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Golden Axe – Beast Rider Walkthrough
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Written by Henry Huang- "RandomAznGuy"
Contact email - CompwizHH@aol.com
Have Golden Axe FAQ in the subject line if you have any questions
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1. Version History
2. Introduction
3. The Island of Axir - Dogs of the Death Adder
4. The Island of Axir – Ceremony and Aftermath
5. The Island of Axir – Magic Run
6. The Island of Axir – The Axirian Teleporter
7. Diyar Highlands – The Incomplete Axe
8. Diyar Highlands – A Kingdom Overrun
9. Diyar Highlands – Summoning Beacons
10. Diyar Highlands – Diyar Outpost
11. Highland Fortress – Fortress Gate
12. Highland Fortress – Sacrifice Camp
13. Highland Fortress – Captain’s Camp
14. Highland Fortress – Fortress Keep
15. Firstborn
16. Titans Wastelands – The Mirigore
17. Titans Wastelands – Wasteland Trials
18. Titans Wastelands – The Undead Gate
19. Titans Wastelands – Quest For The Three Pieces
20. Grave of the Turtle Titan – Living Sacrifices
21. Grave of the Turtle Titan – Undead Transformations
22. Grave of the Turtle Titan – Lynth Run
23. Grave of the Turtle Titan –The Turtle’s Shell
24. Secondborn
25. City of the Dead – East Wing, Demon Wing
26. City of the Dead – North Wing, West Wing
27. City of the Dead – Queen’s Procession
28. Queen of the Dead
29. Fiend’s Path – Demon’s Lair
30. Fiend’s Path – Sacrifice Bridge
31. Fiend’s Path – Cloisters of Sorrow
32. Fiend’s Pet
33. The Last Titan
34. Death = Adder
35. Weapons
36. Disclaimers
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1. Version History
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10/24/08 – Version 0.9 – Completed walkthrough. Only thing
missing is the
Golden Axe’s stats.
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2. Introduction
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This is my first time writing a walkthrough. I figured that no one else has
written a walkthrough for this game yet so I would give it a shot so forgive
me if the walkthrough seems too plain, and the format is off or whatever.
Anyway, just a few things before I get to the walkthrough of the game.
Firstly, I believe the names of the enemies I have listed are correct. For
some of them I had to guess with the names from a list (off the glowing papers
in the game). Others I had to make up some names since they didn’t have any
given. Only for certain units do they tell you for sure what their names for
sure. I also made up names for a while until I found the real ones. I tried
to replace the made up names with the real ones but might have missed a few.
If you discover any of the names I have listed are wrong, feel free to let me
know and I might edit it when I get around to it.
The difference between difficulties is that the enemies are a bit harder
between normal and expert whereas in brutal mode they do not show the color of
the attacks. You are left to remember what color corresponds to what attack
motion for each monster. Also, the tribute multipliers are different (X 1/3
for normal, X 1 for expert, X 2 for brutal). Brutal is also locked until you
beat the game at least once. Tribute helps you unlock things. The first 4 times
you fill up the meter at the end of the level, the “Gift of the
gods” meter,
you will gain upgraded magic spells (do more damage but greater cost.)
Eventually the tribute you earn will unlock other swords to be used on replays
through the challenge mode. You can replay the same levels to get more tribute.
Later on in the walkthrough I point out what I think is the best level to get
tribute.
Also remember that health and mana carry over from level to level (except after
boss fights). Try to replenish both whenever you get the chance.
I will try to explain each enemy the first time you encounter them. After that,
it’s up to you to figure out how to fight them. Also, I will often use
shorten
names and different terms (i.e. kick instead of knockback). I’m also assuming
that you have a good idea of what the controls are (if not read the manual or
read the in game tutorials carefully) and that, unless otherwise stated, you
are holding down the run button at all times. When I tell you to steal a beast,
that usually means to jump and use an attack button near the beast. You should
knock the enemy off that way. Lastly, I try to tell you how many enemies there
are but I might be off by a few numbers.
Let me know if there is anything you feel I left out or should add. I wrote
thisfor PS3 but I tried to make it as multiplatform as possible.
Anyway, hope this guide helps so away we go…
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3. The Island of Axir - Dogs of the Death Adder
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The first level of the game is a basic tutorial.
The first thing they teach you are the basic controls. While teaching you the
attacks, three grubbers who attack with green moves (can be evaded or parried)
come out for you to fight. They can be brutal countered by either parrying or
evading their green attack followed up by a strong attack counter. After
dispatching those three, Bogeymen Soldiers appear to illustrate evading and
parrying (until the 5 quota is met) then countering (again until the 5 quota
is met). If you parry or evade a soldier and follow it with a kickback counter
(timed just right), you can do a brutal counter and deal extra damage to him
as well as build up a titan bonus.
Get used to evading and parrying because these will be your bread and butter
moves if you want to survive in this game. Exit through the lowered gate to
finish this level.
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4. The Island of Axir – Ceremony and Aftermath
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Continue forward until you see the two green food crates and a statue. The
foodin the crates will restore your health and the statute is a switch. When
you hit the statute, part of the face will fall off and the statute will light
up. The gate will open and an Abrax will appear. Mount him and break open the
chests with his tail. These types of chests can only be opened with beasts.
Attack the wooden gate with the Abrax and continue down the path. After the
cut scene, a group of grubbers will try to surround you. Use the beast to kill
them. Go down the stairs and you will encounter three soldiers. Again, use the
beast. Don’t worry too much about the beast’s health (unless
it’s about to
die). There’s a health relic (healing point) after the gate when you kill the
soldiers. After healing, walk slowly down the path to avoid the spikes that
will pop out of the ground to damage you.
Continue until you are sealed in a tight space. Kill the grubbers to continue.
Pass the gate and familiar music will start up as green gnome will appear.
Attack it as much as possible to gain healing items. Continue down the path and
three grubbers will attack. After killing them, two more grubbers and two
soldiers will appear to attack. After that, two more grubbers and a Berserker.
If you kill the Berserker before the other units, the other units will be more
aggressive and deal more damage. They also attack with evadable attacks.
However, since you are on your beast this shouldn’t bother you. Kill them all
and obtain your first magic, the Dragon’s Fire. Walk up the path. On your
left
will be a
mana relic. The mana relic is a mana point to restore mana. Use dragon fire on
the torch, replenish your mana, and walk through the gate to end the level.
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5. The Island of Axir – Magic Run
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If you still have your beast, you may want to dismount if you want to build up
your titan bonus. Move forward and kill the Bogeymen Mage then remount when it
is dead. You can either reflect his shots back at him by parrying (and gaining
5% titan’s bonus each time) or just rush in and kill him. Otherwise continue
to use it until it dies.
Continue down the path and behind one of the pillars is a chest with money.
Go towards the bridge and 3 grubbers and a mage will be waiting for you. Kill
them and use the chests on the side to heal. Continue forward and go left
where 3 soldiers are waiting for you. Kill them to receive your new magic
spell, Dragon’s Blast. Kill the 4 soldiers that appear to continue. Walk up
the path and in an alcove to the left there is a switch. Step on it to lower
the gate. After going up the path there will be corpses on the ground. If you
walk to the left there will be a path leading to a green crate. Be careful
though. There a bear trap (for the lack of a better description) in the
ground. Try to hug the walls on your way in and out to avoid it. Go back to
the path and continue forward, avoiding the bear traps in the ground. When
you get to the mana relic, spam your magic for easy kills while standing on
the pad. There will be a grubber and two mages. Continue forward and two
soldiers will attack. Use your magic on them and go back to replenish it when
necessary. There should be a green crate near the gate if you need to heal.
Light the torch where the soldiers were and the gate will open, revealing a
berserker and two mages. Kill them and make sure you have full magic before
going on to the next level.
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6. The Island of Axir – The Axirian Teleporter
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Follow the path and you will see two food crates. Use if needed. 5 mages will
appear. Kill them. Before going down the right path, there is another food
crate in the top left, hidden by the staircase. Use if needed. Afterwards,
follow down the path to obtain a dragon statue. There is also a mana potion to
the right of the gate. This area splits into 3 paths. I would suggest going
down the right path first if you are trying to build up a titan bonus. Two
mages and a berserker are waiting here. Ignore the Berserker and deflect the
mages' magic. It should pass through the berserker and kill him as well. Kill
them all then step on the switch. Return to the intersection and a green and
blue gnome appear. Go down the left path now and a berserker and two soldiers
will attack. Finish them and hit the switch. Return to the intersection and
abuse some more gnomes. Then go down the middle path to the teleporter. A
Bogeyman Tufur will appear. He uses blue and orange attacks. He also, has a
red attack that you cannot evade or parry. When you see his head start glowing
red, run away. There is also a green attack where he runs forward and grabs
you (but he doesn’t do it till later in the game). Otherwise just evade and
parry to finish him. Walk into the teleporter at the end to finish the level
and area.
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7. Diyar Highlands – The Incomplete Axe
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If you head back to the teleporter, there is a pot with a mana jar in it if
you need it. Go back to where you gain control of Tyris and switch to the
Golden Axe and target the two statues with it. From now on, any axe symbols
that are in the area (indicated by the noise and glow Golden Axe magic symbol)
will need to be broken by the axe to move on. Use the axe to break these
targets. Move forward and 3 stone mages will appear. Take them out but be
careful. You will notice rings underneath you as you attack. Try to avoid
standing in them as they indicate where rocks will be falling. As you move
forward and break the pots, there are some traps hidden in the ground so
be careful.
As you reach the gate, a mini cut scene appears, telling you to use knockback
to open the gates. Run towards the enemies and kick one into the unoccupied
spike. If you kill them without kicking them into the spike, they will
continue to respawn. You can kill the other one anyway you see fit (using the
spikes or just beating them up.) Break the four statues in this area to gain
access to the spawn pad. There is one to the left on a cliff, one on the left
on the ground, one on the right on the ground, and one more on the right,
slightly elevated. This will allow the spikes to drop and a Lynth to spawn from
the pad. Remember, if your beast is low on health or about to die, kill it and
try to go back to the spawning pad you got him from. That way it’ll minimize
the damage that you take. Mount the Lynth and head towards the gate, attacking
it with the Lynth. As you follow the path, you may notice a fork in the road.
If you follow the left fork, there is a pot with a mana potion for you if you
need it. If not, continue down the path. Here you will encounter a berserker,
two soldiers, and two grubbers. Take them out. If you notice, there are two
axe statues in this area. If you take them out, an Abrax spawning pad will be
here. That way you don’t need to run that far back for a beast. However, as
you try to leave, Crawlers (the bugs) will jump out at you. Kill them and
return to the path leading up. Use the beast and break down the wooden gate.
Two soldiers and a tufur. Try to focus on the tufur as the soldiers will just
respawn as long as the tufur is around. Finish them off and the gate will open.
There is a food crate opposite the gate if you need it. I would suggest getting
another beast if your beast is beaten up from the fight. After doing all this,
pass through the gate. The path splits into two. Take the right path but walk
slowly as spikes will pop out of the ground. Jump past the log and use your
beast to break open the two chests on the left. Opposite those chests are 3
torch switches that need to be lit. Use your fireball spell or an Abrax to
light them. If you do not have enough magic or would like to replenish your
supply before moving on, at the very end of the path there is a mana relic.
There is also an Abrax spawning pad if you would like to get a fresh beast.
Lighting these three torches opens the gate on the bottom left path. Return
to the fork and take the left path now and pass through the gate. You will be
greeted by 4 grubbers and a soldier on an Abrax. After taking out this wave, 4
more grubbers and a soldier on a Lynth will appear. After that wave, a
berserker, 3 mages, and a few more grubbers will appear. Take them all out to
lower the gate. There are some food and mana items near the gate. Pass through
the gate to end the level.
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8. Diyar Highlands – A Kingdom Overrun
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Follow the paths and break the pots to unleash 2 blue gnomes and 1 green gnome.
You know the drill. After that a gate on your left will open. Go through that
gate. At the end there is a beast chest (a chest that can only be opened by a
beast) and two statues. Attack the statues and a mini cut scene reveals the
path towards the newly opened gate you should take. Be careful as the path back
to the main area now has spikes that appear in intervals. Take out the two
berserkers and two stone mages and go through the newly opened gate. Break
open the jar to reveal a mana pad. Move forward and break down the gate with
your beast (if you still have one) and kill the stone mage behind the gate so
you can easily destroy the statues without taking fire. Otherwise, try to take
out the statues on the move so you don’t get nailed by any rocks. After you
do
that, go back towards the mana pad. A tufur will be there. Either use your
beast or spam your magic to kill him. If he’s still not down, either refill
your magic and kill him or go to the Abrax spawn pad and use that to kill him.
After that, go back to the other gate. Follow the path and break the two
chests on the left for some tribute. Continue down the path and four crawlers
will appear. Just keep using the Abrax’s tail attack and you should be fine.
Continue down the path and a tufur will appear. If you are having trouble with
him, just use the beast’s special abilities or your magic. You can run back
to
where the spawning pad is and the mana pad if necessary. After taking him out,
dismount and kick the two mages onto the spikes. Use the Abrax or fireball
magic and light the four torches. Take the dragon statue to open the next gate.
Dismount the beast and break the Power Crystal to gain one hit kills. You
should probably kill the beast so no one else can mount it. Go just your quick
slashes on the enemies that appear and you should have no problems. If your
health starts to get low, there are pots that have food items for you to use.
Cross the bridge to end the level.
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9. Diyar Highlands – Summoning Beacons
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Continue down the bridge. There are statue switches in the area, one on the
right, one on the left, and on in the middle. As you approach them, enemies
will appear. One new enemy is the Knight. They’re just like your standard
enemy except you have to wear away at their armor before you can kill them.
