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Drake of the 99 Dragons FAQ/Walkthrough Final Version
By kirbyparufo
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1. Introduction
2. Updates
3. Controls
4. Basics
5. Weapons
6. Walkthrough
7. Contact
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1.    Introduction
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In my opinion, Drake of the 99 Dragons isn't 100% unplayable. There
are lots of glitches, but they don't completely ruin the game. This
is a guide on how to beat the game from beginning to end.
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2.    Updates
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Final Version- Organized the Basics section better.
Final Version- FAQ Completed. Also added "weapon dropped" to each
enemy's section.
Version 2.4- Finished the mission 16 walkthrough and changed a few
things.
Version 2.3- Finished the mission 14 and 15 walkthroughs and
changed a few things.
Version 2.2- Finished the mission 13 walkthrough and changed
the mission 10 walkthrough.
Version 2.1- Made this guide a bit easier to read and fixed some
errors.
Version 2- Corrected some errors.
Version 1.9- Finished the mission 12 walkthrough.
Version 1.8- Finished the mission 11 walkthrough.
Version 1.7- Finished the mission 10 walkthrough.
Version 1.6- Finished the mission 9 walkthrough.
Version 1.5- Finished the mission 8 walkthrough.
Version 1.4- Finished the mission 7 walkthrough.
Version 1.3- Finished the mission 6 walkthrough.
Version 1.2- Finished the mission 5 walkthrough.
Version 1.1- Finished the mission 4 walkthrough.
Version 1- Finished the mission 3 walkthrough.
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3.    Controls
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Here are the Controls for the game.
Left Thumbstick - Move Drake
- Slow time (press in once & hold)
- Freeze time (press in twice)
Back button - Previous menu
Start button - Pause game
Directional pad - Move Drake
Right Thumbstick - Move Camera
- Center camera (press in once)
White Button - Draw in souls
Black Button - Detonate soul
A Button - Confirm selection on menu
- Jump
- Double-jump
B Button - Cancel selection on menu
- Slow time (press once & hold)
- Freeze time (press twice)
X Button - Release the Undying Dragon
Y Button - Access/Scroll weapons
Right Trigger - Fire Weapon
- Equip selected weapon
Left Trigger - Fire Weapon
- Equip selected weapon
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4.    Basics
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How to play the game.
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4.1    Screen Layout
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At the top-right corner of the screen is the time you have
left to complete the mission you are in. You will get additional
time in a few missions as you go through them.
At the bottom-right corner of the screen you will see Drake's
two hands and guns. The numbers next to each gun represent the
amount of ammo in them. When a gun runs out of ammo, Drake drops
it on the ground and pulls of a new one with full ammo. You have
unlimited guns at your disposal once you've obtained that type in
the mission. You start each mission with only the Semi-Automatic
Pistol. About the guns is where you'll see which weapons you can
use after selecting to scroll through them.
At the bottom-left corner of the screen is the Soul Power Meter
and Drake's health. The green in the meter is power you can use
to slow down and stop time. It is also required to detonate
souls. It drains steadily when slowing down time or detonating
souls. It drains a set amount when you freeze time. Some power
will be restored when Drake consumes a soul. Drake's health
decreases when he is hurt. The maximum amount of health drake can
normally have is 99. If Drake's health reaches 0, he will be sent
to the Serene Garden. If Drake consumes enough souls his health
will go over 100 and slowly drain back to 99.
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4.2    Souls
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Starting at mission four, Drake can see and eat his enemies'
souls. There are three types of souls with different effects when
consumed.
Green Souls- Drake gets these from defeating his enemies. They
slowly float up until they disappear. You can make them float to
Drake by holding the White Button. You must be holding the White
Button when an enemy is defeated or when the soul is generated
for this to work. Greens souls give Drake 10 points of health and
refills some of the Soul Power Meter.
Red Souls (lost souls)- Drake should avoid these. They automatically
home in on Drake, but can be avoided. They take away 5 points of
health from Drake. These usually only appear when Drake or enemies
shoot certain objects.
Blue Souls- These are only part of mission objectives. They don't
do anything special (aside from healing 10 points of health) and only
need to be collected.
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4.3    Random Information
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Starting Mission 5, whenever Drake dies he will go to the Serene
Garden. From there a ten second countdown will start. The Stone
gods will taunt Drake until the timer hits zero, and Drake will
than get to try the current mission again.
After jumping, Drake can run up walls for a short time. He can
also jump while running on a wall and start running on another
wall (He can do this up to 3 times).
When Drake slows down time, he, his enemies, and environmental
objects slow down. When Drake freezes time, everything remains
practically still.
Drake automatically aims his guns at his nearest enemy (or
enemies). This auto-targeting system works well against small
amounts of foes, but when there are many enemies around Drake, it
can be problematic. The auto-targeting won't target far away
enemies.
Between every mission is a cutscene that advances the story. I
recommend that you watch these, but they can be skipped.
After a certain point of the game, Drake can release the Undying
Dragon from the tattoo on his chest. This can only be done when
Drake's health is above 100. The Undying Dragon does MASSIVE
damage to whatever is in front of it, including enemies and
objects.
After completing a mission, you will be asked if you would like to
save. I recommend saving whenever possible.
All supernatural abilities Drake possesses are earned by completing
missions.
To get new weapons, run to the bubbles enemies drop when defeated.
You can tell what weapons are in these bubbles just by looking.
