Jungle Zone

The **Jungle Zone** is the western inner zone of Patchlantis, and the only zone accessible to the player at the start of the game. It has two sub-zones: Woozy Woods in the middle of the zone and Sticky Thicket in the west.

Shrubhog, Torrentoise, Hypnoth, and Poislug are native to the Jungle Zone, though all can also be found in other zones. There are eighteen Jungle Zone Patch Pins.

The Jungle Zone is connected to the Hills Zone, Swamp Zone, and Coast Zone. It also contains a shortcut to the Zen Zone.

## Overview

The Jungle Zone is is themed after a sparse tropical jungle, filled with tropical plants and fungi as well as the ruins of a mysterious ancient civilization.

### Base zone

The base zone contains a variety of rodent, reptile, bug, and gooey monsters. The ground is often covered in itchy nettles, dizzying mushrooms, or pools of sticky mud, and there are a variety of damaging mushroom pins. Bouncy pressure plate traps may be found and itchy crickets may hop across corridors. Fly and Frog critters are native to the area.

The Toad Shrine is found in the base Jungle Zone.

### Woozy Woods

The Woozy Woods are found in the middle of the Jungle Zone and are marked in purple on the zone map. The grass here is blue, and the ground is covered in dizzying mushrooms. The majority of patch pins in this zone are mushrooms. This sub-zone is mainly inhabited by various bug monsters and Fly critters.

Most of the ground of this sub-zone is covered in dizzying mushrooms. Purple dizzying mist and rings of buzzing itchy flies drift across the corridors.

The miniboss Enchanterelle is found in this sub-zone.

### Sticky Thicket

The Sticky Thicket is found in the west of the Jungle Zone, between the Toad Shrine and the Swamp Zone. The corridors are filled with sticky mud, with Bubble Bulbs growing on small islands to allow the player to cross without getting sticky. It contains many amphibious monsters, and is overgrown with hookvines. Soaking rain occasionally falls through the corridors.

This sub-zone contains several fights against waves of Mosquito critters.

### Notable locations

* Toad Shrine is found in the west of the Jungle Zone. A Jumbo Tattoad inside the shrine guards the Toad Idol.
* Enchanterelle is a jumbo fungus located in the middle of the Woozy Woods that attacks with Dizzying projectiles. It drops the Fungal Hairpin treasure when defeated.
* The shortcut cave to the Zen Zone appears in the northwestern part of the zone after the player completes the Bumblebear Cave.

### Critters

* Flies live across the entire zone.
* Frogs live in the base zone and the Sticky Thicket.
* Mozzies live in the Sticky Thicket.

### Ambient hazards

* Patches of itchy nettles are found across the base zone.
* Carpets of dizzying mushrooms are found across the base zone.
	+ The Woozy Woods is covered in a carpet of dizzying mushrooms.
* Pools and rivers of sticky mud are found across the base zone.
	+ The Sticky Thicket is flooded in sticky mud.
* Itchy jumping crickets are found in the base zone.
* Rings of itchy flies and  dizzying mist are found in the Woozy Woods.
* Falling soaking rain is found in the Sticky Thicket.
* Bouncy pressure plates bounce the player around. They are found in corridors of the base zone.

## Monsters

### Base zone

Hypnoth (common)Poislug (common)Shrubhog (common)Torrentoise (common)Lightling (rare)Tattoad (rare)Zirrel (rare)
### Woozy Woods

Hypnoth (common)Poislug (common)Triantula (common)Shrubhog (rare)Snooth (rare)Torrentoise (rare)
### Sticky Thicket

Amplikewt (common)Muktopus (common)Poislug (common)Torrentoise (common)Hypnoth (rare)Snooth (rare)Tattoad (rare)
## Patch Pins

### Base zone

Axe TotemCaterpalmCondicapConfungusDart TotemFan FernsFrendGolden FunnelHookfernHookvineLilypadMoon TotemPortreeniPushroomRaffleshiaRain TotemSleeping WillowSnapdashSnappodTulampVenocap
### Woozy Woods

CondicapConfungusFrendGolden FunnelMoon TotemPortreeniPushroomSneestoolTentacapVenocap
### Sticky Thicket

Bubble BulbConfungusHookvineLanfernRaffleshiaRot StumpTentacapVenocap
## Lore

The Jungle Zone lorestone details its origin:

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This indicates that the ancient civilization used the resources of the Jungle Zone for lumber.
The Jungle Zone is the first area of Patchlantis that the Explorer encounters, as it is the setting for the game's tutorial.