V. 1.0
By BabaJeanmel
STAGE 1 : ENTRANCE TO HELL
DARK WOODS
As soon as you're in control, go straight to right. The left screen has just a panther watching you from above and wolves respawning endlessly, similar (sort of) with the Divine Comedy's beginning. At the cliff, after the short scene involving a gargoyle, don't enter the cave, just fall down and go right, ignoring the cave and avoiding the wolves. Continue to the right, enter the door.
GATE OF HELL
Proceed to the right until you've crossed Hell's gate. You'll encounter the gargoyle. To defeat it, charge your attack, approach him and release before he hits you. You'll be unhurt and he will lose a good third of his life. After defeating him, enter the door.
ARCHERON RIVER
At the other side of the door, go to the left. You'll find another gargoyle harassing a soul. Defeat it and talk to the soul. Go left, you'll see a short scene and the guy exiting the room will drop a Silver Coin. Take it, equip it and return to the previous screen. Hand the coin to the soul, say "yes" and you'll recieve the Golden Twig.
OUTSKIRTS OF HELL (Optional)
Return where you found the coin, and using the "UP" button, climb the background hill to reach the door. It leads to Hell's outskirts. Enter it and go right. Beware of the sowbug-like ennemies, kill them from above if you have the chance to avoid being damaged. Talk to the fallen angel at the end of the road, and attack him. He'll give you a piece of Ambrosia. Backtrack to the previous area and go back through the door.
ARCHERON RIVER
Go all the way right. You can avoid the third gargoyle if you want. Equip the Golden Twig and talk to Charon the ferryman. He'll offer you to cross the river. Accept and you'll be transported to Stage 2. Your health will be refilled.
Note : Stage 1 is the only one you can't return to after completion. Be sure to get the Ambrosia if you want it, there will be no second chance.
STAGE 2 : LIMBO
GREEN MEADOWS
No ennemies in this area. Climb the hill and go right. Show your Golden Twig to the guard blocking the door and he'll let you in to Sage Hill.
SAGE HILL
Immediatly enter the door to the left to reach Sage Castle.
SAGE CASTLE
You can't enter for now but go to the screen straight to the left and talk to Radamanthos to recieve his Pass. Return to Sage Hill through the door.
SAGE HILL
Go left. Climb the bush and duck to get the Horn of Plenty. Then climb the hill and go left. Ignore the door for the moment, but talk to Theseus on the lower side of the screen and say "yes" to recieve Hercules' Chain. Climb the hill again, and go two screens right. Use the right door to return to Green Meadows.
GREEN MEADOWS
Go right until you encounter another door and take it. It leads to Hell's Courtyard.
HELL'S COURTYARD
Go right until you reach Minos. He'll throw you out. Equip Radamanthos' Pass and give it to the guard blocking the way. Return to Minos. He'll put you to the test making you fight his two guards. The tridents thrown at you have a boomerang-like pattern. Duck whan the tridents aim high, jump when they're low. Don't bother charging, just spam light attacks and the guardians will quickly go down. After the fight, go right to end Stage 2. Your health will be refilled again.
STAGE 3 : WHIRLWIND
HELL'S WHIRLWIND
Go right, avoiding the falling boulders, until you reach a door. Enter it.
ILLUSIONS CAVE
Climb the hill and go right. Fall straight down to the bridge to break it and reach Avernus Cave.
AVERNUS CAVE
You have two options there :
1) Accept to escort her outside. Go right and don't turn back whatever happens. Don't try to pick up items, don't care if she turns into a monster or disappears. When you reach the exit door, she will stop the wind.
2) Either refuse to help Eurydice or mess up while you're escorting her. Go right and grab Aeolus' Leather Bag. Continue right to the door, exit and go down immediately. When you reach the bottom of Illusions Cave, use Aeolus' Leather Bag in front of the cave opening. Again, the wind will stop.
Note : the wall that blocks your passage to the left can be destroyed.
Either way, go up past the exit of Avernus Cave, then left. You'll notice there are no more boulders falling.
HELL'S WHIRLWIND
After the wind stopped, Francesca will descend the sky. Talk to her. Your health is restored and you get your first light of prayer ! Talk to the other woman just down where Francesca appeared. It's Helen of Troy. Remember her location and fall down just right.
