Sample Expansion Pack

The example expansion pack for the port, made for modders to learn from. The sample pack gives levelling to 99 a purpose: Genesis Tower, an endgame climb of new fights and superbosses tuned for a late-game party, a quest chain that threads them through the world you know, custom maps built from the disc's own scenery, trading cards won in battle and traded or sold, and modes the original never had. It is also the worked example of the format - nothing in the engine knows the pack by name, so anything the sample pack does, another pack can do.

At a glance

Pack id: sample
Needs: Your own Legend of Legaia (NA, SCUS-94254) disc. The pack carries no game data.
Where: packs/sample/ in the repository; the workbench offers it as its example.
Aimed at: A late-game party: its entrances open once the party is strong enough (the level gates are in the maps table below), and its fights and rewards grow with the party toward 99.

The story

On the cliffs past Rim Elm stands Genesis Tower, a sea tower older than the Mist. The islanders say its foundation stone was cut from a root of the first Genesis Tree. Its bell once called the fishing boats home through the fog, until the Mist's first breath came in off the sea and the last Warden, Ysolde, sealed it under that stone and bound herself there to hold it. The bell has been silent ever since, and Rim Elm half forgot the tower.

Now the Genesis Trees are pushing the Mist back, and what is left of it sinks toward the tower, carrying what it swallowed. Each floor has a keeper that will not let go. The party climbs to make the Mist release the tower floor by floor, crosses to the Lantern Isles behind its sea gate, and at the top meets the Hollow Sovereign. The last step is Ysolde's own: once someone stands ready to meet the First Breath, she can let go of her seal.

What is in it

The tables below are generated from the pack's files when the site is built, so they show the pack as it stands rather than as it was planned. Every retail monster, scene, item and cue is named by its coordinate, exactly as the pack names it.

Generated from packs/sample/ at site build: Sample Expansion Pack version 0.2.0, licensed MIT OR Unlicense.

