La-Mulana is an independently-developed Japanese platformer, with a very
massive scale to it. It was developed by a group called Nigoro. The game was
developed to counter the decreasing difficulty level of modern video games
without sacrificing other elements. The combination of challenging combat and
taxing puzzles has drawn thousands of fans to the game. If you are reading
this, you are now one of them.
This guide covers the American WiiWare release in 2012; it also covers the 2012
release for Windows, though there are some minor differences between the
Windows and WiiWare release. It does not cover the original 2005 PC release,
which is vastly different in many ways, nor does it cover the Japanese WiiWare
release of 2011 in which many items and locations have different names.
My first recommendation is: DO NOT use this walkthrough except as a last
resort. This game is more fun when you explore it on your own. Go out and try
to find some items and solve puzzles on your own; if after two hours you feel
like you've made zero progress and need help, then that's what this is here for.
The game itself is very non-linear. You can fight the Guardians and clear out
the areas in almost any order. I just try to present them in the most logical
fashion. You can, for example, complete Part XIII before Part IX.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Death Awaits the Powerless [SUR01]
Part II: Thou Traipses On Holy Ground [GOG01]
Part III: Thou Art Tiny [MAU01]
Part IV: Jump into the Sun [SUN01]
Part V: Axe Crazy [TOM01]
Part VI: Open the Floodgates [SKY01]
Part VII: What The Hell Is That Thing [ELL01]
Part VIII: Thou Shall Reach the Underworld [TOM02]
Part IX: The Fish Master [BAH01]
Part X: Let the Light Burn Here (COE01)
Part XI: Ice Is Slippery. It Can't Be Helped [GRV01]
Part XII: Give Us Mercy [RUI01]
Part XIII: Player-Conscious Developers [GOT01]
Part XIV: The Fool Will Never Find His Way [ILL01]
Part XV: The Illusions Will Only Continue [ILL02]
Part XVI: Endure the Endless Trials [END01]
Part XVII: Release the Twins [TWI01]
Part XVIII: We Cannot Grant The Mother's Wish [TOG01]
Part XIX: Take Down The Wall [GRV02]
Part XX: Only The Chosen May Proceed [SHR01]
Part XXI: The Demon Altar [TWI02]
Part XXII: The Secret of Life [COG1]
Part OPT01: Developer Rooms
Part XXIII: The Song of Curry [COB01]
Part XXIV: Go Forth on Your Path, Chosen One [PHI01]
Part XXV: Pass Through the Place Where We Were Born [COB02]
Part XXVI: Golden Key In Hand [PAL01]
Part XXVII: Cleft of Dimension [DIM01]
Part XXVIII: The Elixir Gives Shapes To Souls [MED01]
Part XXIX: Let Us Seal Them [MAN01]
Part XXX: Lemezacare [MOT01]
Part XXXI: Run Away [ESC01]
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| Part I: Death Awaits the Powerless [SUR01] |
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®:Surface G-4 (Start)
Landmarks: Surface GRAIL POINT, Elder Xelpud, Surface Shop #1, Surface Shop #2
Pot contents: 10 coins
Collect the 10 coins from the pot and enter Xelpud's hut. He will give you some
information and the Xelpud Mailer software (xmailer.exe). Upon exiting his
tent, the other tents in the village will open. To the right is Surface Shop
#1; below you is Surface Shop #2.
Enter Surface Shop #1 and purchase the Hand Scanner using the 10 coins you just
procured from that pot. Once outside of the shop, make sure to equip the Hand
Scanner. Jump up and SAVE at the grail point, because we are going to go and
take our first big risk of the game. Head right into H-4.
®:Surface H-4
Enemies: 1x Cockatrice
Pots: 1 weight
Kill the cockatrice here and destroy the pot. Climb up the ladder into H-3.
®:Surface H-3
Enemies: 2x Cockatrice
Landmarks: Dais
Pots: ???
To the left of here is G-3, which contains nothing but allows you to drop into
G-4 (the village) without dealing with the Cockatrice in H-4. Ignore the dais
for now and make your way to the top right; proceed into I-3.
®:Surface I-3
Enemies: 1x Axe Head
Landmarks: Xelpud Statue
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Surface Map
Scan the skeleton here with the Hand Scanner to receive the Surface Map. Climb
up into Surface I-2
®:Surface I-2
Enemies: 2x Cockatrice, 2x Axe Head
Treasure: Shell Horn
Clear the enemies from here and place a weight on the dais to open the chest.
Whip open the chest to receive the Shell Horn. To the left of here is H-2,
which contains nothing but a Condor enemy and a drop into H-3. Proceed right to
J-2.
®:Surface J-2
Enemies: 2x Axe Head
Climb up from here to J-1
®:Surface J-1
Enemies: 5x Cockatrice
Pots: ???
Try not to get hit. You will need every ounce of life for the next task. Left
of here is I-1, which has a drop into I-2. Go to the upper right exit of J-1 to
reach K-1
®:Surface K-1
Enemies: 1x Condor
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Hidden chest with 30 coins.
Break open the pot to collect the coins, then drop down into the water.
Immediately turn left and whip the wall to the left of the waterfall. The water
will be draining your life and the condor will be attacking you, so go quickly.
10 hits will open up the wall and reveal a coin chest. Whip the chest and
collect the coins, then get out of the water. The easiest way to do this is the
jump over to the ledge on the right, then jump along the surface of the water
to the left to get back to J-1. You will have lost most of your health, but
with the coins from the chest you will save yourself a trip later on.
Carefully make your way back to the village (G-4). Cockatrice enemies often
drop Weights, so make sure to whip any you encounter.
Once back at G-4, proceed left into F-4.
®:Surface F-4
Landmarks: PC Shop, NPC Tent
Pots: 10 coins
Grab the coins from the pot and take the lower left exit to E-4.
®:Surface E-4
Enemies: 3x Axe Head
Pots: 1 weight
Take the bottom path left to D-4
®:Surface D-4
Enemies: 3x Axe Head
Landmarks: Hot Spring
Pots: 10 Coins
Break the pot here to collect 10 coins; then jump in the hot spring to refill
your health.
From here on out, I won't specify which pots to destroy. Just destroy any you
can.
You should now have at least 60 coins. Head back to F-4 and enter the PC Shop.
Buy the Glyph Reader software (reader.exe) for 50 coins and a pack of five
weights for 10 coins. Make sure to install the Glyph Reader in your software
menu.
Make your way back to H-3. This time, jump down to where the dais is. Walk past
the dais for now to take the lower right exit to I-3. Jump over the Xelpud
Statue and whip the wall to the right until it breaks, revealing the Death
Village software (deathv.exe). You don't need to install this now. Head back to
H-3 and place the weight on the dais. Drop down the hole you created and land
in H-5
®:Surface H-5
Landmarks: Split Gate
You can climb back up to H-4 an open up a shortcut by whacking the wall in the
center of H-4. Then return to H-5 and head right from there into I-5.
®:Surface I-5
Landmarks: Mural of Departure
Enter/Exit: Gate of Guidance C-1
Push the block out of the way to read the tablet here (you don't need the Glyph
Reader, if you haven't gotten it). Continue right and the wall on the right
side will retract, revealing the Field Gate; entrance to the Gate of Guidance
enter it.
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| PART II: Thou Traipses On Holy Ground [GOG01] |
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®:Gate of Guidance C-1
Enemies: 1x Skeleton
Enter/Exit: Surface I-5
Take the upper right path to D-1
®:Gate of Guidance D-1
Enemies: 2x Bat
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: 1st Sacred Orb
To unlock the chest, step on the floor switch on the platform beneath the
spikes. Grab the Sacred Orb to increase your maximum health. Head back to C-1
and take the lower right path back to C-1. Jump down the hole here (as in don't
fall straight down; jump towards the right) to land at the top of D-2.
Gate of Guidance D-2
Enemies: 1x Skeleton
Landmark: Gate of Guidance GRAIL POINT
Pots: ??? (upper), 10 coins (lower)
Make sure to read the Grail Tablet here, then head right into E-2
®:Gate of Guidance E-2
Enemies: 3x Snout Leapers
Pots: 10 Shuriken (left), 10 coins (right)
You cannot open the chest yet. Head right into F-2
®:Gate of Guidance F-2
Enemies: 3x Skeleton
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Shuriken Sub-Weapon
DO NOT whip the weapon box or you will be introduced to a lightning strike via
the Eye of Retribution. Just keep moving to the upper right to enter G-2
®:Gate of Guidance G-2
Enemies: 4x Bat
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Coin chests
Enter/Exit: Spring in the Sky
Place a weight on the dais here to drop the wall. You can climb into the Spring
in the Sky here but I recommend holding off on that for now. Climb down to the
lower part of the room and place another weight to unlock the chests in the
center of the room. Do not whip them open yet, as you cannot reach them. Head
back to the upper left but this time go down the upper ladder to get into the
middle part of F-2
Kill the skeleton and break the pot if you like, just be careful you don't hit
the sacred box. The important thing here is to jump down into the spikes. These
spikes are fake; the rest of the spikes in the game are very real, though. Once
the illusion of the spikes is gone, place a weight on the dais here and climb
back up to claim the Shuriken sub-weapon. Equip them if you wish, but do not
overuse them on common enemies.
Head back to the left until you reach the Grail Tablet in D-2. Save here and
then climb down the lower-right ladder into D-3.
®:Gate of Guidance D-3
Enemies: 4x Antlion
Landmarks: Jaw Trap
Pots: 10 coins
The enemies here are known as Myrmecoleon but Antlion is just easier to
remember. Don't place a weight on the dais here or the jaw of the Olmec head
above you will fall and damage you. Once you're done here, head left into C-3
®:Gate of Guidance C-3
Enemies: 3x Antlion
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Gate of Guidance Map
Place a weight on the dais to access the Gate of Guidance Map. You can't use it
yet, though. Climb down to C-4.
®:Gate of Guidance C-4
Enemies: 3x Bat
Treasure: Hidden chest with 30 coins
Whip the block in the Olmec head's mouth three times to make it swallow it.
Avoid being knocked down into the pit below and work your way to the upper
right and the path to D-4
®:Gate of Guidance D-4
Sub-Boss: Red Skeletons
Enemies (after defeating Sub-Boss): 2x Bats
Landmarks: Ancient Mayan Airship Mural
Pots: ??? (upper) ??? (lower)
Ignore the miniboss for now. Drop down a level and then jump to the left to
re-enter C-4. Trying to walk across will drop you down a trap door. Place a
weight on the dais where you landed in C-4 to reveal and alcove with a coin
chest. Walk back into D-4 and press the jump button as fast as you can to jump
straight up into the air. Once you start falling through the trap door, press
your direction to the left. If all goes well, you should fall into the alcove
where you can open the chest and claim the coins inside. Once you do, jump out
of the alcove toward the right. You will pass into D-4 and fall down into D-5.
®:Gate of Guidance D-5
Enemies: 3x Kodama Rat
Pot Contents: ???
Do not whip the strange-looking structure in the center of the room. You will
be zapped if you do. Head up to the top of the room and climb the ladder into
D-4. You will immediately be confronted by a Red Skeleton. Whip him as fast as
you can; you will take some hits. After the bottom skeleton is dispatched,
climb partway up the ladder on the right. If you face left or right and attack,
your whip will strike above you, allowing you to take out the 2nd skeleton
without being attacked. The experience gained from both skeletons should be
enough to refill your life bar.
®:Gate of Guidance E-4
Enemies: 3x Bat, 3x Skeleton
Landmarks: Block Puzzle, Mechanical God Mural
Push the lower-right block to the right, off the edge. Then push the lower-left
block the same direction so that it lands on top. Then push the upper block
(which only appears after killing the Red Skeletons) off the top platform, then
to the left over the other blocks so that it falls down on top of the plate.
Completing the puzzle will reveal a dais in the upper-right part of the room.
If you have less than five weights, you should leave this for later. Placing a
weight there reveals a ladder down to E-5 but there's nothing to be done there
yet.
Walk past the explorer's skeleton on the right side of the room through the
wall; it is a secret passage to B-4.
®:Gate of Guidance B-4
Enemies: 3x Bat, 2x Tog Head
Landmarks: Block Puzzle, NPC Door
Pots: ??? (left), 10 coins (right)
Treasure: Holy Grail
Push the block right onto the plate to unlock the chest. Head back into E-4,
then back to B-4 again to reset the Tog Heads. Climb up the ladder and jump
across to the right side of the room before the Togs can spawn. Climb up the
ladder and open the chest to receive the Holy Grail. You can now WARP to Grail
Points you have read.
If you have spare weights, you can place one on the dais to the left to remove
the barrier blocking the NPC's door. When you're done, either jump down the pit
or ride the elevator down to B-5. Watch out for the spikes!
®:Gate of Guidance B-5
Enemies: 3x Bat, 2x Tog Head
Pots: 10 coins (left), 10 coins (right)
Head to the pit on the bottom left and drop down to B-6. Walk left from B-6 to
A-6.
®:Gate of Guidance A-6
Enemies: 3x Kodama Rat
Landmarks: Disaster Puzzle
Enter/Exit: Mausoleum of the Giants
Head to the left side of the room. In order, destroy the top-left tablet
(rain), the bottom-left tablet (wind), the top-right tablet (fire) and the
bottom-right tablet (blood rain and fire). If you mess up the puzzle you will
be hit by lightning and forced to leave the area and return to reset the
puzzle. Ignore the ladder at the bottom for now.
