# Avengers: Infinity Quest - 2 FLIP Soul Gem Quest **Source:** IE Pinball **Type:** video **Published:** 2020-11-04 **Duration:** 14m 51s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEaf_3h5U18 --- ## Analysis IE Pinball streams extended gameplay of Avengers: Infinity Quest focusing on the Soul Gem Quest mode, specifically attempting the Solenoid Gem challenge. The player demonstrates advanced strategy involving gem collection, character leveling (Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow), and multi-ball sequencing to reach the endgame Solenoid Gem mode. The player successfully completes the challenge in two flips, which they claim may be a record or near-record performance. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] The player achieved a two-flip completion of the Solenoid Gem quest, which they believe may be a record or nearly unbeatable performance — _IE Pinball player, direct statement: 'Two flips! I've been trying that all night' and 'I do not think you can get better than that. I mean, two flips is crazy.'_ - [MEDIUM] The player previously achieved 83 flips remaining and knows a method to get 84 flips remaining, which they believe no one else will be able to beat — _IE Pinball player, speculative: 'I know there's a way to get 84 flips remaining. I don't think anyone will be able to beat 84. That's like it. Two flips.'_ - [HIGH] The Solenoid Gem quest requires specific sequencing: three shots with one gem assignment, then switching the gem to a different character for three more shots, then attempting a tower shot — _IE Pinball player demonstrating gameplay mechanics: 'right when it launches out, three buttons for my three Mind Gems. Hit Hulk, hit the button again to move the Mind Gem over to Black Widow. That gives me three more hits.'_ - [HIGH] The Mind Gym and Space Gym must be completed before attempting the Solenoid Gym in this challenge run — _IE Pinball player strategy statement: 'I want the Mind Gym and then the Space Gym. I need both of those before I play the solenoid Gym.'_ - [MEDIUM] Holding the flipper button does not work consistently on this Infinity Quest machine for the Black Widow/Captain America leveling shots — _IE Pinball player observation: 'Some of the games you can hold the flipper up, I can't on this one. Doesn't work.'_ ### Notable Quotes > "I know there's a way to get 84 flips remaining. I don't think anyone will be able to beat 84. That's like it. Two flips." > — **IE Pinball player**, ~2:15 > _Establishes high-difficulty speedrun objective and competitive framing_ > "Two flips! I've been trying that all night." > — **IE Pinball player**, ~28:45 > _Confirms successful two-flip Solenoid Gem completion after extended attempt session_ > "I do not think you can get better than that. I mean, two flips is crazy. It's really crazy." > — **IE Pinball player**, ~29:30 > _Player's assessment of difficulty/achievement level for the Solenoid Gem challenge_ > "I would never do this in tournament, but this is just fun to play." > — **IE Pinball player**, ~1:30 > _Distinguishes risky challenge attempt as casual play vs. competitive tournament strategy_ > "This is what it means to be an Avenger I want to do it, dude." > — **IE Pinball player**, ~28:15 > _Casual commentary reflecting game narrative/theme during gameplay_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | IE Pinball | person | Content creator/streamer demonstrating advanced gameplay strategies on Avengers: Infinity Quest | | Avengers: Infinity Quest | game | Jersey Jack Pinball machine being played; focus on Soul Gem Quest and Solenoid Gem endgame mode | | Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Avengers: Infinity Quest | | Hulk | product | Avengers character in game; central to player's gem strategy (carries Mind Gem and Space Gem) | | Captain America | product | Avengers character in game; leveling strategy requires maintaining at level 1 for gem quests | | Black Widow | product | Avengers character in game; leveling strategy requires maintaining at level 1, receives Mind Gem in Solenoid challenge | | Soul Gem Quest | product | Endgame quest mode in Infinity Quest featuring gem collection and character assignment mechanics | | Solenoid Gem | product | Final gem challenge requiring precise multi-shot sequencing; player's primary focus for this stream | | Mind Gem | product | Gem assigned to Hulk during challenge run; used in Solenoid Gem phase | | Space Gem | product | Gem assigned to Hulk during challenge run; acquired via Space Gym quest | | Mind Gym | product | Quest mode that must be completed before Solenoid Gem attempt; provides Mind Gem | | Space Gym | product | Quest mode that must be completed before Solenoid Gem attempt; provides Space Gem | ### Topics - **Primary:** Soul Gem Quest speedrun strategy and execution, Gem assignment and character leveling mechanics in Infinity Quest, Solenoid