ILLUSIONS CAVE
Go right. Enter the door. Go to the left screen and through the door again.
GALE GROTTO
Go down than all the way right. Enter the door to end the level and open the path to Dismal Swamp.
STAGE 4 : DISMAL DWAMPS
SWAMP (UPPER)
Go left. Avoid the pits, kill the tiger heads and enter the door. Kill the leftmost tiger head and fall down the pit next to it.
SWAMP (LOWER)
Enter the door. Use Hercules' Chain to dispatch Cerberus, than proceed right. Use it again to get definitly rid of it, then talk to Vettius. You'll get your second light of prayer. Return past the door. Go right. Kill Scylla and the tiger heads will totally disappear from the level. Continue right and through the door again. Duck and go all the way left. Cross the door.
SWAMP (UPPER)
Ignore the doors and go all the way right, avoiding the pits. Take the rightmost door against the wall. Go left, ignoring the door again. Talk to Chacco, the guy against the left wall, two times. You'll get the Heliotrope. Go back through the same door you came in, and return all the way left. Take the door next to the pits (not next to the wall) then go right to the next screen and fall in the first pit. You'll get back to where you defeated Scylla. Enter the door.
CHARYBDIS MARSHES
Go right as quick as possible, and jump to reach the cliff. Reapeat the operation in the next screen. If you got the light of prayer, the ground will fall slower. It's still possible to pass if you haven't, but be prepared to save and reload a lot. Enter the door to complete stage 4 and get your health refill.
STAGE 5 : GREED CRAGS
HILL OF GREED
Go right until you encounter a door. Enter it.
PLUTO'S CLIFFS
Avoid Pluto's attacks and go through the next two screens, carefully planning your jumps. Fall down at the end of the last screen while holding right, then immediatly jump right through the wall to get the Ambrosia (only if you already used the first piece). Then pick the Apple of Discord just left in the spikes. You'll take some damage. Go one screen back, kill the scorpion and pick up the Gold Lump on the floor. Enter the door, go back left and through the door.
HILL OF GREED
Jump your way right. Avoid the boulders and proceed right. You'll encounter a guard. Beat him, than give him the gold lump and he'll open the door for you. If you want to avoid the next boss fight, you can also give him the Apple of Discord. Enter the tower.
PRISON TOWER
Go straight to the left wall, it will disappear and reveal a door. Enter. Attack the rock to destroy it and talk to Pandareos. Go back and climb the stairs to the top. Enter the door. Talk to Hecate (the woman in the middle) two times, than to the old guy. He will exit the room. Exit too, go down the stairs, then right. You'll fight Empusa (unless you gave the Apple of Discord to the guard). Jump to reach her and release charged shots to get hear down quicker. After she's gone, the door to the treasure room opens. Talk to Jacobus and get your third light of prayer. Then pick up the Golden Dog Statue. You can keep it only if you talked to Pandareos first.
BACKTRACKING (Optional)
Exit the tower than go all the way left and exit the level. Return to Limbo. Go to sage's hill, go left past the hill where you found the Horn of Plenty. Take the door at the next screen. Talk to Hecate's servant to get the Pomegranate fruit. Return to Stage 3 and give the Pomegranate Fruit to Hecate in the Prison Tower. She will grant you permission to pick up wine in her cellar. Exit the room and go left. The guard will give you the Wine of Tears. You can also pick the Joyful Wine in the cellar (if you haven't Hecate's permission, you can fight the guard to get it anyway)
HILL OF GREED
Exit the prison, go left until you reach the door. Enter. Go right. If you have the Wine of Tears, use it to stop Pluto from attacking. If you use the Joyful Wine, he'll go berserk, so don't do it. Anyway, carefully plan your jumps and get to the other side. Don't hesitate to save and reload. When you reach the last falling platform, hold right while falling to pass. Enter the door. Congratulations, you've finished Stage 5.