Sometimes these are already in the mission.
In some missions, Drake must collect keycards to open locked doors.
Keycards are shown next to Drake's health/soul power. There are
three types of keycards- red, green, and blue.
If a mission objective requires Drake to collect a certain amount of
souls, a counter in the top-left corner of the screen will show
how many souls Drake has collected.
You can destroy many objects you see. Objects that explode when shot
will damage enemies and drake.
Because the game lacks a reload button, the only way to reload a gun
is to run out of ammo and have Drake pull out a new one. If you are
low on ammo and are about to enter a fight, fire off a few shots to
reload the guns you are using. You don't want to have to reload
in combat, unless you plan on visiting the Serene Garden.
Finally, and trust me on this, NEVER detonate souls. It is a waste
of health and soul power, and it almost never kills other enemies.
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5.    Weapons
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Here are the weapons Drake will get to use throughout the game.
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Semi-Automatic Pistol
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Max Ammo: 17
Rarity: Drake always has these
Power: Good
Firing Rate: Great
My Opinion: A good weapon, but I prefer the constant fire of the
machine guns or the power of other weapons over this.
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Revolver
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Max Ammo: 6
Rarity: Somewhat rare
Power: Great
Firing Rate: Decent
My Opinion: Not a good weapon. The default weapon bests this, so
there really isn't any use for this.
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Machine Gun
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Max Ammo: 32
Rarity: Common
Power: Bad
Firing Rate: Automatic (Excellent)
My Opinion: A good weapon. Use it unless you have access to the
Sub-Machine Gun or the Force Gun.
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Sub-Machine Gun
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Max Ammo: 32
Rarity: Rare
Power: Decent
Firing Rate: Automatic (Excellent)
My Opinion: A great weapon, but it's rare.
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Double-Barreled Shotgun
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Max Ammo: 2
Rarity: Rare
Power: Excellent (only at close range)
Firing Rate: Good
My Opinion: Only use this at close range. At far range, it's
accuracy and power are terrible. At close range, this gun will kill
even bosses with few shots.
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Force Gun
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Max Ammo: 23
Rarity: Somewhat rare
Power: Excellent
Firing Rate: Good
My Opinion: The best weapon in the game. Use is whenever you can.
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Bouncing Grenade Launcher
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Max Ammo: Infinite Ammo
Rarity: Very Rare
Power: Excellent (can hurt Drake)
Firing Rate: Bad
My Opinion: Trust me, this is the worst weapon in the game. Drake
will often kill himself by using this. If you still want to use
this weapon, note that grenades bounce off walls and take 3 seconds
to explode. Drake will take heavy damage if a grenade explosion hits
him.
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Soul Portal Artifact
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My Opinion: Not a weapon, but since it appears in the weapons
screen I'm listing it here. Look at Mission 24 to see how to use
this.
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6.    Walkthrough
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How to beat the game. I will also list any enemies and hazards
you will see in each mission. Here is how to use this guide:
Name: Mission name
before Drake dies
Goal: The goal of the mission
Hints: Hints the game gives for completing missions.
Walkthrough: The walkthrough for the mission.
Note that you are free to switch weapons at any time unless
otherwise told by the walkthrough. I will NOT be listed which
enemies drop which weapons, as it is usually evident through
which attacks they use. Some weapons can even be found within
the levels, but with the exception of small missions I won't list
their location as I would have to go out of the way in the middle
of a walkthrough to list the location, and the weapons almost
never make a difference because the Semi-Automatic Pistols will
usually do the trick.
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6.1    Mission 1
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Name: Introducing a Killer
Goal: Follow the instructions as they appear on screen to
complete the tutorial mission.
Enemies: None
Hazards: None
Mission Difficulty: 0/10
NOTE: You will not play this mission if you select new game
without tutorial.
Walkthrough: Since this is the first mission in the game,
there is just about no way you can lose. This mission is
just used to teach the basics of the game. You will first
see a message:
Welcome you to the Kwoon of a 99 Dragons
This is an automatic message that doesn't require pressing
the A button to close it. You then get another message:
Use the controls to move Drake in the Kwoon. (Press "Jump" to
start)
Continue and you will get this message:
Go over to the pair of revolvers and pick them up.
There is an arrow pointing to the Revolvers. After you do
that you will get another message:
You now have a pair of revolvers in your inventory and a
pair of pistols in your hands.
Cycle the inventory and select a revolver. Press left or right
"fire" to equip it in that hand. Try it out!
Equip the Revolvers (or not, it doesn't matter), and you will
get another message:
When you find a gun, you'll have an unlimited number of that
type of gun available.
So, when a gun runs out of ammo you'll drop that gun and equip
a new one.
Soon after you will get another message:
Stand next to the button on the wall illuminated in green. Shoot
the 4 targets that appear along the opposite wall.
Stand next to the button on the wall illuminated in green. After
you do that, four targets will appear. After they appear you get
this message:
Shoot out all targets!
Shoot them all of the targets until they turn black (the
auto-targeting will lock on to them). You will get another message
afterwards:
Well Done!
You have the ability to jump unnaturally high. First jump and than
jump again while airborne to increase the height of the jump. Try
it out!
You will get a message after that one:
Collect the 5 glowing orbs above you.
Try double jumping in different direction by using the Left-,
right-, forward- and backward controls.
Double jump to collect the orbs. After you do that, you will get
another message:
Well done!
