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Crater is the developer name given to the unused arena of Phoenix, one of the unused colossi.

Description[]

The battle was likely to be set on a volcanic crater, with one or more lakes throughout it.

The later version of the arena featured a dry environment, with a volcanic rock texture listed in its texture segment and dead trees placed throughout. In one of the screenshots from the artbook, one can see a hill in the distance as well. The only remains of this arena are the mountains in J4, which suggests that the Crater was very large, with its borders being outside of the main quadrant.

The earlier version of the arena (the one from the screenshot with the larger Phoenix) featured a more volcano-like appearance, with every single texture from it (Stage 8) being volcanic, as opposed to the later version only having one.


Location[]

FLloc Crater

The location of Crater in a mockup version of the early map.

The available evidence points to the arena being located on the east side of the Forbidden Lands, at quadrant I4.

The J4 mountains appear to be a partial remnant of the arena, sharing many of the same unique textures listed only in Crater.


Trivia[]

  • Crater was previously speculated to have originally been located at Quadrant D3, the location of the 9th Colossus in the final version; due to the presence of matching trees in both arenas. Additionally; in the first public 'OPM Demo' map a copy of the 5th Colossus' icon was used in place of the 9th, suggesting the presence of another 'bird' at Geyser.
    • Both ideas would later be discredited; the first when said trees were found to had materials that included "I4" in their name, which could indicate a potential location prior to being moved, and the duplicate Bird icon explained by users Nomad Colossus and Wisi as a leftover from an older order in which the Colossi were fought.[1]
  • A part of the Crater still exists outside the boundaries of the game, at J4. The materials from J4's ground remnant are named as "i4_seam_ground" and "i4_seam_ground_durt", indicating that it connected to I4 and was not moved.
  • The trees that were present in the Crater are still in the final game, at Geyser.
  • The unused theme "Voice of the Earth" is likely to have been the intro song for reaching the Crater. The proof of this is the song's name in the debug menu of the game, which is titled "volcano".
  • The theory that Phoenix lived at I4 was originally from SpaceOmega5000 (formerly known as WWWArea).[2] Later evidence from the data sheets helped solidify it.
  • Crater's chip data is full, indicating that the whole quadrant it resided on was modelled. This correlates to part of the arena expanding over to J4 and Ueda's comment stating that they needed to create a really large environment for Phoenix.

Gallery[]

SotCFullTemplate
The Game Shadow of the Colossus ( Demo  · Pal Release  · Shadow of the Colossus HD  · PS4)
Characters Wander  · Agro  · Mono  · Dormin  · Lord Emon  · Guards  · Shadows
The Colossi I  · II  · III  · IV  · V · VI  · VII  · VIII  · IX  · X  · XI  · XII  · XIII  · XIV  · XV  · XVI
Unused Colossi ( Devil  · Evis  · Griffin  · Phoenix  · Roc  · Saru  · Sirius  · Spider  · Worm  · Yamori A  · Buffalo  · Quetzalcoatl)
Magic Sigil  · Hard Mode
Colossus Arenas Temple  · Proto  · Arena  · Kirin's Hill  · Canyon · Canossa  · Lakeside  · Underground  · Geyser  · Gravewind  · Leo's Cave  · Poseidon's Lake  · Desert  · Ruins  · Parthenon  · Sanctuary
Unused Arenas ( Badlands  · Cave  · Crater  · Devil's Plain  · Dune  · Hillock  · I1  · Labyrinth  · Sluice  · Stonehenge  · Valley )
The Forbidden Lands Shadow creaturesSave shrinesFruit treesWhite-tailed lizards

The Shrine of Worship
Umbral GladeStone Arch GorgeDried MarshNorthern SpanDesert FortressMisty FallsRavine EntranceHalf-moon CanyonWestern PlainRound Stone HillLair to the WestStone Bridge CliffCliff PathLair on the MesaWestern CapeArch Bridge PlainBlasted LandsAutumn ForestEastern BluffValley PlainSouthwestern CapeSouthern PlainGreen CapeThe Broken Seal

Soundtrack Roar of the Earth
Walkthrough Time AttackGolden Coins
Other media Nico  · Official artbook/guidebook  · Collectible figurines  · Film adaptation
Giantology campaign
Hoaxes Jebal-Barez skeletonTamil Nadu tsunami giantSulu Sea eel statuePolarneft conspiracySayre family vacation
Characters Eric BelsonCasper ShillingEd GuylerArkady SimkinBoris AtlasovAndrew and Ellie Sayre
Media Giantology podcasts (FirstInterview with Arkady SimkinThirdFourth) • IPICP memo
SotC Template CoverLogov2 Walkthrough
Characters Wander  · Mono  · Agro  · Dormin  · Lord Emon  · Guards  · Shadows
Colossi I  · II  · III  · IV  · V · VI  · VII  · VIII  · IX  · X  · XI  · XII  · XIII  · XIV  · XV  · XVI
Locations The Forbidden Lands  · Shrine of Worship  · Colossus Arenas
Main Items Power-ups (Lizards · Fruit) · Weapons (Ancient Sword · Sword of the Sun · Queen’s Sword · Sword of Dormin · Bow & Arrow · Ancient Bow · Harpoon of Thunder · Life Sword) · Collectibles (Relics)
Gameplay Hard Mode  · Save shrines  · Time Attack  · Reminiscence Mode  · Watermellon  · Barrel
Media Roar of the Earth (OST)  · Official Art and Guide Book  · Nico Bonus DVD  · Film  · Interview Archive
Releases OPM Demo  · PS2 original  · PS3 remaster  · PS4 remake  · Credits
Early Builds Preview version  · PSU Preview version  · E3 Demo
Unused Content Unused Colossi  · Colossus Test Stages  · Unused Locations  · Beta Mountains  · Development Timeline of Shadow of the Colossus

References[]

  1. http://nomads-sotc-blog.blogspot.com/2012/04/opm-demo.html | OPM Demo Blogpost by Nomad Colossus.
  2. http://spaceomega5000.blogspot.com/2018/03/theory-phoenix-was-at-i4.html | Phoenix at I4 Theory Blogpost by SpaceOmega5000.
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