Anyone who has already put a significant amount of time intoLost Ark’shorizontal progression knows that travel time is a huge time sink.If a player is working through Yorn’s Story, and they want to work on their Anikka Adventure Tome, they literally have to cross two oceans.Of course, all the different Mountshelp cut down on this time and there are the Ocean Liners as well as the Portal Statues players can attach their Song of Return to, but there are huge drawbacks to each.
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Mounts can’t cross the ocean, Ocean Liners drain Silver like crazy, and the Song of Return has a long cooldown period. So, how are players supposed to go all around the mapto hunt down collectibles like the Mokoko Seedsor make it in time for Tooki Island? Well, with the Bifrost of course,Lost Ark’svery own rainbow bridge teleporter.
What Is The Bifrost & How Does It Work?
The Bifrost is essentially an innate teleport ability everybody has inLost Arkthat players can set points for. In Norse Mythology, the Bifrost was a rainbow bridge that connected the world of the Gods and the world of men, and that’s sort of the implication with its usage inLost Ark, given characters like Beatrice and realms like Trixion. Basically, it’s just another method for players to get around Arkesia quickly so that they’re not constantly just a minute or two late for some scheduled event on the map.
Now, to use it, all players have to do is useAlt+W(by default) and it brings up theBifrost menu.Then, once they’re in a location that they’d like to save and teleport back to at some point, they just click on the"Save Location"button in this menu. Later, when they want to teleport back, as one would assume, all they have to do is click the"Teleport"button on that saved location in the Bifrost Menu,pay a small Silver fee, and they’re taken right back.
Are There Any Drawbacks?
While the Bifrost sounds a lot more convenient than theSong of Return,they actually have a very similar drawback. Once a location has been teleported to with the Bifrost,that teleport is on cooldown for an hour.Additionally, if this player wants to save a new location over the old one, they’ll have to wait a bit as there is a cooldown before a new location can be saved in that same slot as well.
Oddly enough, players can actually pay Blue Crystals to immediately use this Bifrost Slot again or save over it, but that’s never recommended considering how expensive these Blue Crystals are and how many other, more beneficial, things they could be spent on.
How Are More Slots Unlocked?
For those players who are just startingLost Arkand are noticing thatthey only have one Bifrost slot by default, this is by design. Players are meant to work to unlock the other two slots over time,while the two slots on the bottom of the menu are reserved for those who have the Crystaline Aura in effect.
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Honestly, the additional two Bifrost Slots are sort of the biggest reason players might want to invest inCrystaline Aura,as just one extra Slot can really take a lot of busy work out of the leveling or starting 50+ experience.
What Is The Most Common Way The Bifrost Is Used?
Finally, people who aren’t too far intoLost Arkyet or haven’t even touched the game might be wondering how exactly the Bifrost is used in such a way that its one of the most important systems in the game in terms of convenience. Well, with that in mind, let’s go over some of the most common ways longtimeLost Arkpros use their three to five Bifrost Slots:
