Altar

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Altar
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Internal Name	Sacrifice
Stage Number	st13b
Connecting Areas	Warehouse Elevator Queen's Room
Designer	Kazuhiro Numata
Save Sofa	No

The Altar (祭壇 Saidan) is a location from ICO.

Walkthrough

First visit

After Ico is able to move, go to the right side of the screen and climb up the stairs. There, you will find a lever. Pulling it will open the door directly below, so proceed to the next room.

Second visit

After taking the Elevator up, Ico was able to come back to the altar where he had been trapped in a capsule in the beginning of the game. However, in the back of the altar, Yorda is solidified like stone and there's countless shadows in the shape of horned boys. As you approach, the shadows begin to move, so you must use your magic sword to defeat them, and each time you defeat one, one of the capsules on the wall will glow. When all the capsules are glowing, the staircase behind Yorda will lower, and you will be able to go to the stone statues at the back of the staircase.

Shadows

Shadow	Parameters	Amount
Boy	NG HP: 100 NG+ HP: 150 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 1000 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (Low)	53

Gallery

• Retail
• Concept Art

Retail

Stairs of the Altar, as seen in the Official Guide Book.

Capsules.

The floor moved up, blocking the elevator.

The titular altar.

Ico on the altar.

The floor leading to the Queen moved up.

One of the two birdcage-style elevators.

Lamps.

One of the two wooden doors.

Ico arriving at the Altar for the second time after taking the elevator, as seen in the Official Guide Book.

Concept Art

Early concept art of the Sacrifice Room (2000/01/14).

Sketch of Ico being placed inside one of the capsules (layout of the room similar to previous concept).

Sketch of the capsule.

Early concept for Chapel ideas (2000/01/28).

Early design of the capsules from the previous concept.

Concept art of Altar resembling the finalized version.

Same as the previous, but with the floor moved up.

Ico inside the capsule.

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