
Dungeon Crawler Carl
134 facts through Bk 8 · Ch 1
Earth is razed by the Borant Corporation; the surviving humans (and a few other species) compete in a galaxy-broadcast dungeon-crawl reality show. Carl, a Coast Guard veteran caught outside in his boxers and Crocs at the moment of the apocalypse, descends with his ex-girlfriend's now-sapient tortoiseshell Persian cat, Princess Donut.
The tracker
- Bk 1 48 ch · read
- Bk 2 26 ch · read
- Bk 3 35 ch · read
- Bk 4 35 ch · read
- Bk 5 78 ch · read
- Bk 6 73 ch · read
- Bk 7 88 ch · read
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Carl & Princess Donut
- ItemBronze Adventurer BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Entry-tier general-supply loot box
loot boxbronze - ItemBronze Pet BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Entry-tier pet-supply loot box
loot boxbronze - ItemBronze Weapon BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Entry-tier weapon loot box
loot boxbronze - ItemEnchanted Nightgaunt Cloak of StoutnessBk 1 · Ch 5
+4 Constitution; poison + ice resistance; Anti-Piercing applies to all worn armor
equipment - ItemEnchanted Toe Ring of the Splatter SkunkBk 1 · Ch 5
+3 Strength; +3 levels to Powerful Strike skill
equipment - ItemEnchanted Trollskin Shirt of PummelingBk 1 · Ch 5
+7 Regeneration; negates Stun, Knockback, Disarm, Out-of-Breath
equipment - ItemEnhanced Pet BiscuitBk 1 · Ch 5
Over 100 possible random effects when fed to a pet (half good, rest neutral or bad)
consumable - ItemGoblin DynamiteBk 1 · Ch 5
Volatile incendiary
equipment - ItemGoblin PassBk 1 · Ch 5
Removes goblin auto-hostility; +20% damage from fairy-class mobs
equipment - ItemGold Apparel BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Gold-tier apparel loot box
loot boxgold - ItemGold Shoe BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Gold-tier footwear loot box
loot boxgold - ItemLegendary Pet BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Legendary-tier pet-supply loot box
loot boxlegendary - ItemSilver Adventurer BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Mid-tier general-supply loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemSilver Goblin BoxBk 1 · Ch 5
Goblin-themed silver loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemPrincess Donut's TiaraBk 1 · Ch 7
Grants +5 Intelligence and +5 to the Good First Impression skill. All Donut's attacks (including Magic Missile) have a 15% chance to infl...
- ItemTalisman of the Slate ButterflyBk 1 · Ch 9
+1 Intelligence; +4 levels to Light on Your Feet
equipment - ItemGold Crowd Control BoxBk 1 · Ch 11
Gold-tier crowd-control loot box
loot boxgold - ItemHobgoblin PusBk 1 · Ch 17
Plastic high explosive; magical detonator required
equipment - ItemGold Asshole's BoxBk 1 · Ch 19
Gold-tier 'jerk achievement' loot box
loot boxgold - ItemGold Looter BoxBk 1 · Ch 19
Gold-tier appraisal loot box
loot boxgold - ItemEnchanted War Gauntlet of the Exalted GrullBk 1 · Ch 25
Stat bonuses apply in fist mode. Adds 2 Iron Punch levels and 1 Powerful Strike level. 2% stun chance per successful hit. Does not negate...
