The Cataclysm event in Anthem dropped with thunder and lightning (both realistically and metaphorically). It offers a lot of interesting secrets, puzzles and challenges outside of the arenas and Vara. In this guide I will show you how to complete the secret challenge “For Science”, which onvolves the three Shaper Spheres Puzzles – one in The Approach, one in New Dawn and one in Dominion Foothold!
This guide is an addition to the massive Anthem Cataclysm: A Complete Guide by RubyJavelin. If you follow it along, you will complete all of the known and available secret achievements anyway. If you follow the step-by-step instructions described in this guide, you will complete the “For Science” Challenge, but you will still be missing out on all the rest of the Secret Challenges and fun times in the Storm. Don’t miss out. Get your “For Science” challenge done and then check out the complete guide for all the other secrets!
The Shaper Spheres Puzzles are one of the most interesting inside the Cataclysm. You are forced to do them inside the Storm as they are located far from any safe areas and are the only puzzles in the encounter that have some random elements attached to them (the locations of the Echoes – more on that later).How to unlock and complete "For Science" Secret Challenge in Anthem Cataclysm
This Step-By-Step tutorial will help you learn how to complete the three Shaper Spheres puzzles inside the Anthem Cataclysm event. Once you do them, you will unlock and complete the "For Science" hidden challenge from the "Cataclysm Challenges" category in the Anthem Cortex. For each one of the Spheres, there is one Echo with a static location. It is marked with a blue circle and yellow outline on the maps below.
Instructions
- I strongly recommend that you complete at least two Arenas before you venture out into the Storm, looking for the Echoes. The closest, easiest and quickest to solo are The Ring of Magnus, Casja's Forge and Dianna's Landing. If you do them in this order, you will end up in a great starting location for the Shaper Sphere puzzles. It does not matter in which way you complete them.
- Following the suggestion in step 1, you will end up in the Dominion Foothold. Here is one of the Shaper Spheres. It is the one furthest from the Cataclysm's starting point. The Dominion Foothold is the most western district on the Cataclysm map. You need to place three Echoes in the mechanisms around the Sphere to unlock its secret.
- There is one Echo that will always be in the same position and this one happens to be very close to the Sphere. Just a little to the east and south, behind a small metal construct.
- The rest of the locations, marked on the map below, are where Echoes could spawn, but is not guaranteed. You have to check them all until you find the other two Echoes. The one to the south cannot be seen from the Sphere, because it is on the south-western side of the cliff. The rest of the possible locations are all on the western cliffs. One is inside the metal construct, but easily visible from outside. There are Blue and Purple Notes around if you need extra Stability
- Next, move down to New Dawn district to complete the second Shaper Sphere, which is located to the south and east from the first one. You need to place three Echoes in the mechanisms around the Sphere to unlock its secret.
- The location, wherre you will always find one Echo is to the east from the Sphere. Easily visible from outside, but kind of housed in a small cave or... just a small hole in the rocky cliff.
- There are five more locations, that you need to check out for the other two Exchoes. One is on top of the rocky formation near the teleport. Another one is under the giant metal construct (looks like a spine). There is one on top of that construct. Another one is near a lonely tree mid-height on the construct and the final one is to the north-west from the sphere, in a small hole of the mountain.
- The final Shaper Sphere you have to visit for the "For Science" challenge is in The Approach district - the one you spawn in as you start the Cataclysm.
- The location, where you would always find an Echo is east from the Sphere (which, by the way, is in the water, near the beach). It is high on top of the mountain. Right at the border between The Approach and Hope Shattered districts. If you fly from Britaheim directly to the west, you will see it easily. on top of a small arc-shaped structure.
- The other locations, where an Echo might be are: on top of the mountain in the north end of the area, on the giant construct between the sphere and the granted-echo-location, under water a little south from the sphere and two locations to the west from the sphere (both very close to each other).
- That completes the tour. If you have any troubles or prefer visual presentation, I have a quick video walkthrough just below this segment.
Notes
This challenge is available in all difficulties. It can be completed by a single person. While in these areas, there are a lot of other things you can do to earn extra points for your Score as well as grant yourself and your team some extra time inside the Cataclysm. For more information on those, see the Full Cataclysm Guide on VULKK.com
