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GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF OLYMPUSWalkthrough

This walkthrough is written for Hero (Normal) difficulty. Play on aharder difficulty if you like, but this walkthrough (especially for theboss fights) may not always apply.

The Shores of Attica

You'll begin the game with Kratos atop a building, surrounded bysoldiers. Your trusty Blades of Chaos work as well as they ever have,so start slicing and dicing here. Don't get fancy; just try to keepyour combo meter up as high as it'll go for the extra orbs that thisrewards you. After defeating all of the soldiers (just wait for them tostop coming), fire the ballista nearby into the ship. That, for somereason, will trigger an explosion on the roof nearby, allowing you todrop down into the building.

Tip: Keep in mind that you can destroy all of the crates on therooftop and inside the building for more orbs. Be on the lookout formore crates as you play the game, as the orbs that they drop willadd up over time.

Kill the soldiers inside the building, then refill your health with thechest nearby. Attempting to open the door will reveal a cyclopsfirst, which you can knock away by mashing the O button, and thenthe dreaded Basilisk, which will act as the boss for a large chunk of this first portion of the game.

Boss Fight: Basilisk, Phase One

The first fight against the Basilisk is fairly easy. Get up close to themouth and start hitting it with your attacks. The Basilisk has twoattacks of its own here. It will often rear back and then snapforward for two quick chomps of its teeth; you can block this attackwith your left analog stick. It will also periodically fling fireballs atyou, which you can dodge with the dodge mechanic. Unfortunately,the loss of the second analog stick on the PSP will force you tododge by holding down both the left and right shoulder buttonsand then moving the analog stick to one side. It's a bit complicated,



and not particularly easy to do if you're holding the PSP, so you maywant to find a flat surface to rest it on while you play the game.

At any rate, if you use your normal attacks on the Basilisk whiledodging or blocking its attacks, you will eventually wear down the

Basilisk so that it only has a third of its health bar left or so. Whenthat occurs, you'll be able to start the minigame to finish this firstmini boss fight. Tap the buttons that pop up to wound the Basilisk,then use the minotaur's club to put out its eye. It'll move off,forcing you to follow it.

After the Basilisk goes down, follow it out onto the beach nearby.You can destroy the small barricades scattered around this area formore orbs, but your goal is to push the battering ram up to thenext door. Nothing too complicated here; it only moves in one

direction. One thing to keep in mind here are the presence of thefalling ballista bolts. You can see where they fall if you keep an eyeon the ground, but keep in mind that they can hurt you even if youstand outside the radius that shows on the ground.

Before smashing the gate, keep in mind that there is a Red OrbChest to the right of it and another chest atop a platform near thesave point that has a Gorgon Eye inside of it.

The Gates of Attica

Smash the gates with the ram and head through. You'll soon comeacross archers. Reach them by jumping into the water andswimming across. After they're dead, start attempting to use thecrank nearby to open the gate, but be sure to kill all the soldiersthat appear before doing so; any chance at earning orbs should beaccepted. When you're ready to move on, turn the crank until thedoor is fully open, then rush across the room and through it beforeit closes. It may close too quickly for you to reach via running, so be

prepared to dodge under it.

Tip:To maximize the number of orbs that you get while fightingsoldiers, you should keep in mind that using your grab kill whileyour combo meter is over ten will count as a Ruthless Kill and netyou an automatic ten-orb bonus. When you have two soldiers onthe screen, try to hit both of them with your weak attacks until your



combo meter is at eight hits, then use your grab move on one of the soldiers. So long as you kill him with the grab move while themeter is at ten hits or higher, you'll get the ten-orb bonus. You canthen use another weak attack on the remaining soldier and grabhim to finish him off as well for another bonus. Try to keep your

streak alive if any other soldiers are in the area!

The next area will feature a number of soldiers and archersscattered around beneath a siege tower. Before entering the siegetower, move off to the right and bit and you'll see another tower.Destroy the wood at its base to reveal two Red Orb Chests. Withthose collected, climb the siege tower (why did the Persians pack allof their gold into a siege tower?) and jump off the ladder abouthalfway up to find another chest with a Gorgon Eye in it.

After climbing to the top of the tower, head to the left to find a RedOrb Chest, then navigate across the wooden beam to reach anotherdoor.

