The Mysterious Cities of Gold: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Mysterious Cities of Gold Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Kagoshima
Oct 12, 2016 · 25 min
After leaving China under the threat of Zares, our heroes finally arrive in Japan. They must absolutely find there the third City of Gold against which the infamous Zarès promises
The Daimyo Shimadzu
Oct 12, 2016 · 25 min
The one who attacks Esteban, Tao and Zia is Yoshi, an old man who keeps fiercely the impressive Orichalcum sphere. Yoshi reveals to the children that it is a utsuro bune, a sacred
The Golden Bird
Oct 13, 2016 · 25 min
Using his gift to make the sun reappear, Esteban allows Zia to take off the Condor. Under the astonished eyes of Yoshi, the immense golden bird finally emerges from the waves. Mend
The Anger Of Nao No Kami
Oct 13, 2016 · 25 min
Near the temple of Izumo, the children succeed in extracting Esteban from the water, but attract the attention of one of the guards who go after them. Within the walls of the templ
The Mirror-Shield
Oct 14, 2016 · 25 min
Inside the temple, the shield-mirror leaves the children perplexed: according to the silhouette in the utsuro bune, it is the path and the key to the next golden city. They realize
The Return Of Zares
Oct 14, 2016 · 25 min
At night, as Ichiro goes to take his guard duty at the castle, Esteban follows him and tries to convince him to help him to escape Mendoza and his men. Ichiro refuses, reminding Es
The Sword of the Samurai
Oct 17, 2016 · 25 min
Mendoza and his men takes control of the nave and makes the prisoners Gaspard and Ambrosius. They spot the Condor and rediscover the children who introduce Yoshi and his family.
Unmasked
Oct 17, 2016 · 25 min
Mendoza narrowly escapes the attack of Ambrosius. The latter claims that it was Mendoza who assaulted him, but he loses his compass, which Esteban picks up and tends to him by refl
The Thallios
Oct 18, 2016 · 25 min
In the center of the cave, at the top of a pyramid, our heroes discover a sphere of orichalque floating on a lake. Attacked by thousands of giant crabs, they manage to take refuge
Sundagatt
Oct 18, 2016 · 25 min
In the treasure chamber of the Golden City, the crowns found by our heroes allow the wearer to control the orichalc cubes by thought. As he goes to look for Tao in the Thallios to
The Shadows of the Jungle
Oct 19, 2016 · 25 min
Zarès managed to escape with the crown and the crystal pearl. Aboard the Condor, Esteban explains his plan to his friends. He arranged for Zarès to take the crystal pearl that had
The Memorial Temple
Oct 19, 2016 · 25 min
The mysterious pursuers turn out to be children whose parents were abducted by the men of Ambrosius to work forcibly at the Fort of Pattala. When they learn that our heroes are not
Laguerra
Oct 20, 2016 · 25 min
At the fort of Pattala, Esteban was spotted by Ambrosius. When escaping, he sees his father in a cell but must flee because he is persecuted by Laguerra, the right arm of Ambrosius
The Order of the Hourglass
Oct 20, 2016 · 25 min
Tao is now in the hands of Ambrosius. The latter tries to return to his good graces, but Tao sees him as a traitor and refuses to give him his confidence. However, Tao discovers th
Ambrosius' Secret
Oct 21, 2016 · 25 min
According to the plans of Ambrosius, Laguerra and the soldiers find only a deserted village. Laguerra spotted the children hidden in the trees. She hesitates, but does not denounce
The Black Suns
Oct 21, 2016 · 25 min
While in the village, the children try to repair the Condor, Pichu sent by Tao finds them and deliver them a message from Atanaos. He reveals that the Rajah was drugged by Ambrosiu
Free!
Oct 24, 2016 · 25 min
The fort is taken by assault from all sides: the villagers, Tao and Atanaos are freed. Esteban manages to inject the antidote to the Raja who regains his spirits and realizes the b
Hormuz
Oct 24, 2016 · 25 min
Esteban spends his own time with his father Athanaos finally found. This one reveals to him well to know Ambrosius, to have been his friend when they were young. For their part, Zi
A New Beginning
Oct 25, 2016 · 25 min
Our heroes are surrounded by a troop of Bedouins. Their intrigued chief observed the medallion and then returned it to Zia apologizing for the young thief: a Bedouin never flies. W
The Mountain of the Moon
Oct 25, 2016 · 25 min
On board the condor, Esteban is worried about what happened to Mendoza and his men, but his friends remind him that Mendoza is resourceful and their priority is to prevent Ambrosiu
Up Is The Way Down
Oct 26, 2016 · 25 min
The children finally managed to penetrate inside the ziggurat. They start their descent in search of the sacred sails of Princess Rana'Ori in the bowels of the pyramid, where, acco
The Lord of the Desert
Oct 26, 2016 · 25 min
Zarès aided by Laguerra captures the children and pushes them towards the exit, revealing to them that he possesses, anyway, another track towards the fourth city of gold. They jus
The Veils Of Rana'Ori
Oct 27, 2016 · 25 min
In the desert, the suspected noises heard are produced by none other than Sancho and Pedro lost in the dunes. They finally found their friend Mendoza. In Manfuha, the children try
The Chaldean Desert
Oct 27, 2016 · 25 min
The children reach Condor thanks to Laguerra who confronts the soldiers alone at the risk of his life. Despite the reluctance of Tao, our heroes return to collect it and make it cl
The Serpent and the Lion
Oct 28, 2016 · 25 min
The Bedouin chief presents to the children the second veil they were looking for, transmitted from generation to generation by the Chaldis tribe. They try to read a plan to the cit
Kumlar
Oct 28, 2016 · 25 min
On board the nave, Laguerra prevented Gaspard from killing Mendoza, arguing that Mendoza would be more useful to their living plan than dead. The children enter the city in search