, slightly towards the right side. The checkpoint pipe is found in a museum-like area with multiple artificial biome exhibits, and a staircase heading downwards leads to the activation mechanism.
The Oil Extraction section is located on the right side of the pipe, identified by a pit of soul soil. Stepping on the soul soil will slow the player down similarly to soul sand. In the center is a ladder that leads downwards where the activation mechanism is found.
- Water Treatment : -151, 42, 7285
- Aether Plant : -371, 57, 7421
- Oil Extraction : -329, 16, 7308
- Research Ward : -238, 82, 7481
- Amethysts (requires 4 out of 5 Aether Cells) : -228, 85, 7419
- Aether Cell 1 : -143, 47, 7323
- Aether Cell 2 : -168, 91, 7271
- Aether Cell 3 : -328, 77, 7383
- Aether Cell 4 : -378, 95, 7368
- Aether Cell 5 : -286, 44, 7374
Objective Waypoints:
After completing four of five mechanisms in the factory, returning to the beginning will unlock the path to the right leading to the second part: Neo Antium.
Neo Antium
Neo Antium takes the form of a town, featuring well-decorated houses, gardens, a bright cheerful color palette, and "ecstatic" mobs. Mobs do not have polarity here and, as a result, there are no polarity pressure plates. Players simply need to get to the throne room at the end of the area.
While not all five mechanisms are required to access Neo Antium, completing all five and stepping on the plate in the Command Room will open a door to the library in Neo Antium. The locked room features multiple chests as well as a lore book.
Restricted Area #609
Behind the throne in Neo Antium is a checkpoint pipe and the path forwards, along with signs warning players to have all players present in the next room before proceeding. Entering the doorway teleports players to a large arena featuring some polarity tiles once more. Stepping in the center will summon the boss Neo Pelias.
Neo Pelias will chase after players and attempt to melee them. He will also change polarity approximately every ten seconds, in which the players can use to deal more and take less damage from him. He will occasionally summon factory mobs from the ground, as well as an Eternal Gear elite, which goes into a dormant state temporarily on death, recovering all HP and becoming active again after a few seconds. Neo Pelias is able to cast certain spells as well, such as an attack similar to Eldrask's Shatter attack, a laser the involves line of sight, a projectile attack, and an attack that launches multiple damaging "waves" centered on him. Upon defeat, a pressure plate appears in the center of the arena, allowing them to enter their loot rooms.
Players do not have only one life in this battle and dying will respawn the player and allow them to continue the fight. The loot room chests guarantee one of four rares at the bottom of the rare trader, but does not guarantee any other rares.