Boss Fight: Persian King

The King here has three main attacks (not counting the bevy of

soldiers that will run around the area and distract you). He'llattempt two swings with his sword, which can be blocked or dodge.In addition, he can also set his sword alight for one massive swing,or call upon the power of Efreet to deal damage all around him.Both of these attacks need to be dodged; just dodge away from himand you should be fine.

If you can adapt to the King's attacks, this is a fairly simple fight, ashe moves slowly. Feel free to dispatch his soldiers first (they'llrespawn for a while, but will eventually stop appearing), then start

nickel-and-diming him to death from a distance. All of his attacksare fairly easy to avoid, since the man himself is slow, and theattacks themselves are also relatively slow to come out. Whack awayat him until you get to play the minigame; it starts with O-mashingand then asks you to hit three random buttons before you're able tofinish him off.



With the King dead, you'll gain his power to summon the Efreet.This is similar to the classic Poseidon's Rage ability, in that it dealsdamage to all enemies in a circle around you, but at the outset itwill only deal one powerful blow to each enemy nearby, preventingyou from using it to create huge hit combos.

After trying out the Efreet on the soldiers that come calling, thedoors on the north end of the room will open. The right door willlead to the game's sex minigame, which will net you 75 red orbs if you complete it. It's not too difficult to complete, so long as yourecognize that tapping the left and right shoulder buttons needs tostop as soon as the icon disappears from your screen. There's onemore button press to hit after that.

Fallen Stronghold

After saving your game, move on to the next walkway. There's aballista here which you need to fire at the Basilisk, but first kill all of the soldiers that come your way. Don't worry about kicking theladders over; simply kill the soldiers until they stop appearing.You'll get plenty of orbs that way. When they stop appearing, rotatethe ballista so that it faces the Basilisk and fire away. That'll let youopen the door nearby to move on.

In the warehouse, avoid the crank for the moment and insteadclimb the ladder at the back of the room. That will lead to a Red OrbChest and a chest with a Phoenix Feather inside of it, which willeventually increase your maximum magical abilities.

Heading down the crankshaft will lead you to your first Cyclopsattack. Much like the Persian King, these guys are slow, with slowattacks, but their attacks are not blockable, so you'll have to doyour best to dodge around while attacking from a distance withyour regular attacks. Feel free to use your Efreet to good effect;

you're going to get a magic refill from the chest nearby after thefight. Just be careful, as it can be difficult to spot the O-minigameprompt above the enemy's head, since the Cyclops is so tall. It'sbetter to kill it with the minigame as opposed to simply beating itdown, as that'll net you more orbs.



Move on past the Cyclops to reach some archers. Kill them andopen the Red Orb Chest and the other chest to find a Gorgon Eye.

Siege of Attica

Head up the wall near the save point here and start killing thesoldiers. Clear out everyone in the area to find a Red Orb Chest anda Phoenix Feather. There's another hidden chest in the smallbuilding in the middle of the area, near the chest that holds magicor health, but it's unclear how to get to it. You can't jump on top of the building, nor destroy its walls, so it's a mystery to us.

Move on by smashing the gate at the end of the walkway and usingthe lever there to descend into the market. Smash everything to

gain orbs; there's also a Red Orb Chest nearby. You can then moveon to the next stage of the market area, which is much larger. Moveoff to the right to find three more Red Orb Chests and plenty of soldiers. Get your combo meter up on them and use the grab moveto finish them off for maximum orbs.

To move on from this area, you'll need to put pressure on twopressure plates. There's a movable box near the bottom of thescreen that you'll have to move down to see; grab it and put it onthe first pressure plate, then grab the dead body nearby and use it

on the second plate to move on.

The Basilisk Strikes

The tunnel here will have health, mana, and a save point. You knowwhat's coming up next! You can also find another Phoenix Featherhere.

Boss Fight: Basilisk

The Basilisk here is going to be somewhat similar to his first form,but will have more powerful attacks. You'll still be able to gleansome health orbs from him by hitting him often enough, but you'llwant to beat him as quickly as possible regardless.



Phase One

By default, the Basilisk will face you on the ground, face to face. Hewill use his typical mouth attack here, which hits twice and isblockable. He will also sometimes lash out with one of his claws,

which smashes Kratos into the ground and which cannot beblocked; attempt to dodge this.