They have a blue, an orange, and a green attack. Just attack and parry and
evade as usual. To brutal counter them, wear away enough of their armor and use
the knockback counter them to kill them. The right statue has one Knight, the
middle statue has a Knight and 2 grubbers, and the left statue has a Knight
and 2 soldiers. Behind the middle statue on the side of the building are two
tribute chests and a food crate. On the other side of that house is a pot with
a mana jar in it. After hitting all the statues, go through the gate. On your
left up a hill is a switch behind some fireball firing obstacles. Time the
fireballs and run through them and step on the switch to lower the gate. A
Knight will appear near the gate as well as a mage (when you approach the
Knight). Follow the path and there are more fireball obstacles. Past the
second one 3 soldiers will appear. Finish them and continue. There is a mage
on a pier across the river. You can wait for him to fire at you and deflect his
shots to kill him or just ignore him and go up the hill. There are two soldiers
guarding a spiked gate. Kick them into the spikes to open the gate. Inside
there are 3 pots, 2 contain mana potions and the other contains food. There is
also a Lynth spawning pad. Mount it and go forward on the path. Break down the
gate and 2 Knights and a tufur will attack. Finish them and then break the
next gate. In this next area there are three spawning beacons for enemies.
The enemies will continue to spawn as long as the beacons are there but the
spawned enemies will die if the beacons are destroyed. Focus on the beacons.
The first beacon spawns mages, the second spawns soldier and the third spawns
stone mages.
There are healing items on the side as well as in front of the opened gate if
needed. After taking out the third beacon, go back the way you came, hugging
the left wall. You should see a new gate that is open for you to go through.
Go that way. Along the path, two tribute gnomes, one blue gnome, and one green
gnome appear. Further down the path, two mages and a stone mages will appear.
Kill them and continue. Past the gate is a beacon. The beacon is blocked by a
spiked fence. To lower the fence, use the Golden Axe on the statues with the
axe symbol. There is one right where the fence is and one towards the other
gate. As you take these down, be careful as mages and grubbers are spawning
and attacking you. Destroying the beacon kills all the enemies in the area and
lowers the next gate. Go through the gate to finish the level.
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10. Diyar Highlands – Diyar Outpost
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Get a new Lynth and continue forward. The pots contain food and mana items so
heal up if needed. As you go forward, two soldiers and a tufur approach. Feel
free to abuse the Lynth’s special abilities as the Lynth spawn pad was where
you started. Continue forward, breaking the pots for healing items and break
the gate. Two tufurs and two mages will attack. Break the pots near the gate
afterwards for healing items. After passing the gate, mages and soldiers will
appear. Just keep killing them and the next gate will open. When you move
towards the gate it will close again and 2 green, 1 yellow, and 1 blue gnome
will appear. Enter the next gate and go towards the other one. A Knight will be
waiting for you. As you go near him, grubbers will start to spawn. Finish him
and the grubbers off and a Knight on an Abrax will appear. Kill him and the
Abrax or just steal his from him and kill him. After that a Knight on a Lynth
will appear. Do the same. Try to have a beast and keep him alive since there
will be chests that need beasts to open. A tufur will appear as well as 4
stone mages and 4 soldiers. The stone mages and the soldiers appear in
intervals of two. Finish them all then go to where the cut scene shows. There
are 4 beast chests and one regular one. Step on the switch and go through the
gate. Enter the teleporter to end the level.
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11. Highland Fortress – Fortress Gate
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From the teleporter, move forward and you will encounter a new type of Knight,
a Pikeman. He only attacks with evadable attacks. He either charges at you from
a distance or swings his pike. Both are evadable. Just wear away at his armor
to finish him. His brutal counter is also a knockback counter. Near the
building there are two mages. Finish them and the spikes lower. Go down the
right staircase and slash at the rock on the rope. When you go back up two
Pikemen will appear. Kill them and go down the left stairs. Slash at the same
rock on the rope to open the door. After passing through the door, quickly rush
towards the Abrax spawning pad as a Knight on an Abrax and two soldiers will
rush towards you. Finish them off and two more knights and a soldier will
attack. If you are running low on health or mana, there are items near the
spawning pad, the rocks near the gate you came through, and between two tents
on the left (facing the locked gate). After finishing the enemies, step on the
switch near the spawning pad and the one on the other side of the cart (where
the first switch is). You need to be on a beast to uses these switches. Now go
through the newly lowered gate. A mage, a Pikemen, and a swarm of grubbers
will spawn and need to be taken out before the spikes lower. Luckily you are
in an enclosed area and the walls on your left and right are spikes. Just run
into them with the Abrax or use its tail and you should be able to knock your
enemies into the spiked walls for easy kills. Afterwards hit the statue switch
and break the 3 chests. The next gate will open and a Berserker on an Abrax,
two Knights, and a soldier will attack. Try to lure them into the spiked wall
area and kill them that way. Go through the gate into the next area. There is a
food crate on the right and pot with tribute on the left right when you come
out of the gate. Two soldiers on Abraxes will come at you followed by a Pikemen
when you finish them.
