Opening Quotes

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This page contains all the English Opening Quotes for all areas. They are listed here exactly as they appear in the game, including punctuation and capitalization, as well as any typos and errors that are present in the game. New areas may be added and existing Opening Quotes may change at any time.

The Opening Quote is the line of text displayed when the player enters a Realm or seasonal area. They usually outline the theme, the main task to be completed, or the challenge of the area in a short, abstract sentence, usually in the imperative mood (calling to some action). Their true meaning is left for players to ponder as they explore the Realm.

Currently there are 38 visible Opening Quotes in 34 different areas, including the main 7 that introduce the Realms, the second part of the Eye of Eden, the Aviary Village, and 25 Seasonal Areas (including a special area in Office only available during Days of Mischief). Four areas (The Treehouse, The Wind Paths, Forgotten Ark, and Aviary Village) show a different Opening Quote according to the player's progress in the area. In addition, there are 3 Opening Quotes currently invisible for Home, Aviary, and The Ascent. Counting all of them, there are 41 Opening Quotes in the game, and each one is translated and localized into the 13 languages currently supported by Sky, making a grand total of 533 possible versions of Opening Quotes. For the full list of translated Opening Quotes, see the sub-page Opening Quotes/Translations.

As a new player visiting each of the 7 Realms for the first time, as well as every visit to the trials in Cave of Prophecy, you will see the Opening Quotes in full screen, with the name of the Realm and its Opening Quote centered on screen. This will block your movements and emotes just like a cutscene. In subsequent visits to each Realm and visits to any of the sub-Realms, the Opening Quote will be displayed less prominently in the lower left corner, and this will not block your movements or emotes.

Note: You may notice that some Opening Quotes may contain typos or other errors such as missing/inconsistent punctuation. These errors are accurately reflected in this page, exactly as displayed in the game. For example, if an Opening Quote in the game does not have a punctuation (full stop or exclamation mark) at the end of the sentence, it is shown here without the expected punctuation (such as all 8 quotes for the main Realms). The missing ending punctuations are probably mistakes made by TGC developers. This page aims to provide information with accuracy rather than linguistic/grammatical correctness.

## Realms (9+1)

Below is a list of all Opening Quotes for each of the 7 Realms (plus the second part of Eye of Eden and the Aviary Village). These are shown as of the 0.23.0 version. The Isle of Dawn had a recent update to its Opening Quote with the addition of a call to action to "free lost spirits". The previous version was "Follow the bell and find your way to the temple".

 Daylight Prairie
 Hidden Forest
 Valley of Triumph
 Golden Wasteland
 Vault of Knowledge
 Eye of Eden
 Eye of Eden (Second Part)
 Aviary Village

## Seasonal Areas (25+3)

These are Opening Quotes for all the Seasonal Areas and other hidden areas (often blocked by a Spirit Gate).

### Isle of Dawn (6)

Cave of Prophecies was introduced in the Season of Prophecy (2020-10-05 to 2020-12-13). It has an Opening Quote upon entrance to the Cave. In addition, each of the four Trials have their own Opening Quotes at the beginning of each Trial.

The Passage Stone was introduced in the Season of Passage (2023-04-17 to 2023-06-25).

 Trial of Water
 Trial of Earth
 Trial of Air
 Trial of Fire
 Passage Stone

### Daylight Prairie (3)

The Daylight Prairie has two seasonal areas with an Opening Quote: Sanctuary Islands (Season of Sanctuary, 2020-07-13 to 2020-09-21) and Prairie Peaks (Season of Moments, 2023-07-17 to 2023-10-01). The Sanctuary Vortex within the Sanctuary Islands was introduced in Days of Nature 2023 (2023-04-20 to 2023-05-07) and has another Opening Quote.

 The Sanctuary Vortex
 Prairie Peaks

### Hidden Forest (2+2)

The Hidden Forest has two seasonal areas with an Opening Quote: The Treehouse (Season of Assembly, 2021-04-05 to 2021-06-13) and The Wind Paths (Season of Flight, 2021-10-04 to 2021-12-19). The Opening Quotes here change with the completion status of the Quests.

