Overview
[UPDATED 4/29/21] This guide will go over everything Salt Mines related and will be updated as content is added or found. Feedback is appreciated 🙂
Introduction
The salt mines is a timed event that revolves collecting salt and cosmetics. Salt is a currency that can be used to purchase items in and out of the mines. This guide is intended to hopefully help others understand the mines a little bit better.
Salt Mines Locations
Pummelin’ Plains: [i.imgur.com]
Reine City:
[i.imgur.com]
A Dreary Place: [i.imgur.com]
The Grove: [i.imgur.com]
Salt Mines Entrance
The entrance to the Salt Mines is a big portal that upon interaction will send you to the mines.
If the portal doesn’t appear to be open and the predators on it have blue eyes you can open the portal by interacting with it.
If the portal allows you into the mines without costing banked salt that means the mines is still in preparation phase and still in the beginning. If the portal is open and requires banked salt to get in, the mines have already begun and you will need to pay a toll in order to get in. The toll will rise the longer the event goes on.
If the portal isn’t open nor lit up at all the Final Showdown has begun and everyone outside the mines will need to wait until the showdown is finished.
Salt Mines Map
This is a map of the current Salt Mines 2.0 as of Update #24 to help navigate the mines if needed.
(Map generously provided by Aaron Stavely)
Salt
There are several ways to get salt during your run in the mines! Salt deposits in the mines will give you salt by mining it and predators will drop salt when you defeat them. You can also obtain salt by opening chests and obtaining duplicate hats.
Run salt is all the salt you have with you on your current run in the mines and can be used in the mines.
Banked Salt is all the salt from your past runs in the mines and can be used outside the mines at Cap ‘n’ Cash to buy hats.
(A good way to get run salt is opening
[i.imgur.com] outside the mines! They award salt based on the amount of damage you caused your opponent, not strictly winning and losing.)
(All salt that you collect will remain in your inventory if you log off from a server and will even persist across servers!)
Predators
There are many types of predators that will attack you in the mines. These predators drop salt when defeated and can also be defeated out of combat with the use of dynamite. Key Keeper predators will drop more salt than standard predator variants. Predators will chase you and attack you if they get too close.
[i.imgur.com] Here is a list of the predator types and some tips on defeating them.
Wolf “Fluffers”
Tip: Wolf has a
[i.imgur.com]. When the wolf jumps into the air it can be easily blocked or anti-aired.
Snake “Cuddles”
Tip: Snake seems to always be trying to keep you away. Try blocking snake’s attacks and then rush him.
Panther “Flopsie”
Tip: This big cat has a
[i.imgur.com] that is punishable when blocked. The key to defeating panther is blocking and waiting for an opening.
Bear “Huggles”
Tip: Bear has lots of armor on his attacks and excels at close quarters combat. The best way to defeat bear is to use your resources to chip away at his health. Bear is also useless at range so ranged attacks are viable.
Shadow Predators
Tip: Shadow Predators can be any of the playable fighters in the game and need to be dealt with accordingly. The AI is significantly easier in low mine levels and gets a little harder with each mine level so be careful facing these tough foe’s in higher mine levels!
Dynamite
Dynamite is a useful tool especially at later mine levels when the predators become more challenging. This valuable resource can be purchased at
[i.imgur.com] that can be found within the Salt Mines for 60 salt. Dynamite can be used to quickly mine salt deposits and collect salt quickly. Dynamite is also a useful resource because it can be used to completely skip fights with predators. You can hold 10 dynamite at once. If dynamite is thrown towards a predator, the player will be rewarded salt for defeating the predator. All players are invulnerable to dynamite stuns for about 4 seconds after exiting a fight. If a player is stunned by dynamite right after coming out of another stun, the second stun is shorter. To effectively throw dynamite, tap a directional input and press ‘A’ to choose the direction you want to throw it (you can even throw it while strafing). You can throw dynamite down/over ledges to help defeat predators and mine salt at a distance.
Mine Level
Each time a certain number of predators are defeated (Indicated by the number below the mine level) the enemies will become increasingly harder, but greater tier rewards will start spawning in the mines. The amount of predators that need to be defeated to advance the mine level is dependent on how many players are in the mine. If all players leave or are defeated by predators before the Final Showdown starts, the timer and mine level will reset. Each level has a base number of predators and a number of players. The number of predators appear to be determined by “Base + (Player Count-1 x 2) = Predator count.”
