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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Walkthrough Version 1 by Joey & Brian Gray Introduction: Since Soul Reaver is one of those games that is mind numbingly huge, we thought it would be nice to write up a walkthrough for those who may get stuck here and there and anyone else who needs help. This is my first walkthrough I have written up for a game so I'm sure there are things that I could have done better. It is my sincerest hope that this guide helps anyone who reads it. Sources: References from Christopher Patrick Bruno's Soul Reaver Walk Through >From Crystal Dynamics Revision History: August 18, 1999- First version written in approximately four days. Provisions of Use: This walkthrough is c1999 Katastrophe Publishing. This walkthrough may be freely distributed to anyone in the original form. You can find a rich document with pictures at our website If you find any major errors (wrong directions etc.) please inform me at toenail@psxnation.com to get those bugs worked out. Please don't send email about bad grammar, spelling etc. This walkthrough was written quick and dirty to have it done by the day Soul Reaver hits stores. To Do List: 1. Secrets back in Malchia's clan area need to be added. 2. Need to list ALL of the warp gates. 3. Re-structure for easier reading Warnings: This walkthrough contains many spoilers so don't complain if you read on. Index: 1. Beginning of the game (Underworld) a. tutorial 2. Off to Raziel's stomping grounds a. simple puzzle b. learn of warp gates c. intro to Malchia clan d. spiral staircase First Boss Malchia 3. Force Glyph 4. Kain first encounter (Pillars of Nosgoth) Second Boss Kain 5. Search for Zephon (Silenced Cathedral) a. climb the silos b. find the entrance d. power the air shaft e. breaking crystals f. room o' three pipes Third Boss Zephon 6. Stone Glyph 7. Tomb of Serafan Sleeping Priests Fourth Boss Morlock 8. Sound Glyph 9. Drowning Abbey Fifth Boss Rahab Special Weapon get the fire reaver 10. Mad Glyph search 11. Your brother Dumah (Ash Village) a. furnace room b. find the Oracle Caves Sixth Boss Dumah 12. Kain's scent (Oracle Caves) a. letter puzzle b. pretty colored prisms c. clock on floor Final Boss Kain 13. Game over Beginning of the game 1. In the very beginning of the game you will be treated to a basic walkthrough of Raziel's abilities etc. so you shouldn't have much trouble here. You will learn of the differences between the spectral and material world and learn that in Soul Reaver, you can't die. This is the Underworld. tip: the beginning of the game has a small square platform outlined with green glowing fire which will give you tips about your next objective in the game. If you get lost remember to return here to find out what you are doing. a. As you progress through the mini tutorial you will also be taught on the ways of the portals. The portals are a way of moving through the game in a very quick fashion and are similar to the bat beacons of Blood Omen. This first portal will open a way for you to return at any time back to the very beginning of the game. Unlike the other portals, this portal is not represented by a symbol be sure to remember where this green portal takes you. Off to Raziel's stomping grounds 2. After you learn about all of the game's functions and Raziels abilities your next journey is to the old stomping grounds of Raziel himself. The game will clue you (see tip 1) as to where you should head next. weapons: Along the path to the Abyss, you will pass by a large Cathedral like castle with many flags waving above. You can snag your first weapon from the walls of this Cathedral. It is a large spear like ornament on the left side of the giant door. Hold onto this weapon as it will be a short while until you can grab another. We suggest you follow the path all the way to the old wooden bridge spanning across the the Abyss Cliffs. Assuming you are now atop the first pillar across the wooden bridge, you should look westward to find your way. Using the high jump along with Raziel's gliding ability, maneuver yourself across to the cliff to the left of the wooden bridge. This will lead you to Raziel's clan territory. a. Once inside the westward cave travel forward until you should travel until you reach the wide open territory of Raziel's Clan Castle Courtyard. Here you will be presented with one of the game's first puzzles and an easy one at that. puzzle: A large gate will be blocking any further progress and two fledgling vampires will be pestering you as you ponder your way through the gate. If you were clever enough to hold onto the spear you tore from the walls of the Cathedral you should use this to impale then engulf the souls of the poor bastards standing in your way. As you would expect this will trigger an event. b. Now that you have solved the simple puzzle that was impairing your journey you should now come to the difficult task of choosing your direction. You should encounter a large flame in the center of the screen flanked by two doors, one on the right being a brown door with a circular green ornament and the other being a plain door. Now both doors need exploring, we suggest trying the door to the right first. This door will become a familiar theme throughout the game. These doors mark the entry to a portal. Go inside the portal room and step on the design on the floor next to the portal to activate it. You now can at any time return here. Here being west of the Abyss Cliffs and inside the courtyard of Raziel's Clan Castle. c. Now that you have enabled the portal and hopefully saved your game (Soul Reaver has the nice ability to save at any point) you should head through the normal door to the left of the flame. Through this passage way you should continue your journey until you reach a small metal gate door. weapons: Just inside the metal gate door and to the right of the large bonfire there is a bat headed staff waiting for your handy work. If you like, grab this staff and dispose of the basic spear. Continue on your merry way going right from the metal gate and follow the path until you arrive at a large pillar emerging from the center of last room inside this