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'''Bethesda Susa''' is a mid-game dungeon that the player is sent to with the quest [[Decoding the Signal]] once [[More Than a Willing Spirit]] is complete. For a guide on clearing Bethesda Susa, see [[Bethesda Susa/Guide]].

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A fairly typical jungle exterior with new faction creatures and a down staircase.

An underground river passes through here from the zones to the north and south.

The first of three similar levels, each containing a unique [[trolls|troll]]. This level is guarded by {{favilink|Jotun, Who Parts Limbs}}, who carries the {{favilink|bronze key}} needed to unlock the down staircase. If you are neutral with the Trolls faction, you may trade with them for the key.

The final healing pools floor is defended by the invisible {{favilink|Haggabah, Who Plies The Umbral Path}}, the third and most dangerous of the trolls. Haggabah possesses the {{favilink|gold key}} required to advance.

On this level is a {{favilink|chrome platform}} which is an elevator that can be used to skip the next 5 floors. Stand on it and activate the {{favilink page|control switch (elevator)}} to go down. This same elevator can be recalled to anywhere in its path by using the button stationed there, and can be used to re-ascend to this floor.

The third ruined ward, or the eighth floor of the dungeon, is the only place you can meet and speak to the potentially deadly {{favilink|Alchemist}}, which grants an [[achievements|achievement]].

The 11th level holds the destination platform for the elevator from the 5th level. If the elevator platform is not present, it may be called to this floor using the control switch, or the player can jump into the {{favilink|deep shaft}} where it would be as an alternative to taking the stairs down.

On this floor are four {{favilink|becoming nook|plural}}.

There are six cryogenic chambers on the 14th level, and the intact ones are filled with {{favilink|Cryogenic mist}}. A {{favilink|phase spider}} has been spinning {{favilink|phase web|plural}} at the east end of the floor, which are one possible way of passing through the {{favilink|fused security door}} sealing the stairs downward.

At the west end of the level is another {{favilink|chrome platform}} and a switch to go down a single floor to the final level.

If the player has sufficient reputation to enter the holy places of the [[Mechanimist]] faction, this is a peaceful level. If not, they may be forced to confront a variety of dangerous Mechanimists, including {{favilink|Phinae Hoshaiah, High Priest of the Rock}}, in order to make their way to the {{favilink|Baetyl}} and advance the [[Decoding the Signal]] quest.

These deeper levels of Bethesda Susa are not connected to the rest of the level with stairs, and as such are inaccessible without a {{favilink|spiral borer}} or similar means of digging downwards. They are procedurally generated, using the generic 'ruins' tiles and layout, and are populated principally by lower level creatures found elsewhere in Bethesda Susa. Visiting them is optional.

{{Opinion}}Players should be prepared to deal with increasingly low temperatures as they descend, as well as to fight or bypass the inhabitants and hazards of Bethesda Susa. Some things that may help:

* Tonics that help with the cold, such as {{Favilink|rubbergum injector|plural}} or {{Favilink|luminous hoarshroom|plural}}, which can also be [[Harvestry|harvested]] in {{Qud text|Bethesda Susa}}.

* Bethesda Susa can be playtested by [[wish|wishing]] for 'stage4'.

*There is always a {{Favilink|disciple of the sightless way}} in the {{Qud text|Temple of the Rock}}, though the Mechanimists are not friendly to them.

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[[Category:Dungeons]]