Crimson Void Crusade Mastery, one +8, two +7 difficulty missions

Overview

This is a guide for completing a full Crimson Void Crusade, with all missions.The path through the missions is optimized so that there is the lowest possible difficulty increase.

Links

Vrakos’ guides with maps for every single mission
My Ecru full path +7
My Viridian full path and Info Fragments+5, plus Relic Farming
My Amber paths: Full path, Info Fragments and Tarot Farming +5
My Azure full path +9
My Zircon full path +12
My Ebony full path +4
My Violet full path +6
My Ivory full path +8
My Crimson full path +8

Versioning

The game developers have stated that void crusades won’t be changed or added, so I’m not expecting any major issues with the paths getting outdated.

The last round of updates to my void crusade guides was done with the game at patch version 2.3.4, during the Season of Warp Surge.

This guide was last updated in April 2021. I added a bit more general Void Crusade information, and added the Relic farming part.

What changed:

• I changed my steam name, to bring it in line with reddit, the game and discord.
• The season objective with all Info Fragments got changed to 75 minutes (was 60 in the Season of Inferno)
• A Versioning/Update history section was added
• An Info section was added
• All guides got (roughly) the same format
• Amber got an Info Fragment path, and a discussion of its merits
• Viridian got a Relic farming route

General Void Crusade information

• Bonus, Secret and Covert missions add a higher bonus to loot than regular missions
• Starting with the Season of Warp Surge, item levels will go up to 100. You need to do missions of at least +7 difficulty to get level 100 items, if you are 100. I have yet to find out – all other things being equal – whether an extra Tarot card, or extra difficulty would lead to more level 100 items
• I’m pretty certain the Servoskull can not spawn right next to the starting node on the VC map, but it can spawn one node away. Apart from that, it seems random. And you can get unlucky, and it will shop in a high difficulty mission, in a room full of Elites
• In almost all cases, the Servoskull is exactly in the direction you were facing/moving when you got the notification

• You will NOT get the info Fragment if you pick it up, and then concede the mission
• The mission timer starts when the missions starts (not when you launch it)
• The mission timer stops when you fulfill the mission objective (not when you leave the mission)
  What that means for you: Do mission objectives first, until you get the ‘Quit’ popup. Then go hunt for cogitators and Info Fragments

• If you die AFTER the mission objective has been fulfilled, the crusade continues
• Abandoning a mission ends the hardcore crusade
• Failing a mission (that includes hot pursuit and vip/guard rescue) ends the hardcore crusade Rescue missions get very dicey around +6, depending a little on Tarot Cards and enemy type

• Two keys are granted for finishing the Supreme Mission
• A key is granted after completing five missions of any kind
• A key is granted after completing at least two Bonus missions
• A key is granted after completing all Covert and Hidden missions
• A key is granted after defeating the Wandering Servoskull

• Dataslate Decryption Terminals don’t have a map icon. Use Vrakos’ guides if you get stuck
• Cogitators for secret missions don’t have a map icon. However, they are always in a ‘secret’ room you have to teleport to
• ‘Survivors’ are in a group of guards, and one of them has a label of ‘Survivor’ when you hover over him
• Hot Pursuit: Keep your mouse over the fugitive, and hold down the magic new button you have (usually ‘5’)

• I always make my paths with the difficulties peaking in the middle, and then working down from there. It has been pointed out to me that that’s not fully optimal, because some missions give bonuses for subsequent missions after completion, like ‘10% extra damage vs. Rebels’.
  My take on that is: If you are really, really struggling to finish the missions, the bonuses might actually help you a bit.
  At the same time, if you are really, really struggling with some normal missions on Void Crusades, my advice would be to hop onto Discord and to ask for help.
  And, my focus when doing Void Crusades is gaining loot from the Supreme Mission. The quantity of Relics goes up with difficulty, and we will also get more level 90+ items. So I’m bumping up the difficulty there, and by the time we are at the Supreme Mission, we will have also collected all the bonuses.
• As of this patch, the highest possible difficulty you can run a mission at is +29, and it’s on the Crimson Void Crusade
• For regular (and Supreme) missions, the difficulty gets set when the mission is made accessible
• For Secret and Covert missions, the difficulty gets set, then the difficulty modifier is added for subsequent unlocks

Mastery Path

no ‘clever’ way to do this one, because of the nooks at the top left and right.
thanks @Mome again for the unlocking details and the locations of the info fragments.

Mission number. Difficulty level of the mission. Difficulty increase (if any).

• 1: 0 Cogitator for covert mission I
• 2: 0
• 3: 0
• 4: 0 Info Fragment. To the left of the starting position, pretty close.
• 5: 0 +1
• 6:+1 +1 drops an encrypted dataslate from a Villain in the middle of the map. Type of villain seems to vary.
• 7: +2 Info Fragment. Top left corner.
• 8: +2 this unlocks the Supreme Mission at +2
• 9: 0 +1
• 10: 0 +1 has a Stormwatcher mission that gives a cogitator, which unlocks Secret Mission 19
• 11: +4 +1 Info Fragment, pretty close to one of the batteries. Hard to miss
• 12: +3 +2 Hot Pursuit. Second Data Slate, again from a Villain.
• 13: 0 +1 Info Fragment, really close to one of the fortified zones. Stormwatcher Mission, with cogitator, for Secret Mission 14
• 14: +7 +2 Decryption Terminal. At the ‘highest’ reachable point in the map, to the top right of the Survivor’s position.
• everything unlocked from here. Hardest to easiest as always
• 15: +8
• 16: +7 Pretty big purge map.
• 17: +5
• 18: +4
• 19: +3
• 20: +3 Info Fragment. Next to the loot chest close to the barricaded door.
• 21: 0
• 22: 0
• 23: 0
• 24:+2