darkSpyro

Has anyone put down the legendary treasures in the academy? If yes, can you tell me what they do cuz I don't like them taking up space.

mainly u hit them and they give money

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mainly u hit them and they give money

this covers most of them actually... a few are simply there for decoration ( like Pirate Seas and Nightmare Express ). the Ghost Pirate Swords and Hand of Fate give out a random hat once per day.

if you got all the hats the hand of fate and swords give coins. in truth there is not point to them, i just put all of them around eon and the place above it, helpful to buy upgrades on new characters but once you got all the gold you need there is no point.

Is that all?!
I thought they would give stats boosts etc

NO IM GONNA DIE *places healing elixir on portal*
Put this legendary treasure in the academy and see what it can do!
[censored] you

^Speaking of which, did they ever give a reason for why the magic items don't work anymore? It makes me sad that Sparx can no longer, you know...spark. Also he's grotesquely huge and can only follow you around at the Academy.

I like it better this way me self (Well I do miss healing elixir) but other than that I get more use out of most of them this way.

The black hole is pretty handy

Considering they're likely rare/old enough to be difficult to obtain, I imagine VV, or maybe Activision decided to make them mere vanity items instead of game changers.
While they could've simply changed the older items, it wouldn't have been fair, so they just did it for EVERY item.

Alright, from what I've seen...
Traptanium Crystal, Boombox, and Groove Machine all act as semi random jukeboxes, Hand of Fate and Pirate swords give you a random prize (I got MORE legendary treasures out of em, as well as hats), but eventually only give gold. Black Hole and Volcanic Vault open a side scrolling section much like in Trap Team.
Pirate seas, Nightmare Express, and the three toy Race tracks are purely decorative. The Time Twister will increase your speed temporarily, the Shrink Ray, well it shrinks you briefly.
The dolls all laugh, and are decorative, the two goals seem to let you set up a football/soccer (choose based on your country) match with the Sheep ball, The Chompy ball seems to just lunge at you. Sparx follows you around (and to be honest kinda creeps me out, oh god those teeth)
Livewire lock lets you do the mini game daily for prizes, while the Punching bag is simply a different modelled dummy if you feel like beating the snot out of something different.

No idea what the Elemental relics do, anyone figure this out?

Otherwise, most of them simply exist as punching bags for free loot, goodness knows I've fed up some upgrades with them!

Most importantly, they all can be picked up if you don't like them, move to some place, etc. At least they can on xbone, but I see no reason why that wouldn't be the case for other consoles.

I do sorta like it but not really

What if your gonna die?

HEALING ELIXIR GO!

Place this Legendary Treasure in the Academy to see what it can do!

NUUUUUUUUU!

Yeaaahhh.... But I do like the Traptanium Crystal! It plays old academy music!

Thanks Nelomet for the info

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^Speaking of which, did they ever give a reason for why the magic items don't work anymore? It makes me sad that Sparx can no longer, you know...spark. Also he's grotesquely huge and can only follow you around at the Academy.

Laziness. Apparently if their icons are Racing Item Boxes now, we can't have the real deal,that's what the interviews implied.

At least Sparx is funny. Guess that after Spyro decided to adventure on his own, he started slacking on excercise.

Most of these items are replaced with the various stat boosts you get from the Portal Master rank, so their exclusion has been softened with other in game mechanics. Still, however, is evidence of less future compatability. Having them recognized in game apparently meets Activision's criteria, gamers may feel otherwise that the functionality must remain intact.

Agreed....if they went to all the trouble of programing them and put the magic items in the game they should have put them in properly. I have no problem with them making Sparx larger...but he should do his job...and attack...Healing Elixir should heal...ect. ect.

Yeah, except in the hub your health is always at the max (reset after level) and poor Sparx hangs around the NPCs. I walked around Hugo and Persephone and he just stayed there, like he was chatting up with them. Hilarious.

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^Speaking of which, did they ever give a reason for why the magic items don't work anymore? It makes me sad that Sparx can no longer, you know...spark. Also he's grotesquely huge and can only follow you around at the Academy.

Laziness. Apparently if their icons are Racing Item Boxes now, we can't have the real deal,that's what the interviews implied.

At least Sparx is funny. Guess that after Spyro decided to adventure on his own, he started slacking on excercise.

Yeah because making the model from 0 it's easier than recycling the effect from the last game.