Stand next to the button on the wall illuminated in green. The
interactive training pillars will soon activate. Avoid the infrared
beams. Collect 4 banners to succeed this mission. If you get hit 4
times you have to restart...
Stand near the button on the wall which will be illuminated in
green again. This will activate infrared beams. Avoid the beams by
jumping (and not jumping) and collect the four banners that are
located in the corners of the room. If you are hit four times by
infrared beams, you will have to try again (just the banner
collecting, nothing else). After you do this you will get another
message:
Well done!
Prepare to engage a Tang Cyborg training partner!
After this message you will complete the mission.
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6.2    Mission 2
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Name: Honing your skills
Goal: Defeat the Tang Industries cyborg.
Bosses: Tang Cyborg
Hazards: None
Mission Difficulty: 1/10
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BOSS: Tang Cyborg
Strength: High
Health: High
Speed: Medium
Attacks: Punches
Strategy: Just stay away from it and it won't hurt you.
Difficulty: 2/10
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NOTE: You will not play this mission if you select new game
without tutorial.
NOTE: The Tang Cyborg in this mission has roughly double the
health of normal Tang Cyborgs, along with double the attack
power.
Walkthrough: This mission is far too easy. Just run around
keeping a small distance away from the cyborg and shoot.
This mission will be over in no time at all.
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6.3    Mission 3
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Name: Chasing ghosts
Goal: Don't lose track of the Ghost Assassin! Hit the
checkpoints before the time's up.
Hints: Try to keep up with the Ghost Assassin or risk getting
lost, losing valuable time.
Enemies: Ghost Assassin Robots, Ghost Assassin
Hazards: None
Mission Difficulty: 2/10
NOTE: This is where you will start if you selected New game
(No Tutorial)
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ENEMY: Ghost Assassin Robot
Strength: High
Health: Very Low
Speed: Medium
Weapon Dropped: Sub-Machine Gun
Attacks: Punches, Sub-Machine Gun fire
Strategy: Stay a distance away from it to avoid it's punches.
Kill it quickly to avoid the powerful and quick shots from it's
Sub-Machine Gun.
Difficulty: 2/10
ENEMY: Ghost Assassin (1)
Strength: None
Health: Invincible
Speed: High
Attacks: None
Strategy: It won't attack you and you can't hurt it.
Difficulty: 0/10
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Walkthrough: The first real mission of the game. From the start, head
through the doors, and once they open start shooting to take down two
Ghost Assassin Robots or risk major damage. You will get a time boost
when you go through the doors. Head left through more doors while
shooting to take down a Ghost Assassin Robot and earn more time. Head
forward through more doors and you'll get another time boost.
Move along on the ledge until the Ghost Assassin knocks over some
bookcases. Some doors ahead will reveal two Ghost Assassin Robots, so
shoot them. Jump over to the ledge to your right, careful not to fall.
Go through the door and you'll get another time boost. A Ghost Assassin
Robot will fall from the ceiling. Shoot it and move on forward. Go
through the door for another time boost and head right, than left (not
down the stairs), shoot the Ghost Assassin Robot who comes out from
behind the door and left and up the stairs.
Shoot the Ghost Assassin Robot when you get to the top. Proceed until
you reach the door. After you go through it and another that follows
immediately after, turn the camera to the left and shoot two Ghost
Assassin Robots that come out from behind another door. Head right (not
down the stairs) twice (you'll get a time boost) and go through the door
while shooting to kill two Ghost Assassin Robots. Look up the left set
of stairs and kill the Ghost Assassin Robot there. Go up either set of
stairs, through the door, and approach the Ghost Assassin to complete
the mission.
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6.4    Mission 4
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Name: Death in person
Goal: Claim 30 souls for the Undying Dragon.
Hints: Claim the soul of a slain enemy before it fades. You may have
to run up walls and/or "double jump" to reach some of the souls.
Enemies: Ghost Assassin Robots
Hazards: None
Mission Difficulty: 1/10
Walkthrough:
NOTES: You do not have to follow this walkthrough exactly to finish this
mission. There are many souls in this mission. This is only the quickest
way I got through the mission.
A short while after starting the mission you will get this message:
You now have the supernatural ability to run on walls.
To run on a wall, jump up on it from a distance.
After that message, run into the doors behind you quickly and get
out fast (there are two Ghost Assassin Robots there and it isn't easy
to fight them both at once). Two Ghost Assassin Robots will soon run
out, so kill them as they appear and collect there souls. Go back
into the room and collect the five souls inside (some souls require
you to double jump or run up walls to get them), making your soul
count 7. While collecting souls in the room, a message will appear.
You now obey supernatural laws of time, and have the ability to go
into slow- and freeze motion When your soul power meter is charged.
Charge the meter by collecting souls!
Run out of the room and collect the soul in the hallway. Make a left
into the white door (the black doors in this stage cannot be
entered). Collect the two souls in the hallway and head through the
door. Make a left, collect the soul over the pit (try not to fall
down there) and continue through the white door closest to the soul
you just collected. In the next room, collect the soul in the air
and fall down.
Climb up the stairs and collect the two souls you see. Go back to
where you fell and wall-run back up. Go through the door you saw when
you entered the hallway for the first time and enter the area with blue
carpeting. Go right and stop near the top of the set of stairs you will
see (the ones going downwards). Double jump to the soul and go into a
door near the stairs that will take you up. Go forward, Kill a Ghost
Assassin Robot to the left, collect the soul it leaves, and enter the
door to the left.
