Lungs

Who you meet here

BossAlveolar MacrophageA huge, slow, breathing phagocyte. It never stops lashing pseudopods at you and alternates between engulfing you and…Key guardianSyncytiumFused cells with several nuclei in one membrane, guarding the Fusion Peptide. Sidestep its lunges and watch for…GeneFusion PeptideSlips through tight junctions. Your dash damages cells you pass through.CancerLung AdenocarcinomaA growing core that keeps healing and launches metastasis seeds. Any seed you don't shoot down takes root as a new…AssassinLepidic GliderA lacy cell gliding on thin membrane wings. Its pounce glides further than the others, down a longer marked line.

Organ facts

Objective

"Reach the Alveolar Macrophage"

Boss

Alveolar Macrophage, "The lungs' resident dust-eater"

Key guardian

Syncytium, holding the Fusion Peptide. One door is sealed by a tight junction

Cancer

Lung Adenocarcinoma (shoot down its metastases before they take root). Its assassin is the Lepidic Glider

Hazards

nerve endings that fire a stronger Cough Reflex, cilia carpets, air sacs on the walls, breathing currents

Local cells

Neutrophils, B Cells, Macrophages, Monocytes and Plasmablasts. Deeper rooms add antiviral capsules, vaccine vials and Eosinophils

Look

a plum floor scattered with gently pulsing alveoli, inside walls that bulge into the room in little air sacs

Music

D minor at 92 BPM, a triangle pad and a sine lead with no swing

Size

14–18 rooms

Threat

enemy damage ×1.0, enemy health ×1.1, rewards ×1.5 (compared with the Nasal Passage)

Also in the Lungs

Tissue Hazards & TerrainOrgans & Bosses

Nerve EndingsGlowing nerve fibres in the walls. Linger on one and it fires a reflex that flings you and every cell nearby away from the wall.Nasal Passage · LungsCilia CarpetsA carpet of beating hairs that carries anything on it the way the arrows point: you, cells, everything.Nasal Passage · LungsAir SacsAlveoli on the walls swell up, then exhale a gust that blows you and cells away and clears enemy shots.LungsBreathing CurrentsThe lungs keep breathing, swaying you gently up and down in a slow rhythm all through the organ.Lungs

Tumor PartsCancer

Tumor coreA lumpy, irregular mass with crusty nodules and tangled blood vessels. It never moves, and touching it hurts.Nasal Passage & LungsSatellite noduleA smaller, stationary lump around the core that keeps budding clone cells.Nasal Passage & LungsClone cellA small, misshapen cell with an oversized nucleus that rushes straight at you.Nasal Passage & LungsMetastasis seedA dark cell the lung tumor launches toward a pulsing pink ring. Shoot it down before it lands.Lungs

Tumor AttacksCancer

Metastasis launchThe lung tumor fires seeds at marked spots on the floor; any that land grow into new nodules.Lungs

Organ MilestonesViruses

Filovirus: LungsBleeds, Hemorrhage and Viral Hemorrhage hit 80% harder.Organ 2

The Organ MapIn a Run

LungsReach the Alveolar Macrophage.Organ 2

Boss SetsGear & Store

Lipid BilayerThe Alveolar Macrophage's set, built for toughness.Organ 2 · Lungs

Audio & PresentationGame Modes

Lungs themeAiry and open.Organ 2

Found in every organ

Abyss PitsBottomless gaps in the tissue. Falling in is a heavy blow, not instant death.Any organDrop ShaftsA rare glowing shaft in one of an organ's deeper fight rooms. Walk in and the current sweeps you into a freshly shuffled layout of the…Rare

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