Haunted Woods
| “ | A dark forest filled with ghosts and graves. But there is also treasure hidden deep within... But don't let greed make you stray from your path, as you can get lost!
The Haunted Woods are bounded by a single equidistant curve. It is not a circle or horocycle. |
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The Haunted Woods is a sub-area of the Graveyard, available after 10 Necromancer's Totems have been collected. This land has only a single border, a single equidistant curve, and there are no other exits. This makes it very easy to get lost once you go deep into the land; the deeper you go, the harder it becomes to find this border again.
The terrain consists of grass and trees which can be cut down. The treasure is the Black Lotus. The more of it you have, the deeper you must go to collect more, making it even easier to get lost. Cutting down huge swaths of trees is one way to mark your path so that you can find your way back. Another way is to leave a breadcrumb trail of Dead Orbs. Yet another way is to get an infinitely-long monster such as a Tentacle or an Ivy to follow you, and follow them back once you're ready to leave.
The only monsters here are the ghosts. They can pass through obstacles, so can be dangerous when they surround you; however, they will not move next to each other, which alleviates the problem somewhat.
After collecting 10 Black Lotuses, Orbs of Undeath will begin to appear. This Orb makes slain enemies turn into Friendly Ghosts, which are similar to pets like Golems and Tame Bomberbirds. However, they do not follow you; on the contrary, they tend to quickly disperse from you, so they are of limited usefulness.