Athretic Test Stage

The Athretic Test Stage.

The Athretic Test Stage (just referred to as 'Athretic' or ATH for short) is a test area originally found inside the files of the PS4 Remake and the PS3 remaster, together with the Animal Test Stage. It is possible to load it in-game via a mod done by Wisi. The name is a misspelling of 'Athletic'.

Purpose

The purpose of Athretic, like the name suggests, is to test the movements and functions of Wander with different types of surfaces and moving obstacles. Several objects are placed in a flat environment disconnected to the rest of the Forbidden Lands.

Contents

Different tests of fur on the earliest version of the 2nd colossus' legs.

Test model of a destroyed ground used when the 4th colossus walks around.

The 7th colossus' bridge.

Collision course of Leo's Cave, with multiple simulations of the 11th colossus ramming at the player.

Early version of the entrance to the 11th colossus' arena.

Close-up shot of the ruin at the entrance to the 11th colossus' arena.

The 12th colossus' waterfall.

A pool with one of the platforms used in the 12th colossus' fight.

Collision model of the early 12th colossus' head, the horns have the same collision properties as the teeth from the later version.

Collision model of the early 13th colossus and the final 12th colossus' head.

Parts of the collision model of the 1st and 13th colossi which moves back and fourth. Either slow or fast.

Strange structure with arches resembling the ones in the 15th colossus' Parthenon.

A Save Shrine surrounded by trees. The other side has several "NICO Bombs" which deal specific amounts of blowback damage to Wander.

Slide-like object.

Flat surface which looks similar to a chess board.

A pool with moving obstacles and circular-shaped areas simulating wind. One of those circular areas has a turbine model on it.

Stair-like ramp with an early version of the 14th colossus' towers at the top.

Stairs for jumping tests.

Parkour course.

Rotating pyramid-shaped objects.

Hammer-like object which moves and rotates around.

Fast rotating rings.

Fruits test.

Strong wind test.

An egg-shaped object.

A jagged wall.

A rock-shaped object with the collision model of one of the ruins from the 14th colossus' arena.

Devil test box added back into the test area by Wisi.

Early screenshot of a jumping test.

Early screenshot of the fur test.

Trivia

• A couple of pictures of this test stage are available in the artbook.
• An object related to Devil named "devil_test" was originally in Athretic according to its sheet. There's also a damage test related to Athretic with an object named "DEVIL_DIVE_DAMAGE". It's likely that Devil's dive attack would affect the devil_test in some way, possibly shaking it like the ruins in the 14th colossus' battle.