Biomes & Nature The Dune Castle - a desert dungeon

[Th3KrustOfSk3l3tron]

--Introduction--

The dune castle is a fortress found in the biggest desert in your world (which is the one with a hole that leads to the underground desert), to provide challenges in EarlyGame-HardMode

--Concept Art--

this castle more similar to the Lihzahrd Temple, being made of bricks that a copper pickaxe cannot break, has an altar that lets you summon a boss, and even locked until the player gets a key (the Pyramid Key), as this one is an Early-to-Mid-Game desert counterpart to the Lihzahrd,

Image|block|required pickaxe power|found in where
|Quartzite Bricks|40%|first Dune Caslte layer
|Reinforced Sandstone Bricks|65%|second layer
|Locked Dune Castle Door|Pyramid Key, does not need a pickaxe|it is the entrance of the Castle
|Dune Chest|None unless it has an item|in the castle, both layers
|Pharaoh Altar|65%|final chamber of the castle

Image|Enemy|Health|Damage|Defence|Drops|AI
|Dune warrior|78|12|5|Pharaoh's Stone (1/200 chance in post-Skeletron dune castle), Sandstone Blade (Post-Skeletron, 1/100 chance)|Fighter
|Dune Archer|65|10 (melee), 15 (fire arrows, capable of burning you)|5|Pharaoh's Stone (Post-Skeletron,1/200 chance), Desert Bow (Post-Skeletron, 1/100 chance)|Fighter
|Desert Enslaver (pharaoh boss's servants)|100|12 (melee), 18 (whip, inflicts the ENslaved debuff on)|10|Pharaoh's Stone, Slavery Whip|a unique AI (Fighter, but modified to shoot a Solar Eruption-style weapon)

|THe Pharaoh|2300|20 (melee), 24 (lasers in second form), 30 (whip)|16 (first form), 10 (second form)|any Dune Chest Item (1 item always), Healing Potions, his clothes, and trophy|Lunatic Cultist's
|the Supreme Pharaoh|15000|40 (melee), 45 (Lasers) 50 (Fire whip)|30 (second form: 20)|Hallowed Bars (15-30), Greater health Potions, Mask, and Trophy|Lunatic CUltist

Image|weapon|Damage|class|pattern|mana|ammo|other info
|Dune Sword|16|Melee|broadsword shooting a Sunflame Orb, with auto use|zero mana|takes no ammo|found in chests, and used in making a biome related weapon
|Desert Eagle|14|ranged|a manual gun, shooting bullets|zero mana|bullets|also found in chests
|Sandstone Blade|22|melee|broadsword|zero mana|no ammo|dropped by Post-Skeletron Dune Archers, used to make both Sun- and Moon Flame swords
|Sun Staff|30|magic|piercing beam|10|no ammo|found in chests
|Desert Bow|17|ranged|bow|no mana|arrows|dropped by Post-Skeletron Dune Archers, turns arrows into a unique arrow, summoning Sunflame projectiles, and even high in velocity
|Spear of the Sands|15|melee|directionally stabs enemies like a spear|no mana|no ammo|found in chests
|Desert's Edge|40|melee|swings like a broadsword|no mana|no ammo|crafted from 1 Dune Sword, 1 StarFury, 1 Golden/Platinum Broadsword, and 1 Ice Blade, can make the "true" version of it
|True Desert's Edge|80|melee|broadsword that shoots a yellow beam|no mana|no ammo|crafted from 1 Original Desert's Edge and 1 Broken Hero Sword, used as a True Night's Edge alt in the Terra Blade

Spoiler: other items

Pyramid Key:
drops from the EoC, the Eow/BoC, or Skeletron with a 100% chance, but only in deserts

DUne Key:
used to open dune chests, dropped by enemies

Pharaoh's Stone:
used to summon the Pharaoh when placed on altars, used to make a Supreme Pharaoh's Stone, drops from enemies

Supreme Pharaoh's Stone:
used to summon the Supreme Pharaoh, crafted from 1 Pharaoh Stone and 10 hallowed bars

Dune Castle Crates:
obtained from fishing, contains a Dune Lock Box, and other treasure (like ores, money, potions...)

Dune Lock BOx:
contains Dune Castle Chest items, requires a dune key to open

Spoiler: change log

PreRelease: added
1.0.1: as @Poro Shin sugested, the swords reduced to 4 (removed the Sunflame, Moonflame, and the Celestial Sword), new pharaoh sprite, resenbling his suit

 

[Lord Garak]

Seven swords?

 

[Th3KrustOfSk3l3tron]

Seven swords?

it's complete 7 swords to add into the game, Dune Sword, Sandstone Blade, Desert's Edge (original and true), and Celestial Swords (sun, moon, and the combined weapon)

 

[Lord Garak]

it's complete 7 swords to add into the game, Dune Sword, Sandstone Blade, Desert's Edge (original and true), and Celestial Swords (sun, moon, and the combined weapon)

I don't think adding over 10 basic clone weapons is a good way to pad the game.

 

[BrusselSprouts693]

So you could get in with a silver pick, tugsten pick, or just rush it with a bomb?

