Can’t get any loot in Dark and Darker? Don’t survive long enough to understand how to escape? Don’t worry–you’re not alone. Dark and Darker doesn’t exactly hold your hand through the process. Though set in a medieval fantasy setting, like many raiding games, once you’ve filled up your inventory, you’ll want to escape with your life. Here’s how to extract in Dark and Darker.
Extracting in Dark and Darker
To extract in Dark and Darker, players must wait until the blue Escape Portal headstone spawns, then walk up to it and interact with it with the F key. This action will open a portal that the player can use to extract out of the raid.
See below for more in-depth details about extracting in Dark and Darker.
When Does the Escape Portal Spawn?
Each raid in Dark and Darker lasts 12 minutes. The first Escape Portal spawns with 7 minutes and 20 seconds left on the clock. Look in the top right of the screen to see when an Escape Portal Spawns. The Escape portals spawn when the circle shrinks and will spawn inside of the circle.
Keep in mind that Escape Portals only allow for a single adventurer to get out of the raid at a time. Therefore, if you are in a group, you’ll need to discover more Escape Portals for everyone to make it out.
What are Down Portals in Dark and Darker?
If you run into a red headstone on your journey, you must remember that this is not an Escape Portal; this is called a Down Portal. Down Portals allow adventurers to continue their journey without loading back to the main screen.
This is like “doubling down” on your wager and should only be entered when you have sufficient healing and inventory space to accommodate extra loot. You’ll be stuck in a purple cube while you await your party members to extract or also enter a Down Portal.
Once the timer runs down, you’ll be transported to another raid. Other party members can watch you if they’ve extracted or died. You can double down again, or extract with the additional loot gained in the second raid.
And that’s all you need to know about how to extract in Dark and Darker! Hopefully this will help you on your journey.
Important to note, when you do return back to the home screen, make sure to bank your loot in your storage, as you will lose this if you re-enter a new raid and die. If this does happen, you’ll end up losing the loot you took with you and will be reset to the base set of gear.
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