FAQ

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On this page you can find frequently asked questions about the Crimson Keep games. Just click the tab with the chapter in question to navigate.

There may be story spoilers contained within these pages so view at your own discretion.

 If you do not find the answer you're looking for here, feel free to ask on the discord (link can be found in the description on any of the games) The game isn't working/very buggy
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 * 1) Make sure you are playing on an official version, those can be found either on Newgrounds or on the public downloads (available on discord)
 * 2) If you paid for the game you got scammed.

Why is my save code not working?
 * 1) You haven't copied your entire save code.
 * 2) The save code is modified (capitalization and spaces matter)
 * 3) You aren't standing on the green glyph. If you see the gallery code, you're in the clear.

Help, I'm not gaining any exp
 * From chapter 3 onwards there are level caps in the chapters to prevent overleveling. Exceeding this cap in previous chapters will reduce your level down to the maximum in 3.

1 How do you unlock everything for Mili in Gallery?
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 * Don't make her jealous. It's best that she not know what you've done.

'''2 What about Mili's reward? How do I get it?'''
 * If you get at least two conversation options right, you'll get the White Glyph Gem. If you mash hard enough on "Click Here" during her minigame, she'll blast a hole back down the tunnel.

3 How do you get the earth glyph gem?
 * In said hole Mili makes, or as a drop from Dirt Devils.

4 What is the drop rate for the glyph gem?
 * 2.5% if tempted, 1% if killed

5 How do you get Rivan to have sex with you?
 * Be honest and unsexual, despite what common sense may say.

6 Where is the shop?
 * After Bubbling Cavern. Talk to an imp in the top-left building in Hightown who wants 15 Shovel Tails.

7 How do you unlock Iridias Gallery?
 * Buy everything that doesn't heal you, then hit on her one time afterwards.

8 I CAN'T BEAT NEFRIS CAUSE OF HER NUKE ON HALF HEALTH HOW DO I SURVIVE IT?
 * May I introduce you to the imp upstairs in the Eastern Hightown inn?

9 Where is Nefris hairpin?
 * See #8

10 What covenants can you get?
 * Dirt Devils, Cinder Stalkers, and Red Jellies have covenants. The other three are behind bosses, and each of them has an associated covenant.

11 Where can I find Pinna?
 * Get the animation for Cinder Stalker after talking to Bilaari in the Uptown inn.

12 Can I tempt the Red Jelly?
 * Yes. Does no one use Elucidate?

13 How many items do i need to complete every Iridia Alchemy crafting? 1 Is there anything in the labyrinth?
 * 140 Medium Girlcum (10 more for quest reasons, for 150 total) 30 Steel Baubles 10 Steel Totems 10 Golden Hairbands (3 more for quest reasons, for 13 total) 30 Red Jelly Extract (30 more are needed for quests for 60 total) 50 Afterglow (5 more for quest reasons, for 55 total) You'll also have to purchase the Charred Amulet for 400 Azurite and the Purple Glyph Gem for 2000 Azurite. The Alchemy trinkets cost 200, 200, and 300, making the total cost 3100 Azurite.
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 * Just mines, reavers, and bats. Find the exit and forget it exists.

2 How do I beat Nyx?
 * If you’re fighting her at level 23, she will be very difficult as she is balanced around level 25 stats. She’s not going anywhere, regardless of the entrance you took. When you’re strong enough, pay attention to her element, and try to avoid taking weakness damage from anything that isn’t Caustic Venom.

3 How do I beat Nazta?
 * A physically resistant covenant (Laryn, Jelly, Sia) plus Flame Syphon can work as a defensive strategy. For an offensive strategy, magical builds can proc Aim from Elucidate for the crit bonus then pop her with Penumbra Flare and Groundswell, while physical Builds can use Nyx and Laryn for high damage.

4 How do I fuck the door/bat/reaver?
 * For the door and bat, you don’t. For the reavers, check the date on the video Intro made where he announced that.

'''5 I broke the game by clicking too fast! Help!'''
 * If it’s your first time through, slow down and read. If you’ve beaten it once already, then just pace yourself. Quoting JoJo with your mouse clicks can break any Flash game. Make sure you’re not clicking faster than the framerate and you should be fine.

'''6 My CK3 save won’t transfer! Help!'''
 * First, load it in on CK3 and make sure you’re standing on the green glyph with the gallery code on-screen. Then save that and put it in CK4.

