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Into the Depths is a turn-based dungeon crawler. Every floor is randomly generated, so no two runs are the same. You pick a class, descend through ten floors, and try to defeat the Skull King at the bottom.

• Turn based. Nothing moves until you do. Each turn you get 2 Action Points and 2 Movement Points.
• Permadeath. If your character dies, that save slot is wiped and the run is over. (A Phoenix Feather can save you once.)
• Three save slots. You can have three separate runs going at once.
• Saving. The game saves when you take the stairs down to a new floor, and you can Save & Exit from the pause menu.

1. Pick a class. The Knight is the most forgiving for new players.
2. Two Keys are dropped next to you at the start of every new run. Pick them up; they open locked doors.
3. Read the sign near the entrance on Floor 1.
4. Walk into enemies to attack them. Watch your life bar and drink a potion before it gets low.
5. Find the stairs and stand on them, then press E (or A / Cross) to go down.

• Floors 1 to 4: learn the ropes, collect gear, level up.
• Floor 5: defeat the Demon Knight. The stairs down stay hidden until it falls.
• Floors 6 to 9: the dungeon gets much harder. Elites and Mimics become common.
• Floor 10: defeat the Skull King to win.

Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and most generic controllers are supported. The game switches automatically between keyboard/mouse and controller depending on which one you touched last, and on-screen button prompts change to match the controller you're holding.

Targeting: the nearest enemy is picked for you automatically. A reticle shows who you're locked on to. It turns red when your next attack will actually connect (the enemy is in reach, or you're holding a wand).

When the inventory is open, a slot cursor replaces the mouse. The stick or D-pad jumps from cell to cell, and across to your weapon, armor, shield and trinket slots.

The hotbar at the bottom of the screen shows:

[Weapon] [Off-hand] [Armor] [Trinket] [Trinket] | [Class Ability]

• Each slot shows what's equipped, with stack size and a damage or protection badge.
• The off-hand slot greys out while you hold a two-handed weapon, and turns into a quiver when you hold a bow with arrows in it.
• The ability slot shows your class icon, its magic cost, a radial cooldown with turns left, and the button that fires it.
• Hover over a slot with the mouse to see a tooltip. Click the ability slot to use it.

There are four classes. Each has different starting stats, a starting kit, a passive bonus and a unique ability. Loot is also biased toward your class: spellcasters find more staves, wands and robes, and the Knight finds more steel.

All classes start with 2 Action Points and 2 Movement Points.

William the Knight

A sturdy fighter who wins by standing in the thick of it.

• Starting kit: Sword (in hand), Leather Armor, Wooden Shield, 2 Healing Potions, 1 Magic Potion.
• Passive: Bulwark. +1 Protection while holding a shield.
• Ability: Cleave. Strike every enemy around you, diagonals included, with +1 damage.
  • Cost: no magic. Cooldown: 8 turns.
  • Costs one action no matter how many enemies you hit.
  • Does nothing (and isn't spent) if no enemy is next to you.
• Magic regeneration: none (unless you wear a Mana Crystal).
• Loot bias: 55% of arcane gear is re-rolled into weapons and armor.

Tips: Fight in doorways and corridors so only a few enemies can reach you, then Cleave when you're surrounded. Keep a shield equipped for Bulwark unless a two-handed weapon is clearly better.

Job the Necromancer

Commands the dead and wears enemies down with poison.

• Starting kit: Dagger (in hand), Bone Wand, Healing Potion, Magic Potion, Antidote.
• Passives:
  • Dark Touch: 25% of your normal hits also poison the target.
  • Soul Harvest: every kill heals you for 1.
  • Regains 1 magic every 8 turns.
• Ability: Raise Dead. Skeletons claw out of the ground and fight for you, then crumble.
  • Cost: 4 magic. Cooldown: 16 turns.
  • How many rise: 1–2 at first, 1–3 from level 3, 2–3 from level 6. Each Staff of the Grave, Lich Staff or Skull Talisman adds one more.
  • How long they last: 10 turns + your level, plus bonuses from gear.
  • From level 5, each one has a 1 in 3 chance to be a tougher Risen Knight.
  • Maximum 5 undead at once.
• Loot bias: 70% of steel weapons, shields and heavy armor are re-rolled into necromantic or arcane gear.

Undead allies:

• Undead block monsters and attack the nearest enemy they can see.
• Walking into one of your undead swaps places with it.
• Monsters may attack your undead instead of you.
• Undead give no XP or loot, and they crumble when you leave the floor.

