THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

The Hunting Grounds

First seen: Book 2, Chapter 15

A much bigger sister location to the Desperado Club, reached down a stairwell inside the club itself, currently dark on the sign board. Only opens once a crawler reaches the sixth floor, and once open, is the only way back up to this floor's own club. Mordecai says something else significant happens once crawlers get there, without saying what.

Unentered

Where

A second, guarded stairwell down to it is visible from the station-131 casino, opposite a stairwell down to Larracos; still not accessible before floor sixB3C9

Down a stairwell inside the Desperado Club's members-only room, confirmed real by Mordecai but not yet accessibleB2C15

Connections

Desperado Club:

Much bigger than the club itself per Mordecai; once a crawler reaches floor six, the stairs up from here become the only way back to this floor's Desperado ClubB2C15

Mordecai:

Confirms the stairs are real and that something else significant happens once crawlers reach the Hunting Grounds, promising to explain later without saying whatB2C15

Changeling:

Per Juice Box, the changelings' own ancient homeland, cut off from them for a long time; a way back existed until City Hall was destroyedB4C10

History by chapter
Book 2
Chapter 15
  • TAG Unentered: One of the Desperado Club's currently dark signs; the stairs behind it don't open until floor six
  • LOCATION Location: Down a stairwell inside the Desperado Club's members-only room, confirmed real by Mordecai but not yet accessible
  • RELATIONSHIP Desperado Club: Much bigger than the club itself per Mordecai; once a crawler reaches floor six, the stairs up from here become the only way back to this floor's Desperado Club
  • RELATIONSHIP Mordecai: Confirms the stairs are real and that something else significant happens once crawlers reach the Hunting Grounds, promising to explain later without saying what
Book 3
Chapter 9
  • LOCATION Location: A second, guarded stairwell down to it is visible from the station-131 casino, opposite a stairwell down to Larracos; still not accessible before floor six
Book 4
Chapter 10
  • RELATIONSHIP Changeling: Per Juice Box, the changelings' own ancient homeland, cut off from them for a long time; a way back existed until City Hall was destroyed