Overview
Sprouted PD Main menu (v 0.4.2)
Sprouted Pixel Dungeon (also known as Sprouted PD and Sprouted) is an inactive fork of Shattered Pixel Dungeon, and was first created and released in May 2015, by reddit user dachhack (many of its current differences from Shattered are in fact similarities with version 0.2.4 of Shattered, on which it was based).
The major focus of this modification is the farming and grinding system, using new methods to upgrade weapons and armor, for boosted stats and effects. This mod also adds approximately 30 new stages with 2 big bosses and 1 new final boss, Zot. Less about the race against diminishing resources, and more about pushing the limits of what you can do within the game, Sprouted encourages the player to attempt the impossible.
Featuring greatly enlarged maps; challenging bosses and mini-bosses; new quests, enemies, items, and secrets; the revamped Dew Vial; with pixel art by PavelProvotorov - this is one more addition to the Pixel Dungeon collection the player won't want to put down.
Notable Features & Massive Changes
Pets
Eggs can be found throughout the dungeon, and if you find one and take care of it, it might just hatch into a pet! Your pet will follow you and help you fight your way through the dungeon. You can feed it, and play with it, and talk to it - actually, you can only feed it. But, if it dies, there are surely more eggs to be found... Main article: Pets
Upgrade Your Way
In Sprouted, there are multiple ways for the hero to upgrade his/her gear:
- Dew Blessing - Upgrade weapons and armor up to +13/+14 and +16/+17 later in the game via dew farming using two special techniques of the Dew Vial.
- Reforging and Disenchanting - Transfer up to +16/+17 from the Warrior's Short Sword or Mage's Wand of Magic Missile, and apply those points to a different weapon or wand.
- Upgrade Goo - The new Upgrade Eater plant allows the hero to convert spare items into Upgrade Goo that he/she can use to upgrade his/her gear.
- Rare scrolls - The hero can get many extra scrolls of Upgrade and Magical Infusion, by finding them scattered throughout the dungeon if he/she has a Ring of Wealth equipped, or by defeating Wraiths.
These new and expanded methods allow the hero to take his/her gear to extreme levels, and the game is balanced with the assumption that he/she will do just that; however, he/she slightly restrained by the upgrade cap that is set in place for upgrading items with Scrolls of Upgrade that are not reinforced.
Upgrade Cap
Weapons and armor in Sprouted cannot be upgraded past +16/+17 with coventional means (specifically Scrolls of Upgrade and Upgrade Goo), unless they are first reinforced with different pieces of Adamantite, all of which can be found in various yet specific places throughout the dungeon, and depenging on the class each one can be an in-game essential. Scrolls of Magical Infusion upgrade weapons and armor past +16/+17 without any limitation though, they just can't upgrade wands, rings, and T6 weapons.
See the Adamantite and Reforging section for more details!
Degradation
As in most mods of Original PD, degradation does not exist in Sprouted PD.
Classes
Sprouted's classes remain basically the same with the Original, with the exception of the Rogue.
- All classes at depth 1 have an equipped cloth armor, a food ration and a key ring that holds different keys as starting items. All start with 20 points of HP, and apart from the Warrior with 10 points of Strength. All classes restore health by eating, unlike Original PD, the Warrior just restores more HP. Each class also receives a Tome of Mastery the first time he/she defeats Tengu, and has it also as a starting item in all of the subsequent runs (the specific class, not heroes in general).
Warrior
- He starts with 11 points of Strength. His unique starting items are an equipped short sword, that can be later reforged to upgrade another melee weapon, and 8 darts. They are less proficient with missile weapons. Any piece of food restores more health when eaten. Potions of Strength are identified from the beginning.
- His subclasses are: a) the Gladiator (a successful attack with a melee weapon allows him to start a combo, in which every next successful hit inflicts more damage), and b) the Berserker (when severely wounded, that is below 40% of his max HP, he enters a state of Fury significantly increasing his damage output).
Mage
- Mage starts with a unique Wand of Magic Missile, and a Knuckleduster equipped as a melee weapon. This specific wand can be later disenchanted to upgrade another wand. His wands are recharged faster, with the speed increasing along with the wand's level, and any piece of food restores instantly 1 charge for all wands in the inventory after it gets eaten. He can also use wands as a melee weapon, dealing more damage as the wand gets upgraded. Scrolls of Identify are identified from the beginning.
- His subclasses are: a) the Battlemage (when fighting with a wand in his hands, he inflicts additional damage depending on the current number of charges and every successful hit restores 1 charge to the equipped wand), and b) the Warlock (after killing an enemy he consumes its soul, healing his wounds and satisfying his hunger).
Rogue
- This is the only class with three differences from Original PD: a) The availability of upgrading items to their max possible level in Sprouted makes keeping a light armor equipped for the dodge bonus (which still exists in Sprouted) unreasonable after depth 2, that the Rogue can start upgrading items with dew. b) Rogue after level 5 can craft different types of bombs and can craft more as he levels up, and c) he has a Cloak of Shadows and not a Ring of Shadows equipped as a starting item (this Ring is removed in general from Sprouted PD), which gives the option of invisibility upon command, and not a higher stealth stat in general.
- Apart from the Cloak of Shadows his starting items are an equipped dagger, 10 darts and a bomb. Rogue can still identify a type of a ring on equipping it (but not its level), is proficient in detecting hidden doors and traps, can equip missile weapons as melee, and goes without food longer. Scrolls of Magic Mapping are identified from the beginning.
- His subclasses are: a) the Freeruner (when unencumbered and not starving, he can move almost twice faster than most of enemies, being also much harder to hit - if he is also invisible the speed boost is much stronger), and b) the Assassin (when performing a surprise attack, he inflicts additional damage to his target). Players should have in mind that in Sprouted there are no weapons that deal by themselves bonus damage against unaware enemies, like some do in Shattered PD, so if the dagger it is equipped by another class, it will deal no extra damage in a surprise attack, and the Assassin has no reason to prefer a weapon other than its max damage, accurracy and attack delay.
Huntress
- The Huntress class is unlocked after DM-300 is first defeated, like she does in Original PD and most other mods.
- She is a little diferent from the Original PD as she doesn't start with 15 points of HP, but with 20 like all the other clases. Her starting items are a unique missile boomerang, and a dagger equipped as a melee weapon. She is also proficient with missile weapons, can equip them as melee, getting a damage bonus for excessive strength when using them, and she is able to recover a used missile weapon from enemies. She gains more health from dewdrops, and senses neighbouring enemies, even if they are hidden behind obstacles. Potions of Mind Vision are identified from the beginning.
- Her subclasses are: a) the Sniper (she is able to detect weak points in an enemy's armor, effectively ignoring it when using a missile weapon, and she is also more accurate when doing that), and b) the Warden (when stepping on high grass, the Warden will get Barkskin, a defense up buff, and stepping on plants gives a chance for seeds or dewdrops to drop). Although not stated explicitly by the game, Wardens has a better chance of getting dewdrops, seeds, nuts etc, in comparison to all the other classes).