path. There will be some enemies to contend with here so if you are low on energy head on up the spiraling stairway that crawls up the center pillar. At the top of the pillar there will be a knob in the center of the room (which will serve purpose later in the game) as well as a switch on the wall. You are now in what looks to be a dead end. So do as you must and flip the switch which will, low and behold open a new path for your travelling. What will happen is a drawbridge will drop to the left of the switch. Head up the new path and down a set of stairs which will take you to one of the best views in the game. You are up high enough to see for miles, all kidding aside it does look pretty cool from up there doesn't it. Well enough gawking and drop down this mighty high perch and head up the ramp along the right side of the wall. Atop the ramp you will get to see a cut scene which will clue you in on your next action. Hop down again from this archway and get your gloves on because there will be two zombie like vampires just itching to send you back to your maker. Douse out a few drops of whoop-ass on these beasts and then head through the gate along the right (right side from where you dropped down from) wall. After passing through this green gate kill the annoying archer enemy and climb the short cliff ahead. You will then see the introduction to the Malchia Clan. From here, keep going along passing by the clan's graveyard. You may have to face a vampire here but he should be no trouble if you have a weapon. weapons: Close by the tombstones and slightly in the darkness against the left wall, look for a new staff. The staff will have a new head that resembles Egyptian design. We call it the cursed pharaoh staff. From here, climb up to the right and enter a tall cave like room. Inside you should find a large box. If the past was any indication of what to do, do your thing and move this massive object against the opposite side of the room. The added height of this block will allow you to jump to a ledge above. Once you are atop this ledge, you will see another cutscene about Malchia. You should be close by a smaller graveyard that is decorated with 2 half circle, spiked ornaments. There isn't much to see here so keep moving and head into the room above using either of the two ramps by the fire. Once in this room you will encounter two zombie vampires which you should slay. After extinguishing those menaces, look for a metal gate door to the left of the sunlight. Head in this door and down a long spiral staircase. d. After following the spiral staircase all the way down you should now proceed into into a new warp room. This warp room will from here on be referred to by the "Spiral Staircase Warp Room", or you can just remember it will take you to the Malchia Clan Territory. After you activate this warp continue your journey, not by heading back up the stairs, but passing across the warp to a passage that leads to a warp gate door. Exit out of this door and you will now be very very close to finding Malchia. Outside of the warp gate door you should be in a small secluded lake engulfed in a greenish fog. Look for two large pillars standing erect on the center of the shore. Move to the center of these pillars and you should see broken pillars and structures protruding out of the water. Jump from pillar to pillar across the lake using patience and your floating to land precisely. tip: If you fall in, don't worry. Look for a short cliff along the right side of the lake basin to jump out. Once you reach the other side of the lake, you will have to battle with a young vampire. Then head up the broken stairs to a doorway. Go inside the door and prepare to battle again. Two vampires will be waiting for you. After you dispose of your enemies, head through the door way which is down one level and in the center of the room. Pass again through the door and head down a dark ramp-way. tip: If you have a brightness control on your television, turn it up until you are able to see all of the details in the game. This is useful not only for here, but other places as well. Turn right at the bottom of the rampway and you should find a dead black vampire on the ground. The dead vampire is in a large square room that looks to be a dead end. With no way out and no where else to go, you may be thinking you went the wrong way. Once again this room will lead to a helpful hint that goes for much of the rest of the game. tip: When in doubt, switch to Spectral mode. You would be surprised how the spectral warps, twists and distorts the world. Using the above tip, switch to spectral mode and you will see a short cutscene that introduces the wraiths. Kill the wraiths and then look against the left wall close by the dead black vampire. You will see two protruding blocks that stand out from the wall. tip: If you have a weapon and are about to be forced into spectral mode try throwing your weapon up close by a transformation portal. This way you can keep your weapon when you return to material. These blocks will now allow you to jump up higher and find the secrets to this confusing room. Switch back into the material plane using the transformation portal next to where you are. From here move across the + shaped rafters going first forward and then to the left. You should now be close to a movable block. Flip this block using L1 then Square atop the higher ledge to your right. From here move the block farther to the right and into the square hole against the wall. This will open a large metal gate to your right. Go through the metal gate and jump down to the ledge that encircles the room below. From here look for a for a block that is inside the wall across the the room. Pull this block out of the wall and flip it down into the lowest level in the room. Jump down with the block and move it back towards the closed metal gate in this secondary room. Move the block towards a ledge on the right side of this pit so you can flip the block out and up again. Flip the block onto the ledge and repeat until you have it on the second level. Once you have it on the second level shove the block into the hole on the right side of the closed gate. This will open the gate