The Rogue Prince of Persia Guide: Medallions 101

Medallions transform The Rogue Prince of Persia from a standard action-platformer into a deep strategic experience. These powerful artifacts don't just boost your stats—they redefine how you approach combat, movement, and survival. Whether you're chaining elemental reactions or building the perfect critical hit machine, understanding medallion mechanics separates successful runs from frustrating defeats.

Why are Medallions Essential?

Medallions function as your run's DNA, shaping every aspect of gameplay from basic attacks to advanced parkour combinations. Unlike simple equipment upgrades, they create cascading effects that multiply your effectiveness when properly combined.

You'll start each expedition with three medallion slots, expandable to a maximum of twelve through strategic sacrifices at Astara's Workshop or Moksha Altars. The current system prioritizes flexibility over puzzle-solving, letting you focus on synergy rather than spatial arrangement.

The Risk-Reward update revolutionized medallion management by removing adjacency requirements. Now you face meaningful choices: sacrifice existing medallions to unlock new slots for future power, or upgrade current ones for immediate strength.

Medallion Categories

Base Medallions: Foundation Building

Base medallions arrive as two-piece sets requiring both halves for maximum effectiveness. Equipping one piece provides modest benefits, but completing the set unlocks significant power spikes.

The Sharpener set exemplifies this design: individual pieces offer small damage increases, but the complete set provides substantial weapon damage bonuses that scale throughout your run.

Rare Medallions: Specialized Power

Rare medallions serve as single-piece powerhouses offering focused effects. Burning Blade grants 20% ignition chance on attacks, while Sticky Kick spreads slowing resin with every enemy kick. These medallions form most builds' backbone, providing consistent benefits without requiring completion mechanics.

Legendary Medallions: Game Changers

Legendary medallions appear rarely but can completely redefine your playstyle. Vayu's Effigy automatically triggers Vayu's Breath during dashes, essentially granting unlimited wall-running capability.

Most experienced players skip Zurvan's Seal despite its extra life benefit—the medallion offers no synergies and wastes a valuable slot once used.

Corrupted Medallions: High-Risk Rewards

Corrupted medallions represent the ultimate risk-reward calculation. Corrupted Sharpener increases both damage dealt and received by 50%, while Corrupted Slasher doubles critical damage but reduces base damage by 30%.

Medallion Acquisition Methods

Challenge Room Strategy

Challenge rooms offer medallion pack blueprints containing 2-5 new medallions each. Ten packs await discovery: Vayu's Pack, Bruiser Pack, Dazzling Pack, Technique Pack, Legendary Pack, Gilded Pack, Puncture Pack, Elementary Pack, Corrupted Pack, and Sharpener Pack.

Bring these blueprints to Paachi in the Oasis, spend Soul Cinders, and permanently unlock entire medallion collections for all future runs.

Building Devastating Synergies

The Elemental Destroyer Build

This combination focuses on applying multiple elemental effects simultaneously for explosive area damage.

Core Medallions:

• Burning Blade: 20% chance to ignite enemies
• Poisonous Blade: Applies poison through attacks
• Critical Toxin: Critical hits create poison clouds
• Critical Fire: Guarantees crits against burning enemies

When enemies suffer both fire and poison simultaneously, they explode for massive area damage. Pair with fast weapons like Poisoned Claws for constant elemental application.

Advanced Strategy: Use Triangle kicks to position enemies for maximum explosion coverage, turning single-target encounters into crowd control opportunities.

The Critical Assassin Build

Push critical hit chance toward 100% for devastating damage spikes.

Core Medallions:

• Double Daggers: Guarantee crits after dodging
• Corrupted Slasher: Doubles critical damage (high risk)
• Puncturing Tool: Ensures tools always crit

Maintain aggressive positioning to constantly trigger weapon-specific critical conditions. Dodge frequently, strike hard, and use tools to finish wounded enemies.

The Movement Master Build

Transform parkour into a weapon system using movement-triggered effects.

Core Medallions:

• Igniting Dive: Sets ground on fire during dive attacks
• Sticky Kick: Spreads resin with kicks
• Vault-triggered effects: Various medallions activate on wall vaults

This build demands the highest skill level but offers incredible satisfaction. You're constantly moving, using walls and enemies as platforms while every parkour move becomes a potential attack.

Advanced Medallion Management

Smart Sacrifice Decisions

When reaching Astara's Workshop, evaluate current build strength versus future potential. Strong existing medallions favor slot expansion, while powerful new discoveries warrant immediate upgrades.

Key Consideration: Medallion upgrades provide immediate power, but new slots offer exponential growth potential through additional synergies.

Timing Corrupted Medallion Integration

Wait until understanding your build's direction before committing to corrupted variants. Corrupted Sharpener works excellently with mobile builds that avoid damage, but becomes suicidal with slow, defensive approaches.

Pro Strategy: Test corrupted medallions in low-stakes encounters before major boss fights to gauge their impact on your playstyle.

Adaptation Over Stubbornness

Don't force predetermined builds when the game offers superior alternatives. Finding Vayu's Effigy early should immediately shift focus toward movement-based medallions, regardless of original plans.

Medallion Upgrade Mechanics

Medallion slots feature upgrade stars indicating enhancement potential. Green stars show available upgrades, while red barriers warn of potential upgrade loss during medallion replacement.

Upgrade Strategy: Place medallions strategically to maximize upgrade distribution across your build. Sometimes sacrificing one medallion's upgrade preserves more valuable enhancements elsewhere.

The medallion system rewards patience, experimentation, and strategic thinking. Each death provides opportunities to study weapon, tool, and medallion information at vendor locations, helping plan more effective future runs.

Pro Tip: Use Vayu's Effigy for the 10km wall-running achievement—infinite Vayu's Breath dramatically accelerates progress while providing superior movement control.

At the end of the day, medallions are what turn a decent run into pure chaos in the best way possible. Stack the right ones, play into the synergies, and suddenly every kick, dash, or crit feels like it was meant to break the game. Experiment, mess around, and let the numbers explode on screen. Master these medallion fundamentals, and you'll transform from struggling survivor into unstoppable force, ready to reclaim Persia with style and devastating efficiency.