On the right a little further down is a pot with tribute in it. Near the other
gate is a stone mage. After you kill him the gate will lower. There are two
food crates on the right as well as a chest. There is also another pot on the
left of the gate that has tribute. The pot on the other side of the gate on the
right has food. There are two stone mages near sacrifice switches and a Pikemen
between the two. Knock the mages into the switches to open the gate. Enter the
gate and two knights and a knight on a krommath attack you. Try and steal the
krommath as it is much more powerful than your Abrax. A green and blue gnome
will appear. If you have the krommath, just use the groundpound to attack as it
will most likely hit the both of them. After that, use the Golden Axe and
destroy the Axe symbols that are floating in the sky above the enemy spawn
beacons while killing the bogeymen and spell casters that attack. After
destroying the symbols, destroy the beacons to open the gate.
After the gate opens, a knight and a knight on an Abrax appear. Try to make
sure the krommath survives (use the healing items in the area) or if anything
else, steal the enemy Abrax. In the next area, a Berserker, grubber, knight,
and soldier appear. Try to knock them into the spiked barriers for easy kills.
There are two food crates near the next gate on the left as well as one right
when you go through the gate. On the right side there is a chest with tribute.
Go left and a Pikeman is waiting for you. Follow the path but be careful as
there are mines waiting for you. If you still have your krommath, just stomp to
explode them. If you had an Abrax, either use your flames or try to use your
tail to blow them up. Otherwise just try to run through without touching them.
Cross the small bridge to end the level.
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12. Highland Fortress – Sacrifice Camp
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As you cross the larger bridge, two Pikemen will attack. Aside from normal ways
of kill them, you can also try to knock them off the bridge. Regardless of how
much damage they have taken, if you successfully knock them off, they’re
dead.
In the next are there will be 4 stone mages. However, as you approach the first
one, be careful or you will be caught in a cage trap. The trap does no damage
but you have to break out of it to continue forward. It is straight on the path
so try to walk to the right or left around the path. There is also a mana
potion on the way to the first mage. Also there is a trap slightly right in
front of the mage that does do damage After killing the 4, the gate will open.
Collect the food if you need it in front of the gate. In this next area, there
are two sacrifice switches, one before the mana pad and one after it. Knights
will continue to spawn until you trigger both switches and lower the gate. Use
magic to help you wear away at the knights’ armor then kick them into the
switches or if you can, use your magic attacks to launch the knights into the
switches. In the next area there is a health pad. You will have to face about
9-10 Pikemen (three at a time). Finish them then walk through the new gate to
end the level.
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13. Highland Fortress – Captain’s Camp
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Use a fireball to destroy the mines around the Abrax spawn pad. You can recover
the mana with the mana potion near where you started. Use the Abrax to destroy
the gate. There is two stone mages and a regular mage on this bridge. They are
standing behind the mines. You can try to kick them into the mines, off the
bridge, kill them with the Abrax or ignore them. In the pots are mana potions
so if you want to use fireballs to blow up mines, you can replenish the spent
mana. You can also just use the Abrax to shoot fire and replace the Abrax when
it’s almost dead. At the end of the bridge use the Abrax and break open the
gate. If you walk in the middle of the road after the gate, you will be caught
in a trap. Break your way out or just make sure not to trigger it. On the right
is some food. Three soliders and one soldiers on a krommath will attack
followed by a berserker and two pikemen. On the right there is a pot that has
a cage trap. There is also a food crate. Near the gate there is pot with a mana
potion in it. Go back where you came and take the right path towards the wooden
gate. Break it down. Head forward as two grubbers, two bogeymen, a berserker
and a spell caster attack. Make your way to the health relic. A cage trap will
capture you but you can just break out. There will be mines, two mages, and a
rock mage on your way up. Also, if you do not have a beast, bear traps that
can hurt you will pop up so be careful where you walk. Go back and use the heal
as much as needed. If you are damaged, go back and use the heal before passing
through the gate. One of the hardest enemies you will have faced to this point
is coming up.
After going in the gate does not close immediately. Try walking towards the
barrier that is blocking your path then walk back to the door. The door will
start to close and a berserker and two stone mages will appear. Kill them and a
dragon statue will appear.
After taking the statue a Knight Captain will appear. He has the usual blue and
orange attacks but can heal himself (he turns green). He also can summon units
to the battlefield (turns purple). Stay close to him and parry and evade his
attacks. Also, if you can time it correctly, his brutal counter is a quick
attack. Finish him and activate the statue switch and make your way back to the
newly opened gate. Be careful on your way down as spikes now pop out of the
ground, along with the traps from before.
Past the gate are two mana potions. Take them quickly as a Shielded Knight on
an Arbax attacks. This enemy is the same as a regular Knight just that it has
another piece of armor to knock off (the shield) before you can kill it. As you
walk down the path, be careful because there are spikes that pop out of the
ground. Also, there are statues that are blowing wind on the side and that wind
can blow you off the cliff. There are also mines as well. Past the first two
wind statues are two stone mages and a beast chest. There are 5 statues after
that and the pattern alternates. It alternates between statue into mine and
statue into spikes. However, at the third one where the mine is, there is a
cage trap so be careful otherwise you might get hurt by the mine while in the
cage. As you make your way to the fourth wind statue, another Captain appears.
