Laboratory Depths

Laboratory Depths
Associated Sector Forested Laboratory Delve Type Regular Level 1 Rank Requirement None Rooms 10

The Laboratory Depths is a regular Delve associated with the Forested Laboratory and containing many of its creatures as enemies.

Strategy

Vitrevern Loop

The Vitrevern Loop is a looping strategy developed and coined by Keileon, named for the fact that, at the time, Vitreverns were the only available tagalong with a Fire-element attack. Since then, the Lightcatcher has been introduced and will also work for this loop, but are much rarer than Vitreverns. The strategy is primarily to focus on healing and let your tagalong do most of the work. Most creatures found in the delve are weak to Fire.

• Tagalong: Stoic or Valiant with a Fire-element attack. (Recommended: Vitrevern)
• Equipment: Igniter 1K + Anti-Ampere Suit or Somber Shawl
  • Add-On: Any + Any Electric or Shadow resist, whichever not covered by armor
    • Ideal is Amorphous Metal Chunk, which also gives Silver Chroma resist. One of the two + White Chroma resist also ideal; combination not known to exist.
• Ammo: De-elemental

During battle, use only the normal weapon attack against enemies, except for Silver Knuttes and Shadowspewers. Knuttes and Shadowspewers are not weak to Fire, and while the Blue and Green Knuttes still go down relatively quickly, the Silver Knutte has increased defense. Shadowspewers, on the other hand, can do much more damage with their Neutral attack even though their Shadow attack is resisted. Use De-elemental ammo on both of these. All terrains can be searched to good effect; Seating Area only needs to be searched once, as Shield does not seem to wear off. All other terrains can be searched repeatedly whenever the tagalong resets it.

During Examining turns, focus primarily on healing. Large Berry Bushes are the optimal choice at medium HP; the Barkback trap is very rare at an apparent 5%, and Barkbacks are weak against Fire. If you are not very low on health and just want to be topped off, a Small Berry Bush will work fine. If very low on HP, Pink Fruit restores more HP than Large Berry Bush and the Demon Weed trap isn't guaranteed. If you don't want to take the risk, or none of these options are available, a Snack can be used instead. If your HP is high, taking an item or risking a trap instead of healing will not pose much danger and can be done if you're confident.

When reaching the boss, search the terrain first and then use De-elemental ammo; use Rapid Fire as soon as it becomes available. At high HP, even a newer player with 100 max HP will have decent luck with this setup, with the length of the loop obviously increasing as the player's max HP does. Bad luck with traps, Examining, and terrain can still cause a loop to end prematurely.

Terrains

Terrain	Effects	Description
Dilapidated Room	Heal: 15 HP 5 Earth Damage + Distracted (1 turn)	An overgrown, steadily decaying room that doesn't appear to have all that much going on.
Forest Clearing	5 Damage + Distract (1 turn) 30 Damage + Stuck (2 turns) Nothing	Relatively flat, easy to traverse land surrounded by trees.
Seating Area	Shielded (infinite turns)	A room that was used in the past to seat many people, but now is difficult to traverse due to the amount of displaced objects.

Tagalong Actions

Action	Effect	Context
Attack	Use Basic Attack Tagalong Injured	Combat Combat (Start)
Distracted by Something	Find Item Nothing	Examining
Find Berries	Heal (5-15 HP)	Combat
Find Something	Find Item	Combat
Intercept Ambush	5 Damage	Combat (Start)
Looking for Something	Nothing	Combat
Rummage Around Area	Search Reset Find Item	Combat Examining
Stand Guard	Will Intercept Ambush	Examining
Survey Area	Nothing	Examining

Examine Points

Name	Possible Results	Description
Broken Table	Item: Tattered Book Trap: Knutte (Blue)	An old, moss-covered table that's been flipped over on its side.
Fallen Branch	Item: Tattered Book Nothing	A large tree branch that still has most of its leaves.
Glowing Light	Item: Electric Wisp Trap: Knutte (Blue)	A blindingly bright light that's off in the distance. It's hard to make out what it is, but it is very alluring.
Glowing Slug	Item: Glowing Slug Trap: Shadowspewer (White M)	A blindingly bright slug that's helplessly squirming around on the ground.
Pink Fruit	Item: Pink Fruit Heal: 30 HP Trap: Demon Weed (Pink)	An impressively large, sweet-smelling fruit that's dangling from a vine.
Small Berry Bush	Item: Variegated Berries Heal: 10 HP Trap: Cloaked Shrubstalker (Bronze)	A young plant with several berries growing on it.
Large Berry Bush	Item: Plump Variegated Berries Heal: 20 HP Trap: Barkback (Emerald M)	A large plant that's almost as tall as you. It's practically overloaded with berries.
Rubble Pile	Item: Giant Nut Nothing	A large pile of rubble, presumably a result of the building's decay.

Possible Enemies

Species	Image	HP	Spawn Conditions	Additional Notes	Attacks	Weaknesses	Resistances
Barkback		50	Trap: Large Berry Bush	Higher Defense	Tackle Horn ram	Fire Ice	Solar Water
Cloaked Shrubstalker		50	Trap: Small Berry Bush	Higher Defense	Tackle Feelers	Air Ice Shadow	Earth Electric Solar
Demon Weed		60	Trap: Pink Fruit	--	Swat Squeeze	Electric Fire Ice	Air Solar Water
Knutte		50	Randomly Trap: Broken Table	--	Tackle Bolt	Ice Water	Electric Shadow
		55	Randomly Trap: Glowing Light	--
		55	Randomly	--
		50	Randomly	Higher Defense
Lutreo		50	Randomly	--	Tackle Slash	Fire	Earth
		45	Randomly	Higher Defense
		50	Randomly	--
Shadowspewer		55	Trap: Glowing Slug	--	Shadow gust Slash	Electric Solar	Air Shadow

Boss

Species	Image	HP	Spawn Conditions	Additional Notes	Attacks	Weaknesses	Resistances
Shadowspewer		170	Boss	Room 10	Shadow gust Slash	Electric Solar	Air Shadow

Available Items

For information on Scraps available in this Delve, refer to the Scrap table in Item List and search for relevant creatures.

Image	Item	Type	Spawn Conditions	Value (Demand)
	Big Leaf	Flora	Tagalong	1 (2)
	Electric Wisp	Element	Examine: Glowing Light Tagalong	3 (5)
	Giant Nut	Artefact	Examine: Rubble Pile Tagalong	3 (5)
	Glowing Slug	Organism	Examine: Glowing Slug	4 (6)
	Golden Fruit	Flora	Tagalong	4 (6)
	Interesting Rock	Mineral	Tagalong	1 (2)
	Massive Leaf	Flora	Tagalong	3 (5)
	Mossy Rock	Flora	Tagalong	2 (3)
	Pink Fruit	Flora	Examine: Pink Fruit Tagalong	3 (5)
	Plump Variegated Berries	Flora	Examine: Large Berry Bush Tagalong	2 (3)
	Pristine Book	Artefact	Tagalong	10 (15)
	Tattered Book	Artefact	Examine: Broken Table Examine: Fallen Branch Tagalong	2 (3)
	Variegated Berries	Flora	Examine: Small Berry Bush Tagalong	1 (2)