Welcome to our Soulframe Crypt of the Circade Guide. In this guide, we will explain what the Crypt is in Soulframe, where you can find it, and how to enter it.

This guide is up to date with the most recent version of Soulframe.

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What Is the Crypt of the Circade in Soulframe?

The Crypt is a special dungeon in Soulframe. You can enter the Crypt from specific locations on the map if you have a Crypt Key in your inventory. Crypts are partially randomised, but the first and last rooms are always the same. Crypts contain stone sarcophagi, most of which are broken, but a few of which can be looted for item fragments and rare crafting materials.

Crypts contain ghostly enemies that cannot be found in other locations, and they sometimes feature traps or puzzles that must be passed to reach the end. The final room of the Crypt always contains a boss fight with the Circade. There are also several hidden puzzles centred around the Crypt, which can be solved to unlock the powerful Triune Talisman and Circade armour pieces.

Crypts can be played either solo or by grouping up with other players.

Where to Find the Crypts in Soulframe

There are currently two locations on the Soulframe map that allow you to enter the Crypts. The Crypt dungeon is the same no matter which entrance you use, so you should just use the nearest entrance.

The first entrance is in the graveyard in the north-eastern area of the map. The second entrance is in the graveyard in the southern area. See the images below for precise map locations.

Soulframe Crypt Location 1
Soulframe Crypt Location 2

The graveyards contain a large stone sarcophagus that you can interact with to open (if you have a Crypt Key). Jump into the sarcophagus after opening it, and you will fall into the Crypt below. You’ll take a small amount of falling damage, unless you break your fall by performing an attack on your way down (I’m not sure if this is a bug, but you can currently prevent all falling damage in Soulframe by performing an attack just before you land).

How to Find Crypt Keys in Soulframe

As mentioned above, you need a Crypt Key in your inventory to open Crypts. These can be a bit tricky to obtain, making them quite rare.

Crypt Keys in Soulframe have a chance to drop whenever you defeat a Bannaret or an Ode’n Knight. Make sure you loot the boss and any nearby chests. Farming faction Tales (two or three stars) is a good way to encounter Bannarets frequently.

Entering the Crypt in Soulframe
Entering the Crypt in Soulframe 2

Tips for Completing Crypts in Soulframe

Here are some tips, tricks and general advice for completing (or farming) the Crypt in Soulframe:

  • Level Up First – You don’t need to level your Pact up fully, but at least unlock all three of your Skills before venturing into the Crypt. Some enemies, particularly the final boss, will be quite difficult to fight at a low level.
  • Don’t Take Risks – Soulframe usually allows you to respawn as a Sparrow when your character dies, flying to your body to revive and pick up where you left off. This is not an option in the Crypt. If you die here, you will be kicked out, and all progress will be lost. When you return to the Crypt you’ll have to start from the beginning. Therefore, it makes sense to play more cautiously than usual and prioritise staying alive.
  • Take plenty of healing – On a similar note, you should ensure that you have sufficient healing before entering the Crypt. Ensure you have all five Healing Flasks filled (treasure chests and some enemies will drop them when looted). Some Pacts, particularly Oscelda, have ample self-healing abilities, which make the Crypts significantly easier.
  • Use Magic Armour – Armour in Soulframe has three stats – Physical, Magic and Stability. In Crypts, it is good to have a decent amount of Magic defense, since most enemies in the Crypt deal magical damage. The final boss often places a DoT (Damage over Time) effect on you that deals heavy magic damage. You don’t need to focus completely on Magic Armour, but you should at least ensure that your Armour stats are quite balanced before venturing into the Crypt.
  • Use Spirit Vision – The Crypt contains some secrets that can only be identified with Spirit Vision (hold E on PC). It will also highlight loot, including the sarcophagi that can be looted. There is no cost for using Spirit Vision, so I recommend holding the button down whenever you are exploring, to ensure you don’t miss anything.

A special mention should be made for the final boss of the Crypt, the Circade. This is a ghostly knight who can surprise you by gliding and striking quickly. Sometimes he will place a magical DoT on you, which hurts quite a lot. When this happens, play it safe for a few seconds and heal up. As long as you go in prepared, the boss isn’t too difficult. The Circade is also at the centre of a rather complex hidden puzzle in the Crypt, something that many players miss completely because it is only hinted at by a note that drops when you defeat the Circade. We’ll explain that more below.

How to Solve the Secret of the Crypt

This is a very complicated process with multiple steps, so I have broken them down into subsections below.

Step 1 – Get the Totems

As mentioned above, it is recommended to use Spirit Vision frequently when exploring the Crypt, as this will help you to spot hidden details that are crucial for unravelling the secrets hidden by the Crypt.

Specifically, you are looking out for large glowing sigils on the walls of the Crypt. They only glow when viewed in Spirit Vision! Take note of their location before engaging the boss in combat.

Usually, when you defeat the final boss, he just drops a note, and nothing happens. But if you defeat him next to one of the glowing sigils, you’ll be able to interact with the Sigil to earn a totem. This process must be repeated two more times in subsequent Crypt runs, so that you have a totem from each Sigil colour. Depending on the layout of the Crypt, you may need to lure the boss through several rooms to get him to the Sigil.

Step 2 – Triune Talisman

The Totems each have a time of day associated with them (for example, the Midnight Totem).

You need to wear these Totems at their associated time of day while exploring the overworld (not in a dungeon). Doing so will cause the Circade to ambush you. Defeat him again to earn a fragment of the Triune Talisman.

Repeat with the other two Talismans (the Circade cannot spawn more than once per in-game day, though). After doing this with all three totems, you will have all three fragments of the Triune Talisman.

Visit your blacksmith in Nightfold to craft the Triune Talisman. This is a neat item, granting you a +1 boost to Courage, Grace and Spirit. But that’s not the end of the matter. Once you have the Triune Talisman, get some more Crypt Keys and return to the Crypt with it equipped.

Step 3 – Open the Secret Door

Return to the Crypt with your new Triune Talisman equipped, and make your way to the final boss room again. Use Spirit Vision, and this time you’ll be able to see small blue symbols around the edges of the room, each one being projected by a blue crystal. There are ten symbols in total, and they need to be activated in the correct order by hitting the crystals with a weapon.

Each of the symbols corresponds to a number from 0 to 9. The symbols somewhat resemble Roman numerals, helping you to identify them.

You should have a Codex entry called The Crypt of the Circade. This provides clues on which order the symbols should be activated.

The correct order is 6, 7, 3, 1, 2, 8, 5, 4, 9, 0.

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Is It Worth Farming the Crypt in Soulframe?

While completing the puzzles mentioned above gives you some nice one-time rewards, is the Crypt of the Circade useful as a farming spot?

In my experience, it is only useful if you are looking for a couple of specific crafting materials – Gossamer Quartz and Sappheline. These are both rare materials that can also drop from bosses and from rare treasure chests (the chests with a flower painted on them).

But each sarcophagus you loot in the Crypt is guaranteed to contain one of these items. If you are short on one or both of these items, then the Crypt is a good way to get some more, and earn some Dracs and item fragments in the process.

The downside to this farm is its inconsistency. Each run through the Crypt has a partially randomised layout. Sometimes the Crypt contains several sarcophagi to loot, but sometimes it only contains one (a couple of times I even had a Crypt with none at all). This inconsistency means that I only advise farming the Crypt if you are looking for something that drops there with very high frequency, like Gossamer Quartz or Sappheline. For more general fragment, material and XP farming, it is much more efficient to grind Faction Tales and loot everything along the way.

I hope you liked this guide about the Crypt of the Circade in Soulframe.

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