For more details about the classes and their different subclasses, you can visit the Hero's Game Mechanics page of the Original PD, keeping in mind the changes that were implemented in Sprouted and were mentioned in this section.
Armor
Armors of all tiers are very similar with those in Original PD in their stats and upgrade scaling, with two important differences being: a) that because of the dew upgrading they can easily get to max level (+13 for all other classes/+14 for the Mage, +16/+17 after the hero defeats Shadow Yog), and if they are reinforced with adamantite, they can reach very high levels, and b) that the Epic Armor can get upgraded in Sprouted, and more so has the highest upgrade scaling among all armors. Like Original PD, with each upgrade, all armor lower their strength requirement by 1 point.
Epic Armor
After defeating the Dwarf King and his Tombstone on depth 20, the hero will get an Armor Kit that when applied to an armor, a) it will transform it to a class-specific Epic Armor, b) it will reset its level to 0, but c) it will keep its stats, and also its current enchantment if it has one. All types of epic armor will increase their defense by 6 with each upgrade, but starting from the defense that the armor already had, so it is highly recommended for the hero to wait for the armor-soon-to-become-epic to reach level +13/+14 and then apply the Armor Kit to it. The hero will most probably have already obtained a plate armor at that point, and he/she will be upgrading that to +13/+14, but if not, it would be better to visit the Thief King's Lair and and fall into this depth's basement, until he/she finds a plate armor (armors spawn as loot very often there, even without a Ring of Wealth equipped), upgrade that to +13/+14 and then apply the Armor Kit to it. It is apparently better to start upgrading an Epic Armor with 75 points of defense already, that was previously a +13 plate armor, than one with 60 points of defense, that was previously a +13 scale armor, or one with with 45 points of defense, that was previously a +13 mail armor.
Lastly, each class-specific armor grants a unique class special ability that demands 33% of the hero's max HP for each use, and those abilities that deal direct damage also harm pets. Specifically the Spectral Blades special ability of the Huntress can't be used when no enemies are in her line of sight, but all the rest special abilities can be used regardless of enemies being present or not.
Warrior Suit of Armor
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| While this armor looks heavy, it allows a warrior to perform heroic leap towards a targeted location, slamming down to stun all neighbouring enemies. | ||
"Heroic leap" is the special ability for the Warrior class. It is very similar to the effect of the Wand of Blink but can be directted to anywhere in the hero's line of sight without any other distance limit, and also cannot be used to bypass enemies in the way. It can be used even when there are no enemies in the hero's line of sight. This ability can't be used in the Sokoban puzzles 1, 2, 3, 4 but it can be used in all the rest of the Otiluke's Journal depths without a problem. Upon landing, it Stuns all enemies for 2 turns in a 1-tile radius of the destination tile.
Mage Robe
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| Wearing this gorgeous robe, a mage can cast a spell of molten earth: all the enemies in his field of view will be set on fire and unable to move at the same time. | ||
"Molten Earth" is the special ability for the Mage class. It will Root all enemies in the hero's line of sight, making them unable to move, and will also set them on Fire. It can be used even when no enemy is in the hero's line of sight, but apparently is wasted this way. Drinking a Potion of Mind Vision will give maximum results to this ability, but also the Mage should better not use it against enemies that spawn minions with each turn of damage received like Zot, as the damage dealt to Boss enemies by this ability is very low, but lasts for many turns, so the result will be: little damage dealt + lots of minions generated.
Rogue Garb
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| Wearing this dark garb, a rogue can perform a trick, that is called "smoke bomb" (though no real explosives are used): he blinds enemies who could see him and jumps aside. | ||
"Smoke Bomb" is the special ability for the Rogue class. It is also very similar to the effect of the Wand of Blink and can be directed to anywhere in the hero's line of sight without any other distance limit, but unlike the Warrior's special ability, it can be used to bypass enemies in the way. It can be used even when there are no enemies in the hero's line of sight. This ability can't be used in the Sokoban puzzles 1, 2, 3, 4 but it can be used in all the rest of the Otiluke's Journal depths without a problem. Upon landing, it Blinds all enemies for 2 turns.
Huntress' Cloak
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| A huntress in such cloak can create a fan of spectral blades. Each of these blades will target a single enemy in the huntress's field of view, inflicting damage depending on her currently equipped melee weapon. | ||
"Spectral Blades" is the special ability for the Huntress class. It will deal Damage to All Enemies in the hero's line of sight, based on the damage dealt by the hero's equipped weapon and will also apply the relevant Debuff if the weapon is enchanted. It can't be used when no enemy is in the hero's line of sight. Drinking a Potion of Mind Vision will give maximum results to this ability, and when the equipped weapon has the Vampiric enchantment and is highly upgraded, it can even clear a Dolyahaven Mines depth within a few turns, as the Vampric effect replenishes the hero's lost HP, the Spectral Blades can get instantly reused, the Vampric effect replenishes again the hero's lost HP etc. There are even reports from Sprouted's players that they have managed to clear the Otiluke Mirror and Zot depths and defeat Zot by just equipping a highly upgraded Vampiric T5 weapon, and spamming enemies with Spectral Blades while drinking Potions of Mind Vision, but this is not a widespread tactic among Sprouted's players (nevertheless, players won't lose anything to try this tactic once).
[Note: To put their defense upgrade scaling in a more general form, the defense of all tiers of armor is calculated by the formula: Tier * (upgrade level + 2)]
Glyphs
The armor Glyphs / Enchantment of Sprouted PD are almost the same with those of Original PD with three differences, that are all beneficial to the hero:
- The glyph of Anti-entropy does not set the hero on fire but only freezes enemies.
- The glyph of Stench also grants the Immune to Gases buff, so the Toxic Gas released by it is not harmful to the hero. Have in mind that the Immune to Gases buff even protects from the Vertigo effect of the Kupua gas but not of its Bleeding and Crippled effects.
- The glyph of Tempered is removed as there is no degradation in Sprouted PD.
Therefore, with the removal of the Tempered enchantment, there are 10 available armor Glyphs / Enchantments in Sprouted that are applied to armor either by Arcane Styli or by Scrolls of Magical Infusion:
- Affection
- Anti-entropy
- Bounce
- Displacement
- Entanglement
- Metabolism
- Multiplicity
- Potential
- Stench
- Viscosity
Enemies
- Main article: Sprouted PD Enemies
Although Sprouted's enemies are basically the same, at least in their names and sprites, with those spawning in the the Original and Shattered PD in the dungeon depths that are shared between the three of them, many new enemies appear in the depths that were added in in Sprouted.
Some more differences are that In Sprouted there is not a XP level cap realated with enemies, and enemies will continue to drop loot and XP until the Hero/ine reaches very high levels (this is one of the new features that enhances its grinding character). The strength of most enemies on regular depths is adjusted upward according to the depth. Thus players will find that unlike in other versions of PD, a depth 4 Marsupial Rat is more daunting than a depth 1 Marsupial Rat.
Regular Enemies
Some appear in more than one chapter of the dungeon, and all chapter enemies have a small chance to appear in the last depth of the previous chapter, but they are listed here where they are first commonly encountered.