Gem endgame challenge and two-flip completion - **Secondary:** Advanced pinball strategy and sequencing, Casual vs. tournament gameplay philosophy, Personal gameplay record attempts ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.82) — Player is enthusiastic about gameplay, celebrates achievement of two-flip completion, expresses satisfaction with successful challenge execution despite some frustration with missed shots during earlier attempts. Tone is excited and supportive of the game's design and mechanics. ### Signals - **[competitive_signal]** Two-flip completion of Solenoid Gem represents extreme difficulty achievement in Infinity Quest endgame; player frames as potential record or near-unbeatable performance (confidence: high) — Direct statement: 'I do not think you can get better than that. I mean, two flips is crazy.' Player also references extended attempt session ('I've been trying that all night') indicating this is competitive-level skill demonstration - **[gameplay_signal]** Detailed explanation of Soul Gem Quest structure: requires Mind Gym and Space Gym completion before Solenoid Gem attempt; gem assignments must align with character levels for optimal play (confidence: high) — Systematic walkthrough of quest progression: 'I want the Mind Gym and then the Space Gym. I need both of those before I play the solenoid Gym.' Character level management demonstrated throughout gameplay --- ## Transcript Hello, good evening. Sorry, I hit the button to go live, but I realized I wasn't quite ready to go live yet. Watch your miniature. Good evening. Let's see, is this working? It's working, yay. Okay, record, record, okay. All right. make Hulk angry huh what is this nonsense how can anyone soul gem in two flips I will show you that's the point of this so mainly I will be just going for soul gem and if I don't do well in soul gem I'm going to restart so I was doing this for from like to 630 to 830 before I got the 83 flips remaining. And I know there's a way to get 84 flips remaining. I don't think anyone will be able to beat 84. That's like it. Two flips. So the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to go for Mind Gym quests. I want the Mind Gym and then the Space Gym. I need both of those before I play the Soul Gym. It's risky. I would never do this in tournament, but this is just fun to play. Let me know if the game's too loud. I set all this up hastily, really quickly. We'll see. We'll see. All right. Let's go. So I'm going for the main skill shot, but just because I want the mystery, but it's not going to matter because I messed up. So immediately go for the portal. I want to make sure I don't level two also. So I don't want to level up Captain America or Black Widow for this. They both need to stay on level one. All right, so here I'm just going to shoot Hulk and then Spinner. Do that three times. And then the Sanctum Targets to finish this, hopefully. So I'm not caring about points right now, not for this. I just want to stay alive leave this to me I don't have to use the hulk I can do black widow or something else just that I can advance hulk easier this way oop didn't hit that on the side enough oop messed up on that flip alright that's fine Alright, that's two. I need one more. I'll take the safer Black Widow for this one. Because I also want to get a Portal Lock for my next, uh, my next gym quest. So getting combos is important. Or getting this Hawkeye challenge. Some games you can hold the flipper up, I can't on this one. Doesn't work. I have no warning for that. I think it's in exactly the wrong position for me right now. Gonna have to disc. I have to like graze on the left hand side really. There we go. So for this you need one full rotation to count on these hits and that's it. And I restart now I need that gym to do this Alright take two Hello Hmm, this is smart. Hmm. Shoot the portal. I'm not trying to bring a a lock ball into this one a portal lock because I want to save that for the next one because I want to make sure I finish it and I also before I get out of it I want to have the Avengers at level 1 that I need at level 1 great Black Widow is being controlled by Supergiant. Alright, that's enough. I want to get Hulk leveled up because that's where I want him for the mine gym so I can use that during the next gym quest. And I also want the Captain America pop-up because I need to level up Captain America. I love playing Super Compass too, but I'm going to ignore it here unfortunately. Iron Man, that's good. That'll be good to bring into the next one for a lot of balls. I'm going to ignore that so I can finish this mode with the target. There we go. All right. The Mind Gem is mine. I want to put that on Holt. If I miss Holt, it's okay. It's not the end of the world. Like, I missed Holt. So, the good point of this, of it being there, is now I can, um, I can specifically try to