(Salt yield is dependent on the mine level)
Here are the levels to the mines with their salt yield multipliers
I – FEELIN’ FINE | x1.0
II – ALMOST ANXIOUS | x1.1
III – SLIGHTLY SPOOKIFIED | x1.3
IV – GETTING GHOSTLY | x1.6
V – HALFWAY HAUNTED | x2.0
VI – QUITE QUIVERSOME | x2.5
VII – TREMENDOUSLY TERRIFYING | x3.1
VIII – NOTABLY NIGHTMARISH | x3.8
IX – OHGODMAKEITSTOP | x4.6
X – AAAAAAAAAAAAAA | x5.5
Chests
There are a few different types of chests that can spawn in the mines to aid you and reward you. The amount of chests that spawn at once is dependent on the amount of players in the mines. Chests will spawn more frequently if there are lots of players in the mines compared to if there are only a couple players. When a chest is interacted with by a player that has enough run salt to afford it, a timer will count down from 10 seconds and other players can try to contest the chest during this time. Both players still receive a hat if a fight happens, regardless of the winner. If a chest is contested with someone with a different version of the game, the text “Version Difference” will appear and the player will be unable to contest the chest. Once the main mine time hits 1:30 chests can no longer be contested and may be opened instantly. There are also notifiers that show you if hat chests are in a room next to you! Sometimes chest notifiers will appear in rooms that don’t appear to have any hat chests, but some chests are hidden in a salt deposit. If a chest doesn’t appear in a room, mine some salt and the hat chest should appear. The chest notifiers will point you in the direction of a hat chest unless the chest has been opened or is being fought over by two players.
Salt Chests: These chests are not inside the Salt Mines! When opened outside the mines they yield 900 salt in total as a base. Salt Chests award salt based on the amount of damage you caused your opponent, not strictly winning and losing.
900 base (for engaging with a chest at all).
+100 for causing any amount of damage during the match.
+[0-500] (on a linear scale) based on percentage damage caused, averaged across all rounds played.
The Salt Chest spawn interval is every 240s (-/+ 60s), from 120s (-/+ 2s). (According to Mane6)
Dynamite chests: These chests are 60 salt each and yield 1 dynamite which can be used to mine salt or defeat predators.
Health Chests: These chests are 100 salt each and heal you when opened.
Silver Chests: These chests are 200 salt each and will give you an Uncommon cosmetic when opened. If the hat is a duplicate of one already owned 300 salt will be given instead.
Purple Chests: These chests are 400 salt each and will give you a Rare cosmetic when opened. If the hat is a duplicate of one already owned 600 salt will be given instead.
Golden Chests: These Chests are 800 salt each and will give you an Epic cosmetic when opened. If the hat is a duplicate of one already owned 1,200 salt will be given instead.
Timer
The
[i.imgur.com] that is seen at the top of your screen while in the mines is the time left until the boss spawns. The timer is set to 15:00 minutes and counts down. The boss is determined by who has the most run salt in the mines at the time of it spawning. When the timer reaches 1:30 all chests can no longer be contested and can be opened instantly. When the timer hits 0:00, the message “Something Sinister Spawns” and a small bar will count down until the boss spawns. If you are the only one in the mines this will not appear and you will taken out of the mines back to the over world. If all players leave or are defeated by predators before the Final Showdown starts, the timer and mine level will reset.
Boss
When the player
[i.imgur.com], the mines will close from the outside (starting the Final Showdown) and everyone’s health will start draining. (NOTE: The Final Showdown will only happen if more than 1 player is in the mines at the start of the showdown.) If not enough players are in the mines to start the Final Showdown,
[i.imgur.com]To stay alive you will need to mine salt deposits to gain health orbs. The boss in the salt mines is a player driven bear that has high health and high damage. The health of the bear is dependent on how many players are in the mines. More players = higher health for the boss. The boss has a move list that can be found
[i.imgur.com]. The Bear’s command dash is completely projectile-invulnerable. The boss also has the ability to see if anyone is in a room next to it because the door way
[i.imgur.com] When the boss is defeated or wins all remaining players will be put back into the over world.
