Concept art of Strange Relief from Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode II .
The Strange Relief ,[1] also known as the Relief (レリーフ[2] , Rerifu ? ) or Arrow-Shooting Heads ,[3] is a wall-mounted stone statue of a human face with a red gem on its forehead. When it sees the player, it will start to shoot arrows at them.
Game appearances
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Strange Relief first made an appearance at Marble Garden Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 , where it is carved into walls from both ruined temples or outside as well, while remaining motionless. When the player comes into its range, it starts periodically firing arrows from its mouth in a straight line. Hitting the red gem on its forehead three times will deactivate the relief and open a wall or floor nearby, that leads to the route to progress in the game. While playing as Knuckles in the locked-on version of the game, who cannot climb on these reliefs, there is one part of Marble Garden Zone Act 2, where Knuckles is unable to reach and destroy the Strange Relief, as the player has to use an alternative pathway, that is located upper part of the zone .
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
In Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II , Strange Relief appears in Sylvania Castle Zone where it shoots darts at the player as it did before. It is invincible however, as hitting its gem will not destroy it. Strange Reliefs also appear in underwater segments, though these statues blow the player different directions rather than firing arrows.
In other media
Sonic the Comic
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References
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Characters
Sonic (Super Sonic , Hyper Sonic ) | Tails (Super Tails ) | Knuckles (Super Knuckles , Hyper Knuckles ) | Dr. Robotnik | Mecha Sonic (Mecha Sonic's Super State ) | Animals (Flicky (Flicky's Super State ), Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Ricky , Rocky )
Badniks
Batbot | Blaster | Blastoid (Carnival Night Zone) | Blastoid (Hydrocity Zone) | Bloominator | Bubbles | Bugernaut | Butterdroid | Catakiller, Jr. | Chainspike | Clamer | Cluckoid | Corkey | Dragonfly | EggRobo | Fireworm | Flybot767 | Hyudoro | Iwamodoki | Jawz | Madmole | Mantis | Mega Chopper | Monkey Dude | Mushmeanie | Orbinaut | Penguinator | Pointdexter | RhinoBot | Ribot | Rock'n | Sandworm | Skorp | Snale Blaster | Spikebonker | Spiker | Star Pointer | Technosqueek | Toxomister | Turbo Spiker
Zones
Sonic 3
Angel Island Zone | Hydrocity Zone | Marble Garden Zone | Carnival Night Zone | IceCap Zone | Launch Base Zone | Special Stages | Bonus Stages
Sonic & Knuckles
Mushroom Hill Zone | Flying Battery Zone | Sandopolis Zone | Lava Reef Zone | Hidden Palace Zone | Sky Sanctuary Zone | Death Egg Zone | The Doomsday Zone | Special Stages | Bonus Stages
Competition
Azure Lake Zone | Balloon Park Zone | Chrome Gadget Zone | Desert Palace Zone | Endless Mine Zone
Bosses
Sub-bosses
Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft | Doctor Robotnik's Whirlpool Machine | Tunnelbot | Self D-Struct Machine | Iceball | Swing'm Spikez | Hei Hou | Gapsule | Barrier Eggman | Guardian | Heat Arms | Egg Mobile-H | Flying Eggman | Red Eye | Death Ball
Zone bosses
Doctor Robotnik's Flame Craft | Doctor Robotnik's Waterspout and Depth Charge Machine | Doctor Robotnik's Jet Drill Pod | Doctor Robotnik's Energy Ship | Doctor Robotnik's Freeze-O-Matic | Ball Shooter | Beam Rocket | Big Arm | Jet Mobile | Hang Mobile | Egg Golem | Hot Mobile | Knuckles | Mecha Sonic | Mecha Sonic's Super State | Great Eggman Robo | Final Weapon
Moves/Techniques
Bound Jump | Crouch | Double Jump | Fireball Spin Dash | Glide | Gliding Knuckles Attack | Hyper Flash | Insta-Shield | Propeller Flying | Spin Jump | Spin Dash | Spin Attack | Wall Climb
Items
Air Bubble | Balloon | Banana | Bomb | Booster | Bumper | Bumper wall | Cannon | Capsule | Change | Chaos Emerald | Cloud | Continue | Fan | Jump Stand | Monitor (Water Shield , Flame Shield , Invincibility , Lightning Shield , Super Ring , Super Shoes , Extra Life , S , Eggman ) | Movable box | Mushroom | Pulley | Ring | Signpost | Self-Propelled Bomb | Slow-Down Shoes | Snowboard | Sphere | Spikes | Spring | Spinning Top | Star Post (Star Circle ) | Super Emerald | Switch | Transport | Vine | Zip Line
Other
Angel Island | Barrel | Conveyor Belt | Corkscrew loop | Crusher | Death Egg | Debug Mode | Fireball Cannon | Flipper | Flywheel | Freeze | Giant spear | Goal | Gravity Control Switch | Gumball | High-speed elevator | High-speed warp tube | Icicle | Iron ball | Jewel Radar | Perfect Bonus | Platform-raising Wheel | Pole Elevator | Relief | Reverse | Ring Shooter | Rock Drill | Seesaw | Shuttle loop | Slot machine | Snowblower | Sonic & Knuckles • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Strange Relief | Time Attack | Tornado | Warp Point | Winding Tunnel | Wonderman
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) | Tails | Metal Sonic
Non-playable characters
Dr. Eggman | Animals (Flicky , Pocky , Pecky , Cucky , Picky )
Zones
Episode II
Sylvania Castle Zone | White Park Zone | Oil Desert Zone | Sky Fortress Zone | Death Egg mk.II Zone | Special Stages
Episode Metal
Episode Metal Act 1 | Episode Metal Act 2 | Episode Metal Act 3 | Episode Metal Act 4
Enemies
Asteron | Balkiry | Batbot | Bubbles | Burrobot | Buzzer | Chop Chop | Chopper | Clucker | Crawl | Flamer | Fullboar | Jaws | Mantis | Moto Bug | Newtron | Orbinaut (Uni Uni , Unidasu ) | Sandworm | Scarabesque | Shellcracker | Slicer | Snowy | Spikes | Steelion | Turtloids | Zoomer
Bosses
Egg Serpentleaf | Metal Sonic | Egg Scrap Mech | Metal Carrier | Metal Sonic and Egg Mobile | Metal Sonic | Egg Heart
Moves/Techniques
Crouch | Homing Attack | Propeller Flying | Spin Attack | Spin Dash | Spin Jump | Tag Action (Copter Combo , Rolling Combo , Submarine Combo ) | Tornado Boost
Gimmicks and obstacles
Booster | Bumper | Capsule | Conveyor Belt | Crusher | Fan | Flip Platform | Flipper | Platform-raising Wheel | Ring Shooter | Spikes | Spring | Star Post | Strange Relief | Switch | Goal Plate
Items
Air Bubble | Chaos Emerald | Giant Ring | Item Box (Super Ring , Shield , Power Sneakers , Invincible , Extra Life , Special Combination , Combination Dash ) | Ring | Red Star Ring
Music
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II Original Soundtrack | Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I & II Original Soundtrack
Other
Death Egg mk.II | Little Planet | Level Select | Lost Labyrinth treasure | Stardust Speedway | Shuttle loop | Tails' rocket | Time Attack | Tornado | Totem pole