Hills Zone

The **Hills Zone** is the northern inner zone of Patchlantis, accessible after unlocking the north exit from the base camp. It has one sub-zone, spread across three areas.

Roladillo, Buzzerker, Velostrich, Zirrel, and Skurret are native to the Hills Zone, though all can also be found in other zones. There are thirteen Hills Zone Patch Pins.

The Hills Zone is connected to the Jungle Zone, Desert Zone, Hive Zone, and Fossil Zone.

## Overview

The Hills Zone is themed after a range of hills covered in grassy shrubland, filled with bushes, flowering plants, coniferous trees, and some fungi. It appears to be thematically autumnal, with orange grass and foliage. Much of the ground is covered in hard-to-climb slopes and itchy nettles, while itchy leaves may blow in the wind across corridors. Spider and Bat critters are both common across this zone.

The Spider Shrine is found in the north of the base zone.

### Cliffs

The Cliffs are three sub-zones found across the Hills Zone, representing ridges that the player must climb to ascend to the top of the zone. The individual areas are the Breakback Slope, Greater Ridge, and Lesser Ridge. They are characterized by dark grey ground, the abundance of slopes in corridors, and occasional tumbling rocks.

Some battle rooms in this sub-zone will interperce waves of monsters with rockfalls. These involve waves of breakable rocks tumbling down from overhead.

### Notable locations

* Spider Shrine is found in the northern part of the zone. After defeating a Jumbo Triantula in the shrine the player can obtain the Spider Idol and open the Northern Speedway shortcut leading to the start of the zone.
* Several shortcuts to other zones are also available:
	+ The Hive Speedway shortcut near the western edge of the zone leads to the Hive Zone and opens after completing  Prismosphere.
	+ The Jurassic Speedway shortcut opens after completing the  Fossil Mine in the Fossil Zone.
	+ A shortcut cave at the eastern edge of the zone leads to the Fossil Zone.

### Critters

* Marching Spiders can be found anywhere in this zone.
* Rings of fluttering Bats are found in the base zone.

### Ambient hazards

* Occasional hard-to-climb slopes are found across the entire zone.
* Patches of itchy nettles are common across the base zone.
* Itchy leaves may drift across corridors of the base zone.
* Tumbling rocks fall across corridors in the Cliffs.
* Arrow pressure plates summon a formation of downwards-flying arrows when stepped on. They are found in corridors of the base zone.
* Wall pressure plates summon temporary walls when stepped on. They are found in corridors of the Cliffs.

## Monsters

### Base zone

Buzzerker (common)Roladillo (common)Velostrich (common)Zirrel (common)Brightling (rare)Shrubhog (rare)Skurret (rare)Triantula (rare)
### Cliffs

Buzzerker (common)Roladillo (common)Skurret (common)Triantula (common)Velostrich (common)Bombat (rare)Brightling (rare)Combusdile (rare)Ramber (rare)Shrubhog (rare)
## Patch Pins

### Base zone

Bloom BushBurgoniaCayennegizerDart TotemDizzaleaFlufftailGravi TotemLavendropsMoonflowerMoon TotemNotdogOakrePinestripePoweroseSnapdashSneestoolSpineconeStar TotemStumpSun TotemWallflower
### Cliffs

Axe TotemBreeze TotemBow TotemCayennegizerDart TotemDustelionFlufftailLavendropsOakrePinestripePoweroseStar TotemSun TotemWallflower
## Lore

* The Hills Zone lorestone details its origin:

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This indicates that the ancient civilization used the resources of the Hills Zone as a source of fibers for textiles.