Stages

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Stages are the minesweeper game boards on which DemonCrawl is played.

A Quest consists of a sequence of stages and Special Stages. The five main quests of the game each have 10 fixed stages in order. Other game modes recombine or modify these 50 stages, plus a few others.

Stage Properties

Name

The first two Stage Mods are added to the base stage name. A Forest stage with the  Dark mod is a "Dark Forest".

Combination stages add one of the stages combined as an adjective. A combined Tower and Forest stage with the  Dark mod could appear as either a "Dark Towering Forest" or a "Dark Wooded Tower".

Power level

The Stage Power is a range of the minimum and maximum possible Damage values you can take when you make a Mistake. Max stage power increases the possible value of  Chests.

Monster count

The number of Monsters in the stage. Stages can't have fewer than 1 monster or more than 95% of their cells be monsters. Monster density directly affects loot rarity, and also scales the effectiveness of rare loot modifiers from other sources.

Cell count

The number of cells in the stage. The normal maximum size of a stage is 2025.

Flavor text

For flavor text descriptions of each stage, see Stage Descriptions.

Stage mods

Stage Mods appear as a row of icons below the stage stats.

List of Stages

Quest 1 - Glory Days

Stage Artifact Monster Divine Item Adjective
Forest Log  Spider  Divine Handaxe Wooded
Cavern Ore  Blob  Divine Pickaxe Cavernous
Desert Cactus  Scorpion  Divine Ankh Desert
Strand Conch  Lobster  Divine Soothing Shell Stranded
Ocean Pearl  Jelly  Divine Spyglass Oceanic
Tropics Nut  Monkey  Divine Binoculars Tropical
Volcano Lava  Magma  Divine Lantern Volcanic
Wilds Tumbleweed  Kobold  Divine Mud Wild
Arctic Icicle  Yeti  Divine Gift Card Polar
Brink Corestone  Behelder  Divine Slingshot Frontier

Quest 2 - Respite's End

Stage Artifact Monster Divine Item Adjective
Farm Wheat  Chicken  Divine Scythe Rustic
Alcove Dew  Lizard  Divine Puzzle Secluded
Grotto Arrowhead  Bat  Divine World Map Subterrane
Hallow Limpwort  Owl  Divine Cauldron Hallowed
Swamp Algae  Frog  Divine Thornseeker Muddy
Graveyard Tombstone  Skeleton  Divine Thief Bag Grave
Dungeon Cobweb  Reaper  Divine Trapper Prison
Memory Dream  Gastropod  Divine Time Capsule Dreamy
Tribe Energy  Centaur  Divine Totem Tribal
Shrine Bead  Acolyte  Divine Present Sanctified

Quest 3 - Another Way

Stage Artifact Monster Divine Item Adjective
Blossom Petal  Deer  Divine Timepiece Blossoming
Island Doubloon  Snapper  Divine Wager Island
Mountain Boulder  Minotaur  Divine Forge Hammer Rocky
Garden Nectar  Hornet  Divine Watering Can Fertile
Ruins Vestige  Cyclops  Divine Wishbone Ruined
Skies Cloud  Harpy  Divine Halo Skyward
Fungus Spore  Shroom  Divine Witchcraft Fungal
Sewer Waste  Rat  Divine Capitalism Septic
Prefecture Umbra  Warden  Divine Dark Ink Industrial
Machine Circuit  Experiment  Divine Gearcheck Artificial

Quest 4 - Around the Bend

Stage Artifact Monster Divine Item Adjective
Delta Teardrop  Ferryman  Divine Dice River
Ash Soot  Wanderer  Divine Whip Ashen
Quarry Mercury  Cerberus  Divine Bugle Basin
Vale Bramble  Hydra  Divine Horseshoe Valley
Bloodway Ichor  Ectoplasm  Divine Coffee Coursing
Storm Lightning  Tornado  Divine Boomerang Stormy
Blight Rot  Gorgon  Divine Barbecue Blighted
Rapture Radium  Cthulu  Divine Rewind Abyssal
Elysium Wing  Deity  Divine Holy Ring Elysian
Hell Brimstone  Demon  Divine Shadowbind Hellfire

Quest 5 - Shadowman

Stage Artifact Monster Divine Item Adjective
Entropy Antimatter  Microbe  Divine Simple Robe Quantum
Lagoon Kelp  Larva  Divine Bonfire Primordial
Galaxy Star  Alien  Divine Muscle Galactic
Womb Flesh  Abomination  Divine Blood Magic Fleshy
Convoy Oil  Robot  Divine Substitute Metal
Metropolis Steel  Mindsweeper  Divine Banner Neo
Hinterland Tusk  Lich  Divine Fairy Nowhere
Tower Rope  Grief  Divine Sturdy Bow Towering
Glass Shard  Reflection  Divine Mirror Glass
Minefield Shrapnel  Man  Divine Mortar Wartime

Endless Multiverse

Stage Artifact Monster Divine Item Adjective
R Redvein  Lifeform  Divine Matchbook R
G Greenvein  Lifeform  Divine Mantis G
B Bluevein  Lifeform  Divine Bomb B
Metagate None  Lifeform None Meta