on the lower level so that you can go back above to the higher gate using the steps above. Now that you have gotten back to the higher gate in the room, you will now need to jump up to a higher rafter that is directly in front of where you are. Look up and then hop to this. Once atop this rafter, move to the right and jump out onto a platform against the right wall. This platform will lower and in turn raise a platform on the left side of the room. Go out of this room and back into the room with the black dead vampire and repeat the steps to return to the high open gate only this time don't change back to material. Remain in spectral mode. Go back through the high gate and once again atop the high rafter in front of the high open gate. Now, still in spectral realm, jump to the platform on the left side of the room from the rafter you are standing on. From the platform jump to the far rafter and from there down to the ledge below. Here switch back into material and and go through the doorway to a room with two blocks stacked one atop the other. puzzle: You are now at one of the game's first block puzzles. Your objective here is to match each of these blocks into the respected holes in the wall. The real trick to this puzzle are the two blocks stacked atop one another. In order to use the blocks you must find a way to separate them. We suggest moving these blocks to the corner across the room that has a ledge protruding. Once the blocks are near the ledge, jump to this ledge and shove the upper block off onto the floor. Then line up all of the blocks and place them into the wall accordingly. When all of the blocks have been inserted correctly a click will sound and a gate will open. Pass through this gate to a set of double doors. Go outside of the double doors and to the right you will see a block. Push this block forward and off down to the ground below. >From here you will want to jump down below by the block and move the block by another block already on the ground. Flip the new block atop this one and move the stack to the right against a white pillar. Now climb atop these blocks and jump upwards to reach a new triangular pathway. Travel through this triangular passageway until you reach another greenish lake, only this time much smaller. Move your way around this smaller lake and up to the small building above. Go inside this building and travel the corridor until you reach two screwlike pillars protruding from the ground. weapons: Inside this large mechanical like room, you will find another staff along the right side of the room, snag it if you like. Now find the elevator like contraption against the far wall. Move onto the metal grate of this elevator and flip the switch inside. The elevator will take you to a lower level and from here you will begin a large puzzle. puzzle: Whether you know it or not, what you are trying to do is to break into Malchia's stronghold. To do so, head to the right from the elevator. Continue on your way up a short ramp and inside a large industrial like room. Here you will need to flip a switch against far wall and then to use a large crank on the opposite side. This will start a large drill. Now head back out of this room and back to the elevator. Flip the switch to return to the upper deck and right outside of the elevator you will see a switch on the floor. Use this to drop the center of the room down a level. Jump down to this new level and look for a passageway against the walls of the pit. Go through this passageway and down to a level below. Now you will use four burning blocks to drop the level above down once again. Move each of the four burning blocks in the room until they burn away the supports above. Each one will show a short cutscene to let you know you've done it right. Now once all four blocks have been positioned right, the level above will come crashing down. The floor will now be raised in the middle with four notches, one on each corner. Move the burning blocks once again to each of the four corners and then the floor will drop a final time. Using the brightness tip above, look for the darker of the two passages and pass through it. This will take you to the first boss, Malchia. First Boss: MALCHIA Malchia is the last born of Kain's sons. Because of this, his form is imperfect and his body is trying to reject the evil vampiric infection. While the game introduces him as immortal, Raziel is quite resourceful. To defeat Malchia, around in his circular chamber for two gated rooms. These rooms will serve as the first two of three attacks needed to kill Malchia. To use these rooms as devastating weapons, look for ledges on both sides of the gates which allow you to enter these chambers. Do so, and move towards the switch in the center of the room (Both rooms are identical). Walk up and hold the switches which will open the bloody spiked gates and keep them ajar. Hold the gates open until Malchia is half-way through and then let him have it. The gates will drop and impale the huge beast. Do this using both chambers. Once Malchia has been wounded twice lure him into the circular cage in the center of his stronghold. Once he is inside the cage, jump outside and quickly move to Malchia's throne chamber. Here on the left wall there will be a crank. Use the crank to send a grinder down, crushing Malchia and ending his existence. Special Powers: After defeating Malchia you will receive his special power of being able to will yourself through simple barriers such as immovable gates and doors. Phew, that wasn't too hard was it? Well, let's put it this way you aren't even a tenth of the way done yet. =) We suggest a save of your game is in order. Force Glyph 3. After you have defeated the mighty Malchia, your next journey is to gather your first Glyph. Glyphs are the magical artifacts that give Raziel elemental based powers. The first Glyph will be the Force Glyph. Here is how you get it. Head out of Malchia's bastion and back up the dark pathway and back into the room with the four burning blocks where you dropped the floor many times. Continue your way across to the opposite tunnel and follow this path up to the upper levels. Using a handy block climb atop and jump back up to