Special Stage

Special stages are non-minesweeper stages in a quest.

Interactions

Special stages appear in quests on the select a stage screen. They are optional, when unlocked they also unlock the next normal stage.

Some effects that mention "stage" can work on special stages, but only if they function on non-minsweeper stage properties. For instance you can unlock, uncomplete, or "exit without completing" a special stage. But you can't add monsters, increase the stage power or add Stage Mods. Similarly, effects that trigger when you complete or begin a stage do not count special stages.

Special Stages

Item Shop

Allows the player to exchange gold for items. Item costs in the shop are randomly adjusted up or down by up to 30% (rounded down, minimum 1) from the base costs in the codex. Hard mode (and above) quests add an additional +25% (rounded up) to all costs. The items that appear are limited to those with base costs from 1 coin up to to slightly more than the amount of coins you have. This means it is normal to spawn items you can't quite afford, especially on hard.

Omens do not usually appear in the shop, as well as other items that cost 0 coins. Because it costs 1 coin,  Dead Rodent is an exception. Or many omens may appear if the player has the  The Plague.

With a  Merchant Ring, the player can also sell items. The shop will not buy Omens (except  Dead Rodent).

Price Ranges

Here is a table of base item values, with the min and max prices that they can appear with in each difficulty.

Price Ranges

Base Value	Min (Casual/Normal)	Max (Casual/Normal)	Min (Hard/Beyond)	Max (Hard/Beyond)
1	1	1	1	1
2	1	2	2	3
3	2	3	3	4
4	2	5	3	7
5	3	6	4	8
6	4	7	5	9
7	4	9	5	12
8	5	10	7	13
9	6	11	8	14
10	7	13	9	17
11	7	14	9	18
12	8	15	10	19
13	9	16	12	20
14	9	18	12	23
15	10	19	13	24
16	11	20	14	25
17	11	22	14	28
18	12	23	15	29
19	13	24	17	30
20	14	26	18	33
21	14	27	18	34
22	15	28	19	35
23	16	29	20	37
24	16	31	20	39
25	17	32	22	40
26	18	33	23	42
27	18	35	23	44
28	19	36	24	45
29	20	37	25	47
30	21	39	27	49
31	21	40	27	50
32	22	41	28	52
33	23	42	29	53
34	23	44	29	55
35	24	45	30	57
36	25	46	32	58
37	25	48	32	60
38	26	49	33	62
39	27	50	34	63
40	28	52	35	65
41	28	53	35	67
42	29	54	37	68
43	30	55	38	69
44	30	57	38	72
45	31	58	39	73
46	32	59	40	74
47	32	61	40	77
48	33	62	42	78
49	34	63	43	79
50	35	65	44	82
51	35	66	44	83
52	36	67	45	84
53	37	68	47	85
54	37	70	47	88
55	38	71	48	89
56	39	72	49	90
57	39	74	49	93
58	40	75	50	94
59	41	76	52	95
60	42	78	53	98
61	42	79	53	99
62	43	80	54	100
63	44	81	55	102
64	44	83	55	104
65	45	84	57	105
66	46	85	58	107
67	46	87	58	109
68	47	88	59	110
69	48	89	60	112
70	49	91	62	114
71	49	92	62	115
72	50	93	63	117
73	51	94	64	118
74	51	96	64	120
75	52	97	65	122
76	53	98	67	123
77	53	100	67	125
78	54	101	68	127
79	55	102	69	128
80	56	104	70	130
81	56	105	70	132
82	57	106	72	133
83	58	107	73	134
84	58	109	73	137
85	59	110	74	138
86	60	111	75	139
87	60	113	75	142
88	61	114	77	143
89	62	115	78	144
90	63	117	79	147
91	63	118	79	148
92	64	119	80	149
93	65	120	82	150
94	65	122	82	153
95	66	123	83	154
96	67	124	84	155
97	67	126	84	158
98	68	127	85	159
99	69	128	87	160
100	70	130	88	163
101	70	131	88	164
102	71	132	89	165
103	72	133	90	167
104	72	135	90	169
105	73	136	92	170
106	74	137	93	172
107	74	139	93	174
108	75	140	94	175
109	76	141	95	177
110	77	143	97	179
111	77	144	97	180
112	78	145	98	182
113	79	146	99	183
114	79	148	99	185
115	80	149	100	187
116	81	150	102	188
117	81	152	102	190
118	82	153	103	192
119	83	154	104	193
120	84	156	105	195
121	84	157	105	197
122	85	158	107	198
123	86	159	108	199
124	86	161	108	202
125	87	162	109	203
126	88	163	110	204
127	88	165	110	207
128	89	166	112	208
129	90	167	113	209
130	91	169	114	212
131	91	170	114	213
132	92	171	115	214
133	93	172	117	215
134	93	174	117	218
135	94	175	118	219
136	95	176	119	220
137	95	178	119	223
138	96	179	120	224
139	97	180	122	225
140	98	182	123	228
141	98	183	123	229
142	99	184	124	230
143	100	185	125	232
144	100	187	125	234
145	101	188	127	235
146	102	189	128	237
147	102	191	128	239
148	103	192	129	240
149	104	193	130	242
150	105	195	132	244

