Blood Omen 2 Walkthrough

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 muc