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starshipwaters has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 1, 2024 @ 2:14am

missable secret in shadow pantheon

i have been slowly and deliberately working my way through wrath finding every secret/note/coffer, but having just made it to the end of the shadow pantheon level i believe one of the secrets becomes permanently inaccessible if the player doesn't know to go for it during a specific timed sequence.

spoilers:
this is pertaining to when you grab the blue key and a bridge slowly rises to connect you get to the door ahead. if you do not drop off the platform and go under the floor where the bridge is rising then, you can't get under there later (i did end up getting under there using 'noclip' later to see if my suspicions were correct). i tried finishing the level and returning in case some things got reset, but no luck. when using 'noclip' to get under the bridge i found at the end of that area it triggers a player teleport in and out of the secret area, but the teleport is not available in the level if you didn't initially get under the bridge in time.

i spent about an hour looking around for switches or something to be able to get to this secret legitimately within the level later on, but couldn't find anything. am i mistaken and there is actually a way to trigger this secret if access if initially missed? if not, i think it would be a nice courtesy to add another way for players to get to that secret without resorting to 'noclip.'

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Spectrum Legacy has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 3, 2024 @ 7:37am

Thanks dude for the headsup. I've played the level yesterday and remembered this topic, so I tethered just in time. Otherwise I would have likely missed it. I believe it is unreachable currently after the sequence. What I would like to see is a well-hidden portal appearing at the end of the sequence regardless whether you found the secret or not.

Then again, I would also like the game not having the secret-revealing artifact at all and console cheats should permanently lock out achievements in that run, regardless of loading. Though there are still those 2 secrets in e3m1 blocked out, but at least the chalice secret trigger can be reached from the other side if you jump on the statue. Q1 movement-tech ftw! Hope they fix those bugs and that there are no further such surprises left. It takes away the joy of finding them and doing all the platforming to reach it just to hit an invisible wall. Anyway, cheers again!

Woudo

Mar 3, 2024 @ 10:36am

Originally posted by Spectrum Legacy:
Then again, I would also like the game not having the secret-revealing artifact at all and console cheats should permanently lock out achievements in that run, regardless of loading.

So force everyone to look at video guides, gotcha.

Spectrum Legacy has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 3, 2024 @ 10:42am

Originally posted by Woudo:
So force everyone to look at video guides, gotcha.

Not everyone but hey, you do you Woudo.

SexyPanther has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 3, 2024 @ 6:24pm

For those that went into the secret area the OP talked about, can anyone confirm if there is a statue in there? I've cleared the level with the exception of that one location, and I haven't triggered the "destroy statues" Achievement. Can't find any in any other location now.

Mr. No_Effs_Given has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 3, 2024 @ 6:27pm

Originally posted by SexyPanther:
For those that went into the secret area the OP talked about, can anyone confirm if there is a statue in there? I've cleared the level with the exception of that one location, and I haven't triggered the "destroy statues" Achievement. Can't find any in any other location now.

That chievo is, sorry for the language, quite a pain in the arse. Went twice times more thought it, and have no idea how many I am still missing.

SexyPanther has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 3, 2024 @ 9:24pm

Originally posted by Mr. No_Effs_Given:
Originally posted by SexyPanther:
For those that went into the secret area the OP talked about, can anyone confirm if there is a statue in there? I've cleared the level with the exception of that one location, and I haven't triggered the "destroy statues" Achievement. Can't find any in any other location now.
That chievo is, sorry for the language, quite a pain in the arse. Went twice times more thought it, and have no idea how many I am still missing.

The chevo really was annoying. Finally got it. So to answer my own question, the time-limited secret does NOT contain one of the statues you need to destroy. The statue I missed was in a pool of green acid, mostly underwater (underacid?) so was hard to see.

Hogarth

Mar 5, 2024 @ 5:34am

where even is the secret-revealing artifact ?

Spectrum Legacy has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 5, 2024 @ 3:51pm

Originally posted by Hogarth:
where even is the secret-revealing artifact ?

I've found 8 so far, so one for each couple of maps. Every hub area has one to collect, so you gotta find it on your own, but with it you will become a super-sleuth

Btw it looks like an eye symbol.

SexyPanther has WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Mar 5, 2024 @ 4:43pm

Originally posted by Spectrum Legacy:
Originally posted by Hogarth:
where even is the secret-revealing artifact ?

I've found 8 so far, so one for each couple of maps. Every hub area has one to collect, so you gotta find it on your own, but with it you will become a super-sleuth :smile: Btw it looks like an eye symbol.

8? Wow! I'm in the third Hub world with only two levels left to go (including the boss level) and I've only found around 4-5 total. Impressive.