Collect the four souls in here, bringing you soul count to 20. Enter the
left door that is furthest through the hallway. Run down the hallway and
enter the door. Kill the Ghost Assassin Robot quickly and collect it's
soul and the soul above it. Jump through a window (it will break
automatically) and quickly kill the two Ghost Assassin Robots inside and
collect their souls, raising your soul count to 24. Go back through the
window and through the door you didn't come from. Go down the hallway
and approach either of the two doors on the sides of the bottom level of
this room. A Ghost Assassin Robot will emerge. Kill it and collect it's
soul.
Approach the other door and collect the soul from that Ghost Assassin
Robot as well. Wall-run up onto the walkway above you and enter the door
that leads into the room with the blue carpeting. Make one right and two
lefts (not down the stairs) and collect the floating soul. Run up the
stairs and run up the wall to another soul. Continue left three times and
go through two doors. Stand on the top of the second set of stairs and
jump into the small area containing two souls. Collect the souls to end
the mission.
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6.5    Mission 5
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Name: Dead, but full of life
Goal: Trail the Courier and Artifact. Hit the Checkpoints before the
time's up.
Hints: Shoot the Courier and track the trace of blood. Try to keep up
with the Courier or risk getting lost, losing valuable time.
Enemies: Courier, Ghost Assassin Robots
Hazards: Buses, Cars, Exploding Crates, Canopies
Mission Difficulty: 2/10
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ENEMY: Courier
Strength: Very Low
Health: Invincible
Speed: Very High
Attacks: Machine Gun fire
Strategy: The Courier will attempt to run away from you. Follow him to
get through the mission. The Courier is much faster than Drake, so this
will be difficult. Shoot the Courier to make a trail of blood that you
can follow. The courier will often wildly shoot around with his
Machine Guns, but your risk of actually getting hit is pretty low. Due
to glitches in the game, the Courier will often get stuck in objects,
doorways, or walls. The mission you are in can be completed even if
this happens.
Difficulty: 1/10
ENEMY: Civilian
Strength: None
Health: Very Low
Speed: Immobile
Attacks: None
Strategy: Civilians are perfectly harmless and won't hurt you. You can
kill them, however.
Difficulty: 0/10
HAZARD: Cars (When moving)
Info: Try to avoid getting hit by moving cars. Anything they hit will
be heavily damaged. If shot enough, they will explode. When they
explode, anything nearby will be heavily damaged. Cars will stop
for other stopped cars or cars that are destroyed.
HAZARD: Cars (When not moving)
Info: If shot enough, cars will explode. When they explode, anything
nearby will be heavily damaged.
HAZARD: Buses (When moving)
Info: Buses pull out of alleys quickly. Anything they hit will be
heavily damaged.
HAZARD: Exploding Boxes
Info: Some boxes in the game will explode when shot. When they
explode, anything nearby will be heavily damaged.
HAZARD: Canopy
Info: You can stand on canopies, but they will collapse in a few
seconds.
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Walkthrough: From the start, head a little forward and kill the Ghost
Assassin Robot behind the red bus. Wait where the Ghost Assassin Robot
you just killed was and car will drive in quickly, and two Ghost
Assassin Robots will come out from it. Kill them and move forward until
you spot an alley to the right. Kill the Ghost Assassin Robot inside
and move to the left wall by the food stands and kill the Ghost
Assassin Robot nearby.
Keep walking along the wall and a bus will pull out of the alley. If
you are standing near the wall, you won't get hurt by this. After the
bus pulls out, move to the wall on the opposite side of the street.
Walk along it and another bus will pull out. After it does, go where it
used to be and kill the Ghost Assassin Robot there. Now head towards
the Courier who is more likely than not shooting at you. Shoot and
chase after him. When you reach the stairs, you will receive a time
boost.
Go up the stairs, up the stairs to the left, make a right and enter the
left door. After you get a time boost, run up the stairs (being careful
not to fall off) while shooting the Courier. Enter the first door you
reach (it will have a 1 above it) for a time boost. Continue through
the room and go through the first door you see. Run forward through
the walkway (you can kill the Ghost Assassin Robot on the roof of the
door you just exited if you want to) and through the door for another
time boost.  Keep going forward and make a left and than a right into
the door. Shoot the Courier who is waiting for you and run up the
stairs and through the door for a time boost.
Make your way towards the right side of the balcony and jump
on the set of black wires slightly ahead and then onto the canopy
nearby. Let it collapse under you. You will fall onto another canopy.
After that canopy collapses, you will fall onto another canopy. Stay
as close to the wall as possible when you land on it. After that
canopy, you will land on the sidewalk (or if you were on the edge of
the canopy, the road were Drake will get killed quickly). Run along
the sidewalk and make a left down an alley, up some stairs, and
through a door.
After going through the door, go up the staircase and go through the
first door you reach. Go through either of the two doors you will see
for a time boost, but stop after you enter the room. Some crates will
explode, destroying the floor. You will need to run along a wall,
jumping from time to time to the opposite wall and back to the
original wall the until you reach solid ground. After you get across
the giant hole, run down the stairs and through the door. Run down
the alley, make a slight left and a right up another set of stairs to
finish the mission.
NOTE: If the Courier ever gets stuck in an object or wall, you can
still complete this mission following the walkthrough normally.