Place a weight on the dais in the right side of the room and go right through
the path it unlocks to reach the Gate of Guidance Shop. You can by a Guild
software here, but I prefer to wait until later. If you are short on weights,
you can buy some here. When you're done shopping, head left back into A-6. This
time take the bottom right path into B-6.
®:Gate of Guidance B-6
Enemies: 3x Kodama Rat
Landmarks: Gate of Guidance Shop
Pots: ??? (bottom), 10 coins (top)
Climb the ladder you created by solving the Disaster Puzzle and place a weight
on the dais. Head back down the ladder and left into A-6. This time, take the
second path from the top into B-6. Make your way to the very top-right ladder
and climb up to B-5, then walk right into C-5.
®:Gate of Guidance C-5
Enemies: 6x Snout Leaper
Landmarks: Cross of Light
Walk right along the bottom path through the one-way door into D-5.
When you were in D-5 before, you could not access the lower-left part of the
room. Solving the Disaster Puzzle and placing the weight in B-6 created the
dais in the lower-left. Place a weight there to reveal the center of the room
and the chest within. Climb down to the chest and claim Ankh Jewel #1.
Warp back to the surface. Now that you have more coins, return to the PC Shop
and buy the Yagoo Map Reader software (yagomap.exe), and make sure to turn it
on. Also buy a few more packs of weights, if you did not do so at the Gate of
Guidance Shop.
Fill up at the hot spring and warp back to the Gate of Guidance. Make your way
to C-3 (where you got the map). This time, proceed left to B-3
®:Gate of Guidance B-3
Enemies: 4x Bat
Landmarks: Amphisbaena Mural
Pots: ??? (left), ??? (right)
Push the weight on the platform to the left onto the plate. This will reveal a
ladder and dais above you. Use the elevator platform to jump up to the top of
the room, then climb down the ladder and place a weight there. Climb back up
the ladder. From where you are standing, there is an invisible bridge to the
right. walk across it into C-3 and the ladder at the top of the screen. Take
the ladder up; This will allow you to access the coin chests you opened
earlier. They each contain 30 coins. However, it is a one-way ladder. You now
have to warp back to the Grail Point and work your way back to B-3.
Once you get back to B-3, cross the invisible bridge into C-3 again. This time,
place a weight on the dais in C-3 to remove a wall and continue right across
another invisible bridge. When you get to the right edge of C-3, JUMP to the
right into D-3; this invisible bridge does not extend all the way across and if
you try to keep walking you will fall down.
Now that you're here, climb down the ladder and place a weight on the dais down
there. The Shell Horn will sound.
Warp back to a grail tablet to save. Make sure your health is full; if not,
head back to the Surface and use the hot spring. Make your way to D-4 (the room
with the Red Skeleton miniboss and Ancient Mayan Airship Mural. If you did not
place a weight on the dais in E-4, take the middle path and do so now.
Otherwise, take the bottom path from D-4 into E-4 and go down the ladder into
E-5.
Gate of Guidance E-5 - GUARDIAN ROOM
Once you enter the room the ankh in the bottom of the room will glow and the
music will change. If this does not happen, you missed a step. Go back and look
again. Equip the Ankh Jewel subweapon and use it on the Ankh.
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* Guardian #1: Amphisbaena *
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One head will shoot fire at you, then after a delay the other one will. The
fire is not very long, so you can dodge it.
You can decide how to take the boss down. The easiest method is to attack
either head with Shurikens from a distance and dodge the fire when it comes. A
more dangerous method is to lure a head down towards you and hit it with your
whip (or other main weapon) when it is not attacking, then run away quickly.
Direct contact with a head does 16 damage, so this is risky. However, it is
wise to conserve Shuriken this early in the game. The decision is yours. As the
boss loses health, its attacks and movements will speed up.
If you have a hard time with the boss, you can put it off until later.
Defeating Amphisbaena does not unlock anything vital right now.
Once Amphisbaena is defeated, Xelpud will email you. You should go back to the
village to buy more weights and shuriken if necessary. You will need at least
20 shuriken for the next boss fight, but 30 or 40 is better.
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| Part III: Thou Art Tiny [MAU01] |
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Once you have taken care of business on the Surface, warp back to the Gate of
Guidance and make your way to A-5. This time, go down the ladder to enter an
new area: the Mausoleum of the Giants. You start off in B-1
®:Mausoleum of the Giants B-1
Enemies: 3x Nozuchi
Pots: 10 coins (top), ??? (bottom)
Enter/Exit: Gate of Guidance
Make your way to the bottom right. Place a weight on the dais to remove the
wall and go right into the bottom of C-1. Throw five Shuriken at the wall you
are facing; it will break revealing a coin chest containing 30 coins. Head back
to B-1 and drop down to B-2.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants B-2
Enemies: 4x Nozuchi
Pots: 10 coins
Head down to the left side of the room and place a weight on the dais to remove
a wall. Walk right past the wall until the ground beneath you crumbles and
allows you to drop down. Head left from here into A-2.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants A-2
Sub-Boss: Ghost Lord
Enemies: 3x Ghost
Treasure: Rolling Shuriken sub-weapon
Ghosts will endlessly spawn here. You must kill three of them to cause the
miniboss to appear. Take care to not whip the sacred box or you will be hit
with lightning. If you climb up to where the miniboss is forming, you can hit
him repeatedly. Otherwise, get to the bottom of the screen and hit him whenever
he comes down toward you. Defeating him opens the box containing the Rolling
Shuriken. Once you're done here, head back to B-2.
You will need to use another weight to remove the wall you passed through
before. Climb back up and move right to C-2
®:Mausoleum of the Giants C-2
Enemies: 2x Masked Men, 1x Tog Head'
Landmarks: Cross of Light
Treasure: Mausoleum of the Giants Map
Press the floor switch here and move right to D-2
®:Mausoleum of the Giants D-2
Enemies: 3x Skeleton, 1x Bat
Landmarks: Nazca Lines Alien Mural
Pots: 10 coins
You'll want to head right here to climb the ladder up to D-1. Be careful, as
the ground on the bottom will crumble beneath your feet if you try to walk
across, and there is a trap door on the platform above it. The top route is
difficult because of the spikes. Make your way over regardless and go up.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants D-1
Enemies: 4x Bat, 2x Tog Head
Landmarks: NPC Door
Pots: 10 coins (left) 1 weight (right)
Reading the tablet in the upper right will activate Hard Mode for the remainder
of the game. I advise against this. The NPC in the upper left gives you
information on the Nebra Sky Disk, which will come into play later. For now,
head left into C-1.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants C-1
Enemies: 2x Masked Men, 1x Tog Head
Treasure: Mausoleum of the Giants Map
Pots: 10 Rolling Shuriken (left), ??? (right)
Place a weight on the dais in the bottom of the room. If you did this before
pressing the floor switch in C-2, it would activate a trap. Now you are in the
clear. Head back down to C-2 to claim the Mausoleum of the Giants Map. Walk
right into D-2 and allow the floor on the bottom to break, allowing you access
to D-3.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants D-3
Enemies: 1x Rock Hand
Beware of the Rock Hand enemies. They deal 8 damage, which is a lot right now.
You can kill them with one hit if you strike them while they charge at you.
Once you land at the bottom of D-3, head right to E-3.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants E-3
Enemies: 3x Nozuchi, 1x Bat
Pots: 10 coins (left) ??? (right)
Landmarks: Mausoleum of the Giant GRAIL POINT.
Read the Grail Tablet and save. Head right into F-3.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants F-3
Enemies: 1x Rock Hand, 3x Nozuchi
Pots: 1 weight (top) Shop (bottom)
Landmarks: Wondjina mural, Mausoleum of the Giants Shop.
Destroy the pot to reveal the shop. Enter the shop and buy the Hermes Boots
items, which increase your speed. After exiting the shop, go to the bottom of
the screen and left into E-3 again. Jump down or take the elevator down from
E-3 to E-4.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants E-4
Enemies: 1x Tog Head, 2x Ghost
Landmarks: Nazca Lines Hand Mural
There is nothing you can do here. Head further down to E-5
®:Mausoleum of the Giants E-5
Enemies: 2x Tog Head, 2x Ghost
Landmarks: Nazca Lines Tree Mural
There are some interesting tablets to read here but that's all. Climb down the
ladder on the left to E-6.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants E-6
Enemies: 3x Ghost
Landmarks: Nebra Sky Disk
Jump into the switch on the left to turn the wheel so that the star icon is at
the top. Once this is done, warp back to the Grail Point at E-3. Go right from
E-3 through F-3 to G-3.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants G-3
Enemies: 4x Bat
Landmarks: Nazca Lines Dolphin Mural
Treasure: Ankh Jewel
Place a weight on the dais to unlock the chest. Make your way back to the
elevator and head down to E-4. Exit the elevator here and go right into F-4.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants F-4
Enemies: 1x Rock Hand, 3x Ghost
Pots: ??? (left) ??? (right)
Treasure: 2nd Sacred Orb
Place a weight on the foot of the Giant on the right. This will unlock the
chest containing the 2nd Sacred Orb. Placing a weight on the feet of any other
giant will trigger a spike trap. Collect the orb.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants G-4
Enemies: 1x Rock Hand, 3x Ghost
Pots: ??? (left) 10 coins (right)
Once you enter G-4, stay on the left-hand side until the Giant (his name was
Bado) collapses to the ground. If you are under him when he collapses, you die
instantly. Climb on top of Bado's head and climb up the ladder to G-3. Get over
to the chest in G-3 to claim the Ankh Jewel. Once you grab the Ankh Jewel, move
to the left immediately or a laser will trap you here. You can disable the
laser ahead of time by destroying the face on the right side of the middle
platform. If you end up trapped, just warp back to the Grail Point. Either way,
head back to E-6.
Jump on the left switch twice to set the Nebra Sky Disk to Sun. Climb back up
to where you saw Bado (G-4). Bado won't fall this time; walk past him to the
right into H-4.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants H-4
Enemies: 3x Ghost
Pots: ??? (left) ??? (right)
Enter/Exit: Twin Labyrinths
Place a weight on the dais that is in the chest of the giant here (Ledo). The
dais will not appear unless the Nebra Sky Disk is set to Sun.
Now we will take a little detour. Go down the ladder to enter the Twin
Labyrinths. Make sure you have at least 100 coins first.
You don't have any real business here, and you cannot navigate the area
normally, so I will not detail map locations right now. From where you enter,
go down the ladder in the bottom left. Enter the shop at the top of this room;
buy the Helmet for 60 coins and three sets of weights at 10 coins each. Exit
the shop then re-enter it and the shopkeeper will inform you of another shop in
this area. You won't need to do that much later; you can do it now if you still
have over 100 coins left. Just go up the ladder on the right then back down to
reach a room with a different shop. Buy the Dragon Bone here if you have 100
coins; if not you can return here much later.
Warp back to the Mausoleum of the Giants and return to the Nebra Sky Disk in
E-6. Jump on the left switch twice to set it to Moon. Climb back up to E-5,
then head left to D-5.
®:Mausoleum of the Giants D-5
Enemies: 1x Rock Hand, 3x Ghost
Pots: ??? (right), ??? (left)
Head left from here to C-5
®:Mausoleum of the Giants C-5 - GUARDIAN ROOM
Pots: ??? (left) 10 coins (right)
Upon entering the room, wait for the Giant (Ji) on the left to kneel, which he
only does when the Nebra Sky Disk is set to Moon. The Ankh should appear; you
can reach it now that Ji is kneeling (or if you've done some serious sequence
breaking) Use your Ankh Jewel on the Ankh to reveal the guardian of this area:
Sakit.
**********************
* Guardian #2: Sakit *
**********************
Sakit can be pretty tough, so you may want to put this off until later in the
game. If you want to fight him now, it can be done.
As soon as you land on the ground, run to the right and climb the ladder.
Sakit has three attacks right now
-Rocks will fall from the ceiling as a result of his footsteps
-He can fire an energy ball from his right hand
-He can shoot his left arm out as some sort of extendo-punch.
The falling rocks are easy to dodge. Just stand on the middle platform on the
right and they cannot hit you; you can also destroy them with the Whip. If he
begins charging an energy ball, climb up to the top platform and jump; this
will cause him to aim to high and the energy ball will soar over your head.
The extension of his left arm is your chance to strike. Once his fist hits the
ground, run up his arm until you are close enough to jump up and whip his face.
DO NOT jump into his face... that will hurt. After whipping him a couple times,
jump off to the right before his arm retracts (that will also hurt). Repeat
this process a number of times until he changes to his second form.
Once Sakit's face plate falls off, his attack will change, slightly. Instead of
energy beams, he now shoots his right fist at you in a rocket punch. Just like
with the energy beams, you can force him to shoot over his head by jumping high
when he is aiming. He still extends his left arm out but he now has harmful
flames coming out of his shoulder, making it hard to run up and whip him in the
face. However, he is now vulnerable to Shurikens. Your best strategy is to stay
on the top platform, jumping and shooting Shuriken into Sakit's face. It takes
about 20 Shuriken to finish off his 2nd form and end the battle.
