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Otherside Portal
How to light the Ancient City portal in Deeper and Darker: kill the Warden for a Heart of the Deep, clear the Sculk from the frame and use the heart on it.
Progression Guide
Step-by-step Deeper and Darker progression: kill the Warden, light the Otherside Portal, make Resonarium then Warden gear, and loot Ancient Temples.
Warden Armor
Warden Armor in Deeper and Darker: how to upgrade Netherite with Reinforced Echo Shards, full stats, and what the helmet, leggings and boots do.
Getting Started
3 pagesWhere to begin. The Otherside Portal page covers lighting the portal in an Ancient City, and the Progression Guide goes through the mod in the order you'll most likely play it.
The Otherside
A guide to the Otherside from Deeper and Darker: how to reach it from an Ancient City, its four biomes, which mobs spawn where, and how to survive.
Otherside Portal
How to light the Ancient City portal in Deeper and Darker: kill the Warden for a Heart of the Deep, clear the Sculk from the frame and use the heart on it.
Progression Guide
Step-by-step Deeper and Darker progression: kill the Warden, light the Otherside Portal, make Resonarium then Warden gear, and loot Ancient Temples.
Biomes
4 pagesThe Otherside has four biomes. The Deeplands and the Echoing Forest are where you'll spend most of your time, while the Overcast Columns and the Blooming Caverns have their own stone, plants and mobs.
Deeplands
The Deeplands is the darkest biome of the Otherside in Deeper and Darker: its mobs, Sculk Jaw and Infested Sculk traps, ores and the Ancient Temple.
Echoing Forest
The Echoing Forest in Deeper and Darker: Echo Trees, Echo Saplings and Echo Soil, the Shattered that roam it, its ores and how to grow Echo Trees at home.
Overcast Columns
The Overcast Columns in Deeper and Darker: Gloomslate pillars, Crystallized Amber, Gloomy Geysers that launch you 30 blocks up, and no natural mob spawns.
Blooming Caverns
The Blooming Caverns in Deeper and Darker: glowing plants, pools with Angler Fish and Ice Lilies, Sludge, Bloom Berries and Blooming Stems for Bloom wood.
Structures
2 pagesThe mod changes the Ancient Cities of the Overworld, where the portal and the Warden are, and adds the Ancient Temple, which is buried in the Deeplands of the Otherside.
Ancient Temple
Find the Ancient Temple in the Otherside's Deeplands, open the secret aisle for a Sculk Transmitter, and use Sculk Omen to farm Stalkers from its vases.
Ancient Cities
What Deeper and Darker adds to Ancient Cities: the Otherside Portal frame, new Warden drops, Smithing Templates in the chests and Ancient Vases.
Mobs
9 pagesMost of the mod's mobs live in the Otherside, and nearly all of them are made of sculk. The Stalker and the Shattered are the ones to watch for, as they drop the Soul Crystals and Sculk Bones you'll need later.
Stalker
How the Stalker spawns from fake Ancient Vases in Deeper and Darker, how its ring attack and Sculk Leeches work, and how to get its Soul Crystal.
Shattered
Where the Shattered spawns in Deeper and Darker, how it hunts by sound like the Warden, how to sneak past it, and the Sculk Bones it drops.
Sculk Snapper
How to tame a Sculk Snapper with Gleam Gel in Deeper and Darker, how its Enchanted Book drops work, where it spawns and what it drops when killed.
Shriek Worm
How the Shriek Worm bursts out of Infested Sculk in Deeper and Darker, how far it reaches, why it burrows back down and how to clear the trap.
Sculk Centipede
Where the Sculk Centipede spawns in Deeper and Darker, why hitting one angers the whole group, how long it stays angry and what it drops.
Sculk Leech
Where Sculk Leeches come from in Deeper and Darker, how their bites drain your experience, how Silk Touch stops them and what they drop.
Sludge
How the Sludge splits like a Slime in Deeper and Darker, where it spawns in the Blooming Caverns, and why it is the only source of Resonarium.
Angler Fish
Where Angler Fish spawn in the Blooming Caverns of Deeper and Darker, why they only attack swimmers, and how to cook the Raw Angler Fish they drop.
Anger, Fear and Sorrow Pots
The Anger, Fear and Sorrow Pots added in Deeper and Darker 1.4: their health, how they attack, why they never spawn naturally and their Gloomsherds.
Armor and Tools
6 pagesTwo sets of gear: Resonarium, upgraded from Diamond, and Warden, upgraded from Netherite. The Sonorous Staff and the Soul Elytra are the mod's late game items.
Warden Armor
Warden Armor in Deeper and Darker: how to upgrade Netherite with Reinforced Echo Shards, full stats, and what the helmet, leggings and boots do.
Warden Tools
Warden Tools in Deeper and Darker: how to upgrade Netherite tools, the Warden Sword and Pickaxe stats, durability, and the enchantments worth adding.