 

[Th3KrustOfSk3l3tron]

So you could get in with a silver pick, tugsten pick, or just rush it with a bomb?

with a key dropped from bosses in that Desert

 

[BrusselSprouts693]

with a key dropped from bosses in that Desert

Or just going through the wall, like entering the lhizard temple in a pre plantera world by just picksawing through

 

[Th3KrustOfSk3l3tron]

Or just going through the wall, like entering the lhizard temple in a pre plantera world by just picksawing through

you can exploit the usage of Platform Hoiks so you can enter a PreHardMode Lihzahrd Temple, or even the new Dune Castle pre-Eye of Cthulhu (or any boss in a desert)

 

[Poro Shin]

Like Lord Garak said.

Seven swords?

I really don't think it's a good way to make more content.
I like the idea of creating one desert dungeon, but seven sword is a little too much of swords for this game

 

[Th3KrustOfSk3l3tron]

Like Lord Garak said.



I really don't think it's a good way to make more content.
I like the idea of creating one desert dungeon, but seven sword is a little too much of swords for this game

thanks for the good support, I have to remove the big amount of Swords

 

[BrusselSprouts693]

you can exploit the usage of Platform Hoiks so you can enter a PreHardMode Lihzahrd Temple, or even the new Dune Castle pre-Eye of Cthulhu (or any boss in a desert)

Isnt that like not even having a lock on the temple though?

 

[Sigma90]

I'd rather all of this go in the pyramid. As your screenshot shows, about 85% of the pyramid is boring blocks, and it ends in a tunnel underground that goes nowhere. Spicing up the pyramid to include a Pharaoh boss, I think, would be more suitable than a new structure. Since a pyramid is prebuilt, having locked off passageways and doors is a sensible change. Sandstone at the top, gradually becoming harder stone as you go deeper. The pyramid does not need to extend horizontally indefinitely; it could reach a maximum width and then continue with that width all the way down. Claustrophobic passageways and locked rooms could give the feel of a dungeon without being a copy of the (existing) Dungeon/Temple. Instead of a Pharaoh's Altar, you could have the Pharaoh's Sarcophagus (tomb).

40% pickaxe power means you can break in (without a key) with an iron pickaxe. 65% pickaxe power can be broken by a Nightmare pickaxe, making it equivalent to Dungeon bricks. Keep that in mind if you're trying to keep players out.

Pyramid Key:
drops from the EoC, the Eow/BoC, or Skeletron with a 100% chance, but only in deserts

EoW / BoC will flee and despawn if outside of the Corruption / Crimson. Not many players will be willing to convert their desert to fight the bosses there. The Dungeon spawns on the opposite side of the map to the Desert, so it's going to quite a trek to lure Skeletron over to the Desert.

Perhaps change the key to be dropped rarely (1%) from any enemy during a sandstorm.

DUne Key:
used to open dune chests, dropped by enemies

This feels unnecessary. Locked chests are fine, but reusing the Golden Key / Locked Gold Chests from the Dungeon feels more suitable and allows a bit of crossover with effort.

 

[BrusselSprouts693]

I'd rather all of this go in the pyramid. As your screenshot shows, about 85% of the pyramid is boring blocks, and it ends in a tunnel underground that goes nowhere. Spicing up the pyramid to include a Pharaoh boss, I think, would be more suitable than a new structure. Since a pyramid is prebuilt, having locked off passageways and doors is a sensible change. Sandstone at the top, gradually becoming harder stone as you go deeper. The pyramid does not need to extend horizontally indefinitely; it could reach a maximum width and then continue with that width all the way down. Claustrophobic passageways and locked rooms could give the feel of a dungeon without being a copy of the (existing) Dungeon/Temple. Instead of a Pharaoh's Altar, you could have the Pharaoh's Sarcophagus (tomb).

40% pickaxe power means you can break in (without a key) with an iron pickaxe. 65% pickaxe power can be broken by a Nightmare pickaxe, making it equivalent to Dungeon bricks. Keep that in mind if you're trying to keep players out.


EoW / BoC will flee and despawn if outside of the Corruption / Crimson. Not many players will be willing to convert their desert to fight the bosses there. The Dungeon spawns on the opposite side of the map to the Desert, so it's going to quite a trek to lure Skeletron over to the Desert.

Perhaps change the key to be dropped rarely (1%) from any enemy during a sandstorm.


This feels unnecessary. Locked chests are fine, but reusing the Golden Key / Locked Gold Chests from the Dungeon feels more suitable and allows a bit of crossover with effort.

The desert can actually spawn on either side, with multiple potential deserts.

 

[Sigma90]

The desert can actually spawn on either side, with multiple potential deserts.

The underground desert spawns on the opposite side to the dungeon. On one side is the snow and dungeon; on the other side is the underground desert and jungle. Since this suggestion is about a desert temple, I'm assuming it's referring to the underground desert, so that's what I am referring to as well. And yes, pyramids can spawn anywhere there are sand, but for my reply, I'm also referring to a pyramid/temple in the underground desert.

Having said that, sometimes world gen can be weird. I've had a world with underground desert, snow and the dungeon on one side. The jungle wrapped around my spawn point. World gen bugs are fun!