The last Big secret still hasnt been discovered and we are still trying to figure out what it is. Over at the Playstation fourms, we have gathered alot of clues/information and we feel as if we are very close in discovering what it is. We need your help also so please post your ideas or clues. Here Is a lil of what we have gathered so far:


I'm making this as an aid / reference to the hunt. Following is a recap of what we know so far.

Lord Emon said [in the game's prologue] that the Forbidden Lands began from the "Resonace of Intersecting Points". Naturally, this would be assumed to indicate the exact center of a cross or otherwise multi-rayed design. It has recently been discovered that the four 'Symbol Blocks' decorating the Shrine of Worship are actually top-down views of key locations in the Forbidden Lands. These locations, when viewed from the game's Map Screen, line up to form a cross. At the center of this cross is Number XI, Celosia's, temple. In the back of the temple lies a wall fitted with a Medallion-shaped molding. The same symbol can be found over doorways and openings throughout the game, though more importantly, a pair of the same can be found in number VI, Barba's underground Prison. The size of the symbols allows the player to see that they have been coloured a bright, bright blue, and seem to be inlaid with a series of gems. Another place the symbol can be found is on number XVI, Malus', gate. The symbol can be activated by reflecting sunlight, via the sword, onto it. The symbol can be found once again in the Secret Garden, though this time it seems to be glowing and emanating an azure light. Unfortunately, this as far as the hunt has gone. Any help on this would be very much appreciated.
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~Ascaida


...............You think the symbol's a vital and the temple's a colossus, right? If not, then my bad. ; Otherwise, yeah; I've tossed that idea around as well. Thing is, the temple is very similar to a colossus, imo. You have to destroy parts of it indirectly (Like indirectly slaying a colossus by extracting the Dormin Essence), it's, well, bigger than you... (Dur), and you can climb the thing. Now... I've wondered for a while why Wander can stab the ground without holding onto it or being 'on' something. Well... the symbol isn't 'on' anything, per-say. And, well... you know. It's obviously 'there'; there's no denying that.

... So yeah. I'm thinking giving it a good stab will do... something. I'm not sure what, exactly. Nor am I sure how to get to it; it's just barely out of Wander's jumping range. From atop Agro, it'd be possible. However, that would require opening the door at the top of the 'tower' portion of the Shrine of Worship.

So what am I thinking will ultimately happen?

In this order:

1.) We have to open the door at the top of the tower.

2.) Get agro up to the garden and use him to jump to the symbol.

3.) Give it a good stab.

4.) Two things could happen here:

4a.) The symbol is a switch that activates the blue medallion symbols.

4a2.) Stabbing the symbols pops open the door in Celosia's temple. From there...?

Or,

4b.) The symbol immediately opens the door to Celosia's temple. From there...?

Or,

4c.) The symbol begins the long process of raising Hydra's temple from the lakebed, as well as activates the other medallion symbols, which are in a array suggesting multiple sources of... something focusing on a single point. See where I'm going with this? Lookin' at you, Block number One.

And 5.) ... Man, there are so many what-if's from here forward.

A.) Celosia's door leads out of the forbidden lands.

B.) The door leads to the ICO Castle. I think there's a way to get to it simply because I've seen a similar texturing technique used on the Shrine of Worship when it's way off in the distance. It's all blurry and 2-Dimensional until you get closer to it.

C.) Hydrus' temple is raised, and then....?

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So I'm STRONGLY leaning toward Hydrus' sunken temple coming to the surface. That or, I don't know, Celosia's door leads to the East Coast of the Forbidden Lands.

Point is, no matter how you look at it, it all comes back to the symbol. We know it's there, we know it's solid and emitting a light that flickers in real time, and the Queen's sword, which opens / activates things, starts going crazy when it's near it.

... I think we're really close to figuring this out, my friends. Just a bit more....

~Ascadia


For all the info and clues for what we have gathered click here

[link name=http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=shadowofcolossus&thread.id=41796&view=by_date_ascending&page=1][/link]

Could you give us some screen shots, or at least some more detailed locations of where exactly these symbols are, I want to see them for my self. It sound s like your on something.

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Could you give us some screen shots, or at least some more detailed locations of where exactly these symbols are, I want to see them for my self. It sound s like your on something.

Just copy Paste this link for all the screenshots and stuff

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=shadowofcolossus&thread.id=41796&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

I really wished I believed you, but I can't. Ever since all those rumors in SOTC, I don't believe there is anything. But there is a little hope in me. I just wish this forum weren't dead. Then more could explore. BTW what do you mean by stabbing while not holding onto anything and the temple? And what is this underwater temple? And even though I don't believe, from the looks of it, I think your supposed to be finding a way to open that door on top of the temple first instead of making possible conclusions. But I believe this game has been modded before, so that would mean there's nothing. Right?

This message was edited by ultimaslayerx on Jan 28 2008.

When is someone going to try doing this ?

I apologize for my bluntness, but that's a whole lot of bull. Given enough work, you can piece together anything with anything else and come up with, well... anything. Intentionally-included secrets in games, as your "evidence" would eventually come to if valid, never stay secret for long- particularly in the age of the internet and game guides. There is no way the enormous group of people who worked on SotC would be able to keep something like that secret, even if their revelation was nothing more than "there's something in the game it seems nobody has found yet." Back when the game came out, this sort of speculation was fun, but now it's just a waste of time.

Look dude, if you don't want to help then don't reply. I for one think there has to has to be something. And if there isn't anything, oh well I'll have fun trying. I am convinced there is something.

So Thats It everyone just goina quit?? No wonder this forum is dead, its full of nothing but quitters and losers, how are you goina call yourself a hardcore gamer and when given a REAL challenge you just quit?? thats why the PSU forums are better than these forums at least we are coming up with logicial answers and theorys to test and are actullay getting getting answers and more background info on how the Forbien Lands came to be. Whatever if yall wanna quit then thats your lost

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=shadowofcolossus&thread.id=41796&view=by_date_ascending&page=235

This guy kind of put things regarding the "secret" a bit out of context and yes I know this thread is dead...

Now I still don't believe in this so called "secret", but the guys in that forum and thread have discovered neat things. Few of them believe in the secret, but they do try to find neat things. We also have two hackers in it who are making videos. Pikol, who made the Shrine of Worship video where he glitched to the top of the SoW and Radical, who is actually hacking and showing Pikol some cool tricks.

We have found a lot of things and you may be interested in reading the past 20 pages. We found numerous things, such as the 16th colossus is always in his arena, the "copy temple", Ico Castle is fake, what's behind the door to Celosia, and much more.

I recommend you visit that thread if you are interested in finding some cool facts. If this is advertising I am sorry and please delete this post.

What do you mean? What about the copy temple? What Celosia door? I'm goin' there.

This message was edited by Ville_Valo on Dec 08 2008.

Well I don't play this in quite some time but I remember one thing that if might want look at. In the zone near the last colossus is the gate that only opens after you beat all other colossus. Well there's a coastal line along both sides of that gate. There are some places in that coastal line that are reachable. And I mean places in the "wall" that goes all the way to the ocean. You might want to look at it and see if you can find anything there