Jump across the spikes and break the jar containing to rescue it. Practice your downward parry strikes because you’ll need them to rescue the next Grub. About half way up drop down the passage to the left. Ignore the station sign to the right for now. Jump up the rock platforms, taking out the large bees along the way. After you meet him he’ll open a little shop back at Dartmouth.Ĭlimb up the rock platforms to the left and head back to the right to the area before the Gruz Mother. Enter and speak with the little creature called Sly. You can’t reach her yet so walk to the left to find a little house. The Shopkeeper is called Salubra and sells a number of charms and charm nothces.

There’s a little shopkeeper on a ledge to the right and a bench. Kill them all and the gates will open.ĭrop down to the right. Once she’s dead lots of small Gruz will break out of her.

She’s pretty slow so you should be able to defeat her without too much trouble. She has two attacks, a darting attack where she flies straight at you and a fast bouncing attack. Continue to the right until you come to the mini-boss, the Gruz Mother. Along the way you’ll see a Soul Totem that you can hit to replenish your souls. For now drop all the way down and continue to the right. You’ll see a Stag sign pointing up to the right. There’s a path going up on the next screen but continue to the right. Take the bottom path to the left first for 3 Geo Clusters, then head back and go through the bottom right path.Ĭontinue to the right past the spiked creatures. You’ll be attacked by a little bee and then two more bees before the gates will open again. When you’ve taken a rest walk back to the left and drop down to a room where the gates will close shut when you enter. Behind the Geo Cluster to the right is a secret wall that you can bash open.ĭrop down to the right and continue to the right to find the hot springs and a bench. Head under the map maker to the right and then jump up the rock ledges to the 3 Geo Clusters. Head back to the right and continue going right, past the spiked creatures and the spike pits. Eventually you’ll come to the second Grub. Drop down and continue to the left, dodging the large spiked creatures and hopping over the dangerous water. You’ll meet the map maker in each new area and will have to meet him before the map of that area will become available. Drop down again and follow the humming to the left to meet the Map Maker, Cornifer.

When you get to the hub drop all the way to the bottom. You can’t rescue this one yet because he’s too high up. As you continue to the left you’ll see another Grub in a jar. Return to the left, take the first drop down and continue to the left. When he’s been killed hit the glass jar with the Grub in it to rescue him. He’ll take about a dozen hits before dying. Retreat backwards when he smashes and run in for a single strike before running back again. Keep following the path to the right until you come to a large bug with a bat. Leave the temple and continue to the right. There’s a Temple of the Black Egg here and you can meet Quirrel inside but there’s nothing else to do for the moment. Now to finish the game and see if there is any reason to not kill everyone you can! (There has to be something, right? I mean, being able to break down the exit gate early was specifically scripted into the False Knight boss fight.When you first drop down the well head across to the right.

However, it turns out that you can get around this by It's not easy, since it involves passing through some pretty tough encounters without any nail upgrades. Has anyone tried leaving him alive for the rest of the game? Does it make any meaningful change down the line, or is it just a weird easter egg?ĭoes anyone know if there are any other bosses that can be skipped this way?ĮDIT: Someone pointed out that not beating the False Knight means you can't retrieve the, making it quite a bit harder to. When he freaks out and starts rapidly striking the floor after you've downed him for the first time, it damages the wall above the gate on the left, and you can break the gate down instead of finishing him off. I noticed during the False Knight boss fight that there is an opportunity to escape and leave him alive instead of killing him.

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