Blood Omen 2 Strategy Guide
By Chetflavin
April 22, 2002
chetflavin@yahoo.com
Introduction
If you're reading this, you're having trouble with Blood Omen 2. This can be a
spoiler free walkthrough if you don't read ahead of where you are! Well I hope
this guide can help you. It is written from the Playstation 2 version of the
game....with its many defects. And in the end I mainly wrote this to get the
$50 bounty.
Table of Contents
1.Items
2.Weopons
3.Enemies
4.Controls
5.Dark Gifts
6.Strategy Guide
1.Items
Red/Blue Lore Chests: Contains 3 things of magical energy that fills the lore
meter. The Blue chests contain 5. They are operated the same way of sucking
blood.
Vampire Weapon Power-Up Chests: Increases the power of Kain's weapon at hand.
It will be endowed with a purple hue. His claws won't work with this and once a
weapon is used with this the chest, the chest cannot be used again. Also if the
endowed weapon is switched with another normal weapon it loses its increased
powers.
2.Weapons
I'm not going to list all the weapons and they're attacks because they are all
pretty much the same. When holding a weapon they appear below your rage bar and
turn red when about to break. Their strengths go along relatively with their
size. However I will divide them into three categories:
Claws:These act just like normal weapons except weaker.
Normal Weapons:(Spiked Club,Dagger,Long Sword,Sarafan Staff, Cutlas,Dual-Bladed
Staff, Small Ax)
All these weapons can do three hit combos. When holding a grabbed opponent you
can do three weak hits by pressing the attack button, do a heavy attack by
pressing up and attack, or throw them a great distance by pressing up and the
grab button. I recommend to inflict the most damage is to do two weak hits and
finish off with either the heavy attack or throw.
Best Weapons:(Great Ax, Broad Sword)
Like the normal weapons these are identical. Same three hit combo, same moves
when holding a grabbed enemy. However, with these weapons by pressing up and
attack you can behead the enemy. This can be a relief if you don't like long
battles. Their are several enemies this can't work with. Of course the
non-grabbable spiders and demon spiders but also any enemy with shoulder pads.
They are the ones holding these weapons to begin with! So for these guys just
go with two weak hits then the throw.
3.Enemies
All enemies that attack are treated the same way. You block and then attack
when there's an opening. But I'll go thru the local yokels of Meridian anyways.
If they can be grabbed a (g) will be next to their name and if they can be
decapitated with the best weapons a (d) will be next to their name.
Citizens(g)(d): These include the men, women, and guys with white face paint
that aren’t carrying weapons. They populate Meridian in order to provide a nice
drink for Kain and in some places to provide storyline when they're conversing
with each other.
Thugs(g)(d): The weakest weapon carrying enemies of the game. They are
shirtless men covered in tattoos. They usually take three hits to kill and drop
a spiked club for you to take. There is no skill involved for these guys so
just block, attack, and grab till they're dead.
Thieves(g)(d): Ninja like women armed with a dagger and crossbow. They are a
little stronger then Thugs in the fact that they can shoot you from a distance
with their crossbows. But in close just block their attacks and kill them
anyway you like. Three hits won't always kill them but at the very least put
them into a dying state(where they crawl away for a few seconds before dying).
Guards(g)(d):Armor clad men, shaved bald with mouth pieces. Their weapon of
choice is the long sword. With a weapon, they usually take six hits to go down.
Also they are the first enemy you run into with an unblockable attack. You'll
see them crouch back and glow red, and you'll have to dodge by either jumping
to the left or right.
Glyph Guards(g)(d): Armor infused with glyph energies are worn by these men in
order to detect vampire presence. Use the same strategy you use for regular
guards. The only thing making them different from guards is that they can find
you when you're in mist form. Other than that they are just like guards, even
carry the same weapon. Except for later in the game when some carry dual-bladed
staffs.
Priests(g)(d): These are basically a combination of guards and thieves dressed
up in white cloaks. The weapon they carry is a staff with the Sarafan symbol on
the end of it. Anyways treat them like guards to take them out. I say
combination of guards and thieves because at one point in the game they are
able to shoot you just like the thieves.
Knight(g): These are beefed up versions of the guards with huge shoulder pads
preventing decapitation and are armed with great axes. Treat them like all
other enemies, blocking, occasionally using your rage meter, and waiting for an
opening to attack. They also have an unblockable attack in which they glow red
and charge at you.
Glyph Knight(g): These are to knights as glyph guards are to guards. Basically
its just the same as a knight but carries a broad sword instead and can detect
you in mist.
Beast Demons(a.k.a. green spider like things): For these creatures, wait for
there combo and after two blocks attack them. Their unblockable attack starts
off with a faint green glow and leaning back in order to hurl up on them.
From this point on treat any other enemy you come across like a guard. Except
the spiders in the eternal prison, treat them like beast demons.
4.Controls
This game is on three different platforms. And luckily for me, the creators of
the games put the instructions for controls in the game(they appear as texts on
the screen at certain key points of the game).As you play thru the game, it
tells you how to move, run, jump, suck blood, use dark gifts, and all other fun
little things Kain can do.
