The Spell Punk Library is a mysterious cursed library in Skylanders: SuperChargers. It houses many ancient books that date back to many centuries past, including books that tell the history and origins of The Darkness. Anyone that opens a cursed book from the library will be literally pulled into the book and take part in whatever story it tells. Only a Spell Punk can navigate through the library.

After defeating Spellslamzer, the large Spell Punk informed the Skylanders that the Book about The Darkness is within the Halls of the Ancients section of the Spell Punk Library.

Objectives

• Investigate the Spell Punk Library
• Talk to Cali

Book 1: The Darkness

• Get to the Temple

Book 2: Charge of the First Light Squadron

• Destroy the Mothership

Book 3: The Ancients Plan

• Reach Ancients Peak

Book 4: The Hydra

• Get to the Bottom

Book 5: The Core of Light

• Defeat The Darkness

Gallery

Eruptor travelling the book about The Darkness by Dave Phillips

Dave Phillip's "Spellpunkopolis" environmental concept art of the present day Spell Punk Library with friendly Spell Punks guiding Scorp

Concept art of the Past and Present states of the Spell Punk Library

Spell Punk Library vehicle concept area by Dave Phillips

Concept art of Spell Punk Library's original concept by Dave Phillips

Spell Punk Library exploration art by Dave Phillips

3D level concept of the scrapped Past timeline of Spell Punk Library^[1]

3D level concept of the scrapped Present timeline of Spell Punk Library

Storybook panel of the Skylanders escaping the undersea lair of the Hydra

Spell Punk Library from an developer perspective^[2]

Trivia

• According to the concept art, Spell Punks were originally planned to be inhabitants of the Library and were not enemies to the Skylanders.
  • Concept art and 3D level designs of the standard, past and present versions of the Spell Punk Library reveals that a time-travel theme was planned but was ultimately scrapped.^[1]
  • The original theme of the level would also include it being attacked by the scrapped Ocu Shocks and other Cyclopses, as well as an aerial battle with Sky vehicles as many buildings are destroyed in the crossfire.^[3]
• According to Cali, the library is enormous, and even if it wasn't cursed it would still take years to find the right books.
• Spell Punk Library was Vicarious Visions’ sneaky way of doing Skylander time traveling by allowing the player to jump into history books.^[4] They also wanted to experiment with new types of levels: the new 2D sidecrolling level design with a unique art style that had a hint of nostalgia.^[5]
• To Vicarious Visions, Spell Punk Library is unique in that it brought concept art straight into the game, pulling off the look with style to spare.^[6]
• When reading through the story of the Darkness in the main books, representations of Splat, Dive-Clops, Smash Hit and High Volt are used as placeholders for the Skylanders of Old mentioned in the story.^[7]

References