Mystic Realm/Mystic Shrine
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In Mystic Realm, a small shrine structure called the Mystic Shrine is hidden in the second act of each main zone. If the player steps on the platform in its center and then completes the level normally, they will be warped to the emerald stage for the zone. The emerald stages are regular Single Player levels with a similar but slightly different theme than the zones they belong to. Near the exit, they contain a Chaos Emerald. Note that the player has to explicitly pick up the emerald; merely finishing the stage will not award it to the player. After finishing an emerald stage, the player advances to the third act of the original zone. The game is automatically saved upon entering an emerald stage.
In addition to the seven Mystic Shrine in the main zones, there are two extra Mystic Shrines: One is located in Starlight Temple Zone, the seventh emerald stage, and leads to Inner Sanctum Zone. The other is located in Prismatic Angel Zone Act 2 and leads to Dimension Warp Zone. This article describes the locations of all nine Mystic Shrines. Also, in version 5 of Mystic Realm, every Mystic Shrine has an Emblem that the player can collect.
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Regular locations
Jade Coast Zone Act 2
At the second Star Post, turn around and look inside the cave you came from. You should see a small hole in the wall. Spindash underneath it and take the red springs to reach a ledge to your right. After reaching the outside area again, jump up the ledge to your left and continue running along it. You will reach the entrance to a cave that leads to the Mystic Shrine, which unlocks Mudhole Karst Zone.
Tempest Valley Zone Act 2
In the cave with the rising and falling slime, a passage to the Mystic Shrine is hidden in the slime. To reach it, you must jump from the highest platform at the start of the cave and hug the wall at the end. When you reach the bottom, you will see an opening where after a small hallway you will find the Mystic Shrine, which unlocks Rainstorm Keep Zone.
Verdant Forest Zone Act 2
At the end of the stage, in the room where the paths with the treetops rejoin, look around for a tree trunk that is slightly larger than the other ones, but much smaller than the huge one that one of the paths leads out of. Behind that tree trunk is a small hole in the wall that you can spindash through to reach the Mystic Shrine, which unlocks Labyrinth Woods Zone.
Flame Rift Zone Act 2
Before the second path split at the cave, turn around. Take the red spring sitting on the other side of the field and turn to your right; the second tier of the cliff you came down from should be in your view. Use the red spring to steer over and land on this cliff, but be careful of the lava below. Once you land, turn left and you should see a small passage in the wall that leads to the Mystic Shrine, which unlocks Blazing Forge Zone.
Midnight Freeze Zone Act 2
In the final room, search the left wall for a small hole you can spindash through. You will reach a small area with a Crawla, several Buzzes and an extra life. To avoid getting hit by the Buzzes, immediately spindash in place once you've passed through the hole in the wall. Once you are safe, look around and you will see a small platform with another hole behind it. Spindash through it and continue forward along the corridor that follows. You will reach the Mystic Shrine, which unlocks Silver Cavern Zone.
Sunken Plant Zone Act 2
When you get near the end of the stage, ride the Fans up to enter a room with a barrier. Instead of turning right after landing, look past the crates to find a small corridor leading to the Mystic Shrine, which unlocks Nitric Citadel Zone.
Aerial Garden Zone Act 2
In the area where the first path split rejoins, before you enter the corridor that leads to the waterfall room, you will encounter a closed gate with two unlit torches. The Mystic Shrine is hidden behind this gate. To open it, you must press two buttons, one of which is located on each path of the second path split, which starts after the waterfall room.
Take the left path first and make your way through the first outdoor room and look to the right of the exit to see a platform with a yellow spring. Use this spring to get on top of the narrow L-shaped beam floating next to the exit. From there, continue across several beams to reach a platform containing the first button. After pressing it, continue forward until you reach a beam with a yellow spring. Use the spring to reach the beam floating above you and to your left. From there, jump across a few more beams to reach the top of a tower high above the entrance of the room.
Walk through the tunnel entrance on top of the tower to reach a river that feeds one of the waterfalls in the waterfall room. Follow the current to the end and then jump off to land on the beam above the exit of the room. Jump into the river feeding the waterfall on the opposite side and walk against the current to reach the entrance to another tunnel, which leads to a tower high above the entrance of the first outdoor room on the right path. You will see a series of platforms with blue springs in front of you. Bounce across these springs until you can see a platform with a yellow spring slightly below you. Drop down to that platform and continue across two more platforms with blue springs to your right to reach a platform with the second button.
After pressing the second button, go back to the gate behind the waterfall room, which will now be opened. Walk through it to reach a room with the Mystic Shrine, which unlocks Starlight Temple Zone.
Starlight Temple Zone
At the start of the level, to your right and left, there are 2 rising platforms. Jump on them, when they are stop moving upwards then head to the top of the waterfall where the Mystic Shrine awaits with an emblem which unlocks Inner Sanctum Zone.
Prismatic Angel Zone Act 2
Go behind the teleporter that you face once the level begins and jump onto the hole in the wall. Outside, you'll see two Red Springs on both walls. Ride one of them up and then go to the rainbow bridge behind or in front of you and ride one of the platforms. While riding the platform, start building up a Spin Dash. Once the platform reaches its maximum height, let go of your Spin button and jump just as you leave the platform. You'll find the Mystic Shrine at the top of the castle.
- Locations of the Mystic Shrines
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Jade Coast Zone
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Tempest Valley Zone
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Verdant Forest Zone
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Flame Rift Zone
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Midnight Freeze Zone
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Sunken Plant Zone
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Aerial Garden Zone
Second Quest locations (v4.5 and earlier)
Prior to v4.6, Mystic Realm included an unlockable called the Second Quest, which was a variation of the Single Player campaign with different texturing, different enemy placement and different Mystic Shrine locations. While the unlockable was removed in v4.6, this section lists the Mystic Shrine locations in the Second Quest for the sake of completeness.
Jade Coast Zone Act 2
The Mystic Shrine is located in what is normally Sonic's emblem location.
Tempest Valley Zone Act 2
On the upper path, shortly before you reach the second Star Post, there is a cave to your right that is filled with slime. At the end of it is a passage with an extra life monitor that leads to the Mystic Shrine. Spindash-jump to it or use an Elemental Shield to wade through the slime.
Verdant Forest Zone Act 2
If you take the upper path, you will find the Mystic Shrine in plain sight in a large tree trunk that you pass through at the end of the treetop section.
Flame Rift Zone Act 2
Take the left path at the start. After making it across the room with the crumbling platforms, turn around to see a ledge with a yellow spring attached to the cliff in the center of the room. Jump to that ledge (you can wait for the crumbling platforms to respawn and use them as stepping stones) and take the spring to reach the top of the cliff. Next to a torch on the right edge of the cliff, you will find a bustable wall that leads to the Mystic Shrine.
Midnight Freeze Zone Act 2
Take the upper path and continue until you get to the underwater passage. In the room with the large pit, there is a hole in the ice on the ceiling. Below it, just above the pit, is a small platform with a yellow spring. Jump down to the platform and use the spring to pass through the hole in the ice, which leads to the Mystic Shrine.
Sunken Plant Zone Act 2
The Mystic Shrine is located in what is normally Sonic's emblem location.
Aerial Garden Zone Act 2
The Mystic Shrine is located in what is normally Sonic's emblem location.
Starlight Temple Zone
This Mystic Shrine is in the same location as in the normal campaign.