Motif · Book 3, The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

The crawler count

The number on the first safe-room screen: 4,322,395 when Carl first sees it, under a million by the middle of the second floor. He tries not to look at it and always does.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — Transfer station 83
• Chapter 19 — Frank Q at the bar
• Chapter 29 — The Bolt of Ophiotaurus

Arc

389,441 at the top of the floor, hundreds of thousands dead in the Over City's group quests (ch. 2); 'just under 275,000' near the end, a number too high for the people anyone can find (ch. 29).