Rhombus Square

Rhombus Square is a location in CrossWorlds. It is the capital of Shadoon; a large city of tall glass skyscrapers located on an island off the coast of the Croissant. The main city is only accessible to experienced players who have progressed along the Track of the Ancients to collect the four elements and complete the Trials of the Golden Bugs quest. Until then, it is only possible to visit the tutorial region, Newcomer's Bridge, and the teleportation hub, Cross Central. An aditional pass is also needed to access the entire city.

Layout

Newcomer's Bridge is a long stretch of buildings with an elevated walkway, located east of the main city. Individual stretches of the bridge are only connected by sections of the Rhombus Dungeon. CrossCentral is a large building containing a teleport hub, from which anywhere in the playground can be accessed. CrossCentral is connected to Newcomer's Bridge via sky rails, a virtual elevated transport system.

The main city has several large, connected areas, and is not accessible until after obtaining the Meteor Shade. Of particular note are a shopping district in the east and the Arena in the west. The Vestorovich Manor is not immediately unlocked, and is only opened during the good ending storyline. Full access to the rest of the city is obtained at the beginning of Chapter 11, once Sergey gives the Full Rhombus Pass to Lea.

Connecting regions

• Rhombus Dungeon via Newcomer's Bridge and Newcomer's Bridge End
• Rookie Harbor via teleport from Cross Central
• Bergen Village via teleport from Cross Central; unlock from Ye old Inn teleporter
• Ba'kii Kum via teleport from Cross Central; unlock from Plaza teleporter
• Basin Keep via teleport from Cross Central; unlock from Rainy City Square teleporter
• Sapphire Ridge via teleport from Cross Central; unlock from The Cave Inn teleporter

Map

Treasures

Rhombus Square has 8 chests in total, none of which can be reached before the full city is unlocked at the end of the game.

Arena

Main article: Arena

One of the main draws of Rhombus Square is the Arena. Here, players can compete in scored matches against previously-fought enemies and win Arena Coins, which can be traded for powerful equipment and cosmetic items. Details on the Arena can be found on its own page.

Enemies

As it is a city, enemies can only be encountered in Rhombus Square in special situations. Only enemies encountered outside of the Arena are shown here.

Botanics

The Sprout of Ages rare destructible is in the South Arch. From the position where you can destroy the blocks to make the chest of the Very Large Ember accesible, jump north and walk into the southeast corner to reveal the Sprout

Traders

Traders in Rhombus Square offer some of the most powerful equipment in the game, as well as boosters which increase the level of enemies.

• Autumn's Rise Master – Located in Boost Lounge

• Autumn's Fall Master – Located in Boost Lounge

• Bergen Trail Master – Located in Boost Lounge

• Maroon Valley Master – Located in Boost Lounge

• Gaia's Garden Master – Located in Boost Lounge

• Sapphire Ridge Master – Located in Boost Lounge

• Rhombus Weapons – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Rhombus Head – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Rhombus Torso – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Rhombus Legs – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Antique Gear – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Special Gear #1 – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Chester Boxman – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Rhombus Epic Metal – Located in Gear Store 1F

• Reset Monger – Located in Training Arena^[1]

• Veggie Global #1 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Veggie Global #2 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Fruit Global #1 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Fruit Global #2 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Spice Global #1 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Spice Global #2 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Elemental Buffs – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Wraps & Rolls – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Tea – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Sandwiches – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Buffs – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Buffs – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Mixed Buffs – Located in Buy Land F1

• Rhombus Allround Buffs – Located in Buy Land F1

Shops

In addition to the standard equipment and consumable shops, Rhombus Square has a shop selling backer consumables, a shop selling the Chest Finder, and an arena shop that sells powerful equipment and cosmetics for arena coins.

• Rhombus Items – Identical shops located in Buy Land GF and Arena Lobby.

• Chef Backer Goods – Located in Buy Land GF.

• Rhombus Arsenal – Located in Gear Store GF.

• Curios & More – Located in Curios Trinkets. Only one of each item can be purchased.

• Coin Shop – Located in Arena Lobby. Items cannot be sold. Only one of each item can be purchased. Items cost Arena coins rather than Credits.

Quests

Only one quest is available in Rhombus Square:

• A Promise Is a Promise 5

Trophies

Main article: Trophies

Rhombus Landmarks

Find all landmarks in Rhombus Square.