5.Dark Gifts
Fury: One of the two dark gifts you start off with. Fury is one single powerful
blow which can come in hand early in the game before you get better dark gifts.
In order to use it you'll have to fill your rage meter by blocking attacks. The
meter can fill up blue or red. Blue is when a non rage using gift is in place
and red is for rage moving dark gifts. So when fury is being used block until
the red glows a bright red. That glow means you can unleash fury's one powerful
hit.
Mist: Mist is the other dark gift you start off with. Mist only works when
there is a small mist covering the ground. Otherwise there is no other
requirement to use it. While in mist mode you can sneak up behind enemies and
perform stealth kills. In order to do a stealth kill you have to be behind the
enemy, in mist form, and you have to be close enough to where a faint image of
a skull appears above the victims head. When that skull is there you can do two
different kinds of stealth kills for each weapon(note some weapons have the
same stealth kills). To do the first one just press attack when the skull is
there, for the second one press up and attack at the same time. You can take
out at least one person at each field of mist but I don't recommend this for
Glyph carrying enemies for they can find you in this form.
Jump: Acquired from the first boss you defeat, jump lets you leap vast
distances. It works by first pressing the dark gift button and with a shadow
image of yourself, position where you'll land. If the shadow turns purple it
means you can jump there and if white it means you can't. Jump can also be used
as an attack. Align the shadow image with an enemy and if it turns red, you
will be able to jump punch them. However some enemies will see you and jump out
of the way in order to take advantage of a brief window of attack on your jump
recovering self. This will be referred to as 'd.g. jump' in the strategy guide.
Charm: Acquired from boss #2, charm lets you controlled week minded citizens in
order to flip switches and valves normally inaccessible by you. Notice how I
said citizen, as in no hostile creature.
Berserk: Acquired from boss #3, Berserk works like Fury accept where Fury only
dealt one blow, this unleashes a great combo.
Telekinesis: Acquired near the end of level seven, telekinesis is used to open
locks or, like in soul reaver, harm enemies. Harming enemies is cheap but they
fixed it to where it isn't as cheap like in soul reaver where you could
continuously shoot.
Immolate:Aquired from boss #4, Immolate works like both Fury and Berserk,
accept instead of dealing physical blows it kills the enemy highlighted
instantly.
6.Strategy Guide
Chapter One: The Slums "Welcome to Meridian"
After being awoken and talking with Umah you'll arrive at the training level.
It's referred to as the training level because the game tells you how to do
everything and you don't really need a strategy but I provide one anyways.
Umah introduces the vampiric whisper that will be used to convey much dialogue
for Kain. Just run forward past the first checkpoint. You can kill the citizens
around here but at this point it is worthless because you can't suck their
blood yet. Keep following the path until an in game cinema starts with Umah
telling you how to jump. Follow her directions to jump up to where she is to
invoke the next in game cinema where Umah teaches you how to float to the
ground. Float to the ground and then follow the path, jumping over the fence
and coming to a dead end where you have to throw a switch to be able to enter a
tunnel. Follow this path and you'll see Umah running and a gate close behind
you, this is where you learn how to open doors that are highlighted when
standing next to them. Open the door, cross the checkpoint and open the next
door and get ready to feed! From now on you are able to suck blood from the
dead. You also learn of vampire lore, a.k.a. the purple meter. Every time that
meter is filled(it is filled by lore boxes and sucking blood) it will increase
your blood meter. In the next area you have to suck the chained person on the
wall to increase your lore(when he screams and glows with red fire) in order
for the lever at the end of the hallway to operate. From now on, kill
everything you see and suck there blood. Even if you're blood meter is full it
will still fill the lore meter. Continue following the path to the next check
point where Umah will inform you of how vampires can be killed by water(hint:
don’t jump in it) and the lore chests. Suck them like you would a human to fill
your lore bar. Aside from the one Umah was standing next to, there is one to
the right of it behind a house. Continue on the path going toward the green
barrier. Umah will tell you how you can't walk thru it because it hurts you.
Now follow Umah into the sewer and cross the checkpoint to initiate combat
training. The first part is blocking, whether it is assisted or skilled just
block for a while till the next phase of training begins. You will then learn
how to attack and grab in similar fashions. Umah will tell you to continue thru
the sewer so do like she says till the next checkpoint. Pull the switch there
to drown out the water in the pit in order to get to the next side and continue
following the path. And here it is your first battle! It is a common thug, the
weakest enemy of the game. Also the game informs you of how to use the dark
gift of Fury. Finish him off, suck his blood, grab his weapon, and continue
down the path taking a left at the fire to find a lore chest. Do a 180 and go
in that direction following the path to the graveyard where you learn about
your next dark gift, Mist. Kill the thug and citizen that dwell here then run
behind that big memorial in the back to find another lore chest. Now head in
the direction Umah ran off where you will learn how to pick up weapons and use
a weapon box. Continue the path killing citizens until Umah tells you how about
glyph energy. Before following her directions of using the switch run to the
right of it to kill the thug who would have hurt you while you used the switch.
