Sunken Tombs Returns
A 3D adaptation of Sunken Tombs from Risk of Rain 1, added to RoR2 as a Stage 4 map. Also includes a Simulacrum variant!
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Sunken Tombs Returns
A 3D adaptation of Sunken Tombs from the original Risk of Rain! Although it was originally a stage 3 map, this version is a stage 4 map instead. It has a similar layout: tall-ish, mostly underwater with a small above-water layer at the top.
The visuals were specifically based on the map's appearance in Risk of Rain Returns, hence the name, but there's also a few details that aren't really in either version. Hopefully it still feels familiar despite that.
This is not the mod that changes Void Locus to a stage 5 map!! If you're looking for that one, you can find it here.
Monster Cage
Instead of a legendary chest, there's a cage hidden in a random spot in the map. Open it to fight a monster and get a free legendary item, which is dropped next to the cage after it's defeated.
Simulacrum
Sunken Tomb also comes with a Void replication, exclusive to SotV's Simulacrum gamemode. It has a few extra geysers and some vertical lifts (like the ones in Repurposed Crater) to help with getting around. It also has Mini Mushrums instead of Hermit Crabs.
Other Features
- Uses Sunken Tombs' music from the original game! Specifically, the Returns remasters:
- Chris Christodoulou - 25 3°N 91 7°E
- Chris Christodoulou - Hailstorm
- Category chests and triple shops are more common than on other stages (because the map is so blue that regular chests are sometimes easy to miss..,)
- Config options
- Sunken Tombs: Enabled (true/false)
- Simulacrum Variant: Enabled, Enabled on Stage 1 (true/false)
- Underwater music muffling (true/false - disabled by default)
- Modded enemy toggles
- Modded enemies can appear if their respective mod is enabled
- EnemiesReturns: Sand Crab
- Colossus does not appear in the stage by default but can be enabled via config settings
- Clay Man
Bugs / Issues
Please let me know on GitHub and/or Discord (@worms / @ry6240) if you encounter any issues with the map. Also feel free to message me if you have suggestions or other feedback!
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: