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Caves are the eleven deep sites explored through the Delving skill — one per biome, plus the Amber Door hidden beyond the Sundered Vale. Each biome cave opens as a second reward for fully clearing its biome, sitting beyond the Guardian fight, and offers cave materials, gems, and a handful of uncraftable, best-in-slot gear pieces found nowhere else.

For the full mechanics of running caves (torches, injuries, XP, drop layers), see Delving. This page lists the caves themselves and their signature unique drops.

Unlocking a cave

A cave opens once its biome is 100% cleared — the same milestone that unlocks the next biome. Each cave also has a Delving level requirement that staggers up the biome chain, from level 1 in the Grasslands to level 90 in the Sundered Vale. A cave's difficulty sits between its biome's patrol and its Guardian, so it is a step up from casual patrolling but short of a boss fight.

The eleven caves

Biome	Cave	Delving level	Difficulty	Unique gear
Grasslands	Sunlit Grotto	1	30	Glowworm Lantern
Redwood Wilds	Rootway Hollow	10	70	Cavern Charm (trinket)
Murkwater Swamp	Drowned Cavern	20	100	Flickerfang Spear (weapon)
Cavern Depths	Echoing Deep	30	130	Mosslit Crown (head)
Scorched Badlands	Cinder Vault	40	170	Emberglass Idol
Coral Shallows	Tidewrack Cave	50	195	Pearlscale Vest (chest)
Frozen Wastes	Glacier Hollow	60	220	Stalker's Greaves (legs)
Ashen Peaks	Ashen Gallery	70	260	Aegis of the Deep (shield)
Skyreach Plateau	Skyvein Chasm	80	310	Glowstone Talisman (trinket)
the Sundered Vale	Vale Abyss	90	380	Fang of the Depths (weapon)
the Sundered Vale	The Amber Door	95	450	Echo of the First Warden

The Amber Door

The Amber Door is an eleventh cave — a second, deeper site in the Sundered Vale that opens only once you hold The Sigil, the reward for completing the Chronicles. It does not burn an ordinary Torch: each delve consumes a Deeplight Lantern instead. Its unique drop, the Echo of the First Warden, is a live-effect relic — while held, roughly every fifth dig runs itself for free.

Cave uniques

Every cave now holds a unique — a rare drop (about 0.2% per winning run) that cannot be crafted, bought, or found anywhere else. The gear uniques below are best-in-slot for their tier, making them the endgame completionist chase. The Sunlit Grotto (Glowworm Lantern) and Cinder Vault (Emberglass Idol) each gained a unique as well, and the Amber Door drops the relic Echo of the First Warden.

Unique	Slot	From cave	Notes
Cavern Charm	Trinket	Rootway Hollow	An early-game trinket (attack and defense).
Flickerfang Spear	Weapon	Drowned Cavern	A strong mid-game weapon.
Mosslit Crown	Head	Echoing Deep	Crown of living glow moss.
Pearlscale Vest	Chest	Tidewrack Cave	Cave-pearl-scaled hide armor.
Stalker's Greaves	Legs	Glacier Hollow	The finest legwear known.
Aegis of the Deep	Shield	Ashen Gallery	No shield surpasses it.
Glowstone Talisman	Trinket	Skyvein Chasm	Tops the Amber Pendant; no trinket surpasses it.
Fang of the Depths	Weapon	Vale Abyss	The mightiest weapon in the game.

Cave loot

Beyond the uniques, every cave pays out:

Cave materials (common) — Stalactite Chip, Glow Moss, Cave Pearl, and Echo Shard; sellable and used later in crafting.
Gems (uncommon) — Rough Garnet, Deep Sapphire, Ember Topaz, and Sky Opal, tiering up by depth; pure Amber income.
Expedition Set pieces — caves drop the biome's set pieces at a higher rate than patrols.
Arena Artifacts — a biome's cave is the only source of its Arena Artifact, the key used at the Arenas. A dry streak is now capped: if the artifact hasn't dropped in 20 winning runs, the 20th run guarantees it. See Delving.
Dig Site Maps — caves are the best drop rate for a biome's Excavation map.