equipment - ItemGold Brawler BoxBk 1 · Ch 25
Gold-tier melee-combat loot box
loot boxgold - ItemPlatinum Shoe BoxBk 1 · Ch 30
Platinum-tier footwear loot box
loot boxplatinum - ItemSilver Mechanic's BoxBk 1 · Ch 30
Silver-tier crafting loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemCarl's Jug O' BoomBk 1 · Ch 32
Incendiary tossable (Carl-named molotov variant)
- ItemRev-Up Immunity SmoothieBk 1 · Ch 34
Immunity to health-seeping debuffs + communicable diseases; Buzzed debuff (CHA +3, DEX −1, Shaky Cam, Truth Serum)
- ItemEnchanted BigBoi BoxersBk 1 · Ch 35
+2 Constitution; carries the Protective Shell spell
equipment - ItemEnchanted Fur Brush of the EcclesiasticBk 1 · Ch 35
+2 Constitution for 30 hours, granted by 10-minute nightly brushing
equipment - ItemKrakaren Boss BoxBk 1 · Ch 35
Silver-tier boss loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemEnchanted Repeating Crossbow of the Scavenger Mother of MothersBk 1 · Ch 39
Buffet enchant (infinite stock ammo), female-only wielder, +1.5x strength-and-level damage scaling vs standard crossbow, +15 Dex / +10 Str when wielded
- ItemPlatinum Lucky Bastard BoxBk 1 · Ch 39
Platinum-tier 'lucky survival' loot box
loot boxplatinum - ItemSilver Earth BoxBk 2 · Ch 2
Earth-culture incentive loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemBig Top TicketBk 2 · Ch 4
Grants safe passage through Grimaldi's Traveling Circus public areas — except the three rings
- ItemEarth Hobby PotionBk 2 · Ch 5
Grants a random Level-3 Earth-based hobby skill on consumption
- ItemEnchanted Anklet of the Fallen OakBk 2 · Ch 6
+1 Dexterity, +1 Constitution, +3 Double Tap skill
- ItemEnchanted Fang Caps of the Expectorating TizherukBk 2 · Ch 13
+50% bite melee damage, 25% Poison L5 proc, 10% Paralyzed L5 proc
- ItemGold Fan BoxBk 2 · Ch 13
Gold-tier fan-voted loot box
loot boxgold - ItemPlatinum Quest BoxBk 2 · Ch 13
Platinum-tier quest-reward loot box
loot boxplatinum - ItemHobgoblin Hob-LobberBk 2 · Ch 16
Fused variant (lit fuse, more stable) and impact-enchanted variant (more dangerous in inventory but no fuse needed)
- ItemXisteraBk 2 · Ch 17
Inventory-summoned items can be pushed directly into the scoop for slinging at ~250 mph
- ItemBronze Assassin's BoxBk 2 · Ch 22
Bronze-tier assassination-achievement box
loot boxbronze - ItemPlatinum Tyrant's BoxBk 2 · Ch 22
Platinum-tier conquest loot box
loot boxplatinum - ItemSilver Quest BoxBk 2 · Ch 22
Silver-tier quest-reward loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemSheol Glass Reaper CaseBk 2 · Ch 23
Sheol Glass Reaper Case Protection
- ItemCarl's Doomsday ScenarioBk 2 · Ch 25
Unstable custom explosive — city-leveling yield, status Explosion Imminent (3 in 10⁷), cannot be re-stabilized
- ItemTrain Conductor's Souvenir HatBk 3 · Ch 1
Acts as a portal key — equipping it lets any crawler pass the Abyss Gate at Station 436 and reach the trainyard
- ItemBronze Boss BoxBk 3 · Ch 2
Bronze-tier boss loot box (Carl's share)
loot boxbronze - ItemEnchanted Auto Buckler of the Peach PitBk 3 · Ch 2
Forms a metallic buckler on wrist-snap command — Shatter enchantment, 1.5% per-attack disarm chance with a 90/5/5% drop/break/inventory-transfer split
- ItemEnchanted Necklace of the Haute BourgeoisieBk 3 · Ch 2
Per-settlement gem grants stat bonuses + skill grants + a 10-day recurring tax stipend if the holder still controls that settlement at collapse
- ItemBattery FabricatorBk 3 · Ch 4
Dwarven automaton-factory device that recharges spent batteries from mana potions
- ItemBronze Crafter's BoxBk 3 · Ch 4
Bronze-tier crafting loot box
loot boxbronze - ItemEnchanted Mongoliensis SaddleBk 3 · Ch 7
