The Cake Hunt objective is a special, opt‑in challenge in Vault Hunters where the goal is to collect as many cakes as possible inside the vault.
Unlike other objectives, a Cake Hunt can not appear randomly and must be crafted: Put a Glazed Vault Rock onto the Vault Altar to create a Cake Crystal.
Obtaining a Glazed Vault Rock
- Buy one from the Black Market
- Purchase one inside a Vendor Room
How the vault works
- The vault generates one room at a time. Each time you find and right‑click a cake, a new room appears.
- A pink screen tint intensifies as you approach the cake, guiding you to its location.
- Every cake you eat adds a Cake Layer modifier. Layers stack indefinitely and increase difficulty and rewards, as detailed below.
| Icon | Name | Code Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cake Artifact | the_vault:cake_artifact | Each stack increases the artifact chance by 0.5% |
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Haunted | the_vault:cake_haunted | +10% Soul‑Shard Drop Rate |
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Haunted | the_vault:cake_layer_soulshards | +10% Soul‑Shard Drop Rate |
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Delicious | the_vault:cake_item_quantity | +1% Item Quantity |
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Sweet | the_vault:cake_item_rarity | +1% Item Rarity |
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Sweet | the_vault:cake_layer_itemrarity | +1% Item Rarity |
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Heavy | the_vault:cake_chunky_mobs | +1% Mob Health |
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Heavy | the_vault:cake_layer_mobhealth | +0.05% Mob Health |
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Anger | the_vault:cake_layer_mobdmg | +8% Mob Damage |
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Anger | the_vault:cake_furious_mobs | +1% Mob Damage |
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Rapid Mobs | the_vault:cake_layer_mobspeed | +0.15% Mob Speed |
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Onslaught | the_vault:cake_mob_increase | +10% Mob Spawns |
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Gilded | the_vault:cake_cascade_gilded | +5% Gilded Chests |
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Ornate | the_vault:cake_cascade_ornate | +5% Ornate Chests |
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Living | the_vault:cake_cascade_living | +5% Living Chests |
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Wooden | the_vault:cake_cascade_wooden | +5% Wooden Chests |
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Wealthy | the_vault:cake_coin_cascade | +10% Coin Piles |
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Soul Plentiful | the_vault:cake_ores | +5% Vault Ores |
Finishing the vault
To complete a Cake Hunt you must locate a Crake Pedestal (yes, Crake, not Cake) and right‑click it. These pedestals have roughly a 10% chance to spawn in a room, so if you spot one, mark or memorize its location. After you have finished hunting cakes and looting, return to the pedestal to complete the vault.