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Ashland Dome IReport

English：Ashland Dome I　·　Locations

The most accessible of the four Ashland Domes, home to the Second Empire's Head of Agriculture and a crowd of Legion Thralls. Three AI Cores and three Engineering Research guaranteed — one of the easiest AI Core sources in the game.

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Contents
  1. Structure
  2. Who is inside
  3. What is here
  4. What to bring
  5. What it means for the player
  6. Discovered by
  7. See also

Ashland Dome I is a large, multi-floored, dome-like structure in the Ashlands, located southeast of Skinhouse HQ. It is controlled by the Second Empire faction.

Structure

All four Ashland Domes share the same layout: two entrances and a single winding staircase in the middle leading to the higher floors.

TipBeing inside a building — or standing on top of the dome — grants complete immunity to the gas. Once you are through the door you can swap the mask out for a different helmet.

Who is inside

The dome's occupant is the Head of Agriculture, the Second Empire's agricultural chief, now a Skeleton still standing his post. He carries a Meitou Short-Cleaver and wears Specialist armour (5% chance of Masterwork).

NoteThe Head of Agriculture carries two death items: 1x AI Core (25,000 Cats) and his own unique CPU (18,000 Cats). Removing either from him kills him instantly. Leave them alone if you want him alive.

The garrison is a large group of Legion Thralls — the main force of the Skeleton Legion, all headless Skeletons. They carry Old CPU Units, which are likewise death items.

What is here

Only two guaranteed artifacts, but both are hard currency:

ItemQtyAverage price
AI Core325,000 Cats
Engineering Research38,000 Cats

Beyond that, the dome rolls additional items through the Artifacts system, with a total item count of 25, refreshing every 24 hours. Possible regular stock:

ItemAverage priceChance
CPU Unit6,000 CatsCommon
Skeleton Repair Kit4,341 CatsCommon
Power Core3,000 CatsCommon
Robotics Components2,838 CatsCommon
Generator Core2,755 CatsCommon
Steel Bars648 CatsCommon
Copper Alloy Plates608 CatsCommon
Motor421 CatsCommon
Crossbow Parts408 CatsUncommon
Press324 CatsUncommon
Book300 CatsCommon
Spring Steel259 CatsUncommon
Tools240 CatsCommon
Electrical Components216 CatsCommon
Fuel192 CatsCommon
Gears162 CatsCommon
Iron Plates135 CatsCommon
Hinge81 CatsCommon
Hacksaw72 CatsCommon
Damaged Book6 CatsCommon

What to bring

The Ashlands' environmental threats are ash and toxic gas, not acid rain.

ImportantCommon misconception — it does not rain acid in the Ashlands. The gas clouds here deal stun damage to the chest; a full-health Greenlander walking into one drops to zero in roughly 20 in-game minutes. Only three pieces of headgear give 100% protection — the Fog Mask, the Mask Type 3 and the Swamp Ninja Mask. Skeletons and animals are immune. The acid rain is in Sonorous Dark, the region you have to cross to get here, and that requires a Dustcoat instead. The two are not interchangeable.

What it means for the player

Dome I sits southeast of Skinhouse HQ — on the entry side of the Ashlands. A route coming in from the north hits it first, with no need to push down to the southern tip of the peninsula.

Three AI Cores means what any mid-to-late-game player already knows: AI Cores do not respawn, the world's fixed supply is limited, and every high-tier tech is gated behind them. One run on Dome I moves the research tree forward by a long step.

The other three domes pay better, but sit further out and hit harder:

DomeOccupantGuaranteed drops
IHead of Agriculture3x Engineering Research, 3x AI Core
IIRhinobotSeveral Meitou weapons and Masterwork armour
IIIGeneral Jang5x AI Core plus Meitou weapons
IVGeneral Hat-127x AI Core plus Meitou weapons

Discovered by

See also

SourcesAshland Dome I、Ashlands、Head of Agriculture、Legion Thrall、Second Empire、Map of the Ashlands、Old Treasure Map、Artifacts
Categories: LocationsRuinsAshlandsSecond Empire