The Branding Pits

Band B · The Ante-Hell · depths 2,001–2,500

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 Branding Pits

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 fire: 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.

Branded Skeleton
Wight

Scar Mage
Mage

Cinder Imp
Imp

Pit Wretch
Imp

Brand Wraith
Wraith

Pit Fiend
Fiend

Scar Brute
Brute

Mark Eater
Imp

Pit Warden
Knight

Coal Golem
Golem

Brander
Wight

The Unbranded
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 2,001

Health50,485,998

Hit · swing143,481 / 1.6s

Armor623,718

Fire res37%

Lightning res37%

Cold res37%

Chaos res0%

Dodge0%

Barrier7,572,900

OF THE EXECUTIONER

DENSE

OF SHOCKING DEATH

Depth 2,250

Health87,973,108

Hit · swing214,591 / 1.4s

Armor318,807

Fire res75%

Lightning res0%

Cold res0%

Chaos res0%

Dodge0%

Barrier0

Depth 2,499

Health43,820,799

Hit · swing103,058 / 0.6s

Armor0

Fire res0%

Lightning res75%

Cold res0%

Chaos res40%

Dodge25%

Barrier0

What those modifiers do

OF THE EXECUTIONER: you recover half as much within 4.5 tiles of it
DENSE: takes 60% less from damage over TIME, and double from hits
OF SHOCKING DEATH: leaves a pool of lightning where it falls
VENOMOUS: +35% chance to poison you
CORRUPTING: a third of its damage is chaos
FIREPROOF: +75% fire resistance (capped at 75%)
UNWOUNDABLE: your bleeds and poisons on it do not stack: one at a time
OF DISCIPLINE: every body that steps within 4.5 tiles gains a shell of 20% of its health
OF POWER: gains a Power charge on every hit it lands: +200% critical chance each, up to 3
STORMSHIELDED: +75% lightning resistance (capped at 75%)
OF ENDURANCE: gains an Endurance charge every second while hit recently: +15% physical reduction and +15% to the elements each, up to 3

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 Brandmastergates 2,100, 2,300, 2,500…

The Thrice-Markedgates 2,200, 2,400…

Where it sits in the descent

Above lies The Muster Yard. Clear the last gate and The Salt Quarry opens at depth 2,501.

Descend into The Branding Pits — play free

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