Also to the right is another lore chest. Anyways pull the first switch which
will send that green glowing glyph energy to the next switch, which when pulled
will finally open the gate. Umah tells you about the Glyph Rights(a.k.a. the
blue cloaked guys with metal mouth-pieces). Run across the checkpoint in the
tunnel to your next area. There is a lore chest on the left, a thug killing a
citizen in front, and further ahead a lore chest in a field of mist for you to
stealth kill in. Before heading to higher ground follow the path thru the mist
to a switch that is needed to be pulled. Now climb to higher ground, ala the
bridge that the citizen-attacking-thug ran out from under it, and follow that
path to yet another switch needing to be pulled. Run thru the newly open
passage to the check point in the mist field. Now before you stealth kill the
next guy, first you have to turn off the steam vents that would have hurt you
brining you out of mist form and alerting the thug to your presence. So look
for a valve to your right to turn and proceed with the killing. Run down the
stairs to the left of you and after reaching the bottom, turn completely around
and run toward the fire you see(not in the fire because that hurts, I mean its
just common since). Near there is another lore chest but don't suck it up right
away because a thug is coming for you. Take him out, suck the lore chest, and
run in the direction he came from in order to take on more thugs. After they're
all dead you meet Umah again and she'll tell you about Sanctuary. In the
cinema, you and Umah will be separated. When its over, run forward into thru
the doorway right in front of you killing a thug near a ladder. Climb up the
ladder and run into the dead end to find a lore chest. Go back to where the
ladder left you and to your right(or if you just climbed the ladder, your left)
jump up on a shack to find a new check point. Follow the path jumping down on
roof tops till you reach a dead end where you have to jump across a big
distance to get to the next rooftop. Before you jump across, jump down into the
alley and take out another thug. Climb back up the ladder and jump across.
Follow the path here to find a new weapon, the dagger, and once again jump
across to a new ledge with a door to open. Go thru the door and the game will
tell you how to move boxes. Pull the box in that room once in any direction and
go thru the door it was blocking. Follow the path and go into the only open
doorway you see there, before using the elevator, look to the right of it to
find another lore chest. Now go down the elevator, find a thug to kill down
here(near the fire)and pull a switch opening a previously inaccessible area
above. Take the elevator back up and jump down into that area. Follow the path,
killing citizens and thugs you come across, and at the end find a switch
puzzle! Its very simple, just pull the switch to open the gate, then pull the
crate under the gate, then pull the switch again. Run thru this tunnel and the
final in game cinema of the level will ensue. You'll meet your contact, he'll
tell you to go thru smuggler's tunnel. And all the while a mysterious figure,
obviously not human(by the way he jumped twenty feet distance), listening in to
your conversation.
Chapter Two: The Den "Creatures of the Night"
Kain starts off in an area filled with citizen which you can happily kill.
Anyways from where you start off, follow the path crossing over the check point
and take the first right at the end of this path is a lore chest and a switch
to pull. Pull the switch and follow the green glow of its path to a valve you
have to turn to open a gate. Near the gate though however is a new thug that
wasn't there before, so kill him and proceed to go through the gate. In this
new area turn to mist as soon as possible or you'll be shot by the new enemy,
the thief. Quickly stealth kill the two thieves here and proceed up the ladder
in the blue area. Go thru the door, turn right at the check point and go down
the stairs on your left. There's a lore box near the lamp post. Continue down
the path killing the three thugs you come across. Pull the switch at the end of
the path and return to the checkpoint at the beginning of this area. Don't go
back thru the door but go down the path you ignored earlier to cross the bridge
you just released. Go thru the door, down the stairs, thru the hall to run into
a thief. Turn the only valve you can in the room to open a path to a lore chest
to drain. Go back and run past the closed off area up the stairs to fight yet
another thief. Once this deed is done, look for a switch in that room to pull.
Go back downstairs to the previously closed area, turn the valve to open it,
pull the switch in their, and use the weapon box if you have a weapon. Now go
back upstairs, out the door pulling a switch to turn off the glyph gate. Go to
mist form in the mist cloud up ahead and take out the two thugs. Drain the lore
chest to the left of where you offed the thugs and then continue back on you
path. You'll reach another mist area with two thieves, stealth kill them like
usual and continue on your way. Open the gate with the valve, turn all misty,
stealth kill the thief, and just take the thug out the regular way you would.
Follow the path to the check point next to the tavern you can enter. Kill the
four citizens lurking about and head up the stairs in order to meet another
contact. After hearing what he has to say there is no rule saying you can't
kill him so take action! At the top of the stairs you'll have to kill a thug
and then pull back a book case hiding a passage. Once thru, kill the thief here
and then run down the stairs and out the door. Follow the path taking out the
two thugs you come across. In this area is a box you can move, push it toward
the chain link fence you see, you can't push it all the way forward but it is
close enough to where you can jump off of it over the fence landing on the next
check point. Drain the lore chest, follow the path, kill the thug, and once
again follow the path to the church. At the church is another mist field and
you get to kill your first Sarafan Guard. Stealth kill him, and then take out
his friend on the other side of the church. Once they're both dead, in the area
where the second one was, jump up on the crates and climb up the church, over
the plank into a chamber with an elevator. Go down and follow the tunnel system
till you come upon the mysterious eavesdropper from earlier talking to a glyph
right. Anyways follow the path over deadly water till you're blocked by a steam
vent, turn it off with the valve next to it. As soon as you go thru the path
look to the left and go thru the door to find both a lore chest and weapon
chest, use them and go back on the path. You'll come across an area where a
citizen will close a gate because he can see you. No matter, just run to the
small alcove in front of you and hit the switch to open it again. Before going
back though, turn to mist form so he can't see you and close the gate again.