Tips: Raise your undead before a fight starts so they soak the first hits. Gear like the Book of the Dead, Necromancer's Shroud and Bone Totem makes your army last longer and hit harder.

Jacob the Mage

Fragile, but deals heavy damage from range.

• Starting kit: Frail Wand (in hand), Mage Robe, Dagger, 2 Magic Potions, 1 Healing Potion.
• Passives:
  • Spells deal +1 damage.
  • Regains 1 magic every 5 turns.
• Ability: Arcane Storm. Lightning leaps from you through visible enemies. Ignores armor.
  • Cost: 3 magic. Cooldown: 5 turns.
  • Hits up to 3 enemies, plus 1 more every 4 levels (maximum 5).
  • Damage per enemy: 2 + (your level ÷ 2), plus any spell damage bonus from gear.
• Loot bias: 70% of steel weapons, shields and heavy armor are re-rolled into staves, wands, robes and books.

Tips: Magic damage ignores armor, which makes the Mage great against heavily armored enemies like Mecha Golems. Keep your distance, and save Arcane Storm for groups.

Jenkins the Naked

An old man with three rocks and a tomato. Brutal on purpose.

• Starting kit: 3 Rocks (in hand), 1 Tomato.
• Passive: Nothing to lose.
  • +50% XP.
  • Monsters have +25% life and notice you more easily.
  • No magic regeneration.
  • Only +1 max life per level (other classes get +2).
• Ability: Pray. Heal 2 life. One time in four, the gods answer and smite the nearest enemy with holy fire for 3 + (your level ÷ 3) damage.
  • Cost: no magic. Cooldown: 30 turns.
• Loot bias: none. Take what you find.

Tips: This is a challenge class. Avoid fights you don't need, throw rocks from a distance, and pick up every piece of gear you can.

• Each turn you have Action Points (AP) and Movement Points (MP). Every class starts with 2 of each.
• Moving one tile costs 1 MP. Attacking, casting, throwing or using your ability costs 1 AP.
• Your turn ends when you run out of either AP or MP.
• Monsters take their turns in order of Consciousness. Higher acts first.

• Melee: walk into an enemy or click it. You can hit diagonally with a click or with the controller's attack button. Walking into an enemy only attacks in straight lines.
• Reach weapons (Spear, Halberd, Frost Trident) hit enemies up to 2 tiles away, straight or diagonal.
• Wands and staves: click a visible enemy to cast a bolt. This costs magic (usually 1, sometimes 2).
• Throwing: right-click (or RT) throws whatever is in your hand: rocks, knives, javelins, bombs, flasks.
• Bows: put arrows in your off-hand slot, hold a bow, then throw to shoot. The bow's damage is added to the arrow's.

• Your melee damage = weapon damage + your Strength. Bare fists deal just your Strength.
• To hit: roll a 20-sided die. You hit if the roll is 19 or lower, adjusted by your Agility minus the target's Agility. A roll of 1 always hits and a roll of 20 always misses.
  • Equal Agility = 95% chance to hit.
  • Every point of Agility you have over the target makes you harder to miss with, and every point you're behind makes you miss more often.

Holy is a special tag on the Holy Septre, Angel Sword, Silver Arrows, Holy Water and the Naked class's divine smite. Holy damage is doubled against the Skull King.

• Every point of Protection gives each point of incoming damage an 8% chance to be blocked, up to a maximum of 60% (at 8 Protection, rounded down).
• Protection works against Normal, Freeze and Poison damage.
• Fire and Magic ignore Protection completely.
• If every point of a hit is blocked, you'll see "Blocked!".

• Antidote cures poison. Elixir cures all ailments.

• Kill monsters to earn XP. Elite monsters give bonus XP.
• XP needed for the next level = 30 × your current level + 20 (Level 1→2: 50 XP, 2→3: 80 XP, 3→4: 110 XP, …). Extra XP carries over.
• Every level up:
  • +2 max life (Naked: +1).
  • Full heal.
  • +1 Strength on every even level (2, 4, 6…).
  • +1 Agility on every third level (3, 6, 9…).
  • Mage and Necromancer: +1 Magic.
• Class abilities also get stronger as you level (see Character Classes).

