Secret Vault of Secrets is the sixth level in Skylanders: Giants, in which the Skylanders accompany Machine Ghost in his Arkeyan robot body to find the map of Arkus' lost city before Kaos can claim it.
Description
Secret Vault of Secrets takes place in a massive canyon of brown rock, which is flooded by water and blocked by Arkeyan dams. Ancient Arkeyan platforms are constructed along the canyon's sides and walkways ramps have been carved into the rock. Although the structure of the level prevents players from seeing most of its sky, said sky is pale blue with drifting gray-pink clouds, with its bottom being a dusky peach color.
Objectives
- Unlock the East Dam
- Unlock the West Dam
- Open the Arkeyan Vault
Elemental Gates
- Vault Inner Workings
Areas to Find
- Sunrise Canyon
- East Dam Approach (Earth)
- East Dam
- East Dam Controls
- Forgotten Caverns
- Flood Gulch
- West Dam Approach (Tech)
- Logger's Corner
- West Dam
- West Dam Cliffside
- Gorge of the Ancients
- Vault Approach (Water)
- Vault Control Platform
- Vault Inner Workings (Tech)
- Vault Access Area
New Enemies
Characters
- Auric (briefly)
- Clam-tron 4000
- Kaos (briefly)
- Machine Ghost (briefly)
- Weapon Master
Legendary Treasure
- Stripes Ahoy Paint Job
Hats
- Officer Hat
- Archer Hat
Story Scrolls
- Onk and a Totem
The Store
- Aqueduct - 2,500 gold
- Spy Gear - 500 gold
- Tropical Turban - 550 gold
- Arkeyan Ultron Skystone - 1,000 gold
- Regeneration Power Up - 200 gold
- Lock Puzzle Key - 500
- Fairy Dust - 50 gold
Gallery
The Vault underwater
inaccessible path
An arkeyan structure up close
Trivia
- Despite Machine Ghost saying not to shoot the giant Arkeyan robots because it will not get you anywhere, they still lose health if you shoot while they are vulnerable.
- The Arkeyans, who have a tendency to forget things, forgot that they put the Map to Arkus in the underground Secret Vault of Secrets.[1]
- During development, the Vault was originally conceived as an abandoned airship made of stone.[2]
- Skylanders can run up the canyon wall at a certain point in the level (as demonstrated here) and drop down into the canyon itself. The canyon's bottom can be traversed like usual on foot, although it results in a softlock since there is no way to advance the level from here.
- Secret Vault of Secrets is the only level in Skylanders to end with a character's death.
- Secret Vault of Secrets appears to have been one of the last levels developed in Giants. In the earliest alpha versions of Giants, most of the other levels' visual appearances are complete, but Secret Vault of Secret lacks texturing on its dams and its canyons have not yet been filled with water. Several of its mechanics are broken, some of its platforms and collision boundaries are missing, and its collectibles, NPCs, area names, and ground enemies are absent entirely. [3]
- The level's placeholder name was Giant Robot Battle.
References
- ↑ Skylanders: Giants Official Strategy Guide: Questions & Answers, page 163
- ↑ Soosa Kim's Portfolio. Soosa Kim's website
- ↑ Skylanders Giants Alpha Build 1: Full Playthrough. (Date Posted: Jan. 28, 2024). YouTube.