Sewer
Prison
- Skeleton
- Fossil Skeleton
- Crazy Thief
- Swarm of Flies
- Gnoll Shaman
- Shinobi
- Special Prison Enemies
- Tengu
Caves
Dwarven City
Demon Halls
- Succubus
- Evil Eye
- Scorpio
- Demon Goo
- Special Demon Hall Enemies
- Burning Fist
- Rotting Fist
- Infecting Fist
- Pinning Fist
- Larva
Other Standard Enemies
Book Floor Enemies
Shadow Yog Enemies
Otiluke's Journal Enemies
Stage Bosses
Mini-Bosses and Key Depth Bosses
Powerful Bosses and Final Bosses
Food and Hunger
- Main article: Sprouted PD Food
Unlike Original PD and most of its mods, food is relatively plentiful in Sprouted PD ever from early depths, and becomes more than plenty in later depths, which is helpful for exploring the larger depths and for grinding. The hero will never be at serious risk of starving to death.
Hunger
The basic Hunger mechanic is mostly similar to that in Original PD, however it takes approximately twice as long to reach the point of starvation in Sprouted. When fully sated, the hunger counter is at zero. When the hunger counter reaches 600, the Hero enters the Hungry state. When it reaches 700, s/he enters the Starving state, and will periodically lose a point of Health (the hunger counter might reach 704 in some cases, but never more than that).
Food
Eating food lowers the hunger counter by some set amount. Some food items are more satisfying than others. Visit the link above for detailed information on each type.
Produce
- Main article: Sprouted PD Produce
Sprouted Pixel Dungeon comes with an astonishing variety of plants, seeds, nuts, and berries. They can be put to multiple uses, from simple nourishment to powerful alchemy.
Plants and Seeds
These are fairly similar to the seeds and plants in Original PD, and are based on the ones that existed in version 0.2.4 of Shattered PD (which has changed a lot since then), so there are some important differences with Original PD, with the additions of Blandfruit, Dewcatcher, Phase Pitcher, Upgrade Eater seds and their associated potions, and also with the addition of Blandfruit recipes, that create cooked Blandfruits that are edible, but their most important attribute is they create various beneficial effects for the hero. Visit the links above and below for details.
Nuts and Berries
Nuts and Berries are unique additions to Sprouted PD, and do not exist in the Original or in Shattered PD. They have all manner of uses, which are all beneficial to the hero (visit the links for details). There is also a Golden Dungeon Nut that raises strength and max health by either +2/+20 or +5/+50 respectively when eaten and is granted as a reward if the hero slays 100 enemies on each of the Key depths, and also does this by completing the Vault key depth last.
Mushrooms
Another unique feature of Sprouted, which does not exist either in Original PD or Shattered PD, mushrooms have the interesting attribute that they all generate a combination of beneficial and harmful effects to the hero and enemies, so they should be better consumed always with caution. Visit the link above on details about them.
Items
- Main article: Sprouted PD Items
Sprouted Pixel Dungeon features several unique items, as well as new uses or features for existing ones.
Artifacts
- Main article: Sprouted PD Artifacts
Most Artifacts in Sprouted are similar to their counterparts in Shattered PD, as they were added to Shattered before the creation of Sprouted, but none is identical, and also the Alchemist's Toolkit is rather different, with just being related with alchemy too. There are no Ethereal Chains, but there are two new artifacts added, the Rings of Disintegration and Frost.
- Ring of Disintegration
- Ring of Frost
- Alchemist's Toolkit
- Cape of Thorns
- Chalice of Blood
- Cloak of Shadows
- Dried Rose
- Horn of Plenty
- Master Thieves' Armband
- Sandals of Nature
- Talisman of Foresight
- Timekeeper's Hourglass
- Unstable Spellbook
Containers
- Main article: Containers
The Key Ring, the Scroll Holder, and the Wand Holster are basically the same with those in Original PD, with a minor difference that the Scroll Holder can contain also bombs and some extra items that were added to Sprouted and are not scrolls (visit the link for details). The Seed Pouch is almost the same, but it is not purchased in shops, and is found always on depth 1 instead. It also contains all the berries that were added to Sprouted. The Chain and Potion Bandolier are Sprouted's additions to the container items, and do not exist in the Original PD (the bandolier exists also in most mods, but the chain, is unique to Sprouted and its mods).
Dew Vial
- Main article: Dew Vial
The Dew Vial is the key to a successful Sprouted run. With multiple uses, and the option for players to choose from one of two distinct methods of filling and utilizing the tool, this revamped item is one that no adventurer should pass up.See main article for full details.
Otiluke's Journal
- Main article: Otiluke's Journal
An important addition of Sprouted PD, the Journal is an item that is obtained from the depth 6 shop for 3000 gold and makes accessible 8 different depths, with one of them including the entrance to 10 additional game depths: 5 puzzle depths with unique and rare rewards (Sokoban 1, 2, 3, 4 and Dragon Cave), 1 "warehouse" depth that is useful for storing items (Safe room), 1 depth filled with loot (Vault), and the late-game to end-game area (Dolyahaven 1 surface depth + 10 mines depths). These areas become accessible gradually as specific journal pages get dropped as loot in different boss depths (Goo, Tengu, DM-300, Dwarf King, Shadow Yog drop the Sokoban puzzles and Dolyahaven pages), key depths (Gnoll Archers in Forest drop the Safe Room page), or from bookcases when they are burnt with the Spectacles equipped (Dragon Cave, Vault).
Miscellaneous
Pets
- Main article: Pets
As in many other RPGs and roguelikes, the hero in Sprouted PD can also have a pet along with him/her to help him/her against the various dungeon enemies. There are 12 different pets available in Sprouted: Blue Dragon, Bunny, Fairy, Green Dragon, Red Dragon, Spider, Scorpion, Shadow Dragon, Steel Bee, Sugarplum Fairy, Velocirooster and Violet Dragon.
Potions
- Main article: Sprouted PD Potions
Sprouted PD's potions were based on v.0.2.4 of Shattered PD, and thus are slightly different than the ones in Original PD and very different from the current potions of Shattered PD (players who first try Sprouted PD having already some experience of Shattered PD, should better forget what they know about alchemy from Shattered). In addition, there are two new potions available in Sprouted: Mending and Life.
- Healing
- Mending
- Life
- Experience
- Strength
- Might
- Liquid Flame
- Frost
- Invisibility
- Levitation
- Mind Vision
- Toxic Gas
- Paralytic Gas
- Purification
Rings
The rings of Sprouted that exist also in Original PD (Accuracy, Elements, Evasion, Haste) are very similar to their equivalents there, but there are many removals, replacements and additions. There are no rings of Detection, Haggler, Herbalism, Mending, Power, Satiety, Shadows, Thorns, but the function of most of them is replaced by artifacts or new rings (this feature is shared with Shattered PD, as it was already implemented in it, when Sprouted was created, but among the following items only the Chalice of Blood has an identical function in Shattered PD).
It should be noted that in all rings' game descriptions it is mentioned that when they are degraded, they have the opposite, negative effect. As degradation doesn't exist in Sprouted, a "degraded" ring is one that is cursed and so with negative levels (so for example a -1 ring of Haste will make the wearer slower than normal, and a -2 even slower).
