Arkhium Forge

Arkhium Forge (unofficial name) is a Hidden Exploration Objective that takes place in Bravais' Press Works, Liffey Region.

Steps[]

Obtain all seven Mysterious Ore
- See Mysterious Ore § Locations for all locations.
- After obtaining all seven Mysterious Ores, they will automatically combine into a Arkhium Stock
Go to Bravais' Press Works
Bravais' Press Works can be accessed via three ways:
- A waterway from the Millennial Pearl Seahorse's chamber.
- A hidden tunnel in Kuisel's Clockwork Workshop, right before the final room. Kuisel's Clockwork Workshop is accessible during World Quest Road to the Singularity.
- A current at the end of Geode Mine Shaft, available after finishing World Quest An Eye for an Eye in Series Unfinished Comedy.
Operate the press to convert the Arkhium Stock into Arkhium Lumenite
- See How to Operate section for step-by-step instructions
Go to Bravais' Hidden Study and open the door using the Lumenite
Collect two Luxurious Chests and one Precious Chest inside the study

Map Location
Entrance Location
Entrance Location Context

Gameplay Notes[]

After obtaining every Mysterious Ore, the player will receive the Wonders of the World achievement Come on out, Mystery Ore! Grant my wish!
Defeating the Red Meanies and unblocking the drainage pipes will grant the Wonders of the World achievement The Red Meanies' Revenge.
Unlocking the door to Bravais' Hidden Study grants the Wonders of the World achievement Not So Strait Is the Gate.
Inside Bravais' Hidden Study, the player may obtain two Luxurious Chests and one Precious Chest.
- There is an area in the study blocked off by a barrier; the player can simply climb over the wall and enter that area from the ceiling and turn off the barrier.

How to Operate[]

Main article: Bravais' Press Works § How to Operate

Before operating the press, the player must obtain all seven Mysterious Ore items, which will automatically combine to form Arkhium Stock.

The terminal in front of the press is unpowered, and attempting to use it reports that the pipe pressure must be normalized first.
Close the three valves on the walls by rotating their handwheels until they stop emitting steam. One will require installation of a Handwheel (Bravais' Press Works) found nearby on the floor of the chamber.
The handwheel is surrounded by two Nimble Harvester Meks

Handwheel Map Location
Handwheel Location Context
Insert the Arkhium Stock in the center of the press.
Interact with the terminal in front of the press to activate the power supply system.
Interact with the terminal again to begin operating the press.
Watch the Arkhium Stock in the press; it will gradually grow brighter until it emits a flash; when it does, interact with the terminal. Repeat until the system overheats.
Pyro Slime ×4 will spawn at the center of the press; defeat them.
Apply Hydro or Cryo to the center of the press until the heat meter above it disappears. (This may have happened already due to elemental attacks against the slimes.)
Large Pyro Slime ×1 will spawn; defeat it.
The terminal in front of the press reports that the cooling system must be activated. The terminal for that is nearby, down a short ramp at the north-west area of the chamber. Select "Activate Cooling Process."
The cooling and drainage terminal reports that the water intake is blocked. Drop to the bottom of the chamber and look for a large stone with blue veins. Destroy it, and water will flood into the chamber.
Return to the press terminal and operate the press again as before until it reports that water has entered the system.
Go down the ramp to the other terminal and interact with it. The terminal will report that the drainage pipe is blocked.
Dive into the water and obtain the Water Blades ability from the nearby Xenochromatic Hunter's Ray.
Go to where the large stone was destroyed previously to find a Xenochromatic Hat Jellyfish trapped by Fontemer Seagrass. Use the Water Blades ability to free it, then obtain its Hat-Shaped Bombs ability.
Locate the two drainage pipes which are blocked by Red Meanies. Use the Hat-Shaped Bombs to destroy them and unblock the pipes.
Return to the drainage terminal and interact with it to drain the water.
Return to the press terminal and operate the press again as before until a seal ruptures and the chamber is completely flooded.
Swim to the center of the press and obtain the Arkhium Lumenite.
Collect the Precious Chest in the newly opened passage, then proceed to the Current. The current ends at the ruins under the Statue of the Seven in the Liffey Region, where Desnos is found.

Dialogue[]

(Read the manual next to the main terminal)

Read

(See Forging Press Device Operation Standards section)

(Interact with the main terminal for the first time)

Activate the press

Check the power supply system, and ensure the pipe pressure is normal before adding the stock

(Interact with the main terminal after rotating the three valves to fix pipe pressure)

Activate the power supply system

Power supply system activated

(Interact with the main terminal after the system overheats

Error: System Overheated

Decrease the heat dissipation window temperature and activate the cooling system

(Interact with the maintenance terminal)

Activate Cooling Process

The cooling system isn't responding, the water intake is blocked

(Interact with the maintenance terminal after unblocking the water intake)

Activate Cooling Process

The cooling system is running

(Interact with the main terminal after the press errors due to water entering the system)

Error: Water has entered the system

Activate the emergency drainage function

(Interact with the maintenance terminal)

Activate Emergency Drainage Function

Emergency drainage function stopped, drainage pipe is blocked

(Interact with the maintenance terminal after defeating the Red Meanies and unblocking the drainage pipes)

Activate Emergency Drainage Function

Emergency drainage function is already running

Interactables[]

Bravais' Press Works[]

Forging Press Device Operation Standards[]

This interactable is found next to the main terminal of Bravais's Press Works in the Submerged Stony Path underground area.

