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Ragnium is a substance that appears in the Sonic Boom series. It is a rare mineral which is highly suitable as robot fuel. It was discovered and harnessed by Dr. Eggman for a revenge scheme against Sonic.
Description[]
Ragnium is a supercharged element that resembles green crystals. A naturally-occurring substance, the only known deposits of it are found in the underground on Ragna Rock. However, Ragnium mining is harmful to the environment. Should the messy waste products from the mining process be piped off through underground passages, it will create fissures in all sorts of places. These fissures will release potent energies with elemental affinities known as Fire and Ice energy that can cause serious and world-ending weather anomalies.[1] On the other hand, if waste products from Ragnium mining cannot be piped off, it will accumulate to the point where the pressure will create an explosion. Additionally, Ragnium emits a traceable radiation.
When melted down and combusted, Ragnium can be used as a powerful fuel source for robots,[2][3] granting them increased speed and agility. Additionally, the Fire and Ice energies from fissures that are produced by Ragnium when combined with its waste products can be absorbed and harnessed by both robots and organic creatures to trigger Fire Mode and Ice Mode, abilities that let the users superheat or freeze objects in an instant.
Overview[]
Eggman mining for Ragnium on Ragna Rock, from Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice.
In Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, Dr. Eggman discovered Ragnium and began mining it from Ragna Rock. His plan was to use the Ragnium he mined as fuel for his EggBot Racers in order to make them faster and have them discredit his arch enemy, Sonic the Hedgehog; if his Ragnium-fueled robots could allegedly outrun Sonic, the hedgehog's reputation as the fastest thing alive would be ruined. Meanwhile, Eggman would pipe off the by-products from his operation on Ragna Rock to adjacent islands, creating Ragnium-infused fissures that spewed Ragnium waste products into the environment, causing dangerous weather abnormalities. To mine for Ragnium, Eggman also created RagnaBot, a robot designed to attract Ragnium with its eco-magnets. Due to a malfunction however, RagnaBot could attract everything else besides Ragnium. Eggman thus entrusted RagnaBot, whom he renamed "D-Fekt", with the task of guarding his Ragnium-formed fissures.[2][3]
During Team Sonic's mission to save the world from the weather abnormalities, the team would close off fissure after fissure, resulting in the Ragnium waste productions building up on Ragna Rock, threatening it to cause an explosion from the pressure. Later on, the following the climactic battle with D-Fekt on Ragna Rock, D-Fekt ruined Eggman's Ragnium mine when building himself up, making it impossible to mine for Ragnium on Ragna Rock again.
In the gameplay of Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, Ragnium serves as a collectible currency that can be gained in various ways. Defeating a lesser enemy awards one Ragnium shard, while completing a Dragon Ring challenge in an adventure level gives ten shards. Ragnium can also be earned via StreetPass, or by completing a level within a time limit or with a certain amount of Rings. However, being defeated during a level makes the player lose their Ragnium. Once collected, Ragnium can be traded in with Tails at the Bot Racer Workshop on Thunder Island in exchange for new Bot Racers and upgrades for the playable characters.[4] It can also be used to unlock exclusive pieces of concept artwork in Sonic's Shack.[5]
Trivia[]
- If the order of hammers unlocked in Amy's House in Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice are implied to be indicators, then Ragnium is more elusive than the likes of bronze, silver, gold, platinum and titanium.
- Ragnium is similar to Ragnite from another Sega franchise, Valkyria. As well as having similar sounding names, both are minerals that are dug up and used to fuel machinery.
References[]
- ↑ Sanzaru Games (27 September 2016). Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. Nintendo 3DS. Sega. Level/Area: Snowy Peak. Miles "Tails" Prower: "The Fire and Ice energy these fissures are emitting could have world ending consequences!"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rignall, Jaz (9 June 2015). What's Next for Sonic the Hedgehog (and friends)?. USGamer. Retrieved on 10 June 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega . Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice - Nintendo 3DS. Retrieved on 22 June 2015.
- ↑ Sanzaru Games (27 September 2016). Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice. Nintendo 3DS. Sega. Level/Area: Kodiak Frontier. "Hint: Collected Ragnium drops from enemies. Bring them to Tails at the Bot Racer Worshop."
- ↑ Koopman, Daan (6 September 2016). Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (3DS) Hands-on Preview. Nintendo World Report. Retrieved on 16 September 2016.