Replaced Rings
- DM-300 drops the artifact Cape of Thorns instead of a Ring of Thorns, which also damages enemies upon attack.
- Thieves and Bandits drop the artifact Master Thieves' Armband instead of a Ring of Haggler, but that artifact allows the hero to steal from shops and does not provide discounts.
- The artifact Chalice of Blood is found randomly in the dungeon and has a very similar function with the Ring of Mending.
- The artifact Cloak of Shadows is a starting item of the Rogue instead of the Ring of Shadows, but grants invisibility upon command and not a higher level of stealth in general.
- The artifact Horn of Plenty is found randomly in the dungeon and has a somewhat similar function with the Ring of Satiety.
- The artifact Sandals of Nature is found randomly in the dungeon and has a very similar function with the Ring of Herbalism.
- The artifact Talisman of Foresight is also found randomly in the dungeon and has a somewhat similar function with the Ring of Detection.
- The Ring of Magic replaces the Ring of Power, but has a very similar function with it, adding one extra level to all wands with each ring level (it does not influence their recharging speed though). As reinforced items in Sprouted can reach very high levels, a Mage with a highly upgraded Ring of Magic is literally overpowered.
Three of the rings that exist in both Original PD and Sprouted are more useful to specific subclasses (they are useful to all classes in general though). The Ring of Accuracy is most beneficial to the Gladiator and Sniper, as it helps them maintain their buffs (both buffs rely on successive successful hits), and the Rings of Haste and Evasion boost the already high speed and evasion of the Freerunner.
Players should also have in mind that the Ring of Haste in levels above +10 is bugged and might make the hero a) freeze while enemies attack him/her endlessly, then b) spend all his/her Ankhs, and then c) die. There is even a game message about complications caused by a Ring of Haste above +10 each time the hero upgrades the ring above this level, but there are no complications in general, just this specific bug. As a rule of thumb, players should either avoid to upgrade this ring above +10, or unequip it on depths with many and/or strong enemies. The Ring of Haste has the extra characteristic that until level +10 it automatically hastes pets along with the hero, when the pet is located in the same level with the hero when he/she equips it (otherwise, the hero will find a very slow pet in the level he/she left it, and will have to unequip and reequip the ring, for the pet to gain the same speed). From level +11 and above, the game will ask the hero if he/she wants the pet to be also hasted, but the haste effect will be for both characters that of a +10 ring, or he prefers to have the whole Haste buff of the ring. In the second case, the pet will always wander many tiles behind the hero (this should be avoided for all pets except very high level ones, that can easily manage against all enemies).
New Rings
There are also some new rings added, that Sprouted also shares with Shattered PD, but none has identical characteristics with its equivalent in Shattered PD.
- The Ring of Force has the description: "This ring enhances the force of the wearer's blows. This extra power is largely wasted when wielding weapons, but an unarmed attack will be made much stronger." Apparently, it grants a big bonus to the hero's unarmed damage, but also adds +1 damage to all equipped weapons (increasing by +1 with each level). Its damage when the hero is unarmed is displayed on the ring's game description, so there is no need to mention the formula by which it's calculated here; players should just know that it is based on a combination of the hero's strength and the ring's level. It is a ring great for early game, when the hero has not yet found a high-tier weapon to upgrade, lower its strength, and equip it, but as its damage depends on the aforementioned combination, it becomes mediocre in mid-game compared to T4 or T5 weapons. However, in late-game, when the hero reaches 25-30 strength, if reinforced and upgraded to a high degree, it can deal damage equal to a T5 or a T6 of the same level or even more if the hero spends some time in farming Phase Pitchers and brewing Potions of Strength. In this case, its basic drawback will be that it can't be enchanted like a weapon and the hero's attacks will not be able to have any extra effect applied to enemies.
- The Ring of Furor has the description: "This ring grants the wearer an inner fury, allowing them to attack more rapidly. This fury works best in large bursts, so slow weapons benefit far more than fast ones." Its effect on attack speed is calculated by the formula:
Attack delay*[0.25 + (Attack delay - 0.25)*(0.8upgrade level)]For example a weapon with attack delay 1 (most weapons have this attack delay) with a Ring of Furor +1 will have1*(0.25 + (1-0.25)*(0.81) = 1*(0.25 + 0.75*0.8) = 1*0.85 = 0.85. Players who find the formula complicated, should just have in mind that the higher the ring's level is, the quicker the hero's attacks will be. All classes and subclasses can benefit from this ring, but the Gladiator benefits the most, as his class-specific buff has to do with successful successive hits.In contrast Battlemages benefit the least, as this ring does not affect wands, either when they zap enemies, or when they are used as melee weapons. - The Ring of Might has the description: "This ring enhances the physical traits of the wearer, granting them greater physical strength and constitution.". Unlike the Ring of Furor just before, it needs the knowledge about math of a two-year old, as it adds 1 point of strength to the hero with each level.
- The Ring of Sharpshooting has the description "This ring enhances the wearer's precision and aim, which will make all projectile weapons more accurate and durable." It is also very straightforward in its effect adding 1 point of accuracy with each level, and giving a better chance at expendable missile weapons to not break after they get thrown. Practically it is useful only for the Huntress class, as it is the only class that has access to missile weapons dealing decent damage, but is the most useful ring for the Sniper subclass as its bonus effect stacks with Sniper's accuracy bonus.
- The Ring of Tenacity has the description: "When worn, this ring will allow the wearer to resist normally mortal strikes.The more injured the user is, the more resistant they will be to damage." It increases damage resistance, and increases it more, the lower the hero's HP is. All classes and subclasses can benefit from this ring, but the Berserker benefits the most, as this ring can be very helpful to maintain his buff much more easily at low health.
Ring of Wealth
Most important of all the new rings, the Ring of Wealth is literally a game-changing ring in Sprouted, as when it is equipped, it increases the drops from all enemies, influences positively the spawning of rare items like artifacts, wands and rings in the generation of new levels, and also of otherwise non obtainable items from depth generation like Scrolls of Magical Infusion and Potions of Might. Its most positive effect though is that one Ring of Wealth upgraded to +28 or two rings both upgraded to +14 will make the chance of Black Wraiths dropping a Scroll of Upgrade or Magical Infusion 100% (among all the shared rings with Shattered, this ring is the most different). It is a very rare ring; for this reason, only two can spawn in each run; they can't be found in the regular dungeon, can't be a product of transmutation, and can be obtained only in the following two ways.
One Ring of Wealth is always inside a chest in the Otiluke's Journal depth Vault and the Vault page is found in the embers of burnt bookcases but only if they are burnt with the Spectacles equipped, a unique reward from Sokoban 2.
