The Depths

ScyphoziaButtonCover.png|link=Scyphozia|Scyphozia
EternalGaleAngle2.png|link=Second Layer|The Eternal Gale
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The Depths is a location in Deepwoken. Players are sent to the Depths after dying twice and without the increase of Power, or Level, whilst having a stained/rusty health bar, getting killed by the Primadon, being sucked in by whirlpools, dying with the Hollow or Vow of Thorns modifiers, dying within a Voidzone, being consumed by a corrupted Blood Scourge, dying in the Voidsea, or using the Call of the Deep Talent granted exclusively to Deepbound players. Players who are close to entering the Depths, such as dying once, rather than seeing the more commonly saw message "Adrenaline surges into your veins as tensions thicken.", it will instead say "Your heart beats faster as the end draws near." This message will indicate that you are on your second life, and dying here would send you to the dreaded Depths. 
The Depths is a purgatory to all the Drowned, and home to the sea monsters dotted all across the world of Deepwoken. In the center, a bastion to freedom keeps the return to the surface out of arms reach. Dying within the Depths will kill your character for good, sending you to the Fragment of Self where you are able to either revive yourself, or completely wipe your character, forcing you to start all over again from Power 1. 
Returning to the overworld (Layer 0) is possible through the depths. If you are skilled enough to face the threats that you meet when entering the bastion, based on the players level and the amount times you've drowned, it will give you the appropriate mob to challenge you for your freedom. Levels 1-3 face no threat when attempting escape, levels 4-6 face a Mudskipper knight, levels 7-9 face an angel, levels 10-16 face sharks (megalodaunt) and levels 17-20 face the enforcer. (Having more players will increase the number of mobs you face every one player.) 
Despite being a resting place for souls, the Depths is a physical location in the world of Deepwoken. It can be reached through cavern systems and just swimming to the bottom of the ocean. It has its own ecosystem and is able to support the bizarre marine life that inhabits it. When dying in water, the player's corpse actually sinks to the Depths. Though seemingly underwater and at the bottom of the ocean, with people down there even releasing bubbles when they breathe, you cannot drown or swim. The animals have also evolved more akin to land animals, such as Megalodaunts becoming better runners and jumpers but sacrificing their ability to swim well.
There are multiple layers to the Depths, with as many as nine known to exist, likely getting even harder as it goes down. 
Pleeksty, a renowned Flamecharmer and Diver, was able to reach the Third Layer and achieved some transcendental power before disappearing without a trace, never to be seen or heard from again. This power was obtained by eating a part of Korilfiend, the Drowned God of the Vents, Third Layer. By consuming a bit of him, Pleeksty became a Deepwoken. This information can be gleaned from residents of the Castle Light, and the Flamecharmer in Lance's Food.
The Depths is a highly challenging location that should be avoided if possible. If you are not comfortable with the mobs in the overworld, as well as dealing with unsavory players, it is strongly recommended that you do not intentionally go to the Depths.
- Whilst the Depths poses a greater risk as failure to kill a monster can result in your character being wiped, monsters which are slain in the Depths will yield more experience, making it great for higher power players who receive insufficient experience outside of this zone.
==Whirlpools==
Whirlpools are alternative ways to enter the Depths without having to die; going to the Depths this way allows you to enter Castle Light and the Chariot's Spire. Whirlpools can be found across the world of Lumen, scattered across the sea.
===Whirlpool Locations===
====Etrean Luminant====
*At the far-right side of Etris Docks.
**To specify, the right of someone going to the docks, not from the docks (away from the gate.)
*At the left-hand side of the sea highway gate next to the entrance of Lower Erisia.
**To specify, the left of someone going out of Erisia towards the King statues.
*Going beyond north of Minityrsa to the Voidsea where you can at least see two whirlpools.
====Eastern Luminant====
*At the right-hand side of the Monkey's Paw.
*In the middle of the sea highway connecting Miner's Landing and Fort Merit.
*Many whirlpools within the vicinity of Boatman's Watch.
Whirlpools can also rarely spawn on the edges of highways and other random locations, such as in the divide between the two main halves of the Songseeker Wilds.
==Layers==
The Depths contains nine layers, though you can reach only two in game: The First Layer, aka Scyphozia, and the Second Layer, aka the Eternal Gale. There is also a Third Layer, aka the Vents, a lava covered hellscape where Korilfiend resides, although this content has not been added to the game yet. 
Please visit their respective pages below by clicking on them for more information: 
- First Layer (Scyphozia) for information on the first layer you are sent to, including info on Yun'Shul and the Depths Trial. 
- Second Layer (The Eternal Gale) for information on the layer you are sent to after falling into the void or diving deeper via the interaction with Klaris, including info on Chaser and New Kyrsa.
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