Vault of Thriving

The Vault of Thriving is the third Vault the Apprentice enters in search of lost fragments of the Song of Myora. Located to the west of the town of Forest Region, the Vault entrance is actually impassable, blocked by a rockslide. The Apprentice must locate the nearby Cave of Thriving and enter (and exit) the Vault through there. After passing through a partially submerged tunnel in the Cave, the Apprentice comes out in the Vault of Thriving, near the interior side of the collapsed entrance to the Vault.

The Vault itself is composed of a single large, flooded chamber with numerous floating wooden platforms leading between partially submerged stone towers and platforms. In order to proceed through the chamber, the Apprentice must locate small coloured keystones and place them on the correct matching pedestal. Collecting these objects, however, is quite challenging due to the platforming skills needed, and there are no hint cutscenes to lead the Apprentice to the majority of keystones and pedestals.

While the wooden platforms do not sink, it can still be challenging to make the jump from platform to platform, as well as navigating the confusing and changing layouts of the level to get to each keystone and then find the way to the pedestal. It is important to remember that, like all Vaults, time does not pass while inside the Vault, so the Apprentice can take their time with careful jumps on each platform to collect the keystones and return the Song Fragment. Placing the keystone on the correct pedestal will lower a nearby door revealing a button that will lower the water level further, changing the layout of the chamber as well as revealing another keystone and pedestal, until (when the final pair of pedestals is complete) the entrance to the chamber with the Song Fragment of Thriving is revealed. The path to exit the Vault afterwards is somewhat tricky as well, as there are numerous ramps to navigate, but no further platform jumping is required to exit the Vault.

There are at least two chests in the vault hidden behind some rock and rubble. There is, however, an Everkid hiding near the collapsed entrance to the Vault.

Related Goals

 * Locate Song Fragment (4)
 * Return Song Fragment to the Treeheart Chamber (4)