Where is Cornifer in Deepnest?
Lower Deepnest, reached from the Mantis Village side. Head left, then up and left. He is silent here, not humming.
Missed him? Every Cornifer location and what Iselda charges instead.
Deepnest is the area the game expects to scare you. Rooms are pitch black without the Lumafly Lantern, the floor collapses, centipedes burst from the ceiling, and Deepling corpses on the walls animate when you walk past. Buy the Lumafly Lantern from Sly for 1800 Geo before you commit. Without it you are navigating on sound.
Cornifer is hiding in the lower section, and he is not humming, because he is terrified. Reach him by going left from the Mantis Village side after beating the Mantis Lords, then up and to the left. His map costs only 38 Geo, the second cheapest in the game, and Iselda sells it for 50. The low price is a joke at Cornifer's expense: the Deepnest map is full of blank patches and question marks because he never finished surveying it.
Herrah the Beast, the third Dreamer, sleeps in the Beast's Den in the west. Getting there means crossing a long stretch of collapsing floors and dodging the Distant Village's spiders. Nosk, an optional boss that mimics your own shape, lurks in a side cave and drops a Mask Shard. Galien, a Warrior Dream, hangs in the north. There are five grubs here, a Pale Ore behind Herrah, the Weaversong charm in the Weavers' Den, and a Hallownest Seal or two for Lemm.
The Distant Village has a Stag Station, which is the sane way to get in and out. There is also a tram connecting Deepnest to the Ancient Basin, and the Tram Pass needed to use it is found in the Deepnest side of the network. Once both stations are open, the tram turns a horrible walk into a ten second ride.
Practical advice: equip the Wayward Compass here even if you never use it elsewhere. Deepnest rooms look identical in the dark and the compass dot is the difference between navigating and wandering. Move slowly, hit walls, and expect the floor to be a lie.
Places inside Deepnest
- Beast's Den
- Distant Village
- Weavers' Den
- Hidden Station
- Nosk's lair
- Failed Tramway
Tips
- Buy the Lumafly Lantern from Sly for 1800 Geo first. Deepnest is unplayable dark without it.
- Equip Wayward Compass. Rooms look identical and the dot keeps you oriented.
- Cornifer is silent here, so look for his paper trail rather than listening.
- The map is only 38 Geo because Cornifer never finished it. Expect blank patches.
- Floors collapse on purpose. Assume any flat surface in the dark is a trap.
- Open the Distant Village Stag Station and the tram early so you never have to walk in again.
All 32 locations in Deepnest
Benches (4)
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Failed Tramway, north Deepnest
Beside the wrecked tram cars. The safest rest point in the upper half of Deepnest.
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Hot Spring, south Deepnest
Next to the warm pool in the south of Deepnest, close to Nosk's lair.
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Beast's Den, before Herrah
Deep inside the den below the Distant Village, in the chamber before Herrah the Beast.
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Distant Village
This bench is bait set by the Distant Villagers. Sitting on it drops you into the Beast's Den, so it never works as a save point and the game does not count it as a bench.
Stag Stations (1)
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Distant Village, west Deepnest
Deep in the spider village. Open it and you can skip most of the walk through Deepnest.
Trams and Lifts (1)
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South-east Deepnest tramway
The western stop on the lower tram line. From here the tram runs east under the kingdom to the Ancient Basin.
Cornifer (2)
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North Deepnest, near the Failed Tramway
He never hums in Deepnest, so follow his scattered papers instead. From the Mantis Village entrance, wall-jump up the first shaft and head left. The cheapest map he sells, or 50 Geo from Iselda.
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Below the Mantis Village entrance to Deepnest
Cornifer waits in one of two spots in Deepnest depending on which entrance you use. Take the passage down from the Mantis Village side and he sits here instead of the northern room. The map costs the same either way.
Grubs (5)
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North-east Deepnest, near the Fungal Wastes border
Climb with the Mantis Claw and break the cracked wall to reach the jar.
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Central Deepnest
Climb with the Mantis Claw, then super dash across the gap with the Crystal Heart or nail-bounce over it.
