New dungeons in recent versions

[Mobius]

I was tooling around, and found the Putrid Cave. Didn't seem to go anywhere, but wondered if anybody else had a clue about it?

[Sami]

Those are just some extra dungeons to explore and placed randomly on some predefined spots on the map, some of which may require climbing set.
Mildly spoily information about number, names, length and dangerousness of the new caves:

R1 (moldy dungeon): 5 low DL levels.
R2 (shadowy dungeon): 12 low DL levels.
R3 (sinister dungeon): 5 mid DL levels.
R4 (ancient dungeon): 13 high DL levels.
R5 (putrid cave): 3 low DL cavernous levels.
R6 (crumbling dungeon): 7 very high DL levels.

[kapak44]

When did they first appear? R49? Cause they're not in pre23.

[Mobius]

When did they first appear? R49? Cause they're not in pre23.

Either r49 or r48 - I did not remember them in the release notes for either, but reading comprehension for the fail?

I didn't play r48 much due to rampant buggage.

[_Ln_]

Shadowy dungeon seems to have a guaranteed vault in the end with a decent enough DL.

[boat]

Shadowy dungeon seems to have a guaranteed vault in the end with a decent enough DL.

I just found a herb level and a statue on R2:12

[anon123]

To me, these new dungeons currently feel like something shotgunned over the wilderness map to meet a quota, with almost nothing making them different than a succession of non-special CoC levels.

Some work will be required to give them an atmosphere, detail and something unique that makes visiting each one worthwhile, as it is the case with all the other locations in the game. I don't doubt it will happen, though

[jt]

They were added in r48, see issue 2797.

[_Ln_]

To me, these new dungeons currently feel like something shotgunned over the wilderness map to meet a quota, with almost nothing making them different than a succession of non-special CoC levels.

Some work will be required to give them an atmosphere, detail and something unique that makes visiting each one worthwhile, as it is the case with all the other locations in the game. I don't doubt it will happen, though

+1.

Cavernous dungeon maybe at least worthwhile to scum for altars, everything else - meh. I pretty much never explore lower (or any) CoC levels if I find staircase early on.

[boat]

+1.

Cavernous dungeon maybe at least worthwhile to scum for altars, everything else - meh. I pretty much never explore lower (or any) CoC levels if I find staircase early on.

You guys have lost your sense of adventure!

Its fun to get lost in a cave and go exploring, and its good to add more "points of interest" in the chain, even if they arent huge points. I think they do need some sort of reward at the bottom, or more incentive to go in. They help to take the away linearity of the game.

For example, in Diablo 2, they had those types of caves and in the last level there was a unique monster that guarded a special chest with extra loot.

Besides, if you are searching for a particular item, its way more fun to explore new areas than grinding out the same levels over and over.