Vulcanic Heights

Note: This page is about Dream Game.

Vulcanic Heights is one of the seven surface dreams in Dream Game. It is a large, cylindrical volcano with multiple rocks sticking out of the side which conveniently are flattened, creating a parkour course to reach the various doors littered about it's sides. There are Arrow Traps sprinkled throughout the parkour section of this dream, which are linked to the pressure plate in front of them, which blends in with the platform. If you touch the pressure plate, they will shoot an arrow out, which will fling you massively and deal moderate damage. The traps can be netted with any net, and will give you a bunny. This dream is known especially for the 3 depth dreams that are linked to it, the Xigeris Fire, and the Pumpkin Gate.

Overall, this dream is a rather hit-or-miss in terms of usefulness. The Xigeris Fire is linked to 5, although you'll need the Guardia in Exile hat from Bloxen first. All four of the depth dreams (being Owl, BallRoom, Coming Storm and Secret Shop) are much, much smaller than every other dream in the game, and feature usually only one purpose. The Owl dream's purpose is to award the Surefire Slingshot temporarily (which has now since been removed), the BallRoom dream's purpose is to obtain more ammo for the Surefire Slingshot, the Coming Storm dream.. well, the Coming Storm dream's purpose is still unknown. It's very likely that the Coming Storm dream is an exception, but that requires further information, and the Secret Shop's purpose is to buy overpowered weapons. It also features the Pumpkin Gate, which is needed for the Shiny Net.

Depth Dream Orb Locations
The Owl dream is in the uppermost depth dream orb, inside of the tower with the Xigeris Fire on the top, the Ball dream is in a crevice at an intersection in the parkour, next to the sledgehammer, the Coming Storm dream is hidden in the walls of the small lake inside, and the Secret Shop is on the acid lake under the inside part of the mountain which can be entered trough a hole in the side of the mountain, shown in order from top to bottom.



Mysterious Sledgehammer
There is a very large sledgehammer to the left of the Ball dream orb, held down by three stone bars. Interacting with the sledgehammer shows a Hint that Nashatra can't take it out. It's unknown what the purpose of the sledgehammer is, or if it has one, but it is very interesting nonetheless. It's actually more like a club hammer than a sledgehammer.



Xigeris Fire
Atop the tower, located at the top of Vulcanic Heights itself, is a strange sort of shrine which holds an orange block with a fire particle. The shrine is probably inspired by teleporters in the game Yume 2kki. Interacting with it causes Nashatra to say "Brings back memories.". However, touching the fire will teleport you to the old Dream game sub-level, which is the 2015 version of the game. One of the dreams in this sub-level is the dark Xigeris dream, which is a pitch black void containing nothing but a portal to the sublevel containing Xigeris himself, Tidal Lockings. Entering the dream will prompt a Hint saying "Today I found an old hat..", a hint as to how to beat Xigeris.



Pumpkin Gate
The Pumpkin Gate is a large structure located on the cliffside village inside of the mountain, which can be accessed by flinging yourself off of a surface with the broom at a good angle, or through entering one of the doors on the upper layer of the surface of Vulcanic Heights, one that is parallel in altitude to the cliffside village, and pie hiking and parkouring your way across the sides. I'd recommend going to the right side for this.

To activate the Pumpkin Gate first, you must have Cloud Coffee and Spicy Flavored Water, and interact with the two pumpkins while both are in your inventory. This will consume both, but activate the gate. You must then also have collected 16 hats, and 32 cans and or wrappers, signified by the "H" and the "C/W". What matters for cans and wrappers is how many wrappers and cans you have total. Please note this is counting how many empty wrappers and cans you have picked up with your net, not how many you have in your inventory, and that clicking on the cash register at Eunoia's shops in Ten-Mou and Fissure Outpost will sell all of them! Once all of these requirements are fulfilled, you can interact with the gate itself and you will obtain the Shiny Net (if you have the Shudra's Task).



Nightmare Variant
Sometimes, Vulcanic Heights will be loaded with an eerie red ambience.

This ambience may be connected to the backstory of this dream. The story has appeared in earlier versions of Dream Game and in screenshots. The story is based on Greek mythology. The story describes an anti-Medusa, awakening in her pit of statues, wanting to return to her earlier life, before Athena punished her for her affair and turned her ugly. "Anti-Medusa" or "redeemed Medusa" might mean that this is Medusa after being defeated by Perseus, and she is no longer evil. Possibly, the volcano in this dream is her pit of statues in the story. Also, in the story, the redeemed Medusa wakes up at dawn, similar to this atmosphere. This interpretation of the story might be incorrect, and the story might not be canon.