New Muldul

* Town Square
* Overworld

**"***Welcome to New Muldul. Behold the splendor.***"**
— **Townsfolk**

**New Muldul** is the main city in Hylics 2. It's located west of Waynehouse on the main island. The city's ruler/magnate is Blerol, and its inhabitants consist of humanoid characters and many smaller townsfolk. New Muldul contains 3 shops and one NPC that can combine Things. The player can find Pongorma in the castle northeast of the entrance, and he'll give the player a pneumatophore.

## History

According to an NPC, the city's main industry is "artisanal calthemite husbandry", apparently making it a target for opportunists like Viewax. The city also has a mine within a cave where miners trim away hylethems with long sticks with spinning blades on the end to prevent Poolmen from growing. Hylethems are "hylem-rich cave formations" as one of the miners told. Processes such as glove lathing and burrito synthesis require hylethems, which are worth "A lotta bones. Lotta bones".

At one end of the cave is a button that opens a cage on the other side of the cave, and on the other end is a miner who will ask Wayne if he has any juice. Giving the miner juice relieves them, and they give the player a key to their house which contains a TV that gives Soul Crisper. On the way to Blerol's castle, the player finds two shops, one of which is a café. In front of the cafe's entrance, an NPC tells the player that Viewax and his troops abducted the café owner and that without coffee they are defenseless against spores. Talking to the two guards at the entrance to Blerol's castle reveals that Blerol had been abducted by Viewax and his troops. Inside the castle, the player meets Pongorma, who tells Wayne that Blerol has been taken north to Viewax's Edifice. Wayne tells Pongorma that Old Wayne had sensed proscribed gestures and that Blerol had to be warned of the situation. Pongorma lends Wayne a Pneumatophore, allowing the player to air dash.

**(Late game spoilers below)**

After saving Blerol, they thank Wayne and crew for their assistance and inform them of a remnant of the tyrant Gibby that survived after his defeat, known as the Gibbylet. The Gibbylet came into Blerol's possession before being sealed in a vault, as it could not be destroyed. While Blerol was held prisoner in Viewax's Edifice, the location of the vault was coerced from them through agents of Odozeir, aiming to recover the Gibbylet. The player is given the Dock Key by Blerol which opens the gate to the Airship. Blerol then tells the crew to head to Foglast, but only after finding a way to deactivate its force field. Talking to one of the residents of the city reveals the force field would most likely be powered by a worm in a remote location. After the rising of the renewed Hylemxylem transforms all the citizens of New Muldul, the player can enter the Treasure Room inside Blerol's castle. The player can get a large number of bones, as well as some Garbs and a Skull Bomb.

## Shops

### Comestibles Shop

The Comestibles Shop is located northwest of the entrance and mainly sells consumables.

### Glove Shop

The Glove Shop is located northeast and requires the player to air dash across a lake to reach it.

### Café

The Café is located north of the entrance through an opening on top of a rock or a staircase found in the mines; it mainly sells Coffee and Soul Sponges.

## Comestibles Combiner

**"***My passion? It's combining comestibles for more efficient use in combat. Well?***"**
— **Comestibles Combiner**

The Comestibles Combiner is an NPC that can combine 4 comestibles into 1 multi-item. They can be found in a large house in front of Blerol's castle with its upper door locked, which can be opened with an Upper House Key which can be found in the first arcade minigame directly behind the first spawn.

## Points of Interests

* Soul Crisper gesture can be found inside a locked house
* Stem Cell and Cupcake found in vases through the second entrance on top of the Comestibles Shop
* Juice found in a vase hidden to the east of the castle entrance
* Muscle Applique found in a vase on top of Blerol's castle
* Boots found in a chest located in a house north of the entrance
* Skull Bomb can be found in the vault located in Blerol's castle

## Trivia

* "Artisanal calthemite husbandry" may be referring to what occurs within the mines underneath New Muldul. The word "artisanal" is essentially referred to items created by artisans, craftsmen, or overall skilled workers (i.e. underground city miners). The hylethems being excavated are produced underneath man-made structures and mimic the forms of cave deposits, thus going under the "calthemite" definition. "Husbandry" is a synonymous word for cultivation and a type of agronomics. Altogether, "artisanal calthemite husbandry" is likely an extended phrase for "high-quality stalagmite farming".
* The TV that gives Soul Crisper is likely based on an Osborne 1 portable computer.
* In the earlier beta's for Hylics 2 the Comestibles Combiner didn't exist, instead there was an NPC that would tell the player about the effects of Poolwine. "Poolwine, that potable residue, offers fleeting strength followed by the dingle of corporeal dissolution"

## Gallery

The "Town Square" of New Muldul.Townsfolk.New Muldul flag.Small house containing the Soul Crisper TV.Decres dancing infront of the Comestibles shop owner.The Glove Shop just east of the lake in New Muldul.New Muldul miners mining fronds as a way to prevent Poolmen from forming.New Muldul vault.Guard seen in Blerol's castle guarding the vault.Cut dialogue about the effects of Poolwine, dialogue was removed to make space for the Comestibles Combiner.Early New Muldul (September 22nd, 2017)