Part 8 picks up inside the white wool dungeon with the same party as last time: Basket, johnfal_92 and Dash (dash10138), going by the nameplates and chat. Scoti isn't on. Between streams they looted a few of the chests they had been saving, nothing special beyond a couple more rare picks, and one trapped chest that threw a couple of blazes at them. Now they teleport back and head for the spot where they stopped.
The Totem of Depths
The path down from last time ends in a flooded cave with lily pads, spawners around the edges and a button at the bottom of the water. Archers hit hard, and someone is down to half hearts. Another spot is a little too close: "I might die here, gotta get out of the water." Then the chat line comes up. The Totem of Depths has granted you a boon. Use it well.
Back at the chests, a Hardened Shield turns up, "something we should divvy up." It later shows in Basket's inventory: Unbreaking II, King's Valley Tier III. Everyone is ready to go fight the boss until Dash asks in a whisper whether they ever did the downstairs the other way. They count again. Both Hawk Statue buttons are pressed, but only two of the three shrines. "We're not gonna do boss quite yet."
A room full of creepers
The way to the last shrine has tripwire, a spawner on the far side and something that might be TNT under their feet. Someone breaks the redstone, and the room fills with creepers. "Dash is in trouble." Everyone backs up, and nobody dies. Afterward nobody is sure who set it off. The best guess is a rapid dispenser, plus creeper spawners that had been filling the room the whole time they were looking at it.
The Totem of Shadows
Past an enderman, a creeper room and a hole at the top of the stairs, they reach the last shrine. "One, two, three." The Totem of Shadows has granted you a boon. That makes three. From what they read yesterday, the shrines act like the potion spots in other CTMs, and they are optional. You could fight the boss without them, if you're super duper cool.
Basket explains the stakes for the stream. This instance will probably reset before next week, so they want the boss today. Finishing the wool means one more skill point, and as a mage Basket has the wand's area attack and could add another ability. First, though, a quick trip back for food.
Creeper fall
The next level starts badly. Creepers drop on them, and the chat reads: johnfal_92 was blown up by Creeper. Someone meant to run up the staircase and got called back. The other apologizes for not yelling run. They repair the stairs and go up as a group. No Basket death this episode.
Down the lava shaft
The boss isn't at the top of the stairs. Instead there's a deep shaft of lava falls and stone bridges, with a blaze spawner on the second level, ladders going down and a chest far below. They work down one platform at a time through blazes, wither skeletons and creepers. One spawner they take for silverfish is really a very fast creeper spawner. "Dash has done a nice job down here," coming down the sides. By the end all three spawners on one level are out, and they keep going down, with Dash in front. "So it's probably not trapped."
