Yume 2kki:Himalayan Salt Shoal

Himalayan Salt Shoal
Basic Info
Japanese Name(s)	岩塩浅瀬; 岩塩浅瀬; Iwa Shio Asase; Rock Salt Shoal
Effects	None
Events	None
Notable NPCs	None
Other
Connecting Areas	Hot Air Balloon World; Heart Pattern Pathway; Glitched Purgatory 🍀 ➡️;
BGM	🔊 散歩_byやわらか (No. 760); 🔊 moseni_fabric – Salt Pools (No. 772A); 🔊 2_51 – Light Blue Creature's Subarea (No. 261I); 🔊 egg – Lighthouse (No. 678B);
Map ID	2533, 2534, 2535, 2536
Version Added	0.121e
Last Updated	0.122e
Author	Takikomi
Extras +
Vending Machine
	Normal

Himalayan Salt Shoal is an area accessible from Hot Air Balloon World.

Map of Himalayan Salt Shoal.

Map of the subarea.

Features

Himalayan Salt Shoal is an expansive sea with relaxing music, containing pink islands with rock salt walls, clear pillars, and a lavender sea floor. In some parts, the sea floor gives way, allowing a view of the dark abyss below. Throughout the map are red balloons floating along the wind. Sentient chunks of rock salt roam the shoal, some sliding and others having small legs to carry themselves.

Northeast of the Hot Air Balloon World entrance is a red Construction Sign. Slightly southeast of here is a sentient chunk of rock salt stranded on an island in the middle of the abyss.

Directly west of the aforementioned entrance are two parallel rows of pillars. Going between these pillars will teleport Urotsuki to the Salt Pools, a maze with peaceful music. Heading north for a short amount of time, then west, will lead to an odd blue tentacle in a more open section. Interacting with it will produce a dice-rolling noise, and then Urotsuki will be transformed into a slow chunk of rock salt, which unlocks the rock salt mask in the Dream Wardrobe. Additionally, a flashing balloon will appear by the tentacle, and interacting with it will play a can-opening sound and place Urotsuki back at the entrance to Hot Air Balloon World.

Above the parallel rows of pillars sits a white and pink-striped lighthouse, which may have a bird resting on the top. The lighthouse's door is initially blocked. Inside the lighthouse is a cozy pink room with a barricaded staircase. This room contains an NPC with caramel-colored eyes and hair, a green hairclip, and a pink apron. On the wall is a functional light switch, a clock, and a painting of the lighthouse at sunrise or sunset. Their desk has a small lamp, a blue chair and book, a green pencil, and what seems to be a key atop it. In the middle of the room is a dark pink rug similar to Urotsuki's rug. The left side of the room has a small kitchen space, including an oven and a sink.

Below the parallel rows of pillars is the warp to Heart Pattern Pathway, which is a chunk of rock salt shaped like a heart. A short distance southwest of here is a standard red vending machine next to a bench.

Directly west of the Heart Pattern Pathway entrance is a pair of pillars. Heading between them will lead to a secluded path with an intense shift in tone. At the end of this path is a light blue, humanoid creature without a face. Chainsawing them will make them disappear, which allows access to the lighthouse by removing the salt in front of the door.

Further west, past the pair of pillars, is an island with a rock salt sculpture that has some blue accents and a large reddish tentacle. South of this, or southeast of the Hot Air Balloon World entrance, is an abyssal formation resembling the emoticon "^□^". If Variable #44 has a value between 192 and 214, there will be a glitched tile near it that transports Urotsuki to the Glitched Purgatory. Continuing southeast from here will lead to a dark blue creature with a face. Interacting with the dark blue protrusion near it will make its appendage flatten and its face puff out with a thud.