Item Shop Related Items

Image	Name	Description	Cost
	Big Fish	Cook by removing Burning from target visible cell, then restore 3 lives. Or sell raw at an Item Shop for 30 coins.	0 coins
	Closed Sign	After you purchase an item from an Item Shop, immediately leave.	0 coins
	Fish	Cook by removing Burning from target visible cell, then restore 2 lives. Or sell raw at an Item Shop for 10 coins.	0 coins
	Hobo Cap	When you enter an Item Shop, increase the prices.	0 coins
	Price Gouger	Item Shop prices are unknown.	0 coins
	Shark	Cook by removing Burning from target visible cell, then gain the ability to powerchord any cell until the end of the stage. Or sell raw at an Item Shop for 40 coins.	0 coins
	Small Fish	Cook by removing Burning from target visible cell, then restore 1 life. Or sell raw at an Item Shop for 3 coins.	0 coins
	Wallet	Item Shops have 1 extra item.	4 coins
	Shopping Bag	Item Shops never run out of items.	7 coins
	Big Wallet	Shops have 3 extra items.	8 coins
	Capitalism	If you spend at least 25 coins in an Item Shop, it remains open.	9 coins
	Gift Card	Receive a random shop item for free.	10 coins
	Merchant Ring	You may sell items at Item Shops	10 coins
	Rewards Card	Reduce the prices of Item Shops and strangers by 3 coins. Whenever you spend at least 20 coins, gain a Present.	12 coins
	Shop Key	[100 Mana] Spend 5 coins to uncomplete the selected item shop.	15 coins
	Divine Stocking	[500 Mana] Gain a Present for each Item Shop you have completed.	16 coins
	Divine Capitalism	If you spend coins in an Item Shop, it remains open.	17 coins
	Punchbag	Whenever you finish an item shop, uncomplete the first stage of the quest.	17 coins
	Thief Bag	[20 Mana] 50% chance to steal the selected shop item and make a clean escape.	17 coins
	Divine Gift Card	Receive selected shop item for free.	20 coins
	Divine Thief Bag	[20 Mana] Steal the selected shop item. 50% chance you will need to escape!	24 coins
	Charge Coin	When you enter an Item Shop, cut the prices in half.	25 coins

Bazaar

Similar to an item shop but the player will be offered 3 selections. These selections will consist of one of the following choices:

• Buy a player's item
• Sell an item to the player
• Exchange an item for an item the player owns

On making a selection, the selection may refresh with another choice. Unlike item shops, bazaars may buy or exchange omens.

Chaos Font

The player is offered a price and 6 options. These options will be 4 random non-Omen items of various costs, 1 omen and an exit. If the player pays the indicated cost, they receive an option at random, which is replaced by another exit. If they draw an exit, the font will dry up and the player will be ejected.

Altar

The player will be offered 3 omens, each with a reward beneath it. 2 will offer the player souls, and the third may offer either souls or a revive. The player can accept an omen for the indicated reward. Be aware that if the player has an omen which prevents the gain of lives, the altar will not care that the player cannot gain the reward but will still give them them omen.

Rite of Passage

The player can pay a gold cost to increase their max life, increase their defence or gain a flat amount of mana. The player will get one offer for each category, buying any one will exit the stage.

There are 7 "tiers" of exponentially more expensive upgrades (from +1 to +7 hp/defence or increasing amounts of mana). Each offer will be a random price the player can afford from either the highest tier the player can afford or the next tier below. The chances are in some way proportional to the coins on hand. The closer the player's coins on hand are to the top of a range, the more often they receive prices for that range instead of the one below. For example +3 offers are technically possible when the player has exactly 21 coins, but are very unlikely.

