In Blades of Fire, "Life Criptexes" (often confused with Forge Criptexes) are artifacts that increase the Efficiency of your healing items and the potency of Nerea’s Tears.
While Health Gems increase your total HP bar, finding these Life Criptexes is what allows your "Healing Phial" to restore more health per charge.
If you enter an area containing a Life Criptex, Adso will mention that the "air feels rejuvenating" or "pulsing with vitality." This is your indicator to stop following the main path and look for side-caverns and other hidden areas.
As these artifacts dictate and affect your chances of survival, their locations (also listed below) have been marked on our interactive Blades of Fire wiki-style maps.
| Name | Details | Map Location |
|---|---|---|
| Life Criptex | Found inside the open round tomb. | Doyen Graves |
| Life Criptex | Found in the chest inside the cave on the hill. | Kar-Lethel Swamp |
| Life Criptex | Found on the upper floor of the house. You can reach it after lowering the ladder inside. | Besacarr Hamlet |
| Life Criptex | Found in a dead end, you can reach by opening the Cave Gate under the tower. To get to the chest, you have to defeat Cavimo Rex and get the Key of the Lord. | The Crimson Fort |
| Life Criptex | Found in a chest behind the locked gate. | The Crimson Fort |
| Life Criptex | Found in the small room accessed via the hole in the wall. | Ancient Garden |
| Life Criptex | Found inside a chest in a Troll's lair in the same cave as the Health Gem Chest. | The Roggs Mountains |
| Life Criptex | Found inside the chest between the shacks in the Vexer village. | Kar-Lethel Swamp |
| Life Criptex | Found inside a chest on the upper balcony you can reach by activating the northeastern brazier using the flame from the central brazier. | Citadel of Tharas-Munda |
| Life Criptex | Found at the end of the spiral staircase on the upper level of the round tomb. You can reach it by climbing the rope below. | Doyen Graves |
| Life Criptex | At the top of a tower. To reach it, you must go through an archway and climb a ladder. Requires the Light Rune. | The Iron Castle |
| Life Criptex | Inside a cave. To reach it, go through the Central Hiss City west door to get on a balcony with a statue of Hurmuz Daurel, charge Hurmuz’s Awakened Amulet by defeating Forger Sentinels, and activate it to blast the wall on the other side of the gap. Head inside using the ledge to find the chest. Location Submitted By: Cookiemaster | Northern Hiss City |
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