Trial of Steel

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# Description

The Trial of Steel is a Boss Rush Mode found in Old Arcadia after defeating Elegy and exploring through the area, the Boss Rush Mode allows you to fight all 17 bosses (18 if you include Atom) with many different fight sequences and modes available to test your skill and earn up to 3 Badges of Steel.

The writing on the side claims this facility was a "PROTOTYPE ROOM USED TO TEST AND VALIDATE DESIGN CONCEPTS" which implies that all the bosses we see here originated from Old Arcadia as a basis for the future designs of robots that would inhabit Arcadia. At least, those that have husks hanging in the room prior originated from Old Arcadia as well as The Creators which was confirmed by the Birthplace achievement.

# How it works

The Trial of Steel has 3 sequences in which you can fight the bosses and 3 modes that change what is available to Haiku during battle with a secret 4th mode available as well

**The Boss Rush Sequences are as follows:**

* Mini-Bosses
* The Creators
* All Bosses

Virus is replaced by Atom in the All Bosses Sequence

**The Boss Rush Modes are as follows:**

* Underpowered: No Abilities, No Chips, Healing (allowed).
* Haiku: Abilities, Chips, Healing (all allowed)
* No Wrench: Abilities (allowed), Chips (allowed), No Healing.

*No Abilities* actually leaves you with Dash and Walljump.

There's a bonus fourth "Mode" called **Corrupt** for those that want to give Haiku's biggest challenges a go. It is hidden above the other modes and the player must double jump in order to reach.

* Corrupt: No Abilities, No Chips, No Healing

This mode does NOT count towards completion of anything in the game. It's purely there to be an extra challenge for those that wants to give it a go.

# Rewards

After completing all sequences on a mode you are gifted a Badge of Steel, this Badge is available in Bronze, Silver, and Gold. They are Achievements as well.

* Badge of Steel - Bronze would require you to beat any "Mode" with all three Boss Rush sequences.
* Badge of Steel - Silver would require you to beat two "Modes" with all three Boss Rush sequences.
* Badge of Steel - Gold would require you to beat all (three) "Modes" with all three Boss Rush sequences.

The Badges are required in order to reach +15% on the save file

# Practice Room

Just to the right of the Trial of Steel is the practice room with all bosses available to fight 1-on-1. You are able to select the mode in the Trial of Steel room by leaving the setting to whatever mode you desire. In order to choose you must hit the lever right or left and land on the husk of whatever boss you would like to practice fighting against, once you have decided simply walk through the door and the battle will begin. Interestingly, you are not able to fight against Atom despite them appearing in the Trial of Steel under the All Bosses sequence.

The text above the door reads TEST ROOM

# Trivia

* Mischievous is the only boss to have dialogue prior to their battle and the player must interact with them in order to commence the fight. His dialogue reads "The whispers are getting louder", while it is unknown why that is exactly the case it is likely due to the fact they are the only robot to not originate from Old Arcadia considering they do not have a husk hanging in the the room prior to the Trial of Steel and could've been brought here unwillingly.