Crystalline Dimension

Crystalportal — Spawn a Portal to the Crystalline Dimension by Collecting All Four Lost Eternia Shards!

The Crystalline Dimension is a mysterious world located in another dimension, far from Etheria itself. It is the location of the captured legendary heroes, the heroes' parents, as well as the Old One.

Crystalline versions of every non-boss enemy that is regularly encountered on Nightmare spawn here, regardless of difficulty level. The world also features crystallized versions of the original four heroes and three bosses. In the Boss Rush challenge, two Spider Queens, a Genie King, and two Krakens are also fought in sequence.

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The main mission is divided into five fields which all must be cleared in succession, within a time limit of 86:30 (86 minutes and 30 seconds) and a limited number of lives. If a player joins the game and then leaves, a life will be lost. Therefore, caution should be taken when hosting public games without hardcore mode enabled.

If at ANY point: a crystal is destroyed, the player(s) run out of lives or time runs out, they will lose and have to restart the mission from the very beginning.

After completing the Crystalline Dimension once, the first of three parts to the Crystalline Resurgence is unlocked. The second and third parts are unlocked after clearing the first. These three challenges take place solely on the first, second and third fields respectively from the original mission.

The Portal

The Crystalline Dimension is accessible once the player has acquired all four Lost Eternia Shards by clearing Mistymire Forest, Moraggo Desert Town, Aquanos, and Sky City, in any order. The mission may be played up to highest shared difficulty level all four maps were completed on. To enter the Crystalline Dimension on Nightmare Hardcore, the four previously mentioned maps must also be completed on Nightmare Hardcore.

When this criteria is met, a portal to the dimension will appear in the host's tavern. The Crystalline Dimension can be entered through the mission setup interface under "Challenges." The host can choose to hide the portal in their tavern from the Options menu. The portal does not have to be shown in order to enter the Crystalline Dimension.

Story

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Intro Cinematic

"With all four Eternia Shards collected, the team holds them up to the sunlight, and the crystal fragments begin to float into the air, moving towards each other.

In a flash of light they merge, to reveal a large, twisted purple Eternia Crystal, with a swirling portal of energy around it! A voice emanatets from the black abyss.

You have come far in seeking your parents, little children. It is time now that you entered the portal as they did and face your destiny! Shocked at this turn of events, the group consults with each other... what must this mean? What is inside this Eternia Crystal?

Could their legendary predecessors really be inside? Putting aside any fear and doubt, the heroes agree: they must investigate! The champions take a moment to prepare themselves for what may lie ahead. Ready together before this ultimate challenge, the team of heroes prepare to enter the vortex before them, and though they may be little, stand tall before whatever dangers await inside!"

Rewards

On console, two completely random items are rewarded for clearing the mission.

On PC, the rewards for completing the Crystalline Dimension are given per account, per run. This means that a user cannot get more items by bringing multiple heroes that belong to the same account.

One special class weapon is awarded for completing the Crystalline Dimension as the corresponding class (or their counterpart). If a Series EV is used, either the Crystal Gun or Crystal Staff is given. If a Jester or Summoner is used, any one of these weapons will be given.

Class	Easy-Insane	Nightmare
Monk	Jade Spear	Eternian Spear
Huntress	Crystal Gun	Eternian Energy Cannon
Apprentice	Crystal Staff	Eternian Staff
Squire or Barbarian	Crystal Blade	Eternian Greatsword

A Legendary Costume is unlocked for completing the Crystalline Dimension for the first time as the specified class (or their counterpart). The Super Legendary Costume is also unlocked if the mission was done on Nightmare Hardcore.

Class	Easy-Nightmare	Nightmare Hardcore
Monk	Legendary Monk	Super Legendary Monk
Huntress	Legendary Huntress	Super Legendary Huntress
Apprentace	Legendary Apprentace	Super Legendary Apprentace
Squire / Barbarian	Legendary Squire	Super Legendary Squire

Exclusive crystalline accessories are also awarded for completing the mission.

Achievements

Notes

Which crystalline heroes spawn depend on the character classes each player uses during combat. Their ranged attacks can be bounced back with Reflection Beams.

Class	Antihero	Abilities
Apprentice / Adapt / Jester	Crystalline Apprentice	Mana Bomb, Self-Heal
Squire / Countess / Barbarian	Crystalline Squire	Circular Slice, Self-Heal
Huntress / Ranger / Series EV	Crystalline Huntress	Piercing Shot, Self-Heal
Monk / Initiate / Summoner	Crystalline Monk	Melee and Ranged Attacks, Self-Heal

The crystalline heroes do not count towards wave completion. They will continue to spawn (and respawn periodically if destroyed) until the wave ends.
Crystalline heroes cannot damage Eternia Crystals.
Summoner minions will fight the crystallized enemies, despite him and his minions being native to the Crystalline Dimension.

Mission Progression and Map Details

On fields 1-4, one of the Eternia Crystals contain a captured Legendary Hero. These crystals are taller and have less health than the other crystals. All four maps are vast and open; therefore it is impractical to build physical walls for every direction the ground enemies can approach the crystals.

Stage 1 - Legendary Huntress

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Stage 2 - Legendary Monk

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Stage 3 - Legendary Apprentice

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Stage 4 - Legendary Squire and Boss Gauntlet

This is arguably the hardest stage of Crystalline Dimension. Unlike the previous three stages, build time is limited. It is recommended to have multiple players build due to this time constraint. Once the countdown ends, two Demon Lords, two Goblin Mechs, and an Ancient Dragon will spawn, as well as endless enemies. Some of these endless enemies are "Super Orcs" which have much higher stats than regular orcs. On higher difficulties, they can destroy the Eternia Crystal instantly, even if weakened by a Strength Drain Aura or the Initiate's Enemy Drain.

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Stage 5 - Old One

The Old One is the final stage of Crystalline Dimension. This boss fight is like no other. There are three stages to the boss fight, the feet, the chest, and the head. You are only able to damage the boss during the head phase.

Feet Stage

There are two crystals to destroy at this stage. One in both feet. Once both crystals are destroyed, a smaller section of the stage will raise up to the chest stage.

Chest Stage

There are three crystals to destroy during this stage. The chest crystal and the two hand crystals. These are harder to destroy than the feet crystals because they can only be damaged during certain times. All three crystals will be able to be damaged when The Old One is taunting. Apart from that, the hands may only be damaged in the period after the hand slam and the chest crystal may only be damaged during the chest lasers. Upon the destruction of all three crystals an even smaller section of the stage will be raised to the head section.

Head Stage

The head stage has no crystals to destroy. This stage is where you are able to actually hurt The Old One. Upon taking a certain amount of damage, the stage will reset to the feet stage where you will need to repeat the process until The Old One is defeated. It is worthwhile to note that a strong, single-damage ability (like a hawk stance strike from a barbarian) can bypass the damage-per-stage limit allowing you to be able to defeat The Old One in one or two head stages instead of the usual four.