The second Ring of Wealth has a 4% chance to drop from a Red Wraith, but Red Wraiths spawn randomly in bone piles or as allies to Dwarf Liches, but only when the Liches are stuck in a room and cannot run away from the hero, so the hero encounters Red Wraiths rather infrequently. There are two possible ways to make Red Wraiths appear often, one safer but RNG-dependant, the other risky but always available. The safe way (to be more accurate, safe when the hero has at least a battle wand): if the hero finds a cursed Dried Rose and equips it, it will consistently spawn Red Wraiths, and the hero will obtain eventually a Ring of Wealth as a drop from one. The risky way: when the hero starts encountering Dwarf Liches in the Metropolis, he/she should try and lead them to rooms from which they can't escape, so force them to start spawning Red Wraiths, and farm the Red Wraiths until they drop a Ring of Wealth. Players who don't have a problem with taking some risks, will find details about the second way in this short guide.
Scrolls
- Main article: Sprouted PD Scrolls
Sprouted PD's scrolls are basically similar to the ones in Original PD, with a few exceptions and tweaks, and used to be very similar to the scrolls of v.0.2.4 of Shattered PD. There is a new Scroll added to Sprouted, which is unique to it and its mods, the Scrol of Regrowth.
- Regrowth
- Identify
- Lullaby
- Magic Mapping
- Magical Infusion
- Mirror Image
- Psionic Blast
- Rage
- Recharging
- Remove Curse
- Teleportation
- Terror
- Upgrade
Weapons
Melee
- Main article: Melee Weapons
Apart from the fact that weapons do not degrade in Sprouted, they are mostly identical to the ones in Original PD. They can, of course, be upgraded to much higher levels than is possible in Original PD.
Sprouted features multiple new melee weapons, including new Tier-6 weapons that deal from double to quadruple damage against enemies found in Dolyahaven Mines.
- Bloodlust Chainsaw Hand (T1)
- Spork (T3)
- Royal Spork (Removed Currently)
- Drawing Ares Sword (T6)
- Grand Shocking Neptunus Trident (T6)
- Lucky Crom Cruach Axe (T6)
- Pestilent Loki's Flail (T6)
Missile
Sprouted PD has kept Curare darts, Darts, Incentiary darts, Javelins, Shurikens and Tomahawks with the same function as those in Original PD, but has added many new missile items and has made changes to two exisiting ones from before.
- Bomb (not new, but can also be used by the Rogue to create new and stronger bomb types).
- Boomerang (not new, but if reinforced, can get upgraded to very high levels).
- Dumpling Bomb
- Forest Dart
- Holy Hand Grenade
- Horrifying Jupiter's Wrath (new T6 relic weapon, the only missile weapon among them)
- Rice Dumpling
- Rogue Bombs (crafted exclusively by the Rogue class, more types becoming available as he levels up: Dizzy [L5], Smart [L10], Seeking [L15], Cluster [L20], Seeking Cluster [L30] bomb).
Reforging the Short Sword
You can transfer all upgrades from a Warrior's Short Sword to another weapon. The more Dark Gold Ore you have when you do this, the more likely upgrades past +1 will be transferred. Reforging the Short Sword does not consume the ore, so you can use it for other purposes afterwards.
Note that you will be unable to raise a weapon above +15 by reforging the Short Sword unless it has first been reinforced with the Adamantite Weapon.
It is also highly recommended that you save your maxed shortsword for the Tier-6 Dolyahaven weapons, as you will need much higher level weapons (100+) to defeat Zot in depth 99.
Wands
Most of the Wands in Sprouted PD are unchanged from the Original version of Pixel Dungeon, except that their charges cap at 14 rather than 9, wands can be reinforced with adamantite and get upgraded to very high levels, and also that it is impossible for the hero to target him/herself by shooting at a wall.
- Main article: Sprouted PD Wands
Changed Wands
Unchanged Wands
- Wand of Amok
- Wand of Avalanche
- Wand of Blink
- Wand of Disintegration
- Wand of Flock
- Wand of Lightning
- Wand of Regrowth
- Wand of Poison
- Wand of Slowness
- Wand of Teleportation
Disenchanting the Mage's Wand
You can transfer all upgrades from a Mage's Wand of Magic Missile to another wand.
The more dark gold ore you have when you do this, the more likely upgrades past +1 will be transferred. Disenchanting the Magic Missile wand does not consume the ore, so you can use it for other purposes afterwards.
Note that you will not be able to upgrade any wand above +15 by disenchanting, unless you first reinforce it with the Adamantite Wand.
Adamantite and Reforging
After version 0.3.0, weapons, wands, rings, and armor have a "soft" upgrade cap of +15. Once an item reaches that level, you can no longer use Scrolls of Upgrade on it, or Upgrade Goo. Attempting to transfer upgrades via reforging or disenchanting will also only work up to the cap, unless the item has been reinforced with Adamantite. Reinforced items can be upgraded by all normal means, without limit. Scrolls of Magical Infusion can upgrade non-reinforced T1-T5 weapons and armor without a problem though.
There are five pieces of Adamantite available in the game, which can only be obtained by completing certain floors and quests. Each piece will reinforce a specific type of item when you take it to the second Troll Blacksmith - but every troll has his price.
IMPORTANT: In order to complete the game from Dolyahaven and on you will certainly need your endgame weapon well above +15, unless you are relying on a wand for offense (in which case you would most likely need that above +15, but the Old Wandmaker always drops an Adamantite Wand for all mages, after they complete his quest). If that weapon will be a T5 weapon, it is essential to get the Adamantite Weapon, and it is possible to miss getting it by leaving the Prison Battlefield level too early. The alternatives are to use a weapon that comes already reinforced, meaning all the Tier 6 weapons, and also the Spork or the Chainsaw Hand (with the last one being rather weak for the two final bosses though and also having the disadvantage of needing dew to become efficient against enemies).
Do not leave the Key Floors until you claim the Boss Portal drops, you need them to obtain the Adamantite gear. (unless you sure you will not need the specific adamantite item). The special portal items drop randomly after a set amount of special enemies are defeated.
Note: The upgrade cap is "soft" because there are two ways around it: Scrolls of Magical Infusion continue to work on all weapons and armor, even if they are not reinforced; and Dew Blessing can actually raise all items to +16 or +17, but not until your Hero/ine reaches Depth 35 and beats Shadow Yog.
Adamantite Weapon
On the Prison Battlefield floor, the game tracks how many Moss-Covered Skeletons have been slain. Somewhere between 51 and 101 Skeletons defeated, a random Skeleton will drop an Inscribed Bone - be sure to pick it up. After returning to the dungeon, reading the inscription on the Bone will teleport your Hero/ine to the lair of the Skeleton King, who will drop the Adamantite Weapon upon defeat.
Adamantite Armor
On the Ancient Caves floor, the game tracks how many Albino Giant Piranhas have been slain. Somewhere between 51 and 101 Piranha defeated, a random Piranha will drop a Conch Shell - be sure to pick it up. After returning to the dungeon, blowing through the Conch will teleport you to the lair of the Crab King, who will drop the Adamantite Armor upon defeat.
Adamantite Wand
Mages
The Old Wandmaker (always appearing on Depth 7) leaves the Adamantite Wand behind when he teleports away, after his quest is completed. For Mages, this happens automatically, with no extra requirements.
