How to cut roots in Deep Dish Dungeon
Checked 2026-10-16. Steam build 25955406. Patch 1.0.47.0.
I searched the item table for “hatchet” because that is the word people type. NPC Tips’ build 25955406 list has Axe and Great Axe and no hatchet. I am treating those searches as the same question and sending them to the axe page. Roots are the brown ones the axe cuts, not the goo the pickaxe breaks.
Which weapon
Brown roots take an axe or a great axe. The hammer, the pickaxe, and fire are the wrong tools. Cutting them opens shortcuts near the hub and beside routes you already walked, which is why the axe feels optional until a door on the far side never opens.
- Reach the sewers and deal with the gate, water wheels, and the crouch hole TechRaptor describes.
- Sprint-jump the stairs by the grass and enter the tunnel.
- Take the axe at the end of that deep sewer tunnel.
- Chop the brown roots on the way back. TechRaptor also mentions roots near the hub.
A second location people report
Steam threads from launch week put an axe near the green catacombs entrance, after the pickaxe and grappling hook. That does not match the sewer-tunnel note. Both are written on the axe page with their sources. I will not collapse them into one pin until someone checks the build in person.