Other Stages

Stage Artifact Monster Divine Item Adjective
Reef Coral  Jelly  Divine Demon Seed Submerged
Crypt Worm  Reaper  Divine Rotting Head Buried
Wonder Poppy  Shroom  Divine Miracle Seed Wonderful
Doom Guts  Cthulu  Divine Doomcall Doomed
Mainframe Wire  Reflection  Divine Nanobot Computer
Easter Lily  Hare  Divine Strange Egg Bunny
Wester Wilty  Hare  Divine Bloomberries Bunny
Summer Starfish  Crab  Divine Fishing Pole Sunny
Halloween Pumpkin  Zombie  Divine Jack-O-Lantern Allhallows
Salem Hexmark  Zombie  Divine Witch Hat Witchy
Christmas Snowball  Elf  Divine Stocking Yuletide
Hearth Mistletoe  Elf  Divine Marshmallow Fireside
Birthday Cake  Elf  Divine Regift Happy
October 8th, 1990 None  Lifeform None ...
Default None  Spider None Classical

Accessing Secret Stages

  • Reef replaces Ocean.
  • Crypt replaces Dungeon.
  • Wonder replaces Fungus.
  • Doom has replaces Rapture.
  • Mainframe replaces Glass.
  • Hearth replaces Christmas.
  • Salem replaces Halloween.
  • Wester replaces Easter.

The stage replacement has a 5% chance to happen, only happens in Hard mode (including Endless Multiverse, Hero Trials, and Beyond, and occurs at the start of the quest. The secret stages have different level graphics on the stage select screen.

Exiting and reentering the stages (such as with  Smoke Bomb) will not reroll a normal stage into its secret counterpart or vice versa, since the replacement occurs at the start of the quest.

In Hero Trials, secret stage replacement is affected by the daily seed, so restarting the quest will not change the replacement results. However, the seed is affected by which items you favor and what tier your mastery is, so changing those and then restarting the quest can change the results.

Secret stage replacement happens in Beyond mode too. For example, using Ocean stage Pearl artifacts will generate Reef stages 5% of the time. Reef stage Coral artifacts always give Reef.

Accessing Seasonal Stages

Seasonal artifacts spawn randomly in quests during their respective seasonal event, in any stage except their own. For example, during the Christmas event, Snowballs will spawn everywhere except the Christmas stage, and outside of the Christmas event, Snowballs will only spawn in the Christmas stage.

  • Snowballs during Christmas
  • Pumpkins during Halloween
  • Lilies during Easter
  • Starfishes during Summer
  • Cake during Birthday (near DemonCrawl's birthday, which is Nov 5th)

Seasonal stages can only be played in a Beyond quest (which works both during the season and outside it), by using the corresponding artifact in the entrance fee. This allows you to collect more of that artifact, but only if you already have some to pay the entrance fee with.

A few of those seasonal artifacts are also obtainable through other methods, which work anytime:

Substages

Stage Entrance Season Artifact Monster
Chicken Coop Chicken Coop Easter Wheat  Chicken
Getaway Sunlounger Summer Conch  Lobster
The Basement Trapdoor Halloween Soot  Wanderer
Igloo Igloo Christmas Snowball  Elf

These substages are only available during certain seasonal events. There will be an entrance object in one of the stages in the second half of each quest. If you leave the stage and reenter, the entrance will still be in that same stage.

Substages usually do not appear on the world map, and do not need to be completed in order to complete the quest. Substages each have special rules, and offer extra rewards but may have increased risks to go with those rewards.

Trivia

  • October 8th, 1990 is a very special stage. It is supposed to be accessed at the end of Shadowman and can be completed in two ways, by either clicking a mine (bad ending) or by clicking on the stairs in a hard mode run (good ending). Solving the stage in Normal will result in the bad ending. The stage cannot be solved in Hard, the player is forced to exit via the stairs.
  • October 8th, 1990 is the date of the release of Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 which contained the first official release of Minesweeper.
  • The item World Clay was removed from the game as of Sweeping Heights v1.41. It allowed the generation of random stages in beyond mode, including all the secret stages and even October 8th, 1990. This was a way to get snowballs out of season.


Game Modes
Story Quests Casual • Normal • Hard
Other Classic • Beyond • Endless Multiverse • Hero Trials • Arena
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Mechanics
Character Stats Lives • Defense • Coins
Revive • Status Effect
Stage Stages • Special Stages • Stage Power
Objects Stranger • Landmark •  Familiar • Monster • Boss
Loot (  Heart •  Soul •  Coin •  Diamond •  Chest • etc. )
Modifiers Aura • Stage Mods
Orbs  Canker •  Sawblade •  Bubble
Projectiles Flare • Blessing • Bubble
Item Inventory •  Armor •  Bones •  Minion • Seal
Magic Mana • Manalock • Duplicast
Keyword Turn • Mistake • Damage • Chain • Chord • Powerchord • Explode • Glean • Guess • Pathfinding • Morality
Profile Level Score • Prestige
 Tokens • Special Chests • Heirloom • Sigil
Mastery
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