Glass Desert without a key - is it possible?

[TiamatXIII]

So I'm the sort who enjoys making up my own challenges in games, and for this one, it's 'use zero slime keys'. It's going pretty well, actually! I can get into the Moss Blanket, Indigo Quarry, and the Ancient Ruins all with jetpack shenanigans.

But reaching the Glass Desert has put me up against a bit of a wall. Er, door, I guess. Obviously, I can get to the door. I can even work my way around the landmass at the end of the Ruins to get on top of the Glass Desert teleporter building (and I am tremendously surprised at the amount of modeling detail they put on an area that is both that hard and that pointless to reach).

However, I can't figure out how to actually get to the Desert teleporter without using a key. Does anyone know if this is actually possible?

[TheGreciansHousehold]

Unfortunately no - the portal is all bordered off and the only way to load the desert is to go there via the portal.

[TiamatXIII]

Well, darn. I did know about the desert loading thing, hence my attempts to get to the teleporter itself. I was just hoping someone knew of some gap in the stonework I'd overlooked that I could wedge myself through.

Actually makes me a little bit sad, since I've gotten into the Desert on other saves and I know I can bypass every other slime key door with some persistence and upgrades. Oh well. Thanks for the reply :)

[Oppis]

Just being curios: How can you enter the ruins. I thought it was impossible because of an invisible barrier

[TiamatXIII]

The trick is I'm not using slime KEYS. The giant Ruins gate does have a barrier, but it doesn't use a key, just a half-dozen plorts, and the gate itself can be reached from the Moss Blanket side through some jetpack shenanigans involving trees as platforms. I could probably make a series of screenshots showing the route, if you want?

[Oppis]

Oh yes, I forgot that. Thanks.

[WOLRUS]

Ooooo. Fun. I'll add that to my list of stupid challenges for my next save. How about you only get to use one slime key? How's that?

[EmeraldPlay]

Ooooo. Fun. I'll add that to my list of stupid challenges for my next save. How about you only get to use one slime key? How's that?

It should be doable since you can get to the ruins gate with the help of the trees in the Moss Blanket. The only problem here will be that you'll have to bring the 6 plorts needed to open the gate or else you will be stuck and you'll have to use emergency return.