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6.6    Mission 6
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Name: Firing it up
Goal: Trail the Courier and Artifact. Hit the Checkpoints before the
time's up.
Hints: Beware of the explosive environment! Try to keep up with the
Courier or risk getting lost, losing valuable time.
Enemies: Courier, Firework Factory Employee (FFE), Ceiling Firework
Factory Employee (CFFE)
Hazards: Exploding Crates, Fireworks, Electrical Wires
Mission Difficulty: 3/10
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ENEMY: Firework Factory Employee
Strength: Medium
Health: Low
Speed: Low
Weapon Dropped: Machine Gun
Attacks: Machine Gun fire
Strategy: The Firework Factory Employee basically just shoots at you.
Due to a glitch in the game, they will sometimes keep moving/shooting
even after they are killed before they disappear and their souls are
made available to collect.
Difficulty: 3/10
ENEMY: Ceiling Firework Factory Employee (CFFE)
Strength: Medium
Health: Low
Speed: Immobile
Attacks: Machine Gun fire
Strategy: The Ceiling Firework Factory Employee pops out of a door from
the ceiling and shoots at you. They can only aim horizontally, not
vertically.
Difficulty: 1/10
HAZARD: Fireworks
Info: These are either pre-set off or are activated by Drake (or an
enemy) shooting them. If they explode near or on someone or something,
whatever is hit will take minor damage. There are fireworks that
launch strait up into the air and back down and fireworks that travel
strait through the air.
HAZARD: Electrical Wires
Info: Only activated after Drake or an enemy shoot electricity outlets.
Electrical cords inside will come out and swing around wildly, severely
damaging anything they contact.
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Walkthrough: From the start of the mission, just stand and shoot. Your
auto-targeting will take care of two Firework Factory Employees. If
you go forward first, you will quickly perish due to exploding crates.
After any explosions and killing the two Firework Factory Employees,
move forward, collect their souls, and go through the door. Go forward
and a bunch of crates (metal and explosive) will burst out into the
hallway. Shoot the Courier who is running away. Also kill the Firework
Factory Employee in the little room you can't access.
Continue through the hallway and kill the Ceiling Firework Factory
Employee who pops out above you (don't try to collect the soul he
releases) and go through the door. As soon as you go through the door,
kill a Firework Factory Employee to your left and collect his soul.
Head right onto a metal walkway connecting the two sides of the room
and walk across it. Kill the two Firework Factory Employees here and
collect their souls. Look into the center of the room. Once one of the
wooden platforms starts to go up, jump onto it. When it goes up one
floor from where you previously were, jump onto the side of the room
with a giant 1 next to a door.
Kill the Firework Factory Employee to your left and go through the
door (some crates will burst out when you get inside). Once inside, go
up the walkway, make a left, make a right, kill the Ceiling Firework
Factory Employee and collect his soul, and go through the door. Once
you go through the door, kill the Firework Factory Employee to your
right, and collect his soul. Kill the Firework Factory Employee on the
metal walkway and the one on the floor behind him and collect their
souls.
Jump onto a wooden platform once it comes up, and ride it down one
floor. Jump onto the floor with the door on it and kill the Firework
Factory Employee and collect his soul. Run through the door and kill
the two Firework Factory Employees on the ground and collect their
souls. After doing that, kill the Firework Factory Employee on the
metal walkway above and wait for a few seconds. There will be an
explosion. When this happens, the mission will be completed.
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6.7    Mission 7
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Name: The wake up call
Goal: Trail the Courier and the Artifact. Dispose of anyone that
stands in your way and claim their souls for the Undying Dragon.
Hints: Beware of the lost souls as they'll hurt you!
Bosses: Pok
Enemies: Courier, Gunman, Civilian, Jetpack Gunman, Dragon Beast
Hazards: Exploding Drink Vases, Red Soul Containers (Red Souls), Glass
Mission Difficulty: 6/10
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BOSS: Pok
Strength: High
Health: High
Speed: High
Attacks: Dual Machine Gun fire
Strategy: Pok, the first boss of the game, should sort of be handled
like a Gunman. He drains your health fast with his two Machine guns
which he never stops firing. Just keep shooting him and hopefully
you will kill him.
Difficulty: 8/10
ENEMY: Gunman
Strength: High
Health: Low
Speed: Medium
Weapon Dropped: Machine Gun
Attacks: Machine Gun fire
Strategy: Just like the Firework Factory Employee, but a little faster
and shoots more often.
Difficulty: 4/10
ENEMY: Jetpack Gunman
Strength: High
Health: Low
Speed: Fast
Attacks: Machine Gun fire
Strategy: Just like the Gunman, but flies in the air in a jetpack.
Difficulty: 5/10
ENEMY: Dragon Beast
Strength: Extremely High
Health: Low
Speed: High
Attacks: Pounce
Strategy: For an unarmed enemy, these things are very dangerous. Kill
them from a distance.
Difficulty: 8/10
HAZARD: Exploding Drink Vase
Info: Drink Vases, which Civilians drink from that explode when shot,
causing massive damage to whatever is nearby.
HAZARD: Red Soul Containers
Info: Red Soul Containers are red tubes that, when shot, release red
souls. See the Basics section for info on Red Souls. After being shot,
Red Soul Containers will become covered with metal (when shot while
covered with metal, Red Soul Containers won't release Red Souls) for
a short while.
