Anthem’s breadth of content and the lush, expansive setting of Bastion have a serious depth to them that even the most dedicated players are still struggling to uncover. And you can't really blame them, being presented with such an array of missions, challenges, collectibles and of course, t♍he Hidden Places – you know, those optional mini-dungeons that you can stumble across during Freeplay.

The point is that there's an awful lot of content to m🅘iss, an💃d whether it’s a silly easter egg, a hidden challenge, or an obscure bit of lore, the sharp-eyed and inquisitive Freelancer is sure to find something new with every expedition for a long time to come, and still manage to gloss over some juicy little tidbit or secret. Hey, it happens. There's an awful lot of Bastion for a fresh-faced Freelancer to take in all at once, after all.

But, if just so happen to be looking for more stuff along those lines to discover, then you've found the right place. Here are fifteen of the coolest, less than obvious bits and pieces of the game players tend to miss, along with a checklist of ten lucrative Hidden Places tucked away within Anthem.

25 Anthem’s Secret Laꦗnguage

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On the wall near Yarrow in Fort Tarsis, you can see a set of glyphs and images that are clearly telling a story of sorts, and theꦜ . They're far too lengthy and detailed to be meaningless, but don't seem to be w🍰ritten in any recognizable language.

Efforts to translate and make sense of the characters are still ongoing, with comparisons being made to Japanese Katakana i༺n terms of structure. Hopefully, with BioWare's reputation for deep storytelling, those efforts will end up paying off!

24 HIDDEN 🐟PLACE: The Dungeon 📖

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Tไhis one can be a little tricky to trac🐓k down, though it's really no bother if you're given just a little direction. For starters, it's located in the Fortress of Dawn area, so that's where you're going to want to be.

It's west and just 💛a hair north from the landmark itself. Just keep an eye out for a♑ few sets of stone steps winding their way through some ruins and you're golden. There's a small wealth of materials inside, with a few organic, mineral, and salvage gathering points, as well as a chest.

23 Hidden Chests 🍌Near Fort Tarsis ༺

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If you're setting out to farm chests, these should be your first two stops. And they're right under your nose! As you set out on a Freeplay expedition, just move a bit east along the defensive wall and look down, you should see an outcropping with a turret placed on it. Land on that outcropping aꦡnd on the eastern edge will be your first chest. Convenient!

Afterward, take a very short flight to the northwest from that location. You shouldn't have much trouble locating the huge waterfall there. Follow it all the way down and into the water, ⛎diving to the bottom to come face to face with another lovely box of loot.

22 🐬 ♋ Konami Code Menu Music Change

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Paying homage to a classic and long-lived video game easter egg,🧜 BioWare saw fit to reward players that were curious enough to enter the famed Konami code during the menu screen.

Doing so will alter the menu's theme music to a simplified and stripped down version of the theme that resembles a chiptune. It actually sounds pretty awesome, like you're booting up an old SNES era Final Fantasy game. If you want to check it out yourself, just remember: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, ꧒A!

21 HIDDEN PLACE: The Bane Engine ဣ

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The Bane Engine, which could easily double as a cool name for a heavy mꦉetal act, can be found in the region of Monument Watch, southwest from the titular Monument itself. The interior is prettဣy impressive.

You'll encounter Scar in here, as well as a legendary boss - an enforcer, most likely, so gear up to fight something big ✃and tanky. You'll find a smattering of mineral gathering points dotted around inside, but nothing to wri📖te home about in terms of materials.

20 ꦿ Secret Strider Player Hub ෴

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Players often dig into games that they love to see what bits of cut content they ended up missing out on in the final release. What♛ happens a bi🥀t less often is players managing to actually access that content in the finished product.

The latter is precisely what happened when players began to produce a bug that allowed them inside one of the big mechanical Striders during Freeplay – and what they found was a fully functional player hub, where you can conveniently🦂 access missions, your Javelin's equipment, and more, much like the Launch Bay in Fort Tarsis. Why Bio🐟Ware elected not to include this is unclear, and it's possible that this is content that may find its way into the game at large in the future.

19 ⛎ Cortex Collectible: Rules for Civilized Use of Shared Space

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This is easily one of the more hilarious bits of extra lore that you'll come across while strolling through Fort Tarsis, written by what one can only assume is an irate roommate, prescribing several household rules. Some of them make sense, like forbidding loud music during working hours. They get pretty inter💧esting though, specifically concerning the correct w꧅ay to use a pickle and accusations of pen theft.

This collꦫectible unlocks in Fort Tarsis once you've completed the mission "Incursion," and is located in one of the newly unlocked areas. Just keep an eye out for an NPC named "Bard" and snoop around his immediꦛate area.

18 HIDDE💯N PLACE: The Necropolis 𝓡

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You'll find this one in East Gate, a short journey west from the mining platform. Outlaws have a tendency to hole up here, and you'll likely encounter not one, but 🌺two legendary Lancers among them to spice things up, so you may want a friend or two in tow. You know, just in case.

The area also boasts a whopping eleven mineral gathering points, which is pretty impressive on its own, so this place is an absol♊ute must if you find yourself in need of them.

17 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ The Champion Of Tarsis (Gold Paint Qu꧙est)

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If you're wanting to g꧒et your hands on some shiny gold paint to show off your Jave♌lin's elite status, you're going to need to earn it the hard way by unlocking what some players are referring to as the hardest quest in the game, The Champion of Tarsis. To unlock it, you'll need to complete all of the loyalty challenges – that's for all three factions in the game. And it's going to take a while.

To complete it you'll need to grind out a whopping 50,000 faction points for each faction, which is 🗹pretty crazy. But the rewards are extensive, showering you with Masterwork blueprints as well as your coveted cosmeꦬtic, the gold paint.

16 HI✤DDEN PLACE: The Foundry

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The Foundry is situated within the Emerald Abyss, located a stone's throw southeast from the We♏st Valve. This is another known hangout for Outlaws, and they're captained by a legendary Outlaw Lancer that you'll have the pleasu♓re of meeting. And eliminating, of course.

You can dig up four organic gathering points here, which while not fantastic compared to o♉thers, had may as well be hit while you're here. Hey, it beats nothing. And you're sure to get something out of the boss encounter anyway.