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Season 7 is on the horizon and Ironmace is dropping the anchor straight into chaos with The Blue Maelstrom – the newest map in Dark and Darker. From what we’ve seen in the official trailer, this map is nothing short of a pirate’s nightmare and an adventurer’s wet dream.
Forget cramped dungeons, this time you’re scaling decayed shipwreck fortresses perched on jagged sea rocks, with torch-lit pathways barely holding together. One wrong step, and you’re shark food. The atmosphere is oppressive — endless fog, wrecked masts looming in the distance, and broken ships scattered across the water. Pure dark fantasy.
This map isn’t just vertical, it’s downright lethal. Climb, swim, sneak, and fight across unstable platforms and rotting planks, while dodging whatever horrors lurk underwater. Yep, you read that right — there’s underwater traversal too, complete with eerie sea caves and glowing marine life to lure you into who knows what.
From the brief PvE snippets, expect pirates, sea cultists, and god-knows-what monstrosities to gut you before you even make it to extraction. Players will also have to contend with both ranged ambushes from high perches and close-quarters skirmishes in tight ship corridors.
If you thought Ruins or Goblin Caves were intense, The Blue Maelstrom looks like Ironmace’s answer to “what if we crank it all up to eleven?”
