Catacrom Four is a planet featured in Deadlocked. It is located in the Shadow Sector of the Solana Galaxy, and is filled with ancient ruins across its vegetated, rocky surface. The ruins of the planet are home to a sacred robot burial ground which was transformed by Vox Industries into a DreadZone battlecourse known as the Catacrom Graveyard.
Catacrom Four is the first battlecourse that Ratchet was sent to after competing in the Marauder Tournament. In the battlecourse, Ratchet fought several robot zombies that would appear from the ground and attack contestants, while ravaging their burial ground. The battlecourse proceeded Sarathos.
History[]
Catacrom Four was the site of a battle, in which Grunt Troops fought.[1] Following the battle, the planet became home to a sacred robot burial ground, before Vox Industries' construction team transformed it into a battle course.[2] Starshield's final battle against Ace Hardlight, in which he was killed, took place on the planet.
Dallas and Juanita overlooking Catacrom Four.
Ratchet and Team Darkstar were sent to Catacrom Four for their first battlecourse after the Marauder Tournament. During their challenges, they were attacked by DreadZone gladiators as well as the robot zombies. They used a Landstalker to advance on the Catacrom Burial Dome, where they destroyed several more robot zombies. They also used explosives to destroy three sacred statues of the burial ground, and participated in a hoverbike race through the graveyard.
Geography[]
Map of the Catacrom Graveyard
Catacrom Four is a rocky yet vegetated world with many caves and canyons. In the DreadZone battlecourse it hosted a cloudy, gloomy atmosphere. The planet is also home to ancient ruins in the form of abandoned stone structures, bronze buildings, broken pieces of ancient giant robots, and statues. All of these are almost entirely ground over with thick vines around many of the stone walls. Aside from plant life, and the undead robots, the planet seems barely inhabited.
The Catacrom Graveyard.
The DreadZone battlecourse Catacrom Graveyard was based on an island and comprised a mountain pass leading up to a main burial ground area with a nearby arena in the middle of a mountain. The burial ground was the central area, and had one large stone structure (the Burial Dome), three ancient statues, and a few stone statues dotted around. Beneath the soil of the burial ground were several robot zombies that would rise from the ground to attack contestants.
The Catacrom Graveyard.
Off a distance away from the island were several metal towers placed on smaller islands. These towers resembled DreadZone constructs, and were likely placed by Vox Industries to monitor the battlecourse. The battlecourse itself otherwise was mostly left intact by the company, and had little artificial items added by DreadZone, with the exception of the vendors, vehicle pads, and any challenge-related objects (such as bolt cranks and low walls for cover).
Multiplayer[]
Concept art of Catacrom Four.
Part of the Catacrom Graveyard is featured in multiplayer as the Catacrom Graveyard map. The accessible terrain encompasses the entire center of the graveyard, excluding the starting valley, the section with the Landstalker, and the burial dome. A single bridge connects the two asymmetrical halves of the map, which is often large and relatively open with little cover. One side has two hoverbikes by default, whereas the other holds a single Puma.