1. Pre-Startup Preparation

Step 1: Before initiating the pressing process, the operator should wear protective gear at all times and perform a comprehensive equipment inspection.

Step 2: Before starting up the equipment, the operator must ensure the stock has been placed correctly to prevent mechanical damage to the equipment due to idling.

Step 3: Check the equipment's energy supply system to ensure that the equipment can run within normal parameters.

Once the above inspection steps have been completed, the pressing process can be initiated at the terminal.

2. Pressing Process Operation

When the pressing process is activated, the press will cause the stock to enter an activated state. You need to activate the press when the stock is giving off an orange-red light. Operating the press with the hammers can effectively induce deformation, so the operator must pay close attention to the state of the stock at all times during operation and manually operate the press with the hammers with the right timing.

3. Troubleshooting

To facilitate the operator's self-inspection, a fail-safe system has been installed on the base of currently available equipment models. The operator can troubleshoot system problems based on the errors reported by the fail-safe system. For more detailed instructions, please consult the "Emergency Response Handbook: 3rd Edition".

Maintenance Log[]

This interactable is found on a desk at the bottom of Bravais's Press Works in the Submerged Stony Path underground area.

Maintenance Log: "All I can do now is to try to stop the cooling system and try to seal the leaking areas. It's just a stopgap measure, however."

Maintenance Log: "If someone did remove the seals and operate the cooling system, the whole room would be instantly filled with a huge amount of water. The Forging Press will be utterly ruined."

Maintenance Log: "Though no one other than Bravais really cares about the devices in here, I suppose a prayer that the emergency drain proves useful couldn't hurt."

Bravais' Hidden Study[]

Old Notes #1[]

This interactable is found beside a bookshelf in Bravais' Hidden Study.

...I received the biological samples. They were carefully stored in sealed jars.

...It's difficult to say if it is closer to an animal or plant. But it's clear that it is unlike any other carnivorous plant. It hunts more actively for living food.

...I tried transferring it to a basin, and it started growing rapidly...

It seems to eat anything. I cannot determine if this is due to its inherent nature or a result of mutation after the introduction of heterogeneous tissue...

...Maybe that person would be interested in it. Unfortunately, after going to live in seclusion at Dryas Wood, he has been avoiding the Institute's researchers, including me.

...

...have learned that Arkhium affects its behavior...

...Further experimentation is pointless. Feeding should be stopped at once.

Old Notes #2[]

This interactable is found on a shelf next to a ladder and plant in Bravais' Hidden Study.

...

Salvation is meaningless if only a few can be saved. Were these words to be spoken by one of noble character, that would be all.

...when the issues of cost and efficiency cannot be resolved, allowing the few to be saved is the best choice.

...the underwater shelter is undoubtedly a technical success, but even if we ignore cost issues, it's still a stop-gap measure at best.

The Arkhium Project has greater potential. But the forging can only realize a fragment of its potential, and that is an experimentally proven fact.

Another project criticized as being purely ornamental...

Said ornamental value is an objective fact, but it is useless to science...

Arkhium is rather ornamental too, but its beauty is worthless if it cannot serve the well-being of Fontaine's people.

The Research Notes of Master Ruggiero[]

This interactable is found on a bookshelf in Bravais' Hidden Study.

...About the Golden Troupe...

...Comparative studies have been conducted on the surviving ruins of ancient orders from across the land... While they all had different names, the scripts and images left behind support the conclusion that they share the same origin... Ancient scholars believed that all arcane arts originated from a pre-Remurian civilization, an belief that now seems to be much more than mere speculation...

..."Fortuna"... appears to be the title of a symphony... Ancient documents record the existence of such great symphonies that were connected to the Fundamental Power... The gods of this previous civilized era seem to have ruled Fontaine using the power of symphonies...

...The ancient Remurians used music to record everything, and even magic was no exception... But their thinking was so peculiar that it hardly seems human. Even the scholars of the ancient orders, self-proclaimed heirs of the pre-civilizational legacy, were unable to fully comprehend it....

I collected numerous special conches on my quest to uncover proof of the Grand Symphonies' existence... Although the legends about them vary by area, there is a single point upon which all of them agree — These conches were tools used by this ancient civilization to convey some kind of information...

The is a clear gap between the magical spells left behind from various eras, and this really complicates my work... But if I assume that a complete schism occurred among these ancient orders at some point in time, then it might explain what happened...

Petrichor, a strange name indeed. It seems to mean "golem" in the ancient language... Even though it's just a run-down fishing village now, I sense a mysterious energy lingering there, pulling me toward it...

...The island is far away from Fontaine's waters, and perhaps that's why it has been left neglected for so long... If I manage to discover the Faded Castle of legend there, I might find answers to the many questions that vex me...

(Bravais's annotation: As the founder of the Consilium Sapientium, Ruggiero was a true great master in his time. Unfortunately, due to the poor academic environment in Fontaine then, his accomplishments never received fair evaluation. Alas, much like myself...)

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