The battle done and your health restored, move left to B-5
®:Mausoleum of the Giants B-5
Enemies: 2x Rock Hand, 2x Ghost
Pots: ??? (middle) 10 coins (top)
Entry/Exit: Endless Corridor
Go through the doorway on the left to enter the Endless Corridor
®:Endless Corridor D-1
Enemies: 3x Flower, 2x Backside Bat
Pots: 10 coins (left) ??? (right)
You'll notice that the bats here are different. More on that later. You also
cannot go to the lower floors yet; that comes later too. Head left to C-1.
®:Endless Corridor C-1
Enemies: 2x Flower, 3x Backside Bat
Landmarks: Endless Shop (sealed)
Pots: 10 coins (bottom) ??? (top)
Head left into B-1. Don't take the bottom path, though, as that will be a dead
end for you.
®:Endless Corridor B-1
Enemies: 3 Flower, 3x Skulleton
Pots: ??? (middle) ??? (top)
Take the top left path into A-1
®:Endless Corridor A-1
Enemies: 3x Flower, 3x Backside Bat
Landmarks: Fairy Queen's chamber, Endless Corrider GRAIL TABLET
Pots: 10 coins (bottom) ??? (top)
Treasure: Endless Corridor Map
Get to the top of the screen to read the Grail Tablet and save. Go into the
Fairy Queen's chamber to receive information about the fairies and the Isis
Pendant. To open the chest, go through the doorway on the bottom left. This
will return you to D-1. Warp back to the Grail Point in A-1 to claim the map.
Warp back to the Surface to talk to Xelpud and heal up. You should still have
plenty of weights, but you will need to buy Shuriken. I recommend having around
40, but newer players may need as many as 80.
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| Part IV: Jump into the Sun [SUN01] |
======================================
When you feel prepared, warp to the Gate of Guidance Grail Point at D-2. Drop
down three levels to D-5 (where you found the Ankh Jewel). Go to the
lower-right corner of the room and place a weight on the dais here. Climb down
the ladder to enter the Temple of the Sun.
_________________________
/ TEMPLE OF THE SUN \
/---------------------------\
|A-1|B-1|C-1|||||||||||||||||
|- --- --- -----------------|
|A-2¦B-2¦C-2¦D-2|||||||||||||
|--------- --- -------------|
||||||||¦C-3¦D-3¦E-3¦F-3|||||
|------------- --- ---------|
|||||||||||||D-4¦E-4¦F-4¦G-4|
|------------- --- ---------|
|||||B-5¦C-5¦D-5¦E-5|||||||||
|------------- -------------|
|||||||||||||D-6|||||||||||||
\---------------------------/
®:Temple of the Sun B-1
Enemies: 2x Bennu, 1x Cait Sith
Pots: ??? (left), 10 coins (right)
Enter/Exit: Gate of Guidance
For now the best way to deal with the enemies below you is to send a Rolling
Shuriken their way. Once they're cleared out, jump down and place a weight on
the dais. Drop down to B-2.
®:Temple of the Sun B-2
Enemies: 2x Bat, 1x Skeleton
Head right through the one-way door into C-2.
®:Temple of the Sun C-2
Enemies: 2x Cait Sith
Pots: ???
Climb up and go back left to B-2; climb up the ladder there and go back right
into C-2. To the left of the top ladder in C-2 is a block that looks different
from the rest of the wall. Whip it until it disappears and climb up to C-1.
®:Temple of the Sun C-1
Enemies: 1x Cait Sith
Landmarks: Temple of the Sun GRAIL POINT, The White Giant Mural
Treasure: Temple of the Sun Map
Upon entering the lower-left part of the room, step on the floor switch
immediately to your right to unlock the chest. Then head left back into B-1.
Destroy the pot here and then whip the lever behind the pot. If you did not
destroy the block in C-2, then a wall will trap you here. Drop back down to B-2
to see the platforms reveal themselves, then climb your way back out. You will
be in C-1 next to a mine cart. Push the cart to the right until it falls down.
Jump across the pit to the Grail Point to read it/SAVE.
Climb down the ladder to get the map. To make the ladder reappear, just push
the statue in this area all the way to the right.
Note that if you did not purchase the Hermes Boots in the Mausoleum of the
Giants Shop, you will not be able to climb up the sandy slopes in the Temple of
the Sun. If you don't have them, warp back to the Mausoleum of the Giants and
buy them.
Once you have the map and the grail point, drop down into C-2. Push the cart to
the right again. Once it falls, get up to the top of this room and walk right
into D-2.
®:Temple of the Sun D-2
Enemies: 1x Mask, 2x Cait Sith
Landmarks: Temple of the Sun Shop #1
Pots: 10 coins (lower right)
Treasure: Knife weapon
You need to jump up and shoot Shuriken through the gap between the face wall
and the ceiling in order to destroy the pot on the top-right of this room. If
you hit the face wall, you will be zapped. Once the pot is destroyed, the face
will will disappear. Climb down the ladder on the right to reach a dais; place
a weight here to remove the wall. Then step in the floor switch to open the
sacred box. You will have to go back up the ladder and into C-2, then enter D-2
from the second level in order to reach the Knife.
The Knife does more damage than the Whip and hits much faster; it can hit
enemies beneath you without using Rolling Shuriken. Its range is shorter but I
prefer it to the Whip for now, because it can destroy pots and enemies much
faster. The Hedge and Mask enemies here are very annoying; they take two hits
with the Whip and only one with the Knife. If you're not comfortable getting
too close to your enemies, stick with the Whip.
Anyway, once you grab the Knife, climb down the ladder to your right. Destroy
the pots here and you can enter the Temple of the Sun Shop #1. Buy the TextTrax
software (bunemon.exe) here; once it's running on your laptop, you will be able
to save conversations and tablet contents for later reading. This will help you
if you want to try and solve some of the puzzles in the ruins without this
guide. Head back up the ladder and left into C-2, then descend into C-3.
®:Temple of the Sun C-3
Enemies: 2x Hedge
Landmarks: Mulbruk's Chamber, Cross of Light
Pots: 10 Shuriken
Push the cart to the right again and enter the door here to meet Mulbruk. She's
on voice mail for now but you need to visit her to make the seal below the door
to appear. Head right into D-3
®:Temple of the Sun D-3
Enemies: 2x Bennu
Drop down into D-4
®:Temple of the Sun D-4
Enemies: 3x Kodama Rat, 2x Bat
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: 3rd Sacred Orb
If you land on the slope, try to kill the two bats here. If you can't, drop
down to D-5.
®:Temple of the Sun D-5
Enemies: 2x Masked Men
Pots: ??? (right) 10 coins (left)
Standing on the blue platform with the mine cart will cause the platform to
descend. If it does not, leave the room and try again. Once the platform
descends, push the mine cart to the right. Then go back to the top of the room
and climb the ladder back into D-4.
If you did not kill the bats here before, wait for them to come to you and kill
them. Do not hit the treasure chest while it is closed or you will get zapped.
Once the two bats are dead, the chest will unlock and you can open it to claim
the Sacred Orb. Head right from the treasure chest into E-4.
®:Temple of the Sun E-4
Enemies: 2x Hedge, 2x Cait Sith
Take the top left exit to reach the pot in D-4, then come back to E-4 and take
the top-right exit to F-4.
®:Temple of the Sun F-4
Enemies: 3x Bat, 1x Bennu
Pots: 10 Flares
Climb up the ladder here into F-3.
®:Temple of the Sun F-3
Enemies: 3x Skeleton
Landmarks: NPC Chamber, Sphinx
Pots: 10 coins & 10 coins
Nothing you can do from where you are now; just head left into E-3.
®:Temple of the Sun E-3
Enemies: 1x Bennu, 2x Hedge
Landmarks: Sun Mural
Enter: Temple of Moonlight (one-way)
Read the tablet and walk right through the wall to your left; it will
disappear. Continue left back into D-3 and press the floor switch here, then go
back to the right to E-3. With the whip equipped, stand beneath the Sun. Jump
up and whip it four times until it comes a little bit loose. Then move to the
right and jump up and whip it from the right side twice; it will fall off. If
you stand under it or to the left when it comes off, you will be instantly
crushed to death. Jump into the empty space created left behind and you will
warp to a new area.
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| Part V: Axe Crazy [TOM01] |
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/ TEMPLE OF MOONLIGHT \
/- ---------------------\
|A-1¦B-1|||||||||||||||||
|- --- ------- ---------|
|A-2¦B-2|C-2¦D-2|||||||||
|--------- -------------|
|||||B-3¦C-3¦D-3¦E-3|||||
|--------- ------- -----|
|||||||||C-4¦D-4¦E-4¦F-4|
|--------- --- --- -----|
|||||B-5¦C-5|D-5¦E-5|||||
|--------- --- ---------|
|||||||||C-6|D-6|||||||||
\-----------------------/
®:Temple of Moonlight D-4
Exit: Temple of the Sun
DO NOT USE ANY WEAPON IN THIS ROOM. The warp from the Temple of the Sun is
one-way. Just climb up the ladders to D-3
®:Temple of Moonlight D-3
Enemies: 2x Soul (after 1st visit)
Landmarks: Uterus Mural
Treasure: Philosophers' Ocarina
DO NOT USE ANY WEAPON IN THIS ROOM. Do not worry about the chest, it will not
be in play for a while. Walk left into C-3.
®:Temple of Moonlight C-3
Enemies: 1x Soul (after 1st visit)
Landmarks: Cross of Light
Pots: ??? (middle) ??? (top)
DO NOT USE ANY WEAPON in the right side of this room.
Go up a level and walk right back into D-3. Get up to the top of D-3 (you can
change directions after jumping into a wall) and go left back into C-3. Climb
the ladder into C-2.
®:Temple of Moonlight C-2
Enemies: 1x Troll, 3x Backside Bat, 1x Yowie
Landmarks: Fruit of Eden Puzzle
Pots: 10 coins (top right)
You can use weapons now. Head right into D-2.
®:Temple of Moonlight D-2
Enemies: 3x Yowie
Landmarks: Nebra Statue
Pots: ??? (bottom left) 1 weight (upper left) ??? (top right)
Enter/Exit: Twin Labyrinths
Place a weight on the dais on the right to make the face wall in the middle
drop down, revealing a ladder you can use to reach the top of this room. You
can access the Twin Labyrinths from here, but there's really no need. Head back
to C-2 from the bottom-left.
Climb the ladder in the bottom-right of C-2 and work your way left to B-2. I'll
go into detail on B-2 later; for now, just jump off the wall here to reach the
ladder leading to B-1.
®:Temple of Moonlight B-1
Enemies: 3x Backside Bat
Pots: ??? (bottom) ??? (upper middle) ??? (upper right)
Enter/Exit: Eden
Place a weight on the dais up top to pass the wall. You can climb into Eden
from here but there is nothing to do there yet. There is also a hidden treasure
chest in this room but you cannot get to it yet. We shall return here later, I
promise. Anyway, drop down the pit on the right side of the room to get back
into B-2.
®:Temple of Moonlight B-2
Enemies: 2x Troll
Landmarks: Temple of Moonlight GRAIL POINT
Pots: ??? (top) ??? (bottom)
Treasure: Temple of Moonlight Map
Read the Grail Tablet here and save. You cannot warp to this tablet yet but the
game will remember that you've read it. To the left of the grail tablet is a
trap door that will drop you into the main chamber. You cannot access the map
from there, so place a weight on the dais and walk back into C-2, then make
your way back to the top of B-1.
You cannot read the tablet at the top of B-1, even with the Glyph Reader. Jump
toward the left from the left side of B-1 (do not drop down into B-2). Landing
in the alcove here will give you access to A-1.
®:Temple of Moonlight A-1
Enemies: 3x Skulleton
Landmarks: Face Of The Highest Rank
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Grapple Claw
Carefully jump from platform to platform, killing the Skulletons and reaching
the top platform. Examine the face there with the Hand Scanner to make a light
briefly appear, then jump down to place a weight on the dais, unlocking the
chest. Open the chest to claim the Grapple Claw. You can play around with the
Grapple Claw for a bit if you want (press up while jumping into a wall to
cling, then press the jump button to kick off, or release up to drop down).
If you get knocked down, you'll have to backtrack a bit to return to this room
(and waste weights doing it), so try not to mess up. Jump down to A-2 and
prepare to smash some skeletons.
®:Temple of Moonlight A-2
Enemies: 4x Skulleton, 2x Skilleton
Nothing you can really do about the Skilleton's projectiles. Just get in close
and knife them until they explode. The drop down to the lower level is on the
left. From there, head right to climb up the ladder and return to B-2.
Jump across from where you entered B-2 to get to where the map is. Place a
weight on the dais below the chest to walk to left immediately to avoid the
spike trap. Collect the map and exit out the lower right of B-2, returning to
C-2.
There is a new dais in C-2 but you have to ignore it for now. It was created
when you scanned the face in A-1. What you need to do now is jump down the pit
here into C-3; do it from the right side of pit, jumping left so that you land
on the top-left platform in C-3. If you miss the platform, you'll have to warp
back to the Temple of the Sun and walk all the way back here.
