Up to two chains of secret rooms can appear in any of the 4 main floors as well as floors you can only reach in secret rooms (More on this later) on any wall without a door. Note that they can appear in the spawn room of a floor. They cannot appear in:

• Fountain Rooms
  
  
• Chest Rooms
  
  
• Shops
  
  
• Boss Rooms
  
  
• Secret Rooms without connecting hallway
  
  (These two are fully connected, so no more secret rooms will be found on their walls)

So... let's explain that ambiguous title. Secret rooms can be see from afar by their darker sprites, but this isn't always true. Depending on the color palette, you will NOT be able to find them.

This one is easy


This one isn't

Just run against the suspected wall and watch for the hand to appear. It will not appear with hazards blocking the entrance, be it water, spikes, or acid. Just press interact and, BAM, you did it. Much less satisfying, but it works.

Lot's of cool things can appear in a secret room, let's get to naming them!

• These caged imp guys (free loot and maybe potion)
  
  
• Monoliths (really annoying versions of normal rooms)
  
  
• Pots (could be a mimic, but it's still worth it)
  
  
• Weapon Rocks (You have to find the good ones yourself)
  
  
• Gravestones (could have an enemy inside... but the loot)
  

• Coin Altars (honestly not very useful)
  
  
• Boon Altars (WE ALWAYS BE SACRIFICING)
  
  
• Eater Altars (Don't, just don't. You'd sacrifice your maximum ring capacity?)[There are some unique items that can only be found from these though]
  

All of these will take you to an alternate floor with more name letters and loot, as far as I know, they only spawn in Secret Rooms.

• Portals (same texture for all of the secret ones)
  
  
• Down Hatches (Takes you to underground, watch out for camels. There is a portal down there too.) {No image yet, looks like a rainbow floor tube}
  
  
• Up Hatches (Takes you to the dark space, spawns only after killing a boss: The Necromancer{Need the grand jump to go through. Keep in mind these can also appear outside Secret Rooms}
  
  
• Gold Altar (takes you to the realm of gold) {unlocked through speaking}
  

Just some leftover things you can find

• Hazards (They exist here too)
  
  
• This Dude (kind of a bummer)
  
  
• Lore Slabs
  
  
• Lore Orbs (can signify when The Hunter is replaced with The Killer "You gaze into the orb and see nothing") {thanks for the comment}
  
  
• Frog man's tent (Just means you weren't important enough to meet with him in the underground)
  
  
• You Can't Run From Your Demons (Secret rooms do not let you pass in a hostile room)
  
  
• Summoning Sigils (These have a special interaction with the 'Summon Demon' spell if you stand on them and cast)

Keep in mind that any normal enemy encounters can appear in a secret room.

That's about all I know about Secret Rooms.

I made this guide because I absolutely love this game, I am a fan of everything it has to offer, especially the esoteric aspect of it, but I know that not everybody is a fan of games that are hard to understand and have very few guides.

I hope that this guide will be able to help people struggling in the dungeons enjoy the other aspects of the game while not being overwhelmed by the unknown aspects. Do keep in mind that this is subject to change as the game is updated.


Please please please, correct me on anything that is incorrect and I will update it when I can. Thank you in advance!