the room with the elevator. To the left of the elevator look for a blue transformation portal and switch back into material mode. From here head back out of this room passing by the large screw-like pillar and continue out. Pass through the doorway and around the smaller lake. Follow the triangular pathway back to the larger lake and drop down to lake level. From here, hop into the lake and take the foggy blue path directly to the right. Follow this path to until it opens into a larger room. From the entrance, take advantage of the energy artifact behind a metal gate by using your pass through abilities gained from Malchia. Once you have picked up this goodie, head back out through the metal gate and look for another ornate gate blocking your path towards the left side of this room. Pass through this gate and head up the path and out of the water. Using the transformation portal switch to material world and get ready to gain your first Glyph. In the room you should see three pointed pillars standing erect. Each will have a symbol atop. Walk up to each one and push them over to unlock the powers within. After you knock all three down, you will witness the Glyph's powers and you can gain them by walking up to the shield-like object. Tada! You know have the power of the Force Glyph. Kain first encounter (Pillars of Nosgoth) 4. Your next journey in the game is to find Kain. No this isn't the end of the game but it will help you understand the story a little more. Head back through the underwater passage ways passing through through the metal gate and back into the large lake. Jump out of the lake using the short cliffs on the right walls of the lake. You will now be close to the Spiral Staircase Warp Room. Head into this room and use the warp gate to travel back to Razzias Castle Courtyard. You may be asking yourself why are you taking this warp gate instead of the closer "Dreamcast Logo" warp gate? Well because you are going to grab another energy artifact which will take your total to four. Once at the courtyard warp room, head out of the door and down past the open metal gate. Stop here and look to your right. There will be a large block against the wall which you will need to grab and move across. Move the block to the far wall which hides the energy artifact behind a prison gate. Move the block to the center of this wall. Hop to the top and switch to spectral mode. Then use your pass through ability to gain access to the artifact. Exit from this cage and hop down and head back towards the courtyard warp room and by the blue fire use the transformation portal to switch back into the material plane. Now head out of the courtyard and back towards the Abyss Cliffs. Once at the Abyss Cliffs, head across to the platform in the middle using your high jump and glide technique. Now head back down the old wooden bridge and back towards the huge cathedral like castle with the many flags flying high above. Once you are there you will be able to infiltrate this stronghold through the red metal gate on the right side. Switch to spectral and pass through this mild barrier. Once inside grab your fifth artifact. This should now give you more energy. After this head to the left and then take the first bright right. You will now be in what looks to be another dead end. A large room with a overpass and shallow pond. Two vampires will be guarding the bridge and a close door lie across. Toss both of these minions into the acid like puddle and the door will unlock. Head across this short bridge and through the opened door. From here take the right path. Switch to your spectral mode to pass through the gates blocking your path. After travelling through two gates you will now be at a blue transformation portal which will allow you to switch back into material. Do this and then head through the double doors on the left. You are now about to have your first sprawl with the mighty Kain. Second Boss: KAIN FIRST ENCOUNTER If you remember the original Blood Omen then you are somewhat familiar with the ending to the upcoming battle. You aren't going to win this time. That aside, Kain is one powerful mofo. He still carries the Soul Reaver he acquired in Blood Omen and because of this, he is somewhat invincible. During the fight Kain will charge up the Soul Reaver. While he is doing this, you will need to whack him. Do this three times and you will get to see a nice cutscene of Raziel almost biting the big one. (editors note: WHY the hell don't we get to hear Kain cry Vae Victus!) Special Powers: Although it may seem Kain has just sent your butt back to oblivion, what he did was actually destroy his prized possesion. He will slam the Soul Reaver into the ground destroying the physical form of the sword. Once he does this you will actually gain the Soul Reaver as your own. It will fuse to your body becoming a wraith blade which is active only in the spectral mode or when fully energised in the material realm. Kain will make a hasty retreat and foreshadow events to come. You will now meet a familiar character from the Blood Omen title. Ariel will speak to you about Kain's horrible actions and hint you on your next objective. tip: Once a loyal assistant to Kain, Ariel now holds allegiances to no one. However she helps those who are out to end Kain's rule. You can return to Ariel whenever you need and she will give you tips, refill your energy and glyphs. After you are done with the cinematics of this classic room, use your newly found Soul Reaver to open the door and exit. Once outside of the room holding the Pillars of Nosgoth, head to your left and pass through the gates once again. Continue until you see a light green passage on the right. Take this path back over the bridge and back to the left and to the metal gate that you first used to enter this castle. Pass through this gate you will be treated to another cutscene. This will lead you onto your next journey. Search for Zephon (Silenced Cathedral) 5. Your next objective is to find your brother Zephon. He holds the Silenced Cathedral hostage. To get to this secluded place of holiness head to your closest warp gate. This should be rather close to you but any old warp room will work. Once in a warp