Dungeons

The Descent

Five dungeons, the chambers inside them, the mercenaries you hire and the bosses at the bottom.

The Descent is the co-operative half of Reckoner, and it does not need anybody to be online. You hire mercenaries, pick a dungeon and pick how deep to go - and depth is a dial, not a difficulty setting. Each rung down multiplies what is waiting and what it pays. It opens at L26, and you get 2 runs a day.

The five dungeons

Bristlewarren Tier 2 from L26 Ironbristle

Ironbristle · the boss

L26Beast

landForesttier 2

opens atL26

bossIronbristlelevel 26

essence

Bristlewarren Essencetradable, and the high recipes want it

Trophies

Ironbristle TuskKnight trophy

Ironbristle SinewbowPaladin trophy

Ironbristle EmberspineMage trophy

Ironbristle QuillDruid trophy

The boss fight

Phase 1 - 50% of its health. Circles the den and charges with tusks and hooves.
Phase 2 - 50% of its health, hitting 1.2× as fast. From half health it stops circling and its charges come faster.

Thornhollow Tier 3 from L51 Thornheart

Thornheart · the boss

L51Plant

landJungletier 3

opens atL51

bossThornheartlevel 51 · casts Closing Thorns

essence

Thornhollow Essencetradable, and the high recipes want it

Trophies

Thornheart LashKnight trophy

Thornheart BriarbowPaladin trophy

Thornheart TorchwoodMage trophy

Thornheart SprigDruid trophy

The boss fight

Phase 1 - 50% of its health. Hits with thorns and lets vines loose.
Phase 2 - 50% of its health, and it closes its own wounds, hitting 1.25× as fast. From half health it seeps poison and starts closing its own wounds.

Forgedeep Tier 4 from L76 Slagmaw

Slagmaw · the boss

L76Fireborn

landDeep Cavernstier 4

opens atL76

bossSlagmawlevel 76 · casts Reforging

essence

Forgedeep Essencetradable, and the high recipes want it

Trophies

Slagmaw HammerKnight trophy

Slagmaw EmberbowPaladin trophy

Slagmaw ForgebrandMage trophy

Slagmaw BasaltrodDruid trophy

The boss fight

Phase 1 - 50% of its health. Swings a molten arm and throws the sparks of its own forge.
Phase 2 - 50% of its health, and it closes its own wounds, hitting 1.3× as fast. From half health the forge relights: the hammer falls faster and the maw welds its own cracks shut.

Ironvigil Tier 5 from L101 Rustcrown

Rustcrown · the boss

L101Undead

landCastletier 5

opens atL101

bossRustcrownlevel 101 · casts Standing Vigil

essence

Ironvigil Essencetradable, and the high recipes want it

Trophies

Rustcrown ScepterKnight trophy

Rustcrown SpirebowPaladin trophy

Rustcrown BeaconMage trophy

Rustcrown VerdigrisDruid trophy

The boss fight

Phase 1 - 50% of its health. Holds the throne room and answers with mace and grave-cold.
Phase 2 - 50% of its health, and it closes its own wounds, hitting 1.25× as fast. From half health the old watch answers with it: the blows come faster and its wounds close.

Emberthrone Tier 6 from L126 Cinderhusk

Cinderhusk · the boss

L126Undead

landThe Abysstier 6

opens atL126

bossCinderhusklevel 126 · casts Rekindling

essence

Emberthrone Essencetradable, and the high recipes want it

Trophies

Cinderhusk MaulKnight trophy

Cinderhusk AshbowPaladin trophy

Cinderhusk EmberheartMage trophy

Cinderhusk AshsproutDruid trophy

The boss fight

Phase 1 - 50% of its health. Burns from the inside and strikes with an arm of cooling ash.
Phase 2 - 50% of its health, and it closes its own wounds, hitting 1.3× as fast. From half health the embers flare: it strikes faster and packs its own cracks with ash.

What is inside one

A run is a fixed script of chambers and then the boss. The chambers differ in how the same stretch of time is spent - one long grind, three heavy fights, or a short rich room.

Swarm

enemies24

loot1×

A long run of weak enemies. Cheap per kill, but it drains supplies by sheer count.

Wardens

enemies3

loot1×

Three heavy fights. Short, and every one of them can go wrong.

Vault

enemies6

loot1.6×

Fewer enemies, far richer loot - the room you came for.

Conflux

enemies14

loot1×

The elemental well. It replaces the swarm on deeper descents and hits with the tier element.

The mercenaries

Four hires, one of each class. They scale to your level, they bring their own supplies, and who you take changes what the party can survive: a healer buys you a rung of depth on its own.

Bramwell

KnightTank

Holds the line - takes the hits so the rest of the party does not.

Kara

DruidHealer

Keeps everybody standing - buys a rung of depth on their own.

Odric

MageDps

Burns things down - the reason the enrage timer is not a problem.

Wren

PaladinDps

Burns things down - the reason the enrage timer is not a problem.

Depth is the dial

Tokens pay by tier first and depth second, so a deep run in a shallow dungeon never beats a shallow run in a deep one.
A rarity floor comes with depth: from the first rung every drop in the run is at least blue, and from the fourth at least purple.
The boss's red drop climbs with every rung, up to a ceiling - a jackpot that gets more likely, never guaranteed.
An enrage timer ends the run if the boss outlives it. Depth is limited by what your party can actually kill in time, not by a level requirement.

Dungeon	Tier	Opens at	Tokens for a shallow clear	Tokens at the depth cap
Bristlewarren	Tier 2	L26	24	42
Thornhollow	Tier 3	L51	36	63
Forgedeep	Tier 4	L76	48	84
Ironvigil	Tier 5	L101	60	105
Emberthrone	Tier 6	L126	72	126

The rungs

One rung down doubles what the enemies are made of, but their damage climbs slower than their toughness - so depth is a fight that gets longer before it gets deadly, and the enrage timer is what eventually stops you. Rewards below are the same on every dungeon; the tokens column is for a tier 6 run.

Descent	Enemy toughness	Enemy damage	Rarity floor on every drop	Boss red chance	Tokens
×1	×1	×1.2	Blue	5%	72
×2	×2	×2.04	Blue	6.5%	83
×3	×4	×3.47	Blue	8%	94
×4	×8	×5.9	Purple	9.5%	104
×5	×16	×10.02	Purple	11%	115
×6	×32	×17.04	Purple	13%	126
×7	×64	×28.97	Purple	14%	126
×8	×128	×49.24	Purple	16%	126