Sky Boulevard

The Sky Boulevard is an extra dungeon categorized as threat 6+. Talk to S.A.I.L. to beam there.

Acquisition

You will need to find and interact with a map to unlock the quest and the dungeon location in S.A.I.L. interface. If i remember correctely, i found the map in an Avian house on the surface of a magma planet. The map can also be found on Avian Pyramids with a Threat Class of 6.

Quest Rewards

1 Kluex Staff, 1 Type-3 Recon Helm, 1 Type-3 Recon Vest, 1 Type-3 Recon Legs, 1 Kluex Avatar Figurine, 1 Kluex Sentry Figurine, 3000 Research

Items Requirement

The Grappling Hook, or a way to fly, is required. Lava immunity (like the Thermal Shell) doesn't hurt either, but is not required.

This mission will require you to climb at the very top of the Sky Boulevard. Falling will most likely result in your death since you may not find a platform to land on even if you mitigate fall damages. This place is a sacred Avian temple, so expect to find resistance from Avian Guards wielding melee weapons or bow, as well. You will also find Stargazers, who are tougher Avians wielding an electrical rifle. Since it is a temple to Kluex, expect also to face those constructs you fight during the vanilla Avian mission.

After starting the mission, head to your left and cross the pit using the suspended platforms. Those platforms will quickly disappear once you step on them. You will then reach the first building, where 2 Guards are patrolling. You will then have 2 path open to you: climb at the top of the building, or exit to the left and board a Stargazer Ship.

You will find platforms on the inner walls on the building leading you to the top. You will need to enter the room on the left to activate a console opening your path. That room is guarded by 2 Guards. The room on the right is also guarded by 2 Guards and you can find 2 chests there. Once the console is activated, climb the stairs to reach the middle of the building and ride the elevator leading you to the top. The hatch on the top can only be open from below, so if you cross it you won't be able to come back. Esther will warn you about the trap in the next room and tell you how to defuse it: shoot the explosive barrel to the right. Once the trap is off, you can cross the one way door. There you will have to face a Kluex Totem. Once the Totem is destroyed, the gate to the left open. Get inside the kinetic orb cannon to the left and jump to be propelled to the next area. Head to the left and run through the disappearing platforms. The basic speed is enough to cross them if you don't stop. You will then enter a fight room by a one way door, the same room you reach if you go through the Stargazer Ship.

If you exit the building to the left, you will reach the Stargazer Ship. 5 Guards and 1 Stargazer are patrolling the ship. Head to the bow of the ship. You will see some floating islands covered in lava to your left. The "official" way to cross this part is probably to use the grappling hook to swing to the chains below the islands. But if you have lava immunity, you can just walk on top of the islands. You will then reach another building. Esther will warn you about the trap in the next room and tell you how to defuse it: shoot the explosive barrel above you. Once the trap is off, you can cross the one way door. There you will have to face a Kluex Totem. Once the Totem is destroyed, the gate to the left open. Get inside the kinetic orb cannon to the left and jump to be propelled to the next area. 2 Guards are patrolling near the cannon. After using the cannon, head to the right where you'll find a moving platform. While you are riding it, you will need to shoot down explosive barrels to stop the laser blocking your way. The first one will be above you, the second one on your right and the third one on top of you aswell. You will then reach a room with a bird mural. Once inside, the door will lock and you will have to defeat 4 flying rng monsters. Exit this room to your right and climb the platforms. You will find 2 merchants to your left, and a one way door to your right, leading to a fight room, the same room you reach if you go through the Building path.

The next room is guarded by 2 Kluex Totems. Destroy them quickly, because 3 Kluex Sentry will join the fight after 10 seconds. Also, be careful to not fall inside the lava pool in the middle of the room if you don't have lava immunity. Once all those constructs are destroyed, a hatch will open in the roof of the room, leading you to another cannon. You will then reach a small room with a moving platform to your right. While you are riding it, you will need to shoot down an explosive barrel on top of you to stop the laser blocking your way. You will then reach a small temple where you'll find 4 Guards and 1 Stargazer. Head to the right and you will reach a small "test of the mind". You will need to pull the correct lever down and then activate the console. If you pull the wrong lever, "you will surely be destroyed". Tonauac gives you hint on which lever you need to pull, but here are the correct answers:

• "In the next room, throw down two": Pull down the lever 2 and activate the console.
• "In this room, throw down three without three to make eight": Pull down the lever 1, 2 and 5 and activate the console.
• "In this room, throw down four without four to make twelve": Pull down the lever 1, 2, 3 and 6 and activate the console.

Then, activate both console in the next room: the console to the right will open the doors to exit and the console to the left will activate the cannon to your left. Head there and use the cannon. You will then need to cross a pit to your left. You can use the bounce pads to cross it, but jumping toward the other side and firing your grappling hook should get you there with less risk. Turn off the console in the next room, then stand on top of the grey bricks and pull the lever to fall safely in a pool.

You will land near the platform you rode earlier. Turning off the console changed its path, so ride it again to reach another platform. Those platforms are going up, so be careful to not glitch through them and fall to a certain death. At the end of the platform rail, you will see a ship to your left. Jump off the platform to reach it. The ship is guarded by several Avians: 5 Guards and 1 Stargazer are patrolling it. Go to the bow of the ship and use your grappling hook to swing through the gap using the chain of the crane. 2 Guards await you on the other side. Climb the pyramid and you will find a cannon on the other side. Use the cannon to reach a small island with another cannon. After this second cannon, you will reach another island where you will have to fight 4 Kluex Totems at the same time. Watch out for the lava pool on the ground. Once all the Totems are destroyed, the door to the right will open and you will reach a checkpoint. Listen to Tonauac and head to the right: invisible platforms are present to make you cross the gap. You will then reach the final boss of the Sky Boulevard: a Kluex Avatar. It is the exact same boss you fight at the end of the Avian Artifact Mission, so refer to thevanilla Starbound wiki for more information about this boss. It will be slightly tougher than the one in the vanilla mission however, Sky Boulevard being a higher tier mission (so more hp and more dammages). After destroying it, the exit to the right will open and you will find one final cannon. Climb to the top of the final building and you will find 2 chests, the diamond pedestal to turn in the quest and a teleporter to get back to your ship.

• This mission require you to reach the highest point of the temple. If you can fly freely, you can skip pretty much anything you want. You can use for exemple the Flightfire spear to fly around. Flying vehicules like the Roc Controller are not disabled during mission for some reasons, so you can just bring one and enjoy your flight to the top of the map.

• Be careful when trying to progress further in enclosed areas - if you enter a passage but haven't killed all of the monsters that were supposed to spawn, you're trapped. It is pretty hard to do unless you have a very high damage weapon that can kill monsters before the next wave spawns. Nonetheless, if you've managed to get yourself stuck, in some cases it is possible to kill the remaining mobs with explosive weapons. Otherwise, your only option is to beam out and restart the mission.

The Sky Boulevard hides a few extra chests inside hidden room along the dungeon. But its biggest secret is the disabled bounce platforms after the final boss. The walkthrough for the secrets is explained on this page.