Non-Mages
Non-Mages can obtain the Adamantite Wand if they complete the Old Wandmaker's quest without defeating any enemies from the time they leave the Sewers. This means you will have to pass Depth 6 and at least part of Depth 7 - and complete the Old Wandmaker's quest - without defeating a single enemy. The game records total number of enemies defeated as you enter the Prison. If that number is unchanged when you receive a Wand from the Wandmaker, he also will drop the Adamantite Wand as an extra reward. Non-mage heroes can attempt this, but there is really no practical reason for a non-mage class to have a reinforced wand and upgrade it above +16.
Adamantite Ring (1)
On the Golden Vault floor, the game tracks how many Crazy Gold Thieves have been slain. Somewhere between 51 and 101 Thieves defeated, a random Thief will drop an Ancient Coin - be sure to pick it up. After returning to the dungeon, reading the inscription on the Coin will teleport you to the lair of the Thief King, who will drop an Adamantite Ring upon defeat.
Adamantite Ring (2)
After you defeat the Tengu on Depth 10, he reappears and attempts to escape to his Hideout. If you can defeat him a second time before he jumps 5 times around the floor, he will drop the Hideout key. If you use the Key to follow him to his Hideout and defeat him a third and final time, he will drop an Adamantite Ring.
If you somehow fail to defeat the Tengu the second time before he escapes, it may still be possible to get the Hideout Key, but only if you have not yet done the Forest depth.
On the Forest Depth, the game tracks how many Gnoll Archers have been slain. If you have passed Depth 10 but not obtained the Hideout Key, then somewhere between 51 and 101 Gnoll defeated, a random Archer will drop it.
Reinforcing
To reinforce your items with Adamantite, you need to take them to the second Blacksmith, "Bip". Not to worry, he can be found in the same room as the first Blacksmith ("Bop"). If you have an Adamantite item and 50 dark gold, he will reinforce a corresponding item of your choosing. Unlike his brother, he will not take more than the 50 pieces of Dark Gold he asked for, and if you carry more, he will leave the rest in the backpack. Both Bip and Bop will not work with unidentifdied items, and will ask you to first identify them, before they start working with them.
Troll Blacksmith Reforging
As in Original and Shattered PD, you can take an item to the Troll Blacksmith, "Bop", (usually appearing on Floor 11 in Sprouted) to be reforged. What is different in Sprouted is that you can transfer most of your upgrades from one item to another, and the items don't have to match. You are guaranteed to get at least one upgrade transferred. After that, the chance for each level of upgrade being transferred increases according to how much dark gold ore you have at the time, and decreases with each level past +1, with a floor of 50% per point. If the item is upgraded to the max and not reinforced, Bop will refuse to work, and ask the hero to take the item to his brother for reinforcing with Adamantite. Also both Bip and Bop will not work with unidentifdied items, and will ask you to first identify them, before they start working with them.
To ensure the maximum transfer of upgrades, it was recommended that you have 100 pieces of ore when reforging; however this consumes the ore, which you may prefer to use for reinforcing other items. Without using any ore, you are still likely to get most of the upgrades transferred (unless you are transferring high amounts). If you chose Water with Dew, you can make up the difference with upgrade goo. Those who chose Draw Out Dew would still probably be best advised to use up the 100 pieces on their weapon, as they are unlikely to find very many Upgrade Eater seeds.
Note: It is recommended to save your reforge for when you get a Tier-6 weapon from Dolyahaven Mines, as you can only reforge once per game.
Dark Gold Consumption
As of the current update (0.4.2), Bop will take all the ore you have when reforging gear; however, Bip will only take 50 pieces when reinforcing with Adamantite, and if you carry more pieces of Dark Gold, he will leave the rest n the backpack. There is a finite amount of ore available, so be careful not to waste it and choose carefully which items you want to reinforce.
Pit Rooms
Sectioned off pits that contain piles of bones and empty wells. A small sign has writing scrawled on the wood; maybe it points to the way out..
The only entrance to pit rooms is via the collapsed floor rooms from the Depth above. Falling in can be dangerous - so watch your step.
The pile of bones in the vault always contains a Scroll of Teleportation, a Seed of Fadeleaf, and an Ankh. Other items like weapons, armors, rings, scrolls, potions, food, gold, and artifacts can be found in the piles.
A Red Wraith may spawn from the skeletal remains. If you don't have some kind of magical attack, it's wise to make sure that you have access to Invisibility in one form or another, to allow you to make a surprise attack (if a Red Wraith spawns, most probably one of the items found in the bone pile will be cursed). Failing that, standing on the remains before searching them will instantly destroy any Wraith that spawns - at the cost of half your health.
Key Floors
Also known as "Dew Levels", Key Floors allow those who chose "Draw Out Dew" to fill their Dew Vials and upgrade items very quickly, because mobs will drop multiple colorful dew drops on death. Standard mobs drop yellow and red drops, worth 2 and 5 dew, respectively; Flying Protectors drop violet drops, worth 50, for all heroes, even for those who had chosen Water with Dew.
Mobs on Key Floors become stronger and more evasive, the more of them you defeat, so lingering there can be dangerous. But it is worth staying long enough to defeat at least 100 on each one, as you will get rewards for doing so. In addition, on most of the Key Floors, a special teleportation item - portal will drop once from an enemy after 50 enemies are defeated, which will allow you teleport later to the respective mini-boss floor and obtain an Adamantite Item that you will probably need to reinforce your weapon, armor or ring.
Note that on those Key Floors that have grass (Forest and Prison), the grass regenerates spontaneously, giving you an additional source of dew.
Ancient Forest
Accessible by using the Ancient Sewer key dropped by the Gnoll Archer on depth 4, this secret floor is home to Gnoll Archers and Flying Protectors. The goal is to slay 100 Gnoll Archers, and upon exit, you will be rewarded with 30 Forest Darts.
If you chose to Draw Out with your Dew Vial, Gnoll Archers will drop multiple yellow and red dew droplets upon defeat. Flying Protectors will drop a Violet drop for all heroes.
Gnoll Archers will attack you from afar with Forest Darts and flee from melee combat; they drop 3 Forest Darts upon defeat. The most effective way to slay them is with their own darts. If the hero slays 100 Gnoll Archers or more, upon exit he/she will be rewarded with 30 Forest Darts, but won't keep the rest of the darts he/she had during her stay on the floor.
Flying Protectors shoot lightning bolts but have a weak melee attack; they always drop violet dew droplets, which are worth 50 dew points.
If you have not completed this depth before defeating Tengu, once after 50 Gnolls are defeated an Archer will drop also the Tengu's Hideout Key. This will allow you to follow him to his hideout and obtain an Adamantite Ring.
Some time before or after 50 Gnolls are defeated, the Journal Page for the Safe Room will be dropped by a Gnoll Archer.
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| This gnoll is camouflaged and hiding in the foliage. He's pretty upset you are here. | ||
Prison Battlefield
Accessible by using the Ancient Prison key dropped by the Moss-Covered Skeleton on depth 9, this secret floor is home to Moss-Covered Skeletons and Flying Protectors. The goal is to slay 100 Skeletons, and upon exit, you will be rewarded with 20 Holy Hand Grenades.