Once you've landed on the platform, stab the wall in the top-left of the room
until it shatters, allowing you to walk into B-3 (does not appear on the
in-game map)
®:Temple of Moonlight B-3
Enemies: 4x Yowie
Landmarks: Boulder Trap
Pots: ???
Treasure: Axe
Place a weight on the dais to access the rest of the room. Make sure to kill
all the Yowies so that they aren't in your way, but do not hit the sacred box
while doing it. Once the area is clear, use the knife the break the skull
holding the boulder in place at the top left of the room (it takes 8 hits).
Jump to the right from there and use the Grapple Claw to cling to the vertical
wall there. If you fail, the boulder will roll down onto you and you will die
instantly.
Once the boulder crushes the block on the bottom right, you will be able to
drop down and claim the Axe. The Axe does 250% more damage than the Whip; it
strikes above you and in front of you. The drawback is that it is very slow.
Regardless, it should be your primary weapon for now; I still switch to the
Knife to destroy pots and walls. That's all for the Temple of Moonlight for
now. Warp back to the Surface and heal if need be. If you have over 150 coins,
go ahead and buy the Waterproof Case and some extra Shuriken. If not, hold off
until later.
You can do many different things now. The Guardian of the Temple of Sun is
awaiting us [SUN02]; you can start solving puzzles in the Spring in the Sky
[SKY01] or you can explore the Inferno Cavern and acquire some important items
there [INF01]. There are other things to be done but those are the three main
paths. You can complete them in any order; I prefer to head to the Spring in
the Sky.
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| Part VI: Open the Floodgates [SKY01] |
========================================
Warp to Gate of Guidance D-2 and head to the right until you reach G-2. Climb
up the ladder on the right to reach the Spring in the Sky.
_________________
/SPRING IN THE SKY\
/-------------------\
|||||||||||||D-1|||||
|------------- -----|
||||||||¦C-2¦D-2¦E-2|
|------------- --- -|
|||||||||||||D-3¦E-3|
|------------- -----|
|A-4|||||||||D-4|||||
|- ----------- -----|
|A-5|||||C-5¦D-5|||||
|- ------- ---------|
|A-6¦B-6¦C-6|||||||||
|----- -------------|
|||||B-7|||||||||||||
|----- -------------|
|||||B-8¦C-8|||||||||
|--------- ---------|
|||||B-9¦C-9|||||||||
|----- -------------|
||||B-10|||||||||||||
\---- --------------/
®:Spring in the Sky A-6
Enemies: 2x Gyonin, 2x Bat
Pots: ??? (left) 10 coins (center)
The water here will drain your life when you are submerged, but you remember
that from our first adventure up on the Surface, right? Anyway, you can't do
anything useful by going up, so walk right into B-6
®:Spring in the Sky B-6
Enemies: 2x Gyonin, 2x Bat, 1x Surprise Fish
Treasure: Caltrops sub-weapon
Without the Helmet, the waterfall here will push you down quite unforgivingly
but will not actually harm you. If you did not buy the Helmet yet, go to the
Twin Labyrinths to obtain it; directions to do so are in Part III of this
guide. Drop down the waterfall on the left to reach B-7.
®:Spring in the Sky B-7
Enemies: 1x Gyonin Warrior
Landmarks: Spring in the Sky GRAIL POINT
Read the Grail Tablet and save, then climb back up into B-6.
As always, avoid striking the sacred box. Stand on the lower right part of the
room and it will begin to descend. Once it descends fully you will see a dais
there. Place a weight on the dais to reveal the Caltrops subweapon. Grab it
then head right to C-6.
®:Spring in the Sky C-6
Enemies: 2x Gyonin, 1x Gyonin Warrior
Landmarks: Cross of Light
Treasure: Spring in the Sky Map
Place a weight on the dais beneath the chest to unlock it. Grap the Map and
climb up to C-5.
®:Spring in the Sky C-5
Enemies: 2x Kraken
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Gloves
You cannot open the treasure chest yet. Even though the water hurts you, you
must swim through the Sacred Lake here to proceed. A tablet in the Gate of
Guidance told you this. Swim up through the lake and exit to the right to
access D-5.
®:Spring in the Sky D-5
Enemies: 1x Gyonin, 1x Hippocamp (Sea Pony?), 1x Suprise Fish, 1x Kraken
Landmarks: Fairy Point
You could have made it to this point without the Helmet if you're good at
jumping. Now you absolutely need the Helmet; go get it if you do not have it
yet. Wait for the elevator platform to come down, then hop aboard and go up to
D-4. Watch out for Surprise Fish.
®:Spring in the Sky D-4
Enemies: 4x Bat, 1x Surprise Fish
Be careful that the bats and fish do not knock you off the elevator. It can be
a pain in the ass to get back on. Keep going up to D-3.
®:Spring in the Sky D-3
Enemies: 1x Surprise Fish
Landmarks: Elevator Transfer
Jump over to the alcove on the right side of the room and walk into E-3.
®:Spring in the Sky E-3
Sub-Boss: Jackrabbit
Enemies: (after Jackrabbit is defeated) 1x Hippocamp, 1x Bat, 1x Gyonin Warrior
Once you jump onto the middle platform, Jackrabbit will appear. Jump up and
strike him in the head with the Axe (if you don't have the Axe, you will have
to use the Whip). Four strokes of the Axe will do him in, revealing a ladder up
to E-2 and unlocking the Treasure there.
®:Spring in the Sky E-2
Enemies: 2x Bat, 3x Kodama Rat
Pots: 10 coins
Treasure: Origin Seal
Carefully jump across the platforms. The bats and rats may knock you down to
E-3 but you can climb back up again. There are also some trap doors on the
platforms but they are well-marked. Open the chest to claim the Conce... er,
Origin Seal. Upon claiming the seal, go left from the chest's alcove to D-2.
®:Spring in the Sky D-2
Enemies: 3x Bat, 1x Surprise Fish
Landmarks: Mushussu Murals
Wait patiently and catch the elevator going up to D-1.
®:Spring in the Sky D-1
Enemies: 2x Bat, 1x Surprise Fish
Treasure: Scalesphere
Hop over to the small platform and place a weight on the dais to unlock the
chest. Open the chest and claim the Scalesphere. Being underwater will not hurt
you anymore. Drop down from the chest's platform to the left side of D-2. Go to
the left into C-2.
®:Spring in the Sky C-2 - GUARDIAN ROOM
Landmarks: Bahamut's Ankh, Oannes Murals
You have not solved all of the puzzles to make the boss appear yet. This is a
blessing, believe me. Break the Origin Seal at the top of the room to reveal
the upper left chamber. Jump on the switch here and remain on it until it drops
all the way down. Then place a weight on the dais that appears below.
Take the upper-right path back to D-2. Jump into the pool of water that has
formed below and strike the gear on the lower-left with the Knife until it
starts turning again. Warp back to the Grail Point in B-7. Climb down the
ladder into B-8.
®:Spring in the Sky B-8
Enemies: 2x Hippocamp
Landmarks: Hidden NPC Chamber
Head all the way down and swim right to reach C-8. You can reveal the hidden
NPC chamber by breaking the right side of the center wall but there's no reason
to go there.
®:Spring in the Sky C-8
Enemies: 2x Bat, 1x Hippocamp, 1x Gyonin Warrior
Landmarks: Mr. Gyonin Himself
Treasure: Ankh Jewel
Catch the elevator up and jump across to place a weight on the dais on the
right side of the room, removing the laser barrier at the top of the room. Drop
into the water tank and hit Mr. Gyonin Himself about 20 times. He will unlock
the chest above. Grab the elevator heading up again and claim the Ankh Jewel.
Drop down into C-9.
®:Spring in the Sky C-9
Enemies: 1x Hippocamp, 1x Gyonin
Landmarks: Oannes Mural
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Swim over to the dais on in the lower right of the room and place a weight
there. This will make Bahamat's Ankh appear up in C-2. You can go fight him now
but I do not recommend it. Head left from here to B-9.
®:Spring in the Sky B-9
Enemies: 2x Hippocamp, 2x Kraken
Treasure: Hidden chest with 30 coins.
Just drop down right into B-10.
®:Spring in the Sky B-10
Landmarks: Annunaki Mural
Enter: Temple of the Sun (one-way)
Head to the left side of the room and strike the mechanism in the top left
until it breaks (three Axe hits does it). Then go and climb back to B-9. Enter
the water area here and head to the chain pulley; strike it until it starts
turning.
Swim out of the top right of the room to return to C-9. Exit the water to where
the ladder is; instead of climbing up, walk left through a secret passage into
B-9. Walk all the way left until you are stopped, then stab the wall until it
shatter, revealing the chest with 30 coins inside.
You don't have to do this next part yet, but you might as well. I recommend it.
Head back down to B-10 and watch the water drain away. Drop down the hole and
you'll find yourself in Temple of the Sun F-3. You can go to the NPC Chamber
here if you like, or break the pots that you can now access. Avoid the Sphinx
and drop down into the area you have just flooded. Swim right into G-4.
®:Temple of the Sun G-4
Enemies: 2x Masked Men, 3x Bat
Pots: 10 coins (bottom left), 10 Shuriken (bottom/2nd from left), 15 coins
(bottom/2nd from right), 5 Caltrops (bottom/right), 15 coins (top/2nd from
right), 10 Rolling Shuriken (top/right), 1 weight (top/2nd from left), dais
(top/left).
Treasure: Bronze Mirror
Enter/Exit: Chamber of Extinction
Swim undereath the Origin Seal and a gush a water will push you up so you can
break it. This will remove the barriers blocking the doors to the right, which
lead to the Chamber of Extinction. Don't break the pots here since you cannot
get to them yet. Head into the bottom doorway and enter the Chamber of
Extinction.
It's dark in here. Head down the ladder and to the right, killing the Naga
there. Jump up and to the right from the tablet and you should see an emblem on
a block. Jump up and strike it until the Shell Horn sounds, then head back to
the left to return to the Temple of the Sun G-4.
Striking the mirror opened up access to the center area of this room. Smash all
the pots and collect all the goodies within, then place a weight on the dais
that appears where the top-left pot was. This unlocks the chest and enables you
to collect the Bronze Mirror. You can now access the Graveyard of the Giants
[GRV01] if you want, but obtaining the best treasures there requires items you
do not possess yet. You can also explore the Chamber of Extinction and
potentially acquire a powerful sub-weapon and another Sacred Orb, but you'll
mostly be stumbling around in the dark. You should warp back to the Surface and
heal up/save.
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| Part VII: What the Hell Is That Thing |
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Warp off the Temple of the Sun C-1. Go into B-1 and then jump down to B-2.
Either angle your jump or use the Grapple Claw so that you land on the
platforms which appeared when the room was illuminated. Use those platforms to
get over to the left passage into A-2; if you fall off the platforms, you will
have to warp back to C-1 and start over.
®:Temple of the Sun A-2
Sub-Boss: Buer
Enemies (after Sub-Boss defeated): 1x Hedge, 2x Bat
Enter/Exit: Inferno Cavern
When you enter, Buer will appear on the platform above the bottom of the room.
Jump and strike him from below with the Axe; it will only take a few hits to
vanquish him. If he moves up to a higher level, follow him up there and
continue to strike with the Axe. If he goes to ground level, use your Rolling
Shuriken to hit him. If you do not have the Axe yet, then your Shuriken and
Rolling Shuriken are the way to go.
Defeating Buer clears the path to the Inferno Cavern. Pass that up for now.
Exit back into B-2 then turn back into A-2 again. Jump up to the platform in
the upper-right part of the room and hit the ceiling above you with the Axe or
Whip. It will break, revealing a ladder into A-1 (does not appear on in-game
map). If the ceiling does not break, it's because you forgot to talk to the
fairy queen in the Endless Corridor.
®:Temple of the Sun A-1
Landmarks: Statue of Isis
Treasure: Isis Pendant
Read the tablet in the bottom left and a dais will appear on the bottom right.
Place a weight on the dais in unlock the chest so you can claim the Isis
Pendant. Warp back to the Endless Corridor and talk to the fairy queen again.
The fairies will help you now.
It's time to finish off this area. Warp back to Temple of the Sun C-1. drop
down two levels to C-3 and break the Origin Seal beneath Mulbruk's chamber. Now
you can enter Mulbruk's chamber and speak to her. You can exit and enter her
chamber multiple times to learn different things about the ruins; eventually
she will be stuck repeating the same thing and you can move on.
Head right from C-3 then down two more screens to D-5. The Bronze Mirror will
reveal a door here but it is not open yet. Instead, take the upper-right path
to E-5
®:Temple of the Sun E-5
Enemies: 3x Masked Men, 2x Snout Leaper, 1x Mask
Pots: ??? (upper right), 10 coins (mid-right), shop (bottom)
Destroy the pot on the bottom to reveal Temple of the Sun Shop #2. Buy the
Heatproof Case for 80 coins. Head left two rooms to C-5
®:Temple of the Sun C-5
Enemies: 1x Cait Sith, 3x Snout Leaper
Pots: 10 coins
Placing a weight on the dais at the bottom will trap you and force you to warp
out using the Holy Grail. Exit out the bottom left of this room to reach B-5.
