Trial 01
Mirages
Half of what you see isn't there.
Observation
The nine trials
What's waiting for you
before the boss.
Trial 02
Sandstorm
Zero visibility for six seconds, three times over.
Memory
Trial 03
Dune crossing
Going up is slow, going down is uncontrollable.
Agility
Trial 04
Dodge the scorpions
They erupt from the sand wherever you set your foot.
Reflexes
Trial 05
Symbol memory
Nine glyphs on a wall. You'll see them again later.
Memory
Trial 06
Hidden oasis
One waterhole on the map. Finding it gives time back.
Logic
Trial 07
Pyramid run
Three faces, only one climbable to the top.
Observation
Trial 08
Lost temple
Trapped tiles and an order to follow.
Logic
Trial 09
Rope bridges
The wind spins them. Crossing fast steadies them.
Agility
The boss
The Scorpion King
It isn't merely harder. It asks for everything the nine trials have just taught you, all at once.
Phase 01It burrows and resurfaces. The shadow on the ground gives it away a second early.
Phase 02A sandstorm cuts visibility to three metres.
Phase 03The floor collapses into a funnel. Holding the edges becomes the goal.
What Desert measures
Every universe tests
part of you.
Desert puts agility front and centre. What you score here feeds your skill profile, and that profile follows you through the other nineteen universes.
Records by nation
Best time
from every country.
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