Relics

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Relics

Skarnholt left things in the ice. Walk into one to bring it home: each survivor earns their own, once per profile. Relics restore the Hollow and tell you what happened here. They never change your stats.

In game, a relic you haven’t found shows as ? ? ? with only its hint. The hints are below; open a spoiler to read the rest. Relics only turn up when the host leaves Secrets on the ice on (it is on by default).

Relic 1

Hint: A warm light glints in the rock maze, a short walk from where the cage sets you down. Walk into it to bring it home.

Spoiler: what it is

Frozen Lantern

A miner’s lantern, still faintly lit after who knows how long in the ice. Cut into the glass: three peaks over a closed eye. Skarnholt’s mark, the old Company’s. They lived under this ice before us, and they closed the eye on purpose.

In the Hollow: The Hollow’s library alcove lights up and the lantern takes its place on the plinth.

In the library: The Skarnholt Ledger. Tallies in a tidy hand: red, purple, amber, obsidian, more loads every season. The last line is underlined twice: “Deep shaft opened. Bonus to all crews.”

Relic 2

Hint: After the first night, a survey stake glows far out past the landing site. The log lies beside it.

Spoiler: what it is

Surveyor’s Log

Water-stained pages in the Company surveyor’s hand. The last entry: “The deep light sings at night. The colossi walk toward the song, not toward us. We are the ones making it louder. We sealed the lower gate.”

In the Hollow: The survey table is restored and the map of the old tunnels goes up on the Hollow’s wall.

In the library: Survey Notes, year three. A careful sketch of a colossus mid-stride, its head turned away from the camp. Under it, in the surveyor’s hand: “toward the song.”

Relic 3

Hint: Three echo stones hum somewhere in the maze. Wake all three in one match and follow the sound.

Spoiler: what it is

Heart of the Hollow

A shard of blue ice, warm in the hand, humming the note the deep light sings. The echo stones were keeping it. It fits the socket in the Company’s gate.

In the Hollow: The sealed gate beneath the Hollow opens.

In the library: On Sealing a Gate. The Company’s instructions, half washed out: “…white light, bled cold, poured in the socket… the Heart holds it… do not drill below the second bench.”