Shroud of the Apocrea (Mission)

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Shroud of the Apocrea
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Mission List: Prestige (Event)
Important Stratum Themes:
Rewards:

None, though freeing souls will reward Token-Apocrean Sigil.png Apocrean Sigils, as will several puzzles in The Grasping Plateau.

Shroud of the Apocrea is an event-exclusive prestige mission available during Shroud of the Apocrea.

Overview

Description:

Several capable knights have gone missing in a seemingly normal area of the Clockwork Tunnels. Spiral HQ suspects foul play and has assigned you to investigate the level.


Objective:

Investigate the area of the Clockworks where several knights have gone missing.

Notes

This mission was introduced with release 2013-10-23.

Token-Apocrean Sigil.png Apocrean Sigils obtained from activities in The Grasping Plateau can be exchanged with Lost Soul (Apocrean Item Trader).

This mission's maximum depth is 30, making it the deepest area to date.

Strategy

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The general goal of this mission is to collect Apocrean Sigils. This is accomplished by breaking tombstones, randomly releasing purple souls, and breaking the chains off the souls. Breaking their chains by attacking them rewards sigils. Players can also earn sigils by solving puzzles. All this is done in The Grasping Plateau, with the other combat floors offering standard clockworks loot.

This event is enjoyed by the playerbase for a variety of reasons - it's something different and presents a decent challenge for many players. Not only does it provide tokens required to make Obsidian items at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine (or Obelisk of Creation), it also brings arenas that are deep enough to have a decent chance of dropping Radiant Fire Crystals from their treasure boxes. As such, there are several "goals" that players may have, so it's important to establish what everyone wants to do before starting this mission.

Successfully completing Shroud of the Apocrea solo can be difficult due to the nature of the plateau and its inhabitants.

Your party will lock after using the elevator in the Mission Lobby, so plan ahead and make sure everyone knows what to do. The Grasping Plateau does not have an arsenal station, so whatever gear you had the previous floor is the gear you will take to the plateau.

Goal:

Usually plans fall into one or a combination of the below:

Arena Farm
Sigil Farm

Recommended Equipment:

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Remember, the plateau does not have an arsenal station. Gear up in the previous floor if the party plans to farm here.

See the Apocrean Harvester page for details about its behavior and how to deal with it.

Runthrough

First Floor

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Level: Mission Lobby
Depth: 0

There is no combat here.

Notable Exploration Entities

Basil is located top left. Wares include certain tier-appropriate pickups and a vitapod. Basil has recipes for sale in most mission lobbies.
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Notes

A place to gear up.

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Gallery

Second Floor

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Level: Haunted Passage
Depth: Depends on rank

Notable Exploration Entities

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Notes

In this level, you enter a "normal" Haunted Passage. Standing on the party button will bring up the gate behind you (normal), but the gate in front of you will not open (abnormal). The minimap will become static. Tentacles will come up out of the floor and grab you, bringing you down (loading) into The Obsidian Nexus.

Third Floor

Gate-The Obsidian Nexus.png
Level: The Obsidian Nexus
Depth: Depends on rank

  • There is no combat here.
Notable Exploration Entities

Notes
Gallery

Fourth Floor

Rotates between: fixed , Iron Edge Arena-Fiendish Fray , Clockwork Tunnels-Infernal Passage , Cooling Chamber-Haunted Passage , Wasteworks-Infernal Passage
Level: ???
Depth: Depends on rank

Notable Exploration Entities

Notes

Goal: Get to the elevator.

Fifth Floor

Rotates between: fixed , Venom Fang Arena-Cadaverous Clash , The Grasping Plateau , The Grasping Plateau , Wasteworks-Infernal Passage
Level: ???
Depth: Depends on rank

Notable Exploration Entities

Notes

Goal: Get to the elevator or collect Apocrean Sigils.

Sixth Floor

Rotates between: fixed , Venom Fang Arena-Fiendish Fray , Flame Lash Arena-Cadaverous Clash , The Grasping Plateau , The Grasping Plateau
Level: ???
Depth: Depends on rank

Notable Exploration Entities

Notes

Goal: Get to the elevator or collect Apocrean Sigils.

Seventh Floor

Rotates between: fixed , The Grasping Plateau , The Grasping Plateau , The Grasping Plateau , The Grasping Plateau
Level: ??? (The Grasping Plateau)
Depth: Depends on rank

From Tombstones:

From Puzzles:

Plateau:

Notable Exploration Entities

  • The Grasping Plateau is a large Graveyard-like area that spawns many tombstones in a grid. It features one or more two-part puzzles and difficult enemies. Its dimensions seem to consistently be 50-52 (West/East) x 34-36 (North/South) tombstones. An official map would be difficult to obtain, since the minimap is static for the area, and any glitches revealing this map could be inaccurate.
  • Puzzles in The Grasping Plateau reward Apocrean Sigils in bulk. Everyone in the party receives the puzzle's sigils as soon as it's solved. Puzzles come in two parts - if you find one part, you can predict and mentally prepare for the other.
Sometimes a material will be rewarded (in addition to sigils in bulk) when a puzzle is solved. It appears on the ground in the puzzle and must be picked up. Each player must investigate the area - one player will not pick a material up for the entire party. It might not appear for everyone in the party, and it may or may not be the same material for everyone in the party. If one appears, this material is always randomly one of the ones available from Lost Soul (Apocrean Item Trader). They player does not have to be nearby for it to have a chance to drop - someone else can solve the puzzle far away.
Notes

Goal: Get to the elevator or collect Apocrean Sigils.

Gallery

The gallery below displays puzzle pairs and their solutions.

Use the Control+F keyboard function to find terms such as "key."

Eighth Floor

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Level: Departure
Depth: Depends on rank

  • There is no combat here.
Notable Exploration Entities

Notes

Players can trade their Apocrean Sigils and craft before taking the elevator to finish the mission. Unlike other areas in the game, the shrouded ground of this place extends well beyond the map's range, with only a few large structures and strange glowing lights present in its otherwise empty expanse.

Gallery

See Also

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