THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Dungeon Crawler World

First seen: Book 1, Chapter 4

The intergalactic show itself: every season a new world crawls, and quintillions across the Syndicate watch.

Galactic

Purpose

The show itself, a new world crawls every season, and the broadcast, not the mining, is where Borant makes its moneyB1C4

Stats

Quintillions of Syndicate citizens; a new season debuts roughly every two and a quarter Earth years, each run by a different corporationB1C4

23 hours, 42 minutes, as read off a floor 1 safe room screenB1C9

178,887, per floor 5's own opening header; tens of thousands fewer than the just-under-275,000 Carl last counted on floor 4B4C1

Just under 275,000 left on floor 4, per Carl's own last check; he separately notes his own circle's headcount across a dozen-plus station 36 instances doesn't add up to anywhere near that many people, and suspects the party still doesn't understand the floor's true layoutB3C29

389,441, several hundred thousand fewer than the last time Carl checked, per Nirula's own player counter; Mordecai credits the drop to a wave of group quest events like Carl's own that played out across the Over City over the last couple of days, cutting floor 3's usual 20-day timer down to ten across the boardB3C2

649,433, tens of thousands fewer than the last time Carl checked, though he notes the pace of deaths has slowed considerably now that most of the survivors know what they're doingB2C14

1,033,992, per the Big Shot Chicken safe room's own screenB1C38

1,292,526 the instant floor 1's collapse timer hits zero, down from just over two million a second earlier; over 700,000 died in that single moment, about a third of everyone left. Floor 1's full toll: a little more than 10 million peopleB1C31

2,552,085, down from thirteen million in just under four days, per Carl's own count after watching episode threeB1C26

Connections

The Borant Corporation:

This season's operator, known for the most elaborate, most entertaining dungeons in the businessB1C4

The World Dungeon:

The setB1C4

History by chapter
Book 1
Chapter 4
  • TAG Galactic: Broadcast across the Syndicate's three billion star systems
  • OBJECTIVE Purpose: The show itself, a new world crawls every season, and the broadcast, not the mining, is where Borant makes its money
  • STAT Audience: Quintillions of Syndicate citizens; a new season debuts roughly every two and a quarter Earth years, each run by a different corporation
  • RELATIONSHIP The Borant Corporation: This season's operator, known for the most elaborate, most entertaining dungeons in the business
  • RELATIONSHIP The World Dungeon: The set
Chapter 9
  • STAT Premiere Countdown: 23 hours, 42 minutes, as read off a floor 1 safe room screen
Chapter 26
  • STAT Remaining Crawlers: 2,552,085, down from thirteen million in just under four days, per Carl's own count after watching episode three
Chapter 31
  • STAT Remaining Crawlers: 1,292,526 the instant floor 1's collapse timer hits zero, down from just over two million a second earlier; over 700,000 died in that single moment, about a third of everyone left. Floor 1's full toll: a little more than 10 million people
Chapter 38
  • STAT Remaining Crawlers: 1,033,992, per the Big Shot Chicken safe room's own screen
Book 2
Chapter 14
  • STAT Remaining Crawlers: 649,433, tens of thousands fewer than the last time Carl checked, though he notes the pace of deaths has slowed considerably now that most of the survivors know what they're doing
Book 3
Chapter 2
  • STAT Remaining Crawlers: 389,441, several hundred thousand fewer than the last time Carl checked, per Nirula's own player counter; Mordecai credits the drop to a wave of group quest events like Carl's own that played out across the Over City over the last couple of days, cutting floor 3's usual 20-day timer down to ten across the board
Chapter 29
  • STAT Remaining Crawlers: Just under 275,000 left on floor 4, per Carl's own last check; he separately notes his own circle's headcount across a dozen-plus station 36 instances doesn't add up to anywhere near that many people, and suspects the party still doesn't understand the floor's true layout
Book 4
Chapter 1
  • STAT Remaining Crawlers: 178,887, per floor 5's own opening header; tens of thousands fewer than the just-under-275,000 Carl last counted on floor 4