Be careful not to fall off as you fight. When you finish him, the gate opens.
As you enter there is food to your left. As you make your way to the Abrax
spawning pad, another Captain will appear. Try to take him out as quickly as
possible before he starts to spawn units. Also, there is a stone mage on the
top left on a hill. You can’t reach him yet so try to dodge his attacks for
now.
Use the Abrax the break through the gate. The pot on the right has a cage trap.
Use the Abrax to break the three beast chests. Turn 180 and go on the right
path leading up. Break open the gate and you can finally kill that mage. Open
the chest and hit the switch. Kill the two pikemen that have appeared and go to
the newly opened gate. As you approach the gate, a green, blue, and yellow
gnome appear. The easiest way to hit them would be to use the Abrax flame
attack. If you run out just kill the old Abrax and get a new one. When you go
through the gate and approach the mana pad, 4 mages and 2 soldiers will attack.
Just spam your magic since you can replenish it for free.
Go forward towards the first wind statue and two Shielded Knights will attack.
Just spam the magic and go past the wind statues. At the entrance to the next
gate, another captain will appear as well as two mages. Try to kill the mages
by deflecting their shots and hopefully hitting the captain as well. Finish the
captain afterwards. The gate will open but before entering, go to the
staircases. The right staircase leads to a tribute chest whereas the left
staircase leads to a pot with tribute in it as well as a mana potion. Continue
past the gate, get the heal items, and go forward to end the level.
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14. Highland Fortress – Fortress Keep
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Make your way past the wind statues. After the second statue you can use the
Golden Axe and destroy the Axe symbols on the statues to open the gate.
Continue past the third wind statue. At the fourth one you see 5 chests behind
the wind. Approach the statue from the left and go all the way towards the
statue. Then try to run to the right side. You will get pushed by the wind but
end up on the right side. Be careful not to run off the cliff though because
the wind will push you towards the cliff. Use the same strategy to get back,
coming from the right side this time. Enter the gate. There are two mana
potions on the right. Continue to the left and you will see spikes popping out
of the walls. Try to dodge them. When you reach the middle, stop and try to
reflect the mages’ attack back at him. Also claim the chest on your left.
Continue forward.
When you reach the end a new type of knight appears, a shielded mace knight.
He only uses heavy attacks, has a shield, and is pretty much a faster version
of the pikeman. Use knockbacks for a brutal counter. After his death, two
pikemen appear. Finish them and the gate will open. When you enter and approach
the health pad, a mage and two Mace knights appear. Afterwards a mage and two
pikemen appear. Then two mages and a pikemen followed by two mages and a
berserker. 6 gnomes appear (3 green, two yellow, one blue) and when they leave,
2 captains appear. Afterwards the spikes around the ramp will drop. Go up that
way and follow the path to the statue switch. Hit it and go to the newly raised
platform. Jump across and kill the stone mage. Go towards the gate and two
shielded knights will appear. Finish them then go through the gate. There is
food on the left if you need it. Ahead there is a mana relic. Go towards it and
light the torch that is next to it with a fireball. This shuts down the wind
statue. Continue down the path lighting torches, returning to the pad whenever
mana is needed. There are two chests on your way to the second wind statue. A
mage appears. Either use a fireball on him or just deflect. Light the torch.
The same thing for the third torch as well. For the fourth torch, there are 3
chests on the way and a stone spell caster. Light the torch behind the fourth
wind statue. There is also a torch where the chests were. Light that one
as well. There are a pile of chests beyond the fourth torch. Break them all
open and approach the door to end the level.
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15. Firstborn
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The firstborn uses only his arms to attack. He basically only has 4 attacks:
-He chases after you and uses either a light attack (parry-able) or a heavy
attack (an evadable attack).
-He constantly pounds the ground as rocks come falling on top of you. Only 3
drop and you can tell where they are going to fall (there are rings on the
floor). Can’t be parried or evaded. Run to avoid it.
-He throws a huge rock at you. Can’t be parried or evaded. Run to avoid
-He runs after you and slams the ground. Can’t be parried or evaded.
Run to avoid.
Not that hard of a boss. After he uses each attack, run in and use your quick
attack to slash him. You should be able to get 3-4 slashes in before he jumps
backwards. Rinse and repeat until he is on his knees. Use a knockback strike
to knock him into any of the towers. Stand clear as fire comes down from the
towers and burns people nearby. After the 2nd  time of doing this, various
knights will appear to aid him. However, the strategy stays the same. Just
try to dodge and ignore them since many of Firstborn’s attacks will damage
and kill the Knights. Repeat these steps and he should go down easy. There
are food and mana potions scattered about the place in case you need to heal
or want to attack with magic. Remember to get the 6 chests (3 on each side)
in front before collecting the new piece of the axe.