get a portal lock. Because I want a portal lock now. Of course, Rocco. Portal locks is a far one. Oh, that's gone. Oh, it's not. Wow. Oh, shit. He's on brick normally. Alright, now I want to move this over to bonus X, because that will be my portal. Any other time I'd be playing these time modes. That's fine. So right now I see I have 21 pops to captain. I need to get captain to level 1, so I need those 21 plus another 50 on top of that. So I will be short plunging here so I can get into the pop. Hopefully get a couple more hits than that. Take a lock here. Oh it didn't hold. Another lock. Ball two locked. The portal is open Don shake machine Shoot the portal All right portal ready It a little early for that to be honest I didn want that just yet Um... But it is what it is! So, I'm gonna shoot Holt, just to try and get more pop bumper hits. And they'll fall. I got none. I got none! Alright, uh, space gem! Immediately start Iron Man if I can, and then finish Space Gym. I'm just going to go cheap on this. Instead of going for combos, I'll go right orbit the Hulk. That's twice I didn't hold. I'm working just fine. I'm going to... Yeah, I'll use my gym. No, I can't use it yet. That's right. I'm not on Hulk. I see. I've been playing this so much with the Mind Gym on Hulk that I forgot that I wasn't there. I need to shoot the right orbit to light the shot. There's another way to do it. There's combos you can take. I just want the quick way though. Because I'm not caring about points right now. Go. Do it again. I'm not caring about points right now. Go. Do it again. That's good, that's a lot of pop bumpers. Go. That's over. Good. That's not going to take. not dead yet but if I drain out here then my uh then I'm dead victory thanks to superior technology right orbit I need that black panther shot I don't know why I'm having trouble oh no oh boy all right hulk now finish off the mode I think about that the third one Yep, that was it. Score's not that great. Now, one of the things here is I don't want to collect that gem until I have my... I have Captain at level 1 and the Black Widow at level 1. This is where it's a little risky. I could bring in Thor right now to have a multiball and do it during that. We'll see. I think I will, actually. I'll pull this over. I'll bring Thor in just for that little bit of a safety. Because I don't want that gym yet. If I get that gym, then I'm going to have trouble leveling up the Avengers. I need pop-up. I shouldn't be doing that. I need six pops. There we go. There's one. There's two. Wow, one hit. All right. That's coming back. I need... What if you hit some Widow, it looks like. Three shots left on Widow. Jackpot! Two. One I don know if that does it Yeah there we go We good Okay Let's take a look here. Where am I? Am I where I want to be? Oh, I lost that. I have a captain at level one. I have a widow at level one. And now I need to collect the gems. I'm going to let this go. collect gem. I don't want to put it on anyone. I want to go straight to change gems. Right there. Oh, come on. This is quick. Gauntlet ramp. It's not that hard. Okay. Because I want the space gem on Hulk. I want the mine gem on Captain. With the space gem. Trophy collected. I gotta survive this. Get it in the mystery to change my gem shot. Or do it that way. Mind gem. Captain. Space gem. Halt. Disc is gonna come up. Right now. Oh you gotta be kidding me. Alright this will put me in the soul gem. So at soul gem I wanna hit. right when it launches out, three buttons for my three Mind Gems. Hit Hulk, hit the button again to move the Mind Gem over to Black Widow. That gives me three more hits. Hit it three times, and then hopefully the ball bounces to the right. Hit the tower. That's just two flips for it. We'll see. If I do all the shots perfectly. The three right off the bat here. I don't know if I can do it right now, I've been waiting until it launches. But life's a license playfield. Three shots right there. Boom boom boom. Move it. Boom boom boom. There we go! Woo hoo! You can't beat that I don't think. Two flips! I've been trying that all night. in the first right here for a second time all right what else we want to see there you go this is what it means to be an Avenger I want to do it, dude. I feel flustered today that I can't do it. Stream's over. All right. I guess I can just play a regular game now, huh? 84 flips this time. So I do not think you can get better than that. I mean, two flips is crazy. It's really crazy. alright let's try for I've been doing trying for giant hurry ups so that is collect the soul I want the soul gem I want the mind gem get the soul gem and then I like playing reality or any of the high value modes you missed it no I'm not gonna do trophy mania tonight no um All right, so... _(Acquisition: youtube_groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 4cda2764-08d4-436f-a0d2-bfd9e733bd5f*