Hazard: Glass
Info: When shot, whether by Drake or an enemy, glass will break.
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Walkthrough: Shortly after starting the stage, you will receive a
message:
You now have the supernatural ability to motivate souls to pull
towards you when you slay a foe.
Go through the door between the two potted plants. Kill all of the
enemies in here (there are simply too many enemies in this small room
to list precise locations, but the enemies in here are just Civilians
and Gunmen) until the room is quiet (some enemies are on the floor above
you). Once the room is quiet, go to the area of the room where there are
arrows pointing up a wall. Shoot the glass above the wall with the arrows
and run up the wall and through the door.
Run up the walkway and then up either of the two walkways after the first
walkway, and finally up a third walkway. Stop going up before you reach
the floor of glass and kill the two jetpack gunman and draw in their souls.
Quickly walk onto and than off of the glass. When shots are fired and some
glass is broken, fall into the room and kill all of the Gunmen there and
collect their souls. Go to the area of the room with lots of bottles and
jump onto the circular metal platform with the arrows pointing to it. Ride
it up to a new room.
Once it stops, go after the Courier who is standing near a door. Go after
him and he will run through the door, closing it behind him. When this
happens, three Dragon Beasts and Pok, the first boss of the game, will
jump down from platforms above you. Quickly kill the Dragon Beasts and
draw in their souls. To defeat Pok, stand away from him (His dual Machine
Guns really hurt your health), keep moving and shoot him, all while trying
not to shoot the Red Soul Containers (If you do shoot them, DO NOT get hit
by a Red Soul. Not only will you get damaged from that, but Pok will also
get free shots at you). After you kill him, the mission will end.
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6.8    Mission 8
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Name: Floating death
Goal: Make it to the Courier before Tung beats him to death.
Hints: Some Casino thugs carry digital keycards.
Bosses: Tung
Enemies: Tied Up Courier, Casino Thugs, Tough Casino Thugs, Swordladies,
Gunlady, Machine Gun Bikers, Shotgun Bikers
Hazards: Water, Cars, Exploding Barrels, Oil Spills, Motorcycles
Items: Digital Keycards
Mission Difficulty: 4/10
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BOSS: Tung
Strength: Medium
Health: High
Speed: Medium
Attacks: Punches, Body slams
Strategy: Tung is a very easy boss. Because he doesn't use guns, all
you must do to kill him is shoot him from a small distance.
Difficulty: 2/10
ENEMY: Tied Up Courier
Strength: None
Health: Invincible
Speed: Immobile
Attacks: Wiggle
Strategy: Can't do anything as he's been tied up by Tung.
Difficulty: 0/10
ENEMY: Casino Thug
Strength: High
Health: Low
Speed: Immobile
Attacks: Heavy gunfire
Strategy: Like the Gunman, except he can't move and is even more
powerful.
Difficulty: 5/10
ENEMY: Tough Casino Thug
Strength: Very High
Health: Medium
Speed: Immobile
Attacks: Heavy gunfire
Strategy: Like the Casino Thug, but wears black clothes. Do to a
glitch in the game, they rarely shoot, making them mostly harmless.
When they do shoot, they are incredibly dangerous and should be
avoided or shot from a long distance.
Difficulty: 5/10 (Would be a 9, reduced to 5 due to a glitch)
ENEMY: Swordlady
Strength: Low
Health: Medium
Speed: Medium
Attacks: Sword slash
Strategy: Can only attack up close, so should be shot from a
small distance.
Difficulty: 2/10
ENEMY: Gunlady
Strength: High
Health: Low
Speed: Medium
Weapon Dropped: Machine Gun
Attacks: Machine Gun Fire
Strategy: Pretty much a female version of the Gunman, so treat
her as such.
Difficulty: 5/10
ENEMY: Machine Gun Biker
Strength: High
Health: Low
Speed: Medium
Weapon Dropped: Machine Gun
Attacks: Machine Gun fire
Strategy: Yet another Gunman-like enemy. Deal with the Machine Gun
Biker as you would a Gunman.
Difficulty: 5/10
ENEMY: Shotgun Biker
Strength: Extremely High
Health: Low
Speed: Medium
Weapon Dropped: Shotgun
Attacks: Shotgun fire
Strategy: Has a shotgun, which severely damages Drake. Always kill
the Shotgun Biker from a distance if at all possible.
Difficulty: 7/10
HAZARD: Water
Info: Fall into water and Drake will lose 10 points of health before
being respawned.
HAZARD: Exploding Barrels
Info: Like Exploding Crates, except they can take more damage before
they explode.
HAZARD: Oil Spills
Info: They are not dangerous normally. If shot, they burst into
flames, and the flames damage anything they touch.
HAZARD: Motorcycles
Info: Just like cars. When shot enough, they will explode. They don't
move.
ITEM: Digital Keycards
Info: They come in three colors: Red, Blue, and Green. Run into them
to pick them up. They are needed to open certain doors.
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Walkthrough: You start out in front of a small shed. Go left from
there towards the huge building. Kill the Casino Thug on the walkway
ahead of you and draw in his soul. Continue to the right and kill the
Shotgun Biker and the Machine Gun Biker from a distance and collect
their souls. Go to where they were (near the motorcycles). Look up and
kill the Casino Thug above you and draw in his soul. Go across the
bridge nearby and make a left. Continue forward as far as you can and
make a right.
