Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
Floor 3: Over City & The Doomsday Bomb
Authored by Matt Dinniman • Narrated by Jeff Hays / Soundbooth Theater
Floor 3 is an expansive ruined metropolis trapped under a simulated nebula sky, with an intricate subterranean subway network that is actively flooding with acidic sewage. Carl and Donut must manage a party-bound manager contract with Mordecai, navigate circus monstrosities, and craft the devastating "Doomsday Scenario" custom explosive to survive the ticking clock.
- • Urban Ruin Exploration
- • Custom Munitions Crafting
- • Party Management Contracts
- • Elderly Survivor Escort
- • Circus Horrors
- • Over City Beasts
- • Ticking Overspill Flood Deluge
- • Train Ghouls & Carny Aberrations
Canonical Milestone Timeline 9 Checkpoints
Major convergence events and narrative beats mapped across Book 2.
The Golden Selection Hallway
Entering Floor 3; Carl chooses Primal race (raising level cap to 20) and Compensated Anarchist class (dumping points to Charisma 25, Dexterity 10); Donut remains a Cat and locks Former Child Actor.
The Bound Manager Benefit
Donut unlocks The Manager Benefit, permanently conjoining Mordecai to their party upon resting; Mordecai is furious over losing his private room and TV, but protected for deeper floors.
The Over City Ruins & Clockwork Triplicate
Smoky circus ruins under a simulated nebula dome; Mordecai drunk on incubus booze; Donut casts Clockwork Triplicate to split Mongo into 3 clockwork automatons against roof lemurs; Carl gains Cesta Punta.
Slaying Heather the Bear (First Solo Boss)
Level 19 roller-skating bear in a pink tutu with worm claws; Carl activates Protective Shell via radio advice, beats her bare-handed, crushes her skull under heel, reaching Level 15.
The Ringmaster Grimaldi Loophole
Bypassing the Level 85 Pestiferous Vine City Boss; Carl negotiates backdoor terms with PR agent Zev, feeds his own blood to the roots to resolve Tsarina Signet's tragic quest, revealing the hidden exit staircase.
Orbital Strike on Danger Zone with Ripper Wonton
Live talk show broadcast with Princess D'nadia; Prince Stalwart fires an orbital yacht laser at Carl; Carl and Donut swap spots with Manasa the cobra; Valtay obliterates Stalwart's yacht.
The Birth of "Carl's Doomsday Scenario"
Remex soul leech capacitor crisis; Carl encases the detonating quadrant-killing soul crystal inside a Sheol Glass Reaper Case, creating the custom epic explosive Carl's Doomsday Scenario.
The Early Descent & Buff Strip
Crystal containment backfires with catastrophic magical pulses; Carl and Donut lose all magical equipment buffs; Carl rushes remaining crawlers down to Floor 4 with 2 days and 18 hours remaining.
Cracking the Top Ten Leaderboard
Odette's recap show broadcasts the global rankings; Carl reaches #6 (Level 27 Compensated Anarchist), Donut reaches #7 (Level 26 Former Child Actor), and Meadow Lark elder Elle McGibbons surges to #10 (Level 13 Blizzardmancer).
Pivotal Crawlers & Entities 8 Profiles
Key crawlers, corporate sponsors, and floor bestiary entities active throughout Book 2.
Carl
Human
Princess Donut
Grand Champion Persian Cat (Hyper-Intelligent Awakened)
Katia Grim
Human / Doppelgänger
Tsarina Signet
Half Naiad, Half High-Elf
Heather the Bear
Mutated Beast
Ringmaster Grimaldi (Pestiferous Vine)
Pestiferous Vine
Apollon the Mighty
Ogre
Mordecai
Skyfowl (Original) / Changeling
System AI Achievements Earned13 Accolades
Canonical World Dungeon AI announcements, reprimands, and loot box rewards unlocked throughout Book 2.
Cut!
"Earned by Donut for acting when she and Carl tricked the goblin shamankas. The award text itself is not quoted in the books; Book 2, Ch. 1 names it as a prerequisite for the Former Child Actor class."
Context: Earned by Princess Donut on Floor 1/2 when she successfully tricked the goblin shamankas.
Required (along with reaching one trillion views) to unlock the rare Former Child Actor class.
It’s Elementary, My Dear Crawler!
"And you thought all you had to do was bonk monsters on the head. You’ve received a quest! Puzzles and intrigue and mysteries, oh my! If you want to survive in this world, you’re going to need to be more than just a pretty, sword-swinging barbarian. Some quests require brute strength, yes, but sometimes you also gotta use your noggin."
We don’t want you getting bored. That’s your prize.
Reveals hidden footprints and alchemical residue trails.
Tailored hidden storage pouch for detective gear.
Meet an Elite
"Sometimes they’re NPCs, sometimes they’re mobs, but usually they’re just assholes. Elites are powerful, one-of-a-kind entities. These are the non-boss, non-divine hero class of Dungeon Crawler World. If you come across one of these egomaniacs, they will either want to fuck you or kill you. Either way, they will always want to use you. They tend to think this whole production is all about them. Be careful. Where there’s one elite, there’s usually more."
Elites will now show on your map as white or red dots with a black cross.
Lazarus!
