Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27990573-20170101152058/@comment-30917299-20170101165912

Big gifts are certainly not part of the puzzle. I highly doubt a non-permanent limited time item would serve to open a permanent part of the game. The only item thus far to do something similar would be the Eye itself, which may not be gone after all.

Here is my theory: The End Times had a testing phase on Halloween. The Eye being in Bob's shack for a ridiculously high price, and the Axe being produced on a single day would ensure that only a few people would be able to test out the new End Times Biome before all the glitches were sorted out. The items will likely be obtainable once again through this Shrine.

We therefore can eliminate testing revolving around Eyes and End Times Axes, such as throwing them needlessly into the lava pits. All limited time items will also likely not have any effect (such as glifts of any kind). That narrows our options signifiantly.