+15% to Donut's offensive spell damage and anti-piercing resistance while mounted; +20% Constitution and +20% melee damage on Mongo while occupied
equipment - ItemPlatinum Fan BoxBk 3 · Ch 7
Platinum-tier fan-voted loot box
loot boxplatinum - ItemThe Dungeon Anarchist's CookbookBk 3 · Ch 7
Curated chapters of potions, explosives, traps, monster weaknesses, mob/system shortcuts, and free-form per-edition notes
- ItemGold Engineering BoxBk 3 · Ch 11
Gold-tier engineering-achievement box
loot boxgold - ItemBronze Benefactor BoxBk 3 · Ch 13
Bronze-tier sponsor loot box
loot boxbronze - ItemValtay Neural EnhancerBk 3 · Ch 13
Permanent interface upgrade — Identify and Analyze Subspace Portals; flags compatible keys in inventory; one-way Visual Analysis where access is granted
- ItemPlatinum Big Daddy BoxBk 3 · Ch 14
Platinum-tier slaughter-achievement box
loot boxplatinum - ItemPrism Industries Capacitating and Focusing GogglesBk 3 · Ch 15
Heat vision + dark-vision enhancement + ocular-spell capacitor — focuses Magic Missile into a four-shot laser that can chain-charge
- ItemSeize the Day ToothpasteBk 3 · Ch 15
Five applications — each applies a 30-hour boss-damage buff (+3× normal bosses, +4× Province/Country/Floor bosses); must be applied in a saferoom
- ItemNight Wyrm's Ring of Divine SufferingBk 3 · Ch 19
+5% to all stats; grants the Marked for Death skill — a faction-wars-tier murder-tracker
- ItemEnchanted Wrestling Belt of the Great GorgoBk 3 · Ch 25
+5% Strength, +5% Constitution, grants the Avalanche benefit — body-impact damage counts as 2x the wielder's mass while moving
- ItemPlatinum Slam Master BoxBk 3 · Ch 25
Platinum-tier grappling-achievement box
loot boxplatinum - ItemEnchanted Shade Gnoll Riot Forces Crowd Control ShieldBk 3 · Ch 29
Grants 5% Constitution, five Rooted in Place levels, and converts Rush into the five-minute cone attack Crowd Blast
- ItemEnchanted Shade Gnoll Riot Forces Telescoping Crowd Control BatonBk 3 · Ch 29
Auto-casts level-5 Cone of Knockback against groups of 10+ similar mobs — 5-minute cooldown; telescopes 25cm to 3m
- ItemThe Bolt of OphiotaurusBk 3 · Ch 29
Functions as a regular crossbow bolt — except on a successful eye-strike to a deity, where it pauses the god's invulnerability for 15 seconds
- ItemMap of the StarsBk 3 · Ch 34
City-Boss kill reward — populates the map with named-boss locations and descriptions in a large radius around the wielder
- ItemEnchanted Toe Ring of the Leprous BanditBk 4 · Ch 2
Two-benefit toe ring — almost legendary-tier value per Mordecai; ranks just below the Kimaris Figure and the Ring of Divine Suffering in Carl's inventory at acquisition
- ItemLegendary Deity's BoxBk 4 · Ch 2
Legendary-tier deity-survival loot box
loot boxlegendary - ItemPawna's TearsBk 4 · Ch 2
Permanently raises one chosen spell or skill by +5 levels — chooser's pick, no time pressure, no shelf life
- ItemPlatinum Spicy BoxBk 4 · Ch 2
Platinum-tier consolation loot box
loot boxplatinum - ItemThe Royal ChariotBk 4 · Ch 4
Carl-and-Katia engineering-table fabrication — snowmobile-style treaded rear, two rubber-tired front wheels, single-gear dwarfish train-cart battery engine, two-seat configuration
- ItemThe Gate of the Feral GodsBk 4 · Ch 9
Three pieces — winding box (Mad Dune Mage's lab), mirror-twin watch (Commandant Kane), mirror-twin watch (Henrik) — must be in proximity for the gate to fire
- ItemMysterious Pocket WatchBk 4 · Ch 10
Pair of Gate of the Feral Gods artefact pieces — one watch held by Henrik (Hump Town side), one by Commandant Kane (Wasteland side); a third winding box held by the Mad Dune Mage completes the set
- ItemSilver Boss BoxBk 4 · Ch 11
