Asphalt Mines

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Asphalt Mines

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Asphalt Mines

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Rubble encases this abandoned mine where ancient tribes siphoned the black blood for their own inscrutable purposes.

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The Asphalt Mines are a location at the northern edge of the world map, just east of the Six Day Stilt. Most levels contain a large amount of asphalt pools and many scattered pools of oil.

Floors

Strata	Name
0	surface
1-4	upper shafts
5-8	middle shafts
9-12	deep shafts
13-17	Darkunder
18	City of Bones
19	Great Sea
20-25	Tunnels of Ur
26-30	Swilling Vast

Surface

An example of the surface layout of the Asphalt Mines.

The surface zone of the asphalt mines is populated by snapjaws. It may also be populated by other random or legendary creatures.^{[citation needed]}

Asphalt mines, Strata 1-18

An example layout of the upper shafts.

All floors of the asphalt mines will have scattered loot laying around. This loot varies randomly but may include: arrows, ammo, scrap, cooking ingredients, steel or carbide weapons, steel or ape fur armor, tonics, and more. Creatures in this area include:

eyeless crabs, fire snouts, drillbots, albino apes, quillipedes, eyeless king crabs, humors,

Very rarely: boulderers, brainers, luminaries and Mechanimist pilgrims

Middle Shafts, Stratum 5

Level 5 of the Asphalt Mines will always contain some ancient bones with all of the following guaranteed items:

• laser pistol
• solar cell
• floating glowsphere
• basic toolkit
• five servings of canned Have-It-All
• one random data disk

The Great Sea, Strata 19

An example layout of tthe H

Level 19 is a level called The Great Sea. Every tile that is not occupied by a wall or stairs on this level is completely covered in pools of asphalt.

Asphalt mines, Strata 20-30

An example layout of the Swilling Vast.

lava pools will generate instead of asphalt pools. great magma crabs will begin spawning at these depths.

Tips

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

• The Asphalt Mines are one of the only reliable sources of large quantities of oil in the game.