Hourglass Desert

Hourglass Desert
Basic Info
Regional Name(s)	砂時計砂漠 Sunadokei Sabaku Hourglass Desert
Effects	EffectChild
Collectibles	WP #43 WP #45 WP #133 WP #766
Events	None
Notable NPCs	Anubis, Hourglasses
Other
Connecting Areas	Window Room NoEntry⛔ Dark Room Unlock🔑 Wilderness Ocean Floor NoEntry⛔
BGM	🔊 2_23 (No. 123A) 🔊 camellia_hysar2 – Pyramid Maze (No. 155A) 🔊 twen20ty-7 – Child effect Room (No. 188)
Map ID	0277, 0295, 0296
Version Added	0.091g
Author	20

The Hourglass Desert is an area accessible from the Wilderness, as well as one of the two areas accessible from the Window Room.

Map of the Hourglass Desert.

Map of the Pyramid Maze.

Features

The area is simply a desert with sand dunes and broken hourglasses sticking out of the ground. There are some moving hourglasses similar to those in Chocolate World and strange oddly-shaped striped creatures standing around. Anubis can be seen walking around, he stands differently when one uses the Wolf effect's howl near him.

Entering from the Window Room, Urotsuki will be placed right in front of a broken hourglass and a bench. A large pyramid with an antrance can be found by going south and slightly west from the entrance. Entering it sends Urotsuki to the Pyramid Maze.

There is a streetlamp surrounded by jagged poles somewhat northeast of the pyramid maze entrance. Interacting with it transports Urotsuki to the Dark Room, unlocking access to this area from there.

Pyramid Maze

The Pyramid Maze is a dark, underground maze with various creatures in it. The maze is divided into two parts, which Urotsuki can cross between via a gray hand with blue symbols on it. On one side is a door leading to the Wilderness, and on the other is the exit to the main area. Using the Lantern effect will briefly light up the area.

There are two kinds of monsters here which play cheerful beeps when approached. One is rather square-shaped and the other resembles a horn. Both are blue, with a single eye.

The Child effect can be found in this maze too, but the room containing it is only accessible from the Ocean Floor. The room itself contains a bed, a rug, and a wall drawing of a cat next to someone holding a sign in front of a group of people. The egg that grants the Child effect has a plaid design, like Urotsuki's shirt, and will randomly shake as if about to hatch.

Directions

• The Nexus → Red Streetlight World → Red City → Head Wasteland → Wilderness → Hourglass Desert

After entering the Dark Room from this area at least once:

• The Nexus → Marijuana Goddess World → Dark Room → Hourglass Desert

To reach the Child effect:

• The Nexus → Deep Red Wilds → Stingray Skies → The Docks → Ocean Floor → Hourglass Desert

Trivia

• The stairs of the pyramid maze resemble a similar labyrinthine location in the fangame Dream Graffiti.
• The secret room containing the Child effect contains a rug over the stone floor which depicts the window pattern worn on Madotsuki's shirt. The same area plays a cover of the menu theme of Yume Nikki and has a character that somewhat resembles Madotsuki herself on the wall, holding a sign depicting the window pattern.

Gallery

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  Anubis, as he appears in this world.

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  Streetlamp to the Dark Room.

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  Pyramid to the Pyramid Maze.

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  Inside the Pyramid Maze.

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  Entrance to the Wilderness.

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  The room housing the Child effect.