41monsters

33formations

8bosses

27quests

5challenges

133lines

46cards

12modes

12maps

Monsters

Name	Built on	Changes
Ironhide Ogre	monster 109	hp 4,600, attack 340, defence 170, speed x1.2, exp 5,600, gold 3,600
Ember Lizard	monster 124	hp 4,300, attack 360, defence 160, intelligence x1.5, exp 5,400, gold 3,400
Runed Golem	monster 130	hp 5,200, attack 320, defence 190, exp 6,000, gold 3,800
Gale Hound	monster 42	hp 3,500, attack 350, defence 150, speed x1.3, exp 5,000, gold 3,000
Magma Visage	monster 126	hp 6,500, attack 380, defence 185, intelligence x1.6, exp 7,000, gold 4,200
Pyre Wisp	monster 66	hp 5,800, attack 360, defence 180, speed x1.3, exp 6,600, gold 4,000
Hearth Gola	monster 100	hp 7,300, attack 370, defence 200, exp 7,400, gold 4,400
Thorn Mantis	monster 54	hp 7,100, attack 400, defence 195, speed x1.3, exp 8,000, gold 4,600
Mire Slime	monster 9	hp 7,600, attack 380, defence 210, exp 7,800, gold 4,400
Gilded Bison	monster 60	hp 8,500, attack 400, defence 200, exp 9,500, gold 12,000
Bloom Mushura	monster 103	hp 8,000, attack 410, defence 205, exp 8,400, gold 4,800
Verdant Iota	monster 155	hp 7,400, attack 430, defence 215, exp 9,600, gold 5,200
Grove Kemaro	monster 146	hp 7,000, attack 420, defence 220, intelligence x1.4, exp 9,400, gold 5,000
Fountain Freed	monster 94	hp 7,200, attack 410, defence 210, intelligence x1.4, exp 9,800, gold 5,400
Moss Grude	monster 106	hp 8,200, attack 440, defence 230, exp 10,000, gold 5,600
Brass Sentinel	monster 129	hp 8,800, attack 490, defence 240, exp 12,400, gold 6,800
Furnace Mask	monster 127	hp 7,600, attack 500, defence 230, intelligence x1.5, exp 12,000, gold 6,600
Storm Barra	monster 143	hp 7,400, attack 520, defence 235, speed x1.2, exp 12,600, gold 7,000
Echo Lamia	monster 133	hp 7,400, attack 500, defence 245, intelligence x1.5, exp 13,000, gold 7,200
Sleepless One	monster 121	hp 10,500, attack 580, defence 255, exp 16,000, gold 8,800
Fallen Lantern	monster 118	hp 10,000, attack 610, defence 250, exp 15,600, gold 8,600
Storm Gilium	monster 161	hp 9,800, attack 520, defence 265, exp 16,800, gold 9,200
Prism Topaz	monster 112	hp 9,400, attack 540, defence 270, exp 16,400, gold 9,000
Cinder Warden	monster 172	hp 30,000, mp 900, attack 470, defence 240, intelligence x1.5, exp 40,000, gold 30,000
Verdant Colossus	monster 174	hp 32,000, mp 1,500, attack 540, defence 255, exp 48,000, gold 36,000
Iron Regent	monster 170	hp 29,000, mp 1,500, attack 560, defence 270, exp 56,000, gold 42,000
Azure Seraph	monster 167	hp 60,000, mp 4,000, attack 620, defence 300, intelligence 900, exp 62,000, gold 50,000
Throne Herald	monster 149	hp 12,000, attack 600, defence 270, exp 20,000, gold 10,000
Hollow Sovereign	monster 138	hp 30,000, mp 3,000, attack 520, defence 260, speed x1.4, intelligence x1.6, exp 65,000, gold 60,000
Sovereign Unbound	monster 179	hp 34,000, mp 4,000, attack 540, defence 280, speed x1.3, intelligence x1.5, exp 65,000, gold 60,000
The First Breath	monster 168	hp 52,000, mp 4,000, attack 700, defence 300, intelligence x2, exp 65,000, gold 65,000
Tide Spikefish	monster 70	hp 3,200, attack 300, defence 150, speed x1.2, exp 3,900, gold 2,400
Surf Frog	monster 44	hp 3,600, attack 290, defence 160, exp 4,100, gold 2,500
Squall Gull	monster 71	hp 2,900, attack 320, defence 140, speed x1.35, exp 3,800, gold 2,300
Thorncap	monster 24	hp 3,800, attack 300, defence 170, exp 4,300, gold 2,700
Bramble Mantis	monster 53	hp 4,200, attack 330, defence 165, speed x1.2, exp 4,600, gold 2,900
Thornwood Wolf	monster 41	hp 4,000, attack 340, defence 160, speed x1.25, exp 4,500, gold 2,800
Ruin Wasp	monster 62	hp 2,600, attack 310, defence 150, speed x1.3, exp 3,600, gold 2,200
Grotto Ooze	monster 9	hp 4,400, attack 300, defence 190, exp 4,800, gold 3,000
Pearl Wisp	monster 51	hp 3,400, mp 400, attack 280, defence 170, intelligence x1.4, exp 4,700, gold 3,100
Thornwood Queen	monster 63	hp 18,000, mp 900, attack 400, defence 210, speed x1.2, exp 22,000, gold 15,000

Formations

Formation	Opening seats	Waves
Ironhide Ogres	Ironhide Ogre, Ironhide Ogre, Ironhide Ogre	-
Forge Guard	Runed Golem, Ember Lizard, Ember Lizard, Ironhide Ogre	-
Gale Hounds	Gale Hound, Gale Hound, Runed Golem, Gale Hound	-
Ember Court	Magma Visage, Pyre Wisp, Pyre Wisp	-
Hearth Guard	Hearth Gola, Hearth Gola, Magma Visage, Ember Lizard	-
Thorn Thicket	Thorn Mantis, Thorn Mantis, Bloom Mushura	-
Mire Bloom	Mire Slime, Bloom Mushura, Mire Slime, Thorn Mantis	-
Gilded Herd	Gilded Bison, Gilded Bison	-
Vault Wardens	Verdant Iota, Grove Kemaro, Verdant Iota	-
Fountain Court	Fountain Freed, Moss Grude, Fountain Freed, Grove Kemaro	-
Brass Line	Brass Sentinel, Brass Sentinel, Furnace Mask	-
Storm Engine	Storm Barra, Echo Lamia, Storm Barra, Furnace Mask	-
Sleepless Choir	Sleepless One, Fallen Lantern, Sleepless One	-
Prism Storm	Prism Topaz, Storm Gilium, Fallen Lantern	-
Herald Watch	Throne Herald, Storm Gilium, Throne Herald	-
Tower Gauntlet	Ironhide Ogre, Ironhide Ogre	2 more, 8 monsters
Garden Gauntlet	Thorn Mantis, Thorn Mantis, Thorn Mantis	3 more, 8 monsters
Engine Gauntlet	Brass Sentinel, Brass Sentinel, Brass Sentinel	1 more, 6 monsters
Cinder Warden	Cinder Warden, Pyre Wisp, Pyre Wisp	-	boss
Verdant Colossus	Verdant Colossus, Moss Grude	-	boss
Iron Regent	Iron Regent, Brass Sentinel, Brass Sentinel	-	boss
Azure Seraph	Azure Seraph	-	boss
Hollow Throne	Hollow Sovereign, Throne Herald, Throne Herald	1 more, 1 monsters	boss
The First Breath	The First Breath	-	boss
Echo of the Throne	Sovereign Unbound, Throne Herald	1 more, 2 monsters	boss
Shoreline	Tide Spikefish, Surf Frog, Tide Spikefish	-
Squall Gulls	Squall Gull, Squall Gull, Surf Frog	-
Thornwood Thicket	Thorncap, Bramble Mantis, Thorncap	-
Thornwood Pack	Thornwood Wolf, Thornwood Wolf, Ruin Wasp	-
Ruin Swarm	Ruin Wasp, Ruin Wasp, Bramble Mantis, Ruin Wasp	-
Grotto Ooze	Grotto Ooze, Pearl Wisp, Grotto Ooze	-
Pearl Wisps	Pearl Wisp, Pearl Wisp, Pearl Wisp	-
Thornwood Queen	Thornwood Queen, Ruin Wasp, Ruin Wasp	-	boss