Also, why waste perfectly good mist? Stealth kill the guard here and if the
citizen wonders into the mist, kill him in the same way. Now before trying to
get thru the next door and be infuriated with the citizens on the other side
who immediately close it, go to the left to find three switches connected to
steam vents. After pulling all three, go back to the door and to the right of
it on a pipe is a valve that when turned will burn to death those pesky humans
and you're now free to open the door.  Run into the next portion of the room,
throwing the switch to open the door, and into the mist field for another guard
stealth kill. Now you are right above where the eavesdropper was talking before
but there is no need to jump down to where he was, instead go around to a
tunnel entrance to follow. At the end pull the switch and enter the gaseous
chamber. You want to go into that pit in the middle but because of the steam
you can't get near it. So climb up the ladder and pull the first switch you
see. This switch makes the steam guarding the door on the left guard the ladder
you'll need to climb next. Anyways go thru that doorway by pulling yet another
switch and kill the guard. Run past the steam filled ladder, pull another
switch(be careful because the door it opens doesn't stay open very long) and
run through the door pulling the first switch which will make the steam go back
to the door on the left freeing the ladder. Quickly run back thru the time
released door before it closes and go up the ladder. Pull the switch and
descend back to the pit you first tried to get into. The only thing in the
place where you land is a checkpoint up on a bridge leading to your first
boss!!!!
Boss#1
The eavesdropper from before turns out to be a former comrade of Kain's turned
betrayer, Faustus. After hearing his little argument you'll turn to a good ol'
fashion street brawl. In this fight he'll do jumping kicks, flip to avoid your
attacks, and combos. During the combos, block to build up your fury and use
that to help destroy him. Also during his combos, usually after three hits you
can interrupt with your own combo. Be careful when he flips back glowing red,
its his unblockable attack which you should dodge. After enough hits he'll run
away to the next chamber, follow him switching you dark gift to mist. In this
room Faustus will jump between four furnaces hurling flaming exploding chemical
beakers at you. The object is to pull the lever on the furnace he is on in
order to burn him. However, even though it can be done, just running up to the
furnace doesn't always work because he'll see you and jump away. So instead use
the mist on the floor to sneak up on him. But wait the mist isn't everywhere so
you'll have to start at certain points. Three of the furnaces mist trails start
to the right of them in a corner, and one's starts in the middle of the room.
After burning him several times, the mist will disappear and he'll jump to the
ceiling and start running around up there periodically jumping down in order to
do a jump kick towards you. Here I ran along the sides of the room with the
camera facing inward the room, and every time Faustus came down to jump at me I
was out of the way and ran back to beat up his dizzy self after hitting a wall.
After taking enough hits, he dies and starts talking with Kain. Kain then seems
to assimilate his soul and gains the new dark gift jump.
Exit thru the only opening and use your new dark gift to jump across the
bridge. To the left is the famed smuggler's tunnel right next to a fire. Go
thru and the level is completed!
Chapter Three: The Lower City "In Darkness we gather"
Upon the beginning of this level you meet Umah again. She informs you that
you're just a stones throw away from sanctuary. Also that you are to go to the
red raven pub.
First go straight forward killing two guards that might attack you. Also there
is a secret lore chest in a building in the left corner at the end of the
street. There is a huge red sign hanging in front of it. Anyway, go back the
way you came and on the right is a lore chest next to two conversing citizens.
After disposing of them, take a right up the stairs and follow it to a
ledge(game direction telling you how to jump should come up) and d.g. jump
across. Jump down into the ally past the checkpoint and go misty to kill a
thug. There are two other thugs in the facility so kill them too. After they're
dead, go down the ally near the end of the mist trail. Run up the stairs to the
left of the ally's exit and near the gate to find out that you need clearance
to get thru there. The area you are in now(between two glyph gates) contains
guards on either ends so take care of them. Anyways back to getting clearance.
Run down the end of the street toward the other gate, at the end you can see
the Red Raven Pub you were told to go to. Approach the bar maiden and she'll
tell you what to say in order to have clearance to the gated off area. Go back
and pass thru the gate, killing that jerk who didn't let you thru in the first
place, and following the path like usual. Off the two thugs you come across and
come to the next street area, adjoined to the previous one but cut off by the
glyph gates. There are 3 guards here for you to kill along with some citizens.
