There is a Storm Gate somewhere in the Valley of Tarsis. The Freelancer is tasked to enter it and stop anything inside it from coming out into Bastion.
Hints and Suggestions
- The Conjunction is a respawn restricted area. If a Freelancer is downed, they need to be revived by allies, otherwise, if they force respawn, they will be thrown out of the conjunction and back into Freeplay.
- This Conjunction has 3 tiers. At the completion of each tier, a Treasure Chest will be unlocked.
- There are enough Legendary Enemies in this conjunction to receive the gold Legendary Slayer Feat.
- Since this is a Shaper Structure based location, there are several Shaper Nodes around that can zap javelin thrusters and prevent flight.
- See individual pages for enemies in the Encounters section for details on how to combat with them.
- Crystal structures are tough to destroy. The smaller crystal projections on the structures must be destroyed to completely break the larger crystal. Multi-Target damage dealing weapons (for example, Jarra's Wrath) or Blast Damage dealing weapons or gears are the most effective, as time is limited.
- Bristleback is one of the toughest enemies in Anthem. All Bristlebacks are Legendary Enemies. Look into the strategy section of its page to see how to combat this enemy.
Objectives
Spires Anomaly
Storm Gate Opens Soon
Storm Gate Opens In
Storm Gate Closes Soon
Storm Gate Closes In
Contain the Conjunction
Defeat the Scars
Destroy the Crystals
Conjunction Destabilizes In
Defeat the Scar
Destroy the Crystals
Conjunction Destabilizes In
Defeat the Scar
Destroy the Crystals
Conjunction Destabilizes In
Defeat Scars
Defeat the Bristleback!
Conjunction Destabilizes In
Conjunction Successfully Contained
Conjunction Destabilizes In
These are the locations where the Freelancer begins the expedition, has to perform tasks to advance, and conclude the expedition.
Cortex Entry
Spires Anomaly (Conjunction) is categorized under the Conjunction type of expedition. These expeditions do not have any cortex entries associated with them.
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- This conjunction also used to give crystal rewards in the treasure chests during the original run of Echoes of Reality in 2019. When the Cataclysm ended, the crystal rewards stopped unless they are a part of daily challenges.
- This conjunction takes place in a Hidden Place anomaly called Spires Anomaly.
- This Conjunction has 3 tiers.
- The conversation during this conjunction is taken from a pool of dialogs.
- During the original run of Echoes of Reality, a large crystal mound would appear under the storm gate and crystals would grow around it. These crystals could be harvested.
- Although the anomaly is called Spires Anomaly, based on Spires of the Ancients district, there is no such true location in the current map of Northern Bastion. The location where the actual spires anomaly takes place has its storm gate above the Palisades of Idris. It is unclear whether these two locations are one and the same or not, or if this is a case of Blackshore, where Lakeshore was renamed to Blackshore after an incident.
Below is the Script and Walkthrough for Spires Anomaly (Conjunction):
Briefing
Storm Gate Opens Soon
There is a closed Storm Gate in the vicinity.
Storm Gate Opens In
The Freelancer may have to wait up to 4 minutes and 30 seconds for the storm gate to open. When the Storm Gate Opens, the Freelancer can enter it to reach to the Spires Anomaly.
In Expedition
- Faye: "Detecting an unknown signal. It’s close, but I can’t identify it."
The Freelancer can fly towards the storm gate.
Storm Gate Closes Soon
The Storm gate closes soon so if any other Freelancers want to join in, they have a small amount of time to enter the conjunction.
Storm Gate Closes In
The Storm gate will close in 1 minute. There are several Mordant Elementals for the Freelancer to defeat.
- Faye: "What we see here is real, yet not real. It doesn't belong in our world. We have to keep it out."
Conjunction Initiated. Tier 1 stats here.
Contain the Conjunction
When the storm gate closes,
- Faye: "Scars. You’ve got this."
Defeat the Scars
The Freelancer fights and defats all the Scars that have gated in.
Destroy the Crystals
- Faye: "These crystals are real. Volatile, but very valuable."
The Freelancer must destroy 2 large Shaper crystals.
Conjunction Destabilizes In
The Freelancer has 45 seconds to destroy the crystals, failing which the Conjunction Fails and they will be back in Freeplay without gaining any treasure chests. When the first crystal is destroyed,
- Faye: "And that’s the first."
When the last crystal is destroyed,
- Faye: "That’s done. Nice work."
Defeat the Scar
- Faye: "You’ve a powerful Scar heading your way. Be careful!."
The Freelancer fights and defeats all the scars.
- Faye: "They’re trying to regroup. Make sure you’re ready for them."
Tier 1 ends here. Tier 2 stats here.
Destroy the Crystals
- Faye: "Shaper crystals. They seem more volatile, perhaps even temporary."
The Freelancer must destroy 2 large Shaper crystals again, failing which the Conjunction Fails and they will be back in Freeplay without gaining any new treasure chests.
Conjunction Destabilizes In
The Freelancer has 45 seconds to destroy the crystals, failing which the Conjunction Fails and they will be back in Freeplay without gaining the second treasure chest. When the first crystal is destroyed,
- Faye: "There we go."
when the second crystal is destroyed,
- Faye: "Very good. That should be all."
When crystals are being destroyed,
- Faye: "That Scar—it’s strong. It will rally more if we don’t stop it."
Defeat the Scar
The Freelancer fights the Escari along with its Scar minions and defeats them all.
- Faye: "They’re falling back. Careful—they maybe trying to regroup."
Tier 2 ends here. Tier 3 stats here.
Destroy the Crystals
Now, 3 crystals emerge from the ground!
The Freelancer must destroy the large Shaper crystals.
Conjunction Destabilizes In
The Freelancer has 1 minute to destroy the crystals, failing which the Conjunction Fails and they will be back in Freeplay without gaining the third treasure chest. When the first crystal is destroyed,
- Faye: "That’s one. Keep going."
when the second crystal is destroyed,
- Faye: "One more, and you’re done."
When the last crystal is destroyed,
- Faye: "There. That’s done."
Defeat Scars
- Faye: "Here come reinforcements. Show them what you can do!"
The Freelancer fights the Scars but a new threat shows up!
Defeat the Bristleback!
The Freelancer fights one of the toughest enemies—a Bristleback!
Conjunction Destabilizes In
The Freelancer has 3 minutes and 45 seconds to defeat this Bristleback, failing which the Conjunction Fails and they will be back in Freeplay without gaining the third treasure chest or the guaranteed reward drops from the Bristleback. When the Bristleback is finally defeated,
- Faye: "Freelancer, that was very cool to see. I wonder what the next conjunction will show us."
Tier 3 ends here.
Conjunction Successfully Contained
The Freelancer is free to collect all rewards.
Conjunction Destabilizes In
The Freelancer has 1 minute before the conjunction closes and takes them back to Northern Bastion.
Post Expedition
Collect all the rewards dropped by the enemies and all the rewards from the 3 Treasure Chests. The Freelancer can force respawn out of the conjunction or, be transported when the conjunction closes into Freeplay.
Notes and Remarks
- This expedition has no conversational cut scene during briefing.
- This expedition has no conversational de-briefing post mission.
- The dialogs mentioned in the script can vary across different play-throughs and different repetition of the game modes. The dialog will be taken from a pool that get rotated in-game. The script mentioned here is from one such instance.
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