®:Temple of the Sun B-5
Enemies: 1x Cait Sith, 1x Hedge, 1x Mask
Landmarks: Eye of Wedjet
Treasure: Ankh Jewel
Head left and stand underneath the Eye. Do not place a weight on the dais; that
will cause the eye to fall, damaging you and forcing you to exit the Temple of
the Sun to reset the puzzle. Remain under the eye until the Shell Horn sounds
and the chest above is unlocked. Head back into C-5, then go up one level and
return to B-5, where you can claim the Ankh Jewel. Return to the Surface to
heal up and buy Shuriken if you are lacking. Make your way back to D-5. Drop
down the hole in the bottom right to access D-6.
®:Temple of the Sun D-6 - GUARDIAN ROOM
If the Ankh does not appear, then you forgot to push the mine cart down here.
Backtrack and make sure to push it to the right wherever you encounter it. When
you are prepared, use the Ankh Jewel on the Ankh to spawn a mine cart battle
against
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* Guardian #3: Ellmac *
***********************
So in the first area there were snake murals and you fight a big snake at the
end. The second area with a giants' mausoleum and you fought a giant. Here, at
the end of an Egyptian-themed era, you were probably expected some sort of
Egyptian-themed boss like a mummy or something, right? Wrong. You get to fight
a bloody dinosaur.
As soon as you land on the mine cart track, move to the right. If Ellmac lands
on you, it is instant death.
The traditional theory with Ellmac is to keep your distance and fire Shuriken
at his face; this works if you have 80 or more Shuriken. I find it to be bolder
and more effective to use your main weapons as well.
When the mine cart is at the bottom level, there is nothing you can do but try
to dodge Ellmac's fireballs. The best tactic is the wait near the right edge of
the screen but not all the way at the edge. When he starts shooting, jump
towards the right and the fireballs should land harmlessly to the left of you.
When the mine cart is at a middle level, you can jump up and fire shuriken at
Ellmac. He is invulnerable when he closes his mouth to charge up his fireballs.
When the track comes up to level parallel to Ellmac's head, move left to get
close enough to hit with your Axe or Knife, then retreat for the right before
Ellmac charges at you. The Axe has a better range and does more damage per
strike, but the Knife can hit 2 or 3 times. It is up to you.
When Ellmac's health gets low, he will move faster, meaning the mine cart will
move faster and change altitude more frequently.
Direct contact with Ellmac does 18 damage. Getting hit by a fireball does 8
damage; passing through the flame left by a fireball after it hits the track
does 16 damage.
Because Ellmac's damage output is rather high, you can put him off until later.
However, you cannot access the bottom half of the Temple of Moonlight until you
defeat him.
After defeating Ellmac, you will land in a hazy area of the Twin Labyrinths
with a countdown displayed on the screen. Use the Holy Grail to warp out of
here before the countdown hits zero. If it reaches zero, you will die instantly.
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| Part VIII: Thou Shall Reach the Underworld [TOM02] |
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Head to the waterfall on the Surface (K-1) Now that you have the Scalesphere,
the water will not harm you. Head to the edge of the platform in K-1 and jump
off to the right. As you descend, strike with the Knife repeatedly. You should
land on a platform in L-2 and hopefully you will kill the Condor here with the
knife before you land.
®:Surface K-2
Enemies: Condor
Treasure: Birth Seal
Jump over to the alcove on the right and break the Origin Seal, unlocking the
chest so that you can claim the Birth Seal within.
Warp back to the Temple of the Sun and descend to D-5. The door which was
sealed here before will open now that Ellmac is annihilated. Enter the door to
access the bottom half of the Temple of Moonlight.
®:Temple of Moonlight C-5
Enemies: 3x Yowie, 1x Anubian
Enter/Exit: Temple of the Sun
Pots: ??? (left) ??? (top)
Beware of of the Anubians; they life-draining beam will hurt a lot right now.
Only approach them from behind. Drop down the pit on the right to reach C-6.
®:Temple of Moonlight C-6
Enemies: 3x Yowie, 1x Anubian
Landmarks: Fairy Point, Phenomenal Trap
Pots: ???
Avoid the Anubian and whack him from behind. Do not place a weight on the dais
down here; it is a trap. Scan the dais with the Hand Scanner, though. This will
add another dais back in C-2. You can use the Fairy Point here, as you may need
a Healing Fairy here. A Weapon Fairy will only help you get zapped, so you
should leave until she disappears. If you get an Item Fairy, you should warp
back to the Surface to break point and grind for coins. At any rate, get back
up to C-5 and take the elevator platform up to C-4.
Temple of Moonlight C-4
Enemies: 2x Yowie
Landmarks: Four Hands
Scan the point where the four hands in the background converge to unlock
another dais in C-2. Head to the elevator platform on the left and throw a
Shuriken at the face on the top. This will shatter the faces and open the
ceiling above, creating an elevator platform that connects the top and bottom
halves of the Temple of Moonlight. No need to go up there yet, go back across
the platforms and right to D-4. Drop down from there to D-5.
®:Temple of Moonlight D-5
Enemies: 2x Troll, 1x Anubian, 1x Slime
Pots: ??? (center) ??? (bottom left)
Place a weight on the dais on the left side of the room to open the path down.
Take care to not strike the middle part of the bottom floor or the platform
above it or you will be zapped. Using the Whip instead of the Axe or Knife can
help avoid this. Place a weight on the dais on the right side of the room to
open a path right to E-5.
®:Temple of Moonlight E-5
Enemies: 2x Soul, 4x Backside Bat (hidden)
Pots: ???
Break the Birth Seal here to remove the wall at the bottom. Exit back into D-5,
then take the bottom path from there back into E-5. Climb up the platforms
using jumping and the Grapple Claw. You can destroy the Soul enemies with the
Axe if they get too annoying. Once you reach the top platform, attack the wall
to your right until it shatters. If you stand on the far left edge of the
platform, you can reach with the Whip. Climb on the ladder on the left to reach
E-4.
®:Temple of Moonlight E-4
Enemies: 3x Yowie
Landmarks: The Dancer
Pots: ???
Scan the mural that looks like Michael Jackson to create another dais at C-2.
Ride the elevator platform up to E-3.
®:Temple of Moonlight E-3
Enemies: 2x Backside Bat
Landmarks: Philosopher of Death's Chamber
Pots: ??? (left) ??? (center) 10 coins (bottom right)
DO NOT use a weapon on or inside the left portion of this room.
When the elevator reaches the top, destroy the block that is sticking out of
the wall with the Axe. This will create a dais at the top right of the room.
Head back down to E-4 and push the block on the platform to the left onto the
plate.
Place a weight on the dais down there to access to right side of the room.
Start climbing up and place a weight on the dais on the top platform of E-3.
Make your way back down to D-5; the way down to D-6 (not shown on in-game map)
from there should now be open.
®:Temple of Moonlight D-6
Sub-Boss: Anubis
Enemies: Anubian
Enemies (after sub-boss defeated): 3x Anubian
Pots: 1 weight
Treasure: Serpent Staff
Get to the top right platform in this room as fast as you can. After a short
delay, Anubis will appear. Quickly send a Rolling Shuriken his way and he will
blink blue, indication that you cannot damage him. Warp back to the Temple of
the Sun. Drop down two rooms and enter Mulbruk's Chamber. Keep entering and
talking to her until she gives you the Book of the Dead item. This will enable
you to hurt Anubis; it also makes you immune from the Anubians' life draining
beam (but not Anubis's). Before heading back to fight Anubis, heal up at the
Surface. You should have a decent amount of money saved up by now. Buy the
Pistol at Surface Shop #2 while you're there. Return to confront Anubis.
The first thing you want to do here is kill the Anubian and make your way to
the bottom right of the room. This will force Anubis to do a back flip towards
you; run under him and jump up to the top-left platform near the center of the
room. Anubis will probably send his life-draining cloud toward you; lure the
cloud toward you, then jump down and rush toward Anubis, who will not move
while the cloud is active. Jump and strike Anubis in the head with the Axe a
couple times, then retreat before the cloud reaches you. Once the cloud
dissipates, stand on the top-left platform again until Anubis sends another
cloud at you, and repeat the process. If you stay on the ground-level too long,
Anubis will charge at you. It takes 10 hits from the Axe to kill Anubis,
unlocking the chest containing the Serpent Staff.
Warp back to the Surface. Equip the Serpent Staff and show it the Xelpud. Head
to the Hot Springs at Surface D-4. Climb the ladder up to D-3.
®:Surface D-3
Enemies: 1x Condor
Treasure: Hidden chest with coins
You cannot break the Seal here yet. Walk left to C-3.
®:Surface C-3
Enemies: 3x Cockatrice
Landmarks: NPC Tent
Pots: ???
The NPC here will tell you about Argus and the Serpent Staff. Walk left from
here to B-3 to confront Argus.
®:Surface B-3
Sub-Boss: Argus
You cannot harm Argus without the Serpent Staff equipped. You can take down
Argus one of two ways. You can stand on the right side of the screen to jump
and fire Shurikens from a safe distance, or rush in and jump-strike with the
Axe. It only takes four hits from the Axe to kill him. Once he is dead, proceed
to A-3.
®:Surface A-3
Treasure: Feather
Defeating Argus unlocked this chest; inside is the Feather which allows you to
double-jump (press jump while jumping).
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| Part IX: The Fish Master [BAH01] |
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Time to finish gathering items in the Spring in the Sky and raid the Inferno
Cavern before taking on the 4th Guardian. Start by warping to Spring in the Sky
B-7. Head up one screen then left to A-6 (where you entered from the Gate of
Guidance. This time, take the elevator up to A-5.
®:Spring in the Sky A-5
Enemies: 6x Bat
Landmarks: Philosopher of Wisdom's Chamber, Oannes Murals
Pots: 10 coins (bottom right)
The Philosopher's Chamber does not do anything now. Continue up to A-4.
®:Spring in the Sky A-4
Enemies: 2x Snout Leaper, 4x Kodama Rat
Treasure: 4th Sacred Orb
Jump off the elevator to break the Birth Seal to the left, unlocking the chest
and creating a ladder. Climb up to open the chest and claim the Sacred Orb.
Warp back to B-7 and head in the direction of Bahamat's Ankh. On the way there,
you will pass through C-5. The chest here is now unlocked (it has been since
you flooded the Temple of the Sun). Open it and claim the Glove, which enables
to push blocks faster. Take the elevator into D-5 up into D-4 and jump across
to break the Birth Seal on the left. This creates a shop which does not sell
anything useful, unless you were able to get a Key Fairy from the fairy point
in D-5.
Now it's time to enter the Inferno Cavern. Warp to the Temple of the Sun and
head to Temple of the Sun A-2 (where you fought Buer). This time, enter the
gateway to the Inferno Cavern.
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/ INFERNO CAVERN \
/---------------------------\
|||||B-1¦C-1|||||E-1|||||||||
|----------------- ---------|
|||||||||||||D-2¦E-2¦F-2¦G-2|
|------------- -------------|
|A-3¦B-3¦C-3¦D-3|||||||||||||
|------------- -------------|
|||||||||C-4¦D-4¦E-4|F-4|||||
|----------------- --- -----|
|||||||||||||D-5¦E-5¦F-5¦G-5|
|------------- -------------|
|||||||||||||D-6|||||||||||||
\---------------------------/
®:Inferno Cavern G-2
Enter/Exit: Temple of the Sun
No treasures and no enemies here. Just deadly lava and flame-spewing jets.
Don't fall into the lava or it will drain your health rapidly. If you fall in,
warp out right away. Carefully hop your way left across the blocks to F-2.
®:Inferno Cavern F-2
Enemies: 2x Flame Rat
Landmarks: Lamia Statue
The Flame Rats here (called Kakoujuu) are best killed with the Axe. The Axe or
the Knife can also extinguish the flames that they drop. The platforms over the
lava here will crumble if you try to walk across them, sending you for a swim
in the lava below. Hop over them and head left to E-2.
®:Inferno Cavern E-2
Enemies: 1x Killer Rock, Lava Balls
Landmarks: Cross of Light
Pots: 10 Earth Spears
The Killer Rock will explode when it gets close to you. Lure it close to you
then leap over it and out of its range, or destroy it with a subweapon before
it gets close enough. Also, rocks will shoot out of the lava pits. Beware. The
Sacred Orb in this room is fake; if you attempt to take it, the platform will
pull down, dropping you into the lava. Climb the ladder here up to E-1.
®:Inferno Cavern E-1
Enemies: 3x Skulleton
Pots: ??? (top) 10 coins (bottom right)
Treasure: Inferno Cavern Map
Enter/Exit: Twin Labyrinths
Kill the Skulletons here first. The treasure chest will open when you anger the
snake statues. You can do this by striking them repeatedly until they start
shooting fire at you. Once they are both angered, the Shell Horn will sound and
you can claim the Map. You can climb into the Twin Labyrinths from here and
access one of its Grail Tablets, but there isn't much else to do other than
wander aimlessly and be killed by trap walls and sub-bosses. Go back down to
E-2 then left to D-2
®:Inferno Cavern D-2
Enemies: 1x Flame Rat, 1x Killer Rock
Go down the ladder on the right to D-3
®:Inferno Cavern D-3
Enemies: 1x Skulleton, 1x Flame Rat
Landmarks: NPC Chamber
Break the Birth Seal here to unveil a path on the left side of the room. Then
continue down to D-4.
