Deep Grotto

Map of Deep Grotto (Outdated)

Deep Grotto is the starting area where Greencap awakens. Being the first area in the game, it has many ladder-like passages to allow for easy traversal. Deep Grotto is the most expansive area in the game, having the greatest number of rooms as well as the most relics and abilities of any area. The upper Deep Grotto features the most basic enemies of the game.

As of Alpha 0.4.0 there are 59 distinct rooms (Needs checking, I think).

## Geography

### Landscape

Deep Grotto is a colorful area with blue-grey cobbled walls and pink flowers. What appears to be moss coats the ground in patches, and the walls feature red flowering plants. There is a thick light-blue fog that is present throughout the grotto. Keeping to its namesake, several water bodies of varying depths can be found.

There are several blue flowers scattered throughout Deep Grotto which, when stepped on, will launch the player. Red thorns are somewhat uncommon, but still prevalent.

### Structures

This area is home to more statues than other areas of the game, both living and non-living. There are a variety of forms statues take, including mushrooms, demons, and on one occasion, a harp. Spike pits are a common sight, as well as Mushmovers.

Living statues include the Broken Statue, Grieving Statue, Warrior Statue, Magus Statue, Arcane Master, Statue with Blue Eyes, The Hyperbolic Host, and some Minor Statues.

There are three Gold Shrines and four Silver Shrines.

It is mentioned several times throughout the game that mushrooms such as Greencap were responsible for the construction of many statues, including those in Deep Grotto.

### Map Details

Deep Grotto is a lavender color on the world map, and comprises the western and lower parts of the world. Deep Grotto is the westmost area on the map.

Deep Grotto is the only discontinuous area in the game, being separated into two by Color Caverns. Colloquially, the two areas are denoted Deep Grotto and Deeper Grotto.

Deep Grotto shares four connections with Color Caverns, one with Mechanical Fortress, one connection with Gold Mines, two with Mossy Ruins and 2 with Frozen Depths.

## Progression

The player will find several essential abilities in Deep Grotto, notably the Pine Sword, which is the first ability that Greencap can obtain. Other abilities include Healing Fungus, Shield Cap, Mushmover Infusion, Teleportation Wand, Silver Ornament, and Magic Dash.

At the start of the game, the only routes out of Deep Grotto lead directly into Color Caverns, the connections Deep Grotto have with Gold Mines and Mechanical Fortress mentioned prior require travelling through Color Caverns first.

There are 4  Ladybugs, 1  Health Crystal, 2  Brain Nodes, 13  Mindshrooms, and 7  Astral Gates.

### ***Abilities***

#### Deep Grotto

* Pine Sword
* Healing Fungus
* Shield Cap
* Mushmover Infusion
* Conjure Mushmover
* Water Breath
* Magic Dash

#### Deeper Grotto

* Teleportation Wand
* Silver Ornament
* Astral Mushmover

### ***Relics***

#### Deep Grotto

* Spike Bounce
* Quick Feet
* Knight's Trinket
* Super Healing
* Spike Shield
* Steady Body
* Quick Slash
* Invincibility Stone
* Counter Heal
* Cheaper Healing
* Big Spin Slash
* Crescent Protector

#### Deeper Grotto

* Sword Booster
* Green Health Orb

### Deep Grotto

* Double Flash
* Mind Parry
* Short Cooldown
* Parry Sprint

## Enemies

* Dogwood Crawler
* Petal Charger
* Grubberfly
* Boosterfly
* Thorny Dogwood

## Bosses

* Magus Statue
* Red Crawler Queen
* Arcane Master

## Trivia

* The Deep Grotto's color palette used to be a more neutral grey before it was given a blue hue.
* Deep Grotto is tied with Color Caverns for the most amount of Emblems, being 5.