3 choices
Crystalline Prison
On the map it readsRetrain a Hero, or strengthen Heroes over time.
The choices and what they give
The game shows the outcome only after you pick. Here it is next to the choice.
- IgnoreChoose a Hero. Retrain one of their upgrades.Choose a Hero. Retrain one of their upgrades.As one of the heroes passes, a crystal brushes against their leg. Its power is changing something inside the Hero.
- Free (Growth)Gain a {name}.Gain a {name}.Your Heroes work away at the crystalline prison with their mining tools until the monster is free. It lacks the strength to thank your guild, but gestures towards a nearby {name} with its eyes.
- Free (Surge)Gain a {name}.Gain a {name}.Your Heroes work away at the crystalline prison with their mining tools until the monster is free. It lacks the strength to thank your guild, but gestures towards a nearby {name} with its eyes.
Other written encounters
Before you pick
- The prompt and the outcome are written separately in the game, and only the prompt is shown before you choose. Both are on this page.
- A choice that costs health early is usually cheaper than it looks — health resets between fights, shards do not.
- Where an event offers a relic, take the relic over the item: relics apply to every fight that follows.
- Rank ups gained from events bring a modifier pool with them, which is worth more on floor 3 than on floor 9.
- If an event starts a fight, its board is scaled to the floor you met it on, not to the floor it was designed for.
Questions people ask
What is the Crystalline Prison event in Guildrun?
Crystalline Prison is a map stop rather than a fight. The path ahead is blocked by a large monster encased in crystal up to its neck. The crystals are draining its power, and it seems to take all of the monster's remaining energy to pry open a single eye to gaze sadly upon your Heroes. It seems harmless, and could use your help.
What are the choices in Crystalline Prison?
3: Ignore, Free (Growth), Free (Surge). The outcome of each is listed on this page, in the wording the game uses.
Why does Crystalline Prison appear more than once?
Crystalline Prison exists in a single version in the game files.
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