Silver-tier boss loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemSilver Fan BoxBk 4 · Ch 11
Silver-tier fan-voted loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemGold Makeup Sex is the Best Sex BoxBk 4 · Ch 13
Gold-tier crudely-named achievement box
loot boxgold - ItemSilver Skydiver's BoxBk 4 · Ch 13
Silver-tier fall-survival loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemHobgoblin Disco BallBk 4 · Ch 18
Heavy multi-hued smoke billows that conceal movement and respond to light frequency — blinds all creatures in the cloud, including the caster
- ItemSilver Pacifist's BoxBk 4 · Ch 23
Silver-tier sponsor-milestone box
loot boxsilver - ItemDrakea's Enchanted Kerchief of DisorderBk 4 · Ch 28
+5 Detect Traps, level-15 Tripper spell (item-based, 5-hour cooldown), Remote Detonator benefit
- ItemEnchanted Anarchist's Battle RattleBk 4 · Ch 28
Compatible upgrade-patch slots — every patch sewn on adds +1 to all stats on top of the base; eligible Back Patch slot doubles the total benefit
- ItemPotion of Dinosaur RepellentBk 4 · Ch 28
Makes a marauding dinosaur pack eat the drinker last; lasts a full thirty hours, with a description vague on exactly how it works
- ItemSilver Summary Judgement BoxBk 4 · Ch 28
Silver-tier legal-victory loot box
loot boxsilver - ItemRockard's Ring of SnipingBk 4 · Ch 32
Ripe marks creatures below half health on the map; Pathfinder extends its usefulness for sniping
- ItemOIPAN Platinum Benefactor BoxBk 4 · Ch 34
Platinum-tier sponsor emergency box
loot boxplatinum - ItemPlatinum Venison BoxBk 5 · Ch 1
Platinum-tier reward loot box
loot boxplatinum - ItemPlatinum Asshole's BoxBk 5 · Ch 6
Platinum-tier mass-casualty achievement box
loot boxplatinum - ItemHunter-Killer BoxBk 5 · Ch 8
Loot box awarded for killing hunters on Floor 6 — Carl banks thirty-four of them from the Zockau massacre alone
- ItemHunting TrophyBk 5 · Ch 8
The severed hand of a slain hunter, awarded as a trophy for hunter kills
- ItemJust Wait Until Your Daddy Gets HomeBk 5 · Ch 9
A high-yield thermobaric wheeled bomb that also imbues Fear within its blast radius — a much bigger-yield cousin of Carl's barrel explosives
- ItemEnchanted Collar Charm of the Effete BourgeoisieBk 5 · Ch 11
Upgrading it requires first conquering an Extra-Large settlement; an upgrade also upgrades every gem already set in it
- ItemFail SafeBk 5 · Ch 11
A trap add-on mod that notifies its owner if the trap it's attached to is ever disabled or set off — Carl gets a pack of twenty from a Trapmaster box
- ItemTrapmaster BoxBk 5 · Ch 11
Trap-specialist loot box
loot box - ItemGood Mana RefillBk 5 · Ch 14
A hunter-carried mana-restore potion — Carl loots thirty of them (alongside thirty Good Health Potions) off the downed yenk hunter Bravvo, a consumable he hadn't encountered before
- ItemArrow of Enthusiastic Double GonorrheaBk 5 · Ch 15
An ordinary arrow whose tip is dipped in a poison that inflicts the incurable affliction Enthusiastic Double Gonorrhea — non-lethal, agonizing, and curable only by self-mutilation or passing it to someone else
- ItemHunter-Territory MapBk 5 · Ch 15
A crude colored-pencil map of the Hunting Grounds drawn on the back of a Canadian diner's kids' menu, looted off the Dream Hunter Arwick — segmented into faction sections
- ItemLevitation PotionBk 5 · Ch 22
Lets the drinker stand and walk on empty air as if on solid glass, with an interface slider to raise or lower altitude; lasts about sixty seconds per dose
- ItemMajor CharlieBk 5 · Ch 22
A Mordecai-brewed Intelligence-boost potion — pushes Carl's INT past 30 and roughly triples his Ping spell's reach for the duration
- ItemEnchanted Obsidian Bracelet of the Raggle RouserBk 5 · Ch 23
