StructureBuilding

Cultist Stronghold

Cultist Stronghold is a Structure location in the Building subcategory.The Cultist Stronghold is a high-risk, high-reward structure filled with powerful enemies and valuable loot. Due to the large number of hostile cultists guarding it, this area is not recommended for beginners. Players should only attempt it if they have strong ranged weapons or are confident in their combat skills.

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Basic Information

Statistics & Conditions

RarityGuaranteed

Floors3

TypeConditional

DetailsThe Cultist Stronghold appears on the map at campfire level 3.

PrerequisitesRequires Campfire Level 3

Appearance

OutsideThe Cultist Stronghold is a large stone-brick structure with a castle-like design. A low railing lines both sides of the ramp leading up to heavy wooden doors set into a stone archway. Just outside of the ramp are sharpened sticks symbolizing their defensive and violent nature. The building features arched, desaturated blue-gray windows, two of which are boarded up. The roof has a castle-like design showing in the uneven stone patterns at the very top. The most focal point of this structure is the circle handing right over the doors. On it are three glowing blue diamonds showcasing the riches and perhaps tempting players to go inside to fight for the loot.

InsideInside of the Stronghold there are a total of 3 floors of the building. There are metal bowls filled with coal in the corners of the building that cannot be looted. In each floor, there are 2 to 3 doors that spawn cultists, including the ones you can enter/exit to the upper floors.

1st floorThe 1st floor has a closet that can sometimes have loot inside. There is a hallway to the right of the closet that leads to the entrance of the spiraling stairs of the second floor. Upon going past the hallway, a message will spawn depicting the level of the cultist stronghold difficulty. After the message, a group of Cultists spawn on the first floor. After defeating the first gang of cultists, more will spawn until you kill all of them. Once you kill all of them, you can proceed up the stairs to the second floor.

2nd floorUpon reaching the 2nd floor, a concrete barrier can be seen as a sort of barricade. On your left you can see 2 tables with a total of 4 chairs that you can loot. There is a chandelier on the ceiling as well. Once you step far enough on the second floor, a bunch of cultists spawn in larger numbers compared to the first floor. After defeating all of the waves of cultists, you can proceed up the stairs to the third floor.

3rd floorThe 3rd floor is the final floor in the Cultist Stronghold, containing more cultists than the 1st and 2nd floors. The 3rd floor contains a locked prize room and an exit route in the prize room. Currently, there is a bug for higher difficulty levels where, after killing a certain number of cultists on the 3rd floor, the remaining alive cultists disappear, and the prize room is unlocked.

Contains Items4 items

Diamonds Qty: 5Guaranteed

Cultist Prototype Qty: 1Guaranteed

Cultist Experiment Qty: 1Guaranteed

Chairs Qty: 4Guaranteed

Loot Containers3 items

Diamond Chest Qty: 1Guaranteed

Ruby Chest Qty: 1Guaranteed

ClosetQty: 1Not Guaranteed

Inhabitants2 inhabitants

CultistsSpawn from 2 to 3 doors on each floor, including those leading to upper floors.

Juggernaut CultistOnly appears in Level 3-4 Strongholds.

Mechanics

Mechanic 1

The stronghold resets every 20 minutes.

Mechanic 2

The Cultist Stronghold only has 4 levels. The level only increases when the player completes raiding the Cultist Stronghold.

Mechanic 3

The higher the level, the more difficult it is to raid the Cultist Stronghold.

Mechanic 4

After beating level 4, the Cultist Stronghold will not reset to level 1, level 2, or level 3. Raiding the Cultist Stronghold again will only continue as level 4.

Mechanic 5

The Cultists' health and their army size in the Cultist Stronghold depend on the number of players in the server.

Mechanic 6

Upon killing all the Cultists on one floor, an unlocking sound can be heard, signifying that the player is able to proceed to the next floor.

Mechanic 7

You can hide behind the walls with your ranged weapons peeking out so cultists will not attack even if you damage them.

Mechanic 8

When playing on multiplayer, the first floor will put a bunch of Cultists on the first wave, but they are super weak and can die from a singular Rifle headshot.

Trivia

Fact 1

The Deer does not spawn if players are inside the Cultist Stronghold, whether the deer is hungry or not.

Fact 2

The deer can be lured inside the Cultist Stronghold if the player purposefully attempts to do so.

Fact 3

If the deer appears inside the stronghold, players can go up to the second floor as the deer cannot climb the spiraling staircase.

Fact 4

The Cultist Experiment and Cultist Prototype have no other use but to be deposited into the Crafting bench.

Fact 5

The Cultist Stronghold can be raided infinitely.

Fact 6

There is a bug for higher difficulty levels where, after killing a certain number of cultists on the 3rd floor, the remaining alive cultists disappear, and the prize room is unlocked.