The Rogue Prince of Persia Guide | How To Upgrade Medallions

Medallions are central to progression in The Rogue Prince of Persia, but the game does not clearly break down how their upgrades work. You rely on slot interactions, random drops, and passive unlocks that depend on proper planning. 

Since the game structures medallion growth through slot levels instead of direct item enhancement, understanding this system affects how you complete encounters, gather resources, and prepare for bosses. 

This guide explains how medallions function, how slots influence upgrades, and how you can place each medallion to achieve full benefits.

How Medallions and Slots Function

Every medallion goes into one of four available slots. You cannot place them without consideration because slot upgrades determine which abilities you unlock. In this system, you upgrade slots, not medallions. Each medallion raises specific slots based on its properties, and this dictates the order in which you structure your layout.

Because medallions appear randomly during each run, you prepare by improving slots early for future drops. A medallion you decide to place later may need a fully upgraded slot to reach its final tier, so you must anticipate this before committing to placement.

Understanding Upgrade Indicators

Slot Upgrade Arrows

When you select a medallion, you see green arrows under its name. These arrows show which nearby slots will be upgraded when you place it.

For example, Bloody Spoils raises the first two slots to the left of wherever you insert it. Tracking these arrows helps you decide the correct slot to use.

Passive Unlock Requirements

Every medallion contains a single base perk (marked by a single dot) that remains active even without slot upgrades. The diamonds (stars) show how many slot levels are needed to unlock further passives.

With Bloody Spoils, one upgrade tier grants 5 gold per defeated enemy, and a second upgrade tier increases this by another 5, resulting in a total of 15 per enemy.

Slot Status and Interaction

Hovering a medallion over a slot displays how it affects nearby slots. A large green star shows a direct upgrade from placement. A smaller yellow star indicates an upgrade already granted by another medallion in the layout.

For instance, if Slicing Vault in the first slot has already provided one upgrade to slot two, placing Bloody Spoils in the third slot could raise slot two again, unlocking multiple tiers.

Because placement order affects everything, you must evaluate each medallion’s upgrade pattern before confirming.

Examples of Medallion Placement

Bloody Spoils Example

Placing Bloody Spoils in the third slot upgrades both slots to its left. If another medallion, such as Slicing Vault, has already improved one of those slots, you stack upgrades quickly. This stacking allows you to reach the tier requirements for medallions that need level-2 or level-3 slots.

Sleight of Poison Example

If you place Sleight of Poison in the second slot, it upgrades both the first and third slots.

The medallion requires a level-3 slot to activate its final passive, which restores 30 energy after striking an enemy from behind. Slot two might already be level 1 due to other medallions, but that still leaves you needing two more upgrades from adjacent placements.

If the medallion in slot three only upgrades slot four instead of slot two, Sleight of Poison would remain stuck at level 2 and fail to unlock its last tier. This demonstrates the importance of previewing slot interactions before confirming placement.

How to Upgrade Medallions

Since medallions drop at random, you cannot depend on specific items each run. Your general aim should be to upgrade either slot two or slot three by at least two stars early on. These central slots give flexibility for nearly every medallion type.

An example sequence:

Bloody Spoils appears first. You place it so that it upgrades both the first and second slots. Slot four stays empty to reserve flexibility for future medallions that may influence left-side upgrades.

Sticky Trick appears second. You place it in slot two, activating its level-2 passive and improving Bloody Spoils by one star.

Toxic Projectile appears third. You place it in slot one. This unlocks its poison-cloud passive through the upgrades from Bloody Spoils, while also upgrading both Sticky Trick and Bloody Spoils to activate their level-2 effects.

This sequence shows how you can structure three medallions to reach full upgrades without having to move them again.

Replacing Medallions

During a run, you can remove and replace medallions at any time. But replacing a medallion destroys it permanently, along with all passives and slot upgrades it contributed. When you remove one, the affected slots lose stars and any unlocks dependent on those stars disappear.

Because of this, you must confirm that the new medallion will create a better upgrade layout before deleting the previous one.

Planning Within the Roguelike Structure

The medallion system depends on planning, random drops, and slot synergy. Each run behaves differently due to the random pool of medallions available. Until the planned skill-tree update arrives, medallions remain your main method to grow gold income, obtain spirit glimmer, and prepare for crafting.

Understanding slot upgrades, interaction patterns, and careful placement lets you use every medallion efficiently.

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