Root Delve

Root Delve

Where

Wreck Lagoon, under the Marrowgale

Warp

/warp Wreckroot

Unlock

Diver rank

Map

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Under the Wreck Lagoon, the roots of the Wreckroot run deep. The Root Delve is a four-section dungeon carved through them: down past a drowned brig, through the root warrens and into the Hollow Heart, where the Wreckroot itself waits. Each run is your own private copy, solo or with up to 3 friends.

Getting in

1. Reach Diver rank.
2. /warp Wreckroot to the Wreck Lagoon landing. The Jungle Warden keeps the Warden’s Post at the end of the landing jetty. Ask him how to face the Wreckroot before you go down.
3. Follow the timber gangway from the jetty foot through the dune into the Marrowgale’s breach, then walk into the root arch under her bow. The Root Gate menu opens.
4. Pick a tide. You step straight through.

Bringing a crew: form a party first with /party invite <name> and /party accept. The party leader starts the run from the Root Gate and everyone comes along. Only the leader can start.

Inside the Delve:

Command	What it does
/leave	Ends your run and takes you out.
/stuck	Gets you unstuck if you are wedged.
/drewards	Collects any dungeon rewards waiting for you.

Tip

You keep your inventory if you die in the Delve, and no grave is made. Death costs you time, not gear.

The four sections

Follow the lanterns. Diver Wren Tallis left notes along the way.

Section	What is down there	Section boss
Gate Hollow	The way in, and Wren’s camp.	none
The Drowned Hull	The capsized brig Gullwing, lying on her side in a flooded cave. Drowned Deckhands and Bark-Sworn sailors.	First Mate Oakes guards the quarterdeck capstan.
The Root Warrens	The Watch (statues that do not always stay statues), the Rootfall spiral and the Thornweave.	The Thornweaver and her brood.
The Hollow Heart	Past the Tidewater Door and its guarded seals, into the great cavern.	The Wreckroot.

Shortcuts

Each section boss frees a shortcut. Once you open one, it stays open on every run you lead, so later runs go much faster. The Root Gate shows which you have.

Shortcut	How to free it
Capstan Lift	Beat First Mate Oakes, then wind the capstan.
Root Lift	Beat the Thornweaver.
The Long Root	Open the Tidewater Door in the Hollow Heart.

Tides (difficulty)

Tide	How to unlock	Crew health	Crew damage	Crew count	Loot
Low Tide	Open to everyone at the gate	normal	normal	normal	normal
High Tide	Sink the Wreckroot once	+60%	+30%	+25%	more
Spring Tide	Sink the Wreckroot on High Tide	+140%	+60%	+50%	the most

Weekly tides

Every Monday (00:00 UTC) the tide turns and the whole Delve gets a twist for the week. The Root Gate shows this week’s tide.

Weekly tide	What changes
Rot Tide	Bark-Sworn and Watchmen heal while they fight. Finish them, don’t just wound them.
Undertow	Deckhands can dive at your feet every 15 seconds, not just once.
Dark Water	Deckhands pulse Darkness at anyone within 14 blocks.
Spawning	Deckhands and Bark-Sworn may hatch a Thorn Crawler when they rise.

Every weekly tide adds +2 Marrowgale BrassMarrowgale BrassBrass, tar and timber from the wreck.Spend it at the Warden Workbench (/log).Jungle currency to a clear, on any difficulty.

Fighting in the Delve

The Delve punishes standing at range and plinking. Every threat has a tell you can see or hear first.

• Deckhands throw harpoons. Sidestep the line, or it drags you back toward the crew.
• Bark-Sworn charge when their bark cracks. Watch for it.
• Explosions (TNT, explosive arrows) only do 35% damage to Delve mobs.
• First Mate Oakes takes most hits on his shield. Close in, and keep the pressure on when the roots start mending him.
• The Thornweaver snares you in her weave and drops her brood at 60% and 30% health.

The Wreckroot

A tree fused with a beached galleon, figurehead for a face. Inside the Heart it is a proper boss fight.