Encounters

Where	Formations	Rate
Jette's Fortress (transport system) (`chitei2`)	Ironhide Ogres, Forge Guard	retail rate, retail weight 3
map table `tower_1f`	Ironhide Ogres, Forge Guard	pack steps 12-24
map table `tower_1f_wings`	Gale Hounds, Ironhide Ogres	pack steps 12-24
map table `tower_2f`	Ember Court, Hearth Guard	pack steps 14-26
map table `tower_3f`	Thorn Thicket, Mire Bloom, Gilded Herd	pack steps 14-26
map table `tower_4f`	Vault Wardens, Fountain Court	pack steps 14-28
map table `tower_6f`	Brass Line, Storm Engine	pack steps 16-30
map table `tower_7f`	Sleepless Choir, Prism Storm	pack steps 16-30
map table `tower_8f`	Herald Watch	pack steps 18-32
map table `isles_beach`	Shoreline, Squall Gulls	pack steps 16-30
map table `isles_thornwood`	Thornwood Thicket, Thornwood Pack	pack steps 12-24
map table `isles_ruins`	Ruin Swarm, Thornwood Pack	pack steps 12-22
map table `isles_grotto`	Grotto Ooze, Pearl Wisps	pack steps 14-26

Progression

EXP x1.5
gold x1.25
XP curve: retail steps, then x0.75 from level 40, x0.62 from level 45, x0.5 from level 50, x0.43 from level 55, x0.4 from level 60, x0.37 from level 65, x0.35 from level 70, x0.33 from level 80, x0.3 from level 90
pack enemies grow 0.5% a level past level 50, up to x1.25, rewards too
item rewards at levels 55, 60, 70, 80, 90, 99

Quests

Quest	Opens after	Objectives
A Tower Wakes	level 30	Find the voice in the tower's first hall
The Warden's Trial	A Tower Wakes	Win three battles; Reach level 40; Return to the Warden's Stone
The Ember Stair	level 50, The Warden's Trial	Defeat the Cinder Warden
The Hanging Garden	The Ember Stair	Clear the Garden Gauntlet
The Verdant Vault	level 60, The Hanging Garden	Defeat the Verdant Colossus
The Gambler's Rest	The Verdant Vault	Reach the fifth floor; Talk to the keeper
The Engine Deep	level 70, The Gambler's Rest	Outlast the Engine Gauntlet; Defeat the Iron Regent
The Sanctum of Echoes	level 80, The Engine Deep	Silence the Azure Seraph
The Hollow Throne	level 88, The Sanctum of Echoes	Defeat the Hollow Sovereign
The Last Vigil	The Hollow Throne	Reach level 99; Fell the tower's five keepers; Return to the Warden's Stone
The First Breath	The Last Vigil	Release the First Breath
Every Floor	-	The Ember Stair; The Hanging Garden; The Verdant Vault; The Gambler's Rest; The Engine Deep; The Sanctum of Echoes; The Hollow Throne
Bounty: Ironhide Ogres	-	Win six fights against Ironhide Ogres; Report to the Warden's Stone
A Remedy for Stone	-	Gather five Healing Fruit; Bring them to the Warden's Stone
The Gilded Herd	The Ember Stair	Defeat three Gilded Herds
Bounty: Brass Sentinels	The Engine Deep	Win eight fights against Brass Sentinels
Echo of the Throne	The Hollow Throne	Break the Echo of the Throne
Seasoned Hunter	-	Win one hundred battles
Tower Bounty Hunter	-	Complete four tower bounties
Echo Breaker	-	Break the Echo five times
The Keeper's Tables	The Gambler's Rest	Win at the Tower High Table; Win the Warden's Duel; Win the Genesis Links; Win the Monastery Run; Win hide and seek in the Old Vault
High Roller	The Gambler's Rest	Win the High Table three times
Trial Master	-	Clear three challenges
Landfall	A Tower Wakes	Climb the dunes to the village; Speak with the village elder
Torn Nets	-	Rout the shoreline beasts three times; Tell the fisher on the jetty
The Thornwood Queen	Landfall	Follow the Thornwood path to the ruins; Defeat the Thornwood Queen; Tell the hermit at his camp by the fire
The Pearl Below	-	Descend into the grotto; Find what sings in the grotto