If you hit the Basilisk in the face enough (using simple combos willgive you enough time to block his attacks when you see themcoming), you'll push the Basilisk backwards, resulting in a flood of orbs. If you don't attack quickly enough, however, the Basilisk willpush forward, eventually pushing you off of the bridge. You need tobalance the need to block its attacks versus the need to be vicious.On the normal difficulty setting, you can be pretty balls-out with

your attacks without worrying too much; the incoming attacks won'tdeal a huge amount of damage. You can either use the defaultattack combos or the upgraded L+Square combos if you'veupgraded your Blades of Chaos.

When you do manage to knock the Basilisk backwards, it will alwaysfollow up with a flaming breath attack that will sweep across thestage. Jump over this attack and use an aerial attack of your own todeal damage while the monster is distracted.

Phase Two/Minigame

After you beat the Basilisk backwards a bit, it will retreat atop a walland start shooting fireballs at you. Use the dodging mechanic toavoid these fireballs and attempt to get up close and personal withthe creature's foot, where you can start the minigame. It's notlengthy at this point; you just have to rotate the analog stick in onedirection or another. Unfortunately, this can be frustrating, asattempting to rotate too quickly will cause you to fail, as of coursewill rotating too slowly. Keep it at a steady pace and hope that you

don't mysteriously start going backwards as you rotate. It'sfrustrating, but eventually you'll nail it and succeed at pulling thecreature down off the wall.

Phase One Repeat



This is the same as the earlier phase, but at the end of it, theBasilisk will attempt to crunch you with its jaws. Alternate betweentapping on L and R to move on.

Phase Two Repeat

Another race for the foot and the minigame. This time you'll berotating in the opposite direction.

Phase One Repeat

The Basilisk will attack more quickly in this final phase, buteventually you'll get the minigame indicator under his neck. A fewbutton presses and an O-mashfest and you'll be ready to move on.

The City of Marathon

Grab the Phoenix Feather near the start point here, then climb downthe cliff to reach the Red Orb Chest. Continue down from there toreach the first save point of the level.

Cliffs of Marathon

Bash your way into the home nearby to come face to face with yourfirst undead knight. These knights are similar to soldiers, but attackmore aggressively and take more damage. Be prepared to guardagainst their attacks. Finish this one off, then destroy the door atthe rear of the area to reach a Red Orb Chest and another chest.The second chest will probably contain a Eye or Feather if youmissed any of the earlier ones, but for us it contained more red andblue orbs.

Move back a bit to find the main drag here, where more Knights will

appear and attack you. Kill them, then start heading down the road.There are a few more Red Orb Chests inside some of the buildingshere, so look for doorways and explore a bit.

At the end of the road, you'll get your first glimpse at the deadly fogthat Morpheus is sending out into the city. Stepping into the foghas no ill effects at first, but will eventually deal heavy damage to



you. You'll need to move the small burning crate here towards thenext gate in order to provide you with a bit of shelter from the fog,so do so, then open the gate and move on.

After passing through the gate, look near the large circular object

on the floor to find a chest with a Gorgon Eye inside. As you head tothe east, you'll notice a statue with a torch; ignore it for themoment. Nearby, you'll run into your first banshee. These annoyingenemies attack quickly and have a shout that will stun Kratos. Youcan tap L and R to remove the stun effect, but it'll often beimpossible to do this quickly enough to avoid the first of the two-part attack that the banshee will be sending your way, so you may just want to hold the L button down to dodge the second attack. It'sgenerally easiest to just wail on the banshees with your L+Squareattack to force the minigame and finish them off. They do drop

magic orbs, so feel free to use Efreet on them to weaken them up.

The banshees will spawn forever, but will eventually stop giving youorbs when you kill them. In order to stop them from spawning,you'll need to rotate the crank nearby; you may have to kill somearchers in order to do this safely. Spinning the crank all the way willprevent any more banshees from spawning.

When the banshees are shut down, grab the Red Orb Chest to theeast, then nab the torch from the statue. Throw it into the cart near

where the archers stood and start pushing it. You can stop the cartwhenever you spot another archer and run into their little areas;you'll find a couple more Red Orb Chests as well as a PhoenixFeather.

At the end of the path, you'll come across a vicious cold-breathingtiger enemy. They have a variety of powerful attacks, including theircold breath, which can't be blocked. Attack from afar and dodgearound, if you like, or simply get up close and personal, usingEfreet to counteract the effects of their cold breath. Kill the beast

and move on to the next save point.

The Steed Shrine

The steed shrine features a couple of readable objects and threecrank shafts, but you apprently can't do much with them at the



moment. Ignore them for now and head down the pathway nearbytowards Helios' Temple. After killing the enemies here, make yourway down the path and start climbing the wall. There's a corridorhalfway up the wall that leads to a locked door; presumably that'llbe how you return to the steed shrine later on.

