The cauldron is your hub upgrade
Incantations are cast at the Crossroads cauldron and persist forever (unlike boons). They spend gathered resources for permanent unlocks — this is how the game opens up between runs.
Incantations that open the game
- Fated Intervention — 1 Silver, 2 Ash, 2 Moly. Unlocks the Fated List.
- Night’s Craftwork — 1 Moly. Unlocks gathering tools.
- Permeation of Witching-Wards — 3 Moly, 1 Cinder, 1 Shadow. Unlocks the Surface route.
- Unraveling a Fateful Bond — 2 Lotus, 2 Moss, 2 Nightshade, 2 Thalamus. Lifts the Surface’s constant health drain so you can finish it.
- Rite of Social Solidarity — 2 Nectar, 2 Garlic. Builds the tavern (Ambrosia).
- Rite of Vapor-Cleansing — 2 Moly, 2 Lotus, 2 Nightshade. Builds the bath (Bath Salts).
- Rite of River-Fording — 4 Driftwood, 2 Cattail. Builds the fishing dock (Twin Lures).
- Faith of Familiar Spirits — 2 Nectar, 1 Lotus. Unlocks familiars.
- Aspects of Night and Darkness — 5 Bronze, 1 Nightshade. Unlocks weapon Aspects.
- Consecration of Ashes — 6 Ash, 1 Cinder, 6 Fate Fabric. +3 Moon Dust at the Arcana altar.
Late-game and story
- Dissolution of Time — 5 Zodiac Sand. Stops Chronos reforming each night.
- Disintegration of Monstrosity — 1 Zodiac Sand, 4 Void Lens + the Gigaros weapon. The only way to truly kill Typhon.