Artisans, also named Artisan, is the first home world in Spyro the Dragon and its Spyro Reignited Trilogy remake. It is inhabited by dragons known as the Artisans, as well as Spyro. The area has a fairy tale setting and takes place on a grassy field featuring some hills and decorated castles. It is smaller and has fewer hazards than subsequent home worlds. Artisans has only two types of enemies, Goons and Gem Thieves.
The Artisan dragons reside in their namesake world that is filled with rolling, green grassy hills and fairytale castles. These incredibly creative dragons make up the artists and singers of the dragon realm and supply the other dragons and the world with their beautiful songs, paintings and sculptures. They are the most gentle of all the Dragon families, as they are very social beings and love nothing more than to frolic with the other dragons and create beautiful masterpieces.[1][2]
As of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Artisan dragons mainly consist of painters, bakers, carpenters, musicians, clockmakers, sculptors, cooks, actors, librarians, and writers; any role that involves making or creating things as their profession.
Spyro himself is part of the Artisan dragon species, as Artisans is his home world and place of birth. In the credits of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Spyro is seen participating in activities and professions of his Artisan foster fathers searching for his 'artistic voice'.[3]
The official backstory for Spyro in the Japanese version of the game explains that both Spyro and Sparx's eggs were recovered from egg thieves, though the dragons expressed confusion surrounding the origin of the eggs.
An early image of Artisans showing the castle gateThere are some major differences in the two earliest demo versions when compared to the final game. Firstly, the background music is different, playing the title theme instead. All of the Artisans dragons use different cutscenes and have some slightly different dialogue and voice acting. Argus' cutscene is in the code and can be reactivated by hacking, but it cannot be seen as his dragon pad has been removed from the demo versions, presumably to avoid confusing the player, as Toasty is inaccessible. Town Square and Sunny Flight are also inaccessible, and the balloonist says that he can't take you to the other worlds until the full game is released (the exact wording changes between the two demos). Some of the enemies also make a different sound when hit.
In the three later demos - which were all built after the game was finished - the portal normally linked to Stone Hill instead takes the player to Town Square. Only Town Square and Sunny Flight are accessible, but the sound emitted by portals can still be heard when the player is close to where they normally are.
In all demo versions, the player can use collision glitches to get Spyro inside the dragon head containing Toasty's portal. In the earlier demos, the portal is blocked off and inaccessible, while in the later ones it can be entered. Entering the portal causes the game to softlock, as Spyro never reaches the level.
After reaching the Gnasty's Loot exit vortex and the 120% completion, Spyro will magically transport back in the Artisan home world after the post-credit staff roll.
A door leading into the main Artisans castle was in an early version of the game but was removed entirely in later builds. This door was later added in the Spyro Reignited Trilogy.[4]
Reignited Trilogy
The mysterious door - which first appeared in early versions of the original game - was added to the main castle in the central area in Reignited. The door can be charged into, but it won't budge. In the cover art of the Reignited Trilogy, the door is seen open with light coming from within the castle.
Unusually for a first home world in a game, Spyro can die in this home world by drowning, for example in the pool near the entrance to Sunny Flight.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
In the Artisans part of Spyro Circuit, the door to the main castle opens at the beginning of the race to reveal a library similar to Dark Hollow's in the Reignited Trilogy.
CGI model of an Artisans dragon