®:Inferno Cavern D-4
Enemies: 4x Flame Rat
Pots: 10 coins
Kill enemies and push blocks out of the way until you can reach the upper left
platform here. The wall on the left side of this platform can be destroyed with
your weapon, opening a path to C-4 (does not appear on in-game map).
®:Inferno Cavern C-4
Enemies: 2x Killer Rock
Landmarks: BLOCK PUZZLE
Treasure: Flare Gun sub-weapon
Get the Killer Rocks to blow themselves up. If you don't have the Glove yet,
this block puzzle will take a lot longer. If you mess up the block puzzle, just
leave the room and come back to reset it.
-Push the block on the upper left to the left until it falls off the platform
it is on.
-Get to the block closer to the center of the room and push it left until it
falls; hop down and push it left onto the plate. This will spawn another block
at the top of the room.
-Push the block on the left to the right so that it falls off the platform it
is on to land atop the block you just pushed onto the plate.
-Push the newly-spawned block in the upper left towards the left so that it
falls, then push it all the way to the left onto that plate. This will spawn a
block on the right side of the room.
-Push the new block all the way to the plate on the bottom left of the room,
spawning a new block at the top right.
-There are now two blocks next to each other on a top platform. Push the one on
the left to the left off the top platform, then to the right off the next
platform, then to the left off the next platform, then to the right onto the
plate on the low-center platform.
-Push the other block on the top platform to the left onto the plate there.
-There is one last block on the right now. Push it left until it falls, then
right until it falls again, then right onto the bottom-right plate.
This reveals the Flare Gun. Grab it and return right to D-4. This time take the
bottom right exit to E-4.
®:Inferno Cavern E-4
Enemies: 1x Skulleton, 2x Slime
Landmarks: Inferno Cavern Shop
Pots: 10 Rolling Shuriken (center)
Destroy the pot in the upper left to reveal the shop. You don't need the Space
Capster Software until later, and you'll need the money you have now for other
things very soon, so leave it for now. If you're running low on weights, you
can buy them here. When you're done, take the ladder down to E-5
®:Inferno Cavern E-5
Enemies: 2x Flame Rat, Lava Balls
Pots: 10 coins
Watch out for the Lava Balls. There is also a trap door directly under the pot.
You are so close to reaching the Grail Point; don't fall into lava now. Head
right into F-5.
®:Inferno Cavern F-5
Enemies: 1x Skulleton, 1x Flame Rat, Lava Balls
Pots: ???
Treasure: Additional Text Memory Software (bunplus.exe)
The wall directly left of the ladder can be destroyed to reveal the bunplus.exe
software. The safest way to do it is to climb the ladder and face left to
attack the wall. If you are hit while on the ladder, you will fall straight
down instead of being knocked into the lava (he wrote, seconds before being
knocked into the lava). Once you get the software, climb up into F-4.
®:Inferno Cavern F-4
Enemies: 2x Flame Rat
Landmarks: Inferno Cavern GRAIL POINT
Climb up and read the Grail Tablet. Save if necessary. you can go to the
Surface and heal then warp back here if need be. When you're ready, jump back
down into F-5. When jumping down, make sure to angle left or right so you do
not land in the lava. Head left from F-5 to G-5.
®:Inferno Cavern G-5
Treasure: Ice Cape
There is a dais on a platform that is slightly in lava here. Jump in, place the
weight and jump back out as fast as you can. This spawns a block at the top
left platform. Push it to the right off the edge, then to the right again onto
the plate to unlock the chest. Claim the Ice Cape, which reduces the damage you
take from lava. No more panicked screaming when you fall into lava.
Warp back to the Surface to heal, then return to Inferno Cavern D-2 (the room
where a laser barrier was blocking a tablet). It may be easier to enter from
the Temple of the Sun.
Here is where you need the Grapple Claw. The idea is to grapple onto a wall,
then kick off to the other side to avoid the flame jets. If you get hit, you
will fall down to D-4, forcing you to climb back up to try again. If this is
your first time, it will probably take several tries. The farther down you get,
the faster the flame jets are. If you time it right, you can jump down the
right side into D-3 without having to grapple so that you only have to grapple
your way past the last two jets. If successful, you will arrive at the alcove
on the left side of D-3. If the alcove is there, it's because you didn't break
the Birth Seal. Head left from the alcove into C-3.
®:Inferno Cavern C-3
Enemies: 3x Skulleton
Landmarks: Hidden NPC Chamber
Pots: ??? (bottom) 10 coins (top)
The blocks here are not part of any block puzzle; they're just in your way. You
can push them around as necessary. If you push one into an enemy they will die
instantly. One of the blocks has an NPC chamber hidden behind it. Head left
into B-3.
®:Inferno Cavern B-3
Sub-Boss: Pazuzu
Pots: ???
I hate Pazuzu. He is annoying. He makes rocks fall from the ceiling, then picks
them up and throws them at you. You can dodge them, but it can be tough. Also,
direct contact with Pazuzu hurts a lot. There are three common ways to fight
Pazuzu. One is to use the Axe. There are times you can strike his head when he
is on the left side of the screen or collecting a rock; this requires you to be
in a precise position and hit the attack button at the precise time, and
includes the risk of collision damage. You can try this, but it's hard.
The second strategy is to buy a bunch of Shuriken and throw them at him from a
distance. It can be effective, but it takes a lot of Shuriken.
My preferred strategy is to use the Pistol. Ammunition is very expensive, but
it is worth it in this case. There aren't many sub-bosses that are as annoying
as Pazuzu. The last thing you want to do here is die or have to teleport out
and re-do the shaft of flame jets. Four shots to the head with the Pistol will
do him in; aim carefully, though. Once Pazuzu is dead, the path left to A-3
will open up.
®:Inferno Cavern A-3
Enemies: 2x Killer Rock, 1x Flame Rat
Treasure: Chain Whip
You may want to backtrack and save before attempting this. Get rid of the
enemies first. When you place a weight on either dais here, the column to next
to that dais will rise up toward the ceiling. You must ride that column to the
top and jump off onto the platform at the top of the room before it crushes you
into the ceiling. Placing a weight on the dais on the top platform will open
the sacred box to reveal the Chain Whip. Carefully jump down to grab it. The
Chain Whip is twice as powerful as your first whip and replaces it in the
weapon list, but still less powerful than the Axe.
Note that this puzzle will not reset if you leave the room. If you fall after
reaching the top, you cannot get the Chain Whip. If you fail to get on the
column as it rises, you cannot get the Chain Whip. You will have to reload your
save or wait until much later in the game to reset the puzzle.
Now that you the Ice Cape, you can get another hidden coin chest. Return to
Inferno Cavern F-2. Allow the platform on the left to break and drop you into
the lava. There is a portion of the left wall that you can break with weapons,
allowing you to swim into E-2 and open a new coin chest there.
Warp back to the Surface to heal up if you need it. Now we are ready to face
Bahamut. Warp to the Spring in the Sky and make your way towards his Ankh room
(C-2). When you get to D-5, try to spawn a Weapon Fairy; you can cheat the
fairy spawning system by exiting and re-entering the room if you spawn an
unwanted fairy.
When you reach C-2, jump onto the boat and use the Ankh. Equip the Axe and
Flare Gun; if you have a Weapon Fairy, her flares will help here.
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* Guardian #4: Bahamut *
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Bahamut has three attacks:
-He will jump into the air next to you and fire water breath across the room.
-He will breach the water and try to land on you.
-He will pop his head out from a distance and shoot fireballs along the surface
of the water toward you.
Your best time to strike is when he is charging his water breath attack. Stay
in the center of the room as best you can; when his waves send your boat into
the air, hit him in the head with the axe, then dodge the water breath by
standing right under his mouth. If you're too close when the wave pushes you
up, you'll task collision damage (24 points). You can also use flares from
here, but I recommend saving them (you'll need them).
When Bahamut jumps out of the water towards you, dodge. You can use flares
here, too (that's why I recommend the Weapon Fairy). The Axe is too slow to hit
him without getting hit yourself, but you can score hits with the Whip here if
you switch fast enough.
When Bahamut does his fireball attack, you cannot hurt him. Just try to avoid
the fireballs as best you can, because they do 24 damage with each hit. The
Feather helps.
With enough skill and a little luck, you should be able to take Bahamut down.
If you get frustrated, you can put him off until later, after you've explored
the Chamber of Extinction and Graveyard of the Giants.
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| Part X: Let the Light Burn Here (COE01) |
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After defeating Bahamut, the river will deposit you at Surface L-1
®:Surface L-1
Enemies: 1x Condor
From here, drop down two screens to L-3.
®:Surface L-3
Enemies: 1x Condor, 5x Bat (hidden)
Treasure: Surface's Sacred Orb
The boat has landed here. Standing on the right side of the boat facing right
and double-jumping will allow you strike a vulnerable part of the wall with the
Axe or Chain Whip. A few good hits will destroy the wall, revealing the chest
containing a Sacred Orb. There is a way to get this before fighting Bahamut,
but it's much harder and generally not necessary. Striking the bottom part of
the wall to the right will reveal a horde of bats. Don't reveal a horde of
bats. Head left to Surface K-3
®:Surface K-3
Enemies: 1x Condor
Enter/Exit: Tower of the Goddess (sealed for now)
Try to climb the ladder without being hit by the Condor. Or kill the Condor
before climbing the ladder; up to K-2.
®:Surface K-2
Enemies: 1x Condor
Treasure: Mekuri Master software (mekuri.exe)
Partway up the lower ladder, turn to the left and hit the wall (kill the Condor
first). The wall will shatter revealing a tent. Climb up to the platform and
move to the right edge. Jump straight up, then angle to the right around the
platform and back left to land where the tent is. Enter the tent to receive the
Mekuri Master software. You could have gotten this earlier (technically you can
get it as soon as you have the Hermes Boots), but it's only worth it if you're
really having a hard time with Bahamut and have its matching software.
Warp back to Surface G-4, head to left to G-3 and the PC Shop. Buy the new
Mobile Super X2 Laptop for 250 coins. If the Mobile Super X2 is not there, then
you have not defeated all of the first four Guardians. I also recommend going
to the shop in Temple of the Sun E-5 (where you got the Heatproof Case) to buy
some extra ammo for the Flare Gun. You might need it where we're going next.
Go back to Temple of the Sun G-4 and take the lower gate into the Chamber of
Extinction. "but it's dark," you say. Yes it's dark, but now that you have the
Flare Gun, you can light it and take a look around at this hellhole.
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/ CHAMBER OF EXTINCTION \
/-----------------------------------\
|||||||||C-1¦D-1¦E-1¦F-1|||||||||||||
|-----------------------------------|
|A-2¦B-2|||||||||||||||||G-2¦H-2|||||
|----- ----------------------- -----|
|||||B-3¦C-3|||||||||||||||||H-3¦I-3|
|--------- -------------------------|
|||||||||C-4¦D-4¦E-4¦F-4|||||||||||||
|----------------- --- -------------|
||||||||||||||||¦I-5|F-5¦G-5¦H-5¦I-5|
\-----------------------------------/
®:Chamber of Extinction A-2
Enemies: 2x Naga, 2x Bat
Enter/Exit: Temple of the Sun
Upon entering, climb down the ladder and walk right to the tablet. Stand here
and fire the Flare Gun; this will strike the lantern above you and temporarily
illuminate the field. Move right to reach B-2
®:Chamber of Extinction B-2
Enemies: 2x Bat
Climb down the ladder to B-3
®:Chamber of Extinction B-3
Enemies: 2x Bat, 2x Skeleton, 1x Naga
Landmarks: Nebra Statue
Pots: 10 coins (right)
Treasure: Chamber of Extinction Map
Get to the bottom of this room, then walk left into the spikes to place a
weight there to unlock the chest. Take the ladders or double-jump your way up
to the chest to grab the Map. Now wait for the lights to go out; jump and fire
the Flare Gun to re-light the lantern, then proceed through the one-way door to
the bottom right exit to C-3.
®:Chamber of Extinction C-3
Enemies: 2x Garuda, 2x Blob
Treasure: 6th Sacred Orb
Landmarks: Cross of Light
You cannot get the Sacred Orb yet, so head down the ladder here to C-4.
®:Chamber of Extinction C-4
Sub-Boss: Centimani
Enemies( (after defeating sub-boss): 2x Naga, 1x Skulleton
Treasure: Chakram sub-weapon
Centimani will appear as soon as you reach the bottom of the ladder. It will
move towards you, dealing collison damage. You should be able to just overpower
it with the Axe or Knife. It does 20 damage each time it hits you but you
should be able to kill it while only being hit about five times. If you have
over 100 health, you will live. Once it is dead, claim the Chakram. Wait for
the lights to go out and re-light the lantern in the upper left area of the
room. Head to the bottom right exit into D-4
®:Chamber of Extinction D-4
Enemies: 2x Bat, 2x Skulleton
Landmarks: Mural Depicting the Power of Words
®:Chamber of Extinction E-4
Enemies: 3x Naga, 2x Hedge, 1x Mandrake
Landmarks: Best Coin-Grinding location in the game
This is the best coin-grinding spot in the game. The bricks in the upper-right
respawn when you leave and return to this room, making them a great source to
load up when you have an Item Fairy with you. They contain 10 coins each now,
even without an Item Fairy. Re-light the lamp here once it goes dark, and take
the lower-right path to F-4.
