House Warming Deep Mine Spoilers Ahead, Don't click if you want to be surprised!

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What's this bat statue in the mines and what do you do with it?
It requires 20 batwings to be applied to the statue, which then starts to glow and release smoke. There's a significant wait time before it drops a batwing glider that is reminiscent of horror film villains like the creeper from Jeeper Creepers, man-bat from DC/Dr Morbius from Marvel. Do not leave before the glider drops.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872665508

Here's the glider in action. I did say "I AM BATMAN" the first couple times when using this on the surface...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872665602

As for that late night mine warning, here's what it looks like as it gets started. I didn't stick around for much after the mines went toxic. Also, the map starts shaking and making rumbling noises as you get closer and closer to 12 am, starting at 11 PM as a warning. Not sure if you take damage if using a vehicle, but I got buffered around on the batwing glider. Pretty sure though that there's no way to escape the damage. You're screwed if you're far away from the mine entrance at the time as damage builds fast. Also, the elevator tripped out for me when I first tried to leave as the controls were missing and I was taking damage in the elevator. I exited and re-entered and it was back to normal and I stopped taking damage in the elevator. That was anxiety driving.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2872666014

There's also a new glowing flying bug that's stands out like a green firefly, you need the bug net to catch it. It's found all of the time all year round in the mines. I guess there aren't any actual seasons down there.

In addition to the glow bug there's a deep sea fish that looks like an angler fish. Bloody difficult to see in the mine water, so you need the fish book. Like all fish it needs a fishing rod to catch. Make sure your area you're fishing from is clear as you cannot defend yourself from various animals when fishing.

Quarts is now found in the mines, but it looks like tin from a distance for me.

[Zenchance]

Thanks so much for the warning, another reason for cowards (me!) to hate the mines, lol! I'm sure a lot of other folks love it, and I've seen some complain it ain't dangerous (hard) enough, but I'm stayin outa there once I get my bug and fish.

[Zeesha]

I'm not so sure how I feel about the new damage in the mines. Pretty much I just liked exploring down there and never managed to get to the 'edge' of the map for example. Tried a couple of times now and I don't get really all that far in before it's time to go. Guess super slow explorer be me.

Also, there's always trash down there now and it doesn't seem to reset properly. It's starting to run slow.

Do like the idea of the glider and in all this time I've only gotten up to... a whopping 9 bat wings. So I guess I'll keep trying to get a glider then go back to before when the game was released and blow off the mines again.

It's because people were hauling up massive amounts of rubies after hours? Why not just make them go invis or something late at night? Dunno, perhaps that's not a great answer for some reason. Only gone over a couple of times but am pretty sure the super determined can keep mining down there with lots of food. So not so sure it's accomplishing what it should be or do I have it wrong on why it's going toxic?

[GameOverRIP]

Saw those statues but can't interact with them. How did you work out it requires bat wings? All i got from a google search was that the statuettes you can buy from someone require 1 of them and bat wings are needed for the glider.

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Originally posted by GameOverRIP:

Saw those statues but can't interact with them. How did you work out it requires bat wings?

I saw a preview video of a beta tester. Also, if you walk up to it, it prompts you.