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Eons-shifted stone entombs the angleless architecture of Bethsaida's lair.
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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Floors
| Strata | Name | Temperature |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | surface | 25° |
| 1 | ruined wharf | 16° |
| 2-4 | healing pools | 7°, -2°, -11° |
| 5 | abandoned ward | -20° |
| 6-10 | ruined ward | -29°, -38°, -47°, -56°, -65° |
| 11-12 | abandoned ward 2 | -74°, -83° |
| 13 | cybernetics ward | -92° |
| 14-15 | cryobarrios | -101°, -110° |
| 16 | Temple of the Rock | 25° |
| 17 | Amplitheatre of the Mind | 25° |
| 18-19 | Morphorium | 25° |
| 20 | Genesis Chamber | 25° |
surface
Strata: 0
Temperature: 25°
A fairly typical jungle exterior with marble ruins and a staircase leading downwards. Commonly populated by 
cragmensch boulderers, 
brainers, and the occasional 
luminary.
ruined wharf
Stratum: 1
Temperature: 16°
An underground river passes through here from the zones to the north and south.
healing pools
Strata: 2, 3, 4
Temperature: 7°, -2°, -11°
The first of three similar levels, each containing a unique troll. This level is guarded by 
Jotun, Who Parts Limbs, who carries the 
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 next level is guarded by 
Fjorn-Kosef, Who Knits The Icy Lattice, who holds the 
silver key needed to proceed. Similarly to Jotun, they may be traded with if the player's faction reputation is sufficient.
The final healing pools floor is defended by the invisible 
Haggabah, Who Plies The Umbral Path, the third and most dangerous of the trolls. Haggabah possesses the 
gold key required to advance.
abandoned ward
Strata: 5
Temperature: -20°
On this level is a 
chrome platform which is an elevator that can be used to skip the next 5 floors. Stand on it and activate the 
control switch 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.
ruined ward
Strata: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Temperature: -29°, -38°, -47°, -56°, -65°
Eight stratum below Bethesda Susa you will find the 
alchemist in his workshop. Speaking with him grants an achievement. Be wary of provocation, once hostile the alchemist can, and will, go out in a blaze of glory.
abandoned ward 2
Strata: 11, 12
Temperature: -74°, -83°
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 
deep shaft where it would be as an alternative to taking the stairs down.
cybernetics ward
Strata: 13
Temperature: -92°
On this floor are four 
becoming nooks.
cryobarrios
Strata: 14, 15
Temperature: -101°, -110°
If the player has no cold resist at all, they can freeze solid on this level.
There are six cryogenic chambers on the 14th level, and the intact ones are filled with 
cryogenic mist. A 
phase spider has been spinning 
phase webs at the east end of the floor, which are one possible way of passing through the 
fused security door sealing the stairs downward.
Floor 15 contains six more intact cryogenic chambers, several of which contain (in a frozen state) potentially game-ending creatures. Also, there is a (non-frozen) 
juicing cannibal carrying a fully operational 
missile launcher. If the cannibal explodes open any of the chambers, the player may be forced to confront:
Saad Amus, the Sky-Bear, who carries the 
Flume-Flier of the Sky-Bear and a 
ceremonial vibrokhopesh- a
yempuris phi - a
rhinox - or another phase spider
At the west end of the level is another chrome platform and a switch to go down a single floor to the final level.
Temple of the Rock
Strata: 16
Temperature: 25°
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 
Phinae Hoshaiah, High Priest of the Rock, in order to make their way to the 
baetyl and advance the Decoding the Signal quest.
Amplitheatre of the Mind, Morphorium, and Genesis Chamber
Strata: 17, 18, 19, 20
Temperature: 25°
These deeper levels of Bethesda Susa are not connected to the rest of the level with stairs, and as such are inaccessible without a 
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.
Tips
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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:
- High reputation with the Mechanimists. Enough can lead to them helping the player as they make their way down.
- Cold resistance equipment, such as an
elastyne skull cap or 
ape fur hat, an 
ape fur cloak or 
quilted shawl, 
ape fur gloves, and any equipment modded to be wooly. - Protection from gases, such as a
vinewood sap mask, 
gas mask or other equipment that is fitted with filters. - A weapon that is electrified to deal with the many Robots in Bethesda Susa.
- A source of normality or normality gas, such as an
ontological anchor, equipment modded with nulling, a 
normality gas pump, or 
normality gas grenades to deal with the infrequent, but dangerous 
twinning lamprey that roam the abandoned wards past the healing pools. - Some way to cool down enemies, such as a
freeze ray, a freezing weapon, or 
freeze grenades, as the low temperatures makes everyone else more vulnerable to being frozen as well. - Explosives or vibro weapons to deal with the Cragmensch that can be found throughout Bethesda Susa.
- Many
bandages to deal with the bleeding inflicted by 
lurking beths. Defoliant can be used to clear clusters of beths without angering other creatures. - Tonics that help with the cold, such as
rubbergum injectors or 
luminous hoarshrooms, which can also be harvested in Bethesda Susa.
Trivia
- Bethesda Susa can be playtested by wishing for 'stage4'.
- There is always a
disciple of the Sightless Way in the Temple of the Rock, though the Mechanimists are not friendly to them.