Nightsoul Totem

Nightsoul Totems are an exploration mechanic in Natlan.

Strange obsidian totems scattered across the nation. Touching these totems will send the player to the Night Kingdom to attempt a trial.

The trial consists of a single Local Legend with the "Night's Trial" effect, which provides an additional effect during the trial. If the player has not selected the right team upon touching the totem, they can initiate and then cancel the challenge to change their team, as they will be allowed to attempt the challenge again or leave the Night Kingdom.

Varying achievements from the Duelist: Series I, Duelist: Series II and Duelist: Series III require accessing and completing the Nightsoul Totem challenges per the requirements for the respective achievement. When all corresponding achievements for that trial are achieved, the Nightsoul Totem will emit a yellow spiral of energy.

All Wayob Proxies linked to the trials are visible from any trial. The appearance of each proxy will change within the Night Kingdom after each of its three achievements is completed, reflecting the progress made.

There are a total of 13 Nightsoul Totems in Natlan, but only 12 can be entered to start the trial. The totem located in Tecoloapan Bay cannot be entered and instead gives the following notice: "The long-lost Obsidian Totem Pole cannot muster any kind of response..."

Trials

Ichcahuipilli's Aegis

• Trial Location: Basin of Unnumbered Flames, Huitztli Hill
• Other requirements: A short puzzle must be completed to unlock the totem
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Decisions: During this trial, the Foliar-Swift Wayob Manifestation will exile the character to a Land of Decision, where you must touch a Nightsoul Fault to leave the Land and return to battle against the Manifestation.
  • When the Land of Decision is activated, the Foliar-Swift Wayob will summon Nightsoul Warriors onto the field to do battle. Defeating them will bestow the "Curse" effect. Each stack of "Curse" increases the DMG dealt by all party members, but will also cause them to continuously lose HP. "Curse" can stack up to 15 times.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Foliar-Swift Wayob Manifestation 1 Swiftstep Seeker 1 Swiftstep Storm Scout

"He Never Dies"

• Trial Location: Coatepec Mountain, east from the Ancestral Temple
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Might: During this trial, you can continuously use attacks with high interruption capabilities to interrupt opponent(s) as they charge attacks, thus avoiding those powerful Charged Attacks.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 "He Never Dies"

Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone

• Trial Location: Coatepec Mountain, west of Teticpac Peak
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Precision: During this trial, opponents will leap into the air using grappling hooks. Break the objects the ropes have grappled onto to cause your foes to fall back down.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Yumkasaurus Warrior: Flowing Skyfire

Tlatzacuilotl

• Location: Tequemecan Valley, Sulfurous Veins
• Other requirements: A short puzzle involving buried Phlogiston must be completed to unlock the totem
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Mobility: Dodging your foe's attacks will greatly increase the DMG dealt by all your party members.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Tepetlisaurus Warrior: Rockbreaker Blade

Atlatl's Blessing

• Location: Ancient Excavation Site, Coatepec Mountain
• Other requirements: The player is restricted to using their own Traveler for this trial
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Resilience: During this trial, you will be unable to use your Elemental Skills or Bursts, but you will gain a new Elemental Skill: Parry.
  • When you use Parry, you will raise your weapon up in a defensive posture, greatly decreasing DMG dealt to you. This skill has a fixed CD.
  • Get the timing down and Parry just as the opponent is attacking to completely negate the DMG you should have taken and reset Parry CD.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Rock-Cavernous Wayob Manifestation

Chimalli's Shade

• Location: Ancestral Temple, Coatepec Mountain
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Sealing: During this trial, use Cryo attacks on the Hydroflow Constructs summoned by the Flow-Inverted Wayob Manifestation to Freeze them. Use this, or perhaps find a way to use your opponent's moves to deal DMG to the Constructs, or use them to block those attacks.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Flow-Inverted Wayob Manifestation

Ironbeard

• Location: Quahuacan Cliff, northeast from the "Flower-Feather Clan"
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Initiative: During this trial, the opponent will strike the ground to create "Molten Barbs." Geo attacks and Plunging Attacks are both effective at destroying Molten Barbs, and of the two methods, destroying Molten Barbs with Plunging Attacks will create explosions and dealt DMG to opponents. If you do not destroy the Molten Barbs in time, the opponent will destroy them, and deal damage to characters on the field.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Qucusaurus Warrior: Heartstar Hammer

Potapo's Solidarity

• Location: Tezcatepetonco Range, west from the Stadium of the Sacred Flame
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Coordination: In this trial, Biting-Cold Wayob Manifestations will be "Protection Spirits" or "Hostile Spirits." Of the two types, the Protection Spirit will create a spirit connection with the character, and when each member of the party receives healing, HP will be recovered for the Protection Spirit. When the Protection Spirit's HP is fully restored, it will use the coordinated attack "Pierce: Binding of Dawn and Dusk's Breaking" to attack the Hostile Spirit. At this time, the more HP is restored to the Protection Spirit, the greater the damage that will be dealt, until finally Pierce: Binding of Dawn and Dusk's Breaking can be transformed into the more powerful Decisive: Binding of Dawn and Dusk's Breaking.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Biting-Cold Wayob Manifestation

Tupayo's Aid

• Location: Quahuacan Cliff, west from the Statue of The Seven
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Scorchwind: In this trial, after reaching a certain stage in battle, the Burning-Aflame Wayob Manifestation will recite an incantation to summon an infernal skyfire that covers the entire field. You can use the remaining Gaseous Phlogiston Current on the field to dodge attacks, and if at this time you use the power of the wind currents to attack the Burning-Aflame Wayob Manifestation, the incantation to summon the skyfire will be interrupted.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Burning-Aflame Wayob Manifestation

Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar

• Location: Tezcatepetonco Range, south from the westernmost Teleport Waypoint
• Night's Trial:
  • Trial of Tundra: In this trial, when characters get close to the sacrificial brazier, they will receive "Burning Blessing," causing Charged Attacks to deal extra Pyro DMG. After reaching a certain stage in battle, the Iktomisaurus will take flight and grant itself a Cryo Ward, freezing the sacrificial brazier, and for a period of time after, continually execute powerful attacks. During this time, you can use Pyro attacks to melt the tough ice covering the sacrificial brazier, and characters from the Masters of the Night-Wind can use Nightspirit Graffiti to directly create a new sacrificial brazier and receive Burning Blessing.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Iktomisaurus

Reji

• Location: North of the eastern Teleport Waypoint in Remnants of Tetenanco
• Night's Trial:
  • Return Trial: In this trial, the enemy will attack with Charged Attacks or continually fire fan-shaped projectiles at your character. When your character receives a shield, the enemy's Charged Attacks will be countered and their projectiles will be returned.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Tatankasaurus Warrior: Spiritlight Chaser

Tupu's Lushness

• Location: Atocpan, north of the Teleport Waypoint located directly south-east of the Statue of The Seven
• Night's Trial:
  • Feuding Trial: In this trial, the Thundering Wayob Manifestation will continuously maintain a highly resistant "Thunderous Rebuke" state. "Duskgrace Orbs" will occasionally spawn in the arena. Collect as many orbs as possible to manifest a "Duskgrace Altar" that follows the active character, and can dispel the monster's "Thunderous Rebuke" state. The Thundering Wayob Manifestation may also absorb these orbs to create an Electro Ward for itself. A certain duration after the challenge beings, the Thundering Wayob Manifestation will summon several "Duskgrace Orbs" and pull them towards itself. By collecting as many "Duskgrace Orbs" as possible, you can create a strong "Pilgrim's Shield" for yourself to defend against the monster's highly damaging skills.

Nightsoul Totem I
Challenge Target	Defeat powerful opponent
Enemies	1 Thundering Wayob Manifestation

Locations

"He Never Dies"
Coatepec Mountain

Ichcahuipilli's Aegis
Basin of Unnumbered Flames

Atlatl's Blessing
Tepeacac Rise

Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone
Coatepec Mountain

Tlatzacuilotl
Sulfurous Veins

Chimalli's Shade
Ancestral Temple

Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar
Tezcatepetonco Range

Potapo's Solidarity
Stadium of the Sacred Flame

Tupayo's Aid
Quahuacan Cliff

Ironbeard
Quahuacan Cliff

Tupu's Lushness
Atocpan

Reji
Atocpan

The "long-lost Obsidian Totem Pole"
Tecoloapan Bay

Tutorial

Achievements

There are 37 Achievements obtainable from Nightsoul Totem:

	Achievement	Category	Description
	I Saw Her Sable Skirts All Fringed With Light...	Wonders of the World	Complete all of Natlan's Nightsoul Totem Challenges.	20
	"Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Local Legend: Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone.	5
	"Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone"	Duelist: Series I	During the course of completing a single challenge, break all the grappling anchor points before the Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone exits the hovering state.	10
	"Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat the Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone while she is in the hovering state.	20
	"He Never Dies"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Local Legend: He Never Dies.	5
	"He Never Dies"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat "He Never Dies" without being hit by "Ultimate Technique: Giant Undying Collision."	10
	"He Never Dies"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat "He Never Dies" after interrupting the charging of "Ultimate Technique: Giant Undying Collision" 3 times.	20
	"Tlatzacuilotl"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Local Legend: Tlatzacuilotl.	5
	"Tlatzacuilotl"	Duelist: Series I	During the course of completing a single challenge, break Tlatzacuilotl's shield each time with a single attack.	10
	"Tlatzacuilotl"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Tlatzacuilotl without being hit by any attacks.	20
	"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Local Legend: Ichcahuipilli's Aegis.	5
	"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis"	Duelist: Series I	During the course of completing a single challenge, defeat 10 Nightsoul Warriors during the Trial of Decisions.	10
	"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Ichcahuipilli's Aegis without being hit by any attacks.	20
	"Chimalli's Shade"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Local Legend: Chimalli's Shade.	5
	"Chimalli's Shade"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Chimalli's Shade without any characters being downed.	10
	"Chimalli's Shade"	Duelist: Series I	During the course of a single challenge, when Chimalli's Shade absorbs "Hydroflow Constructs," break her Elemental Shield by launching frozen "Hydroflow Constructs."	20
	"Atlatl's Blessing"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Local Legend: Atlatl's Blessing.	5
	"Atlatl's Blessing"	Duelist: Series I	During the course of completing a single challenge, use Parry to counterattack all of Atlatl's Blessing's power attacks and inflict damage.	10
	"Atlatl's Blessing"	Duelist: Series I	Defeat Atlatl's Blessing without taking any damage from attacks.	20
	"Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Local Legend: Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar.	5
	"Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar without ever having thawed the frozen torch.	10
	"Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar without ever having been hit by the Obsidian Storm.	20
	"Potapo's Solidarity"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Local Legend: Potapo's Solidarity	5
	"Potapo's Solidarity"	Duelist: Series II	During the course of completing a single challenge, fully restore the HP of each and every Protection Spirit.	10
	"Potapo's Solidarity"	Duelist: Series II	During the course of completing a single challenge, no characters were downed and have Protection Spirit use "Decisive: Binding of Dawn and Dusk's Breaking."	20
	"Tupayo's Aid"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Local Legend: Tupayo's Aid	5
	"Tupayo's Aid"	Duelist: Series II	During the course of completing a single challenge, no characters were downed.	10
	"Tupayo's Aid"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Tupayo's Aid while they are hovering in the air.	20
	"Ironbeard"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Local Legend: Ironbeard.	5
	"Ironbeard"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Ironbeard without ever letting Ironbeard break Molten Barbs.	10
	"Ironbeard"	Duelist: Series II	Defeat Ironbeard without being hit by any of Ironbeard's attacks.	20
	"Reji"	Duelist: Series III	Defeat Local Legend: Reji.	5
	"Reji"	Duelist: Series III	During the course of completing a single challenge, have your characters be protected by a shield when being attacked by Reji, and the shield must not be destroyed.	10
	"Reji"	Duelist: Series III	During the course of completing a single challenge, deflect 4 bullets in a row within a short period of time.	20
	"Tupu's Lushness"	Duelist: Series III	Defeat Local Legend: Tupu's Lushness.	5
	"Tupu's Lushness"	Duelist: Series III	During the course of completing a single challenge, no characters were downed.	10
	"Tupu's Lushness"	Duelist: Series III	During the course of completing a single challenge, do not let the Electro Ward created by Tupu's Lushness reach more than half of its maximum value.	20

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Nightsoul Totems

An inactive totem in the open world

A totem in the open world after completing the first achievement

A totem in the open world after completing the second achievement

A totem in the open world after completing the third achievement

An inactive totem in the Night Kingdom

A totem in the Night Kingdom after completing the first achievement

A totem in the Night Kingdom after completing the second achievement

A totem in the Night Kingdom after completing the third achievement

Wayob Proxies

An inactive Proxy

A Proxy after completing the first achievement

A Proxy after completing the second achievement

A Proxy after completing the third achievement

Inactive Proxies for the first six released challenges

Active Proxies for the first six released challenges

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