Floor	Name	Monsters you'll meet
1	The Cellar	Green Slime, Rat, Cave Bat
2	Rat Warrens	Rat, Blue Slime, Ghoul, Cave Bat, Cave Spider
3	Fungal Grotto	Ghoul, Blue Slime, Thief, Cave Spider, Zombie, Mimic
4	Flooded Crypt	Zombie, Thief, Realm Archer, Skeleton Archer, Blast Beetle, Mimic
5	Hall of the Demon Knight	Demon Knight (boss), Demon Child, Skeleton Warrior, Demon Tribesmen, Blast Beetle, Mimic
6	Bone Gallery	Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton Archer, Plague Doctor, Blast Beetle, Fire Imp, Mimic
7	The Forgotten Forge	Mecha Golem, Minotaur, Fire Imp, Demon Tribesmen, Skeleton Warrior, Realm Archer, Mimic
8	Frozen Depths	Frost Wraith, Licker, Ghoul, Cultist, Mimic
9	The Abyss	Demon Child, Demon Tribesmen, Cultist, Bone Knight, Licker, Frost Wraith, Mimic
10	Throne of the Skull King	Skull King (final boss), Bone Knight, Cultist, Licker

From Floor 3 down, each floor has more monsters than the last: Floor 3 has 12% more than the base count, rising to 84% more on Floor 9.

• Chests: 5–8 per floor (2 on Floor 10). Gold chests have better loot, and get more common the deeper you go.
• Loose loot: items lying on the floor.
• Doors and locked doors: locked doors need a Key, which is used up.
• Hidden doors and rooms: press F (or X / Square) to search for hidden doors nearby.
• Boulders: break them (Bombs and Rocks can crack them) to find rubies.
• Rubies and jewels: currency for the Blacksmith.
• Lamps: light up the area around them.
• Campfires: stand near one to heal. Each campfire only holds 5, 7 or 10 life worth of healing before it runs out.
• Signs: hints for the floor. Press E to read.
• Stairs down: always reachable without keys or searching. On Floors 5 and 10 they're hidden until the boss is dead.

A Blacksmith sets up near the entrance on Floors 2 to 9. He trades for Rubies, Jewels and Humanity.

Offer	Price
Healing Potion	6 Rubies
Antidote	3 Rubies
Bomb ×2	5 Rubies
Throwing Knife ×4	4 Rubies
Key ×2	5 Rubies
Tome of Mending	8 Rubies
Mace	12 Rubies
Magical Mace	6 Jewels
Elixir	4 Jewels
Heart Crystal	8 Jewels
Blessing (full heal)	15 Humanity

Gold: the Blacksmith trades 20 Gold Coins for a Ruby and 5 Gold Bars for a Jewel.

From Floor 3 onward (except Floor 10), 1–2 of the "chests" on each floor are Mimics. They look exactly like chests until you stand next to one or hit it. See the Bestiary.

Stats are base values. Monsters get tougher on deeper floors, and some spawn as Elites (see the next section).

• Life: hit points.
• Str: Strength. Roughly how much damage it deals.
• Agi: Agility. Affects hitting and dodging.
• Prot: Protection (armor).
• Move: tiles it can move per turn.
• Vision: how far it can see you.

Depth scaling (all non-boss monsters):

• Life goes up on every floor. From Floor 3 there's an extra multiplier, rising from +12% on Floor 3 to +96% on Floor 10.
• Strength: +1 every 3 floors.
• Agility goes up from Floor 6.
• Protection: +1 from Floor 7.
• Vision: +1 from Floor 5. They notice you from further away.
• Playing Naked: +25% life and better awareness on top of all this.

Elite monsters (from Floor 3):

• Chance to spawn as an Elite: about 7% on Floor 3, rising to about 16% on Floor 9.
• Elites have a gilded look and "Elite" in front of their name.
• +40% life, +1 Strength, +1 Agility.
• Worth bonus XP, and they always drop something good.

Mimic

Life	Str	Agi	Prot	Move	Vision	Floors
10	3	1	1	1	2	3–9

Disguised as a treasure chest. It sits perfectly still until you stand next to it or attack it, then it bites. Its life bar is hidden while it's disguised.

Tip: if a chest is in an odd spot, throw a rock at it first.

Summoned Monsters

Monsters raised by Cultists or bosses give no XP, so you can't farm them.

The guardian of the Hall of the Demon Knight. It sleeps until it notices you. Its health shows in a big boss bar at the top of the screen. All of its attacks deal Fire damage, which ignores armor.

Phase 1

• Every 4 turns, if you're within 9 tiles, it unleashes a ring of hellfire: 12 fireballs flying outward. The game pauses while they fly.
• Otherwise it hits you with a fiery melee attack if you're adjacent, or walks toward you.