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South Deepnest, near the Hot Spring
Break the cracked wall, then cross with either the Monarch Wings or the Crystal Heart.
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West Deepnest, near the Distant Village
Needs the Mothwing Cloak and the Mantis Claw to work through the dark passages. This is the thirty-eighth Grub, which earns a King's Idol from the Grubfather.
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Beast's Den, far west Deepnest
Inside Herrah's den below the Distant Village. Needs the Mothwing Cloak and the Mantis Claw.
Mask Shards (1)
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Deepnest, near the Mantis Lords border
Entered through the Fungal Core near the Mantis Lords. The Monarch Wings are needed to reach the ledge.
Vessel Fragments (1)
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Above the working tram in Deepnest
From the Deepnest tram station, climb past the Garpedes and spikes to the platform holding the fragment.
Pale Ore (1)
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Nosk's lair
Break the wall in the room west of the Deepnest Hot Spring, follow the tunnel into Nosk's lair and defeat him.
Whispering Roots (1)
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West Deepnest, near the Distant Village
Deep in the dark western half of Deepnest. Bring the Lantern or you will never spot it.
Relics (3)
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South part of the Beast's Den
Deep in Herrah's den, in the southern web chambers. Bring the Lantern.
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North-west of the Mantis Lords arena
On the Deepnest side of the Mantis Village border, in the room north-west of the Lords.
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West of the web where Zote is trapped
Head west past the webbing that holds Zote and the Vengefly King. The idol sits in the dark beyond.
Charms (2)
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Behind a Shade Gate south east of the Hot Spring, Deepnest
Makes your Shade Cloak dash damage enemies and extends its length by 40 percent. It lies behind a Shade Gate south east of the Deepnest Hot Spring, so you need the Shade Cloak to get in.
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Upper Weavers' Den, Deepnest
Summons three weaverlings that chase and attack enemies on their own. Climb into the upper part of the Weavers' Den to collect it, and the Midwife will comment if you do.
Keys and Items (1)
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Inside the wrecked tram, Failed Tramway
Climb into the broken tram car at the Failed Tramway. The pass turns on both working tram lines.
Bosses (1)
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Mimic lair, east Deepnest
A shapeshifter that wears your own face and spits infection while charging across the room. Jump its charges, avoid the falling orange blobs, and hit it during the recovery at each wall.
Warrior Dreams (1)
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Hidden chamber, central Deepnest
Throws a giant scythe that boomerangs back and spawns smaller orbiting scythes. Track the big scythe rather than Galien himself and close in only when it is on the far side.
Dreamers (1)
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Beast's Den, Distant Village, Deepnest
Sleeps at the end of the Beast's Den, which is far easier with the Lumafly Lantern. Fight through the web maze and the ambush room, then Dream Nail her to break a seal.
NPCs and Shops (2)
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Hidden room south east of the Distant Village
A friendly spider behind a breakable wall at the end of a corridor out of the Distant Village. She sells nothing but has some of the best lore dialogue in Deepnest, especially once you own Weaversong.
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Mask workshop, north west Deepnest
A masked figure who talks about the faces of Hallownest, reached through a hidden passage in the north west of Deepnest. Dream Nail him for one of the strangest lore lines in the game.
Secrets and Lore (4)
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Central Deepnest
The abandoned home of the Weavers, who left Hallownest long ago. The Weaversong charm sits in the upper part of the den, guarded by weaverlings.
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Distant Village, Deepnest
Herrah the Beast's lair, a web maze that traps you in an ambush room on the way in. The Lumafly Lantern makes it far easier, and a Grub and a Whispering Root are hidden inside.
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Distant Village, Deepnest
During the final phase of the ritual Brumm carries a fourth flame here, which he simply hands over with no fight. Listening to him unlocks the banishment route, where you meet him back at the Nightmare Lantern.
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North Deepnest
A ruined tram line littered with corpses and a lore tablet about the failed expansion into Deepnest. Cloth rests here, and the working tram nearby needs the Tram Pass found in this area.