Resonarium Armor
Resonarium Armor in Deeper and Darker: how to upgrade Diamond Armor with Resonarium Plates, its stats, how it soaks up damage, and what it blocks.
Resonarium Tools
Resonarium Tools in Deeper and Darker: how to upgrade Diamond tools with Resonarium Plates, their damage and durability, and how to repair them.
Soul Elytra
The Soul Elytra from Deeper and Darker: its crafting recipe, how the boost key and 30 second cooldown work, its durability and how to repair it.
Sonorous Staff
The Sonorous Staff in Deeper and Darker: its recipe, damage and range for every charge time, the Volume and Reverberation enchantments, and repairs.
Items
11 pagesThe materials and tools that the gear is made from, like the Warden Carapace, Soul Crystals and Sculk Bones, along with the Sculk Transmitter and the Ancient Compass.
Warden Carapace
How to get Warden Carapace in Deeper and Darker: Warden drops, Ancient City chests and vases, how many you need for Warden gear, and what it crafts.
Heart of the Deep
The Heart of the Deep in Deeper and Darker: how to get it from the Warden, using it to open the Otherside Portal, and the staff recipe.
Reinforced Echo Shard
How to craft the Reinforced Echo Shard in Deeper and Darker, where its Warden Carapace, Echo Shards and Phantom Membranes come from, and what it upgrades.
Warden Upgrade Smithing Template
Where to find the Warden Upgrade Smithing Template in Deeper and Darker, its chance in Ancient City chests, how to copy it, and what it upgrades.
Soul Crystal
How to get Soul Crystals in Deeper and Darker from Stalkers and fake Ancient Vases, how to farm them with Sculk Omen, and what they craft.
Soul Dust
How to get Soul Dust in Deeper and Darker from Sculk Snappers, Sculk Leeches and Ancient Temple Chests, and what it crafts, from Soul Elytra to Glass.
Sculk Bone
How to get Sculk Bones in Deeper and Darker from the Shattered and Ancient Temple Chests, and how many you need for the Soul Elytra and Sonorous Staff.
Resonarium
How to get Resonarium in Deeper and Darker from small Sludges, the Resonarium Plate recipe, where to find the upgrade template, and how to copy it.
Sculk Transmitter
How to use the Sculk Transmitter in Deeper and Darker, where to find it in Ancient Temples, which blocks it links to, its V keybind and dyed versions.
Ancient Compass
How to craft the Ancient Compass in Deeper and Darker from a Compass and four Warden Carapace, and how it locks onto the nearest Ancient Temple for you.
Gloomsherds
Where to find all nine Gloomsherds in Deeper and Darker, how to craft the Gloomslate Pot from them, and why five of them are hard to collect in Survival.
Blocks
7 pagesThe Otherside's stone, wood and plants, along with the blocks worth knowing about before you go, like the Sculk Jaw and the Ancient Vase.
Sculk Stone and Gloomslate
Sculk Stone and Gloomslate in Deeper and Darker: every building block, the Otherside ores and their heights, Sculk Grime and Soundproof Glass.
Echo and Bloom Wood
Echo and Bloom wood in Deeper and Darker: where Echo Logs and Blooming Stems grow, how to plant Echo Saplings, and every block and boat they make.
Sculk Jaw
The Sculk Jaw in Deeper and Darker bites anything that steps on it and steals your experience.
Crystallized Amber
Crystallized Amber in Deeper and Darker: where it is in the Overcast Columns, what can be sealed inside, and how to keep the item or Leech with Silk Touch.
Ancient Vase
The Ancient Vase in Deeper and Darker: where it generates, its loot table with Warden Carapace odds, and how fake vases release Sculk Leeches or a Stalker.
Sculk Gleam, Lite and Gleam Gel
Sculk Gleam, Porous Sculk Gleam, Gleam Gel, Gloomslate Light and Lite in Deeper and Darker: where to find them, farming Gleam Gel and what each block does.
Otherside Plants
Every plant in Deeper and Darker's Otherside: Glowing Grass, Roots and Vines, Bloom Berries, Ice Lilies, Lily Flowers, Gloomy Cactus and Sculk Tendrils.
Systems
3 pagesThe mod's enchantments, including Sculk Smite, and the Sculk Affinity and Sculk Omen effects.
Sculk Smite
What Sculk Smite does in Deeper and Darker, how much damage it adds against the Warden and sculk mobs compared to Sharpness, and where to get the enchantment.
Enchantments
All four Deeper and Darker enchantments, Sculk Smite, Catalysis, Volume and Reverberation: what each one does, what it goes on and where to find it.
Sculk Affinity and Sculk Omen
What Sculk Affinity and Sculk Omen do in Deeper and Darker, how to brew Sculk Affinity potions, and how Sculk Omen makes Stalkers spawn from Ancient Vases.
