Lower Levels

The Lower Levels are a labyrinth starting below the surface of the forest canopy. It is made up of intertwined roots, trunks of ancient trees, and other things that grew as soon as the sun was obscured by upward growth.

The best way to access the Lower Levels is to climb out of a window of a Dharma skyscraper, but the easiest way is just to fall through the canopy. Finding your way out, of course, is harder.

In addition to 90% of the height of the skyscrapers, players will find zip lines and cars that go between buildings, or even between clusters of buildings.

Mushrooms
There are bluish glowing mushrooms and fungi, ranging from single caps the size of a bowling ball down to vast groves of tiny caps the size of a thimble. Sometimes there are vast rooms with ever square inch covered. What are they getting their energy from?

Tunnelers
There is some kind of large tunneling creature down here, because the natural chambers of the roots aren't the only way to get around. Tunnels left over from their passage are used by many other creatures in the Lower Levels. These tunnels never quite reach the surface because the Tunnelers didn't go into the sunlight, but many get close enough that one could force their way through with a bit of hacking and some scratches.

Grazers
There are, of course, little creatures that graze on the mushrooms and their energy. Faintly glowing with residual energy from their food, they are furry things with 4 larger legs and 2 smaller arms near their mouths with little appendages almost like hands that allow them to rapidly shovel in the tiny mushrooms, or rip the larger ones into pieces and eat them.

Lower Level Predators
Most of the predators down here are ambush predators that feed on the grazers. Some will follow sources of light brighter than the mushrooms, others will seek to extinguish them.