Provides one level-10 Fireball cast every twenty minutes
- ItemEnchanted Venomous Elven Rock Chucker ContraptionBk 5 · Ch 24
A light, field-built trebuchet of the Dream's mounted artillerists — grown from poisonous bamboo via a Bamboozeled cast plus druid magic, then lashed together with a sling and spare parts to hurl loads around 300 kg
- ItemCredit ChitBk 5 · Ch 25
A descriptionless, credit-card-like token looted off a Skull Empire orc — apparent hunter/orc currency that doesn't surface in the normal loot list
- ItemSummoning TrapBk 5 · Ch 25
A trap type that calls in reinforcements when triggered — fielded in defensive belts alongside silent-alarm traps to harden an approach
- ItemRecycled TrapBk 5 · Ch 28
When triggered, summons two random town guards or minions from the current floor to the trap's location; misfires if the owner controls no minions or town
- ItemSlippery SlopeBk 5 · Ch 29
A trap that causes its victim to slip and fall — sited near water to drop the target in
- ItemGold Apostate BoxBk 5 · Ch 36
Gold-tier heresy-achievement box
loot boxgold - ItemGold Ranged Weapon BoxBk 5 · Ch 36
Gold achievement box from "That's not how you use arrows, dumbass."
loot box - ItemGold Spicy BoxBk 5 · Ch 36
Gold-tier gag box from "This little piggy made a boom boom!"
loot box - ItemGold Benefactor BoxBk 5 · Ch 41
Gold-tier sponsor loot box
loot boxgold - ItemGet it All Back PotionBk 5 · Ch 57
A black, bubbling potion that removes any effects of Scolopendra's Transmutation spell — the same magic that turned the ursine mothers into the mongoliensis pack and the child Tina into an allosaurus
- ItemMemorial CrystalBk 5 · Ch 69
A small, colourless, intensely glittering gem created when a god or demigod falls — it stores god-tier spells and knowledge, released only by charging it through kills while it is worn as jewellery or installed on weapon or armour
- ItemCrown of the Sepsis WhoreBk 5 · Ch 78
A cursed crown — a returning early-Book item — that the dying Eva Sigrid jammed onto Katia's head at the Floor-6 close, binding Katia's and Donut's succession so that only one of the two may leave the ninth floor for the tenth
- ItemCelestial Predator BoxBk 6 · Ch 2
Celestial-tier apex-kill loot box
loot boxcelestial - ItemEnchanted Nipple Ring of the Superior Fire Demon's Hand MaidenBk 6 · Ch 2
Allows removal of cursed items; grants immunity to natural fire and lava, resistance to fire-based spells, zero health loss while inside Sheol, and a boost to all fire-attack spell damage scaled to the wearer's Intelligence
- ItemGold Pacifist's BoxBk 6 · Ch 2
Gold achievement box from "Pacifist!" — surviving an entire floor without hurting a single mob
loot box - ItemThe Scavenger's DaughterBk 6 · Ch 3
As a divine item it gains and loses extra powers depending on proximity to deities and demons, and it adds a Soul Essence bar plus a deity-proximity alert to Carl's interface; the minor Climb benefit rounds it out
- ItemSpunky Jefferson the Enchanted Nickel Sock of the Elderly MiserBk 6 · Ch 64
An incremental-damage weapon — +1.5% damage per qualifying kill (standing at +238.5%), +10 Dexterity plus 10%, a 5% chance to inflict Bonked, and a 20% chance that anything it kills bursts into gold coins scaled to its level and inventory
- ItemThe Eye of the Bedlam BrideBk 6 · Ch 71
The tattoo makes the Shi Maria bond outlast the card itself — when Donut rips the Shi Maria totem after the battle, the spider goddess remains a permanent passenger in Carl's mind and body, her delivery-to-Larracos quest still active
- ItemCelestial Heavy Metal BoxBk 7 · Ch 2
Celestial-tier achievement box from "Touched by a Demon!"
