The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet

Mission List: Rank (Champion) Preceded By: 9-2 Mission: Alone in the Dark Followed By: 9-3 Mission: Heart of the Matter Important Stratum Themes: Monsters: Status: Rewards: Prestige x135 Radiant Fire Crystal x15 Dragon Scale Volcanic Iron

The Gauntlet is a 9-2 rank mission.

Overview

Description:

One final battle stands in your way before reaching the Firestorm Citadel. Thought to be devised by Lord Vanaduke himself, this unrelenting gauntlet is teeming with all manners of dark creatures and culminates in a nightmarish battle arena that must be conquered in order to gain access to the gates of the Firestorm Citadel.

This mission will take everything you've got and requires a full arsenal of powerful weapons and gear. If Lord Vanaduke is testing you, give him the fight that he's asking for and show him what a true Champion can do!

Objective:

Battle your way to the Firestorm Citadel through a bulwark of monstrous might.

Notes

This mission was introduced with release 2012-03-07.

Its mission card features the old model of an Almirian Royal Guard, but these monsters don't appear during the mission.

: "Gauntlet" likely refers to the phrase Running the Gauntlet. In this sense "gauntlet" indicates a particularly arduous endeavor. Many players consider this mission to be very difficult due to its variety of dangerous obstacles.

Strategy

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Here are some strategies and tips to navigate through and complete "The Last Stand" of this mission:

• The Gauntlet is best done in parties rather than solo runs.
• Make sure to have gear to combat every monster family and each of the three status effects here. For example, with the second arena of Last Stand having monsters that inflict shadow damage with possible Freeze status, equipping gear such as the Dread Skelly and Snarbolax is highly advised.
• In Last Stand, as with Battle Arenas, a new wave of monsters is spawned once the monsters of the previous wave of that branch are defeated. Keeping the last monster alive of a wave of one branch can help you focus on preparing for the waves of the next branch.
• The second arena's freeze grates can be guaranteed death traps. Be careful not to be pushed onto a grate by a Trojan's attacks or a Howlitzer's skull missile attack. In case you get frozen on a grate, immediately use a Remedy Capsule or hope your shield lasts to break out of being frozen by a grate or a monster. The dash technique may help. Otherwise, hope you can escape from a slow, painful death. Getting frozen is almost inevitable, but better not to be over a grate if so.

Gate Map

First Floor

Second Floor

Level: Shock and Awe Depth: 24 Monsters Devilite Pit Boss Yesman Devilite Overtimer Devil-IT Devil-IT Overtimer Notable Exploration Entities This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why at Category talk:Candidates for speedy deletion or improve the page and remove the {{delete}} tag. Remember to check what links here and the the page history before deleting. Editors should also consider external sources, such as the Spiral Knights Forums, that might link here. Consider redirecting instead of deletion if possible. Only Admins can permanently delete wiki articles. Content associated with or replaced by this deletion notice can be accessed via this page's "history" tab until the page is fully deleted. - moved to better umbrella name (so "area" vs. "level" isn't as confusing). Notes Goal: Get to the elevator.

Third Floor

Level: Reign of Fire Depth: 25 Monsters Firo Knight Red Rover Rocket Puppy Darkfang Thwacker Darkfang Demo Darkfang Mender Darkfang Scorcher Notable Exploration Entities This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why at Category talk:Candidates for speedy deletion or improve the page and remove the {{delete}} tag. Remember to check what links here and the the page history before deleting. Editors should also consider external sources, such as the Spiral Knights Forums, that might link here. Consider redirecting instead of deletion if possible. Only Admins can permanently delete wiki articles. Content associated with or replaced by this deletion notice can be accessed via this page's "history" tab until the page is fully deleted. - moved to better umbrella name (so "area" vs. "level" isn't as confusing). Notes Goal: Get to the elevator.

Fourth Floor

Level: Last Stand Depth: 26 Monsters First Bout: Wave 1 First Branch: Voltail x2 Quicksilver x2 Second Branch: Silver Polyp x2 Wave 2 First Branch: Electrolisk x4 Second Branch: Alpha Voltail Voltail x4 Silkwing Quicksilver x2 Wave 3 First Branch: Silkwing Quicksilver x4 Second Branch: Silver Polyp x4 Wave 4 Electrolisk Alpha Voltail x4 Voltail x4 Silkwing Second Bout: Wave 1 First Branch: Bloogato x2 Frozen Shambler x2 Second Branch: Chilling Howlitzer x2 Wave 2 First Branch: Layoafer x3 Pearl Greaver x2 Second Branch: Guster x2 Silkwing x2 Trojan Frozen Shambler x4 Wave 3 First Branch: Silkwing Frozen Shambler x4 Second Branch: Chilling Howlitzer x4 Wave 4 Pearl Greaver x2 Layoafer x2 Trojan Third Bout: Wave 1 First Branch: Firo Knight x3 Gremlin Lighter x3 Second Branch: Red Rover x2 Darkfang Scorcher x2 Wave 2 First Branch: Cinderbot x2 Hotrode x2 Gremlin Lighter x2 Second Branch: Rocket Puppy Firo Knight Darkfang Thwacker x4 Darkfang Scorcher Gremlin Lighter Wave 3 First Branch: Darkfang Mender Darkfang Thwacker Darkfang Scorcher Gremlin Lighter x4 Second Branch: Cinderbot Hotrode x4 Redward x2 Gremlin Lighter Wave 4 Firo Knight x4 Darkfang Mender x2 Darkfang Thwacker x2 Darkfang Scorcher Notable Exploration Entities This floor is a unique Arena with the same background as Scarlet Fortress levels. Brambles Recon Module (Left by Euclid) Treasure Box x18 Notes Goal: Get to the elevator. The recon module only needs to be collected once, after that, it is accessible via the artifact tab of the player's arsenal.  Recon Module: The Gauntlet A recording from Euclid, Alpha Squad Leader: Within the Clockworks we can afford little sleep. Hostiles are around every corner and many of the environments are unsuitable for camp. But when sleep comes, I find myself dreaming more than I ever have before. In my dreams I see Cradle, slowly turning and drifting throught the stars. I see the patches of its varying terrain unfold and stretch across the stars like an enormous quilt. It is an oddly comforting dream, to see a world unravel itself... But then I wake, and the chaos of the Clockworks engulfs me once more; the groans of its ever-turning cogs and howls of the terrible beasts that call it home echoing everywhere. I hope to return one day to the surface, to a sun, to a place where peace is more than a fleeting dream. Gallery Map of "Last Stand". First bout layout: Second bout layout: Third bout layout:

See also

• Gate
• Hall of Heroes
• Party