Once after 50 Moss-Covevered Skeletons are defeated, a skeleton will drop the Inscribed Bone, which will teleport you later to the lair of the Skeleton King, where you can obtain the Adamantite Weapon. If you will have a Tier 5 weapon as a main weapon in late-game, you need this item to complete the game. Do not exit the Prison Battlefield until you have the Inscribed Bone, unless you are sure you will use a Tier-6 weapon, a Spork, or a reinforced wand as your end-game weapon.
If you chose to Draw Out with your Dew Vial, Moss-Covered Skeletons will drop multiple yellow and red dew droplets upon defeat. Even if you chose Water With Dew, the Skeletons will still occasionally drop a red or yellow droplet. Flying Protectors drop a Violet drop for all heroes, regardless of what manner of upgrade they had chosen.
200 Holy Hand Grenades can be found in a chest on the secret floor and frighten & damage heavily, or destroy the Moss-Covered Skeletons.
Moss-Covered Skeletons attack with a strong melee strike, but the first 50 are slow-moving and easily kited. The more you slay, the faster and stronger they get, however. After 50, it is best (unless equipped with an upgraded Ring of Haste) to use a combination of grenades and ranged attacks to slay them as they approach you.
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| Animated remains from an epic battle on this level. This skeleton rose from the ground covered in moss. It is angry you have disturbed this place. | ||
Ancient Caves
After descending to depth 11, the Ancient Caves key can be found by slaying any Giant Piranha, anywhere in the dungeon below floor 10 - it doesn't have to be in the Mining Caves. This secret floor is home to Albino Piranhas and Flying Protectors.
Inside the chest is a Potion of Levitation and 99 Dumpling Bombs. Use the bombs to teleport the sleeping Albino Piranhas to dry land, where they will automatically die. Once they are awake, they are difficult to target with the bombs, but there are other ways to slay them. See here for a tip on getting the Piranhas to respawn quickly.
The goal is to slay 100 Albino Giant Piranhas, and upon exit, you will be rewarded with 10 of each common berry. In addition, if the depth is completed at game night, you will receive the Full Moon Berry as a bonus.
Once after 50 Piranhas are defeated, an Albino Giant Piranha will drop a Conch Shell, which can be used later to teleport to the lair of the Crab King. There you will be able to obtain the Adamantite Armor - assuming you survive from the Lightning Shell. The shell gets charged and deals much heavier damage with any attack to the other enemies of the floor and deals extra damage to the hero when standing on water, which is everywhere in this floor, so it is highly advised that he hero uses Levitation potions as long as the Lightning Shell is still alive and does not hit any other enemy before he/she takes down the Lightning Shell. Going behind it and attacking without it being able to see you wil prevent it form zapping you with lightning bolts, but it will still shock - damage you after each successful hit.
Albino Piranhas have a strong bite and are very fast, but they are blind and only become alerted to the splashing of prey in the water. They cannot detect you when you are on land or levitating.
If you chose to Draw Out with your Dew Vial, Albino Piranhas will drop multiple yellow and red dew droplets upon defeat. They will occasionally drop mushrooms or monster meat.
Flying Protectors on this depth also do not notice you when you are on land but will attack you if they catch you in the water and drop a Violet drop for all heroes, regardless of what manner of upgrade they had chosen.
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| These huge blind cave fish inhabitant pools of underground water. Vibrations in the water alert them to prey. They look ferocious and hungry. | ||
Golden Vault
Accessible by using the Ancient City key dropped by the Crazy Gold Thief on Floor 19, this final key floor is home to Crazy Gold Thieves.
Crazy Gold Thieves don't do much damage when they hit, but they do try to steal your gold and then flee with it. They drop their own gold upon defeat (it ranges from 50 to 100 gold), as well as yours if they have stolen any.
One of the goals is to slay 100 Thieves, and if you do that, you will be granted a Golden Dungeon Nut, that will spawn in the seed pouch after you leave this depth, but only if you have already slain 100 enemies on each of the other Key depths and you have completed the Vault depth last. Even if you kill 100 enemies in all the key depths, but do not complete the Vault depth last, the Golden Dungeon Nut will not spawn.
The main reward on this depth is the massive quantity of gold, much of it just lying on the ground, the rest dropped by the Thieves (much less than the golld on the floor though). By the time you have slain 100 Thieves, you should have more than enough gold for the rest of the game if you dont want to go to the Dolyahaven Mines.
The second goal is to pick the Ancient Coin, which drops once after slaying 50 Gold Thieves. One of the 50th to 100th defeated Thieves will drop it, which can be used later to teleport to the lair of the Thief King, where you can obtain the second Adamantite Ring and can also obtain various types of loot by falling in one of the holes in the floor into the Thief King's basement (without an upgraded Ring of Wealth equipped, the loot will be mostly scrolls, potions, berries, weapons and armors, but with a highly upgraded Ring of Wealth it will also often be wands, rings and artifacts). Be careful to pick all drops from the Vault floor, as the Ancient Coin might be hidden under, seeds, gold or dew.
If you chose to Draw Out with your Dew Vial, Crazy Gold Thieves will drop multiple yellow and red dew droplets upon defeat. Flying Protectors drop a Violet drop for all heroes, regardless of what manner of upgrade they had chosen.
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| This thief has gold dust covering his robes and skin. He has a crazy glint in his eye. | ||
Book Floors
The books are too expensive to buy before defeating Yog-Dzewa, but afterwards the Imp offers them at a steep discount. The main goal of each floor is to obtain one of the SanChikarahs. When you have all three, you can take them to the Troll blacksmith to be reforged, allowing you access to the final boss fight before Dolyahaven, from where you also obtain the Journal page that allows teleporting to Dolayahaven.
Besides the main goal however, there are other things of interest to do or acquire on each floor. It is best to do the levels in the following order:
Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead
Discounted price: 7500
Enemies: Wraiths, Blue Wraiths, Dwarf Liches, occasionally Red Wraiths
Features: Graves. Lots and lots of graves. Also random loot.
The main benefit of this level is that disturbing graves will spawn wraiths, which have a base 15% chance of dropping scrolls of Upgrade or Magical Infusion on defeat. Having an upgraded Ring of Wealth equipped improves the chances dramatically and if it is reinforced and upgraded to +28, it guarantees scroll drops from all 4 wraiths. Be sure to leave enough room around you for all 4 wraiths to spawn, to maximize your loot.
Blue Wraiths are very fast, can frighten or cause vertigo to the hero, and always drop red dew upon defeat.
When ready, take the SanChikarah of Death, stand on its pedestal, and read the Book again to return to the dungeon.
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| A Blue Wraith has been dispatched to avenge the dungeon. | ||
Book of the Living
Book of the Living
Discounted price: 12500
Enemies: Onis
Features: Garden rooms, lots of grass, Honeypots, Ankhs, a grain of Magic Rice, random loot, a Toadstool mushroom, and the Tinkerer
Give the Toadstool mushroom to the Tinkerer to receive your final Dew Vial upgrade. After that, your vial will hold up to 300 drops, and splashing will also give you Levitation in addition to Haste and Invisibility. Also all heroes will get access to both Water with Dew and Accurate Upgrading with dew, regardless of the choice they had originally made on floor 2.
