The Fiend's Cauldron in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
The Fiend's Cauldron is a system that lets the player choose the difficulty of a stage by offering a certain amount of hearts. It appears at the start of every stage in Kid Icarus: Uprising's Solo Mode.
The higher the Intensity, the more monsters there are and the harder the stage is to clear. However, the higher intensity the player sets it to, the better chance the player has of getting more hearts and better weapons.
The lowest Intensity on the Fiend's Cauldron is 0.0 and the highest is 9.0. 2.0. is the standard difficulty and does not cost any hearts. Lowering or increasing the difficulty requires the player to spend more hearts. Retreating will make the player lose those hearts.
The Fiend's Cauldron as seen on the bottom screen of the Nintendo 3DS.
- 0.0 - Effortless
- 1.0 - Easy
- 2.0 - Standard
- 3.0 - Tougher
- 4.0 - Challenging
- 5.0 - Heatin' Up
- 6.0 - Extra Spicy
- 7.0 - Infernal
- 8.0 - White Hot
- 9.0 - Nothing Harder!
Intensity difference
Intensity Costs[]
| Chapter | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1: The Return of Palutena | 330 (+200) | 130 | 80 | 190 (+110) | 350 (+160) | 570 (+220) | 960 (+390) | 1660 (+700) | 2960 (+1300) |
| Chapter 2: Magnus and the Dark Lord | 610 (+370) | 240 | 140 | 350 (+210) | 640 (+290) | 1040 (+400) | 1750 (+710) | 3030 (+1280) | 5410 (+2380) |
| Chapter 3: Heads of the Hewdraw | 770 (+460) | 310 | 180 | 440 (+260) | 810 (+370) | 1320 (+510) | 2220 (+900) | 3830 (+1610) | 6840 (+3010) |
| Chapter 4: The Reaper's Line of Sight | 1070 (+640) | 430 | 250 | 620 (+370) | 1120 (+500) | 1830 (+710) | 3080 (+1250) | 5320 (+2240) | 9490 (+4170) |
| Chapter 5: Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit | 1010 (+610) | 400 | 240 | 580 (+340) | 1060 (+480) | 1730 (+670) | 2910 (+1180) | 5020 (+2110) | 8970 (+3950) |
| Chapter 6: Dark Pit | 820 (+500) | 320 | 190 | 470 (+280) | 850 (+380) | 1390 (+540) | 2340 (+950) | 4040 (+1700) | 7220 (+3180) |
| Chapter 7: The Seafloor Palace | 1050 (+630) | 420 | 250 | 600 (+350) | 1100 (+500) | 1790 (+690) | 3010 (+1220) | 5190 (+2180) | 9270 (+4080) |
| Chapter 8: The Space-Pirate Ship | 1520 (+920) | 600 | 360 | 870 (+510) | 1590 (+720) | 2590 (+1000) | 4350 (+1760) | 7510 (+3160) | 13410 (+5900) |
| Chapter 9: Medusa's Final Battle | 1890 (+1140) | 750 | 450 | 1080 (+630) | 1970 (+890) | 3220 (+1250) | 5400 (+2180) | 9330 (+3930) | 16650 (+7320) |
| Chapter 10: The Wish Seed | 1670 (+1000) | 670 | 400 | 960 (+560) | 1750 (+790) | 2860 (+1110) | 4790 (+1930) | 8270 (+3480) | 14770 (+650) |
| Chapter 11: Viridi, Goddess of Nature | 1280 (+770) | 510 | 300 | 740 (+440) | 1340 (+600) | 2190 (+850) | 3670 (+1480) | 6340 (+2670) | 11330 (+4990) |
| Chapter 12: Wrath of the Reset Bomb | 1530 (+920) | 610 | 360 | 880 (+520) | 1600 (+720) | 2620 (+1020) | 4390 (+1770) | 7580 (+3190) | 13540 (+5960) |
| Chapter 13: The Lunar Sanctum | 1630 (+980) | 650 | 390 | 940 (+550) | 1710 (+770) | 2790 (+1080) | 4670 (+1880) | 8070 (+3400) | 14410 (+6340) |
