Lost the crystal key. Can I get it back? Also I beat a bunch of bosses around the map and don't know what to do next

[Consuela]

Things get hectic and I carried it around to long before knowing what to do with it.

Also, I am OP now, what should I do? I don't know what to do besides beating the game the normal way which I've done once already. I killed a bunch of bosses around the map and am now hanging around wondering if I can get the crystal key back.

[Shrub]

There was only ever one job... you clean now.


Tip box, then Spoiler box

Tip: With your god like powers, why not try exploring out of bounds? That glowing platform above the mountain is also a little sussy. Have you tried giving it things?


Spoiler: The left and right walls separate you from another world. Left or right, you can re-explore the map and this includes the high alchemist. Don't lose the key this time by overkilling him with explosions ahahaha! Also be VERY careful on the surface or some mini-bosses will remind you of your mortality. Finally, said wall itself is dangerous to cross after a certain point before becoming safe again. Be careful!


Additionally, the mountain altar can accept the blue gear thing and will provide various results. We're going one more level deeper into spoiler territory, I'll add a SUPER SPOILER box below.

Super Spoiler: Deliver the gear to the altar with 0-4 orbs will give you the toxic ending; 5-10 orbs bring you to NG+, a slightly different and stronger version of the original world; 11 orbs give you the pure ending

Uncover the boxes at your own discretion~

[Consuela]

Originally posted by Freyr:

Uncover the boxes at your own discretion~

...sigh.... I can't do it. I know there are a bunch of places I haven't gone to yet because I made the mistake of looking at a map of the world. Now I feel dirty. It made me wonder how someone could discover and figure all that out by themselves. in exploring I did come across some interesting tablets and notes and stuff... the crystal key just seemed like the most immediately doable. I'll try poking around. I'll wait till I get bored or exhaust any ideas I have before looking at whats behind these black spoiler boxes.

I could backtrack and revisit every last pixel I've been through and see if I can find the key or if it despawned (Or I can drop some useless inventory and see if it lasts through a game exit and be where I left them when loading the game). I am guessing that was the key to the... whole thing moving forward? I'll find out somehow ...

[Myno]

Originally posted by Consuela:

It made me wonder how someone could discover and figure all that out by themselves.

They can't. No one has. You're not meant to discover EVERYTHING on your own. It was meant to be a group effort, and it's all figured out now (except maybe the Eye Messages and Cauldron Room). Which is why I think people crying over "spoilers" in this game are pretty foolish. If you're becoming frustrated, just take a peek at the wiki every now and then to get an idea of what to do. Simply knowing how something is done shouldn't take away from the fun of actually doing it. Or you can keep wasting all your time banging your head against a wall in the dark and missing huge chunks of fun content if you wish.

[Shrub]

Everyone enjoys things differently, do what ya want. I sponge the wiki, but I'm here for something specific. If you can clear this without spoiling yourself, mad respect to ya.


The boxes are separate spoiler tags so uncovering the tip will not reveal the spoiler or super spoiler box and it only directs you towards points of interest. If it still pains ya, then you got some experimenting to do on your world ;)

Regardless, as long as you persevere, you'll reach the end. We all will.

[Consuela]

God like power, all to be killed by being polymorphed into a scorpion and then eaten by one of my own plague rats ahahhhhahahahahaha

[LootMech]

damn RIP your god run, but it wont be your last. There are even obscure ways to be immune to poly, some of them work better than others.
At some point you will be good enough to beat RNG almost every game to reach the point where you can do endgame "quest" stuff.
I respect up not looking up stuff but I did it pretty early and don't regret a thing. got this game in march and I already have 400h in the game.
It is still good with a little help from the wiki just look up small chunks at a time.
If you already killed the alchemist you've reached a part where the secrets are so secret that I myself would have never figured anything out :D