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Hidden deep in the southwest corner of Hallownest, crawling with spiders of all shapes and sizes lies the nest. To the west is the Beast's Den, a massive webbed structure containing the Dreamer Herrah the Beast.

Description

What mostly identifies Deepnest is its gloomy fashion. Thick layers of web covering sometimes large portions of the background and twisted maze-like tunnels and passages, several having the dim glow of a bioluminescent fungus as the only source of light.

Deepnest generally finds itself in a very primal stage of development, lacking the general level of architecture seen in the rest of Hallownest. The more developed parts of Deepnest are located on its western portion. Some structures found in this area bear large outsider influence coming form the Weavers and Hallownest, these being the Weavers' Den, weaver statues, the Failed Tramway, and Stag Station. The only structures that do not fall in this category are the suspended web houses found in Distant Village and their interiors. Deepnest's eastern parts are essentially composed of complex networks of tunnels dug by its inhabitants and dark passages.

Lore

Deepnest was occupied by two intelligent arachnid groups, the Spider Tribe, which used to be one of the most intelligent species in the land of Hallownest, and the Weavers, an outsider tribe that established their own history and culture in Deepnest. Both groups living under the rule of Herrah.

The creatures of Deepnest completely refused the Pale King's rule and met with furious resistence the efforts of expansion from Hallownest, choosing instead to live as they always had, cloaked in the darkness. How to access

There are initially four ways of entering Deepnest, three from Fungal Wastes and one from Queen's Gardens. The eastern part of Deepnest can be accessed by whether beating the Mantis Lords in the Mantis Village or reaching the bottom of the Fungal Core nearby. To the right of the Moss Chapel, there is an entrance leading to the northeast of Deepnest located on the ground. It will reveal itself once The Knight has passed it and tries to come back. Alternatively, at the bottom of Queen's Garden, a downward passage can be found next to the bench room ending in the northwest of Deepnest.

Once the Tram Pass has been acquired,  The Knight can travel from Deepnest to the Ancient Basin by using the Tram.