Undergrowth

Undergrowth is a region exclusive to the Downpour DLC, with being the only Slugcat that can access it. It is the remains of the Drainage System, now overgrown and a thriving ecosystem. The region is mostly unaffected from the cold in the rest of the world. It is predominantly inhabited by various mobile creatures, including s and.

Overview
Undergrowth is quite similar in level geometry to Drainage System, with only a few rooms being changed. A lot of the water from Drainage System isn't present anymore, having diminished in quantity. Submerged areas are typically inhabited by and swarms of es, requiring the  to utilise their tongue to swing over them.

Undergrowth is abundant with various vine-like formations and overgrowth, paired with rust-coloured piping and a soft green haze in it background. In some rooms, there are rose-coloured flowers in the background that animate and close themselves when a creature strays too close, then reopen when they are far enough away. The primary area of Undergrowth is inhabited by species of Spider and. The uppermost areas of Undegrowth have a diminished quantity of overgrowth and are dominated by, appearing more reminiscent of it's past iterations.

At the far left of the area, a ravine-like formation can be found, interspersed with various, gargantuan bioluminescent mushrooms, tinted various hues of blue and pale white, serving as the only illumination. In these ravines, an can be found, musing about the beauty of the Undergrowth and life itself.

Points Of Interest

 * Pearl_DS.png Green Pearl (Blank)
 * Scavenger Toll
 * Scavenger Toll

Trivia

 * Undergrowth was considered a variant of Drainage System, but during its time in development there was no way to create such a different version of a region without having to duplicate and build off of it by defining a new region. This was prior to the conditional links system that allowed the developers to create such drastic variants of a region while still keeping it defined as one region, a technology used by the regions that were later developed. This helps to explain why Undergrowth and the corresponding Drainage System share many of the same Arena unlock tokens. Waterfront Facility also shares this history of originally intended to just be a variant but ending up to be defined as its own region.

Interactive Map
Interactive map ported by Dual, Original by Henpemaz.