All masks in Soulmask Shifting Sands and how to get them

The Shifting Sands DLC is available for free to all old and new owners of Soulmask, and there are four new masks to be found. Once you’ve unlocked the DLC, you’ll be able to get all of them added to your existing collection.

Whether you’re a returning player or someone new, this guide will help you out immensely.

How to find all the Shifting Sands masks in Soulmask

Here’s the list of all new masks you can get from the Shifting Sands DLC.

• Horus Mask: Celestial Wings
• Anubis Mask: Doomsday Judgment
• Sobek Mask: Abyss Overlord
• Amun-Ra Mask: Glorious Hymn

The Horus Mask, aka Celestial Wings, is unlocked by default. It’s the first new mask you’ll receive when you start falling from the sky. You won’t have to do any extra work to grab the mask, which also allows you to fly in Mimicry mode. However, obtaining the remaining ones isn’t so simple.

Sobek Mask: Abyss Overlord

To obtain this mask, you’ll have to defeat the pyramid boss at the Three River Junction. It’s near a portal named Barren Sandland, and you’ll find the Ancient Pyramid near it. This is where you’ll encounter Sobek, and it’s a difficult battle at the start of the DLC. Once you defeat Sobek, you’ll get the mask.

The Abyss Overlord is extremely useful for underwater survival. You’ll have a bigger pool of Oxygen that allows you to breathe longer. You’ll also swim faster and reduce the incoming damage from arrows. Once active, you’ll also recover HP from self-healing, along with 20% Crit buff.

Anubis Mask: Doomsday Judgment

To get this mask, you’ll have to defeat Anubis near Sunken City. There’s a mysterious portal that you can use for fast travel. You’ll find an Ancient Pyramid to its north, and you’ll get the key to a nearby pyramid that contains the mask.

When in Mimicry mode, you’ll change into Anubis, and there are several benefits. The duration of all bandages when you apply them will be increased by 50%. If you get affected by status effects, it will be inflicted on the target instead. Killing marked enemies in Mimicry mode will raise as your undead army to fight beside you.

Amun-Ra Mask: Glorious Hymn

To get this mask, you’ll have to head north of the river junction all the way to Rock Lake. There, you’ll find the Rock Lake mysterious portal, with an Ancient Pyramid to its north. Head inside, and you’ll find the Scarab boss. Defeat the boss, and you’ll get the Glorious Hymn.

The mask can convert solar energy to enhance your abilities. You can use the laser energy to expose the weak points of enemies. When you’re in Mimicry mode, it will create energy pulses. These pulses deal damage to enemies when they’re within a certain radius. You can also use the ability to burn enemies in front of you and deal damage over time.

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The School Room is one of six shelters available in Road to Vostok, and it’s arguably the hardest one to unlock. The condition is tied to finding three Oil Samples that are all located on the Terminal map. The Terminal is in Vostok, which is a permadeath zone. In simple words, your game is truly over if you die.

Let’s figure out how you can find these samples to get yourself a shelter in Vostok.

How to get Oil Samples in Road to Vostok

Before we deep dive into the process, the School Room can be unlocked with a key. You can get this key if you’re lucky. Whether you find it or not is based on your luck, but you don’t have to work hard to find the samples. If you don’t want to rely on your luck, read on.

The Oil Samples are all located on the Terminal map, so you’ll need to have access to Vostok. From Outpost, you’ll first need to go to Minefield. This is an extremely dangerous area as it’s filled with mines. To reduce your risks of dying, you should stick to the edge of the map. You’ll still find mines, but they will be fewer in number.

The mines, honestly, are not a big problem if you’re careful. The actual problem is the AI enemies that patrol these locations. Once you reach the Apartments from Minefield, you’ll be able to reach the Terminal. There are several NPCs that can shred you if you’re not careful.

Ideally, you’ll want to use one of the large tanks in Terminal to scout the area. However, I have always found enemies patrolling them, which means that you’ll need to be on your toes. To make matters more difficult, the exact locations of the tanks will be different.

However, the samples will always spawn at the Terminal, which is some solace. You can bring all three together or across multiple runs. Finding all three in a single run is difficult, but going to the Terminal multiple times isn’t fun either.

Typically, you’ll find these samples near and under the pipes in Terminal. I found them between the large tanks, and yes, there are enemies around. Hence, you’ll have to be swift when adding the samples to your inventory.

Once you manage to bring all three samples, you’ll be able to unlock the School Room shelter. It’s the best choice if you’re looking to farm medicine, which is almost always necessary to have. Hence, the risk is worth the rewards. However, just go the lucky route and hope to find the key from random drops if you don’t want to risk a permadeath.

There are five more shelters you get to unlock to save your resources and in-game progression on your journey.

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