Once you've disposed of them climb the tall structure in the middle of the area
to find a lore chest. After draining it, d.g. jump across to a platform with a
broken ladder hanging down from it. Pull the switch there and follow the pipes
the glyph energy flows thru to find the next switch you have to pull which
opens a door. After entering the door you'll see a glyph pedestal thing to the
left of you, pull it out(it closes the door) and start dragging it towards the
area you saw the glyph right vanish. Pull out the broken glyph pedestal and
replace it with the glowing one. Before activating it look thru the area for a
spiked club if you need a weapon and a lore chest. Now go look for a switch in
the green glowing room, after the glyph energy travels all the way to the next
switch pull it and go to the checkpoint in the next room. Here, jump out the
window and follow the path, once again learning you need a password to enter an
area. So continue the path, taking out two thugs along the way. In the next
area, you're on a street again with two guards. In this area, there are two
doors you can open but the lead nowhere and contain no items. Anyways the
password you need is held by a man in a stand at the end of an ally near the
other of the two guards mentioned. After getting the password proceed back to
near where you originally came out on this street, jump up on the second level
of the street and follow the path to switch operated gate. Go through take a
left, give the guy the password, kill the guy, and be on your way. In the next
room is three morsels chained to the wall and a sword for your pleasure. Climb
up the ladder and use you're d.g. jump to get to the check point and lore box
across the roof top. Once again, d.g. jump and this time go misty to take out
two thugs up ahead. When their dead and drained follow the path and jump down
into a new area to kill two more thugs. after they're dead(did you see the
graffiti on the wall ‘No freedom under Sarafan rule')pull the lever and ascend
to higher ground again. This time d.g. jump across to the switch you just
activated. Thru the doors is a thug ready to be killed. Afterwards just follow
the path thru the office, down the stairs, thru the crates, up the stairs, and
kill another thug. Pull the switch in this room to drop a crate on the floor
making a hole for you to go into the sewers. Check the area you drop down in
for another lore chest then follow the path like always. You'll run into two
more thugs who like always are no huge threat. Don't pull the switch you see
just yet. Now go around to the left corner and into the building to find a box
next to a switch. Pull that switch and go out of this area. Jump up onto the
ledge the box is and pull it out as far as you can, go back to where you first
pulled the switch and push the box down onto the triangle catwalk and pull the
box back as far as you can. Don't push it to the end because that’s to far.
Once its there, pull the switch next to it to make a small lift bring the box
up a flight. Before you go after it push the triangle catwalk so it isn't in
its original position. now climb the ladder you see by it and get ready to
fight two more thugs again. After killing them, push the box forward twice in
order for it to fall thru the floor(otherwise it would of landed on the catwalk
again). Down here follow the path and kill the two thieves you run into. The
stairs that one of them runs down from has a lore chest at the top. Continue on
the path again, picking up a dagger if you need one. When you come across a
ladder go to the left and turn the valve to flood the area. Next use your d.g.
jump to get to the now floating piece of wood allowing you to access a new
ladder. When you come up there are two guards to take out right away. After
they're dead follow the road some more killing a thug and two more guards.
There are two doors you can open here. One is like the one you opened at the
beginning of the game with nothing in it, and one is a small shop opposite the
empty building, but it holds a lore chest. Anyways after getting all that and
killing the guards pull a switch and follow the green glow out of this area.
Well you're back in the sewers again so do like normal and follow the path
taking out two more thugs you come across. Continue on your way ignoring a path
to the left and going into a room that’s half flooded. At the entrance turn
right and climb up the ladder there. You'll arrive in an area with several
killed citizens but you didn't kill them (dun dun dunnnnn). Anyways feed off of
those free meals and jump up on the roof of the central structure. Kill the
thug there and push the box off the edge. Now you're back where you started,
leave the box there for now and run across the bridge. Pull the switch there
that opens the gate and quickly run back to the other side to push your block
in place to hold it open. Go to the previously ignored area(the left you
skipped) and turn the valve in that room. Run quickly thru the flooded room
because it will fill up again soon. Once thru there run up a couple flights of
stairs, thru a switch gate, and find a gang war of thugs. You can let them duel
it out and kill the victors. Once they're disposed of, look for another switch
gate and go thru it. Here you are introduced to your first GLYPH GUARD!!!!! You
don't face him now but he calls for you two guards to kill and he's kind enough
to set off an alarm in his area which release many more guards for you to
kill(so its a good thing he set off the alarm). Anyways ascend to higher ground
in your area and use d.g. to jump from place to place(picking up a lore chest
along the way) all the way until you're in glyph guards place. Take him out,
his guard, and the  three guards that come out of the building next to the
alarm. After everyone is dead, open the valve gate and follow the street to an
ally pat the screams coming out of the city reformatory. In the ally go to mist
and carefully sneak up and kill the thug that awaits you. Go thru the valve
gate and find a murder massacre (a.k.a. free meal) waiting for you, along with
a vampire who sounds like he has a lot of mucus in his throat. He runs off and
you have to follow him, not chase after him, follow him. So feel free to drain
any corpses you find lying about. After doing one super jump you'll have to
fight a thug. Do one more super jump and you get to talk to the mysterious
vampire I call flemy. After he jumps away, continue onward jumping down into a
new area. Here you can open the door to a book depository but once again its
pointless. anyways, kill the guard you find going down the stairs and the two
thugs at the end of the street. In the area you fight the two thugs(at the end
of the street) thru one of the glyph gates you can see a lore box. Just jump on
the crates to the right of the gate to jump over the gate to the lore box. now
go down into the sewer and pull the switch you find there. Jump into the pit
and run to the right and jump out to find a box you can move. Push it into the
pit and then position it to be where the catwalk once was. once in position  go
to the pipe reaching down from the ceiling and turn the valve on it to float
the box. Now jump back across the now flooded pit(be careful!) pull the switch
to secure the box on the cat walk. Go back and turn the valve so you can push
the box across the catwalk onto a weighted trigger in order to lift a gate. Go
thru that gate and pull the switch turning off all glyph gates. Go back to the
main street and up the newly open walk way. Before going into Blue Lady Curios,
follow the catwalk some more to find another lore chest. Afterwards go into
Curios and follow the path to sanctuary. And wow you get to meet the leader!
