Alternate Game Modes

There are currently 3 alternate game modes that can be played: Prismatic Trials, Eclipse and Simulacrum. Prismatic Trials can only be played solo, while Eclipse and Simulacrum can both be played in multiplayer.

Prismatic Trials
The Prismatic Trials is a special, solo-only game mode where players compete for the fastest time of completing 2 stages. However, to initiate the Teleporter Event, the player must destroy three of a handful of Time Crystals scattered across the map. These crystals explode when destroyed, dealing moderate damage to players and monsters alike. Unlike in standard gameplay, the Teleporter charges instantly once the Teleporter Boss has been defeated.

Prismatic Trials feature a set of two Environments on difficulty, starting cash, and random artifact selections. The only adjustments a player can make are the selected Survivor and their skill loadout.

Prismatic Trials cannot be accessed if the player has installed mods.

Currently, the Prismatic Trial's only in-game purpose is to unlock and.

Seed

 * Every 3 days (72 hours), a new seed is generated for the Prismatic Trial. This seed is the same for all players, but has different artifacts on console.
 * Seeds affect stage rotations, interactables' locations and drops, bosses, monster spawn timing, and activated artifacts.
 * Player choices may affect some outcomes of the seed. For example, if the player visits the after the 1st stage, the 2nd stage will have a different spawn location and teleporter location.
 * Seeds are not the same for consoles and PC.

Tips

 * Since the monster spawns and item drops from interactables are the same every playthrough, it is possible to memorize them and create strategies for each Prismatic Trial seed.
 * If is the second stage, it is possible to skip the Teleporter event (without destroying Time Crystals or fighting a Teleporter Boss) entirely by submitting an artifact code and entering the artifact portal.
 * If Sky Meadow is the first stage, entering the artifact portal will take the player to the.

Eclipse
Eclipse is an alternate game mode that adds stacking challenge modifiers to successive runs. Each Survivor starts at Eclipse level 1, where playing Eclipse mode as that Survivor will have the first of the modifiers shown below. After successfully completing a run, that Survivor's Eclipse level will increment (up to a maximum of 8), and the next modifier will be added to future runs (in addition to all the modifiers from lower Eclipse levels). Eclipse has the same difficulty settings as, and Challenges that require Monsoon can be completed on Eclipse. However, clearing an Eclipse run will not unlock the Survivor's logbook entry.


 * 1) Ally Starting Health: -50%
 * 2) Teleporter Radius: -50%
 * 3) Ally Fall Damage: +100% and lethal
 * 4) Enemy Speed: +40%
 * 5) Ally Healing: -50%
 * 6) Enemy Gold Drops: -20%
 * 7) Enemy Cooldowns: -50%
 * 8) Allies receive permanent damage. "You only celebrate in the light... because I allow it."

Note: "Ally" includes the player in all cases.

Celestial Orbs and do not spawn in this game mode, meaning that the only way to complete a run is to fight. The is also inaccessible, although the player can still fight  after defeating Mithrix by petting the Glass Frog at the starting area of  ten times (one Lunar Coin per pet, ten Lunar Coins total), which will lead directly to. Dying to Voidling on Eclipse will not progress the player's Eclipse level and will count as a loss.

Artifacts cannot be used in Eclipse, and the Artifact Portal cannot be spawned.

Eclipse can be played solo or multiplayer. In multiplayer, the Eclipse level will be set to the lowest level from all Survivors in the lobby.

There are no challenges or unlocks associated with Eclipse; it is strictly a challenge mode to test players' skills, although visual indicators of Eclipse progress will be displayed on the character select screen for the game mode, including a Gold Eclipse icon for beating an Eclipse level on every character.

Simulacrum
The Simulacrum is an infinitely scaling wave based alternative game mode that is new to the Survivors of the Void update and DLC.

Upon entering the game, players will spawn next to the Assessment Focus inside of a small cylinder (extending from the ground to the skybox) which protects them from the deadly Void Fog. Outside of the bubble provided, you take damage equivalent to  every 0.2 seconds, where   is the amount of times you've been damaged by the void fog, and   is your. Upon interacting with the Focus, the bubble will expand, giving it a radius of 62m, and the first wave will begin. Upon completion of a wave, a Void Potential drops for each player and a 10 second timer starts for the next wave. Additionally, all dead players are respawned at the completion of a wave, effectively making useless for this game mode if played in multiplayer. Special modifiers known as Augments may also (randomly) trigger upon the start of a wave.

Each wave spawns enemies depending on the Director's credits. Every 5th wave will be a "boss wave", having stronger and more numerous enemies, and, after completion, the Assessment Focus will begin moving to a new location in the current Environment, during which all players must follow it. After every 10th wave, a portal will appear, transporting players to another Environment. After this, they must once again interact with the Assessment Focus to begin the first wave in that Environment.

Items that activate during the teleporter event activate during the waves.

Certain items are blacklisted and cannot be obtained in the Simulacrum game mode:

Augments
Each wave can trigger an Augment that can determine the monsters that spawn, as well as enable and disable artifacts. The rarity of item you receive can also be determined by an Augment.

Version History

 * PC Patch v1.2.2.0
 * Simulacrum
 * Waves now skip if nothing has spawned for 60 seconds
 * Waves now have a limit of how many credits can be given out at once
 * Waves will now spawn slightly more elites, and slightly less normal monsters
 * Artifact of Kin will always spawn monsters, even if they are considered ‘cheap’
 * Developer Notes: Simulacrum has a few edge cases where the director fails to spawn monsters - and as a result, the gamemode no longer advances. We added a few different checks to address situations where the game gets stuck. Not only that, but simulacrum tended to spam a lot more normal monsters instead of elites - so now, it’ll spawn a little bit more elite-y.


 * Survivors of the Void
 * Eclipse is now available in multiplayer
 * Prismatic Trials now has Survivors of the Void permanently enabled, even for non-DLC owners


 * PC Patch v1.0.2.0
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fixed modifiers applying to enemies


 * PC Patch v1.0.1.1 (Build ID No.5440050)
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fix safe zones on  being larger than the actual charging radius
 * Fix Prismatic Trials counting your run in leaderboards when you die


 * Early Access Content Update 5
 * (Undocumented) Added Eclipse


 * PC Early Access Patch (Build ID No.4892828)
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Remove from being selected in Prismatic Trials
 * Bug Fixes
 * Fix the teleporter not instantly reaching full charge on killing the Prismatic Trials boss


 * Early Access Artifacts Content Update
 * Gameplay Changes
 * 🌧 Now spawns with a random selection of Artifacts!
 * 🌧 Fix stage object rotation randomization not being seeded
 * Bug Fixes
 * 🌧 Fix and similar monsters from spawning as an elite version in Prismatic Trials. Goodbye.


 * Early Access Patch (Build ID No.3703355)
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Add Friends-Only Leaderboard
 * Update Global Leaderboard to be around your current position in the Leaderboard