The Spider's Nest

Location

This area was part of the Halloween 2019 celebration. This is in the Downtown area.

This area counts as on the shore, aboveground, outdoors, etc.

Legend
	Combat Encounters		Etheric only
	Noncombat Encounters		Non-Etheric only
	Choice Encounters		Requires Fishing pole
	Gang Warfare Encounters		Can lead to a Hacking Encounter

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Combat Encounters

	Opponent	Encounter Text	Notes
?	Twisted Hound	Between the stony walls, you can hear distant howls. Soon, something approaches, bringing those howls near it as it does.	Possibly only with Song of the Hunt or just coincidence?
	Twisted Hound	The scent of blood fills the air as a set of claws cut through the air, leaving a bleeding hole. A crystalline beast pulls its way through the hole, snarling at you as it approaches.	After some amount of progress?
	Undead Tyrant	As you pass between the cave walls, you hear a tremendous thump. You could almost convince yourself that it's a sound effect if it didn't vibrate through the floor that way. Glancing back, you see a massive, dead shape looming over you. You've gained 20 duration of Primeval Terror.
	Horrific Spider	Something emerges from the mists, clamoring over the web-covered walls. It seems perfectly at home here, snaring you in its web as it approaches.	Gain 1 duration of Webbed. Only after descending into the caves?
	Twisted Houndx3	Three shapes lope out of the mists towards you, two approaching from the front while the third expertly cuts off your easiest route of escape.	Only after descending into the caves?
	2 Twisted Hounds, Horrific Spider	Unnatural howls pursue you through the hall, finally catching up as a massive web snags down to trap you. It's perfect… almost as though they planned it out among themselves somehow.	Gain 1 duration of Webbed. Only after descending into the caves?
	Midgard Aide	A young worker stops a fair distance from you. "It seems warnings won't suffice. I'm sorry, but you forced me to do this." He looks down at his datareader, reading something out loud that you can't quite parse, as shapes begin flickering in the shadows around him.	Only after extensive exploration of the caves (after Halloween Evacuation, near Wall of Noise was unlocked.

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Noncombat Encounters

	Encounter	Result	Notes
	Pirate Jess 2019	Various candy
	Music of the Hounds	40 duration of Song of the Hunt	Only without Song of the Hunt
	Blood for the Blood Fountain	30 duration of Halloween Spirit, 30 duration of Blood Fumes	Only without Blood Fumes
	Endless Caves	20 duration of Halloween Spirit
	Cave Rex	20 duration of Primeval Terror
	Skull Full of Spiders	infested skull	After descending into the caves. One time only.
	Halloween Evacuation		After killing some number of opponents

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Choice Encounters

Struggling Bats

1. Cut them free - fight Bat Swarm, or with knife weapon, fight 2 Bat Swarms and gain decorative webbing
2. Butcher them - gain 3-4 bat wings
3. Admire the work - gain 20 Halloween Spirit and 4 XP Will
4. Leave them be - walk away

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Devastated Cavern Candy

1. Take a few - gain 3 of crunchy spider, candy fly, candy corn, gain 15 Halloween Spirit
2. Take the bowl - gain spidery candy bowl
3. Distribute some - gain 8 XP Will, unlock distribution encounter for other players
4. Turn down candy - Walk away, lose Halloween Spirit?

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Crystalline Hound Chase - only before the Halloween Evacuation order

1. Block the bites (if non-Etheric) - take 1 damage, 4 XP Will
2. Block the hound (if Etheric) - fight Twisted Hound
3. Aid the force (if non-Etheric) - ?
4. Aid the hound (if Etheric) - gain bloodied spider mask
5. Grab his stuff - gain 2-3 of unlabeled music, old jacket, fair trade grounds, lukewarm latte
6. Read from the tome (with a tome of binding equipped) - learn Release the Hounds
7. Leave him be - walk away

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Descent into Mists - stops appearing once you head down

1. Head Down - unlocks more encounters
2. Stay Right Here - walk away

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Wall of Noise - Only after extended time in the cave and killing some number of opponents?

1. Push forward - gain 1 turn Woven in Music, fight Corrupted Spider
2. Just listen - gain 40 turns Song of the Hunt
3. Leave it - walk away