room, warp back to the Underworld using the first selection on the warp. From the Underworld, head back through towards the circular room with tall pillars. A blue transformation portal will be in the center. Don't switch back into material but use this for a reference point. To the left of the portal there will be a metal gate blocking your path. You will need to pass through this gate and head upwards to a large open area. From here, head to your right and switch back to the material world using the transformation portal at the end of the path. From here you will want to look for a drawbridge over the moat that will lead to a closed door with a circular opening. While you don't have a huge round key to fit in this hole you do have a glowing blue sword. tip: Just about any door that looks like the one above will need to be opened using the Soul Reaver. To open these doors simply swing the blade at the door. Open this door using the Soul Reaver and you will be presented with another barrier. Switch into spectral and pass through. Head to the right over the pit and switch back into material on the portal. Now make your way back towards the way you entered passing over the pit of water. Keep going through this path. You will encounter the first of what will become a very annoying enemy. Kill the spider vampire and then high jump up to the cliff above. Follow this path to a double set of doors. Open these doors. a. Through these double doors you will enter a huge room that is full of giant silo like buildings. If you were paying attention to the cutscene that played from the entrance, then you should know that you need to get to a high alcove above this room. To do this, jump atop the stair like blocks immediately to the right from where you entered. Jump atop these two blocks and atop the silo. Now face away from the wall and look forward and slightly to the right to find a shorter silo. Jump across to this short silo. From here look for another set of stair-like square structures almost directly in front. Jump across to these. Now from the block structure turn Raziel left so that he faces wall. You will see an indention to the wall where you can jump to. Do this and then face against the flat side of this indention. Using your high jump, climb to the higher level above. Now look to the left to find another ledge. This ledge will be slightly higher than where you are and across a short span. Use your high jump to make your way atop this secondary ledge. Once atop, face away from the wall and look outward and downward to find two silos. One short silo and in front of it, a taller silo decorated with spikes just along the edge of the roof. Jump down to the shorter silo and from there, jump to the block jutting out of the tall spiked silo. High jump from the block to reach the roof of the spiked silo. At the top of the silo turn to your right and look for a ledge that leads up a short ramp. Jump to this ramp and you will be where the cutscene pointed you towards. b. Go up the ramp and through the short dark pathway. Once you reach the large pointed block partially closing off the path, a cutscene will play showing you where to go. After it plays, hop down to where the scene showed the spider vampire bundling its prey. Kill this nasty varment and then climb the ledge against the left side of the room. Climb the full way up to reach a bright room with set of large doors. weapons: Flanking both sides of the double doors are two identical staffs. Grab either or both if you like. d. Inside these doors a cutscene will play. You will now be in the huge organ room of the silenced cathedral. You can look around all you like but unless you know the secret to these organ pipes you won't get anywhere. Look back to Tip #4 for more specific help. Once you figure out what to do, head on up the distorted organ pipe farthest to the left. Jump atop this pipe and follow it up to a metal grate which holds a transformation portal. Use this and jump up to a metal grate above on your right side. Follow this jumping across to the larger metal platform and follow this along the wall until you see a brown wooden door in the distance. Use your high jump to reach the rock cliff by the door and follow this along until you reach a switch on against the wall. Use this switch and a bellow (organ foot pedal) will fall down to the left. Now move past the switch your right until you reach a wooden door. Head in this door and follow the pathway to a metal gate. Pass through this and then move to the right once inside the rectangular room. Jump onto the ledge holding the blue transformation portal and switch mode into material. You are now at another block puzzle. puzzle: In this room is one of the game's many block puzzles. As a suggestion before trying to solve this puzzle, kill each of the spider vampires in the room so you can move the blocks without being attacked. These enemies re-generate but do so slowly so you will have time to work. The only tricky part to this puzzle is a block slot that is not on the ground level. You must fill in this hole first. Do this by stacking blocks atop one another and allowing yourself room to shove the block into the wall. Make sure that the pictures match up accordingly and the puzzle will be solved. With the puzzle solved, a cutscene will show you a now accessible switch back in the other wooden door room along the wall. Head out of the puzzle room and back to the ledge along the wall. Move to your left until you reach the other wooden door. Inside is the ledge shown in the cinema. Hop atop this and use the switch. The second bellow will drop. Head out of this room and back along the ledge to your right. Jump atop both bellows until they slam down and click. This will activate the airflow from the pit below noted by a cutscene. Hop out away from the wall and hold the x button to hold out Raziel's wings. Float upwards until the game takes over and lands you on a ledge way above. Climb up the ledge to your right and follow this pathway to reach the large purple foyer. e. From the purple foyer, you will begin your journey to shatter four, count 'em four, crystals. 