Challenge	Rules
Bare Hands	Win your next battle in ten rounds or fewer, with no items and no Ra-Seru magic.
Garden Sprint	Clear the Garden Gauntlet - all four waves - in twelve rounds or fewer.
Lone Fist	Vahn alone against the Engine Gauntlet. No items.
Humble Before the Seraph	Silence the Azure Seraph with nobody above level 85.
Echo Storm	Break the Echo of the Throne at one and a half times its strength, within fifteen rounds.

Trading cards

46 cards: 8 common, 19 uncommon, 14 rare, 5 legendary; 3 boosters, 1 dealer, 40 reward rules.

Booster	Cards a pack	Price
Genesis Starter Pack	5	300 gold
Mistborn Pack	3	1,200 gold
Hollow Court Pack	3	4,000 gold

Cutscenes

Cutscene	Plays on	Steps
The Tower Wakes	genesis_1f	20
The Hollow Stirs	genesis_5f	9
The Hollow Sovereign	genesis_8f	12
The Throne Breaks	genesis_8f	12
The Cinder Warden	genesis_2f	8
The Ember Stair Goes Cold	genesis_2f	6
The Verdant Colossus	genesis_4f	9
The Vault Sleeps	genesis_4f	6
The Iron Regent	genesis_6f	8
The Engine Is Still	genesis_6f	7
The Azure Seraph	genesis_7f	9
The Sanctum Falls Silent	genesis_7f	6
The Hollow Sovereign	genesis_8f	8
Echo of the Throne	genesis_8f	5
The Echo Fades	genesis_8f	6
The First Breath	genesis_1f	5
The Bell Rings Once	genesis_1f	9

Game modes

Instance	Mode
Mist Lantern Table	Poker table
Tower High Table	Poker table
Village Duel	Grid Duel
The Warden's Duel	Grid Duel
Windmill Links	Golf course
The Genesis Links	Golf course
Tower Green	Golf course
Drake Dash	Race track
The Monastery Run	Race track
Sol Ring	Race track
Storehouse	Prop-hunt arena
The Old Vault	Prop-hunt arena

Maps

Map	Tiles	Scenery from	Holds	Way in
Genesis Tower 1F - Atrium	29 x 13	Sky Gardens Tower (`tower`)	16 props, 1 NPC, 10 triggers, 3 encounter zones	from Rim Elm (`town01`), level 30+
Genesis Tower 2F - Ember Stair	37 x 40	Rogue's Tower (`rugi`)	14 props, 0 NPCs, 4 triggers, 4 encounter zones	Travel page
Genesis Tower 3F - Hanging Garden	39 x 40	Sky Gardens (`teien`)	8 props, 0 NPCs, 3 triggers, 3 encounter zones	Travel page
Genesis Tower 4F - Verdant Vault	49 x 37	Conkram (Present) (`concnow`)	11 props, 0 NPCs, 4 triggers, 3 encounter zones	Travel page
Genesis Tower 5F - Gambler's Rest	37 x 30	Sol Tower (rooms A, arena floor) (`koin1`)	15 props, 9 NPCs, 8 triggers, 0 encounter zones	Travel page
Genesis Tower 6F - Engine Deep	35 x 37	Jette's Fortress (transport system) (`chitei2`)	19 props, 0 NPCs, 6 triggers, 3 encounter zones	Travel page
Genesis Tower 7F - Sanctum of Echoes	33 x 34	Sol Tower (underground B) (`korb3`)	26 props, 0 NPCs, 5 triggers, 4 encounter zones	Travel page
Genesis Tower 8F - Hollow Throne	31 x 39	Zora's Floating Castle (2) (`taiku2`)	26 props, 0 NPCs, 4 triggers, 1 encounter zone	Travel page
Lantern Isles - Saltwind Beach	64 x 36	Rim Elm (`town01`)	9 props, 1 NPC, 2 triggers, 1 encounter zone	Travel page
Lantern Isles - The Singing Grotto	72 x 60	Snowdrift Cave (`cave01`)	12 props, 0 NPCs, 5 triggers, 1 encounter zone	Travel page
Lantern Isles - The Thornwood	112 x 56	West Voz Forest (`vell`)	30 props, 1 NPC, 3 triggers, 3 encounter zones	Travel page
Lantern Isles - Tolva's Haven	64 x 50	Rim Elm (`town01`)	43 props, 13 NPCs, 4 triggers, 0 encounter zones	Travel page