Chapter 4: The Upper City "A Question of Faith"
OoOoO Kain has some new cloths, very stylish with the skull shoulder pads.
Anyways just run strait thru the tunnel. When you come out to the left is a
citizen running down an ally to his death by a thugs hand in a mist field and
to the left is two guards. So since the citizen and thug are busy, take out the
two guards. Now go take out the thug in the mist field and continue along that
path. What another familiar face, and not sounding like he has a cold? Marcus,
the former ally that Kain tried to assassinate in his past, learns of your plan
to seek the bishop. Now you're in a race to get to him and to slow you up,
Marcus sends his priest cronies after you. Dispatch of them and go thru the
valve gate. Follow the passage, and once again Marcus sends cronies after you.
Go down and up the stairs right in front of you ignoring the set on the left.
At the top of the stairs kill those two priests and follow the path to a third.
In that room turn the valve to position a bridge for you to cross via the
stairs you ignored earlier. Once in the chamber, turn the valve again to
reposition the bridge to get to the other side. Upon reaching the other side,
head right to get a lore chest and go in the opposite direction to get in some
mist kills on two thugs. Continue on the path, climbing up the stairs, and see
Marcus tell the guards to kill you. Go thru valve gate killing two guards in
the mist field. Follow the street to the end killing the one guard there. To
the left of the dead end is a passage opened by the switch next to it, and
another one just like it on the other side. Immediately after going thru you're
attacked by a thief, even though there is a mist field there it is hard to get
a stealth kill. There is another thief lurking about who you can lure into the
mist field or just kill any other way. Follow the path to the dead end with the
broken ladder and movable block. Move the block under the ladder and climb it
and the next one too. On the roof you'll find a thief in the middle of a heist,
kill her and her accomplice in the house. Before leaving thru the valve balcony
make sure to get the lore box in the room. Use you d.g. jump from the balcony
to get to the open windows across the way. Kill the two guards in here and
infuse one of their weapons you took in the weapon box in the same room. Once
that’s done, run down the stairs and out the door. Go through yet another valve
gate and continue down the street killing a glyph guard and stealth killing two
normal ones. Now go through the switch door the two guards were protecting and
go thru another door inside. Pull the switch there to send out some glyph
energy and then go thru the valve gate behind you to be back on the street. Now
turn misty so a guard you'll run into won't see you and close a gate you're
trying to get thru. So in mist form open the gate supplied by glyph energy,
then sneak up on the guard and stealth kill him. Proceed thru the next switch
gate and turn off the water to the left with the valve there. Proceed to the
opposite side of the area to take out a glyph guard. Run up the stairs kill
another glyph guard, d.g. jump across to the area where you turned off the
water. Go to mist form and kill the unsuspecting guard in the area. After he's
dead, hit the valve near the fountain, clearing a path down below. Go through
this path, past the valve gate, to find a lore chest and be attacked by three
sneaky thugs. Continue on the path thru the door to a courtyard. Pull the
switch you first come across and you get to see how there not only is a glyph
guard right in front of you but the door you need open is closed. Go take care
of the enemy and then on the side opposite the hanging box turn the valve
between the two statues in order to move the water from one statue to the other
now jump in the unflooded area and pull the switch. Now go to the other side
turning the flood valve there, and the newly powered switch in the unflooded
area. Pulling it drops the box which you need to move, so pull the flood valve
again and move the box in the corner near where you entered in order to block
that gate from closing and be able to enter the area you closed off earlier. Go
thru yet another valve gate into an area with two glyph guards and mist
everywhere. After they've been taken care of go into the clock tower as
instructed by Vorador. In there, move the block once in any direction and climb
the stairs. Ignore the first switch you sea and instead use the valve next to
the huge bag. Now go back and use the switch. This opens a gated area outside
containing one glyph guard (you know how to take care of him). Continue on the
path and go up an elevator. Once it reaches the top, d.g. jump across to an
open window. As soon as you go thru one doorway look the left to find a lore
box. Go down the stairs taking out the glyph guard at the bottom and then
proceeding onto the next area. Another mist field adorned with a glyph guard to
kill. Follow the path till you see two chambers with a caged off glyph
