The Acheron Strand

Band B · The Ante-Hell · depths 5,001–5,500

Beyond the Gates, before the river: the Vestibule and the yards of hell's intake, down to the Acheron. 9 zones of 500 depths each, 5 gates to a zone. Each zone carries 12 enemies and 2 bosses that take turns at its gates. The Vestibule: 18 enemies and 3 bosses.

Enemies of The Acheron Strand

A floor of this zone is a road of packs drawn from these 12 monsters, led by the depth's named one. Their numbers climb with depth, not with the name. Every 100th depth is a boss gate, and the boss leads that floor instead.

The zone's element is cold: every monster's blow is a mix of damage types and carries a share of it — most of a Mage's blow, a sixth or so of everyone else's beside their type's own. Each name reads as a type — what every type carries and asks of you is under the Bestiary.

Strand Skeleton, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Strand Skeleton
Wight

Tide Mage, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Tide Mage
Mage

Silt Imp, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Silt Imp
Imp

Beached Corpse, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Beached Corpse
Wight

Strand Shade, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Strand Shade
Wraith

Shore Fiend, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Shore Fiend
Fiend

Driftwood Brute, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Driftwood Brute
Brute

Crossing Eater, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Crossing Eater
Imp

Shore Warden, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Shore Warden
Knight

Sandstone Golem, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Sandstone Golem
Golem

Bundle-Bearer, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

Bundle-Bearer
Wight

The Left Behind, an enemy of The Acheron Strand in Hellruler

The Left Behind
Wight

Preview any floor

Pick a depth to see its card: the monster that leads the floor, its numbers and its modifiers, as the game rolls them (needs JavaScript).

The depth's card

The card of a few depths across the zone, as the game rolls it: the numbers every body of that floor is built from. The leader carries 80% of the card's health and 60% of its damage, with the card's modifiers; the pack's bodies carry a share of it without them. Modifiers are rolled per depth; the ones shown are what that exact floor's leader carries.

Depth 5,001

Health341,979,895

Hit · swing1,456,656 / 1.6s

Armor4,224,862

Fire res75%

Lightning res37%

Cold res37%

Chaos res0%

Dodge0%

Barrier51,296,984

Depth 5,250

Health516,078,745

Hit · swing1,763,208 / 1.4s

Armor1,870,205

Fire res0%

Lightning res0%

Cold res75%

Chaos res0%

Dodge0%

Barrier0

DENSE

FROSTBOUND

OF THE EXECUTIONER

Depth 5,499

Health341,065,972

Hit · swing1,387,257 / 1s

Armor1,029,984

Fire res0%

Lightning res0%

Cold res75%

Chaos res0%

Dodge22%

Barrier0

What those modifiers do

OF ENDURANCE: gains an Endurance charge every second while hit recently: +15% physical reduction and +15% to the elements each, up to 3
FIREPROOF: +75% fire resistance (capped at 75%)
DENSE: takes 60% less from damage over TIME, and double from hits
MANGLING: +35% chance to cause bleeding
FROSTBOUND: +75% cold resistance (capped at 75%)
OF THE EXECUTIONER: you recover half as much within 4.5 tiles of it
EVASIVE: +22% chance to dodge your hits
THICK-SKINNED: Overwhelm and armor you ignore count at half
OF DAMAGING: the pack within 4.5 tiles hits 25% harder

Every modifier, with the rules for how many a floor can carry, is listed under Enemy modifiers.

Bosses

The zone's gates rotate between 2 bosses, one every 100 depths. A boss's card carries more health and damage than the depth's regular monster; the exact numbers are on each boss's page.

The Strandmaster, boss of The Acheron Strand

The Strandmastergates 5,100, 5,300, 5,500…

The Salt-Crowned, boss of The Acheron Strand

The Salt-Crownedgates 5,200, 5,400…

Where it sits in the descent

Above lies The Yoke Fields. Clear the last gate and Limbo opens at depth 5,501.

Descend into The Acheron Strand — play free

← The Yoke Fields Limbo →