The passage of the "City of the Dead" in "Darksiders 2" is carried out with the aim of finding an entity that can show the protagonist the path to the "Source of Souls". Along the way you will find many puzzles, secrets and dangerous opponents. How to overcome all difficulties will be discussed in the article.
Plot
In the City of the Dead, souls are cleansed from a past life in order to subsequently go through the Source and be reborn. Many souls do not experience purification. Some are crazy. And some even manage to get rid of the shackles.
The game "Darksiders 2" is a continuation of the project of the same name. The events take place parallel to the first part: while the rider of the Apocalypse named War awaits the trial of the Carbonized Council for the destruction of the Third Kingdom (Earth), Death decides to erase the crime itself and restore the world of people.
The story location, where the hero of the Bone Lord sends the hero, will become available after the death of three lords: Vasileus, Actor and Farisir, to the eternal throne. The wayward skeleton king uses his fury to destroy them immediately, but he will keep the word given to the protagonist.
In the city of the dead, there is one who knows the way to the source of souls, respectively, this is the answer to the question of Death about how to resurrect all of humanity.
How to enter the City of the Dead
In Darksiders 2, the protagonist has many abilities. They do not appear immediately, but as they progress. To enter the new location, you will need the "Spirit Divider", which will award the Bone King. The effect of the ability is as follows: the hero turns into a stone statue, and his spirit is divided into two entities. Suitable for solving complex puzzles, where you must simultaneously turn both levers.
This is happening now. It is required to "split up" and move the left statue to the left, and the right - to the right. The grill opens. Then it is better to return to the original guise and proceed inside.
Further way
There will be many puzzles and levers on the road where a split is required. In addition, enemies of various difficulty categories will meet along the way.
Having opened the door to the city of the dead, you need to go forward and defeat the first enemies you come across.
Next is a small scene that shows which passages are blocked. In such cut scenes, as a rule, you can see a hint of a way to open these passages.
Having finished a small skirmish with the undead, you can try to open the door. The Death Statue remains at the entrance of the pressure plate, one ghost occupies the second plate, and the other moves up to the lever. By activating the latter, you can return to the original appearance and break through further.
Again the battle with the undead. Now you need to enter the tunnel to the left of the well, then along the wall in the other direction. The hero will be in a room with a lowered bridge and a statue without a lantern. You need to go through the right door of the statue. A passage will lead to another door.
The protagonist uses the ability to split. The spirit turns the lever, because of which the grate is lowered. The second runs into the opened passage to the news of corruption and grabs the shadow bomb. Then he returns and throws it into the lever, thereby freeing the platform, the "cart".
In its normal form, Death climbs onto a moving platform and splits again. One ghost turns the lever and removes the grate, the second pushes the "cart" into the passage. After returning to its original state, the hero will be on the platform, and the grille will rise again from behind.
Then you should move up and go into the hole on the right. The hero will fall into a room in which there will be a chest with a Skeleton key. In Darksiders II, such artifacts open locked doors. Visually, they look different than others. After receiving, you need to use the lever and go to the door, which opens through the found item.
After applying the key
The passage of the “City of the Dead” to Darksiders 2 is a little more complicated, because you will have to use Deadly Grip further in order to cross the abyss.
After dividing the spirit on the bridge, you need to go right to the ring. Cross over to the other side, and then climb the planks on the wall up to the lever. One ghost activates the mechanism, the bridge rotates 90 °. The second spirit goes forward to another lever, after which it takes the lantern from behind the grill.
Now the protagonist Darksiders II should return down to the well and put the lantern on the statue, and then turn towards the lowered bridge. He rises, he needs to run through the door, then climb up, using growths, rings and ledges.
On the bridge, you need to split again. One ghost goes to the mechanism to turn the bridge, after which it returns to normal and again splits. The ghost climbs onto the beam, another runs after the bomb, which must be thrown to the mechanism behind bars. After the explosion, a new passage opens.
On protrusions, the hero will move to the other side and runs away into the course, which opens by activating the lever. Death falls into the arena, where there is a battle with opponents of level 17 (these are three ghosts, the undead general and three tormentors who are locked in a cage). The latter will go into battle one at a time.
Road to the boss
Further passage of the "City of the Dead" in "Darksiders 2" is not particularly difficult. The road is extremely straight: where it is impossible to pass, the path passes along the walls and rings. Where there are doors and grills, there is definitely a lever nearby.
In addition, there will be a cache of the "City of the Dead." Darksiders 2 is literally crowded with those. You just need to look into every corner, break all the boxes. Somewhere are the pages of the Book of the Dead, the mascots of This-Goth, sets of armor and other secrets of Darksiders 2. "City of the Dead" is not the only location where almost every square meter is important.
After the battle with the inanimate Scarabs, you need to rotate the statue with a lantern to open the necessary door. If you turn it 180 °, you can get into the passage, where after manipulating the bomb and growths on the wall, Death will receive another Skeleton Key.
Having unlocked the door of the column with a green beam, having crossed the abyss, the protagonist must break the piles of bones. Then the passage to the unique set "Shadow of Death" will open, including:
- armor;
- boots;
- gloves
- Shoulders
Further, the path runs through a ledge, where several times it will be necessary to apply the separation of spirit and use a movable platform to overcome the lowering bars, go through another door.
Now Death uses the bomb to clear the statue with the lantern from the growths of Corruption. The beam should be directed into the green circle. Another grille will open a passage leading to the boss under the name Wailing Host.
Monster Combat Tips
The fight is divided into two stages. At first, the monster will either simply hit the ground with its fist, or conduct arc strikes, from which the hero needs to flee. Attacks should be expected from both hands. In addition, the boss calls for help from small opponents - level 15 Bolshakov (ordinary skeletons with swords). When the protagonist takes a third of his life, he hides in the well, releasing a pillar of energy.
After the main character breaks the mask of the Howling Bolshak, the battle flows into a second, more intense phase. It is characterized by the fact that skeleton bots are constantly called up, and the Howling Serpent hovering all the time over the city will begin to appear from under the ground or ram the player. Therefore, you should jump to the side. Naturally, striking the boss will be more difficult.
Total
After a skirmish with an unknown "Cthulhu" it remains only to go to the next room and meet with that same soul. On this passage of the "City of the Dead" in "Darksiders 2" will end, Death will return to the Tree and pass through the Angel Gate.