1st crystal: Head through the purple foyer to a large, white stained glass window on the right side. Inside this window will be a brown door which you will want to pass through and travel up the winding passage. Moving past a wooden door to the left and then a large bell, take the wooden door just past the bell. Go inside and down the incline and use your spectral mode specialty and pass through the red gate at the bottom. Inside the gate look for a blue transformation portal on a ledge in the far right corner. Use this and switch back to material so you can begin yet another block puzzle. puzzle: This room's puzzle differs from the previous in that you aren't lining up the pictures on the blocks to merely complete the picture. Here you will be completing a conduit for a solid current of air. This is a relatively simple puzzle which is more than self explanatory. With the puzzle solved and the hum growing louder from the now complete airstream, the first crystal will shatter. With the first crystal shattered you now will have to go back out into the passageway with the large bell. tip: When passing through gates in spectral mode, you will as expected drop any weapons you are carrying. However if you switch to spectral mode directly in front of any gates you must pass through, your weapon sometimes fall slightly through the gate allowing you to grab it from the other side when you return to the material realm. 2nd crystal: Once you are back in the hallway, move back towards the large bell to the first wooden door. Open the door and move down the passage until you reach a similar red gate. Again pass through this and look for a transformation portal to switch. Once you have done so, you will have to complete another conduit block puzzle. puzzle: Similar to the puzzle in the far room, the objective here is to complete the pipe in the wall using the blocks. The only change here is that all of the blocks are stacked atop one another in the center of the room. Use the deep indention against the far wall to knock the blocks down. Again, once the puzzle is solved, the tone breaks a crystal and you are left with two crystals to shatter. Now head back into the hallway with the large bell. What you will be doing here is breaking a large stained glass window at the end of the hall. Move up the the large bell and whack it. Then quickly turn away from the bell and jump out the opening. Jump STRAIGHT across to the purple foyer. Once there continue going straight down a ramp between two firey lanterns to another bell. Whack this bell to create another tone that will shatter the huge stained glass window. From here head back up to the path with the first large bell. Move through this passage and past the bell until you reach a large crank on the right wall. Jump up to the crank and swing it around. A cutscene will show you a timed door opening. Rather than trying to reach this door in time, the truth being that you can't actually. Be sneaky and cheat. tip: In spectral mode, time does not pass. With the tip above, switch into spectral after using the crank. Then move further up the path to the area that was once blocked off by a solid stained glass window. Jump out here and you will land in the purple foyer. Along the left wall, head down the ramp that hides the second large bell and just as you begin your descent turn to the right to find the crevice and the Secret Room. Right now what you are searching for are the second set of puzzles that will shatter the second two crystals. Inside the Secret Room, head for the path against the left wall and use the transformation portal to switch to material. If you ever need to return to this room, head back into the Secret Room and use the circular wheel switch against the right wall. This will permanently move the large block that you moved with the crank earlier. After that, head back up the path on the left side. Open the wooden door and move across the chasm to another door inside a large stained glass window. Use your high jump to pass this obstacle and continue the journey through this door. Inside here, follow the path taking advantage of the weak enemies and follow this path to another brown door. Here you will face two of those annoying spider vampires which you should kill. Now travel down the left path that leads to a large cylinderical capsule. Inside is an energy artifact. Now your objective is to get this thing out of the capsule. Move past the capsule and pass through the red metal gate blocking your path. As expected , this is another block puzzle. puzzle: Classic line-up the pictures block puzzle. You've seen this one many times before. The change here is that there aren't enough blocks to solve this puzzle. Or are there? When you plug in all of the blocks here, more will drop from above allowing you to complete this time consuming task. With that completed a cutscene will show the capsule breaking up allowing you access to the goodies inside. Pass through the gate again and grab the energy artifact. Ahh, the gentle hum of a new energy artifact. Now head back to the Secret Room and get ready to journey to break the last two crystals. From the Secret Room, move into the room directly across from the crevice opening that you first entered the room from. Jump into this room and notice the piping scaling high along your left. weapons: This tall pipe covered room hides two pointy staffs. One at the very bottom on the same wall as the pipe and the other at the top on a completely different pipe. Move yourself atop this pipe and follow it along the wall, fending off any spider vampires that may be there, and do so until the pipe reaches a new path. Jump into this pathway and follow it until the path splits off into two directions. Take the left path since the other way leads you to a dead end. In this more open space, continue your happy journey to the left until you finally reach those darned crystals. To the left of the crystals you will see a crosshatched brown gate door and to the right there will be another tall airshaft. Move up to the brown gate and pass through in spectral. 