The Shimmering Frontier

The Shimmering Frontier is a crystalline biome that generates at a distance of 900–1170 tiles from The Core. It starts out as egg-shaped blobs inside Azeos' Wilderness, Sunken Sea and Desert of Beginnings, before becoming a full ring at 1080 tiles from The Core.

The Shimmering Frontier is surrounded by hard Crystal Blocks and inside there are crystals, trees and grass that emit blue light. Occasionally, alien structures can be seen.

Contents[]

Unique creatures[]

Enemies:

Critters:

Unique items[]

From terrain:

From terrain, in specific scenes:

Treasures:

Valuables:

Ore boulders:

Solarite Ore Boulder

Fishing catches[]

Fishing from shimmering water in any biome will yield the following items.

At least 260 fishing is also required, which can be provided by a Galaxite Fishing Rod.

Fish[]

Fish	Chance	Rarity	Pattern
Beryll Angle Fish	29.63%	Uncommon	1s escape • 0.5s rest • 0.5s escape • 1s rest • 1s escape • 1s rest
Glistening Deepstalker	25.93%	Rare	0.5s escape • 1s rest • 0.5s escape • 1s rest • 1s escape • 0.5s rest • 1s escape • 0.5s rest
Jasper Angle Fish	18.52%	Rare	1s escape • 0.5s rest • 0.5s escape • 1s rest • 1s escape • 1s rest
Splendid Deepstalker	14.81%	Epic	0.5s escape • 1s rest • 0.5s escape • 1s rest • 1s escape • 0.5s rest • 1s escape • 0.5s rest
Cosmic Form	11.11%	Epic	0.5s escape • 0.5s rest • 1s escape • 1.5s rest • 0.5s escape • 1s rest • 1s escape

Loot[]

Item	Amount	Chance
1 roll of the following 14 items
Crystal Kelp	1	14.56%
Scrap Parts	1	14.56%
Solarite Ore	1	4.85%
Gold Ore	1	4.85%
Crystal Bone	1	9.71%
Triops Fossil	1	9.71%
Catalyst Gemstone	1	2.91%
Gleam Wood Seed	1	9.71%
Sunrice Seed	1	10.68%
Lunacorn Seed	1	10.68%
Solarite Key	1	4.85%
Ninja Cowl	1	0.97%
Ninja Garments	1	0.97%
Ninja Leggings	1	0.97%

Generation[]

Alien tech lab[]

Alien tech labs are small dungeons that generate rarely in the Shimmering Frontier.

Some tech labs contain a challenge arena, which is a circular room with a glowing terminal in the middle, surrounded by Materializers. Interacting with it will cause a green ring to appear and enemies will begin to spawn in waves from the Materializers.

While the player is within the green ring the gauge shown on the terminal will slowly fill, leaving the ring will cause it to turn red and slowly deplete. Once the gauge is full, all enemies remaining in the room will be removed and a reward chest will appear in the center. If the gauge is completely depleted the terminal will deactivate and the remaining enemies will be removed until the challenge is attempted again.

Until the challenge is completed all objects inside the arena are indestructible. It is not necessary to defeat the enemies to complete the challenge.

The reward chest contains 2–3 upgrade gems based on the biome the arena is in (Jungle Emerald in Azeos' Wilderness, Ocean Sapphire in the Sunken Sea and Desert Ruby in the Desert of Beginnings), 5 random loot rolls, and the Nuclear Battery (only a 20% chance if the Brave Merchant is already alive).

Item	Amount	Chance per roll	Chance for one
1 roll of the following 7 items
Glass Bead Ring	1	14.29%
Glass Bead Necklace	1	14.29%
Obliteration Ray	1	14.29%
Cosmos Visor Helm	1	14.29%
Cosmos Torso	1	14.29%
Cosmos Legwear	1	14.29%
Soul Medallion	1	14.29%
4 rolls of the following 15 items
Solarite Ore	3–5	16.13%	50.52%
Ancient Gemstone	2–3	16.13%	50.52%
Mechanical Part	2–3	16.13%	50.52%
Unusual Potion	1–3	11.29%	38.07%
Lunar Cheese	1–3	11.29%	38.07%
Singing Crystal	1	11.29%	38.07%
Homeworld Reminiscence	1	3.23%	12.29%
Catalyst Gemstone	1	3.23%	12.29%
Glass Bead Ring	1	1.61%	6.3%
Glass Bead Necklace	1	1.61%	6.3%
Obliteration Ray	1	1.61%	6.3%
Cosmos Visor Helm	1	1.61%	6.3%
Cosmos Torso	1	1.61%	6.3%
Cosmos Legwear	1	1.61%	6.3%
Soul Medallion	1	1.61%	6.3%