Depth Incremental Layers Guide: Descending Deeper and What Changes

Quick answer

Buy steps to descend into the Depth Incremental pit. Each layer you reach hides something new and dangerous and has a boss guarding it, and the upgrade trees and rebirth make you stronger so you can dive deeper.

How you descend through the pit

You go down by buying steps. Buy steps to start descending into the pit, then keep descending and watch for the layers that hide new dangers. The Depth Incremental beginner guide covers the game from the start if you are new to it.

What changes when you reach a deeper layer

Each layer you reach hides something new and dangerous. A deeper layer is not just more of the last one — it brings its own hazards to watch for as you keep descending.

Bosses guard the layers. Defeat the boss guarding a layer as you descend. For the fights themselves, see Depth Incremental boss fight tips.

The descent loop

From one layer to the next

1. 01

   Buy steps

   The action that takes you down.

   Buying steps starts the descent into the pit and keeps it moving.

2. 02

   Reach a new layer

   Each layer hides something new.

   Every layer you reach hides something new and dangerous, so watch for the hazards that layer brings.

3. 03

   Face the layer's boss

   Bosses guard the layers.

   Defeat the boss guarding the layer you have reached.

4. 04

   Grow stronger

   Upgrade trees and rebirth build your power.

   Upgrade trees make your character stronger, and rebirth lets you grow stronger and dive deeper.

Rebirth lets you grow stronger and dive deeper, and buying steps carries the descent onward.

Gaining the strength to dive deeper

Upgrade trees are how your character grows stronger, and rebirth lets you grow stronger and dive deeper. Buying steps then carries you further down. The longer arc is covered in the Depth Incremental progression guide.

What the descent is for

The goal is to see how deep you can go. Along the way you upgrade your character in several ways, dig up fossils, and hunt for rare shinies, so a collecting side runs alongside the descent.