®:Chamber of Extinction F-4
Enemies: 3x Garuda
Treasure: Life Seal
Landmarks: NPC Chamber
You'll be back for the treasure later. For now, climb down the ladder. to F-5.
®:Chamber of Extinction F-5
Enemies: 1x Mandrake, 1x Masked Men, 1x Skilleton
Landmarks: Chamber of Extinction GRAIL POINT
Read the Grail Tablet here and save. Head right into G-5.
®:Chamber of Extinction G-5
Enemies: 3x Naga
Continue right to H-5.
®:Chamber of Extinction H-5
Enemies: 2x Naga, Blob
Enter/Exit: Shrine of the Mother
You can't do anything in the Shrine of the Mother yet. Jump into the pool of
water here. You may have to re-light the lantern soon. Blocks on the right and
left side of the pool's surface are breakable; the right side yields 10 coins;
the left side is the path to unlocking the treasure chest in F-4.
Break the left wall of the pool and jump onto the alcove created. JUMP to the
left to fall down a bit and land in G-5 (if you fall straight down, you will
have to start over). From where you are in G-5, move to the left a bit, then
jump up and left. Jump to the left from here and continue left; you will fall
down a bit. Walk to the left, dropping down until you cannot go any further
left. Double-jump straight up then angle to the left to get back up high. You
need to continue left, but there are two drops here which will force you to
start over. Use Rolling Shurikens to find where they are, then jump over them
to the left to reach F-5.
Drop down to the left and walk to where the one-way door is. Before passing
through it, jump up to break the Birth Seal (this opens the chest in F-4). You
can walk back to the Grail Tablet or warp there now. Re-light the lantern above
the Grail Point and catch the elevator platform up to F-4. Jump over to the
chest to grab the Life Seal. From F-4, exit left to E-4. Head left through E-4
and take the left exit (not the bottom-left exit down the ladder) into D-4. Go
left through here to C-4. Jump left and climb the ladder to C-3.
Make your way to the top of D-3 and double-jump over the spikes and land on the
floor switch at the top-right of of the room. Head over to the top-left part of
the room where the now-unlocked chest is to grab the Sacred Orb.
If you go back to H-5 and head right, you will reach I-5.
®:Chamber of Extinction I-5
Enemies: 3x Naga, Blob
Landmarks: Fairy Point
There is a fairy point here. Some of the blocks on the bottom of the room are
breakable and give coins. The ladder in this room connects to E-3 for some
reason.
You're done here for now. Warp back to the Surface grail point. On your way to
the Feather earlier, you may have noticed a Life Seal in Surface D-3. Now is a
good time to break that seal, revealing a coin chest containing 80 coins. Heal
up, save and stock up on weights. Time to take on the Graveyard.
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| Part XI: Ice Is Slippery. It Can't Be Helped [GRV01] |
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Start by warping to the Grail Point in the Gate of Guidance D-2. One screen to
the right in E-2 is the treasure chest that has taunted you since the beginning
of the game. Now we can open it. Break the Life Seal in this room and the
ceiling above will slowly pull up. Use the Flare Gun to light the three lamps
revealed. Lighting the lamps unlocks the chest containing the Crucifix. With
the Crucifix the Soul enemies can no longer harm you; they will explode when
the get close to you.
Make sure you have at least 360 coins and go to the Fairy Point in Spring in
the Sky D-5. What you need to do now is activate the Fairy Point and determine
what kind of fairy it is. We want a Key Fairy (four stars spinning in a
counter-clockwise square). If the star pattern is anything else, jump back to
C-5 before the animation completes, then return to D-5 and try again. Once you
get the Key Fairy. Ride the elevator up to D-4 and jump off onto the platform
to the left. The Key Fairy will fly over to the shop and cause an explosion.
Once this happens, jump back over to the shop and enter it; its wares have
changed. Buy the Guild (guild.exe) and Rose & Camellia (randc.exe) software.
Running randc.exe and mekuri.exe at the same time will increase the damage
dealt by your Axe and Knife. That will be a big help right now.
Warp to the Mausoleum of the Giants E-3. Go one screen left to D-3 and a door
will reveal itself on the left side of the room. It appears once you obtain the
Bronze Mirror and defeat Sakit, so you could have gone much earlier. Enter the
door to access the Graveyard of the Giants C-3.
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/ GRAVEYARD OF THE GIANTS \
/---------------------------\
|A-1¦B-1¦C-1|||||||||||||||||
|- --- --- -----------------|
|A-2¦B-2|C-2¦D-2|||||||||||||
|--------- --- -------------|
|||||||||C-3¦D-3|E-3|F-3|||||
|------------- --- --- -----|
|||||||||||||D-4¦E-4¦F-4¦G-4|
|------------- --- ---------|
|||||B-5¦C-5¦D-5|E-5|||||||||
|------------- -------------|
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\---------------------------/
®:Graveyard of the Giants C-3
Enemies: Keseran x4
Pots: ??? (far left) 10 coins (left of giant's foot) 10 coins (giant's
shoulder), 10 coins (giant's buttocks) 10 coins (giant's knee)
Enter/Exit: Mausoleum of the Giants
Take the exit to the right to access D-3
®:Graveyard of the Giants D-3
Enemies: 2x Backside Bat, 1x Cailleach
Treasure: Graveyard of the Giants Map
Place a weight on the dais in the lower-left corner, then return to C-3. Place
a weight on the dais up top and climb the ladder up to C-2.
®:Graveyard of the Giants C-2
Enemies: 2x Killer Rock, 1x Bai Ze
Walk immediately right to D-2
®:Graveyard of the Giants D-2
Enemies: 3x Keseran, 3x Backside Bat
Landmarks: Graveyard of the Giants GRAIL POINT
Pots: 15 coins
Enter/Exit: Tower of the Goddess shortcut to Temple of Moonlight
You cannot access the Grail Point or field gate yet. Place a weight on the dais
to your right to make the ice block drop. Follow it down to D-3, where you can
now access the chest containing the Map. Circle back around through C-3 to
return to C-2, where you can climb two ladders up to C-1. Take the left ladder
up.
®:Graveyard of the Giants C-1
Enemies: 3x Backside Bat
Pots: ??? (bottom) ??? top
Landmarks: Two Ice Blocks
Treasure: Hidden coin chest containing
DO NOT place a weight on the dais up top. If you do, the path to the Grail
Point will be permanently blocked off and you will be unable to complete the
game. Jump over the ice block to the right and walk past the dais on the
bottom. Jump through a false wall on the right to drop down to C-2 and then
walk right into D-2. Place a weight here to remove the wall and gain access to
the Grail. Read it and save, then warp back to the Mausoleum of the Giants and
re-enter the Graveyard through the backside door.
(If you are playing the PC version, the secret passage to the Grail Point is
beneath the dais, accessed via the right ladder from C-2.)
When you get back to C-1, you can now safely place a weight on the top dais
(FIRST MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE GRAIL TABLET. NOT JUST
SAVED, BUT READ IT USING THE HAND SCANNER). Once you place the weight, the
block will drop down so you can walk across the top. Get to the upper right and
destroy the wall to reveal a coin chest with 25 coins in it. Take the lower
left exit from here into B-1.
®:Graveyard of the Giants B-1
Enemies: 1x Cailleach, 2x Di Jiang
Enter/Exit: Sealed for now
When you enter B-1, start stabbing the ground beneath your feet with the Knife.
This will break the ground enabling you to reach B-2.
®:Graveyard of the Giants B-2
Enemies: 2x Toujin
Pots: ??? (left) ??? (right)
Treasure: Silver Shield sub-weapon
Entering this room from above will reveal the Silver Shield. Grab it and equip
it right away, it will become your best friend. It can block many projectiles,
including the fireballs of the Toujin in this room. Place a weight on the dais
at the bottom and walk into A-2.
®:Graveyard of the Giants A-2
Enemies: 3x Di Jiang
Landmarks: Hot Spring
Pots: 10 coins
Be careful with the Di Jiang; they are slow and have no real attacks, but they
take several hits to kill, deal 14 points of collision damage and are easy to
bump into on the slippery ice.
Jumping into the Hot Spring right away will reduce your life. You need to knock
the ice platform right above it down with a weapon to cool it off. Then it
becomes a healing Hot Spring; you can heal up here now. Take the ladder in the
upper left corner up to A-1.
®:Graveyard of the Giants A-1
Enemies: 4x Keseran
Landmarks: Graveyard of the Giants Shop
Pots: ??? (left) ??? (right)
Take the lower right path back to B-1; continue through to C-1, then climb the
ladder to take the upper-left path back to B-1. Destroy the pot and the ice
chunk holding the ice block up top in place. Once it drops down, push the block
here to the left onto the plate. This will create a ladder to a new area but it
seems sealed off for now... weird. Warp back to the Mausoleum of the Giants and
re-enter the Graveyard of the Giants. Head right into D-3 and jump down. You
will fall through D-4 and land in D-5.
®:Graveyard of the Giants D-5
Enemies: 3x Backside Bat
Pots: 10 coins (right)
Go down to D-6.
®:Graveyard of the Giants D-6
Enemies: 2x Keseran, 1x Cailleach
Placing a weight on the dais in this room spawns a Toujin. You can never open
the treasure chest. Go to the Giant in the lower left part of this room and hit
it in the eye until the eye is destroyed. Take the upper left ladder to D-5,
then exit left to C-5.
®:Graveyard of the Giants C-5
Enemies: 2x Di Jiang
Landmarks: Block Puzzle
The plate in the bottom right of this room is a decoy. If you stand on it for a
few seconds, it will break. Push the block on the bottom platform off to the
left; then push the block above it down to the left as well. Get up to the top
of the room and push the block there down to the right. Follow it down, then
push it to the left so that it disrupts the energy barrier. Place a weight on
the dais and take the top-right path to D-5.
Climb up the ladder here to D-4.
®:Graveyard of the Giants D-4
Enemies: 2x Soul
Treasure: Gauntlet
You will not be able to access the chest if you have not solved the block
puzzle in C-5. Double jump as high up the left wall as you can, then grapple to
it and kick off to the break the Life Seal, unlocking the chest. Double-jump
and grapple again to get to the chest containing the Gauntlet. The Gauntlet
makes you main weapon attacks faster. Place a weight on the dais at the bottom
and head back down to D-5, then go two screens left to B-5.
®:Graveyard of the Giants B-5
Enemies: 3x Keseran
Treasure: Future Development Company software (mirai.exe)
Pots: 10 coins
Be careful not to strike the ice block around the treasure chest, or you will
be hit with lightning. Double-jump from the giant's knee to reach the dais
inside the center ice block. Place a weight here to open the chest, and pick up
mirai.exe; running mirai.exe on your MSX2 allows you to warp to the grail
tablets you've read in backside fields (Temple of Moonlight, Graveyard of
Giants for now). Head through the gate to the left to enter a new area.
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| Part XII: Give Us Mercy [RUI01] |
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/ TOWER OF RUIN \
/---------------------------\
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|--------------------- -----|
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|------------- -------------|
|A-3¦B-3¦C-3¦D-3|||||||||||||
|------------- -------------|
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|------------- --- --- -----|
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|------------- -------------|
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\---------------------------/
®:Tower of Ruin G-5
Enemies: 1x Skilleton,
Pots: ??? (right) 10 coins (top)
Treasure: 5th Sacred Orb
Enemies aren't the threat in this area; the lava bursts and crushers are. Wait
until the crusher in the lower right drops down, then place weight on the dais
that appears and get away before being crushed. This unlocks the chest
containing a new Sacred Orb. Head left into F-5.
®:Tower of Ruin F-5
Enemies: 1x Salamander
Landmarks: NPC Chamber
DO NOT jump onto the center platform right away, as a crusher will come down
and kill you. Your safest path here it to swim through the lava; two screens to
the left you will arrive in D-5.
®:Tower of Ruin D-5
Enemies: 3x Slime
Pots: 10 coins (top left)
Do not strike the column in the middle of the screen or you will get zapped.
Jump up to the top of the screen and take a ladder up to D-4.
®:Tower of Ruin D-4
Sub-Boss: Thunderbird
Enemies: 2x Salamander
Pots: 1 weight
Kill the Salamanders with the Axe and get to a center platform. Try to strike
the Thunderbird before he charges up his lightning power. When he is charged,
you cannot harm him. The Silver Shield can block his lightning bolts. When his
lightning goes away, try to get some more hits in. It doesn't take too many Axe
hits to kill him. Once he dies, the path to C-4 opens up.
®:Tower of Ruin C-4
Enemies: 1x Black Dog, Sky Fish
Landmarks: La-Mulanese Tablet #1
Pots: ???
Don't break the pots right away, use them to get up to the top of the room. You
may be hit by invisible enemies here. Don't panic; you can't do anything about
it year. Read the tablet up top to partially translate the La-Mulanese
language. Climb the ladder up to C-3.