Picking up the grain of Magic Rice will sound an alarm, but the Onis are alerted to your presence as soon as you arrive anyway, so it doesn't matter. The grain itself is not terribly useful at this point, but you may want it for the novelty factor and to craft later Dumbling Bombs or Rice Dumblings, items that when are thrown at enemies, they teleport them away from the hero and put them to sleep.
Many of the garden rooms will contain Ankhs, so this is your chance to stock up. If you have been unlucky enough not to find the chain before now, it should appear on this level. Ankhs are generally not stackable and each occupies an inventory slot in the key ring, so it is better that the hero drops unnecessary rings before teleporting to this floor, to avoid having to choose if he/she keeps a ring or an Ankh, because the inventory has become full. In addition, several of the garden rooms are likely to contain Blandfruit bushes, so you can gather some fruit while you are here. You will most probably also stock up on Honeypots. This floor is also the only place in the dungeon that a Steel Honeypot might spawn, without being a product of transmutation.
The Onis are fairly tough, but your gear should be highly upgraded before you ever come here, so they should not be difficult to deal with. In fact, if you can find a 3x3 or 3x5 garden room, there's no reason not to farm dew in it to fill your vial.
When ready, take the SanChikarah of Life, stand on its pedestal, and read the book again to return to the dungeon.
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| Oni are wicked trolls who dwell in places of great power. They are quite lazy unless there is food near by... | ||
Book of the Heavens
Book of the Heavens
Discounted price: 15000
Enemies: Flying Protectors, Animated Statues
Features: Wells, Phase Pitcher seeds, random loot
It's best to splash yourself with dew as soon as you arrive. Assuming that you've got the final upgrade, this will let you navigate the level easily, while avoiding mobs until you choose to attack them. You will also find a Potion of Levitation in the room that you arrive. Equipping an upgraded ring of Haste will be also very helpful for the Levitation, Haste and Invisibility effects to last longer, and less dew to get spent.
There are several useful things you can do here. The level usually features a complete set of wells, including Transmutation, and you can almost always find several Phase pitcher seeds lying around. In addition, Animated Statues drop upgraded weapons (at least +3) upon defeat. You can collect these weapons to turn them into upgrade goo, to upgrade your gear even more, or you might also find a T5 weapon with an enchantment you prefer more than your equipped weapon's.
The most significant thing about this floor is that you can do it as many times as you like, as long as you don't pick up the SanChikarah of Transcendence. Simply wait until your Levitation wears off, and allow yourself to fall into the chasm. You will end up in a small room with a ladder and a signpost with the message "What are you doing here?". Climbing out, you will find yourself on depth 1. You can read the book again to repeat the level, which will be all new and restocked. The main benefit is getting enough Phase Pitcher seeds for your purposes, and enough identified weapons to turn into upgrade goo. You will also pick up minor loot, or major loot if you happen to be wearing an upgraded Ring of Wealth.
When ready, pick up the SanChikarah of Transcendence, stand on its pedestal, and read the book again to return to the dungeon.
It is recommended that you do not pick up the SanChikarah until you are ready to read the book and move on. If you fall into the chasm with it in your backpack, it should disappear and respawn on the pedestal when you return; however, according to some players' reports, this may occasionally trigger game-breaking bugs. Better safe than sorry!
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FAQ
How do I exit the book floors?
Stand in the pedestal of the room you found the SanChikarah on and read the book again.
What do I do with the three SanChikarahs?
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Take them to Troll Blacksmith Bop, and he will reforge them into one glowing piece, which you can activate to get to Shadow Yog. You do not need any gold ore for this, but as of v.0.3.0 and in all later versions, you have to have first done the blacksmith's quest (defeat a bat or mine 15 pieces of ore) and collected your reward from him (that is getting the offer to have an item reforged, actually reforging an item is not necessary though) before he will reforge the SanChikarah. The new Forged SanChikarah will still have the previous sprite, but glowing, and will give the option to "Open Portal", which will teleport the hero to the Shadow Yog depth.
End Objectives - Completing the Game
As in the original PD, you can end the game immediately after killing Yog-Dzewa and obtaining the Amulet of Yendor at floor 26, by choosing its "Let's call it a day" option, or go back to floor 1 and ascend to the surface for the Happy Ending badge.
If you do that in Sprouted PD though, you will have missed almost half of the remaining game depths. After teleporting to the Shadow Yogs depth and defeating all of them, the last one will drop a Journal page, that will make the Dolyahaven depths available. In the final Dolyahaven depth, after defeating Stone Otiluke and most or all of the floor enemies, the hero will obtain the Palantir, which will allow the hero to teleport to the Zot floor, who is the final game boss. After defeating Zot, the hero will be able to meet the finally rescued Otiluke in Dolyahaven, receive a Pudding Cup from him, and complete the game fully.
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- The Dwarf King: A Boss Guide
- Yog-Dzewa: A Boss Guide
Mods of Sprouted PD
Sprouted has inspired four different mods so far, each having their unique characteristics:
- Deistic Pixel Dungeon: Fork in indefinite hiatus, based on version 3.5 of Sprouted and made by reddit user AverageMormonGamer. Due to its base on a previous version, it does not include Otiluke's Journal or the Dolyahaven depths, but it features some new elements, the most important of which are the introduction of races and also race subclasses (Human Demolitionist & Mercenary, Dwarf Warlock & Monk, Red & Blue Wraith, Gnoll Shaman & Brute) and race specific artifacts (Human Communication Relay, Dwarf Chains of Ares, Wraithmetal Amulet, Gnoll Wooden Effigy).
- Easier Sprouted Pixel Dungeon: Completed fork made by reddit user g2159687. It features some new interesting mechanics and items but its most important differences from Sprouted are a) that the game can range from just a little easier by not choosing any of the 11 "Easier" settings in the main menu, to extremely easier by choosing all 11 of them, and b) that all the Dolyahaven Mines bugs of Sprouted are fixed.
- Palantir Pixel Dungeon: The most recent of Sprouted's mods, as it was first released in March 2019 by reddit user PierreSchrodinger. The developer plans to add more levels to his game, but currently the game is a redesign of Sprouted's Sokoban puzzles, with new sprites, bug fixes et al but with no wands available, so the puzzles must be solved without any tricks, only by moving the sheep. You can see a complete list of the changes here.
- SPecial Surprise Pixel Dungeon: Fork in active and constant development, made by reddit user hmdzl001, with a whole lot of new elements (one could say that it is a total rework and reboot of Sprouted, rather than just a mod of it), some of them borrowed also from other mods. Its most innovative elements are the introduction of new functions in the Dew Vial, a new class with its subclasses, the Performer, a cooking system with almost 40 recipes added, a complete rework of weapon and armor attributes (also with more than 50 new weapon & armor items added), the addition of almost 40 NPCs in Dolya Town (formerly Dolyahaven), with also the complete removal of Dolyahaven mines.