After climbing to the top of the platform and having yourconversation with Athena, start poking around. If you jump into thewater near the statues and wade off to the west a bit, you'll find aGorgon Eye in a chest. There's also a Red Orb Chest obscured by awall; you'll find it near the northern pool. There's a gate up thesteps that is impassable, so head to the save point and take theelevator nearby.

Temple of Helios

After riding the elevator, head down the steps to the right to find aPhoenix Feather. With that done, head down the left stairs, kill all of the enemies that appear, and move towards the switch down there.Flipping it will open the gate that you bypassed earlier. Return tothe elevator and ride it downstairs, then save your game and againand refill your health if you still have the green chest there.

As you make your way to the gate that you opened, you'll enter into

a fairly tough fight against numerous blade-wielding enemies.These guys can take a beating and can also wear down your health(especially if you fail at a minigame to kill them). Use the L+Squareattack to dish out damage to a bunch of them at a time and rack upyour hit combo. Eventually the grenadiers will start appearing, whodrop health when killed. Kill everyone and move on. Down thehallway you'll find another grenadier; kill him, pop the switchnearby, then open the door that you were near earlier.

Head down the hallway here. The camera might start to act up on

you a bit, but try to make your way down through the corridor onyour left. You'll find a Red Orb Chest on your way. When you reachthe next large room, you'll face off against numerous birds; again,the Cyclone of Chaos (L+Square) attack is your best bet here. Thereare two large statues in this room. Pull them out from the walls andflip the switches behind them to open up two doors.



Head through the right door first; you'll fight through a new enemywith golden flaming swords. He's not terribly difficult to beat,although he's resistant to grab moves. Use any of your combos thatknock enemies up into the air and grab him up there to finish himoff. When you've defeated all of the enemies, flip the switch in this

room, then return to the larger room and head through the leftdoor.

Grand Hallway

After saving your game, grab the chest in the hallway. Again, thismight be a Gorgon Eye or Phoenix Feather if you've missed any of the previous ones, but for us it was green and red orbs. Head intothe next large room here to find more Red Orb Chests and a

Phoenix Feather.

Move onto the platform here and strike at the brakes on the chainsto start your descent. The flaming swordsmen can rapidly drainyour health if they back you into a corner, so do your best to avoidthat by using Efreet and Cyclone of Chaos against them. Afterthey're all dead, a new, armored enemy will appear. Break the armorwith your square, square, triangle combo (just tap the triangle;don't hold it down). After that happens, you'll be able to block mostof the enemy's attacks while wearing it down from a distance, and

eventually kill it with a minigame.

There's a substantial number of red orbs in the chests here, so grabthem and upgrade your Blades to level three if you haven't done soalready. Move upstairs through the hallway to reach another largeroom with a circular platform in the center. First destroy the statueto your right for orbs, open the Red Orb Chests to your left, thenpush the pillar over to reach the central platform, where you'llspeak to Eos.

After your talk with Eos, check the platform for a glowing spot onthe upper right, where you can tap O to pull down another platform.When you cross it, head to the right and downwards to find aGorgon Eye and a Red Orb Chest. The red orb chests are dropping500+ orbs at a go by this point, so do your best not to miss any of them.





Follow the new path downward to reach the large platform roomyou were in before; you'll be on an upper balcony this time around.Nab the Gorgon Eye from the chest to your right, then proceed tothe left and into the teleport there.

The Caves Of Olympus

Save your game here, then drop into the water. The cliff leadingonward is toward the top of the screen, but if you head to thebottom and swim a bit, you can find a Gorgon Eye and two Red OrbChests. With those in hand, climb the cliff nearby to find Triton'sLance, which will let you breathe underwater in the future.

Dive into the water and start looking around: triangle will move you

upwards, square or X will move you downwards, and holding R willlet you essentially charge through the water. Find the broken gatein one of the small chambers and smash through it with a charge.That will let you enter a long corridor where you'll find a couple of Red Orb Chests and a Phoenix Feather. Keep moving until you finda switch, which, when pulled, will reveal a new climbing path thatdiverges from the one you took earlier. Climb up and follow it toreach a door.

