Distorted Caves

The **Distorted Caves** is the twisted cave system that connects the Overworld with the Fringe.

## Information

The Distorted Caves is, as its title says, distorted. Instead of containing stone in its walls like a normal cave, the walls are formed out of Distone, a weird purple stone. There are also many "beams" of chrous branches that stretch from one side of the cave to another at many points. The Distorted Caves also features many portals that teleport anything that enters them to another location within the caves.

The entrance and exit can apparently shift between different locations in the Overworld at random intervals, but its entrance can always be tracked using the Distorted Star, a relic from the depths of the Pyramid of Uivvah. It is thought that the cave's mysterious phenomena is caused because it serves as the gateway to the Fringe, a place where physics 'makes no sense,' however this is unconfirmed.

### Structure

The exact structure of the Distorted Caves is likely not static and probably varies greatly. It varies from a number of different distinct tunnel sections to immense caverns containing an end gateway portal behind a wall of purple glass, which can only be unlocked by defeating the Dragon Guardian in the cavern.

### End Gateway Maze

As seen in Mission 12 of Assassin of Steve 3, the first section of the caves is a network of caverns that are connected by one-way end gateways. Entering an end gateway teleports the player to the cavern it is connected to. It can be difficult to get through this section since a number of sets of gateways loop around on themselves or even send the player back to the beginning.

### Mushroom Caverns

The next main section of the Distorted Caves are the mushroom caverns, which are a set of four large caverns with a mycelium floor that are identical in structure, however they have a number of differences.

* The first cavern is empty, its mycelium floor bare.
* The second contains some red and brown huge mushrooms. Some of these can be grappled to and parkouring across them is required to get through.
* The third contains the same mushrooms, however they are now all made out of slime blocks, making them very bouncy.
* The fourth cavern's mushrooms are now made from purple chorus blocks and have numerous glowing spikes extruding from the caps.

Travelling between each cavern is possible using more end gateways, however the exact route through this section is very complicated, often going between each of the different caverns multiple times.

### Elytra Tunnels

The next section is a series of long tunnels that are designed to be flown through using elytra. The main obstacle are the chorus branches that stretch across the tunnels. As you progress further through the tunnels, the purple stone begins to get speckled with end stone.

### Distorted Platform Tunnels

The final section before the boss fight is a maze of tunnels directly above the void. The player can only manoeuvre through these tunnels by riding on Distorted Platforms, which are floating boats. Within the tunnels are five levers that each have to be flicked to open up the way to the final Dragon Guardian.

### The Distorted Monstrosity

*Main article: Distorted Monstrosity*

The Distorted Monstrosity lies at the very end of the caves inside a large cavern, and must be faced in order to escape. It is an unknown, ethereal entity with many powerful attacks.

### Exit

The exit of the Distorted Caves leads directly out to the Fringe. If you look behind when leaving, you can see a giant wall of Distone which separates the Distorted Caves from the Fringe.

## Appearances

### Assassin of Steve 3

In Mission 12 of Assassin of Steve 3, the player, Roger and Opara travel through the Distorted Caves in order to reach the Fringe, which contains the Assassin's Tower. They arrive at the caves after going through the entrance, which happens to be located next to a city named Tanivac, at the time.

The Distorted Caves is also seen briefly in several visions throughout Mission 10. The first three are seen right before entering each skull cave. Each vision is always seen in the same order no matter the order which the skulls are chosen to be completed in. The first vision shows a simple tunnel, the second shows a larger cavern with some endermites at the bottom. In the third vision a Dragon Guardian standing in front of a large sealed end gateway can be seen.

The final vision seen in this mission is seen after defeating the Ancient Uivvah and collecting the Distorted Star, where some Blue End Fighters are seen exiting from a rift in a wall of Distone.

## Trivia

* The Distorted Caves in infamous for being one of the most 'torturous' missions as described by the community, and has become a sort of meme within the map's community.
	+ The official BlazeandCave discord's muted role is called the "Distorted Cave Maze", referencing the first section of the Distorted Caves, in which there are multiple chambers that warp to each other, making a maze that is infamously hard to find your way out of without knowing the solution ahead of time.