7 Is there anything in the catacombs/warden’s office?
 * For the catacombs, just Sylica and other Honored Ancestors. Nyx can be found in either room depending on your route. There is nothing else to be found in either room.

8 Why are my cooldowns not refreshing?
 * Game balance test. Since every fight is 1v1 in CK, we wanted to make sure people aren’t nuking every enemy on turn 1. There was an announcement about this change when the Patreon beta dropped.

9 I skipped through dialogue and don't know what to do now. '''1. How do I load in? There’s no “New Game” button!'''
 * Check the quest log.
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 * CK5 proved impossible to balance both 100% files and bare minimum files, so the New Game button was removed. Go finish at least CK4 to play, though I recommend starting at CK3 for a replay and CK1 for a first time through.

2. CAN’T BEAT FIRST BOSS HELP
 * First, make sure you have a decent save from the last chapter, not missing too many covenants or equips. From there, look at Ellym’s new move, check the boss’s weaknesses, and see how often she uses Shield Breaker. After that, it’s just a matter of using weakness moves on her and keeping your HP up until she’s down.

3. Where are the mana batteries?
 * There are two on the first floor held by Royal Guards, one to the left and one to the right of the main room. There is one on the third floor from freeing Seera. And there is one on the fourth floor from the bottom-right Noble.

4. How do I find Seera?
 * Get the animation for the Flameberry Cultivator on the third floor. If you have animations off, you may not be able to progress here.

5. How do I defeat the nobles?
 * Stall out their wisp with non-damaging status moves and heals. Then throw out your best attacks while the wisp is down while maintaining decent health. Cremate is incredibly powerful and null-elemental, so I recommend at least 600 health at all times.

6. How many new equips?
 * There are 4 weapons (3 if you did not get Synophi), 2 pendants, 3 rings, 6 charms, 4 trinkets, and 1 artifact. Of these, one weapon, both pendants, all rings, five charms, and the artifact are all new, and all but the artifact and weapon are optional.

7. Where are they?
 * The Weapon and Artifact are from story. Rings are from the shop after the ziggurat. Both pendants are on the fourth floor, and one needs a key. You should have 4 charms (one from CK3) by the time you clear the ziggurat, two of which are missable if you do not get them beforehand. One from Seera, one from a drunken noble, one from headpats.

'''8. I’m out of healing items and don’t want to restart. Help!'''
 * If you’re not willing to restart, I’d imagine you’re past the first boss, so go to the third floor and grind Cultivators. They drop Flamebery Pudding which heals 450HP and you can 2-turn them on any build. Once you have enough, you can fight Nobles and Twins on the fourth floor for Flameberry Souffle, the best healing item in the series so far.

9. How do I open the locked rooms on 4f?
 * The one on the left is locked until you clear the ziggurat, and you will discover what’s in it via story. The one on the right requires a key that you get from Servinnia after freeing all of the Royal Guards on the first floor.

10. What’s up with the bar above Zazna?
 * That’s her piss-off meter. Stronger statuses like Slow and Syphon will fill it, as well as particularly strong, highly effective, or otherwise useful moves like Basalt Spear and Shield Breaker. Immolating Strike and Groundswell are safe in this manner since they do neutral damage.

11. How do I get past Zazna’s Arcane Flame Barrier?
 * Cali literally tells you her move can get past it before the fight. This is because Arcane Fire is just inverted fire for typing purposes.

12. Enchantress boss fight sucks please help
 * If you don’t have many healing items after Zazna, her fight will be rough since you can’t leave to grind. If you have a decent amount, then you’ll be fine. Her AI is neither intelligent nor random, so try to take note of what moves she uses and when. Also don’t let your HP fall below about 40% or she can instantly end the fight. Switch covenants around to resist her next attack (you can tank Banebolt easily, so I wouldn’t bother with that one), and she’ll go down easily enough. Also, there’s a reason you’re forced to open with Yil, and it’s not for the plot.

13. How do I leave the ziggurat after curing Enet?
 * Head up to the second floor and walk out the bottom middle doorway and keep going.