End of The Salt Mines
After the boss is defeated the Final Showdown ends (or the mine ends) and the portal reopens. All players at the end of the mines will get stats of some of the things they did in the mines and bonus salt for completing medals.
Here are a list of medals.
From The Beginning: Be in the mines from the start.
Taste For Salt: Mine a bunch of salt deposits.
Reverse Hunter: Defeat a bunch of predators.
I Am Become Bear: Become the bear boss at the end of salt mines.
Apex Predator: Win the final showdown in mines as bear.
Bear Slayer: Defeat bear during the final showdown.
Final Showdown: Survive till the final showdown.
Shadow Palettes
Early Access Patch #25 (02/21/20) made it possible to unlock the Shadow Palettes worn by the predators. There are currently two ways to unlock the palettes,
1) Win the “Apex Predator” medal (see End of The Salt Mines section) by becoming the boss Bear during the Final Showdown and winning by defeating all the remaining players in the mines.
2) Buy the “Shadow Palettes Pack” DLC from the Steam store for $1.99 USD, which will unlock the Shadow Palettes for all current and future characters.
(Shadow Palette unlock message)
Cap ‘n’ Cash Stock
Cap ‘n’ Cash shop rotates stock twice a week so different hats become available to be purchased for banked salt. Cap ‘n’ Cash has unique dialogue depending on how much banked salt you have and what character you have equipped.
“The stock will rotate at the regularly scheduled times: Sundays at 12:01am and Wednesdays at 6pm, Pacific.” According to Mane6
Cap ‘n’ Cash sell various hats in their shop and accept banked salt as payment. The higher the rarity of the hat, the more expensive it will be.
Hat Prices:
Uncommon: 7,500
Rare: 15,500
Epic: 26,500
This spreadsheet shows every obtainable cosmetics in the game!
[link]
(Thanks Mane6!)
Halloween 2019 [EVENT]
During the Halloween event 2019 from October 26 through November 4th, several new spooky cosmetics were added to the Salt mines loot pool. Different tiers of pumpkins also took the place of chests.
Salt Pumpkin:
Dynamite Pumpkin:
Health Pumpkin:
Silver Pumpkin:
Purple Pumpkin:
Golden Pumpkin:
Cap ‘n’ Cash shops exclusively sold new event items for the duration of the event. The predators and Bear boss
[i.imgur.com]. All items added during this event are still available to be found in the salt mines once the event has ended.
Winter Holiday 2019 [EVENT]
During the Winter Holiday 2019 event from December 20th through January 3rd, 33 new festive cosmetics were added to the Salt mines loot pool. Upon entering a Pixel Lobby, the player was given a Empty Saddle Giftbag for participating in the event.
The Cap ‘n’ Cash exclusively sold new event items for the duration of the event.
The predators and boss bear
[i.imgur.com]
All items added during this event are still available to be found in the salt mines once the event has ended.
Halloween 2020 [EVENT]
During the Halloween event 2020 from October 20th through November 4th, several new spooky cosmetics were added to the Salt mines loot pool.
[imgur.com]
Overworld salt chests yield triple the amount of salt (900 up from 300) during the event and the consolation amount for losers is increased to 66.6% (from 50%). This change has been made permanent for the time being.
Cap ‘n’ Cash shops exclusively sold new event items for the duration of the event.
[i.imgur.com]. All items added during this event are still available to be found in the salt mines once the event has ended.
Winter Holiday 2020 [EVENT]
During the Winter Holiday 2020 event from December 21th through January 5rd, 31 new festive cosmetics were added to the Salt mines loot pool. Different tiers of presents also took the place of chests.
Salt Present:
Dynamite Present:
Health Present:
Silver Present:
Purple Present:
Golden Present:
The Cap ‘n’ Cash exclusively sold new event items for the duration of the event.
The predators and boss bear
[i.imgur.com]
All items added during this event are still available to be found in the salt mines once the event has ended.
Them’s Fightin’ Herds 2.0
This update added the
[i.imgur.com] with her Shadow Palette to the Salt Mines along with 30 amazing new cosmetics!
All items added during this event are still available to be found in the salt mines once the event has ended.
Anniversary Celebration [EVENT]
This update added party hats to the Cap ‘n’ Cash shop which are able to be obtained in the mines as well!
Conclusion
Hop into the mines and collect salt to spend on cosmetics! Have fun with the mines! 🙂
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