Health	5,000, plus 2,500 for each extra fighter (up to 12,500), then raised by the tide
Melee	Heavy. Do not trade hits in leather.
Root Slam	Area slam around it.
Vine Lash	Thrown vines that root and slow you.
Root Leap	It crouches, turns to face you and leaps to where you are heading. Get clear of the landing ring.
Barkhide Watchmen	Called at 60% and 25% health. They mend the Wreckroot: cut them down first.
Spore Bloom	Below 40%, spores burn the ground. Move.
Overgrowth	Below 15% it hardens up and recovers faster.
Enrage	After 6 minutes it hits harder and the roots start burning everyone.
Long shots	Hits from more than 14 blocks away do 40% less. Get close.

Rootsap Tonic

The Wreckroot’s own counter is a brew. Its vines grab everything but their own sap, and Rootsap TonicRootsap TonicTapped from the Wreckroot itself. Tastes like a ship's hold.Wreckroot: his vines let go of you and his rage bites softer. ⭑⭑⭑ is made from that sap. It is a Mirehollow recipe: ask the Jungle Warden how to face the Wreckroot, or ask Mother Gant at the Still about her recipes. Rootsap and fenwort grow in the Mirehollow herb beds, and Wren’s Exchange sells a little Rootsap too. Drink it before the fight and, while it lasts:

• the Wreckroot’s vines no longer slow you, and
• the burning roots of its enrage hurt half as much.

Better brews last longer: 4 minutes for a rough bottle, 6 for a good one and 9 for a Heartwood Rootsap Tonic. It also gives a short burst of Absorption and Resistance. See Tap & Tide for how brewing works.

Rewards

You need to deal at least 100 damage to the Wreckroot to be paid.

Full hoard (once every 20 hours per player):

• $40,000 to $60,000 and 2,000 XP
• 16 to 32 emeralds, 2 to 4 enchanted golden apples, Jungle Essence
• One Wreckwood piece (see Wreckroot gear)
• Chances at diamonds (80%), ancient debris (60%), netherite scrap (50%) and a totem (10%)
• The Wreckroot’s FigureheadThe Wreckroot's FigureheadBark, brass nails and a carved face,torn from the prow of the thing in the roots.It still smells of the lagoon. Trophy - place it on a wall or a shelf, a trophy head for your wall
• 2 Marrowgale Brass, 2 Barnacle CrustBarnacle CrustShells that grew on Wreckroot'sroots for a hundred years. and a 35% chance at a Barnacle upgrade template
• The next page of the Marrowgale’s Log (/log)

Echo loot (if your full hoard is on cooldown): $5,000, Jungle Essence, 4 to 8 emeralds and 1 Brass.

Every clear also pays:

	Low Tide	High Tide	Spring Tide
Delving XP (Seamarks)	1,500	2,500	4,000
Tidesteel IngotTidesteel IngotSteel the sea itself tempered,cold and blue to the core.	none	1	2
Tidesteel upgrade template	none	20%	40%

Tidesteel from the Delve pays once every 20 hours per player. A High or Spring Tide clear inside that window still pays everything else.

Plus the Heart’s hoard chest (Brass, gold, diamonds, emeralds and rare extras), the weekly tide’s +2 Brass, an 8% chance at the Rootbound RingRootbound RingEpic · Ring +2 Max Health+10% Boss Damage (Jungle)✦ 15% when hit: roots nearby attackers for 2s Bark grown over old gold.Wreckroot would like it back. trinket (guaranteed by your 10th miss), and a Legendary enchant from EnchantForge on your first ever kill.

Fastest Delve board

The Delve clock starts the moment you first step in and stops when the Wreckroot sinks. The Root Gate shows the Fastest This Week top 3 and your own best this week and all time. Click it, or use /leaderboards delve, for the full board.

Boss trials

The Wreckroot has four trials, each paying a title and 5 Marrowgale Brass. Claim them on the jungle board (/q c jungle), and track them in /bosstrials.

Trial	How
Lone Root	Sink the Wreckroot as the only fighter.
Unbroken	Win a fight where the Wreckroot and its crew kill nobody.
Rootdodger	Dodge 3 Root Leaps (be clear when it lands).
Swift Axe	Help sink it before it enrages (6 minutes).