There are plenty of different formats in which you’ll find the numerous Whimstars as you venture through Miraland in Infinity Nikki, and one of the more involved fashions of obtaining them is by heading through the mysterious purple gateways known as Curio Domains.
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By venturing into the different Curio Domains in Infinity Nikki, you’ll have the chance to solve a few short puzzles in exchange for another Whimstar. These Curio Domains can be revisited at any time by heading back to wherever you found that bright purple square to try again if you didn’t get the puzzle the first time.
Curio Domains, Explained
Where Do You Find Curio Domains?
As you explore Miraland while progressing your way through the main story of Infinity Nikki, be sure to keep an eye out for Momo telling you there’s a Whimstar nearby. His ability to sense and track Whimstars always comes in handy, but whether you’re using him to track them or not, you’ll occasionally be directed to Whimstars that appear as purple cubes in the overworld.
Walking toward this mysterious cube opens a large portal for Nikki to enter, which brings you into a new Curio Domain. The very first one you’ll come across is likely to be in Florawish as you head into town for the first time, drawn through the fields toward the odd cube. The game will offer a brief tutorial about walking through these portals to solve physics puzzles in exchange for a Whimstar.
If you come across a Curio Domain that you don’t want to solve yet or need to come back to later for whatever reason, you can simply turn around and leave through the portal you entered through. It’s just behind Nikki after she enters.
After you’ve solved the puzzle in a given Curio Domain and obtained the Whimstar within, the cube will appear in the overworld as gray instead of purple to prevent you from backtracking.
What Do You Do Inside A Curio Domain?
Inside Curio Domains, you’ll find all manner of physical puzzles that require you to use all sorts of different skills you’ve unlocked so far. While most of the Whimstars in the overworld of Miraland are simple collectibles, you’ll need to find a specific solution to each puzzle before the Whimstar becomes accessible.
These Curio domains can include all manner of relatively simple puzzles that task you with all manner of physical tasks, offering puzzles that have requirements like:
- Getting Nikki across the map using moving platforms and her Floating Outfit.
- Maneuvering sets of levers and switches and getting a ball from one side of a puzzle to another.
- Matching up patterns on items within the Curio Domain that have fallen out of sync, such as rotating pillars whose patterns no longer match quite right.
- Crossing platforms in a specific order to activate them without falling off or leaving the puzzle.
No matter which puzzle you’re made to solve inside a Curio Domain, the reward will always be the same: a new Whimstar to add to your growing collection, which you can then use to unlock new outfit sketches in the Heart of Infinity. After obtaining this Curio Domain’s Whimstar, you’ll be brought back outside of the Curio Domain to continue adventuring through Miraland one Whimstar richer.