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-'''Caves''' are the ten deep sites — one per [[Biomes|biome]] — explored through the [[Delving]] skill. Each cave opens as a '''second reward''' for fully clearing its biome, sitting beyond the [[Expeditions|Guardian]] fight, and offers cave materials, gems, and a handful of uncraftable, best-in-slot gear pieces found nowhere else.
+'''Caves''' are the eleven deep sites explored through the [[Delving]] skill — one per [[Biomes|biome]], plus '''the Amber Door''' hidden beyond the [[Sundered Vale]]. Each biome cave opens as a '''second reward''' for fully clearing its biome, sitting beyond the [[Expeditions|Guardian]] fight, and offers cave materials, gems, and a handful of uncraftable, best-in-slot gear pieces found nowhere else.
 For the full mechanics of running caves (torches, injuries, XP, drop layers), see [[Delving]]. This page lists the caves themselves and their signature unique drops.
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 A cave opens once its biome is '''100% cleared''' — the same milestone that unlocks the next biome. Each cave also has a [[Delving]] level requirement that staggers up the biome chain, from level 1 in the Grasslands to level 90 in the Sundered Vale. A cave's difficulty sits between its biome's patrol and its Guardian, so it is a step up from casual patrolling but short of a boss fight.
-== The ten caves ==
+== The eleven caves ==
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 ! Biome !! Cave !! Delving level !! Difficulty !! Unique gear
 |-
-| Grasslands || Sunlit Grotto || 1 || 30 || —
+| {{Icon|grasslands}} Grasslands || Sunlit Grotto || 1 || 30 || Glowworm Lantern
 |-
-| Redwood Wilds || Rootway Hollow || 10 || 70 || Cavern Charm (trinket)
+| {{Icon|redwood-wilds}} Redwood Wilds || Rootway Hollow || 10 || 70 || Cavern Charm (trinket)
 |-
-| Murkwater Swamp || Drowned Cavern || 20 || 100 || Flickerfang Spear (weapon)
+| {{Icon|murkwater-swamp}} Murkwater Swamp || Drowned Cavern || 20 || 100 || Flickerfang Spear (weapon)
 |-
-| Cavern Depths || Echoing Deep || 30 || 130 || Mosslit Crown (head)
+| {{Icon|cavern-depths}} Cavern Depths || Echoing Deep || 30 || 130 || Mosslit Crown (head)
 |-
-| Scorched Badlands || Cinder Vault || 40 || 170 || —
+| {{Icon|scorched-badlands}} Scorched Badlands || Cinder Vault || 40 || 170 || Emberglass Idol
 |-
-| Coral Shallows || Tidewrack Cave || 50 || 195 || Pearlscale Vest (chest)
+| {{Icon|coral-shallows}} Coral Shallows || Tidewrack Cave || 50 || 195 || Pearlscale Vest (chest)
 |-
-| Frozen Wastes || Glacier Hollow || 60 || 220 || Stalker's Greaves (legs)
+| {{Icon|frozen-wastes}} Frozen Wastes || Glacier Hollow || 60 || 220 || Stalker's Greaves (legs)
 |-
-| Ashen Peaks || Ashen Gallery || 70 || 260 || Aegis of the Deep (shield)
+| {{Icon|ashen-peaks}} Ashen Peaks || Ashen Gallery || 70 || 260 || Aegis of the Deep (shield)
 |-
-| Skyreach Plateau || Skyvein Chasm || 80 || 310 || Glowstone Talisman (trinket)
+| {{Icon|skyreach-plateau}} Skyreach Plateau || Skyvein Chasm || 80 || 310 || Glowstone Talisman (trinket)
 |-
 | the Sundered Vale || Vale Abyss || 90 || 380 || Fang of the Depths (weapon)
+|-
+| the Sundered Vale || '''The Amber Door''' || 95 || 450 || Echo of the First Warden
 |}
+=== The Amber Door ===
+The '''Amber Door''' is an eleventh cave — a second, deeper site in the Sundered Vale that opens only once you hold '''[[Chronicles|The Sigil]]''', the reward for completing the Chronicles. It does not burn an ordinary [[Torch]]: each delve consumes a '''Deeplight Lantern''' instead. Its unique drop, the '''Echo of the First Warden''', is a live-effect relic — while held, roughly every fifth [[Excavation|dig]] runs itself for free.