Coin cost range	Max Lives / Defense	Mana
5	+1	+200
6-20	+2	+300
21-72	+3	+400
84-360	+4	+500
420-2160	+5	+600
2520-15120	+6	+700
17640-27720	+7

Library

The player can choose from a random selection of words like "flare", "omen" and "explode". The player will then be given an item which features that word in its description. This item can't be an omen but is otherwise a random item of any value. For the rest of the quest, you will gain that term as your Research Subject, meaning items you find will be much more likely to be items with that term in their effect. Your score box will say 'You are an expert at finding "<BLANK>" items.'

Terms

• Armor
• Coin
• Defense
• Discover
• Enchant
• Explode
• Familiar
• Flare
• Flee
• Kill
• Life
• Loot
• Magic
• Minion
• Mod
• Morality
• Omen
• Orb
• Pathfinding
• Power
• Powerchord
• Reveal
• Soul
• Stage
• Stranger
• Target
• Turn

Waygate

Presents three other stages in the current quest. All stages and special stages are potentially included, whether locked/unlocked or completed/uncompleted. The player may choose one of them to immediately enter it, or leave the waygate to decline. In either case the waygate becomes completed.

The stage you are transported to will complete as it normally would. You will usually want to visit other available special stages before using the waygate, to have a chance access them twice.

Starpond

Purchase metaprogression items such as emblems and artifacts for Tokens and coins. Found in the second half of every quest on Hard mode and above. Does not replace an existing Item Shop.

Guild

Purchase strangers and spawn them in bubbles. You may buy the same stranger multiple times. Each Guild has a random selection of strangers.

Lighthouse

Reduce the difficulty of the following stage by choosing 1 of 3 options at no cost:

• remove monsters
• remove a random or add a positive stage mod
• reduce the stage power

It can only affect the closest non-special stage, which encourages you to use the Lighthouse as soon as it is unlocked.

Smithy

Purchase random head, body, or leg armor. You must complete another stage before your armor is ready. Return to the Smithy later to collect your item.

Academy

Replace your mastery with one of 3 random masteries. Your new mastery will be tier 3 even if you don't have it unlocked. It starts fully charged.

Workshop

Pay Mastery charges to buy from a choice of 3 Mastery Dolls. The one corresponding to your own Mastery is always one of the choices.

Special Stage Related Items

Image	_pageName	Description	Cost
Anvil.png	Anvil	Gain a random armor item whenever you enter a special stage. Whenever you gain defense, fortify all of your armor by the same amount.	18 coins
Anvil.png	Anvil	Gain a random armor item whenever you enter a special stage. Whenever you gain defense, fortify all of your armor by the same amount.	18 coins
Genie_Lamp.png	Genie Lamp	After each stage, you will visit a random special stage.	30 coins
Genie_Lamp.png	Genie Lamp	After each stage, you will visit a random special stage.	30 coins
Pipe_Bomb.png	Pipe Bomb	Explode target cell. Increase the radius of this item by the number of special stages you have completed.	18 coins
Pipe_Bomb.png	Pipe Bomb	Explode target cell. Increase the radius of this item by the number of special stages you have completed.	18 coins
Shinobi_Veil.png	Shinobi Veil	[1 Head Armor] When this breaks, gain souls and defense equal to the number of special stages you have completed.	18 coins
Shinobi_Veil.png	Shinobi Veil	[1 Head Armor] When this breaks, gain souls and defense equal to the number of special stages you have completed.	18 coins

Changelog

• v1.94 (patch notes missing) added Item Tree
• v1.69 added 3 Library research subjects: "Book", "Pathfinding", "Morality"
• v1.65
  • Chaos Font can now contain legendary items
  • Chaos Font can no longer contain items that cost less than 1
• v1.63b Workshop buff: the center Doll now costs 2 charges instead of 3
• v1.63 added Workshop
• v1.50
  • Reduced the coin cost of Starpond items by one third
  • The Library can no longer give omens
• v1.41 added: Guild, Academy, Lighthouse, Smithy, Starpond

Mechanics
Character	Stats	Lives • Defense • Coins
	Revive • Status Effect
Stage	Stages • Special Stages • Stage Power
	Objects	Stranger • Landmark •  Familiar • Monster • Boss
		Loot	(  Heart •  Soul •  Coin •  Diamond •  Chest • etc. )
	Modifiers	Aura • Stage Mods
	Orbs	Canker •  Sawblade •  Bubble
	Projectiles	Flare • Blessing • Bubble
Item	Inventory •  Armor •  Bones •  Minion • Seal
	Magic	Mana • Manalock • Duplicast
Keyword	Turn • Mistake • Damage • Chain • Chord • Powerchord • Explode • Glean • Guess • Pathfinding • Morality
Profile	Level	Score • Prestige
	Tokens • Special Chests • Heirloom • Sigil
	Mastery
edit this navbox