Rhombus Scavenger

Obtain all chests in Rhombus Square; see #Chests.

"A New Home" DLC changes

The A New Home DLC greatly expands upon Rhombus Square, leaving the area almost double the size as in the base game, and with significantly more content.

Layout

The DLC greatly expands upon Rhombus Square with the introduction of the Full Rhombus Pass. While most of the new areas can be accessed immediately, the Tremor Lab is unlocked during the Tremors of the Past quest and the Rhombus Parks Embassy is unlocked during the Wrath of Goat quest.

Connecting Regions

• Azure Archipelago (via SW Beach)

Map

Treasures

Enemies

The new quests in Rhombus Square add several new enemies to the area. Only enemies encountered outside of the Arena are shown here, although it is worth noting that the DLC includes one enemy who can only be fought in the Arena, Lily.

Traders

The DLC introduces a large number of new traders to Rhombus Square, most of which offer ascended gear that scales with the player's level.

• Rhombus Elite Weapons – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Rhombus Elite Head – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Rhombus Elite Torso – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Rhombus Elite Legs – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Antique Elite Gear – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Elite Special Gear – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Grinder's Gear – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Galaxy Gear – Located in Gear Store 2F

• Arena Gear #1 – Located in Arena Lobby

• Arena Gear #2 – Located in Arena Lobby

• Tremoire – Located in Tremor Office after starting the Tremors of the Past quest

• Veggie Global #3 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Fruit Global #3 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Spice Global #3 – Located in Buy Land F1

• Ancient Loot – Located in Buy Land F1

Shops

The DLC introduces one new shop to Rhombus Square, and some Rhombus shops get new items.

• Goat Zira's Shop – Located in Cliff Exhibition after completing the Wrath of Goat quest. Items cannot be sold here.

• Rhombus Arsenal – Located in Gear Store GF.

• Coin Shop – Located in Arena Lobby. Items cannot be sold. Only one of each item can be purchased. Items cost Arena coins rather than Credits.

Quests

A New Home adds several quests to Rhombus Square.

• Tremors of the Past
• Trouble on the Highway
• Lost and On the Run

Role in the Plot

In CrossWorlds

New CrossWorlds players pass through the Newcomer's Bridge areas of Rhombus Square while completing the tutorials located in the Rhombus Dungeon, although it is mentioned that this section is skippable for experienced players. After the tutorials, they travel through CrossCentral to reach Rookie Harbor.

Near the end of the Track of the Ancients, Seekers obtain the Meteor Shade, which grants them access to Rhombus Square proper. This is an entirely optional area of end-game content.

A new region of the Track of the Ancients, Azure Archipelago, is implemented later (during the A New Home DLC). Access to this area is only possible through Rhombus Square.

In CrossCode

After Lea escapes from the M.S. Solar, Sergey teleports her to Newcomer's Bridge, right after the second stage of the Rhombus Dungeon. Here, she meets Emilie, who challenges her to a race on the last portion of the dungeon. After the dungeon, Lea is confronted by Apollo, who accuses her of cheating due to her overly high level. Joern soon arrives and defuses the situation. Lea and Emilie then continue through CrossCentral to Rookie Harbor.

After obtaining the Meteor Shade, Lea's friends invite her to come explore Rhombus Square with them, but she can choose to skip this and go directly to the Old Hideout.

Near the end of the game, Lea runs into Albert and Ivan having a chat in Rhombus Square. After realizing who Ivan is, Sergey gets in contact with Albert and arranges a meeting. Lea returns to Rhombus Square and visits Ivan in his mansion, where he subjects her to a Turing test. Details of this are given on the Endings page.

In the A New Home DLC, Lea must pass through Rhombus Square to reach the newly unlocked area, Azure Archipelago. After exploring the archipelago, she returns to Rhombus Square for her fourth duel against Apollo, which takes place in the Open PVP Fields.

Other notable information

• CrossCentral provides a teleport hub with links to seven locations, as well as direct access to the main city. The teleport links can only be unlocked from the other side by entering the large landmark teleporters found in the Playground.
• CrossCentral is also referred to in-game as CrossStation, although this may be specifically the sky rail terminal located on its roof.
• One of the Strange Logs can be found here, in a bookshelf in Old Smith 1F.
• One of the Captain's Reports can be found here, in Alabaster Passage on a ledge to the northwest across a road.
• In Shopping District, a drifting car playing loud eurobeat music will occasionally pass by on the highway.