STAGE 6 : SWAMPS OF STYX
MARSH'S EDGE
Jump left through the wall. You'll actually go through it. Talk to Aiacos and he'll give ou your second pass. Return to the entrance and this time, go down. Enter the door, then attack the left wall. Duck and go through the narrow passage to reach the junkyard. Talk to the guard three times, pick Daedalus' Box in the pile of junk, than cimb the two little mounds at the right side and jump through the wall. Pick up the Nectar. Use it to permanently increase your defenses.
Note : you can visit the guard in the junkyard frequently, he'll have some info to tell you about your items (untranslated, sorry).
Return to the entrance, and take the right path. Ignore the Gargoyle and jump from the rightmost possible point. Beware, the last platform will collapse under your weight. If you mess up, try again. You'll end up in the Tower of Sign.
TOWER OF SIGN
Talk to the guard and say "Yes". Go right and jump out of the tower.
SWAMPS OF STYX
Go right again. Phlegyas will make you cross the Styx if you tell him "yes". Don't bother fighting Ate, just continue right until you reach the tower entrance. Go inside.
REVERSE TOWER
Climb the stairs to the top. Climb the brasero and talk to Amano. You'll get your fourth light of prayer. Return to the entrance and exit.
SWAMPS OF STYX
Go right past the guard to enter the Human Faced Cave.
HUMAN FACED CAVE
Go right until you reach the exit. Don't attack anyone or the cave will loop. Don't go back a screen or you'll be directly taken to the exit. There is Ambrosia hidden into the third screen's pit ; go into the pit, duck and go left to get it. When you reach the door, enter it to end Stage 6.
STAGE 7 : DIS' CASTLE
Don't enter the area just yet, but return to Limbo. Return to see Minos (door at the rightmost end of Green Meadow, show Radamanhos' Pass to the first guard) and he'll give you his Pass if you have rescued the four souls as you should have if you've followed this walkthrough. Go back to Green Meadow. Talk to the woman near the door you just passed. It's Vettius' Wife, and she will give you the Melampus' Potion if you rescued her husband. Use it to increase your attack. Go left two screens and through the door to Sage Hill, and finally take the left door to Sage Castle.
SAGE CASTLE
Now that you have the three Passes, the guard will let you enter. Go up the stairs and to the right. Talk to Homer, he'll give you Chiron's Poem. Go back downstairs, enter the door and talk to Hector. He will give you the Palladium. Then talk to Asclepius, he will heal you if needed. Continue right, climb the stairs and enter the door. Talk to Philoctetes. Return upstairs and go through the left wall ; it will vanish. Go left and enter the leftmost window. Then go downstairs and enter the window. Talk to the guy, he'll give you the Flute of Sorrow. Backstrack and return to Sage's Hill. Go two screens right and talk to Melenaus. Answer "Yes". His soul will now accompaign you. Exit Stage 2 and go to the Whirlwind.
HELL'S WHIRLWIND
Reach Helen at the top of the stage (just go through Illusions Cave to get there). She'll be reunited with her husband and you'll get Philoctetes' Arrow. Backtrack and exit Stage 2. You know have all you need for Dis' Castle. Go there.
DIS' CASTLE GATE
You can safely avoid the gargoyles by ducking and walking. Equip the Flute of Sorrow before entering the gate. Use it as soon as you enter to summon an angel and automatically defeat the Erynias and Medusa. If you don't have the flute or if you prefer fighting, concentrate on Medusa (she has a simple pattern ; your main concern will be the Erynias) and be VERY fast. You'll automatically die by petrification once you've reached the (short) time limit. Go through the door again.
HERETICS SQUARE
Falling in a pit will send you straight to the dreaded labyrinth. Go right and talk to the second burning soul, you'll get the Pagan Crystal Ball. Using it will reveal all pits at the cost of a little life. Don't bother, they are easy to spot. And anyway, it's now time to go down a pit.
UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH
The most frustrating part of the game. Here are the directions :
STEP 1: PUT THE BRIDGE IN PLACE
- After the fall, go right.
- Go right, avoiding the pits
- Enter the door near the wall.
- Go through the left door on the back row.
- Go left
- Ignore the stairs and go through the door in the lower left corner.
- Take the right door
- Go right and touch the wall. It will change its position to become a bridge.
- Take the right door to return to the starting point.
STEP 2: GET ICARUS' WINGS
- Go upstairs and right.
