The main promotional image for the Buried Treasure DLC.
The Buried Treasure Downloadable Content or Buried Treasure DLC is We Need to go Deeper's first DLC.
General Description[ | ]
The Buried Treasure DLC is a small content pack containing an artbook and the game's extended soundtrack. It does not add any content to the base game. Anyone who played We Need to go Deeper during the early access received this DLC for free. For Steam users, it can be found by right clicking We Need to go Deeper in their Steam Library > Properties > Local > Browse Local Files > Buried Treasure Edition Extras.
Artbook[ | ]
Another promotional image for the Buried Treasure DLC showcasing the artbook.
The Buried Treasure DLC contains a 196 page artbook written by Nick Lives, the artist of We Need to go Deeper. It provides major insights into the game's development, showcasing many concepts for possible ways to design the game. In addition, there are several unused designs mentioned in the artbook. These include Bosses, Enemies, and in some cases Items. Next to most images, there is a note written by Nick describing various things, such as the process of creation or reason for removal. A few concepts that were originally scrapped did make their way in following 1.0.0 however. These include Enemies such as the Shifter being implemented in The Awakened Update. It is unknown if any more unused concepts will be added in future updates, however it is indeed possible.
Bonus Artbook[ | ]
The promotional image for the Bonus Artbook added for the Buried Treasure DLC in the Quantum Update.
The Buried Treasure DLC was updated with an additional post 1.0.0 launch artbook in The Quantum Update. It is an additional 23 pages of content added for free to the Buried Treasure DLC. Anyone who already owned the Buried Treasure DLC prior to this additional artbook's release will have received it for free, as well as anyone else who purchases the DLC in the future. The Bonus Artbook covers all post 1.0.0 updates, discussing aspects of Awakened Mode, The Atomique, atomic Items like the Atom Ray and Jetpack, and the Micro Depths, in a similar fashion to the original 196 page artbook.
Extended Soundtrack[ | ]
Another promotional image for the Buried Treasure DLC showcasing the extended soundtrack
The Buried Treasure DLC also contains the game's entire soundtrack, including thirteen unused tracks, making for thirty seven songs in total. All songs in the Buried Treasure DLC are in their full form. Many of the unused songs were scrapped for various reasons that are yet to be specified. Some of them are designated as Cave and Civilization themes for the various Biomes, such as for the Frozen Waters and the Aurelian Depths. Some of these songs were originally meant for to be certain area themes, but later got reworked into different themes. For example, the theme of the Trash Hermit was supposedly originally going to be a theme for the Caves found in the Aurelian Depths. There are also some drafts for the themes of some Biomes, such as the Mechanical Abyss and the final biome. It is unknown if any of these unused themes will be added in future updates.