Avoid the Lava is a Phase Beast Challenge encountered in Sundered Battlefield. The dungeon consists of a system of metal platforms and pathways with deadly rising lava gradually flooding the area.
Found around the map are eight valves. Activating a valve temporarily halts the fiery torrent, buying time to open as many of the 18 chests (14 medium, 4 small) as possible, before the lava consumes all but the top platform (where one is always safe).
Pictured below is a route showing how to strategically go about this:

one recommended path to follow[1]
Artifacts level dropped from the chests depend on your New Game Plus level. This can be measured by hovering the mouse over Cursed Swords when they appear. In the main playthrough, the level of the dropped items is (???). The overall table is presented below:
Game level | Item Level (Cursed Sword level) | Notable loot: Gems |
---|---|---|
New Game | ||
NG+ | 76 | |
NG+2 | ||
NG+3 | ||
NG+4 | 116 | Skull of Riechliu, Wfuntir Skull, Skull of Vastok, Skull of Trenkay |
NG+5 |
Notes[]
- Wearing gear that offers faster movement speed and using a travel skill like the Embermage's Frost Phase are helpful.
- As there are no monsters present, donning complete gold- and magic-finding farming gear is relatively safe (when opening a chest there is an occasional trap/Cursed Sword encounter to watch out for however).
- In NG+, the following Skulls are dropped: Skull of Riechliu (+1540 Health), Rambren Skull (+60% bonus to Critical Damage), Penderal Skull, Qzmonda Skull, Skull of Quato, Skull of Samadow (+100% damage do secondary targets).
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