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When playing through Duskfade, players will almost immediately notice that one type of collectible seems far more plentiful than the others: Ancient Coins. These coins, whose true purpose isn’t revealed until the final quarter of the game, are scattered throughout every stage and will almost always ask the player to return to earlier levels with later items in order to collect them all. If you’re a completionist who is trying to get everything in Duskfade, then please feel free to use this guide detailing all of the game’s Ancient Coin locations.
All Ancient Coin Locations in Duskfade
There are 48 Ancient Coins scattered through Duskfade, far more than any other collectible in the game. You’ll be able to exchange Ancient Coins for trading cards at N1C0’s shop in the Desert area of Tick Town after clearing the game’s third world. Once you have a card, you won’t get a duplicate of it, so getting all of the coins will also complete your card collection.
Below is a list of every coin in the game, sorted by the stages that they are in.
Tick Town Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Once you have that item, you’ll be able to enter the Hills section of Tick Town and collect the first collectible of the area.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. After you get the Sundial, ride this small grind rail by the entrance to the Hills section of the town and you’ll be launched to a balcony with the coin.
Ancient Coin 3
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. After you get the Sundial, you’ll be able to find this coin in a small outcove right next to the entrance to the Deepthrone.
Ancient Coin 4
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. After you get the Sundial, return to the Sea section of town and ride the Grind Rail next to the Blacksmith, this will launch you to a balcony with the area’s last collectible.
Erazus Forest Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Stopwatch from the Clockwork Academy stage. Once you have that item, make your way to the cavern right at the end of the Erazus Forest stage. Here you will spot a purple door that you can enter with the stopwatch ability. Behind it is a short platforming section which will reward you with an Ancient Coin upon completion.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. Once you have it, return to the town at the start of the stage and head to the rooftop in the center of the town. You can grind off this roof to reach a hidden area of the stage where an Ancient Coin will be waiting for you.
Ancient Coin 3
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Wings from the Clockmaker’s Rest stage. Once you have it, return to the town at the start of the stage and head to the rooftop in the center of town. Like the previous coin, we’ll be grinding off the top of it but this time in the opposite direction. Use your wings to reach a balcony on the opposite side of town and you’ll find a chest with an Ancient Coin.
Scorched Grove Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Grappling Hook from the Starstone Mines stage. Once you have that item, make your way back to the starting area of the Scorched Grove and look for a grappling point on the right side of the area. Grapple onto it and you’ll be launched to a platform with a chest that has this coin in it.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Once you have that item, return to the Scorched Grove fast travel point and exit along main path. Directly outside of the fast travel point room you’ll spot this buried chest that you can open with a Pendulum attack.
Ancient Coin 3
This next coin tries to trick you into thinking you only need the Stopwatch to get it but you ALSO need the Pendulum to grab it. Once you’ve got that ability, teleport to the Scorched Grove fast travel point and move forward down the main path and take the path to the left. Eventually you will see these grapple points which will lead to quite a lengthy platforming segment with multiple checkpoints and fights. Mid-way through this segment there will be a purple door that you can pass through with the Stopwatch.
This will lead to a short platforming segment which makes use of both the Grappling Hook and the Pendulum. At the end of it you’ll be rewarded with an Ancient Coin.
Starstone Mines Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
Near the end of the stage, you’ll find an Ancient Coin right by the exit. You can reach it by double jumping twice and performing a mid-air dodge for extra distance.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get the Music Box in this area until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Once you have that item, backtrack all the way back to the first checkpoint in the Starstone Mines, pass under the large stone arch into the next room, and look for a treasure chest that’s been buried by orange crystals. There will be an Ancient Coin inside of it.
Ancient Coin 3
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. Once you have it, you’ll be able to ride the grind rail that circles around the room with the fast travel point in the Starstone Mines. Ride this rail all the way to the end and you’ll reach a platform with a chest containing an Ancient Coin.