 == Cave uniques ==
-Eight of the ten caves each hold one '''unique''' gear piece — a rare drop on a winning run that cannot be crafted, bought, or found anywhere else. Each is best-in-slot for its tier, making them the endgame completionist chase. The Sunlit Grotto and Cinder Vault have no unique of their own.
+Every cave now holds a '''unique''' — a rare drop (about 0.2% per winning run) that cannot be crafted, bought, or found anywhere else. The gear uniques below are best-in-slot for their tier, making them the endgame completionist chase. The Sunlit Grotto (Glowworm Lantern) and Cinder Vault (Emberglass Idol) each gained a unique as well, and the Amber Door drops the relic '''Echo of the First Warden'''.
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 ! Unique !! Slot !! From cave !! Notes
 |-
-| Cavern Charm || Trinket || Rootway Hollow || An early-game trinket (attack and defense).
+| {{Icon|cavern-charm}} Cavern Charm || Trinket || Rootway Hollow || An early-game trinket (attack and defense).
 |-
-| Flickerfang Spear || Weapon || Drowned Cavern || A strong mid-game weapon.
+| {{Icon|flickerfang-spear}} Flickerfang Spear || Weapon || Drowned Cavern || A strong mid-game weapon.
 |-
-| Mosslit Crown || Head || Echoing Deep || Crown of living glow moss.
+| {{Icon|mosslit-crown}} Mosslit Crown || Head || Echoing Deep || Crown of living glow moss.
 |-
-| Pearlscale Vest || Chest || Tidewrack Cave || Cave-pearl-scaled hide armor.
+| {{Icon|pearlscale-vest}} Pearlscale Vest || Chest || Tidewrack Cave || Cave-pearl-scaled hide armor.
 |-
-| Stalker's Greaves || Legs || Glacier Hollow || The finest legwear known.
+| {{Icon|stalkers-greaves}} Stalker's Greaves || Legs || Glacier Hollow || The finest legwear known.
 |-
-| Aegis of the Deep || Shield || Ashen Gallery || No shield surpasses it.
+| {{Icon|aegis-of-the-deep}} Aegis of the Deep || Shield || Ashen Gallery || No shield surpasses it.
 |-
-| Glowstone Talisman || Trinket || Skyvein Chasm || Tops the Amber Pendant; no trinket surpasses it.
+| {{Icon|glowstone-talisman}} Glowstone Talisman || Trinket || Skyvein Chasm || Tops the Amber Pendant; no trinket surpasses it.
 |-
-| Fang of the Depths || Weapon || Vale Abyss || The mightiest weapon in the game.
+| {{Icon|fang-of-the-depths}} Fang of the Depths || Weapon || Vale Abyss || The mightiest weapon in the game.
 |}
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 * '''Gems''' (uncommon) — Rough Garnet, Deep Sapphire, Ember Topaz, and Sky Opal, tiering up by depth; pure [[Items|Amber]] income.
 * '''Expedition Set pieces''' — caves drop the biome's [[Expeditions|set]] pieces at a higher rate than patrols.
-* '''Arena Artifacts''' — a biome's cave is the '''only''' source of its Arena Artifact, the key used at the [[Arenas]]. See [[Delving]].
+* '''Arena Artifacts''' — a biome's cave is the '''only''' source of its Arena Artifact, the key used at the [[Arenas]]. A dry streak is now capped: if the artifact hasn't dropped in 20 winning runs, the 20th run guarantees it. See [[Delving]].
 * '''Dig Site Maps''' — caves are the best drop rate for a biome's [[Excavation]] map.
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 * [[Biomes]] — clearing a biome opens its cave.
 * [[Arenas]] — Artifacts come from caves.
+{{Nav}}
 [[Category:Caves]]
 [[Category:Delving]]
 [[Category:Progression]]
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