Underpass

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Situated deep beneath the sinkhole in the Evacuation Zone, this zone consists of detached stone islands where Dylan investigates anomalies during the main assignment Recursions and Iterations. While tracking a missing research crew, players must scale the Spire, access Astral portals, and repair dimensional breaches.

Achievements here

Astral ReconfigurationTrack down and defeat the Resonant entity residing within the Underpass zone.

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Items

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Map Kit: Lower section of the initial camp platform on the left-hand sideLiving Shard: Received upon completing the ritual to seal The Underpass Fault

Secrets

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Astral Plane portal and hidden keys: Ascending the Spire with Gravity Shift unlocks an Astral gateway requiring three Astral Keys scattered across surrounding floating islands.

Key fights

The Physicist

Enemies: The Physicist (Astral Plane Resonant)

Threats: Devastating ground slams, ground spike eruptions, and ranged projectile barrages

Weaknesses and resistances: Highly vulnerable while recovering after ground attacks; susceptible to status buildup, particularly combinations of Poison/Infected and Burn

Tactics: Stay airborne and jump over ground slams to avoid shockwaves and spikes, keep distance from projectiles, and punish with aerial combos and summons/DoT attacks while airborne

Rewards: Unlocks the Spike and Astral Rebuke abilities, the Untapped Golden Earrings artifact, 1 Reset Item, and 3,000 Source

Enemies

The Physicist

Steal / drop Astral Key / Living Shard

Resonant boss encountered across the Astral threshold atop the Spire that heavily counters overextended melee combinations.

Hiss

Found guarding the heights of the Spire and patrolling paths between the stone platforms.

Tips

Acquire the Reach ability from The Subway Fault before traversing this zone, as moving across several anchor points and finishing related objectives requires it.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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