Try To Reach The Abyss: How to Reach the Abyss

Quick answer

To reach the abyss, spawn your submarine, hop in, and follow the outpost marker down the descending route. Step OUT of your submarine at each outpost to earn Speed, spend your upgrade points on Speed gain and your hull, and keep pushing to the next outpost — each new outpost grants safety and one free upgrade point. The deepest milestones observed so far are Outpost 19 in Forgotten Valley and an Outpost 23 lock, so the confirmed route runs at least that deep.

• Follow the outpost marker — it points to your next stop down the route.
• Step out of the submarine at outposts to earn Speed.
• Every new outpost earns 1 free upgrade point.
• Deepest seen markers: Outpost 19 (Forgotten Valley) and an Outpost 23 requirement.

The core loop: descend, stop, upgrade, repeat

Progress toward the abyss follows a simple repeating rhythm. The official how-to-play instructions lay it out directly:

1. Spawn your submarine and hop in. Everything happens from the sub.
2. Follow the outpost marker. The route descends, and the marker points you to the next outpost along the way.
3. Step OUT of your submarine at the outpost — this is how you earn Speed.
4. Spend upgrade points to improve your Speed gains, hull, and torpedoes.
5. Level up, explore deeper, and see how far you can get.

Each outpost is also a safety checkpoint: reaching the next outpost provides safety plus a free upgrade point, and you earn Speed there so you can level up and move faster. That makes the outpost marker both your destination and your progress meter — if you can see the next marker, that stop is your immediate goal.

What to do at the outpost store

The outpost store is where your free upgrade points turn into progress. It has two tabs, UPGRADES and RESEARCH, and the upgrade panel explains its own logic: "Every new outpost earns 1 free upgrade point." Your first upgrade is free — it uses 1 upgrade point and costs no Robux.

Two upgrade categories matter most for reaching the abyss:

• SPEED GAIN — "Get more Speed from each award." At Shallows Outpost 1, one player's panel previewed raising Speed per award from +20 to +40; by Shallows Outpost 2 that same player's preview read +70 → +90. Those numbers describe that player's state at that moment, not a fixed progression schedule for everyone.
• UPGRADE RATE — "Earn Speed more often." The same first panel previewed the time between awards shrinking from every 1.0s to every 0.9s.

Both categories compound: higher Speed per award and shorter time between awards mean faster leveling, which is what lets you move faster and survive deeper water. For a fuller breakdown of these choices, see the speed gain upgrades guide and the general upgrade points guide.

Milestones along the route

The route down is marked with numbered outposts and named regions. One recorded descent shows how the landmarks stack up:

Notice how the danger rating climbs as you descend — Glowcap Forest was marked Safe, while Forgotten Valley at Outpost 19 was marked High. Keep that in mind when deciding whether to push past an outpost or stop and collect your Speed first.

How far the route has been seen to go

The clearest evidence for the route's depth comes from the PETS collection panel, which locks region content behind outpost milestones. It lists Reef Shallows, Kelp Forest, Azure Mesa, Glowcap Forest, Luminous Caverns and Forgotten Valley. Forgotten Valley carries the lock label "Reach Outpost 19" — matching the Outpost 19 marker actually seen in Forgotten Valley — and another entry, Rootvaults, is locked behind **"Reach Outpost 23."

So the confirmed route runs at least to Outpost 19, with Outpost 23 established as a real milestone further down. Whether the abyss sits at 23 or beyond is not established by what has been recorded so far; treat every outpost past 19 as a fresh checkpoint to earn Speed and grab your free upgrade point before descending again.

Leveling and evolution on the way down

Speed feeds directly into leveling: you earn Speed at outposts and level up to move faster. Your submarine also evolves into new forms every 5 levels, so each new level bracket can visibly change your sub as well as your pace. The recorded descent passed through Glowcap Forest at Level 14 — one observed example of the level range on the mid-route, not a confirmed threshold. For details on leveling pace, see the how to level up and submarine evolution guides.

If you end up far from an outpost

During one deep dive, a prompt reading "E / RETURN TO OUTPOST" appeared. The recording did not show the result or what triggers it, so don't rely on it as a guaranteed rescue — treat nearby outposts as your reliable safety points. That safety value of outposts is one more reason to always know where your nearest outpost is before pushing deeper.

Putting it together

A practical descent looks like this: dive from outpost to outpost following the markers, step out at every stop to bank Speed, spend each free upgrade point on Speed Gain and Upgrade Rate so the next leg goes faster, and level through every-5-level evolutions while watching the danger rating of each new region. Outpost 19's Forgotten Valley and the Outpost 23 lock are the deepest confirmed waypoints — everything beyond that is exactly what the game invites you to go see.

For the full picture of growth systems, the progression guide and the outposts guide cover the surrounding systems in more depth.