 The Wind Paths

### Valley of Triumph (4)

The Valley of Triumph has four seasonal areas with an Opening Quote: Village of Dreams and Hermit Valley (both introduced in the Season of Dreams, 2021-01-04 to 2021-03-15), and Village Theater and Harmony Hall (both introduced in the Season of Performance, 2022-04-11 to 2022-06-26).

 Hermit Valley
 Village Theater
 Harmony Hall

### Golden Wasteland (2+1)

The Golden Wasteland has two seasonal areas with an Opening Quote: Forgotten Ark (Season of Enchantment, 2020-04-20 to 2020-04-21) and the Treasure Reef (Season of Abyss, 2022-01-17 to 2022-03-27). The Opening Quote for the Forgotten Ark change with the completion status of the Quests.

 Treasure Reef

### Vault of Knowledge (6)

The Vault of Knowledge has five areas with an Opening Quote: Starlight Desert, Dream of A Little Friend, and Land of Tears (all added in the Season of The Little Prince, 2021-07-06 to 2021-09-19), the Repository of Refuge (Season of Remembrance, 2023-01-16 to 2023-04-02), and the Crescent Oasis (Season of the Nine-Colored Deer, 2024-01-12 to 2024-3-31).

The Sky Memorial was added to the Starlight Desert in June 2023 after the passing of Don Heim, TGC IT Security Manager.

 Sky Memorial
 Dream of A Little Friend
 Land of Tears
 Repository of Refuge
 Crescent Oasis

### Secret Area (1)

The Cackling Crab is a special area in the Secret Area (Office) that is accessible only during the Days of Mischief.

### Ancient Memory (1)

The Season of Shattering introduced a special void space, the Ancient Memory, which also has an Opening Quote.

## Not Currently Visible Opening Quotes (3)

These Opening Quotes are not currently visible, nor can they be triggered in any normal way, in the current version of Sky. Some of them have appeared in Sky: Light Awaits, or in some beta or non-Live versions. They may be re-introduced or completely removed in the future.

 Aviary
 The Ascent

## Location of the Opening Quotes

* **Isle of Dawn:** The Isle of Dawn opening quote is displayed after passing the first ledge in the Sand Dunes area, after passing the first Map Shrine and Child of Light.
* **Daylight Prairie**: The Prairie opening quote is displayed **only once**, before the flight into the Villages.
* **Hidden Forest**: The Forest opening quote is displayed in the Forest Clearing, when opening the second gate.
* **Valley of Triumph**: The opening quote is displayed after the cutscenes of the opening of the gates just before the start of the Sliding Race or the Flying Race.
* **Golden Wasteland**: The opening quote is displayed during the black cutscenes before you land lying flat in the Broken Temple area.
* **Vault of Knowledge**: The opening quote is displayed after you leave the Social Space and enter the First Floor of the Vault.
* **Eye of Eden:** The first opening quote ("Push into the darkness") is displayed after passing through the first section (Wind and Rocks), when the gate to the second section (Dark Dragons) opens.
* **Eye of Eden** (Second Part/After Storm Lock): The second opening quote ("Return the light of the fallen") is displayed immediately after the cutscenes of entry into the Statues section.

## Trivia

* The Opening Quote for Daylight Prairie is displayed only once for each Sky account, meaning that to view this Opening Quote again, you will need to create a new Sky account and play from the beginning.
* The Valley of Triumph opening quote appears relatively late in the Realm, allowing players to explore the Sliding Track (after the Social Space), the Ice Rink, and the Citadel, before seeing the Opening Quote.
* Players can take damage (and potentially lose Winged Lights) before seeing the opening quotes in Hidden Forest (from the rain) and Eye of Eden (from the flying rocks).
* Even though the Opening Quotes for the Home and Aviary are no longer displayed, they are still included in the `Localizable.strings` file in the macOS version package and translated in to the newly added languages (Vietnamese and Indonesian).
* Some sub-areas within a Realm does not have an Opening Quote, such as the Sand Dune Cave in Isle of Dawn, the Cave in Prairie, the Underground Cavern in Forest, the Archives and Office in Vault of Knowledge, and the Orbit after Eye of Eden.
* Some localization of the Opening Quote of Hermit Valley is a completely different sentence than the English version ("A perilous place for the audacious artists"). This may be a leftover from previous versions of this opening.