pedestal. Climb up the ladder next to it and through the valve up there. Jump
back down the hole you came out of and move the glyph pedestal to the other
chamber. Climb up the ladder there and throw the valve again. Now move the
pedestal and get ready to fight. Go thru the switch gate you just powered up
and take out the two glyph guards. Go thru the door in the other gated off
area, killing another glyph guard. Proceed up the stairs, go thru another door,
and be in another street area. Stealth kill the three guards here, drain the
lore chest, and enter the area right by the chest. Climb a ladder you find
there and then d.g. jump to the next open ledge. Go thru the door in order to
see a guard attack a citizen. Take him out and go thru the hall. At the end of
the hall go thru the door and get a guard stealth kill. Afterwards kill the
other two guards downstairs and go thru the door one was protecting. Run thru
the dining room and into the next to find your first knight. Take him out pick
up your first great ax. It slices, it dices, and it takes heads off with a
snap. Anyways once he's dead, one of the bishop’s servants will point you in
the bishop’s direction. Run that way, taking out one glyph guard, and then his
buddy who opens the gate for you. The gate that he opens leads to a priest
filled cemetery. Take out the solitary priest in the first area and look for a
moveable block to pull. Once pulled run thru the new passage and kill the five
priests running thru this mist filled area. Before heading underground at the
end of the path, turn around and adjacent from the opening leading underground
is a lore chest. Now go underground and push in the three dark blocks on the
wall to open a new door. Run up thru there killing two more priests and go for
another underground passage. This one leading right to the bishop! But what’s
this, Marcus has his mind in control? Well this doesn't suit you. Chase after
Marcus thru familiar streets from before. Climb up the sets of ladders, jump
across roof tops, and d.g. jump thru pane glass windows, anything to get
Marcus. When you finally catch him, you both fall thru the church roof and boss
fight #2 begins.
Boss Fight #2
Marcus can turn invisible so how do you kill him you ask? By pulling the
switches on either side of the church causing bells to ring, which for some
reason really hurt Marcus's ears. After hitting him enough time, Marcus will
send his priests to cut the bells so they can no longer be activated by the
switches and then he runs upstairs. Now not only do you have to fight Marcus,
but his priests as well, and these priests have cross bows. Marcus can still go
invisible though and you can't use the bells with the switch so how do you kill
him? Go upstairs and jump into the bells. Then climb upstairs and you'll see
good ol' visible Marcus just waiting to be killed. Once he is dead, you'll get
the ability Charm.
The bishop is back to normal and he's going to help ya rescue Umah, Hurrah!
Chapter Five: The Sarafan Keep "House of my Enemy"
Uh oh, the Sarafan Keep, that must mean we've seen the last of thugs and
thieves. Well thugs at least. But don't worry, soon you'll have new enemies,
maybe not this level, but soon.
Ok, back to business, follow the guard onto the mist field and stealth kill
him. Next run up to a window and get your first lesson in brain washing(a.k.a.
charm). Anyways charm the guy into opening the door for you and return the
favor by killing him. Follow the passage and get ready to stealth kill a guard.
Run into the next room and you'll find a weapon chest. Now go back to the
hallway and turn the valve shutting off steam. Follow the path the steam was
blocking and kill the guard down the stairs. Jump down to the lower area of
this room and move the glyph pedestal that's there next to the round barrel so
it’s between the barrel and the machine. Now go to the other side of the
machine and hit the switch there to load the machine up with fuel. Now go to
the upper level and hit the switch that turns on the machine blowing up a new
path for you. Follow the new path down a hallway killing one of the last
several thieves you see in the game. Follow the path and go right up the stairs
to find a lore chest. Go down the other staircase and turn to mist. Go thru the
switch door and watch as the guards take out the last of the thieves(this is
where you are supposed to cry). You can't really get a stealth kill right here
because the mist doesn't go to that area. But following the mist to the other
place a guard and thief are fighting you can stealth kill whoever won that
fight. In that area there is also a switch you need to throw so throw it and go
back to the main room. Go thru the switch door and get ready for some stealth
killing. You have two guards and a citizen all walking thru the mist. You know
what to do. Anyways at the end of the mist take a left to find a lore chest.
Head in the opposite direction and jump down to the left into another field of
mist. Sneak behind the guard there for a stealth kill. Head in the opposite
direction again, jumping across running water to fight a glyph guard.