"You have been hit with—and survived—an offensive spell that was higher than level 15. The fact you are not a quivering stain of meat on the dungeon floor right now is testament to your sheer luck. It’s either that or you’re banging the producer."
Context: Princess Donut also received the Lazarus achievement, but her reward status read: "You’re lucky to be alive. That’s your reward."
You’ve received a Platinum Lucky Bastard Box!
Instantly revives an incapacitated ally with 25% Health.
High-voltage electric discharge battery.
You Can’t Fight City Hall!
"But you can sure die trying. You have discovered a city boss! That’s right. Let me say that again for the assholes in the back! A. CITY. FUCKING. BOSS. Welp. If you gonna go, you might as well do it with style. Just an FYI. As of this moment in the current season of Dungeon Crawler World, not a single Crawler has faced a city boss and survived. And for good reason. Only a complete moron would voluntarily put themselves in a situation where they had to fight one of the most powerful monsters on the level."
A lot of people are probably going to watch you die. That’s a better prize than most of us get.
One Quadrillion!
"You are one of the first ten crawlers to have achieved one quadrillion views! That means one of two things. You’re either one of the best crawlers in the game, or you’re such a hot mess people can’t wait to see you fail."
Context: Awarded to both Carl and Donut.
You have received a Gold Fan Box!
+10% Charisma when addressing broadcast viewer cameras.
Universal Syndicate media credits.
Yellow-Bellied Chickenshit!
"You initiated a boss battle, and it somehow ended with neither of you dead. What a disappointment you are. What a goddamned smear."
Pussies don’t get prizes.
Johnny Quest!
"Not only have you been given a quest, but you actually completed it without dying. We like it when you do what you’re told. It means you’re a good dungeon citizen and not a traitor to your people at all."
In addition to the Gold Quest Box you’ve received for completing the quest, new quest locations will sometimes appear on your map. Notice how I italicized “sometimes”?
Forbidden schematics for creating catastrophic fuel-air thermobaric demolition bombs.
Extremely shock-sensitive chemical detonator.
Hadji!
"You have completed a quest, but you completed it in a way unusual enough to trigger the Hadji Achievement! And like the oft exploited street children of Kolkata, where there’s one, there’s usually more. This is one of the rare achievements that can be rewarded more than once."
Context: Awarded to both Carl and Donut.
Your Gold Quest box has been upgraded to a Platinum Quest Box!
Overrides locked flood containment gates throughout Floor 3.
Contains redacted communications regarding Floor 3 sabotage.
Assassin!
"You have killed a ranking NPC town official. Sniff It seems like just yesterday you were nothing but a scared, level-1 crawler with beautiful feet, pissing yourself as you faced down a rat. Now look at you. You’ve moved all the way up to political assassinations. What’s next? Killing a god?"
You’ve received a Bronze Assassin’s Box!
Balanced steel blades coated in mild paralytic moss.
Ultimate Extreme Power!
"Easy there, Charlemagne. This is only a medium settlement. It’s not like you’ve conquered most of Europe. But you have killed this town’s acting Magistrate. You know what that means? Welcome to the wonderful world of public administration."
You’ve received a Platinum Tyrant’s Box! You have also gained control of the Medium Skyfowl Settlement. Good luck, Magistrate.
Grants full administrative decree rights over the Medium Skyfowl Settlement.
Municipal tax revenue draft negotiable at central banks.
35-50 Blunt Damage. Deals triple damage against convicted law-breakers.
CockBlock!
"You have assassinated an NPC whose existence was required to complete another crawler’s quest. (NPC Killed: Miss Quill – Skyfowl. Level 30.) Who was that other crawler? What was the quest? Who fucking cares? You get the reward they were promised! Warning: You may only receive this award once. The next time you do it, we tell them who you are. And then they get a new quest to kill you. Nobody likes cockblocks."
You’ve received a Silver Quest Box!
The entire quest reward cache intended for another crawler.
+14 Physical Defense. Blurs crawler silhouette when sprinting.
Bandit!
"Screw Hadji. Hadji was a little bitch, anyway. You have completed a quest, but it was completed in a way unusual enough to trigger the Bandit Achievement! Unlike the real Bandit, who is usually instrumental in helping Jonny Quest complete his tasks, you didn’t actually do anything to deserve this prize. But that’s okay because you’re still getting it. This is one of the rare achievements that can be rewarded more than once."
Context: Awarded to Quan Ch and other event quest survivors before Borant vetoed/patched it.
Your Platinum Quest box has been upgraded two times to a Celestial Quest Box!
God-tier cosmic immunity ward that deflects one direct lethal divine smite.
Expands Dimensional Storage fanny pack capacity by +250 slots.
Overrides planetary zoning and corporate quarantine checkpoints.
Interstellar Broadcast Log
"NEW ACHIEVEMENT! Carl's Doomsday Scenario. You've constructed a weapon so completely unbalanced and unsafe that the Dungeon Architects are currently filing safety complaints against themselves." — System AI [Book 2, Ch. 25]
"Mongo is appalled! You cannot tell Mongo what to do, Carl!" — Princess Donut [Book 2, Ch. 5]
"A good manager keeps you alive long enough to figure out how to kill the things trying to kill you." — Mordecai [Book 2, Ch. 3]