| Chapter 14: Lightning Battle | 1230 (+740) | 490 | 290 | 710 (+420) | 1290 (+580) | 2110 (+820) | 3540 (+1430) | 6110 (+2570) | 10910 (+4800) |
| Chapter 15: Mysterious Invaders | 1180 (+710) | 470 | 280 | 680 (+400) | 1230 (+550) | 2010 (+780) | 3380 (+1370) | 5840 (+2460) | 10420 (+4580) |
| Chapter 16: The Aurum Hive | 1690 (+1020) | 670 | 400 | 970 (+570) | 1770 (+800) | 2880 (+1110) | 4830 (+1950) | 8340 (+3510) | 14900 (+6560) |
| Chapter 17: The Aurum Brain | 1270 (+760) | 510 | 300 | 730 (+430) | 1330 (+600) | 2180 (+850) | 3650 (+1470) | 6300 (+2650) | 11250 (+4950) |
| Chapter 18: The Ring of Chaos | 1300 (+780) | 520 | 310 | 750 (+440) | 1360 (+610) | 2220 (+860) | 3720 (+1500) | 6430 (+2710) | 11480 (+5050) |
| Chapter 19: The Lightning Chariot | 2340 (+1410) | 930 | 560 | 1340 (+780) | 2440 (+1100) | 3990 (+1550) | 6680 (+2690) | 11540 (+4860) | 20610 (+9070) |
| Chapter 20: Palutena's Temple | 1110 (+670) | 440 | 260 | 640 (+380) | 1160 (+520) | 1890 (+730) | 3170 (+1280) | 5480 (+2310) | 9780 (+4300) |
| Chapter 21: The Chaos Vortex | 1570 (+940) | 630 | 370 | 900 (+530) | 1650 (+750) | 2690 (+1040) | 4500 (+1810) | 7780 (+3280) | 13890 (+6110) |
| Chapter 22: Scorched Feathers | 1020 (+620) | 400 | 240 | 580 (+340) | 1070 (+490) | 1740 (+670) | 2920 (+1180) | 5040 (+2120) | 9000 (+3960) |
| Chapter 23: Lord of the Underworld | 1520 (+920) | 600 | 360 | 870 (+510) | 1590 (+720) | 2590 (+1000) | 4350 (+1760) | 7510 (+3160) | 13410 (+5900) |
| Chapter 24: The Three Trials | 1420 (+860) | 560 | 340 | 810 (+470) | 1480 (+670) | 2420 (+940) | 4050 (+1630) | 7000 (+2950) | 12500 (+5500) |
| Chapter 25: The War's End | 1010 (+610) | 400 | 240 | 580 (+340) | 1060 (+480) | 1730 (+670) | 2910 (+1180) | 5020 (+2110) | 8970 (+3950) |
Idol Description[]
Dropping hearts into this pot raises the Intensity, making enemies stronger but also causing valuable weapons and items to appear. If you fail the level, you'll lose hearts, though you can choose to continue at a lower Intensity.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
Where Hearts go after they spill from the Fiend's Cauldron.
- In Chapter 19, the player can bet more hearts than any other chapter, going as high as 20,000 or more (for Intensity 9.0).
- Before moving out, the player can tap on the Fiend's Cauldron to give it a nudge, though it does't affect anything in the game. Tapping it some more will make the face on the cauldron angry, after which it will turn around to face away from the player. If the player leaves it alone after a few seconds, it turns back.
- When the player dies and the Fiend's Cauldron spills hearts, the player can see where the hearts go by pressing down on the control pad. The amount of hearts overall that the player lost will be seen, even if it is a lot.
- The difficulty selection from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U is based on the Fiend's Cauldron, with a balance replacing the cauldron and coins instead of Hearts.
- Similar to the above, the difficulty selection in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is also based on the Fiend's Cauldron.