History Lesson Banner (HL Banner)

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The vision at the end of levels is often called "History Lesson", see Shrines.

**HL Banner** in Out of Bounds levels, is the history from the vision, suspended as "image" in the air,

##### Alternative Names:

HL Board, HL scroll. All (and maybe other) names are used interchangeable.

### What is it?

Those boards can be visited in some OOB levels.

The Sunken City HL Banner is the only, that you can visit "on ground level" and inspect it, without having to fly.

For additional, more detailed information about the HL Banners see: In-depth analysis.

#### No HL Banner:

Tower level.

There is no HL banner in this level. The vision in Tower is special, you can see the Wayfarer the whole time. There is no scroll in oob because it appears during cutscene where the Wayfarer stands. Normally its invisible.

Snow level.

In this level, the vision also differs from the "History Lessons" that you get in other levels. No banner, because there is no scroll shown, instead you get to see the revive. The end of this vision, is actually loaded and played as part of the Paradise level (see Paradise OOB article).

Paradise level.

Where the game ends, hence no suspended scroll.

#### Location:

Only the HL Banner in the (most difficult to enter) Pink Desert OOB, is at the South-West.

The other HL Banners are around the North-West; however their precise locations vary by level

### Maps

See Category:Maps for detailed OOB maps showing History Lesson locations on each level (where they exist).

### Chapter Select

The History Lesson banner can be seen when crossing the BB level resemblance ("fake BB"). It can not be reached by walking or normal flying. Tough you can use the Super Boost point in this OOB to fly close to it.

Stand on top of the North side of the BB canyon, look South. It's a bit faint. Various parts are visible when approaching from different angles but it's very faint from the distance because it's surrounded by white mist. Using a Super Boost spot on the northern wall it's possible to fly through or around the HL banner and see it in details, but it's still not as accessible as some other HL banners.

### Broken Bridge

When you enter through the Headbonkers Cave, walk behind the glyph and fly up to the top. Turn to the left and fly over the rocks (those are not solid and if you fall down you might fall into a trigger to skip the vision and skip to PD).

Then walk direction PD, still slightly to the left. It's not too far. At the point where the sky becomes dark turn to the mountain, there are some bigger sand dunes.

Beware of the Pink Desert level triggers, Blackness is also close to the line where this HL Banner is located.

### Pink Desert

* Pink Desert HL banner. Southern side.
* Pink Desert HL banner. Overview from the corner of the map. Looking north-east.

### Underground

At the end of the level (as most other HL banners), West side of the tower after the slide.

To head directly to it, enter OOB towards the West side or enter East and fly over the level to the West.

* Either find and land on the roof of the slide, then fly South to the end of level tower and land on the roof. Walk to the South end of the roof. From there you can see it in the distance to the left.
* Or walk/fly besides the level on the West side, the level is to your right. Fly towards the end of the level, depending on your route you can orientate by level structures. At height of the level end tower, starts a rectangle mountain-platform leading towards the end of the level.
* A good sign that you found the right mountain is golden/yellow light on your robe. Walk forward and the HL will appear at the end, walk closer and the air becomes white.
* You may see the fake Tower (resemblence of the next level), before you find the banner. Its up a mountain to the left of the tower. Beware close to the banner area, the walls of the moutain let you slip through.

The Disco Wayfarer zone on PC in the white area is also; and at other places.

On PS3, at the end of the platform that leads to the banner, at the edge of where the the air becomes white: The Wayfarer becomes black and sometimes quickly blinks back to the normal robe color.

* HL Banner in Underground. Environment becomes white when getting closer.
* History lesson and fake Tower (left).
* HL Banner and fake Tower area further down.

## Additional Images and Videos

For galleries and videos that show the way/surrounding of HL Banners, to make it easier to find them.

Ravingmadness: there are probably some more images already uploaded and maybe implemented at oob articles (need to search).

## In-depth analysis

Add any info beyond location and looks description here.

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### Levels with no HL Banner

#### Tower

Banners are used for cutscenes in other levels, but the Tower cutscene happens in the open space slightly above the HL/bridge:

* The Ancestor figure (C\_SpiritMesh) appears near the start of the bridge
* The painting is a texture (RuinsPainting7 if playing with a companion or RuinsPainting7\_SP otherwise) which is wrapped around a huge invisible cylinder right above the HL area, and a few more similar shapes exist with cloud effects etc.

These objects are loaded in their actual locations as part of the level, but are "turned off" and therefore invisible until the cinematic sequence is played. They are then turned off again so they are not visible outside the History Lesson cutscene and going out of bounds won't help locating them.

## See also

 Other general Out of Bounds (OOB) articles

Blackness • Chapter Select (OOB) • Crash Zones • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dune settings and PC glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • How to find Nick • Level Cube / Sky Box • Liquid Sand • Out of Bounds (OOB) • Out of Bounds Levels • Paradise (OOB) • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Pink Desert (OOB) • Snow (OOB) • Starfields • Sunken City (OOB) • Tower (OOB) • Underground (OOB)
 About OOB and more links
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 Other general Out of Bounds (OOB) articles

Blackness • Chapter Select (OOB) • Crash Zones • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dune settings and PC glitches • Hidden chirp symbol • Hidden symbol • How to find Nick • Level Cube / Sky Box • Liquid Sand • Out of Bounds (OOB) • Out of Bounds Levels • Paradise (OOB) • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Pink Desert (OOB) • Snow (OOB) • Starfields • Sunken City (OOB) • Tower (OOB) • Underground (OOB)
 About OOB and more links
Broadly speaking, a **glitch** is where something in the game does something it wasn't meant to. We do not distinguish between a "wanted Glitch" and actual bugs.

Browse Categories (bottom of articles) to find more related articles:

* Category:Out of Bounds, Glitch per Level: Category:OOB-Levels
* Category:Challenges , Category:Tricks

**Robins Guide for Newcomers** . 26 Minutes, full of tips, tricks, dos and don'ts.

Expert Mode
**Expert Mode** introduction article to everything beyond the most basic gameplay.
Expert Mode topics:

 Challenges  Fancy Flying  Glitches & OOB  OOB-Levels Surfing, Slides and Drops  Tricks

Expert Mode Glossary

Black Cloth • Black Sand • Blackness • Breaking the Shrine/HL • Carpet Chase • Carpet Warp • Crash Zones • Dirty robe trick • Disco War Machine / Disco WM • Disco Wayfarer • Disco Zones and other Disco Stuff • Dragonfly War Machine • Faceplant (FP) • Faceplant Jump (FPJ) • Fancy Flying • Ghost • Glossary • Happy War Machine • How to find Nick • Infinite Flight (IF) on PC • Infinite Flight (IF) on PS4 • Level Cube / Sky Box • Low FPS glitch • Off-sync • Peeling Grounds and Sanded Wayfarer • Sky Painting • Starfields • The ID rule • The Tumbler • Triggers • Unmotivated War Machine • War Machine Capture (WM capture) • Zen Jump • Zimcloak