| Last updated: Exalt Version 2.1.0.0 (Oct 2021) |
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The Snake Pit is a low-medium level dungeon. Enemies found in this dungeon have moderate amounts of health and can be particularly strong and dangerous in groups. This dungeon is intended for medium level players.
This dungeon is an easy source of Potions of Speed. It also is the main source of the Snake Oil consumable, two fairly weak untiered items, the rare Wand of the Bulwark, Snake Chamer Pungi, two pieces of the Acidified Assassin ST set, and a unique assassin and pet skin.
Entrances to the Snake Pit are dropped commonly from the Medusa and certain Highland enemies.
This dungeon must be completed to earn the ‘Tunnel Rat’ fame bonus.
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The Snake Pit was previously a temple used long ago by church leaders for communion with the gods. Left to rot when Oryx took over, hundreds of serpents throughout the realm took refuge in the cracked stone walls. |
The Snake Pit Key is available in the Nexus for 50 
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See the Snake Pit Guide for a complete walk-through on the dungeon and all its enemies.
The dungeon consists of a series of circular rooms linked by hallways that are filled in with easily destructible brown blocks. Each room has simple brown floor tiles, many of them cracked, and brown walls with red and blue drawings. Scattered throughout each room are indestructible Snake Grate tiles which will continually spawn Pit Snakes and Pit Vipers.
There are always 5 rooms between the starting room and boss room.
There is a chance that at least one treasure room (described below) will appear in a Snake Pit instance.
Treasure Rooms of the Snake Pit have a shape that is easily recognizable from the circular rooms otherwise found throughout the dungeon. At the top of the room, a red button is found, and when stepped on, the otherwise peaceful room reveals itself as a trap.
Upon stepping on the button, arrows begin firing from the walls that inflict Bleeding status, and the Snakepit Guard is released. The Snakepit Guard will follow the player(s) slowly and will not move out of the top of the treasure room until Phase 2. When it reaches its second phase, it will start moving between the top and bottom of the treasure room, shooting Dazing stars near the button and exit, alongside shots and bombs to its sides. The Snakepit Guard’s drops are similar to those of Stheno, the boss of the Snake Pit, with some differences.
 Brown Python |
 Fire Python |
 Greater Pit Snake |
 Greater Pit Viper |
 Pit Snake |
 Pit Viper |
 Stheno Pet |
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 Stheno Swarm |
 Yellow Python |
The Snake Pit is part of the Standard Quest pool from The Tinkerer and has two associated quests, including a scout quest.
| Name | Description | Items Needed | Reward |
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| Scout the Pit | Scout the Snake Pit and report back here! |  |
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| The Snake Queen | Defeat Stheno in the Snake Pit. | |
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All enemies found in this dungeon cannot follow you through a one tile gap; so if you break only one tile in-between rooms, no enemies from the previous room will follow you.
In Exalt Version 1.1.0.0 (Sep 2020), this dungeon recieved a major overhaul, reworking most (if not all) of its content. For information on the original Snake Pit, see Snake Pit (Original).