- Fall down a pit and take the left door.
- Climb the stairs and go right
- Cross the bridge and continue right.
- Go down the stairs and take the right door.
- It may look like the starting point but don't fall for it. Notice that the door doesn't disappear. Go upstairs than left.
- Ignore the stairs for now. Take the door.
- Take the rightmost door.
- Grab the wings. They're not usable yet.
STEP 3: REPAIR THE WINGS
- Take the leftmost door
- Go right
- Go downstairs and enter the door.
- This time, take the right door.
- Go through the left door
- Go left
Talk to Daedalus with the Icarus Wings equipped to repair them. This item will allow you to exit a stage at any time and return to the world map, making backtracking way less tedious.
Then give him Daedalus' Box to open it and get the Magic Thread Ball. This item is supposed to help you find your way in the Labyrinth ; too bad you already almost completed it at this point.
STEP 4 : GET THE MIRROR OF THE LOST
- Go right
- Take the leftmost door
- Take the rightmost door
- Climb the stairs and go right
- Fall down a pit and take the rightmost mirror to get the Mirror of the Lost. If you take another one, all three will vanish forever.
STEP 5 : EXIT THE LABYRINTH
- Take the leftmost door
- Go upstairs than right
- Cross the bridge and continue right.
- Go down the stairs and take the right door.
- Go upstairs and left.
- Go upstairs. Onwards to the next area.
GATE OF DELUSION
Go right. Crawl through the right passage. Ignore the door and continue right. You must then destroy the gate while avoiding the ennemies. If you use the Mirror of the Lost, they'll vanish, but they're not that much of an annoyement anyway. After destroying the door, go right to exit the stage.
STAGE 8 : VIOLENCE VALLEY
PHLEGTON RIVER
Go right. Use Chiron's Poem and the Centaurs will stop targetting you. Continue right until you encounter Chiron. Mount on Nessos' back. He will stop next screen. Use Philoctetes' Arrow on him and answer "yes". Continue right. Medea will talk to you. Talk to her again and proceed through the cave.
SUICIDE WOODS
Go left. Attack Calchas, the old guy turned into a tree at the leftmost side with a fully charged attack. You'll get your fifth light of prayer. Continue two screens left, avoiding the harpys. Use the Golden Dog Statue left to the Mandragora root and it will unearth it for you while you travel to the next screen. Return left and talk to the dog to get the Mandragora. Go right and enter the door to reach Scorching Sands.
SCORCHING SANDS
Go all the way right, avoiding meteors.
PHLEGTON FALLS
Drop the Mandragora in the falls. Greyon will arrive and you'll ride his back to safely exit the stage.
STAGE 9 : MALEBOLGE
This stage is divided in multiple small parts called "Bolge" (singular is "Bolgia"), each dedicated to punish a specific sinner. Prepare for a bit of backtracking.
SEDUCERS BOLGIA
Kill the guards and proceed right. Kill the other guards and proceed right (don't enter the door).
FLATTERERS BOLGIA
Avoid falling in the water and take the door. Climb the stairs. You'll confront Até on the summit. Jump to reach her and carefully release charged attacks on her. She'll go down after three. Take then a big jump, the farthest right possible and continue to hold right while falling. You'll fall on a high platform where Até dropped the Strife Powder Pouch. Take it and go right. Safely jump down. Go right, ignoring the door.
SIMMONIACS BOLGIA
Proceed right, avoiding the flames falling from above and the damned in the pits. Ignore the door and go all the way right.
SORCERERS BOLGIA
Go all the way right. Don't climb nor take the door.
BARRATORS BOLGIA
Go right and talk to the guy emerging from water twice. The gargoyles will attack you. Use the Strife Powder Pouch. The gargoyles will fight each other and leave you alone. Proceed right.
HYPOCRITES BOLGIA
Fall down, take the second door from the left. Travel through the doors until you get to the place with four doors, destroy the wall to the right and proceed. On the next screen, you can destroy the wall that blocks your path to the door, but don't take it, you'll die because of the heat. Ignore the other door and proceed right.
THIEVES BOLGIA
You can either attack the snakes or use the Heliotrope to get rid of them. Advance two screens, than jump to reach the guy in the upper part of the snake's tail. It's actually Jason and he'll give you the Golden Fleece. Use the Icarus Wings to return to Violence Valley.
PHLEGTON RIVER
Go right all the way, ride Nessos' back and continue right until you reach Medea. Give her the Golden Fleece. You'll get the Impervious Ointment. Use Icarus' Wings again and return to Malebolge.
HYPOCRITES BOLGIA
The quickest way to go there is : from the starting point, climb the hill and enter the door to Simmoniacs Bolgia. Go right until you reach a door. Enter it. Now crouch and go to the right screen. Use the Impervious Ointment and enter the door between the flames. Talk to Friar. You'll get your sixth light of prayer. You can take a piece of Ambrosia if you jump left and crawl against the wall. After that, jump again and take the left path.
FALSIFIERS BOLGIA
Go all the way left and enter the door.
DECEPTORS BOLGIA
Go left to push the block and get rid of the flame. Go down then right. Give Hercules' Chain to Pirithous, the guy with roots instead of feet. Use the Icarus Wings to get to Limbo.
SAGE CASTLE
Go to Sage Castle and talk to Asclepius. You'll get Asclepius' Medicine. Return to Malebolge.
DECEPTORS BOLGA
To get there quickly : go right, take the door, go down the hill then right. Go right all the way until you get to Hypocrites Bolgia. Then return to the cave where you found Friar, and from there left to Flasifiers Bolgia, then Deceptors Bolgia and Pirithous. Give him Asclepius' Medicine. Enter the door. The road to the last stage is open !
STAGE 10 : COCYTUS LAKE
GIANTS' WELL
Go right and defeat Antaeus. Try to corner him and spam a lot of fast light attacks to prevent him from healing. Then answer "Yes" and he'll take you to the next area.
CAINA
Go upstairs and left. Ignore the door and proceed left. Go down the stairs and take the door. Go right, destroy the small wall and push the big rock. Backtrack and exit through the door. Climb the stairs and go right. Take the door to the right. Jump on the big rock you pushed earlier and destroy the two walls that block the other rock just left. Exit through the door, climb the stairs, go left two times, down the stairs and now, take the left door. Climb the stairs and go right. Push the rock. Go left, exit through the door, climb the right stairs, go right and enter the right door again. Climb the rocks to reach the door. Exit.
ANTENORA
Immediatly fall down to the left to destroy part of the ceiling. Use the Palladium on the frozen man : it's Helenus, Hector's brother, and your last light of prayer. You now have a charged ranged attack ! Use you Icarus Wings and return to Limbo one last time.
SOME BACKTRACKING
Go to Sage's Castle, climb the stairs and talk to Mentor on the left. You'll get Mentor's Letter. Use the Icarus Wings and return to the Styx Swamps. Go left on the first screen. Give Aiacos Mentor's Letter to get the Caduceus. Then return to Malebolge, at the spot where Pirithous is. Just left of that screen, there is Odysseus (Ulysses) burning. Give him the Caduceus and he'll accompagn you. Return to Sage's Castle and return Odysseus to Mentor. You'll get the last item, Leucothea's Veil. Return to Cocytus Lake, ask Antaeus to take you to Caina, and go straight to Antenora (left, upstairs, left, door).
ANTENORA
Go down the stairs and right. Take the door. Go right, and be careful the avoid the laser the statue throws from its eyes, or it's an insta-kill. On the right screen, destroy the column and lure the fish like creature to the left exit so it's frozen by the laser. Then climb the frozen creature and enter the door before being hit yourself.
PTOLOMEA
Use Leucothea's Veil. You can now walk on the water without taking damage. Continue right until you reach the hydra. Use your ranged attacks to take it down. If you're lucky, you may be able to get behind it and destroy it without taking damage. Otherwise, try to hit all heads at once. It will take three charged hits to get rid of it. Then continue right to reach the final area.
JUDECCA
Be sure to be fully healed (use an item) and to have all seven lights of prayer. Proceed right and you'll encounter Lucifer. Destroy the big rock in front of you while avoiding its attacks, and that's it ! You've completed the game. Enjoy the ending sequence.