Jade Helix
JADE HELIX
An arc of jade rises from the ocean, forming a stairway to another world. Dock your ship and step foot into the Jade Helix, an endlessly coiling spiral of brutal monsters and glittering treasure. At the heart of the Jade Helix is the Helix Grid, a web of interconnected nodes that can be unlocked to strengthen your entire crew and gain one-of-a-kind treasure. Unlock new upgrades and surprising loot with Jade Keystones, found within the Jade Helix.
Creator’s Note: Train at each of the dojos before increasing the power of their respective weapon skills with the Helix Grid. If you boost your team’s sword skill through the Helix Grid before training at the sword dojo, the sword dojo will not offer you special training. To fix this, you can use console commands (shift ~) in case you upgraded the skill at the Jade Helix first. You’ll want to type:
Then press enter. Follow this up with
…and press enter again. To make this less cheat-y, also use:
…to subtract the normal fee. Swap "Sword" out for other weapon types, like Hammer, Axe, Dagger, Spear, Fist, Flail, and Aim.
Jade Helix offers an endlessly repeatable dungeon with no waiting period between runs. The floors cycle among 4 sets of 4 floors, for a total of 16 different combat zones with further variation offered through different combinations of enemies and environmental objects. Each victory awards a Jade Keystone and another piece of treasure, pulled from a vast list of potential offerings.
Be warned! Victories in the Jade Helix also raise the Helix level, which results in more numerous and more powerful enemies, enhanced by a special passive ability that boosts their stats. The higher the Helix level, the greater the chance of finding more Keystones. If the intensity becomes too great, there is a way to reset your Helix level. Seek out Fugue in one of the unlockable side chambers of the Helix Grid. The Helix level will continue to rise even after resetting it, so you may eventually face the same degree of challenge again.
Although Jade Helix has no mod dependencies, fully unlocking the Helix Grid will take a significant amount of Jade Keystones… along with Ironice and Chunks of Laser. The base game isn’t exactly generous with either of these resources, so consider subscribing to other mods, like
Heartwood, Bloodstone, and Betwixt. Demonbunny’s Port Kapul Mod is also an excellent source of these resources.
You can find the entrance to the Jade Helix northwest of Avenholdm, at 53S and 113E. Good luck, commodore! Remember: green is your color.
Features:
- New Repeatable Combat Zones with Scaling Challenges
- New Enemy Variants (base game and from my other mods)
- New Gear
- New Progression System (gradually unlock more and more nodes on the Helix Grid)
How does the difficulty scale?
The difficulty of the combat in the Jade Helix scales in two ways: different spawn triggers and the “Jaded” passive. At 4 victories, a second tier of enemy variants will start spawning. At 8 victories, a third tier (the boss tier) will spawn. At 14 victories, a second boss will spawn. As far as the “Jaded” passive goes, it confers boosts to base stats (physical attack, magic attack, physical defense, and magic defense) that increase based on the Helix level. These benefits are reapplied at the start of the enemy’s turn, but they can be dispelled for strategic strikes.
Acknowledgements:
- Horizon’s Gate Discord Modding Channel[discord.com]
- Eldiran
- Mafe
- Basic Modding Guide
- PeriTune Materials[peritune.com]
- Paul’s Modded Class Guide
- Demonbunny’s Port Kapul Mod
- Furdabip’s Palette Viewer and Tester[furdabip.com]
My Other Mods:
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