Mount Cinder Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
During the segment after the first checkpoint where you need to jump across platforms with spinning flames atop them, look to the left of the third platform and you’ll find a small ledge that you can jump to with an Ancient Coin on it.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin in this area until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Once you have it, make your way to the left side of the room with the giant spinning gear that the fast travel point is in at Mount Cinder. Here there will be a buried chest with the next Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 3
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Wings from the Clockmaker’s Rest stage. Once you have it, walk toward the balcony that the stage’s fast travel point is on and you’ll see some boost rings. Fly through these and you’ll end up in a combat arena. Defeat all of the enemies here and you’ll be rewarded with an Ancient Coin.
Meridian Village Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. Once you have it, return the the fast travel point in Meridian Village and grind off of the giant sundial in the center of the area to launch yourself toward some balloons. Grapple onto these balloons and you’ll be launched toward a platform with an Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Wings from the Clockmaker’s Rest stage. Once you have it, return to the end of the Meridian Village stage and fly through these boost rings to reach a platform with an Ancient Coin.
Lantern Port Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin in this area until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Once you have it, make your way to the castle-like building near the end of the stage and walk to the left of the entrance. Here you will find a wall of orange crystals that you can now break, behind them is a chest with an Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. Once you have it, return to the beginning of the stage (You can easily reach here via walking from Meridian Village) and grind off this rail that’s to the right of the starting area and you’ll be launched to a platform with an Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 3
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Wings from the Clockmaker’s Rest stage. Once you have it, return to the Lantern Port fast travel point and continue along the main path until you reach the platform where you can see boost rings. This will lead you to a combat arena that will reward you with an Ancient Coin if you win.
Clockwork Academy Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin in this area until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Near the beginning of the stage, after the first wooden plank that you grab on to, jump across this pit and break the orange crystals to access a new hallway. At the end of this hallway will be a purple door that you can enter with your Stopwatch ability. This leads to a platforming segment with an Ancient Coin at the end.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. Once you have it, return to the fast travel point in the Craftsman’s Wing and exit into the hallway. Here there will be a large grind rail that will take you through several rooms of platforming and combat challenges. Jump off of the rail in the first room it passes through and you’ll be able to reach an Ancient Coin by using a grapple point in the room.
Apprentice’s Wing Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
Exit the room with the purple crystals via the right door and head left down the hallway via the grapple point. This will lead you to a buried treasure chest that you can uncover with the Pendulum that contains an Ancient Coin.
Craftsman’s Wing Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
This Ancient Coin can be found in the first room of the stage. Use the Pendulum on the bounce pad by the purple crystal and then grab onto the wooden planks near the ceiling. They’ll take you to a platform with the coin.
Great Library Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
In the large library room near the end of the stage, run to the right side of the room and you’ll find another Echo. After collecting this echo, turn to your left and you’ll spot an Ancient Coin at the end of a short path with moving books that will attempt to push you away.
Ancient Coin 2
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Wings from the Clockmaker’s Rest stage. Once you have it, return to the Great Library and make your way to the room with the huge chasm near the fast travel point. In here, make your way to the top of any of the large book towers and glide your way over to this Ancient Coin which can only be reached via flying.
Duskfade Canal Hamlet Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
Near the start of the stage, right after you exit the open town area, you’ll need to platform around a giant purple crystals. Below one of the wall jump panels on this crystal there will be an Ancient Coin just out of sight.
Ancient Coin 2
After crossing the bridge mid-way through the stage, continue along the main path to the left and you’ll reach a room with multiple rocks in the water, a grappling point, and a bouncy plant. Make your way to the top of the room and then turn around, use the grapple point and bouncy plant to reach the the ledge ahead of you and you’ll reach an Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 3
You won’t be able to get this Ancient Coin until AFTER you obtain the Sundial from the Celestial Kingdom stage. Once you have it, make your way back to the large bridge at the end of the stage and turn to your right. Here there will be a small grind rail which will lead you to a series of larger grind rails. Ride all of them and bounce off the plant at the end to reach a new ledge filled with enemies. Defeat all of the enemies here and you’ll earn an Ancient Coin.
