Astalon: Tears of the Earth – Items and Upgrades Guide

A very basic guide to the items and upgrades from Epimetheus.

Basic Guide to Items and Upgrades

About Ranks: When you buy a ranked unlock, the next one becomes more expensive.

Character Upgrades

Algus Upgrades

• Str+ (20 ranks)
• Def+ (10 ranks)
• Spd+ (3 ranks)
• Arcanist – 500 souls
• Shock Field – 1400 souls
• Meteor – 4000 souls

Arias Upgrades

• Str+ (20 ranks)
• Def+ (12 ranks)
• Spd+ (3 ranks)
• Gorgonslayer – 650 souls
• Last Stand – 3500 souls
• Lionheart – 1600 souls

Kyuli Upgrades

• Str+ (20 ranks)
• Def+ (10 ranks)
• Spd+ (5 ranks)
• Assassin Strike – 350 souls
• Bullseye – 1000 souls
• Shining Ray – 4000 souls

Bram Upgrades

• Str+ (30 ranks)
• Def+ (10 ranks)
• Spd+ (3 ranks)
• Golden Axe – 4000 souls
• Monster Hunter – 1000 souls
• Whiplash! – 2000 souls

Zeek Upgrades

• Str+ (24 ranks)
• Def+ (10 ranks)
• Spd+ (3 ranks)
• Junkyard Hunt – 1200 souls
• Orb Monger – 900 souls
• Bigger Loot – 500 souls

Rankless Upgrades

Knowledge

• 180 souls – Item descriptions now reveal more detail about what they do. This includes Relics in your inventory which have more fleshed-out descriptions, and future purchases from Epimetheus too.

Gift

• 666 souls – You can talk to Epimetheus with Algus at statues located around the tower.

Titan’s Ego

• 400 souls – Reveals Epimetheus statue locations (requires Gift).

Cartographer

• 200 souls – Marks locked doors on map after you’ve encountered them.

Map Reveal

• 15,000 souls – Shows all* rooms in the game, including unexplored areas (greyed out).

Note: There is actually a bonus dev area that is NOT shown by this map — though it ismarked on mine in the GUIODE — so if you have the Titan’s Ego upgrade and see an Epimetheus statue off to the east of the Catacombs, that’s why. It isn’t a bug.

Orb Seeker

• 150 souls – Soul orbs are now automatically collected. No more chasing!

Death Orb

• 280 souls – Leave behind a Death Orb when you die. Break it to gain bonus temp HP.

Death Point

• 80 souls – Mark the last place you died on your map with a + symbol. (requires Death Orb).

Mercy

• 2000 souls – Gives a second chance upon death.

Candle Light

• 50 souls per candle? – Relights the green HP-recovery candles around the Tower.

First Insight

• 100 souls — The Black Knight’s story begins to make more sense.

Second Insight

• 300 souls — The Black Knight’s story begins to make even more sense.

Third Insight

• 900 souls — Reveals the final part of the Black Knight’s story.

Revenge (Tauros)

• 600 souls — unknown.

Ranked Upgrades

Health Up

• (35 ranks) — HP+1 per rank

Invincibility

• (5 ranks) — Invincibility time on being damage increased by +0.1s

Poise

• (3 ranks) — Regain control of your character more quickly upon being damaged.

Lucky Draw

• (4 ranks) — Increases your chance of getting double soul orbs from enemies.

Blood Lust

• (4 ranks) — Increases your chance of getting green orbs from enemies.

Can only buy one rank of the following two per death.

Inner Fire

• Fire burns within your soul (No idea what this does.).

Death Wish

• Enemies do 10% more damage but drop 10% more orbs.