Golden Compass

Tags

• ancient
• npc-tezcatara
• subpool-positive

Stats

Ancient Pool

tezcatara

Ancient Subpool

positive

Pickup Conditions

ancient-npc

Character Exclusive

universal

Ancient Pool Position

3

Effect Text

Upon pickup, replace the Act 2 Map with a single special path

Community Opinions

{"claim":"Comprehensive Steam Community guide listing every Ancient relic from Tezcatara, Orobas, Pael, Nonupeipe, Tanx, and Vakuu with one-line effect descriptions. Author is the same as the relic guide author (3-star community rating on the relic volume, 43 ratings on the Ancients volume","source":"SandTag","confidence":"high"}, {"claim":"Mainstream-press complete enumeration of all six boss Ancients' relics with effect text in-game-verbatim. Explicitly notes 'Runic Pyramid receives specific praise for stat-stacking builds.' No per-relic letter tiers, but effect text reads more verbatim than the SandTag shorthand.","source":"Marc Santos (GameRant)","confidence":"high"}, {"claim":"Mobalytics canonical Ancients reference. Catalogs Neow (Act 1, ~22 relics), Orobas / Tezcatara / Pael (Act 2, 8-10 each), Nonupeipe / Tanx / Vakuu (Act 3, 9-10 each), Darv (Acts 2 & 3, 8 catalogued). NO explicit tier rankings in the article body -- pure mechanical reference.","source":"Mobalytics editorial","confidence":"high"}, {"claim":"Negative-tier NLM callouts for trap relics: 'Seal of Gold -- drains wallet, terrible for shop reliance.' 'Golden Compass -- avoided unless desperate.' 'Whispering Earring -- genuinely terrifying -- AI pilots crucial setup turn.' 'Blood-Soaked Rose -- taxing tradeoff that ruins op","source":"NLM Team","confidence":"medium"}