Celestial Kingdom Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
After obtaining the Sundial, backtrack to a few platforms before the fast travel point and you’ll see two grapple points that you can reach via grinding on a rail to your right. These grapple points will lead you to another Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 2
After the second grind rail section, go to the left on the platform you land on and you’ll find a bounce pad that leads to several grapple points and wooden planks. Near the end of this platforming segment there will be a rock with an Ancient Coin on it. Getting it is a bit tricky as you need to jump to the other side of the wooden plank that you’re on in order to get enough jump distance to reach it.
Royal Highroads Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
The first Ancient Coin of this stage can obtained via jumping to the left path during the first major grind rail segment of the stage. Mid-way through this grind rail there will be a platform that you can jump to that has the coin on it.
Ancient Coin 2
Point the giant sundial by the fast travel point to the southwest and you’ll be able to jump to the platforms there. At the end of this section there will be a broken circular building with glass shard floating around. Jump atop this building and you’ll find an Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 3
The last Ancient Coin in the stage is in a buried chest on a cloud directly below the north side of the giant sundial.
Auric Palace Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
This coin is pretty hard to miss, it is in a treasure chest right next to the stairs that lead to the large grind rail segment.
Ancient Coin 2
Near the end of the stage, there will be three large platforms that you can spin by hitting gears. After spinning the third platform, jump on it and pay close attention to the direction that its face as it spins back to its normal position. When it is pointing toward the nearby coliseum pillar that doesn’t have a purple crystal on it, grind on the side of the platform and you’ll just barely be able to reach the top of the coliseum.
From here, follow the grind rails and platforms until you see a grapple point and several bouncy plants. Jump on the plants and you’ll be led to a purple door that you can pass through with your stopwatch ability. This will lead to a short and simple platforming segment which will reward you with an Ancient Coin
Deepthorne Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
This Ancient Coin can be found atop a platform during the stage’s last platforming segment that you can reach by using the moving blue platform and nearby grapple point.
Ancient Coin 2
The next Ancient Coin can be found hidden behind a house right next to the stage’s fast travel point.
Stonetusk Canyon Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
When crossing the rope bridge in the early part of the stage, look down and you’ll see a platform you can drop to with a coin on it.
Ancient Coin 2
After crossing another rope bridge, you’ll be met with a grind rail that leads to a grapple point. Instead of grappling toward it, double tab down on your analog stick and ride the grind rail backwards. Going backwards here will launch you directly to a platform with an Ancient Coin.
Ancient Coin 3
After the large grind rail segment that comes after the fast travel point, look to the right of the village you land in and you’ll find a platform with an Ancient Coin.
Clockmaker’s Rest Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
This Ancient Coin can be found just to the right of the fast travel in Clockmaker’s Rest. Break the orange crystals in the fast travel point room and follow the path they lead down and you’ll end up in the Thieving Cat’s room. There will also be an Ancient Coin on a platform in this room.
Ancient Coin 2
After fighting enemies in the circular building midway through the stage, turn left and you’ll spot a set of stairs. Walk up them and then climb the wall in order to reach a platform with an Ancient Coin.
Desert of the Last Memory Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
After fighting enemies on the large gear near the start of the stage, turn around and you’ll see a clock floating in midair. Use your wings to glide to it, after you land on it a platform with an Ancient Coin will spawn to your left.
Ancient Coin 2
When scaling through the towers early in the level, right before reaching the fast travel point, there will be a segment where you need to use a pendulum bounce pad to reach a grapple point to reach some spinning hourglasses. Instead of jumping toward the hourglasses, glide backwards to reach a platform with an Ancient Coin.
Chronos Aeternum Ancient Coins
Ancient Coin 1
This Ancient Coin is directly in front of the area’s fast travel point, you can’t miss it.