3rd. crystal: Just inside the brown gate, the path splits immediately into two directions. For simplicity's sake, take the left path. Follow this path until it opens up into a broiler room. Three broilers with bronze metal lids will seem to serve no purpose what so ever. The truth is, that these broilers are the secret to breaking the crystals. Jump up to the middle broiler and open the lid. A loud high pitched hum will sound as the air escapes. Now, open the broiler lid on the far left. Both tones will once again create a harmonious crystal shattering experience. Now head back to the brown metal gate. 4th crystal: From the brown metal gate, take the other path to the right and keep on until you reach another broiler room. This time the secret is the same as the left room. Open the middle and lid furthest away from the screen to again produce a sound that will break the crystal. With that done, head back out of the brown gate and back to where the crystals were. Outside of the gate, head for the closest transformation portal and switch to material mode. Then come back to the floor with the four blocks and many handles (crystals once covered these) and move each one of these blocks once using the square button. There isn't a pattern here so just make sure each one is turned once, and they all are the same direction. To your right, the air shaft should begin to smoke and you should jump in and float up. f. Float up in the airshaft and land on the first of two yellow pipes above. Here there will be a large gray piece of pipe standing on end vertically. Walk up to this pipe and knock it over. Now what you have done is complete the lower section of pipe. From here, jump and float to the higher yellow pipe and again, knock the gray piece of pipe down to complete the pipe. Now that both pipes have been completed, enter the brown path above and in-between the yellow pipes. Follow this path to a tall room full of platforms We'll call this the Room O' Three Pipes. The reason being that what your next objective is to turn three valves to open the air flow to three pipes in this here very room. Inside this room there will be numerous spider vampires which we suggest you not to try and fight these. Make your way to the right side and switch both of the block switches in the floor to open a new passageway above. Now find your way to the left side of the room and hop up to a metal shelf-like platform. From here make your way on top of the three pipes and then up to the very top platform in the room. weapons: On the very top platform, you can find another staff to impale your foes with. grab this if you like. From the top of the room, you will now glide to the open path that you unveiled when you used the switches on the floor. Once you are inside this green pathway, continue your way down to a dark brown metal gate. Use your spiffy skills and get your butt to the other side. You will now be in a large room that resembles the Phantom of the Opera's huge organ room. Large yellow pipes will scale one wall and a contraption will lie at the bottom against another. Hop down from your high perch here and move inside a short cave to transform back to material. Now here is a tricky part. The game will coldly put you in a fight for your life when you arrive back in the material realm. Two spider vampires will appear immediately in front of you. Start swinging madly to fend these guys off. Then head to the contraption. 1st valve: At the contraption, there will be a valve wheel in the center of the middle block. Turn this valve to unleash the first of three streams of air coming from the three pipes in the Room O' Three Pipes. With the first valve turned, head up the other side of the yellow pipes and into a shallow alcove. Pass through the gate here and into a room with a large bell. Jump onto the pipe along the wall and follow it up to the top. At the top, move down the dark path and into the room it pours into. 2nd valve: Inside this room will be a tall yellow pipe that has a valve on it which is much too high to turn from the ground. There will also be a stack of broken stones against the far wall. Walk up to the stack of broken stones and pull the cube out from the bottom. This will send the stones crashing down allowing you a way to continue your journey. Now with the cube in hand, pull this block back to the tall yellow pipe. Hop atop this block and turn the valve to send the second stream of air passing through the three pipes. Now climb up the stones on the far side and out of this simple room. 3rd valve: Follow the path out of the simple room until it opens into a larger room. Here you will need to complete a section of piping as well as turn a valve. To do so, climb up the pipe against the right wall and follow the pipe until it splits off to the left. Head up the far branch until it ends. Then look down and hop on the pipe below. Then turn left and push the pipe down completing the section. Now turn back to your left and follow the pipe up to the third valve. The airstream will now be complete. Now make your way back to the Room O' Three Pipes. Once you get to the room with the broken stones, you will have to move the block you used to reach the switch over to the opposite side of the rock stack so you can reach the high ledge above. Then continue back through the organ room and into the Room O' Three Pipes. Once there, jump onto the pipes and glide upwards to a path inside the shaft. In this path, take the first right path and follow this down to a warp gate room. Let's refer to this warp gate as Zephon's Keep Warp Gate. Remember that this gate will take you the Zephon Boss room. Activate this gate and then head back out into the main passageway. Get ready to battle Zephon. Move down the path until you reach a broken soldier holding a still burning flame thrower. Remember this flame as it will play a role in defeating the huge beast. You are now at Zephon. Took long enough didn't it? Third Boss: ZEPHON Zephon is one of the harder bosses in the game. He is a huge insect like vampire and on sheer power terms, only Kain's attacks are more vicious. What you will need to do to defeat him is approach him with caution and make him slam one of his pointed claws into the ground. It will get stuck and you will then be able to smash it. Zephon will then let out a groan and an egg. Grab the egg and