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'''Yggdrasil's Altar ''' ({{ja|天空の祭壇|Tenkū no Saidan}}, ''Altar of the Skies'') is a downloadable stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. It is bundled with {{SSBU|Hero}} as part of Challenger Pack 2 and released on July 30th, 2019.

At the start of a match, the stage is rooted in the ground, before rising into the air. The stage then travels over the world of Erdrea, showcasing many locations from ''Dragon Quest XI''. The stage features many cameos from the ''Dragon Quest'' series, including Slimes, Tockles, and Cetacea. Very rarely, a Liquid Metal Slime will appear in the background of the stage. The stage also features additional platforms that fly onto the playing field periodically. If items are turned on, treasure chests will occupy one of these platforms, yielding an item to the player who attacks it. However, these chests may also be [[Mimic]]s in disguise which will try to attack the player. The Mimic can be fought, and defeating it will also yield an item. When additional platforms appear, a Tockle will roam the stage and will disappear after the platforms depart.

File:SSBU-Yggdrasil's AltarOmega.png|Ω form

File:SSBU-Yggdrasil's AltarBattlefield.png|Battlefield form

[[File:Yggdrasil DQXI.jpg|thumb|left| Yggdrasil's Altar as it appears in ''Dragon Quest XI''.]]

{{s|wikipedia|Yggdrasil}}, the world tree of Norse legend, is a recurring location in the ''Dragon Quest'' series, first introduced in ''{{s|wikipedia|Dragon Quest II}}''. It is a giant, mythical tree that can only be found in isolated and dangerous locations, in order to prevent the general populace from approaching it. Two of the most potent healing items in the series, the Yggdrasil Leaf and Yggdrasil dew, contain the essence of the tree. It plays important roles in both ''{{s|wikipedia|Dragon Quest IV}}'' and ''{{s|wikipedia|Dragon Quest IX}}'', where it appears as a late-game location in the former, and is part of the plot in the latter. While the location has appeared in multiple ''Dragon Quest'' titles, Yggdrasil's design and the Altar itself are both derived from ''Dragon Quest XI''. The platform where the battle takes place on never actually moves in ''Dragon Quest XI''.

Monsters are a major recurring part of the ''Dragon Quest'' series. The [[Slime]] is often one of the first enemies encountered in the games, first appearing in the original ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dragon Quest|video game}}'' and is also the series mascot. A variation of this enemy, the liquid metal slime, is a highly agile and evasive yet weak opponent that often awards high amounts of EXP which first appeared in ''Dragon Quest II''. The [[Mimic]] is a foe that first appeared in ''{{s|wikipedia|Dragon Quest III}}'', often disguising themselves as chests and attempting to slay any party members with instant-kill spells such as [[Whack]] and [[Thwack]].

[[Tockles]] first appear in ''{{s|wikipedia|Dragon Quest XI}}'' as ghostly beings of different colors (white being the most common) who are tasked with watching over the passage of time and to correct any errors that may disrupt the past, using the Echo Chamber, the holy ground where records of past heroes and villains are kept. The [[Luminary]] must find the Tockles dispatched to Erdrea to recover passwords that will allow him access to the worlds kept within the tomes.

LiquidMetalSlime.jpg|{{SSBU|Joker}} and Erdrick with a Liquid Metal Slime.