loot boxcelestial - ItemGold I Have the Conch BoxBk 7 · Ch 2
Gold achievement box from "Lord of the Flies!"
loot box - ItemGold Pet BoxBk 7 · Ch 2
Gold achievement box from the unhinged "Used Pet!" achievement
loot box - ItemLegendary Spicy BoxBk 7 · Ch 2
Legendary-tier gag loot box from the "Unbirthing!" achievement
loot boxlegendary - ItemLoot Punch CardBk 7 · Ch 2
Reward card from the "Celestial Loot!" achievement for picking a Celestial item up off the floor
- ItemPlatinum Tserendolgor BoxBk 7 · Ch 2
Platinum achievement box from "Chickenshit Exploit!"
loot boxplatinum - ItemPlatinum To Hell in a Handbasket BoxBk 7 · Ch 3
Platinum box shaped like a demon head, awarded for looking at Amayon
loot boxplatinum - ItemThe Cloak of the Benevolent ChampionBk 7 · Ch 3
A unique Celestial cloak — the first Celestial item ever awarded in this season, originally given in a third-floor Celestial Quest Box — looted from the dead champion Quan Ch and inherited by Donut, whose benefits auto-tailor to the wearer and cannot be shared
- ItemThe Tiara of a Thousand LightsBk 7 · Ch 3
A unique tiara gifted to Donut by a mysterious new sponsor, paired with a Charge Pillow — imbued with ninety-nine Absorption Jewels, granting a flat Charisma bonus and the ability to permanently bank up to ninety-nine buffs drained from other hat-slot items
- ItemEnchanted Toe Ring of the Well-BalancedBk 7 · Ch 4
Simple silver toe ring carrying three level-5 Balance skills; must be worn on the left pinky toe
- ItemReaper Spider Merchant PatchBk 7 · Ch 4
Small die-cut upgrade patch depicting a traveling Reaper Spider Minion merchant laden with wicker baskets
- ItemThe Party PlannerBk 7 · Ch 6
A roughly fifty-foot silver tilt-rotor stealth light bomber — a "Casket in the Sky"-class airship won by Louis Santiago 2 from a Celestial loot box, powered by a silver-encased soul crystal, with a five-crew bomb bay that adds half again to any bomb's yield
- ItemNecklace of Indelible WoeBk 7 · Ch 32
Necklace Of Indelible Woe Effect
- ItemThe Waffle MakerBk 7 · Ch 54
A thermos-sized, self-contained thermobaric charge of Carl's design that incinerates everything within roughly a hundred meters — the punch of the wheeled Just Wait Until Your Daddy Gets Home without its Fear effect, miniaturized; the AI supplied the name
- ItemThe Enchanted Hairbrush of the BeefmasterBk 7 · Ch 56
Solid gold with a jeweled handle, it screams like a cheering arena crowd while in use and shouts for an encore for two minutes whenever the brushing stops
- ItemLegendary Lucky Bitch BoxBk 7 · Ch 57
Legendary box for surviving a self-detonated blast on god-tier immortality alone
loot box - ItemLucky Shot PatchBk 7 · Ch 57
A patch of a bare foot crushing four-leaf clovers, from the Legendary Lucky Bitch Box — it deflects one fatal blow per floor into the body of a party member instead, so Carl buries it unworn in his inventory
- ItemPlatinum Have You Goddamned Figured Out How To Use This In Conjunction With the Fucking Voodoo Book Yet? Jesus Christ I Can Only Help You So Much BoxBk 7 · Ch 57
Platinum box for killing an opponent with a borrowed skill or spell
loot box