Introducing a new tactic: Don't have a decapitating weapon but want to finish
off the fight quick and still be able to feed afterwards? Well look no further
then the throw the enemy into the water so he drowns tactic. Here’s the, I
think the only place in the game where you can drown an enemy and then later
drink his blood. This also works on crevices and canyons. You can throw the
enemy off of something anywhere in the game but like I said earlier it’s best
to feed afterwards. Anyways back to the strategy guide. Now that the glyph
guard is dead climb up the ladders he was protecting and turn off one of the
water valves. From this catwalk d.g. to the next one on your right and turn off
the second water valve. Now jump off and walk to the third catwalk. From the
ground below, charm the guy on there and have him turn off the valve. Now jump
where the water used to be, thru a tunnel, and get ready to fight a glyph guard
when you get out. Continue down this passage thru a switch door and even though
there is a hallway full of mist, it’s a glyph guard you're trying to kill at
the end of it so I say just fight him from the get go. Now that he's dead, go
thru the door he was protecting. Turn to your left and kill the guard walking
along that pathway. At the end you'll see a ladder to the right that you can
jump to. Climb up it and turn the valve there. Jump down to the other side and
go in the middle chamber to pull the switch opening the door. Leave and kill
the guard to your right. Jump down one level and go into one of the open cell,
it contains a lore chest. Now work your way up back to where that ladder was
that you just climbed and turn that valve again. Now you are able to go thru
the newly opened door. Go thru and ride up the elevator. In this room there is
a weapon chest and an adjoined room with a switch you must pull. It unlocks the
door in the hallway next to you. Go thru it and you'll see a knight waiting to
be stealth killed. After killing him be sure to grab his great ax even though
you can't decapitate most of the enemies because they are knights, it’s just
that it’s an all around good weapon. Anyways kill the other guard in this room
and then charm the person he was talking too. With him walk around the balcony
and turn off one of the glyph gates. Return to your body and go to that
previously inaccessible area. Here you'll find several portraits depicting the
Sarafan Lord's triumph over Kain and two knights, one at the entrance and one
in a mist field down stairs. Kill both and then go up the stairs right of the
pool. Here instead of help you get a request. You now have to go back to the
mist field in the mural hallway to kill a guy in green and another knight. Once
this is done you can go down the hallway the lady was in. Here you kill yet
another knight and at the end of the hallway ride up an elevator. At the top is
another knight to kill(I know, its getting old by now) and in one of the rooms
is a lore chest. Look for the broken balcony and d.g. jump across to the other
one. To the left is a switch that lowers a ladder encase you fall and need to
get back up later. Anyways follow the balcony, d.g. jump across the mural
hallway and now you’re where you first charmed that one guy. Kill the knight
here and then walk around the balcony till you find a switch door leading to
another room. Follow the path to find a group of six knights lounging about 5
leave the room and only two stay in the next room. Jump down and kill the
solitary knight. Pull the switch near the door and climb up the ladder near the
fireplace. Once on the balcony go thru the previously inaccessible doorway.
Jump down in the next room and kill two more knights. Ride up the elevator and
get ready to turn misty. Well not yet. First climb up the stairs to your right
and pull a switch to open the door to the place where you get misty. Go thru
the hall and stealth kill the guard there. Take out the knight in the library
ahead and then go up to its balcony pulling the switch up there to reveal a
pathway behind a set of books. Go thru and charm the citizen to open the gate
for you. Run up the stairs to find a lore chest and jump back down and go thru
the new passage and kill the guard at the end of the hall. Go thru the switch
door and you get to see your first GLYPH KNIGHT. One of his guards will go into
the mist field for an easy kill. Now just kill the Glyph Knight and other guard
and you're almost done with this level. Look on the side of the building and
throw the valve there, enter the building thru the switch door. Ahhh! It’s Umah
but she's trapped behind a glyph gate that you just turned on by turning the
valve. Well while you're in there pull back the one statue you see to reveal a
secret entrance. Go back around to the side and pull turn the valve. Go back to
Umah's cell and enjoy the next in game cinema.
Chapter 6: The industrial Quarters "The Nexus Stone"
Ok, so you snuck into the industrial Quarters, now what? Follow the path like
I’ve been telling you for five chapters. Once you make it to the end, turn the
valve and go back to the first room you were in. Pull that switch and go back
to turn the valve. Now go thru the door you opened with the switch. Go up the
stairs, kill the knight, drain the lore chest, and throw the switch for the
door. Follow the path upstairs into the next room. Here throw a switch to fight
the lady replacing the thief, a more scantly clad woman with a long sword(from
now on, no more naming new enemies). Anyways throw a switch, climb a ladder,
drain a lore chest, open a door, and proceed to the next in game cinema. Take
out the two women on the bridge then jump down. On the floor level there is
another woman guarding a  switch that needs to be pulled. Kill her and pull the
switch. Afterwards you'll need to start your ascent so look in the area to the
right of the switch for a ladder to climb. Here you'll find a dual-bladed
staff, second to last new weapon. Grab it if you want. And d.g. jump across to
the huge stack of crates. D.g. jump across to the next stack, drain the lore
chest, climb the stack of crates even higher, and finally d.g. jump back to
where you’re first started the level. Go to the end of the bridge and throw the
switch. There are two men with cutlasses in here so kill them. The room to the
left has a switch you need to throw. Once thrown follow the mist trail to the
door it opens and ride the elevator style platform down. Kill the two women in
this room and then descend to the area below. Throw all four switches in each
corner and climb the ladder back up. Go to the side opposite the ladder and
pull the switch there to activate the machine below. Ride the conveyer belt
into the next room but jump off quickly to avoid falling to your death. Grab
the lore chest and proceed thru the doorway to see a neat explosion. Kill the