®:Tower of Ruin C-3
Enemies: 3x Skulleton, 1x Skilleton
Pots: ??? (bottom) ??? (middle)
Landmarks: Tower of Ruin Shop (hidden)
Head right to D-3.
®:Tower of Ruin D-3
Enemies: 3x Backside Bat, 1x Black Dog
Pots: ??? (bottom) 10 Earth Spears (middle) ??? (top)
Climb up the ladder to D-2.
®:Tower of Ruin D-2
Enemies: 2x Salamander
Pots: ??? (bottom) ??? (middle) ??? (top)
Landmarks: Tower of Ruin GRAIL POINT, Rusalki
Finally!!! Read the Grail Tablet and Save. Ignore the enemies; you can't get
there now. Head back down to D-3.
In D-3, break the floor directly above the dais on the bottom. Drop down and
place a weight. Go back to C-3 and the ceiling will lift up, revealing the
hidden shop. You don't NEED to buy anything here now, just remember that it's
here. Go back to the right into D-3. Carefully drop down past the crusher into
D-4, then proceed right into E-4.
®:Tower of Ruin E-4
Enemies: 1x Black Dog, 2x Skulleton
Pots: ??? (top left) ??? (right)
Head across to the lower right; you can break the wall here and walk into F-4.
®:Tower of Ruin F-4
Enemies: 1x Skulleton, 2x Skilleton
Landmarks: Mu Puzzle
Pots: ??? (right)
Treasure: Ankh Jewel
The clue to solving this was in the Graveyard of the Giants. Break the middle
block on the left and the top block on the right to unlock the chest containing
the Ankh Jewel. If you break the wrong block, the floors will open up,
potentially dropping you down to F-5. You will have to leave the Tower of Ruin
to reset the puzzle. Once you have the Ankh Jewel, go left back to E-4.
Jump down the shaft, angling to the left and you will pass through the hidden
wall into wear that Skulleton is. Stand on top of the crusher here to place a
weight on the dais. Then drop down, walk past the bottom crusher and drop down
to E-5.
®:Tower of Ruin E-5
Enemies: 1x Skulleton, Lava Balls
Pots: 10 coins (left)
Treasure: Earth Spear subweapon
You swam through here earlier. Placing the weight on the dais in E-4 unlocked
the sacred box, allowing you to grab the Earth Spears. Earth Spears are thrown
directly below you. Once you have them, take the ladder down and go back left
to D-5.
Stand above the gargoyle statue in D-5, throw Earth Spears at it to make it
lower. Now you can push the column in the center of the room out of the way and
climb down to E-6.
®:Tower of Ruin E-6
Enemies: 2x Slime, Lava Balls
Enter/Exit: Inferno Cavern
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Bahamut and collected the Bronze Mirror. Enter the door and you will emerge in
the Inferno Cavern D-5.
®:Inferno Cavern D-5
Enemies: 2x Slime
Enter/Exit: Tower of Ruin
You'll see a dais being lifted up in the background. Jump down and place a
weight on the dais in the lava to the right; this will open a path to E-5.
Start heading up towards D-2; in D-4 you will see that there is now a dais in
the lava pit to the right. The only way to reach it is to drop down the lava in
D-2 through D-3 to D-4. Do that and place the weight; this enables you to go
fight Viy, the Guardian of the Inferno Cavern. Before doing this, absolutely go
to the Surface and recover at the Hot Springs.
Before fighting Viy, you may want to buy more Caltrops if you have the money to
do so. The best place to buy them is in the Endless Corridor Shop, which is
found by breaking the Origin Seal in C-1 (two screens to the right of the Grail
Point.
After healing up, warp back to Inferno Cavern F-4. Drop down a room then go
left two screens to return to D-5. Now climb down the ladder D-6.
®:Inferno Cavern D-6 - GUARDIAN ROOM
Enter: Chamber of Extinction (after Viy is defeated)
Use the Ankh Jewel on the Ankh and Viy will appear.
********************
* Guardian #5: Viy *
********************
Viy won't do anything yet, though. I recommend equipping the Axe, Caltrops, and
the randc/mekuri software combo. When you are ready, whack the tentacles
(actually his eyelashes) with the Axe and the fight will begin in earnest.
Pink demons will fly in from the corner to pry open Viy's eye. Once Viy's eye
is open, he will either extend his eyestalk into the center of the room or fire
his laser. While Viy's eye is open, the room will begin scrolling, so you will
have to jump between platforms to keep up.
If he extends his eyestalk, some fireballs will fountain out as well. You can
destroy these with your weapon. After extending his eyestalk, Viy will fire a
small laser at you; this does 24 damage.
Touching Viy's skin will drain your health rapidly. There is no mercy
invincibility or any way to counteract this. Try to not land on Viy's skin, and
if you do, jump away as fast as you can.
If his eye is extended and the center platforms are intact, You can hit him
with the Axe. Viy's first attack is always and eyestalk extension. If you can
get in 4 or 5 hits with the Axe now, you will be very close to killing him.
If the platforms are destroyed when Viy's eyestalk extends, you can use
Shurikens, Pistol or Chakram at it, or double-jump over it and throw an Earth
Spear down into his eye.
Being hit by Viy's eye laser will do 90 damage. It also destroys the pink
demons, his eyelashes, your subweapons and part of the platforms in the center
of the room. Do not get hit by Viy's eye laser. If the center platforms are
intact, you can toss some Caltrops into Viy's eye then run away before the
laser fires.
Viy's tentacles will re-spawn after a while. You should retract them with the
Axe as soon as possible. Even though the tentacles only do 1 damage, they can
knock you into Viy's body, which is bad news.
Another strategy involves jumping across the room once Viy's eye opens, before
he fires his laser or extends his eyestalk, and throwing an Earth Spear into
the eye. This is risky, as the pink demons can hit you and knock you into Viy's
body.
When Viy's health gets low, he will start angling his laser towards you
diagonally. This can actually help you, as the platforms on the opposite side
of the room will be more intact, making it easier to use Caltrops or the Axe.
Viy will also chain his attacks when his health is low. He can fire up to three
lasers in a row, or extend his eyestalk after the laser. He will also fire two
small lasers when he extends his eyestalk instead of one.
Eventually, you will win this battle. You might finish it quickly on your first
try; or after two hours of constantly dying (like my first time through the
game). Once Viy is vanquished, the only way out is down. This drops you into a
new area of the Chamber of Extinction. You can't do anything here yet; warp out
and save somewhere.
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| Part XIII: Player-Conscious Developers [GOT01] |
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Warp to the Spring in the Sky and return to the Fairy Point in D-5. Spawn a Key
Fairy using the technique described in Part XI. Once you have the Key Fairy,
warp to the Chamber of Extinction. Light the lantern among the Grail Tablet and
go to the right into G-5. The Fairy will hover near the lantern here and soon
reveal a path into a new area. Head on in!
®:Gate of Time D-11
Enemies: 2x MSX Tog Head
This is the Gate of Time, a bonus area that reflects the appearance of the
original La-Mulana, released in 2005. The graphics are intended to emulate
those of the MSX computer gaming system which was more popular in Japan than it
was in the United States. The tablets here are quite colorful. You can read
them as you progress through here, for fun!
You could have unlocked this area at any time once you gained access to the
Chamber of Extinction and Fairy Points, but the benefits are scarce. None of
the pots here drop treasure, there is no map or usable grail point. Also, you
cannot walk through spikes here; approaching spikes from the side hurts you.
Take the elevator platforum up.
®:Gate of Time D-10
Enemies: 2x MSX Tog Head, 2x MSX Ghost
You can go to the right from here, but it is optional.
®:Gate of Time E-10
Enemies: 1x MSX Rock Hand, 2x MSX Ghost
You can go to the right from here.
®:Gate of Time F-10
Enemies: 1x MSX Rock Hand, 2x MSX Ghost
You can go to the right from here.
®:Gate of Time G-10
Enemies: 1x MSX Rock Hand, 2x MSX Ghost
Exit: Tower of the Goddess (One-way) Ladder
You can access the Tower of the Goddess by destroying the floor on the lower
right side of the room (where the ladder to the Twin Labyrinths is in the main
game), but it's dark and it's a one-way trip. You can stumble around to turn
the lights on but it's not worth the effort. Head back to D-10 and take the
ladder up to D-9.
®:Gate of Time D-9
Enemies: 3x MSX Nozuchi
You can't go right from here. You have to double-jump up then take the top-left
route to C-9.
®:Gate of Time C-9
Enemies: 1x MSX Rock Hand
Take the ladder up to C-8.
®:Gate of Time C-8
Enemies: 2x MSX Tog Head, 3x MSX Skeleton
Take the ladder up to C-7. Note that the trap door down to C-9 is still here on
the bottom platform
®:Gate of Time C-7
Enemies: 3x MSX Bat, 2x MSX Tog Head
Head left to B-7.
®:Gate of Time B-7
Enemies: 2x MSX Skeleton, 2x MSX Tog Head
You can't place a weight on the dais here. Head left to A-7
®:Gate of Time A-7
Enemies: 3x MSX Nozuchi
Climb the upper-left ladder to the Gate of Guidance tribute area (still the
Gate of Time).
®:Gate of Time A-6
Enemies: 3x MSX Kodama Rat
Go right to B-6; take the path second from the top.
®:Gate of Time B-6
Enemies: 3x MSX Kodama Rat
Climb the ladder up to B-5.
®:Gate of Time B-5
Enemies: 3x MSX Bat, 2x MSX Tog Head
Wait for the elevator platform to come down, then ride it up to B-4, or climb
the ladder to B-4.
®:Gate of Time B-4
Enemies: 3x MSX Bat, 2x MSX Tog Head
No ladders here; no alternate routes either. Take the elevator platform up to
B-3.
®:Gate of Time B-3
Enemies: 4x MSX Bat
You can either go right, or climb up and take the invisible bridge at the top
right. They both go to C-3.
®:Gate of Time C-3
Enemies: 3x MSX Antlion
Go right to D-3
®:Gate of Time D-3
Enemies: 3x MSX Antlion
Climb the ladder up to D-2.
®:Gate of Time D-2
Enemies: 2x MSX Skeleton
You cannot go right, you cannot save at the Grail Point. Climb up to D-1.
®:Gate of Time D-1
Enemies: 2x MSX Bat
No Sacred Orb here, sorry. Go left to C-1.
®:Gate of Time C-1
Enemies: 1x MSX Skeleton
Head out the door to B-1.
®:Gate of Time B-1
Treasure: La-Mulana software (lamulana.exe)
You're now in an area resembling the Surface of the original La-Mulana.
Autobots, Roll Out! Climb halfway up the ladder here and start attacking the
wall to your left. It will break, revealing a chest. Climb down to the bottom
of the ladder, then jump up to reach the chest containing lamulana.exe! Head
left to A-1.
®:Gate of Time A-1
Landmarks: Elder Xelpud's MSX tent.
You can only enter Xelpud's tent here. Once you exit it, it will close
permanently. Have fun whipping the 8-bit villagers if you want; when you're
done, warp back to the Surface to heal.
Warp to the Spring in the Sky and return to the Fairy Point there. This time we
want to spawn an Item Fairy; the Item Fairy animation is four stars: two of
them in a counter-clockwise square, two in a clockwise circle. Soon as the
fairy spawns, warp to the Chamber of Extinction. Climb up the ladder to the
right of the Grail point. This will put you in E-4. Make your way to the top
right of the room where the destructible blocks are.
Destroy the blocks and collect the coins they yield; then go right into the top
left corner of F-4; immediately turn back round into E-4. The blocks will have
respawned; destroy them and collect the treasure again. The best weapon for
this is the Axe. Repeat this until the fairy disappears. On this attempt, I
started the process with 240 coins and had 623 when the fairy disappeared. Not
bad, eh? It gets better later!
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| Part XIV: The Fool Will Never Find His Way [ILL01] |
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First, make sure you have a lot of weights. 30 is good; 40 is better. Make sure
you have at least one Shuriken.
Warp to the Temple if Moonlight; go right from the Grail Room to C-2. There
should be four daises in the main part of the room now. If there are not, it's
because you failed to scan one of the four landmarks involved in the Eden
puzzle. They are the Face in A-1, the Michael Jackson mural in E-4, the place
where the Four Hands meet in C-4 and the dais that triggers the Phenomenal Trap
in C-6.
If all four daises are there, place weights on them in this order: Top Left,
Top Right, Bottom Right, Middle Right. If you do it in the wrong order, you
will have to leave and return; if one of those damn bats knocks you down to
C-3, you'll have to start over. Once all four weights are placed, the treasure
chest will unlock. It contains the Fruit of Eden. Head to A-1.
Kill all the bats in A-1. From the center bottom of the room, double-jump and
cling to the wall on the right, across from the oddly-colored spikes. Quickly
release the wall by turning left, and fire a shuriken into the spikes, landing
on the platform below without falling into A-2. This reveals a coin chest
containing 100 COINS. If you fall or get knocked into A-2, you'll have to work
your way back here (wasting two weights in the process). Once this is done,
climb the ladder out of this room and into Eden.
®:Eden A-1
Landmarks: Tree of Eden
With the Fruit of Eden, a dais appears here that did not exist before. Turn
your volume way up, then place a weight on the dais.
