Bring Back The Sun Relics

Story role vs gameplay gate

Lore-wise, each relic represents a biome the wizard drained — forest tear, fallen sun shard, ancient grain gift, earth heart. Mechanically, they are progress tokens the castle puzzles read before spawning the bow, library sort, and spell targets.

There is no "best relic first" speedrun order — map progression is linear. You always earn them in forest → ruins → restaurant → temple sequence because the lobby will not load later maps early.

Link to boss prep

After the fourth relic, open the Boss Fight guide for ten books, arrow colors, magic word Harry, and spells Ignis / Fulgur. Relics do not appear in combat inventories; they simply prove you finished the prerequisite maps.

How the forest awards the relic

You cannot skip to the dig without the full chain: obby → rock → 9898 → pickaxe → crystal → Mr. Mouse → seed → fertilizer → magic glove tree knockdown → second obby → shovel → potion door → axe ladder → owl apple trade → chest key → map X dig.

The relic popup fires when the buried chest opens — not when you first enter the map. If you leave without the tear, the ruins airlock may still load but your relics checklist stays incomplete.

Forest mistakes that delay the tear

Missing the red plant on obby pass two forces a full backtrack. Forgetting the blue plant (searched as "blue flower") keeps fertilizer inactive. Both are covered in the Sinister Forest guide.

Dual-route design

Ruins split into two parallel paths after the central clue book. One side builds the bucket with water; the other grows golden wheat from a hidden seed box. Offering only one item to the altar does nothing — the Bring Back The Sun relics tracker expects both before the shard appears.

882 is not optional

Even if you memorized 882 from the codes cheat sheet, you still need the lock pick reward from that door to reach the bucket mini-games. Copy the code, then follow Ancient Ruins for pillar counting.

Recipe puzzle gate

The cooking pot rejects wrong sequences — ingredients flash red and reset. The book lists five items; order is stricter than possession. Gather everything first, then insert in one continuous pass per the Restaurant guide.

Third relic timing

After shard + tear, this is the last numeric-keypad relic before Lava Temple swaps to symbol locks. Confirm Gift of the Ancient Grain on your HUD before riding the temple elevator — backtracking from the boss hub is slower than finishing the pot once.

Shapes and temple codes

Search traffic bundles "lava temple code" with the numeric cheat sheet codes. Only the first four maps use fixed numbers; temple answers come from in-room symbol charts. The Lava Temple guide and codes page explain when to match shapes vs copy digits.

Pre-boss verification

Stand at the temple exit and mentally tick all four names: Tear, Shard, Gift, Heart. Missing Burning Heart of the Earth blocks the narrative payoff even if you glitch into the castle courtyard.

Can you miss a relic and continue?

Sometimes the next map door opens if you bug out, but Boss Fight content assumes four altar slots filled. If a relic popup never appeared, reopen the map guide for that biome before proceeding — every relic ties to a visible finale chest, pot, or altar cutscene.

Pair with walkthrough and codes

Route planning: walkthrough · keypad digits: codes · first-time mechanics: beginner guide. This relics page is the collectible index between those tools.