Dome Keeper Relic Hunt Guide: How to Find the Relic and Win

To win Relic Hunt mode in Dome Keeper, you must dig down to the bottom rock strata, unearth the primary relic, transport it into the dome's lower socket, and survive the culminating wave featuring the stage boss. Your immediate priority is digging a direct vertical corridor to locate gadget rooms and the relic chamber while monitoring your HUD attack timer to defend the surface.

Digging Strategy and Gadget Selection

Success in Relic Hunt depends on balancing subterranean mining speed against the dome defense schedule. Dig a single vertical corridor directly downward from the dome, branching out horizontally every few blocks in a grid pattern. This reveals mineral deposits and hidden gadget chambers without wasting time clearing unnecessary rock.

Gather all three subterranean resources to fund your run:

• Iron: Upgrades your keeper's drill, movement speed, and structural dome systems.
• Water: Funds movement boosts and utility enhancements, such as tree buffs.
• Cobalt: Restores lost dome health and finances advanced defensive tech.

When you break into gadget chambers, prioritize mobility and transit tools to cut your travel time between the dig face and the dome:

• The Lift: Places a gravity beam down your main shaft. It ferries mined resources upward automatically and gives your keeper a rapid climb path.
• The Teleporter: Provides instant transit between the dome and your deepest mining point, letting you dig until the wave alert sounds.
• Drillbot or Blast Mining: Clears horizontal blocks automatically, allowing you to focus on carving deeper toward the relic.

Excavating and Hauling the Relic

The relic is located in an unmistakable multi-tile chamber near the bedrock at the bottom of the map. Once you breach the outer room, interact with the mechanism to decouple the artifact.

Moving the relic presents unique logistics:

1. Manage Weight: The artifact is extremely heavy and drastically slows your keeper if carried manually without carry-capacity upgrades. Never attempt a slow manual carry when a wave alert is imminent.
2. Use the Lift: If you installed a Lift in your main shaft, place the relic into the beam. The Lift carries the artifact to the dome automatically, freeing you to gather leftover cobalt or return immediately to your weapon station.
3. Socket the Relic: Once the artifact reaches the dome's underbelly, it locks into position and reveals the final activation switch.

Pre-Activation Dome Upgrades

Do not flip the relic activation switch while holding unspent iron or cobalt. Activating the relic immediately triggers the final assault and boss encounter, so spend all remaining resources across these key defensive pillars:

Defeating the Boss Wave

When the final assault begins, hostile units attack in mixed groups consisting of long-range projectile spitters, flying swarmers, and heavy ground melee attackers.

• Target Priority: Eliminate long-range spitters and swift flyers first before their ranged attacks overwhelm your shield. Once the air is clear, aim downward at heavy units striking the dome hull.
• Laser Handling: If using the primary Laser, sweep the beam across swarmer clusters to defeat multiple low-health targets at once rather than tracking them individually.
• Boss Defense: When the stage boss enters the field, concentrate fire on its central weak points. Time defensive skills, such as Shield Reflection or Overcharge, right before large boss projectiles hit your dome.

Maintain steady fire on the boss until it falls. Once the boss is defeated, the relic discharges to eliminate any surviving hostiles and secure victory.