Altars

Shrines are small, interactive objects found throughout the map that reward the player with various bonuses or loot in exchange for an offering, most commonly coins.

Appearance and Behavior

Shrines only spawn in normal rooms, excluding the spawn room on each level. One variant of Huginn's shop has a secret shrine. Most rooms spawn with a shrine of some kind, but their appearance is not guaranteed.

Often times shrines can be difficult to spot; they tend to blend into their surroundings, both in color and in geometry. Scanning the peripheral walls of the room is a good start.

Once exhausted (which may take multiple inputs), shrines cannot be used again, and will usually glow with a pale fire or a halo to indicate they've been used.

Only one shrine of each type will spawn in a given room, but rooms can spawn with multiple types of shrines.

Shrines, especially secondary rarer shrines, can be located in hard to access places, usually high up on balconies or ledges. While some of these shrines can be reached via creatively jumping from rails, bannisters, mushrooms, etc. having a mobility buff like flying, triple jump, or super speed can help. Some shrines are impossible to reach given the player's current equipment and stats.

Shrines typically behave the same way given their type, but the player's Luck stat can induce other, better outcomes, even from basic shrines.

Normal shrines

These shrines follow the typical spawning rules for shrines as described above.

+1 Shrines

These are the most common shrines, and take the form of statues with small offering bowls. They are easily accessible and usually appear along the peripheral walls of the room. They will accept a single coin in exchange for a +1 boost to the character's stat.

Angel and devil shrines

These shrines take the form of large statues with urns, and will accept a random number between 1 and 5 of coins or keys in exchange for a random result. The random results include:

• a stat increment consumable, eg. Luck Up
• a andom equippable item
• an ultimate ability book
• a secondary ability scroll
• a random weapon
• a Skeleton Key.

Cursed Chests (shell game)

Three locked chests will appear in a row. Two will always contain flies and the remaining one holds loot from the same tables as a normal chest, and the library.

Slotted Chests (slot machine)

These take the form of small, square chests, with a slot into the front into which a coin is inserted. Upon inserting a coin a random outcome will occur:

• Nothing. Represented by a puff of smoke.
• An enemy spawns. Can be one of:
  • Fly
  • Clockwork Soul
  • Skeleton Mage
• A consumable spawns. Can be one of:
  • 1
  • Coin Bag
  • Key
  • Small Healing Potion
  • Shield

In addition to a previous effect, the machine can jam. The coin will remain in the slot and no further input will be accepted.

Damocles' Sword

This shrine resembles a small pillar with either a Bag of Coins or a Key with a floating, fiery sword above. Activating it deals 25 damage to the player, in exchange for whatever is resting on the pillar. Can also rarely contain a max health increase upgrade. The damage can be reduced or avoided with items/abilities.

Special Shrines

These shrines are unique and only appear in certain specific parts of the game.

The Dish

Located in Helheim 2. After depositing 100, Giant-Slayer Boots will appear. All subsequent runs will spawn the boots.