Phase 2 (below half health)

• Summons 3 Demon Children.
• The hellfire ring now comes every 3 turns and has 18 fireballs.

Strategy

• "Keep your distance from its ring of hellfire... or close in and finish it." (the sign on Floor 5)
• Count its turns. Get into a gap between fireballs, or get close and burst it down between rings.
• Bring Healing Potions. Fire ignores your armor, so Protection won't help here.
• The stairs down only appear once it's dead.

The ruler of the depths. His attacks deal Poison damage.

Unholy Resistance

• He takes only half damage from anything that isn't Holy.
• Holy damage is doubled against him.
• A glowing holy boulder sits near the Floor 10 entrance. Break it to claim the Holy Septre (5 Magic damage, Holy).
• Other holy sources: Angel Sword, Silver Arrows, Holy Water, and the Naked class's divine smite.

Phase 1

• Plague Nova: every 5 turns, if you're within 3 tiles, he poisons everything near him.
• Shadow bolts: every other turn, if he can see you, he fires a shadow bolt.
• Otherwise he attacks in melee or walks toward you.

Phase 2 (below 66% health)

• Raises 3 Skeleton Warriors.

Phase 3 (below 33% health)

• Summons 2 Bone Knights.
• Gets a second action every turn.
• His Plague Nova and shadow bolts get stronger with each phase.

Strategy

• Get the Holy Septre first. Fighting him without holy damage takes twice as long.
• Bring Antidotes or an Elixir for the Plague Nova.
• Deal with his summons quickly, or keep them busy with your own undead (Necromancer).
• Save your best potions for Phase 3, when he acts twice a turn.

• Your melee damage = weapon damage + your Strength.
• Two-handed weapons take both hands: your shield or off-hand item does nothing while you wield one.
• Reach 2 weapons hit enemies two tiles away, straight or diagonal.
• Wands and staves cast a bolt at a visible enemy for a magic cost.
• Magic and Fire damage ignore armor.

Put arrows in your off-hand slot, hold a bow, and throw (right-click / RT) to shoot. The bow's damage is added to the arrow's. All bows are two-handed. You can also throw arrows by hand without a bow.

Bow	Damage
Short Bow	2
Long Bow	3
Crossbow	4

Arrow	Damage	Type	Notes
Arrow	2	Normal
Fire Arrow	2	Fire	Ignores armor.
Frost Arrow	2	Freeze	Freezes what it hits.
Poison Arrow	2	Poison	Poisons what it hits.
Silver Arrow	3	Magic	Holy. Double damage to the Skull King, ignores armor.
Explosive Arrow	3	Fire	Explodes in a 3×3 area. Careful!

Hold it in your hand and throw (right-click / RT).

Item	Damage	Type	Notes
Rock	1	Normal	Can crack boulders. Starting weapon for the Naked class.
Throwing Knife	3	Normal
Javelin	4	Normal	Hits hard.
Bomb	4	Fire	Explodes in a 3×3 area. Breaks boulders.
Fire Flask	3	Fire	Bursts into flames in a 3×3 area.
Frost Bomb	1	Freeze	Freezes everything in a 3×3 area for 3 turns.
Poison Flask	2	Poison	A choking cloud poisons a 3×3 area.
Holy Water	4	Magic	Holy. Double damage to the Skull King.

Click (or target and press RB) a visible enemy to cast. Wands cost 1 magic per cast.

Wand	Damage	Type	Notes
Frail Wand	1	Magic	Starting weapon for the Mage.
Wand of Sparks	2	Magic	Magic ignores armor.
Venom Wand	2	Poison	Poison bolt.
Bone Wand	2	Magic	Shadow bolts. Necromancer: +1 damage.
Frost Wand	2	Freeze	Freezing bolt.
Fire Wand	4	Fire	Fireball.

Off-hand items go in the shield slot. They do nothing while you hold a two-handed weapon.

Item	Protection	Notes
Wooden Shield	1	Starting shield for the Knight.
Buckler	1	+1 Agility.
Metal Shield	2
Spiked Shield	2	Monsters that hit you in melee take 1 damage.
Heaven Shield	3	A blessed tower shield.
Tower Shield	4	Huge protection, but −1 Agility.
Death Shield	5	Forged in hell. The best shield in the game.
Grimoire	0	+3 max magic and +1 spell damage.
Book of the Dead	0	+2 max magic. Necromancer: undead last 4 turns longer.
Bone Totem	1	Necromancer: your undead hit 1 harder.