take it back to the flame thrower. Then hurl the burning egg at Zephon. Do this three times to defeat him. Special Powers: Like most insects, those of Zephon's clan have the ability to stick to surfaces. Once Zephon is defeated, you too will gain this ability of wall scaling. This ability is limited strictly to the physical realm. Stone Glyph 6. Now we will head out on a journey to grab another glyph to add to your powers. The glyph we will seek is the Stone Glyph. Once Zephon is defeated head to the close by warp gate and warp to the Spiral Staircase warp gate. Once here jump into the lake and move to the path on the left side of the lake bottom. Move up this path and out of the water. Since you are in spectral, use the close by transformation portal to change to material and use your wall scaling abilities for the first time on the gray patch on the wall ahead. From here follow the path to a valley where the skull from Nupraptor's Keep now lies. Jump into the skull's right eye socket and move up the path until you reach another patch of wall to scale. Climb here and then climb again once at the top. Once you have scaled both walls. You will be at a more open cliff. From where you have pulled your self up, jump up to the log suspended in front of Raziel. Then turn to your left and hop inside the ledge in the wall. Now use the spectral tip to warp and distort the world. In spectral, move towards the edge and turn Raziel to the right. You will see a tip of a distorted log. Look up and judge the jump from here and hop on. tip: High jump in place and then glide onto this log for an easier jump. Now move carefully along this twisted log to a cliff above. Once you are here look to your right for another twisted log that leads to a ledge holding a transformation portal. Follow this twisted log over to the portal. Switch to material and look back towards the large cliff and then up to find a log just above. Jump up to this log and then look up again to find another log suspended even higher. Make your way up to this log and then move up to a bloody spiral staircase. Follow this out to a beam that jutts forward to a small cliff. From this cliff follow your way up to the right and up to a higher level. Move to the right and enter a cave. Follow this out until you reach the perch where the skull once was. Now all that lies here is the broken jaw. Move towards the gap in the jaw and look outward. Pretty isn't it? Look out the opening and down to the left you will see a small ledge with a torch. High jump and glide down to this ledge. Don't Fall! You must make this jump or you will be going back through all of that tedious jumping again. Once you reach the secluded ledge follow the path into a cave and up the path inside. Upon entering the room you will see two large flames. Just past these flames, look up on the right side to find a ledge. Hop up there and push down the block inside. You will need this for the upcoming block puzzle. Push this block into the room ahead and plug it into the wall where it fits. puzzle: Oh, my another block puzzle. This puzzle has few tricks up it's sleeve besides the hidden block outside the room. With that in mind, jump up to the second level in this room on either side and pass through the small doorway to a hidden room behind the statue. Here you will find the remaining blocks to solve the puzzle. There are a few tricks here but use your skills and previous knowledge to separate stacked blocks etc. Once you finish the puzzle, the statue will come to life. The Statue will smash the stone in front of him when you complete the puzzle unleashing the Stone Glyph. With Stone Glyph in hand, head back out of this cave. Once you reach the outside, turn to the left and jump straight out. Glide down until you reach a new warp gate door. Enter here and activate this warp gate. From here on, let's refer to this warp gate as Nupraptor's Skull Warp Gate. Tomb of Serafan Sleeping Preists 7. If you listened to the narrator after you defeated Zephon then you know you need to head to the mountains past the Pillars of Nosgoth. Where are the pillars? Well they're inside the large cathedral like castle towards the beginning of the game. How do you get there? Well use a warpgate and warp to the "Dreamcast" warp gate. Make your way to the cathedral castle and head inside. Continue over the bridge and past the many gates. Head into the pillars and have a nice chat with Ariel to find out what you are doing here. Then use your newly found wall scaling abilities to scale the wall to the right of the entryway. Climb up and follow the the path to the right and enter the path. Continue down this pathway to a dead end that ends in two doors. Take either door and drop down to the valley below. Follow the path from the valley until a cutscene plays about the Tomb of the Serafan. Now you are at the Tomb of the Serafan. Apparently the Serafan were these ruthless group of vampire hunters that included Malek. With that being said, move to the left of the tomb and look for a place to climb up. Scale the cliff and enter a green passage that leads to a warp gate room. For reference we'll call this the Tomb of Serafan Warp Gate. Now head back out to the tomb and enter the ruins. Pass through the gate inside and follow the path to a transformation portal. weapons: Just behind the portal is a staff against the wall, snag this if you like. Now in material mode, continue down the path to a wooden door. Exit out the door. Head down the triangular path to what looks to be a dead end. However, what looks to be a movable block lies in the center of this closed path. Pull this block and enter the tomb. Once inside a cutscene will show you the truth to your beginnings and being said the story really starts to blossom here. After it plays you are again thrust into a dead end with nowhere to go. Oh really? Use tip number four and switch into spectral and the floor will drop out. Putting you in a chamber. Pass through the gate and follow the tunnel into a rectangular arena. Use the transformation portal on the left and get ready to battle one of the easiest bosses in the game. Fourth Boss: MORLOCK
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