R'1yeh

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R'1yeh is a plane that intersects several different planes of existence at various points. It is confusing to walk around in, since the surroundings keep changing in an as-yet-undetermined pattern. Sometimes reality twists back on itself, and you will see the same square duplicated several times. (Visit the Green Chamber for a striking example...you'll see what I mean.)

Because R'1yeh intersects with other planes, you can step to various locations in more conventional space from within R'1yeh. Once you leave R'1yeh, however, you cannot get back except through the one known entrance (see below). Talismans cannot be enchanted in R'1yeh.

Note: This was the "boon" granted to Cthu1hu for winning the Map Contest.

1 How to get here
2 Dangers
- 2.1 Exits
3 Things to Do
4 Locations of Interest
- 4.1 Black Beach
5 Shortest Routes

How to get here

Sail to 29E 144S DSSGCM. You'll notice that GPS does not work on this square. From here, sail one square east, one north, one west. You should then see the Black Beach to the south. Once you set foot (or keel) on 29E 144S, summon stones and blank talismans no longer work and will not until you leave.

NOTE This appears to have changed. You can now see a bridge from 29 144. Once you step on it, you're away into R1'yeh and can't get back out. Phw

Yeah, I build that bridge, it cuts down on ship movement, but it traps you. So don't go into r1'yeh unless you want to.--Hamelin 15:22, 13 October 2007 (BST)

If, for any reason, you find yourself trapped in R1'yeh's loopy aura and wish to sail back out again, try reversing the sequence above until you get to a spot of ocean that has GPS.

Note that if you have a survey vessel, you can see R1'yeh but not enter it unless you start from 29 -144. Phw

From the Black Beach, the Hall is to the East. Curiously, the Black Beach is then to the East of the Hall. Your troubles are just beginning.

Dangers

The biggest danger is losing your sanity. It does not appear that R'1yeh has any native monsters, although sometimes monsters from one of the adjacent planes will be visible and attackable.

On my visit I found a Flying Spaghetti Monster and a Road Runner lurking in the corners. Flt 09:27, 12 April 2007 (BST)

Were these on the aforementioned adjacent planes? If so, there's no point in noting it. Random4518 11:43, 12 April 2007 (BST)

Not sure about the Road Runner. The FSM definitely was inside. Flt 12:19, 12 April 2007 (BST)

There are very occasional visible monsters between R'1yeh locations (like Flt's FSM and an Undine that I saw myself). Sometimes some Earthworms or Dragons may be around from Cans of Worms/Wyrms. But for the most part, the halls of R'1yeh are crawling with invisible monsters: mainly Mists, but also the odd Dark Mist, Ghost, and Hungry Ghost. Note that the prevalence of Mists oddly enough makes R'1yeh an excellent place to train Pets if you can see invisible monsters. -Stelio 22:12, 25 April 2007 (BST)

Exits

Some may find it useful to list the locations that are not a part of R'1yeh, which will teleport you off of this place and back to another location.

Ancient Castle -- from Vault of Despair
The Arena -- from Nameless
Astral Plane -- from Passage
Barbelith (Random Barbelith Square) -- from Dark Hall
Brighthelm (Badlands, 50E 44S DSSGCM) -- from Carved Walls
Cloud Land (Cloud, probably 57E 421N) -- Blasphemous Garden & Observatory
Smelly Pete's Dungeon -- from Wailing Gallery
Frozen North (Ice Floe in the Northern Ocean - 40E 180N DSSGCM) -- from Chamber
The Gauntlet -- from Coffee Lounge & Phantasms, at the beginning, possibly the same gauntlet
Hall of Mirrors (inaccessible, but appears to be an exit) -- from Gallery
Isle of Fright (Valley, 39E 53S DSSGCM) -- from Statue Room
Kansas (Garden) -- from Eldritch Stuff
KOT Morgue (Morgue) -- from Anteroom
Limbo -- from Fish Heads Room
The Origin (0,0) -- from Vault
Oz (Graveyard, 80E 279S DSSGCM - a few squares north of Los Laputas) -- from Vestibule
Retirement Village (103E 23N DSSGCM) -- from Altar
Sewers (Mud - dead end) -- from Cell
Space -- from Cyclopean Chamber & Green Chamber
Space Station -- from Slimy Passage
Standing Stone I -- from Vault of Secrets
Stew Pot - from Hidden Chamber
Temple of Love (Road, 8E 95N DSSGCM) -- from Stair
Thieves Forest - from Green Stone Passage
Vashka's Ice Cream Van -- from Cyclopean Stair
Vault K11 -- from Loft

Once you've entered R1'yeh from the ocean it seems impossible to leave via the way you came in. Furthermore, making a bridge from the black beach back to the regular ocean is impossible (I tried).

Things to Do

Transport to various locations, as listed above.
Marvel at the warping of Space-Time required to maintain R'1yeh.
Attempt to find an extant passage to the Hall of Mirrors (visible only from Gallery).
Try to find the Blasphamous Garden and the Eldritch Machine that it contains.

Locations of Interest

According to Elseware, R'1yeh has 40 distinct rooms. They are:

Black Beach

A completely black beach. Landing point. Entrance to R'1yeh proper, technically not one of the rooms.

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Shortest Routes

Despite R'1yeh's non-euclidean construction, it appears to be held stable by some force. This means that it is amenable to mapping, although not in the graphable sense. Assuming that you wish to reach the blasphemous garden, this route from the hall should get you there relatively quickly --Rackmount 14:17, 17 December 2006 (GMT)

Hall -> Anteroom -> Cyclopean Chamber -> Darkness -> Hidden Chamber -> Vault of Secrets -> Altar -> Coffee Lounge -> Cyclopean Stair -> Phantasms -> Eldritch Stuff -> Tomb -> Crawling Things -> Green Stone Passage -> Carved Walls -> Statue Room -> Observatory -> Cell -> Library -> Nameless -> Bas-relief Passage -> Echoing Place -> Blasphemous Garden.