After Kaos' meddling with the Book of Dark Magic, part of the Golden Desert was dragged to the Shattered Islands, with the few ruins on it that survived giving way to sparse trees. Pretending to be part of Kaos' plan, Golden Queen reclaimed the isle to secure the Book of Dark Magic, only to reveal her plan to the Skylanders that she never intended to return it, passing it off to Dr. Krankcase for experiments before the heroes or Kaos could retrieve it.
One of the various hippo statues, the base of which is used for the Lair of the Golden Queen's Legendary Treasure.
Version 1 The Golden Desert island art
Version 2 (current) The Golden Desert island art
Area 1 in Ring of Heroes
Mission Menu in Ring of Heroes
Golden Desert's current mission screen in Ring of Heroes
Trivia
The Temple of Topaz and the Jeweled Coliseum as seen from the temple.
Although no transition to Lair of the Golden Queen is shown, the Jeweled Coliseum and the Temple of Topaz can be seen at a small distance from her temple in the cutscene at the end of the Future of Skylands. Strangely, the opposite isn't true; the temple can't be seen from the previous level despite the proximity.
Before the Golden Queen's rule, Grave Clobber was the pharaoh of the Golden Desert, until his brothers betrayed him and almost ruined the kingdom in their attempt to control it.
This level contains a strange blue-jeweled coin hidden behind a Traptanium crystal. When collected, this coin grants its collector a large amount of experience, but it cannot be collected if the Skylander who touches it is already level 20.
Because this coin bears a strong similarity to the purple-jeweled coins that served as placeholders in early versions of Kaos' Kastle, it may have been a placeholder in Trap Team's early development that accidentally endured into the final game.
Cali places dynamite to blow up a wall in this level, harking back to a similar section in Troll Home Security where she rigged a different wall to explode.
Despite being one of the last levels in Trap Team, the Golden Desert is the first level in its game to introduce spear traps.