Knight tip: any shield also triggers the Knight's Bulwark passive (+1 Protection).

You have two trinket slots. Trinkets give their bonus only while worn. Gear bonuses are recalculated every turn, so swapping gear can't stack bonuses.

Relics aren't worn. Use them from your inventory for a permanent bonus that lasts the rest of the run.

Relic	Effect
Heart Crystal	Permanently +2 max life.
Ring of Protection	Fuses to your finger. Permanently +1 Protection.
Amulet of Agility	Permanently +1 Agility (hit more, dodge more).
Phoenix Feather	Keep it in your backpack. The first time you would die, you rise again with half your life, and poison and freezing are cleared. The feather burns away.

Anyone can read these, whatever their class.

Item	Effect
Scroll of Mapping	Reveals the whole layout of the current floor on your map.
Scroll of Teleport	Teleports you to a random spot on this floor.
Scroll of Raise Dead	Two skeletons rise to fight beside you for 12 turns.
Tome of Mending	Fully heals you.
Tome of Flames	Engulfs every enemy you can see in flames (4 Fire damage).
Tome of Frost	Freezes every enemy you can see for 3 turns.
Tome of Passage	Teleports you right next to the stairs down.

• Chests, including the better gold chests.
• Items lying on the floor.
• Monster drops. Elites always drop something good. Summoned monsters and undead allies drop nothing.
• Boulders (rubies).
• The Blacksmith.

Items are grouped into five tiers. Deeper floors and gold chests roll from higher tiers.

Tier	Highlights
1 (common)	Healing Potions, food, Arrows, Keys, Dagger, Hand Axe, Wooden Shield, Leather Armor, Short Bow, Javelin, Wand of Sparks, Bone Wand, Apprentice Staff, Buckler, Mage Robe, Four-Leaf Clover, Scroll of Teleport
2 (uncommon)	Sword, Spear, Battle Axe, Metal Shield, Chain Mail, Bombs, Rapier, Broadsword, Morning Star, Venom Dagger, Long Bow, special arrows, flasks, Frost Wand, Venom Wand, Spiked Shield, Grimoire, Bone Totem, Necromancer's Shroud, Scale Mail, the stat rings, Amulet of Warding, Seer's Eye, Soul Gem
3 (rare)	Elixir, Flaming Sword, Icy Axe, War Hammer, Heaven Shield, Icy Plate, Potions of Life and Strength, Tomes, Fire Wand, Magical Mace, Vampiric Dagger, Great Sword, Executioner's Axe, Halberd, Frost Trident, Reaper's Scythe, Crossbow, Silver and Explosive Arrows, Holy Water, the elemental staves, Tower Shield, Book of the Dead, Archmage Vestments, Shadow Cloak, Skull Talisman
4 (epic)	Heart Crystal, Ring of Protection, Amulet of Agility, Potion of Energy, Ring of Regeneration, Mana Crystal, Phoenix Feather
5 (legendary)	Death Shield, Obsidian Plate, Angel Sword, Demon Blade, Executioner's Axe, Archmage Staff, Lich Staff, Archmage Vestments, Phoenix Feather

• Fight in corridors and doorways so fewer enemies can reach you at once.
• Use the map (M). A Scroll of Mapping reveals the whole floor.
• Search (F) near dead ends for hidden doors and rooms.
• Don't hoard healing. A Healing Potion restores all your life, so drink one before a dangerous fight, not after.
• Level ups fully heal you. If you're about to level, finishing one more kill can save a potion.
• Campfires heal you for free. Rest at them before moving on.
• Throw things. Rocks, knives and javelins soften enemies before they reach you.

• Armored enemies (Mecha Golem, Bone Knight, Skeleton Warrior): use Fire or Magic damage, which ignores armor.
• Casters (Fire Imp, Frost Wraith, Cultist): break line of sight, then ambush them around a corner. Kill Cultists before they build an army.
• Blast Beetles: kill them from range, or step away before they reach you.
• Archers: close the distance fast or fight them around corners.
• Mimics: test suspicious chests with a thrown rock.

• Demon Knight: bring Healing Potions (fire ignores armor), and learn the timing of the hellfire ring.
• Skull King: grab the Holy Septre from the glowing boulder first. Bring Antidotes or an Elixir, and keep a Silver Arrow or Holy Water stash if you use them.

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• Most controllers are supported: Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and generic pads.
• The mouse cursor hides itself while you play on a controller.
• Input is paused while the Steam overlay is open.
• Controller rumble is supported.