Blackreef

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Overview of the Isle of Blackreef

Map of the Isle of Blackreef, charted out by Operation Horizon

> Blackreef. Must be the low season.
>
> Colt Vahn

The **Isle of Blackreef**, usually referred to as **Blackreef**, is the anomaly-engulfed island in the Polar Sea, presumably to the north of the mainland, having previously been a fishing colony turned military research base prior to being 'discovered' by the AEON Program. The interactive story of *Deathloop* takes place in the Lower Blackreef.

## Overview

Blackreef is the island of an endless party—its inhabitants use every looping day to celebrate chaos, grandiosity, and debauchery.

Dwarfed by a towering circle-shaped structure, the Stabilizer Antenna, the island is divided into a highly elevated Upper Blackreef and plateau-ish Lower Blackreef by the Dead River, sourcing somewhere at Karl's Bay, going through the cleft to the Caldera Lake of The Complex, and further into its mouth in Koton's Harbor.

Notable locations include:

## Inspiration

According to the developers, Blackreef is greatly inspired by the 1930s-40s, which materializes in its vast amount of bunkers, abandoned labs and rusty structures, a vision drawn from real-life locations, such as Pripyat in Ukraine, Hashima Island in Japan, and Pyramiden in Norway, as well as Edinburgh of Scotland and the Faroe Islands. Apart from the design inspiration, the creative team of Arkane Lyon respectfully used the atmosphere, created by the movie The Thing, 1982, and the series Lost's "DHARMA Initiative". The following pictures are the concept art used to showcase the atmosphere the game creates, and can be found within the game as paintings.

In-game painting, concept art.Ditto.Ditto.Ditto.
## History

Prior to the events of *DEATHLOOP*, Blackreef was an isolated fishing colony, at some point ruled by Updaam Mayor Freyda Wong. The settlers established many named around the island, that are used to this day (e.g. Karl's Bay). Available ads hint at the delayed development of the island's infrastructure—likely, due to the considerable distance away from the mainland. During its colonial days, Blackreef was a place of numerous witch trials, although it is unclear whether it's connected to the Anomaly.

Due to the anomalous nature of the island, it drew military interest of The Motherland, resulting in a research expedition being sent to chart and survey the island. The expedition came to be known as "Operation Horizon".

Horizon had charted out a map of the island in 1931, after it had built various structures across the island, namely Berezin's Manor, Stabilizer Antenna along with the Stabilizer Core, the research stations (Akkar, Sova, Tidevarv and Yasen) and many more.

Up until around 1938-1939, Horizon personnel remained on the island, conducting research on the temporal Anomaly, until they were ordered to withdraw due to lack of any tangible outcomes.

Blackreef was rediscovered later in the 1960s by an Operation Horizon's retired operative, Colt Vahn, and a scientific enthusiast Egor Serling. Egor, along with fellow AEON's founders, Harriet and Wenjie, re-inhabited the abandoned island.

AEON Program's manpower had build additional sites (e.g. Dorsey Manor), as well as repurposed the Stabilizer Antenna to harness the Anomaly's power, thus creating a stable timeloop that incorporated the entirety of the island.

## Areas

Blackreef hosts a variety of locations for the player to explore, as well as taunting but inaccessible locations.

### Available

* Manor Cliffs
	+ Berezin's Manor
* Updaam
	+ Multiple locations within
* The Complex
	+ Multiple locations within
* Fristad Rock
	+ Multiple locations within
* Karl's Bay
	+ Multiple locations within

### Unavailable

* Upper Blackreef
	+ Ardavaskoy Massif
	+ Ichniyan's Folly and more
* Lower Blackreef
	+ Zarkapa Proving Grounds
	+ Nuvurog Ridge and more

## Residents

The inhabitants of the island consist of two types: the Visionaries and the Eternalists.

* Frank Spicer
* Egor Serling
* Harriet Morse
* Wenjie Evans
* Charlie Montague
* Fia Zborowska
* Aleksis Dorsey
* Julianna Blake
* Colt Vahn

### Other residents

* 2-B.I.T.
* Eternalists

## Trivia

* The name, Blackreef, comes from the extensive coral reefs around the island.

## Gallery

A pamphlet for Black Reef, as shown in the teaser trailer.Distant view of the island.
## See also

* Locations
* Operation Horizon
* The Anomaly

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Guide to DEATHLOOP's Blackreef
2. ↑ DEATHLOOP Dev Insides
3. ↑ Note from the Art Director
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 How Well Do YOU Know Blackreef?
5. ↑ Bad Luck Mary's Lucky Day
6. ↑ Reassignment
7. ↑ Anchoring the Loop