Expedition · 1–5 players · boss mechanics
Cradle of Nihility guide
Cradle of Nihility has 3 bosses (Multiverse Veltiras, Afflicted Bakarma and Solemn Valkan). The game's own guide warns about 11 of their attacks during the Exploration run; the boss cards below quote each warning with the skill, its cast time and what it does. Afflicted Bakarma goes into Frenzy after 5:00 of combat. The walkthrough lists the guide's 21 route steps in order.
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Cheat sheet
Each boss with the actions its warnings ask for. The sketches are ours: gold diamond = boss, light dots = players, red = danger, cyan = safe or where to move.
Multiverse Veltiras2 warnings
Afflicted BakarmaFrenzy 5:00 · 7 warningsSolemn Valkan4 warnings“The truth is with me.”
Nebular Collapse
11.4 s cast · 60 s cooldown · physicalGuide · ExplorationVeltiras is summoning magical energy! Draw Veltiras's attack to destroy it!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“This dimension will burn around you.”
Supernova Explosion
7 s cast · 1 s cooldown · physicalGuide · ExplorationRun to the magic circle with the same color as the mark above your head, or you'll die!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“Have you grasped the logic of this dimension yet?”
2 more skills with effects but no warning line
- Knockdown 1 s cast · 27 s cooldown · physicalKnockdown: Knockdown Status
- Slow 1 s cast · 18 s cooldown · 51 m · physicalSlow: -50% Move Speed
Its last words: “My dimension... it's collapsing!”
Afflicted Bakarma
“I am a holy being, born from tranquility.”
Spread out attack
1.3 s cast · 90 s cooldown · 50 m · magicGuide · ExplorationEveryone scatter! The more targets this attack hits, the more damage it does!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“Embrace pain and emptiness.”
Stack up attack
1.8 s cast · 50 s cooldown · 20 m · physicalGuide · ExplorationBakarma's spear is coming! Take the hit together to minimize the damage, kru!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“Pain is impartial.”
Destroy Armor
4 s cast · 40 s cooldown · 20 m · magicGuide · ExplorationBakarma will tear the space apart! Move to a safe spot before you get caught up in it, kru!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“I see your every move.”
Destroy Armor · debuff-30% Damage Tolerance
Root + Watch + Stun
1 s cast · 30 s cooldown · 50 m · magicGuide · ExplorationBakarma's chosen target can't move, but safe areas appear around them, kru!
Guide · ExplorationGet inside the ring around Bakarma's target, kru!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“It's the nature of bugs to swarm together.”
Root · debuffImmobilized
Watch · debuffWatch Target
Stun · debuffIncapacitated
Collapsed Cradle
3.63 s cast · 40 s cooldown · physicalBoss · Conquest [Hard]“Even mercy shall lie beneath my feet.”
- Destroy Armor · debuff-30% Damage Tolerance
Skill
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“Witness the might of Bakarma!”
Frenzy (enrage)
Guide · ExplorationBakarma is enraged, kru! Hurry up and finish him off!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“Strength that has transcended all limits!”
Frenzy · buff100% Move Speed; 100% Spell Action Speed; 100% Combat Speed; 200% Damage Boost
4 more skills with effects but no warning line
- Bleed 1.03 s cast · 35 s cooldown · 20 m · physicalBleed: Deals Bleed Damage for a fixed duration
- Stun 1.17 s cast · 30 s cooldown · 20 m · magicStun: Incapacitated
- Destroy Armor + Knockdown instant · 25 s cooldown · 90 m · physicalDestroy Armor: -30% Damage Tolerance · Knockdown: Knockdown Status
- Knockdown 1 s cast · 18 s cooldown · 20 m · physicalKnockdown: Knockdown Status
Its last words: “How... hollow.”
“Who violates the cradle?!”
Watch
1.6 s cast · 90 s cooldown · physicalGuide · ExplorationThose pillars will inflict a lot of damage when they explode! Lure Valkan into destroying them!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“An intruder! You will burn!”
- Watch · debuffWatch Target
Skill
instant · 90 s cooldown · physicalGuide · ExplorationValkan is summoning a weapon! Be careful not to touch it, kru!
Crimson Barrier of Condemnation
Guide · ExplorationValkan is protected by a red barrier! Lure him with pillars of the same color!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“I'll carve your epitaph in red!”
Crimson Barrier of Condemnation · buffA barrier that destroys crimson rock.
Azure Barrier of Judgment
Guide · ExplorationValkan is protected by a blue barrier! Lure him with pillars of the same color!
Boss · Conquest, Conquest [Hard]“I'll carve your epitaph in blue!”
- Azure Barrier of Judgment · buffA barrier that destroys azure rock.
2 more skills with effects but no warning line
- Crimson Barrier of Condemnation + Indomitable + Watch instant · 1 s cooldown · physicalCrimson Barrier of Condemnation: A barrier that destroys crimson rock. · Indomitable: 80% Damage Tolerance · Watch: Watch Target
- Azure Barrier of Judgment + Indomitable + Watch instant · 1 s cooldown · physicalAzure Barrier of Judgment: A barrier that destroys azure rock. · Indomitable: 80% Damage Tolerance · Watch: Watch Target
Cradle of Nihility walkthrough
The guide's lines in the Exploration run, in the game's own order (NpcTalk rows PD_CradleNihility_…_NPC_<n>).
