Dark Zone
Dark Zone is a place of blood and flesh. The floors are a dingy brown and the walls made up of screaming distorted faces. Dark zone introduces 2 new enemies (they have a very small chance to spawn in rooms 1-4), the Blood Monster, and Gibert, as well as Eye Demons. The portal to return to one of three default floors will appear after defeating the final boss, the Meat Wizard.
The Dark Zone can be accessed through a portal that can spawn in any room(both normal and secret rooms). To reach this portal, you need to find a hole in the ceiling, which has a rare chance of appearing. You can use the Grand Jump spell to ascend to the ceiling.
Dark Zone starting room
Blood Monster and three Giberts
Dark Zone hole on the ceiling
Dark Zone portal
Community notes
One Steam guide says the ceiling hatch to Dark Zone only starts appearing after The Necromancer has been defeated, and that hatches can show up outside secret rooms too. Another player asked where to find the hole and did not get a clear answer, so this is unconfirmed.
- Resolved: the Secret Rooms guide confirms the ceiling hatch only spawns after the Necromancer is defeated, which was flagged as unconfirmed earlier, and that the Grand Jump is needed to get through it.
- Two commenters say the ceiling holes are not exclusive to secret rooms; one had one spawn in River. A third says they are small, dark and easy to miss, unlike the rainbow-coloured down hatches, and that the floor beyond is very dangerous.
Community-sourced (added October 2026, not yet verified in-game). Sources: Steam guide: Secret Rooms and You (Slunky); Steam guide: "every achievement guide" (MSK); Steam guide: Secret Rooms and You by Slunky.