Krypt
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The Krypt is a special feature of the Mortal Kombat video game series that appeared in the 5th and 6th installments of the series, namely Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and Mortal Kombat: Deception. The Krypt did indeed return in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.
[edit] Deadly Alliance
In Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, the Krypt consisted of 676 Koffins arranged in a square format with each designated alphabetically by a two-letter designation (AA - ZZ). The Koffins were filled with a vast number of secrets and unlockables available only through that game. Each Koffin had a different designated price, listed in a number (anywhere from 12 up to the thousands) and color (Gold, Ruby, Sapphire, Jade, Onyx, and Platinum) of Koins that were needed to purchase the opening of the Koffin.
Krypts in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance included 11 unlockable characters, numerous unlockable arenas, and alternate costumes for each of the characters. Also included amongst the Koffins were various videos, images, concept sketches, and entire comic books. Some Koffins contained Koins that could be used towards other Koffins, others contained hints as to where highly sought after items were located, and others were even empty.
[edit] Deception
In Mortal Kombat: Deception, the Krypt was cut down significantly from 676 Koffins to 400 Koffins. The Koffins were still identified alphabetically, but the letter designation was altered to run from AA - TT. This was used in order to cut down both the content necessary to fill the Krypt as well as cut down the need for empty Koffins and hint Koffins that received a poor response from fans.
The major new feature of the new Krypt was the inclusion of Krypts that could only be opened through the use of keys. These keys could be found in Konquest mode, where they could be obtained through opening treasure chests, collecting items, and defeating characters throughout the realms of the mode. These keys also came with a built-in "homing" feature that allowed a player to click a button in order to zoom to the Koffin for which he or she had the appropriate key for.
Krypts in Mortal Kombat: Deception included 12 unlockable characters, over a dozen arenas, alternate costumes for all 24 characters, 48 biographies, multiple moves for the customizeable character Shujinko, and much more, including an ending created for Onaga, the boss of the game who was never included as a playable character.
[edit] Armageddon
In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the Krypt was further cut down from 400 Koffins to 280, with a completely new look that's more like a catacomb than the traditional graveyard or tomb. This time around, all of the Koffins are clearly marked with what they contain, and are broken up into groups for Artwork, Gameplay, and Media, so the player knows precisely what they're going to unlock before they unlock it, preventing the surprise factor of the past two Krypts.
Also unlike past Krypts, a player can unlock the items in Armageddon's Krypt through different means, either by paying the requisite amount of Koins like before, or by unlocking them via the game's Konquest mode. In fact, by gathering up all 60 Relics in Konquest mode, you can unlock nearly everything in the Krypt straight away, allowing the player to save their Koins for unlocking items for the Kreate-a-Fighter mode (which also requires Koins to unlock). Only one Koffin in the Krypt - a mysterious question mark box that asks for a six-key code to be inputed - remains locked afterwards; So far, this box seems to be similar to the "versus screen codes" from Mortal Kombat 3 and its updates, where inputing a certain code will unlock the other items in the Krypt (though there is some speculation that some codes will also unlock other secrets not available in the Krypt). Among the more popular rumors about the unlockables in this box are new items for the game's Kreate-a-Fighter mode, a video depicting what truly happens after the storyline Armageddon, and Khameleon (the only playable character from a past MK to not be included in the MKA roster). There are five other Koffins that can only be opened by completing tasks in Konquest mode, however.
Krypts in Armageddon include 4 unlockable characters, almost two dozen arenas, alternate costumes for all but six of the characters (Blaze, Onaga, Meat, Moloch, Chameleon, and Daegon only have one costume), blooper and concept videos, and much more, though it is worthy of note that none of the items available in the Krypt this time around are 'joke' items (such as Cooking with Scorpion in Deadly Alliance), and are all meant to be directly related or used in the game.