How it's counted
Bosses are listed above in the order this route first names them.
- 1
Your first opponent will be Veltiras, kru. A mage who has absorbed the knowledge of innumerable dimensions.
- 2
You see those moving rocks there? Ride them upwards!
- 3
Create a Windstream and carry on sightseeing, kru!
- 4
You've arrived at the Distorted Spiral, kru! Bind with the Kibelisk to go inside!
- 5
Try using those rocks to cross again. Hmm? You're worried about falling, kru?
There's an Updraft to your left. Glide over there and ride it, kru!
- 6
Careful! Glide towards the Updraft!
- 7
You need to watch out for the crystal fragments here, kru. Bind with the Kibelisk first to be safe.
- 8
Next stop is Valkan, one of Bakarma's minions.
- 9
Another path of moving rocks. Don't forget, you can glide to the Updraft if you fall, kru!
- 10
Glide! Quick! The Updraft is on your right!
- 11
Hurry up and ride that Updraft out!
- 12
This is the last Kibelisk before the fight. Bind with it, kru!
- 13
You'll be fine without the Kibelisk? That's too dangerous, kru!
- 14
You can get straight to Bakarma's domain using that Updraft!
- 15
An Odyle Energy Cube! Good luck, kru!
- 16
Where do you think you're going?! Go kill Veltiras!
- 17
Great work, kru! Let's have a look inside, but not before binding with the Kibelisk, right?
There's no need to fight everyone you come across, kru. Feel free to run past.
- 18
Use the moving rocks to go up, kru.
- 19
Veltiras, Mage of the Multiverse! Are you ready for a fight, kru?
- 20
Great work again! Now hurry and glide down below!
- 21
All Bakarma's minions have been dealt with. Now go farther inside.
The guide's briefing (7 lines)
Wooooow! Kru? What am I doing? Sampling this dimensions energy, of course!
The Bakarma Brigade were trapped here when the collapse of AION Tower tore holes between dimensions, kru.
This small realm must have encountered countless other dimensions as it drifted through the rift torn between them.
Absorbing the strength of multiple dimensions has allowed the brigade to grow incredibly powerful. Can't you feel the energy here, kru?
*chuckle* But if they can't escape this place anyway, what's the point, kru?
Bakarma claims to have transcended the limits of physical matter, but is that even possible? No doubt he's lost his mind after being trapped here so long.
Well, who cares. Let's explore, kru!
How this page is made
Game files (client 2026.10.21 (Steam build 26077854, 2026-10-21)): the lines the game shows when a boss casts or uses a skill, gets a buff, starts or dies (NpcBehaviorCase → NpcTalk: “Guide” = the Shugo guide's hint in the Exploration run, “Boss” = the boss's own shout), the skill's name, cast time, cooldown and range (Skill), the buffs and debuffs it applies with the game's text (SkillEffect → SkillAbnormal), the Frenzy timer (NpcData.BossBerserkInvokeTime) and the stagger. Many boss skills are only called “Attack” in the files; those cards are named by their effect or by the action they ask for. HP thresholds are not in the client.
The action label on each card is our reading of the guide's line, by its words: the first that matches of “Big alone, small together”, “Stagger it”, “Stop attacking”, “Break free”, “Climb up”, “Jump”, “Take cover”, “Block it”, “Lure the boss”, “Colours”, “Kill it first”, “Stack up”, “Spread out”, “Find the gap”, “Get in”, “Move out”, “Burn it down”. The line itself is the game's.
Cradle of Nihility guide FAQ
How do you beat Multiverse Veltiras in Cradle of Nihility?
The game's guide says: “Veltiras is summoning magical energy! Draw Veltiras's attack to destroy it!” “Run to the magic circle with the same color as the mark above your head, or you'll die!” Named skills: Nebular Collapse (11.4 s cast) and Supernova Explosion (7 s cast).
How do you beat Afflicted Bakarma in Cradle of Nihility?
The game's guide says: “Everyone scatter! The more targets this attack hits, the more damage it does!” “Bakarma's spear is coming! Take the hit together to minimize the damage” “Bakarma will tear the space apart! Move to a safe spot before you get caught up in it” Named skills: Collapsed Cradle (3.63 s cast). Frenzy after 5:00 (Conquest, Conquest [Hard]).
How do you beat Solemn Valkan in Cradle of Nihility?
The game's guide says: “Those pillars will inflict a lot of damage when they explode! Lure Valkan into destroying them!” “Valkan is summoning a weapon! Be careful not to touch it” “Valkan is protected by a red barrier! Lure him with pillars of the same color!”
Is there an enrage timer in Cradle of Nihility?
Yes: Afflicted Bakarma goes into Frenzy after 5:00 (Conquest, Conquest [Hard]). Frenzy raises its speed and damage (the buff's text in the game files).
What is the route through Cradle of Nihility?
The guide gives 21 steps; it sends you to Multiverse Veltiras, Afflicted Bakarma and Solemn Valkan in that order. On the way it keeps reminding you to bind with each Kibelisk you pass.
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