Floor 10
Names: Floor 10tenth floorthe 10ththe 10th floorDon't Come in Lastthis tenth floorthe tenth
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 3 (3)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl
- Ch 3From floor 10 onward, crawlers are offered several options to exit the dungeon, better the deeper they go.
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 3Quasar says a crawler reaching the tenth floor becomes a Syndicate citizen, gaining a little autonomy and legal representation.
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 3In Porthus's crawl, the tenth floor was a world where every non-natural object was sapient, psychotic and grew by consuming others.
- Ch 10Installing the airship portal produced a warning that no airships would be allowed on the tenth floor.
- Ch 100The 10th floor, 'Don't Come in Last', is a vehicle race where coming last removes your vehicle's survival containment.
Book 8: A Parade of Horribles
- Ch 3The tenth floor begins with crawlers dropped into garages, needing a vehicle or mount before timed races called heats start.
- Ch 4The tenth floor is called "Don't come in last" and consists of seven heats, or races, starting with nine teams each.
- Ch 4About 5,500 crawlers continued past Faction Wars; almost 15,000 took a deal, a record.
- Ch 4Crawlers are split into 1,800 teams of up to four, and the AI designed most of the tracks.
- Ch 7The Earth system is under quarantine: visitors can arrive but cannot leave, so almost all meet-and-greet fans canceled.
Connections
- includesThe Caves of the Screeching Death Manatees
- containsHungry Eyes Village
- related toFloor 11described as an extension of the tenth floor
- containsDesperado Club
Key moments
- Book 6 · Ch 2Storm gods summoned on the tenth floor
Mordecai's party summons storm gods Dodola and Adad to open the stairwell; Huanxin, driving Dodola, banishes Adad and demands half of Odette's bonus.
- Book 6 · Ch 2Chaco kills Uzzi
At Odette's urging, Chaco worships Dodola and uses the Dart of Ophiotaurus on Uzzi, forcing Dodola to manifest in a containment circle where she dies and the key forms.
- Book 8 · Ch 3Arrival in the tenth-floor garage
Carl and Donut arrive in a garage on the tenth floor with five minutes before the first heat; Donut rushes to pick a new class, choosing Assassin of Sekhmet.
- Book 8 · Ch 3Donut picks a mechanic
Two gremlin applicants, Hedy and Waldrip Chris, brawl for the garage manager job; Donut chooses a mechanical vehicle, Hedy gets the job and Waldrip Chris explodes.
- Book 8 · Ch 4Zev announces the tenth floor rules
After the despairing announcer cuts out, Zev explains the tenth floor: seven races, teams of up to four, last place dies, and upgrades are awarded after each heat.
- Book 8 · Ch 4Spinning for a vehicle
The vehicle wheel lands on a box truck, which materializes as a gaudy Big Shot Chicken food truck; Carl takes the wheel as the first heat begins.
- Book 8 · Ch 6Donut kills Miss Talulah
Donut one-shots the level 90 manatee Miss Talulah, then chooses to let the audience vote on the special guest creature's fate.
- Book 8 · Ch 6Helping Team Free Love
Carl puts out the fire in Team Free Love's crashed van; the bugbears explain the NPC racers race for freedom and remember their past lives, and Carl offers to tow them to the finish.
- Book 8 · Ch 7Team Sparkles runs them over
Team Sparkles insults Donut, then their Avernus Creeper bolts at the food truck's horn and crawls over the trailer and van before racing off.
- Book 8 · Ch 25Zev's scripted announcement
Zev reads the AI's announcement explaining special guest creatures and the 11th floor, A Parade of Horribles; Cascadia is tortured for refusing her catchphrase.