Basin Keep

A techno-castle built on an island inside Gaia's Garden where it always rains.

**Basin Keep** is a location in CrossWorlds, and the fourth city reached in the game. It is a city of tall buildings and neon lights, located on an island in the middle of Gaia's Garden. The weather here is always dark and rainy.

## Layout

There are three main areas in Basin Keep. The central area holds a trader marketplace, as well as shops and the seeker hub. To the east is a slum area, with several black market sections which require a pass to access. The western area of the city is an upper-class neighbourhood.

### Connecting regions

* Gaia's Garden (via Centrum and a teleporter in the Woodland Vanguard HQ)

### Map

Most of the rooms in Basin Keep are accessible immediately, with the exception of the Clipson Tower (unlocked during the Hostage Situation and High Crating quests), the Calzone shop (unlocked after the Sprouting Business quest), the Boosi Business (unlocked during the Pumpkin Land Superfun quest) and the mayor's office, which is unlocked while progressing the plot. However, some sections of Pond Slums are the black markets, which cannot be entered unless you have obtained a Pond Slums Pass from the Mushroom Kingdom quest.

## Enemies

As it is a city, enemies can only be encountered in Basin Keep in special situations.

Enemies of Basin Keep

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spawns during Pumpkin Land Superfun quest
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spawns during Hostage Situation quest
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Spawns during High Crating quest

## Botanics

The Sprout of Spirit rare destructible is in the top of a building in the upper right corner of the Pond Slums. You need the Pond Slums Pass and have to destroy some trash bags to reach it.
The Trash Bag destructible does not show up in the Botanics menu, and the trash collected from it has no use in-game.

## Traders

Many of the rare equipment traders are located in the slums black markets, and the Pond Slums Pass obtained from the Mushroom Kingdom quest is required to reach them.

* **Basin Heals** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Buffs 1** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Buffs 2** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Mixed Buffs** – Located in Centrum.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Available after completing Grand Krys'kajo

* **Basin Allround Buffs** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Wraps & Rolls** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Weapons** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Head** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Torso** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Legs** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Metals** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Sets** – Located in Centrum.

* **Loot Gaia's Garden West** – Located in Centrum.

* **Loot Gaia's Garden East** – Located in Centrum.

* **Loot So'najiz** – Located in Centrum. Available after beating So'najiz Temple.

* **Loot Zir'vitar** – Located in Centrum. Available after beating Zir'vitar Temple.

* **Basin Discount A** – Located in Centrum.

* **Basin Discount B** – Located in Centrum.

* **Backstreet Buffs** – Located in Pond Slums. Requires the Pond Slums Pass to reach.

* **Basin Weapon Supreme** – Located in Pond Slums. Requires the Pond Slums Pass to reach.

* **Old Man** – Located in Pond Slums. Requires the Pond Slums Pass to reach. Only available while having the LV30Giga Spiral Drill.

* **The Huckleberry** – Located in Pond Slums. Requires the Pond Slums Pass to reach.

* **Aladdin's Turf** – Located in Pond Slums. Requires the Pond Slums Pass to reach.

* **Big Stick Rikh** – Located in Pond Slums. Requires the Pond Slums Pass to reach.

## Shops

In addition to the standard item and equipment shops, Basin Keep has several vending machines (which offer the same items as the item shop) and the hidden Calzone Shop.

* **Items N' Goods** – Located in Corner Mall *GF*.

* **Basin Arsenal** – Located in Corner Mall *1F*.

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* **Vending Machine** – Two locations in Centrum. Items cannot be sold here.

* **Calzone Shop** – Located in Calzone Shop after the Mushroom Kingdom quest. Items cannot be sold here.

## Quests

The quests that can be started in Basin Keep are:

* An Infested Village
* Hostage Situation
* Tropical Chill
* Lakeside Escort
* Turret Defense
* Pumpkin Land Superfun
* Sprouting Business
* Mushroom Kingdom
* A Promise Is a Promise 4
* High Crating
* Melting this Cold Fiend
* Rooting for Power
* An Original Idea
* The Book of an Old Man
* Foul Play

## Basin Keep

A techno-castle built on an island inside Gaia's Garden where it always rains.

## Chests

### Total

6

The A New Home DLC adds three quests to Basin Keep. Sao can also be found to the east of the Centrum.

### Layout

The DLC adds the Legitimate Nest Bar building interior during the In Cawhoofs quest.

### Enemies

Enemies of Basin Keep

1. ↑ Additional drops not possible due to combat rank being disabled during this encounter
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Spawns during the In Cawhoofs quest

### Traders

* **Nik, the Eggman** – Located in Pond Slums during the In Cawhoofs quest.

### Quests

* Riches with Fridges
* Salty Detox
* In Cawhoofs

## Role in the Plot

### In CrossWorlds

It is not initially required for Seekers to visit Basin Keep on their way to the Grand Krys'kajo. However, after finding the temple complex barricaded by Shad protesting the power plant, they must return here to attempt to bargain with the Mayor. The Mayor is not overly concerned with what he views as the Shad's nonsense, but under protest from K'tara, he tasks the Seekers with assisting with the problem, in the mandatory An Infested Village quest.

### In CrossCode

Lea, Apollo and Joern visit Basin Keep briefly to start the An Infested Village quest.

## Trophies

*Main article: Trophies*
Gaia Landmarks
Find all landmarks in Basin Keep.
Gaia's Scavenger
Obtain all chests in Basin Keep; see #Treasures.