History VideoGame / Deepwoken

* BraggingRightsReward: The Dawnwalker Oath is a decently powerful Oath, with the only requirements that you need 30 Kyrsan Medallions to access it and 60 more to get the rest of the Mantras and Talents. However, the only reliable ways to get them is to go down to New Kyrsa and defeat the boss and escape without dying, meaning by the time you get out assuming you have the required amount of Kyrsan Medallions, you've pretty much cleared the entire game as of March 01, 2023, and the only reason to progress this Oath is to use it in Chime of Conflict or PvP.

** While anything goes in PvP, in PvE, Heavy Weapons is by far the best stat. This is because Heavy Weapons have massive DPS output which is incredibly useful for dealing with monsters, since almost all of the fights involving them devolve into attacking before they kill you.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Aside from every NPC hunting you doing from a faction if you have low reputation with them, they'll also deny you services in their controlled areas and offer bounties for them, meaning that unless you're skilled at PvP, you will likely get ganked by other players and as such, it is heavily advised to raise your reputation with them to prevent such situations.

** An in universe example. Flamecharmers is the most versatile attunement thanks to its ability to serve in almost any industry compared to its fellows, such as being used in tandem with Ironsing in blacksmithing or being used to prepare food.

* DualWielding: The Curved Blade of Winds and Flareblood Kamas can both be dual-wielded.

** Segregation:

** The Mudwoken event had a horde of Mudskippers perform a HostileShowTakeover of Deepwoken and its companion Discord server, turning all players and most [=NPCs=] into Mudskippers.
** The Coral Fever epidemic had the mighty Destroyman III free himself from yet another prison for tax evasion, before spreading a disease to his kind that allowed him to infect their prey, annoying them with bad advise and adverts.

* {{Nerf}}: The [[ElementalWeapon Hero Blades]] and Light's Final Toll used to have Enchants. Because of how insanely overpowered they were, they were reclassified as Legendary Weapons, meaning that they cannot receive any type of Enchant no matter what.

* SequenceBreaking: Normally, the door in the starting area and the gale wall in the Second Layer require specific actions to get through them. However, [[https://youtu.be/g9Rrnkp-OlQ clever usage of Shadow Travel]] can bypass all of them. That being said, you [[ZigZaggedTrope still need to turn on the generator first to spawn Chaser]], or he will not appear, but usage of Starkindred's wings, Dash, Strong Leap and Flame Leap can allow you to potentially skip the [[BeefGate mandatory Bone Keeper]] fight.

* MythologyGag: There are few references to Monad Studios' previous game ''VideoGame/RogueLineage'':
** The Rising Shadow Mantra is a reference to developer Lannis' spec Shadow Tendrils, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcQP0UcvLtE&t=203s which raises their enemies up into the air before throwing them down]].
** In the Derelict Highchurch, the crystal used in the hidden library uses the same model of Ya'Alda.
** The Second Layer has a frozen Yeti, the same one from ''Rogue Lineage''.
** The Familiar Helmets obtained in the Hallowtide Event were based off various helmets, with the Familiar Priest Helmet being a reference to the Church Knight's helmet, the Familiar Heretic Helmet is the Wraith Knight's helmet and the Familiar Knight's Helmet is the Sigil Helmet.
** The Mushroom Costumes are SCROOM ROGUE LINEAGE.

The world is sinking to the Depths. However, in spite of this, many pathfinders seek their destiny across the flooding world, hampered by various factions across the continent. However, many mysteries within the world and the Depths surface every now and then, waiting to be discovered by many for their story to be told.

** The Diluvian Mechanism. Requiring a Resonance to even be accessed, which serves as a warning on how difficult this may be since having maximum Resonance progress usually serves as a get out of jail-free card, this area pits you off against various monsters from all areas, including ones from the Eternal Gale, and in case you were wondering, ''they can spawn Corrupted as well''. And because this is located in the Depths, dying here wipes your character slot- it's agreed to be even harder than ''Hell Mode'' itself, since you could use your maxed-out Resonance progression as a emergency, but not here. Fortunately, surviving the waves nets you massive rewards.

* BrutalBonusLevel: The Trial of One. As stated in the name, you have to be at Power 1 or have the Lone Warrior Origin to even access it, and the first is tests if you have mastered parrying with a barrage of orbs coming straight to you. Did you pass the first part? Then you're dealt with a series of monsters to overcome, with one of them being a DualBoss fight. Completing it grants you a lot of free investment points to increase your stats and Power.