The Salt Below

At level 35, begin A light beneath the salt through Hunting Atlas → Hunts → Salt cavern or Journal → Special. Follow the compass to the lighthouse receiver, clear eight Salt Flats creatures, then restore the intake wheel and claim the chapter reward. This permanently opens the cavern for that character. Story inspections are made in person; Auto handles hunting after you enter.

The Salt Below begins at level 38. Dry masonry galleries circle brine canals, with amber lamps and three guarded floodgates leading to the northern chamber. One unlocked member can bring their account party; everyone must be alive, eligible for the selected difficulty and ready to travel. Selecting another member does not lose the group's access.

The Brine Keeper retaliates after taking damage. Crossing brine lanes and salt bursts create gaps to move through, followed by a recovery window. Nine difficulties extend the hunt from Explorer to Eternal. Automatic parties follow the actual corridors, clear the floodgates and engage the guardian even when world-boss hunting is disabled.

The first victory awards Memory of the Tide, a relic granting 5% maximum health and one mana per second while equipped. From Explorer, each victory has a 6% base roll for one of three exclusive accessories, before luck: Elian’s Keepsake, Lamplighter’s Ring or The Last Watch. Higher difficulties improve that roll. Complete The boat that never came for a guaranteed Keepsake. Identical powers do not stack; all rewards are earned in play.

Returning to the same open tab settles the preserved cavern through its real movement and combat rules. Victory equipment waits if backpacks and storage are full, and repeat or exit will not discard it. Reloading or closing the game still ends the instance and returns you to your refuge with collected progress; this update does not persist dungeon rooms across reloads.

The lighthouse chapter resolves the old evacuation message and reveals a new voice below. The galleries remain available for repeat hunts. The deeper buried city is a story lead, not an additional playable map in this release.