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16. Titans Wastelands – The Mirigore
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Right where you start there are three mana potions for you to take.
Take them then follow the path down. There will be a Mirigore spawn pad on your
left. Mount one and break down the gate. Further along the path two soldiers
and a soldier on a Mirigore will be waiting for you. I would suggest using a
Tornado on the mirigore since it will be enraged. If it hits you, it has a high
chance of instantly killing the Mirigore you are on. Move along the path and
break open the pots for food. 5 Bogeymen will appear. As you take them out,
more will spawn to take their place (for a total of around 10 or so). Also a
Captain will appear and a soldier on a Mirigore. Easiest way to take all of
them out is to use Enrage and just attack. If the beast starts to wear out,
run back and get another one or just finish them yourself. Take them out and
proceed. As you advance a soldier on a krommath will attack. You can just kill
them or steal the krommath. Both beasts are good for this area so it’s up to
you who to use. Further down on this stone bridge are two Sorceresses (one
before the arch and one after). They have 4 attacks. One spell you can reflect
like the mage’s spell. One is a wave that splits into three in the air and
falls down. Its range is limited. Another spell is a ground wave. It has a
long range. Lastly, if you get close to her but do not keep up your assault,
she has a close range spell that she uses. You can dodge the second and third
spell but the fourth spell almost always hits you.
A blue gnome and a green gnome appear around the fire statues. You know the
drill by now. Keep moving past the 2 sets of fire statues and another two
Sorceresses will be there. Finish them to advance.
In the next area there are soldiers on a kromath and a mirigore patrolling. As
you take them out, more will spawn in their place. There are a total of 3
krommath and 3 mirigore with soldiers riding them. You only have to deal with
one of each kind at a time. After those are taken out, 6 crawlers will appear.
If you are having a hard time with these guys but want to save mana for future
use, don’t worry. This level is about to end and the beginning of the next
level has a mana relic so feel free to use all your mana. Two out of the four
pots are filled with food near the top right where the tents are. Take it if
you need it. Finish the enemies and continue down the path to end the level.
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17. Titans Wastelands – Wasteland Trials
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Move ahead to the pad. From here, fire a fireball at the torch and quickly run
through the arch before the barrier reappears. If you are on a beast you may
need to dismount in order to be fast enough. After entering, do not go forward
towards the fire just yet. Go right from where you are and you should see a
path leading to a Lynth spawn pad. Kill the soldier on the Lynth. If the Lynth
has full health you can proceed. Otherwise try to weaken and kill it to get a
new one before going ahead. After you have a Lynth, go back to the middle area
and break open the three chests. Afterwards, use stealth to fool the fire
towers and move forward. Do not use the dash or else the stealth will go away.
Slowly make your to the gate and break it open and continue. As you move
forward, there will be two yellow gnomes that appear. However, be careful as
there are two bear traps in the middle of the road. Move forward and in the
alcove on the right, there will be a power crystal with the power to give you
mana potion regen. Use your magic along with attacks to fight of the enemies.
The numbers are enemies are about 5 captains, 5 Sorceresses, and 6 soldiers.
The captains and the sorceresses fight together. After you finish them two
gnomes will appear. Then the soldiers will appear. By the times the gnomes
appear the mana potion regen should have worn off so be careful.
Continue forward and break open the chest for some tribute. Pass through the
arch and you will have completed the level.
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18. Titans Wastelands – The Undead Gate
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Move forward and make the first right you can. At the fork go to the left for
a Lynth spawn pad. There are two mana potions in this area. Return to the last
area where the Titan Gate is. Go left and follow the remains of the spinal cord
of a titan. The pots all have bear traps so ignore them. Use the Lynth’s
stealth and go around the fire towers. After passing through, go right at the
fork, making sure to jump between the gap in the rock bridge. Follow the path
and ignore the glowing rock for now. When you reach the next fork, there will
be a mana relic on the right. Recharge and go in the other direction. There
will be two soldiers on Lynths near another Lynth spawn pad. Take them out.
Make sure you have some mana then go stealth past the fire statues. There will
be two pots with food in them and a torch. Light the torch and go to the newly
opened area. There is a krommath spawning pad here. As you approach it, two
captains on krommaths will appear (one at a time). After taking them out, step
on the nearby switch. Now make your way all the way back to the beginning on a
krommath. As you approach the mana relic, three soldiers will appear on the
bridge. Take them out. Go to where the glowing rock is and there will be 4
solders. While fighting them you should break the rock automatically but in
case you don’t, just stomp and the rock should break, creating a new path for
you to take back to the beginning. There will be two soldiers right around the
fire towers. Return towards the first fork area. Two green gnomes will appear.