Go forward a little and kill the Casino Thug to your left and collect
his soul. Continue forward until you can go no farther and make a right.
Continue forward and enter the door you will eventually see to your
right. After going into that door, go into the door to the right.
Continue forward and go through the door to your left. Make a left and
than a right and go into the second door in the hallway to your right
(You can go into the first door to your right and kill a Tough Casino
Thug if you need health. Run out quickly if he starts shooting). Once
inside, kill the two Casino thugs, collect their souls, collect the
Green Digital Keycard, and exit the room THE WAY YOU CAME IN (Going
into the other room practically means instant death due to the crazy
number of enemies in there).
Two lefts and a right into the door. Go up the two sets of stairs,
killing the Swordlady and collecting her soul in the process. Enter the
door at the top of the stairs (Green Digital Keycard required). Go right
and kill the Swordlady who is running towards you to the left and collect
her soul. Go down the hallway and enter the door to the right (the music
will change). In this room, draw in every soul. Run up the stairs and kill
the Casino Thug and Gunlady to your right. Now kill the two Casino Thugs
to your left and continue through the room. Kill all of the Casino Thugs
and Tough Casino Thugs you encounter. Collect the Blue Digital Keycard
by the doors at the end of the room (They can't be opened).
Exit the room. After exiting the room, make a right and than a left and go
through the door (Blue Digital Keycard required). Once again, draw in
every soul. Kill everyone (a few Casino Thugs and a Swordlady). Look
around for the Red Digital Keycard. Once you find it, exit the room. Make
a right, run forward until you can go no farther, make a right, and go
through the door. Make a right and go down the two sets of stairs. Exit
the room through the door farther from the start of the first set of
stairs (the one that leads you to the room with grey wallpaper, not red).
Go through the door strait ahead of you (Red Digital Keycard required). Go
down the stairs and through the door.
Go forward and make a right. Go forward and kill the Casino Thug as soon
as you can and draw in his soul. As soon as you reach the end of the hall,
make a right. Go forward and kill the Casino Thug as soon as you can and
draw in his soul. Once you reach the end of the hall, make a left. Go
forward until you reach the end of the hall. Make a left and go through
the hole in the wall. Kill the Casino Thug to your right and collect his
soul. Go forward and to the left. Kill the Casino Thug to your left and
collect his soul. Go through the door to encounter Tung and the Tied Up
Courier. Lure Tung out of the room and shoot him from a short distance
away until he dies. Once Tung dies, the mission will end.
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6.9    Mission 9
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Name: Death on Wheels
Goal: Defeat the bikers protecting the House of the Dreaming Cloud.
Hints: Shoot the fuel barrels and they'll explode.
Enemies: Machine Gun Bikers, Shotgun Bikers, Biker Pairs, Biker Car
Hazards: Exploding Barrels, Wrecking Ball, Motorcycles, Trucks,
Crates, Cars
Mission Difficulty: 4/10
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ENEMY: Biker Pair
Strength: Medium
Health: Medium
Speed: Very High
Attacks: Running into you, Machine Gun fire
Strategy: This enemy on a motorcycle is actually two Machine Gun
Bikers in one (meaning you get 2 souls for killing them). Just
think of them as fast gunmen which Drake shouldn't touch (touching
them, even from behind, will damage you).
Difficulty: 6/10
ENEMY: Biker Car
Strength: High
Health: High
Speed: Very High
Attacks: Running into you, Machine Gun fire
Strategy: Basically a car with Machine Gun Bikers hanging out
windows that shoot at you. Doesn't release a soul when defeated.
Kill it from a distance. The Machine Gun shots from the Bikers are
very inaccurate. The real danger of fighting it is getting hit
by the car itself.
Difficulty: 3/10
HAZARD: Wrecking Ball
Info: At one point of the mission it will knock down a gate for you.
If you get hit by it, Drake will take 40 points of damage.
HAZARD: Trucks
Info: Another car like object, except it is a lot bigger and can't
be destroyed.
HAZARD: Crates
Info: Crates that don't explode but are simply destroyed when shot.
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Walkthrough: Start by going to your right. A truck will pull out and
open its back door, revealing two Machine Gun Bikers and a Shotgun
Biker. Kill them all and collect their souls. From where the truck
is, head left and go to the big gate. Keep the gate open until a
Biker Pair comes through. Kill them and collect their souls. Go
through the gate and kill the Shotgun Biker on the small building to
your right (you will have to jump to do this) and draw in his soul.
Kill the two Biker Pairs riding around and collect the four souls
they release. Kill the Shotgun Biker shooting at you from a wooden
platform and draw in his soul.
Continue forward and some crates will fly out (non-explosive crates,
don't worry). Destroy them all and go towards the gate. Quickly touch
it and RUN in the opposite direction fast. A wrecking ball will smash
the gate open. Go through the gate and a Biker car will pull out and
ride around in circles. Run left to the left towards a thin platform
with explosive crates and two Shotgun Bikers. Kill the Shotgun Bikers
and collect their souls. From the platform, shoot the Biker Car until
it explodes. Go through the mechanical door ahead from where you
entered. Kill the Machine Gun Biker inside and collect his soul.
