The Caverns

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The Caverns is a feature located in The Hole, it includes 2 main parts.
Firstly the (image)Camp where your villagers are and second the Caverns, who are located in the hole.
All the Villagers(except (image)the explorer which you have at the start) are hidden in the caverns and must be rescued(clicked),
they can then be upgraded using (image)Opals which will give them xp overtime and level them up unlocking new features.

The Caverns

The caverns are located in the hole, they are unlocked by leveling up the explorer villager.

Shallow Caverns

The Shallow Caverns are the first set of caverns in The Caverns.

The Well

the well
Cavern Info
Type	Resource Producer
Biome	Shallow Caverns

The Well is the first cavern in the hole and the Shallow Caverns, collect materials from buckets to spend on upgrades or opals.
With the (image)Bar Expand-o-rama upgrade you can expand the cap every time you hit the max,
Once you reach 14 expansions you will need the (image)UBER Bar Expand-o-rama-hala expansions upgrade to expand further.
You can unlock new buckets from the (image)Engineer villager.

The Motherlode

The Motherlode is the second cavern in the hole and the second in the Shallow Caverns.
The (image)engineer vilager is located here
You mine the motherlode to get ore, after a certain amount of ore gained you can destroy a layer and gain an (image)opal,
then the efficiency required to mine the motherlode increases and so is the ore amount required.
You are capped at 5 layers broken per day, which is also shared with the other caverns related to skilling.

Camp

Place where the villagers are

Hole Bonuses

Bucket Fill Rate

Name	Source	Description
Better Buckets	Schematics	Increases the base fill rate of all Well Buckets from 10/hr to 15/hr
Loadin' some 'Lode	Schematics	Gives +5 Bucket Fill Rate per Power of 10 Motherlode Ore mined
Hiring the Hounds from Beyond	Schematics	Gives +10 B.F.R. per 100 hounds defeated in best runs of each class
Motherlode ~ Bucket Synergy	Schematics	1.10x fill rate per Motherlode Layer you've destroyed!
Expander Extravaganza	Schematics	+20% Fill Rate per bar expansion across all sediment types!
Even Better Buckets	Schematics	Increases the base fill rate of all Well Buckets from 15/hr to 20/hr
Measurement 6	Measurements	+% Bucket Fill Rate
Monument Buff	Monument Of Bravery	x Bucket Fill Rate
Ringing The Bell	The Bell	+% Bucket Fill Rate
Infinite Resources	The Lamp	x Well resources