Creeping Dread


	Creeping Dread

You feel a deep primordial fear creeping in the back of your head. All offensive, defensive and psionic skils reduced by 2%.
Duration: 11 seconds
Max stacks: 20

See also: Eye of Tchort

Creeping Dread is a debuff. It is caused by being in Tchort-controlled areas of Deep Caverns, namely most of the Hollow Earth research complex (except Tithonus Lab) and the Mutagen Tanks. Normally it gains an additional stack every 5 seconds until it reaches 20 stacks, but it can be slowed down with Echoing Soliloquy feat.

Once it reaches 20 stacks, the eye of Tchort turns upon you, causing tchortlings to appear and seek you out.

Creeping Dread and Eye of Tchort can be reseted by avoiding Tchort's attention either by leaving the affected areas entirely or seeking refuge in safe spots found throughout the affected territory.

Tchort Zone mechanics

	Easy	Normal	Hard	DOMINATING
Creeping Dread stacks per tick^[1]	1	1	2-3	3-5
Tchortling spawning cooldown (turns)	10	5	2	1
Max tchortlings (per entrance on the zone)	0.5	1.0	1.75	2.5

^[1] Echoing Soliloquy provides 50-75% chance to prevent any stack from applying.

Safe spots

Anywhere outside Hollow Earth or Mutagen Tanks
Inside Eidein's passage in Cytosine Outpost
Inside Tithonus Laboratory
Hatch bunker in Hollow Earth vehicle park
Hatch bunker near Hanging Rat elevator
Hatch bunker in east Hollow Earth laboratories
Gate mechanism at Mutagen Tanks A
Gate mechanism at Mutagen Tanks B

v · d · e Traps and environmental hazards

Chemical traps	Acid Blob Trap (Mk II, Mk III) • Rusting Acid Blob Trap ^E (Mk II, Mk III) • Corrosive Acid Blob Trap (Mk II, Mk III) • Cryoliquid Blob Trap (Mk II, Mk III) • Incendiary Blob Trap (Mk II, Mk III)

Mines	EMP Mine (Mk II, Mk III) • Frag Mine (Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV, Mk V) • HE Mine (Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV, Mk V) • Plasma Mine ^E (Mk II, Mk III)

Bear traps	Bear Trap (Black Dragon, Burrower, Cave Ear, Crawler, Spirit, Blinding ^E, Leper ^E, Heartbreak ^E)

Other	Hopper Trap • TNT Charge

Environmental hazards	Electric web trap • Pitfall trap — Caltrops • Acid puddle • Fire • Sticky Oil ^E • Sticky Spider Web ^E — Spore Infection • Strange Feeling • Creeping Dread

Gases	Toxic Gas • Cryogas • Chemhaze Gas • Mutagen Gas • Psimorphic Biocide Gas • Spores • Pesticide Gas ^E • Hive Gas ^E

v · d · e Status effects

General	In Combat • Focused • Regenerating • Level Up — Damaged Armor • Degraded Weapon • Encumbered

Stun	Stunned(→Second Wind) • Short Circuited(→Safe Mode)

Incapacitation	Incapacitated • Frozen • Mental Breakdown

Daze	Dazed

Fear	Fear(→Aphobia) • Intimidated

Mind control	Rage

Immobilization	Acidic Entanglements • Entangled • Immobilized • Trapped • Webbed

Slow	Chilled • Knee Wound • Tackled • Suppressed — Stealth Mode • Encumbered

Dismantle	Exposed Weakness

Unbalance	Off-balance

Consumables	Agility Boost • Adrenaline Rush(→Fatigue) • Bullheadness • Focus Boost • Herculean Might(→Herculean Withdrawal) • In Motion(→Out of Motion) • Irongut • Morphine • Nervosomnifer • Pain Suppression • Psionic Trance • Regeneration • Smoking • Supersoldier Drug

Food	Burrower Burger • Cave Hopper Steak • Eel Sandwich • Junkyard Surprise • Mushroom Brew • Rathound Barbeque • Bacon and Cheese Sandwich • Canned Fish • Canned Meat • Canned Mushrooms • Canned Stew • Cooked Burrower Egg • Core Chips • Fried Siphoner Tongue • Hardcore Chips • Mushroom Salad • Pentapus Barbeque • Pickled Mindshrooms • Psi Beetle Brain Soup • Root Soda • Stuffed Bat • Under Pie • Mystery Candy — Bison Milk ^E • Buttery Steamed Clams ^E • Canned Czernina ^E • Coffee ^E • Crab Sandwich ^E • Kzozel ^E • Kzozel Yantar ^E • Mutie Stew ^E • Sea Serpent Fillet ^E — Absence • All-in • Bloody Oligarch • Boolean • Cave Tear • Clean Deal • Ice of Spades • Jetdrag • Laylow • Mindshroom Martini • Outwork • Scrapperac • Slackjaw • Slampipe • Sleight of the Night • Stalagdrop • White Dude

Misc. beneficial	Battle Trance • Blindsiding • Charged • Combo • Cryo-shield • Evasive Maneuvers • Exothermic Aura • Force Emission • Gun Rush • Infusions • Last Stand • Locus of Control • Night Vision • Pack Hunting • Personal Cloaking Field • Premeditation • Pseudo-spatial Projection • Psionic Apparition • Psionic Synergy • Quick Tinkering • Shield Recharging • Sprint • Special Tactics • Taste for Blood • Thermodynamicity • Uncanny Dodge • Empowered Invocation • Wireless Charging Aura

Misc. malicious	Anticoagulation • Blasted Armor • Bleeding Wound • Blurred Vision • Broken Rib • Burning • Chemhaze • Chemical Destabilizations • Concentrated Fire • Contaminated • Contaminated Wound • Corroded • Creeping Dread • Crippled • Demoralized • Disruptive Field • Eye of Tchort • Frigid Environment • Hyperallergenic • Hypothermia • Infected Wound • Inhibited • Mental Subversion • Mind Fog • Mutating • Neurovisual Disruption • Poisons • Psychostatic Electricity • Spore Infection • Strange Feeling • Shattered Will • Thermodynamic Destabilization

Expedition	Spear Guard • Carved Up • Polarized • Electroshock Aura — Hemopsychosis • Riposte • Pellet Mayhem — Temporal Distortion • Entropic Recurrence • Psycho-temporal Dilation • Psycho-temporal Contraction • Temporary Rewind • Precognition • Stasis — Heavy Intoxication • Submerged • Parasitic Infestation • Slowed (Sticky Oil) • Slowed (Web) • Sore Hands • Void Rot — Second Sight • Psionic Acceleration • Intelligence Boost • Initiative Boost • Third Eye • Marsh Trance • Vitality Surge(→Vitality Drain) • Psi Regeneration • Restless Spirits • Dark Presence • Rusting • Cerebral Acidization

Heavy Duty	Bullet Trance • Demolition Rage • Gunner's High • Shell Shocked — Sensorimotor Command • Sensorimotor Command Disruption • Sensorimotor Reinforcer — Laser Designator • Laser Designated Target • Laser Cooling Anti-projectile System — Mental Apparition • Negative Void Affliction • Positive Void Affliction

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