When you reach the fork this time, take the right path. While dashing, use
the beast’s special ability (square on PS3) to break the gate. Behind the
first
and second gates there are chests (one behind the first, two behind the
second.) After the third gate, there are 2 soldiers and a pikeman waiting for
you. There are also 4 mana potions in the area to your left. Be careful as
you cross over the bridge. There are 3 Sorceresses waiting for you as well as
a cage trap. In the next area you will need to take out 6 pikemen and 2
sorceress (3 pikemen and 1 sorceress at a time) to activate the switch for
you to step on. Step on it and return to the fork.
I suggest going to the Lynth spawn pad because the next part is going to be
longer without one. However, you have to fight a captain to regain access to
the pad so the choice is yours. Before going through the gate, two gnomes
will appear followed by a green gnome, a blue gnome, and 2 yellow gnomes.
Get what you need and go through the opened Titan gate to end the level.
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19. Titans Wastelands – Quest For The Three Pieces
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Run down the path to activate the cut scene. There are three pieces of the
Golden Axe in this area. To beat this level you need to collect all three and
use the teleporter at the end. However, there are also 3 statue switches in
this area. If you hit all three, you will unlock the gate to the area in the
back of the map, near the right side of the titan, which leads to a dragon
statue and 7 chests. Since this level is big, I am not going to detail where
all the heal items are. If you need to find some, there are usually some
around the Golden Axe pieces as well as others scattered about the level.
There are crawlers that are all over the map as well as skeletons. The
skeletons only attack with evadable and parryable attacks. Their brutal
counter is a quick attack. After collecting the 3 shards of the Golden Axe,
the skeletons and also, any spikes that surrounded treasure chests (which also
disappear if you kill all the skeletons surrounding them) will no longer be
there. There are also gnomes scattered around. I’ve never tried getting the
Dragon statue before getting all the shards of the axe so I don’t know if you
have to fight any additional people in the area when the gate comes down. I
always collect it afterwards so I would suggest the same (unless you really
need a dragon statue right away.)
The pieces of the axe are located around where there are towers of smoke.
There is one piece straight ahead of where you start, one to the left, and one
to the right. Each piece has a different number of smoke towers. The middle
one has one, the left has two and the right has three. I will refer to the
pieces by the number of smoke towers.
The one tower piece has skeleton warriors and two summoners. Try to ignore the
skeletons and take out the summoners. Otherwise the skeletons will come out
with no end. After taking out the summoners, their skeletons die as well.
After taking out the two summoners, a head summoner summons two summoners.
Focus on the head as the rest will fall when he falls. None of the summoners
will attack. They will just keep summoning skeletons. After he falls, collect
your shard of the axe. Just take note that some skeletons might still be
around after the summoners fall (if you only took out the head).
The two tower piece is just skeletons warriors and a Head sorceress. If you
have a beast, I would suggest leaving him outside the arena before fighting.
It’s easier without the beast. After killing all the warriors the head
sorceress will appear. She has the same moves as a normal sorceress except
her arched attack does not split into three. It’s more concentrated and deals
more damage. Also, she tends to use the reflectable shot more often. Just
dodge all her other attacks and reflect her shots back at her for an easy
kill.
The three tower piece has a few waves of skeletons and a Demon Dog. Just kill
the skeletons and you’ll go one on one with the Demon Dog. He is not that
hard,
just keep wailing away at him and he should fall. My first run through he kept
coming back to life but while writing this, he died when I kept attacking him.
I’m not sure if it has to do with the order of the axe pieces or something
else but that is just a heads up in case he does not go down in one try.
After collecting the pieces of the axe, you should go look for the statues. If
you got the pieces of the axe in the order I have it, the first statue is near
the two banners that lead to the piece of Golden Axe on the right side. As you
leave the isolated arena and return to the main area, make a right and you
should see it. The second statue is located to the immediate right of where
you start, near what looks like a rhino’s skull. The third statue is located
in the back of the map. If you go behind the titan and go to the left of where
all the buildings are, that is where the second statue is. That building is
also where you will be exiting from. Collect your rewards from the opened area.
Now make your way to the exit building. As you approach, a Captain and a
pikeman appear. Take them out to lower the gate. After passing through the
gate, take out the axe and aim at the Golden Axe symbol above the next gate.
Pass through and break open the chests, one on your left and one on your right,
before heading up the stairs and ending the level.
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20. Grave of the Turtle Titan – Living Sacrifices
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This level is good for building up tribute on a later run through but is harder
to do so since it is easier for you to get hit. Since there will be a MAX Titan
Bonus, you can earn a lot of tribute right off the bat. If you can also get all
the multipliers at the end of the level, it will be a lot. It’s a high
risk / high reward situation. There’s another level that I suggest you do a
tribute run on. The reward may or may not be as high but the risk is far lower.
From where you start, there will be a pot behind you where the teleporter is
and one to the right of you, both containing tribute. Don’t break them open
yet because there will be a sacrifice switch ahead (looks like a dragon head.)