The 1.2 update of Infinity Nikki brings a whole new questline to complete, and within it you will encounter puzzles or tougher locations to access as part of the main quest. There are subquests to complete as part of ‘The Wonderful Journey’ main quest, and one of the harder ones to do is the Showdown! The Gloomy Cavern. This is the sixth subquest in the questline, and for the quest you need to find a way to open the Gloomy Cavern Entrance and defeat the boss inside. This guide will cover everything there is to know about the Showdown! The Gloomy Cavern quest in Infinity Nikki.
How To Start The Showdown! The Gloomy Cavern Quest Infinity Nikki
The Showdown! The Gloomy Cavern quest unlocks right after you complete the For the Holy Sword! Quest. Both these quests fall under the main questline The Wonderful Journey. You need to head over to Firework Isles, one of the newer locations introduced in 1.2, to complete the side quest. You will find a locked cave entrance just north of Crescent Moon Ruins, interacting with the door starts the side quest.
Showdown! The Gloomy Cavern Quest Guide
Once you reach the locked cave door, interact with the stone tablet beside it. It will show you a map where you can find all the marked locations of all the firework launchers around the region. You need to interact with three of these launchers to open the door.
Open the Gloomy Cavern Entrance
The first launcher can be found right in front of the cave door. Don your Fiery Glow outfit and interact with the launcher to set it on fire, and it will blast off and erupt into a pink firework in the sky. You will know you have set off the right launcher if you spot pink tendrils snaking out of the firework and heading towards the cave door.
You now need to find the other two launchers and repeat the process. One of them is found a bit south from your location, and the other at the very bottom of the Isle, near the southwest side. Head over to Crescent Moon Ruins to set off the second launcher, and the last in Flaming Forest.
Purify The Dark Bouquet
The door to Gloomy Cavern will now be open, so you can venture inside to defeat the cavern’s boss. There are a couple of Esselings to deal with inside, and you can fight them if you want to get some rewards. Otherwise, keep going down the linear path of the cave and collect chests and Dew of Fireworks till you reach a large door. Beyond this door is where you will meet the Dark Bouquet boss, and defeating it will clear the cavern and complete the quest.
The boss can be a bit intimidating, and the way to defeat it is to switch between your Fiery Glow outfit and Purification outfit to deal damage. You will notice several firework launchers within the arena, you need to switch to your Fiery Glow outfit and light up the ones under the Dark Bouquet to deal damage. The Dark Bouquet will attack using a row of purple orbs that will float towards you in half circles. Find a gap between them and navigate towards the boss.
Once the boss gets stunned and lands on the ground, switch to your Purification outfit to deal more damage by hitting it with your powerful moves. The Dark Bouquet will float up again and land above another firework launcher, so quickly head over there and light it up. If you find mini bouquets blocking your path, purify them first before lighting up the launcher. Repeat this tactic several times till the boss is defeated, after which you can climb up the wooden platforms around the arena to pick up the Ice Sparkle reward.
You can now return to Vita and hand over the Ice Sparkle to complete the Showdown! The Gloomy Cavern quest. For your efforts, you will get the following rewards.
- Resonite Crystal x1
- Elegant x50
- Bling x12000
