Floor 7: Ashen March

The floor

Floor 7 of the descent

Ashen March lies in the burning march. The deepest floors burn. An ash legion marches through furnaces and cinder fields toward the heart of stone at the bottom. The floor timer runs for 10 minutes; then the Endless Swarm begins and does not stop until you leave through the portal.

Every floor down raises the pressure. On Ashen March monsters have 11.7× the health, deal 3.9× the damage and move 2.3× as fast as on the first floor, and elites appear 1.7× as often. A build that felt safe one floor up needs another damage multiplier here.

Roster

Monsters on this floor

You meet Ashbound, Cinder Skirmisher, Ember Mortar, Grave Marcher, Chain Warden, Bell Acolyte. Ashbound, Cinder Skirmisher, Ember Mortar appear here for the first time. The weight says how common each one is in the spawn pool; the minibosses arrive on a fixed clock.

1. From the start
   

   meleeweight 45

   Ashbound

   The old forges burn inside these empty shells.

2. From the start
   

   runnerweight 18

   Cinder Skirmisher

   A brief flare carries it through the ash.

3. From the start
   

   meleeweight 15

   Grave Marcher

   The empty court still expects its morning guard.

4. From the start
   

   tankweight 10

   Chain Warden

   The prisoner and the jailer now share one chain.

5. From the start
   

   specialistweight 5

   Bell Acolyte

   Its cracked bell tolls for a sovereign who never wakes.

6. From 1:00
   

   specialistweight 7

   Ember Mortar

   It hurls smoldering coals from a buried furnace.

7. At 4:00
   

   Miniboss

   Slag Executioner

   The sentence outlived both judge and prisoner.

8. At 8:00
   

   Miniboss

   Furnace Keeper

   It feeds the fire with memories of the living.

Portal boss

Korr, Ash Marshal seals the portal

Portal boss

Korr, Ash Marshal

His legion marched until even their names burned away.

Find the portal, interact with it to summon Korr, Ash Marshal and defeat it to open the way down. The Korr, Ash Marshal guide explains its attack and how to dodge it.

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Before and after

Up: Floor 6, Hollow Citadel. Down: Floor 8, Ember Wastes. See the whole world and every monster.