The Rot

The Rot is a region exclusive to the Downpour DLC, with being the only Slugcat that can access it. It is a far more decrepit and ruined iteration of the superstructure, malformed by the  which festers throughout the remnants of the structure.

Overview
The Rot is the Five Pebbles region during the peak of its rot infestation. Much like Unfortunate Development, the region features fluctuating gravity as well as an abundance of, , and even that once could not be found. Notably, some of these mobile cysts exhibit limited mobility, tending to stay near severely decayed corners. Many rooms feature large patches of Proto Daddy Long Legs, making travel a difficult task even when mobile cysts are not present.

Due to the superstructure's increased intake of water and mechanical failure, some sections of the region are completely flooded or partially submerged in water. This also rendered numerous rooms that were inaccessible in the original Five Pebbles now open. The region offers complete protection from the Rain, making hibernating optional for survival.

A that provides power to Five Pebbles' remaining functions can be accessed. Once it is displaced, anti-gravity in all rooms except for the lower entrance of the Primary Cortex is disabled. This makes travelling without the Cell at its most risky.

Points of Interest

 * Pearl_RM.png Music Pearl

Cystic Conduit
The Cystic Conduit is Five Pebbles' lymphatic drainage systems which pump water throughout his superstructure and eject debris to the outside world. These effectively serve as replacement connections to Five Pebbles' rooms that would be otherwise inaccessible due to the Rot. It retains a crude functionality, as various bio-mechanical fronds and are scattered around specific parts of the sub-region, though all of them seem to be within a state of dormancy or cessation. Various immobile cysts are abundant, making traversal a difficult task.

Depths
The combined remnants of Unfortunate Development and Memory Conflux, twisted and mutated so badly by the Rot that they're barely recognizable. It is filled to the brim with Rot hazards, which include one as well as a few blue. Many seperated chambers are now joined together, exposed to the air, or can barely be identified. Most of the bottom half is flooded. High above are the wreckages of Memory Conflux, now containing some dangerous death pits. The anti-gravity mechanism in this subregion has ceased to function entirely.

The Rot has progressed so dramatically that the surrounding structure has lost almost all resemblance to anything mechanical, instead looking cavernous and jagged, excluding scarce remnants of jutting rebar and a somewhat reminiscent layout of its previous iterations. More open spaces of the Depths harbor various, almost mountainous pieces of metal, paired with a sickly green fog in the background.

Recursive Transform Array
The only area of Five Pebbles that remains mostly untouched by the Rot. It is largely the same as previous campaigns, except for a few altered rooms and the fact that the flux condensers can temporarily shut down along with the low gravity, making them safe to touch.

Primary Cortex
As the General Systems Bus has been rendered inaccessible by the Rot, this subregion is the main path to reach Five Pebbles' chamber. A common visual effect is a set of arrays that emit green electrical discharges; these, however, are completely harmless. The chamber which houses has been eroded and damage by the Rot, as various immobile cysts reside in the decrepit chamber. Five circulate around him.

Linear Systems Rail
Located at the middle-left of the structure, this subregion houses Five Pebbles' Mass. It also contains many high voltage flux condensers, which are thinner variants of those found in Recursive Transform Array, and require careful movement to navigate around. The Cell is encased within a small spherical chamber, exerting a strong impact on nearby gravitational field like gravity disruptors found within Iterator structures, posing some challenges to access.

Trivia

 * The Rot has the acronym RM in game files, which stands for Rotten Maw.
 * The green electrical discharges in Primary Cortex hurt the Slugcat in older versions of Downpour.
 * The Arena mode unlockable for Mother Long Legs is very close to the unlock for Daddy Long Legs in previous campaigns.

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