Sunken Tombs Returns

A 3D adaptation of Sunken Tombs from the original Risk of Rain! Although it was originally a stage 3 map, this version is a stage 4 map instead. It has a similar layout: tall-ish, mostly underwater with a small above-water layer at the top.

The visuals were specifically based on the map's appearance in Risk of Rain Returns, hence the name, but there's also a few details that aren't really in either version. Hopefully it still feels familiar despite that.

This is not the mod that changes Void Locus to a stage 5 map!! If you're looking for that one, you can find it here.

Monster Cage

Instead of a legendary chest, there's a cage hidden in a random spot in the map. Open it to fight a monster and get a free legendary item, which is dropped next to the cage after it's defeated.

Simulacrum

Sunken Tomb also comes with a Void replication, exclusive to SotV's Simulacrum gamemode. It has a few extra geysers and some vertical lifts (like the ones in Repurposed Crater) to help with getting around. It also has Mini Mushrums instead of Hermit Crabs.

Other Features

• Uses Sunken Tombs' music from the original game! Specifically, the Returns remasters:
  • Chris Christodoulou - 25 3°N 91 7°E
  • Chris Christodoulou - Hailstorm
• Category chests and triple shops are more common than on other stages (because the map is so blue that regular chests are sometimes easy to miss..,)
• Config options
  • Sunken Tombs: Enabled (true/false)
  • Simulacrum Variant: Enabled, Enabled on Stage 1 (true/false)
  • Underwater music muffling (true/false - disabled by default)
  • Modded enemy toggles
• Modded enemies can appear if their respective mod is enabled
  • EnemiesReturns: Sand Crab
    • Colossus does not appear in the stage by default but can be enabled via config settings
  • Clay Man

Bugs / Issues

Please let me know on GitHub and/or Discord (@worms / @ry6240) if you encounter any issues with the map. Also feel free to message me if you have suggestions or other feedback!

1.2.0

• Layout changes:
  • The large L-shaped building's roof is now an accessible area in the map. Various launch pads were added to connect it to other areas
  • Revamped the tall cave/graveyard area. Added hills, dips, cliffs and platforms to make it less flat/empty and better utilize the vertical space
    • Relocated the Newt Altar in the cave to be very slightly more hidden
    • Raised the geyser in the cave up onto a new ledge directly above its previous location
    • Simulacrum: Replaced the additional jump pad in the cave with a vertical lift
  • Removed the giant wall/pillar in the center of the small rectangular building. Added a small inset floor in its place
  • Updated a few random variations (central pillar, peninsula, cave upper layer) to increase the size of small cliffs/platforms
  • Slightly changed the smaller L-shaped building's roof (replaced the lone 2x1 block with a rock, removed the beams in the middle of the skylights)
  • Rearranged some blocks and other objects in the large L-shaped building's interior
• Other changes:
  • Added red lights by the Monster Cages to help them stand out against the map's obscenely blue color palette
  • Reduced the water's distortion strength to make underwater objects easier to spot from the surface
  • Made a few changes to increase the map's brightness (increased sun intensity, added bloom, removed vignette effects)
• Art pass:
  • Increased the main terrain mesh's poly count in a couple spots, particularly focusing on rock columns and slopes/hills
  • Added various details to the building's interiors (inset shelves, ramps replaced with stairs, more detailed ceilings for a couple buildings)
  • Added new stalactites to the cave and other rocky ceilings where appropriate
  • Added more props: table, bubble flower, big statue, 2 statuette variants, smooth stalactites
• Fixes:
  • Attempted to fix map nodes never actually being used in a few spots attached to random variations (cave upper layer, underwater platforms on the peninsula and central pillar variations). Cave upper layer still doesn't work and I have literally no idea why. It sucks
  • Attempted to fix several spots where NPCs (usually Larvae or Acrid) would leap onto a cliff face and get stuck there. There's probably still spots where it can happen but hopefully I got all the most common ones
  • Fixed a couple map nodes attached to the central pillar variation that didn't have a gate name assigned, causing stuff to spawn in midair
  • Patched up a couple holes in the terrain
  • Added another LOD mesh to the sarcophagi to fix them never appearing if LOD reduction was set to the lowest value

1.1.1

• The Monster Cages are now Sale Star compatible :)
• Added ambient noise
• Fixed a map node that didn't have a gate assigned, causing interactables to spawn in a wall sometimes

1.1.0

• Quick art pass:
  • Increased the poly counts of various meshes:
    • Main terrain mesh: mostly walls near the center area
    • Skybox rock arches
    • Boulders and pebbles
    • Glowing coral
    • Wavy kelp clusters
    • Underwater bush
    • Monster cage
    • Logbook diorama ocean hemisphere
  • Added some extra details surrounding the above-water monster cage
  • Updated the texture for the spiky plants on the background arches and surrounding the monster cages
  • Slightly adjusted post processing
  • Increased LOD distance for the loose bricks/"boxes" around the map
  • Added a couple extra details to the logbook diorama
• Changes/Fixes:
  • Colossi are now disabled by default since there's a lot of relatively low ceilings and they tend to get stuck in weird spots
    • Stone Titans can now appear in the stage if Colossi are disabled in config settings
  • Disabled character spawns on some nodes in narrow hallways since Colossi could spawn stuck in them
  • Disabled character spawns near the scaffolding that connects the second floor balcony to the graveyard cave
    • This is an attempt to fix an issue where bosses could spawn inside a pillar in that area

1.0.2

• Increased spawn distance for Hermit Crabs (Standard -> Far)

1.0.1

• Fixed music not playing at all
• Fixed the monster cages not opening
• Fixed the Simulacrum variant not using its unique enemy spawn pool. It's the same but Hermit Crabs are replaced by Mini Mushrums
• Fixed the map using the same family events as Broadcast Perch. It now has its own unique set
• Moved the god rays around and made them larger
• ouuuughhhhhhh (I'm sorry)

1.0.0

• Initial Release