The climb

The quest chain admits each area at a party level, and every keeper's parting line names the level the next one asks for. The fights are tuned for those levels, and a test (crates/engine-expansion/tests/sample_pack_balance.rs) checks it on the battle kernels at Normal, Hard and Nightmare: each keeper falls in under a dozen rounds, nothing one-shots a full-HP member, and each floor's keeper outweighs the last.

Level	Where	What opens it
30-40	The Lantern Isles	Hearing the Warden's Stone; the sea gate in the Atrium's west wall
40-48	1F Atrium, the bell's gauntlet	The Warden's Trial (three wins, level 40)
50-60	2F Ember Stair, 3F Hanging Garden	The Cinder Warden at 50; the tower's arts at 55
60-70	4F Verdant Vault, 5F Gambler's Rest	The Verdant Colossus at 60
70-80	6F Engine Deep	The Iron Regent at 70; the Knell finishers at 80
80-88	7F Sanctum of Echoes	The Azure Seraph at 80
88-99	8F Hollow Throne, the Echo, the challenges	The Hollow Sovereign at 88
99	Under the Warden's Stone	The Last Vigil, then the First Breath

How to play it

Get the packIt comes with the game: the release archive carries it as packs/sample.lxpack, and the play page has it built in. From a checkout, bundle it yourself (asset expansion bundle packs/sample -o sample.lxpack), or open the workbench, load the sample pack and Save .lxpack - or press Play pack and skip the file entirely.
Load itDesktop: the launcher's Expansion pack... button. Browser: the play page's Expansion pack card, once your disc is loaded.
Play to the towerContinue a late save, or start a new game and play to it. The way in is an entrance in Rim Elm that opens for a party of level 30 or more. From that level the Journal's Travel page (Select on the pause menu) lists the tower too, so you can go straight there from wherever the save stands; once you have been on a map, Travel takes you back to it from anywhere. To look around sooner: --map genesis_1f on the desktop, the pack's section of the play page's Scenes list, or the Unlock all Travel maps cheat.
Follow the JournalSelect on the pause menu: the quest chain, the challenges with their best scores, your cards.

# Native, straight onto the tower's first floor
legaia-engine play-window --disc "Legend of Legaia (USA).bin" \
    --expansion packs/sample --map genesis_1f

More on loading, the Journal and saves: playing an expansion pack.

How it is built

The sample pack is written with exactly the files and tools any modder uses: plain TOML, checked by the same validator, editable on the same workbench. Opening it on the workbench is the quickest way to see how each piece is made.

One set of files feeds the game, the checks and this page.

Piece	How it is written	Reference
Endgame monsters	Retail monsters with scaled stats and new names; the engine reads their meshes and moves off the disc.	monsters
Boss AI	Each boss's own script: phases at HP thresholds, telegraphed ultimates, guards summoned into empty seats, an enrage timer, a last stand - every move the base monster's own swing or a disc spell.	boss scripts
A gauntlet fight	A formation whose later monsters arrive in waves as seats free up.	waves
Levels 60 to 99	A banded XP curve over retail's steps, multiplied EXP and gold, pack enemies that scale with the party.	progression
The quest chain	Quests gated on party level and on each other, with dialogue lines and a once-only superboss.	quests
The tower	A map painted on the workbench's tile painter over a retail scene's scenery, with props, zones and an entrance in a retail town.	maps
The card set	Cards whose portraits are retail monsters, boosters, a dealer and drop rules on retail and pack fights.	cards
Modes	A poker table, a duel, a golf course, a race track and a prop-hunt arena, each a few lines of numbers and layout.	modes

Check it yourself: asset expansion validate packs/sample runs the same checks the game runs before it loads the pack.