'''14. I’m missing scenes from the gallery. Where are they?'''
 * In the gallery, there are 5 slots for enemies, 10 slots for story, and 3 slots that are only available depending on choices you made in previous games. If you’re missing from the top row, you missed an enemy, and if it’s from any slot but the fifth, you can permanently miss it by clearing the ziggurat early. If it’s on the bottom row, you’ll need covenants from Zazna’s other “pets”. The corner requires a covenant from CK4, and the non-corner ones require you to enter the ziggurat from the front in CK3 and are only available when you leave town.

15. How do I alchemy?
 * Go to the alchemy tab and extract some essence from your healing items. Health items give 1 red essence for every 100 HP rounded down, MP items give 1 blue essence for every 25 MP. Add in given ratios with MGC, sprinkle some Afterglow, and voila. Potions.

16. How much to buy out Iridia?
 * Depends on what you got in CK3. If you cleared her out in CK3, you’ll need 10,270 azurite to buy her out in this chapter. If you didn’t buy anything from her, you’ll need an extra 3,100 azurite, 4 gold plates, 10 twisted metal, 140 Medium Girlcum, and 50 afterglow.

17. Where do I get metal for the Royal Guard in Iridia’s shop?
 * First, progress the story by talking to Iridia then Rivan. As you leave the inn, you’ll unlock the area where you can grind metal.

18. Why don’t I have my gallery?
 * Your gallery is tied directly to the progress you make on your game instead of to your save code. This allows you to get all scenes permanently, but at the cost of losing your gallery if you clear your cache or play on incognito/private browsing. I recommend downloading the game from the discord’s public downloads channel if this becomes an issue for you.

19. How do I get both Badluck girls?
 * You don't yet, and you won't for a while. Pick one you like, and eventually, in a future chapter, the other will come along.

20. Where's Lan? 1. Why is my MP going down?
 * She went to CK6.
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 * Check your equipment and remove the Auramancer's Sigil. It's only good on really high MAtk builds. Some moves drain mana naturally, but these are few and far between, so only check if every attack is draining it.

2. How do I beat the Radiant?
 * You don't. Lan is correct in telling you not to fight it. Just leave it and move on. - You can fight it in chapter 7.

'''3. I just died for no reason! What gives?'''
 * There's a new status called Petrify. A few enemies this chapter can inflict it. Make sure to do something about it before its timer runs out, whether that's attacking enough or using an item that mentions it specifically.

4. How do I beat Lumeria?
 * She's something of a DPS fight. Each Shattering Blow increases her damage, so try to pile it on her before you get too many stacks on you. Standard procedure of resist her moves and use effective moves applies. She only has physical attacks, so high Def neutral and resistant covenants can help a lot.

5. How do I finish the timed portion?
 * For the easy path, defeat the first shaman, pay attention to where the camera pans once a cutscene takes control after leaving the palace, then take a cave entrance and fight one more shaman that's right in front of another. After that it's a straight shot out. For the hard path, follow the shaman trail and pray.

6. Kobolds are annoying!
 * Yes they are. Yil's Elucidate is your friend, they only steal HP heals on your Q and E, and Nefris stops them from running. Also note that your Q and E items can be changed mid-battle.

7. How do I refresh the mushrooms?
 * Leave the room and come back. There is no timer, so don't waste your time waiting.

8. How do I beat Mercury Elemental?
 * As is standard, elucidate and check new statuses as they appear. The stack on the status you take will slowly increase as the fight goes on, so make sure to resist her, especially late in the fight. Good covenants are: Lyn, Rithris, Cali, and Enet, in roughly descending order. Effective damage will reset her bar, so make sure to swing every once in a while since it fills up fast.

'''9. Where is the Frost Maul? I bought it but it's not showing up anywhere!'''
 * Frost Maul and Brimstone Dagger are physical Glyph Gems due to being weapons with magical properties. The Dagger is a regular one like Groundswell while the Maul is a special one like Penumbra Flare. They'll be in your Skills tab.

10. How do I beat the Concealer?
 * If it has a shield up, it will take on the type that the shield was last hit by, so keep a good effectiveness chain going. The pre-battle cutscene will tell you how to see it when it goes invisible. The long move where it opens wide is stopped by bright light due to being a giant eyeball, but only if the shield is down.

11. How do I beat Princess Seraphine?
 * As is standard, check her shield with a hover-over and Elucidate for her info. Try not to let her meter fill, but don't worry too much if it does as a resist with high HP or a preparatory use of Balance (Enet) can save you.