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Azure Void Crusade Mastery, three +9 and four +8 difficulty Mission
By grimstalker and 2 collaborators
This is a guide for completing a full Azure Void Crusade, with all missions.

The path through the missions is optimized so that there is the lowest possible difficulty increase.
   
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Category: Maps or Levels, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
Links 
Versioning 
General Void Crusade information 
Mastery Path 
Comments
Versioning
The game developers have stated that void crusades won't be changed or added, so I'm not expecting any major issues with the paths getting outdated.

The last round of updates to my void crusade guides was done with the game at patch version 2.3.4, during the Season of Warp Surge.

This guide was last updated in April 2021. I added a bit more general Void Crusade information, and added the Relic farming part.

What changed:

  • I changed my steam name, to bring it in line with reddit, the game and discord.
  • The season objective with all Info Fragments got changed to 75 minutes (was 60 in the Season of Inferno)
  • A Versioning/Update history section was added
  • An Info section was added
  • All guides got (roughly) the same format
  • Amber got an Info Fragment path, and a discussion of its merits
  • Viridian got a Relic farming route
General Void Crusade information
  • Bonus, Secret and Covert missions add a higher bonus to loot than regular missions
  • Starting with the Season of Warp Surge, item levels will go up to 100. You need to do missions of at least +7 difficulty to get level 100 items, if you are 100. I have yet to find out - all other things being equal - whether an extra Tarot card, or extra difficulty would lead to more level 100 items
  • I'm pretty certain the Servoskull can not spawn right next to the starting node on the VC map, but it can spawn one node away. Apart from that, it seems random. And you can get unlucky, and it will shop in a high difficulty mission, in a room full of Elites
  • In almost all cases, the Servoskull is exactly in the direction you were facing/moving when you got the notification
Info Fragments
  • You will NOT get the info Fragment if you pick it up, and then concede the mission
  • The mission timer starts when the missions starts (not when you launch it)
  • The mission timer stops when you fulfill the mission objective (not when you leave the mission)
    What that means for you: Do mission objectives first, until you get the 'Quit' popup. Then go hunt for cogitators and Info Fragments
Hardcore
  • If you die AFTER the mission objective has been fulfilled, the crusade continues
  • Abandoning a mission ends the hardcore crusade
  • Failing a mission (that includes hot pursuit and vip/guard rescue) ends the hardcore crusade Rescue missions get very dicey around +6, depending a little on Tarot Cards and enemy type
Keys
  • Two keys are granted for finishing the Supreme Mission
  • A key is granted after completing five missions of any kind
  • A key is granted after completing at least two Bonus missions
  • A key is granted after completing all Covert and Hidden missions
  • A key is granted after defeating the Wandering Servoskull
Misc
  • Dataslate Decryption Terminals don't have a map icon. Use Vrakos' guides if you get stuck
  • Cogitators for secret missions don't have a map icon. However, they are always in a 'secret' room you have to teleport to
  • 'Survivors' are in a group of guards, and one of them has a label of 'Survivor' when you hover over him
  • Hot Pursuit: Keep your mouse over the fugitive, and hold down the magic new button you have (usually '5')
Difficulty Increase
  • I always make my paths with the difficulties peaking in the middle, and then working down from there. It has been pointed out to me that that's not fully optimal, because some missions give bonuses for subsequent missions after completion, like '10% extra damage vs. Rebels'.
    My take on that is: If you are really, really struggling to finish the missions, the bonuses might actually help you a bit.
    At the same time, if you are really, really struggling with some normal missions on Void Crusades, my advice would be to hop onto Discord and to ask for help.
    And, my focus when doing Void Crusades is gaining loot from the Supreme Mission. The quantity of Relics goes up with difficulty, and we will also get more level 90+ items. So I'm bumping up the difficulty there, and by the time we are at the Supreme Mission, we will have also collected all the bonuses.
  • As of this patch, the highest possible difficulty you can run a mission at is +29, and it's on the Crimson Void Crusade
  • For regular (and Supreme) missions, the difficulty gets set when the mission is made accessible
  • For Secret and Covert missions, the difficulty gets set, then the difficulty modifier is added for subsequent unlocks



Mastery Path
Thanks to Mome for his insight into the unlocks, these are complicated here.

Covert Mission 20 gets unlocked by the Secret Missions 9 and 17
Covert Mission 19 gets unlocked by missions 8, 14 and 18

Mission number. Difficulty level of the mission. Difficulty increase (if any).

  • 1: 0
  • 2: 0
  • 3: 0 +1
  • 4: +1 +1
  • 5: +2 Info Fragment
  • 6: +2 +1
  • 7: +3 +1
  • 8: +4 +1 Stormwatcher mission to get cogitator
  • 9: +4 Mission completion is half of the unlock of mission 20
  • 10:+5 +1 Info Fragment in the top left corner
  • 11:+6
  • 12: 0 +1
  • 13:+7 There is no path from here to the mission with the decryption terminal, we have to go via 14
  • 14:+7 +1
  • 15:+8 unlocks the final mission at +8
  • 16:+8 +1 Brutal map. Cheat death triggered three times. Swarms of ranged enemies. Would not recommend using full tarot cards, unless of course, you faceroll anything.
  • 17:+8 not as bad as 16, but three Impalers as the targets. Info Fragment.
  • 18:+2
    Everything is unlocked now, like always, I'll do hardest to easiest
  • 19:+9 pretty easy. Just one Elite.
  • 20:+9 pretty brutal, at least for my build. The +60% damage roll for enemies didn't help, either.
  • 21:+9 not as bad as 20 for me. Decimators are easier than Impalers. I never actually got up to full Berserk stacks.
  • 22:+6
  • 23:+6 Info Fragment here
  • 24:+3
  • 25:+1 Info Fragment here
  • 26:+8 Boss has 700k hp? I'm not sure, maybe he is very susceptible to slow debuffs, he was mostly standing still once my vivisectors had nibbled on him a bit

7 Comments
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wizzim 22 Jan @ 11:08am 
Thanks for the answer !
grimstalker  [author] 22 Jan @ 10:23am 
@wizzim - sorry that took so long. I think I was actually using 'Eternal Warrior' as perk. Which I haven't in years now :)
wizzim 24 Oct, 2023 @ 8:57am 
What is "Cheat death" ?
"Reanimator glands" or another skill/perk ?
Adrius 25 Jan, 2022 @ 9:14am 
tyvm
Greyfire 8 May, 2021 @ 11:24am 
I understand. Typically the tech priest speaks up when you're close to a cogitator. I thought I was being thorough. Anyway, more disappointed I lost on the last mission than anything. Thanks for your help though. These maps are quite valuable.

-J
Greyfire 6 May, 2021 @ 4:58pm 
At +9 the chaos knight smoked me in one hit. Unfortunately, I couldn't finish the mission and wasted the entire crusade because I could do no damage to the chaos knight and I couldn't take one hit either. The Rosario shield I had didnt help either simply because I couldn't damage the knight. Kinda disappointed I lost the whole crusade on the last mission when I didnt have any trouble on any of the maps. Also, the map I ran wasnt the same as the map here. None of the nodes matched up. Node 19 didnt even exist and node 9 didnt open up, so I had to follow the rest of the way best as I could. I wish I could have been more prepared for the chaos knight. Oh well.

-J
crystalisrc 9 Feb, 2021 @ 3:33pm 
azure void crusade boss Chaos Knight has low health, just need AP or AB to ignore shield and armor, looks intimidating but really isn't.