Go though another mechanical door and go forward until the truck
pulls away. Four Biker Pairs will come riding down the alley, so kill
them all and collect their eight souls. Go left (stay towards the
right side of the road) A Biker Pair will burst out from some crates
on a wooden platform, so kill them and collect their souls. Go
forward until you see a truck with an open back door. Get into the
back of the truck quickly. A truck will come down the road fast and
break open a previously closed gate. Go through the gate (it is on
your right after exiting the truck) and kill the two Shotgun Bikers
on the small platform ahead of you and collect their souls. Go right
from there and kill another Shotgun Biker and collect his soul. Kill
the Biker pair to your right and collect their souls. Go to the right
from the platform toward a closed gate to complete the mission.
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6.10    Mission 10
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Name: The last laugh
Goal: Defeat Ossu to pursue Serpent-Eye and Pok at the House of the
Dreaming Cloud.
Hints: The swirling chains will create an impassable shield that'll
stop your bullets. Make use of the environment to beat Ossu.
Bosses: Ossu
Enemies: Machine Gun Bikers, Shotgun Biker s
Hazards: Exploding Barrels, Oil Spills, Oil Containers
Mission Difficulty: 8/10
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BOSS: Ossu
Strength: Low
Health: Medium
Speed: Medium
Attacks: Chain attack, Chain shield
Strategy: Ossu will use a weak, close-range chain attack. The only
thing difficult about him is that he is usually invincible. To make
him vulnerable, simply have him walk under the gas station roof. His
chain will get stuck, making him immobile and vulnerable for a short
amount of time. You'll probably be able to kill him quickly, unless
enemies attract the auto-targeting.
Difficulty: 5/10
HAZARD: Oil Containers
Info: If you shoot an oil container, an oil spill will be created
nearby.
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Walkthrough: Ossu is usually invincible (his spinning chain protects
him. To beat him, all you have to do is lure Ossu under the gas
station roof, wait until his chain gets stuck, and shoot away until
he dies. You will have to repeat that process a few more times, though.
Once Ossu is dead, the mission is over. Keep in mind that there are
many enemies around the area (too many to list), and some are even on
top of the gas station roof. Kill any enemies that come close to you
and collect their souls, but generally you won't want to approach them
unless you are DESPERATE for health.
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ALTERNATE STRATEGY
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If you want to get the mission over quickly but at a greater risk of
being killed, you can follow this strategy. Simply kill one of the
many Shotgun Bikers around the mission, collect a Double-Barreled
Shotgun, equip two Double-Barreled Shotguns, and kill Ossu as normal.
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6.11    Mission 11
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Name: Clash of two clans
Goal: Locate Serpent-Eye, Pok, and the Artifact. Dispose of anyone
that stands in your way and claim their souls for the Undying
Dragon.
Bosses: Mutated Pok
Enemies: Casino Thugs, Serpent-Eye, Revolver Gunmen, Dragon Beasts,
Hiding Casino Thugs
Hazards: Exploding Drink Vases, Odd Machines, Explosions
Mission Difficulty: 7/10
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BOSS: Mutated Pok
Strength: High
Health: Medium
Speed: Immobile
Attacks: Electrical field, Electrical strike
Strategy: Pok is actually easier than he was last time. He will
stand up on a high walkway, and if you approach him you get
zapped by electricity and die instantly. Pok will have an infrared
beam coming out of him which will move around slowly. If you make
contact with it, you will be zapped by electricity for about 25
points of damage. He is usually invincible. To beat him, you must
destroy all of the Odd Machines on the walls of both sides of the
room. After you do that, stand up on any of the room's platforms
and shoot him a few times.
Difficulty: 5/10
ENEMY: Serpent-Eye
Strength: None
Health: Invincible
Speed: Medium
Attacks: None
Strategy: All that Serpent-Eye will do is run away from you.
Ignore him.
Difficulty: 0/10
ENEMY: Revolver Gunman
Strength: High
Health: Low
Speed: Medium
Weapon Dropped: Revolver
Attacks: Revolver fire
Strategy: A Gunman that uses a Revolver instead of a Machine Gun.
Difficulty: 3/10
ENEMY: Hiding Casino Thug
Strength: High
Health: Low
Speed: Immobile
Attacks: Heavy gunfire
Strategy: A Casino Thug that will sometimes hide behind a table.
Difficulty: 6/10
HAZARD: Odd Machines
Info: Odd machines are in the room where you fight Pok and must
be destroyed to make him vulnerable. To destroy them, shoot them
a few times. However, they explode when shot, so shoot them from
a distance.
HAZARD: Explosions
Info: Explosions that happen at a set point in the mission. Don't
go near them, obviously.
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Walkthrough: Once you start the mission, stand still and a
message will appear:
You now have the supernatural ability to motivate souls to
detonate when you slay a foe.
Move forward a kill the two Dragon Beasts that warp into the
room and collect their souls. Go into the next room and kill all
of the enemies there (there are simply too many enemies in this
small room to list precise locations, but the enemies in here are:
Hiding Casino Thugs, Revolver Gunman, Serpent Eye, and Casino
Thugs). Proceed through the door on the wall by running up the wall
and into the door. Run up the staircase, turn around, and run up
two more staircases. Fall down into the small area below and
IMMEDIATELY jump back from where you fell, because two Dragon
Beasts will rip you to shreds if you don't. Kill the two Dragon
Beasts and draw in their souls.
Proceed towards the circular metal table, but DON'T jump on it. An
explosion will take place. Jump up the debris left by it, and
prepare to face a mutated version of Pok. To kill him, you must
first destroy the 8 odd machines low on walls around the room. But