Beyond the door is your first encounter with a minotaur, a very

tough enemy that hits for a lot of damage. Its two primary attacksinclude a double swing of its sword, which can't be blocked, and acharging horn attack that will send you flying into the air and thenacross the room, which also can't be blocked. Stay mobile here asbest you can and attempt to dodge out of the way of any incomingattacks while attacking from a distance. The minotaur is at leastslow, so it won't be able to hit you if you stay away from it; thecharge attack can be dodged by rolling sideways, although it can betough to spot it coming if the minotaur is off-screen. Luckily, thebeast doesn't have a huge amount of health to knock off before you

can go to the minigame; unfortunately, as with the cyclops, it canbe tough to spot the icon above the foe's head since he's so tall andthe camera doesn't really zoom out far enough. Keep an ear out forthe sound that indicates you can attempt the minigame and defeatit.



Heal yourself at the chest and flip the crank nearby to reveal thepassage leading on. You'll come to Eos soon enough, who'll tell youmore about what you need to do to restore Helios to his rightfulplace in the sky. When you're done speaking to her, move down tothe left and follow the passage. When you come to the water, dive

into it to find a chest with another Gorgon Eye inside.

Guardians Of The Fire

Move towards the glowing object in front of you to pick up thePrimordial Fire. When you have it, you'll be able to reflect attacksback towards your enemies by tapping the L button just before theyconnect. This is the same as parrying a blow, but it will now workwith projectile attacks...like the ones that are about to come your

way from the shielded enemies in front of you. Tap the L button justbefore the fireballs hit you to smash the shields. Nabbing all threeof them will net you the Light of Dawn magical effect, which can beused by tapping R + square.

After the shields go down, a few archer enemies will appear; youcan continue to use the L button to reflect their shots to kill them;it's probably easier than using the Light of Dawn. When you'vecleared them out, check the hallway they were in to find a PhoenixFeather and some Red Orb Chests, then head down the steps to

reach another arena area where you'll fight more flamingswordsmen. Jump from there back down into the water and startbacktracking. Going past the save point will send you through theteleport and back to the Temple of Helios.

Temple of Helios II

Use the circle on the floor to create a path downwards, then take aleft and head through the locked door there. You're going tobacktrack to the elevator that you took before and use it again tohead upwards. This time around, though, a number of bird enemieswill spawn as you ride upwards. All you should really have to dohere is spam Cyclone of Chaos on them. We repeated that a billion



times, managed to get our hit combo up to 250, and earned acouple thousand orbs from the little gauntlet while taking almost nodamage. Enjoy!

At the top of the elevator, open the chests, then move up to the

save point to find a Phoenix Feather and a save point. Save andmove on.

Temple Courtyard

Another shielded enemy and some archers here. You may want todeal with the archers first; you can kill them straight out with a graband a button press. When they're down, eliminate the shieldedenemy's armor with a square, square, triangle combo, then go to

town on him to finish him off. With that done, find the Gorgon Eyein the lower left corner of the room and the Red Orb Chest in theupper right.

There's a light-based puzzle in this room that you'll need to solve.Begin by activating the switch on the southern end of the room.That'll pop up a crank which focuses a beam of light on anythingyou aim it at. Unfortunately you can only aim it at the northernmostpods on the walls here. Begin by aiming it at the northeastern pod,then running up there and dragging out the statue there and

placing it on the pressure plate nearby. (Keep in mind that you cankick these objects with the R button to speed things up a bit.)

Repeat the process with the northwestern pod. This statue has ashield that faces west. Drag it down to the southwestern pressureplate and place the statue on top of it, then head back to the crankand aim the light beam at the statue. That will redirect the beamthrough the statue's shield at the southeastern pod, which will letyou nab another statue. This third statue has a shield that faceseast, so place it on the southeastern pressure plate, redirect the

beam of light, and nab the fourth statue from the pod there. Placingall of the statues on the pressure plates will open up the groundhere, revealing a statue that will redirect the beam into twodirections.

What you need to do now is make something of a closed loop,which will entail moving some of the statues around. The two



statues with shields that face north should be placed on thesouthern pressure plates. The statue with the shield that faces eastshould be placed in the northwestern corner, while the one with ashield that faces west should go in the northeastern corner. If youthen aim the beam of light at the splitting statue, it'll hit the

southern statues, then hit the northern statues, which will aim it ateach other. If you jump up into the beam of light that isconcentrated between them, you'll be able to press L and mash O topower up the statue nearby and restore one of the steeds.

Return To The Temple

Head back to the crank which emitted the light beam and use the Obutton again to make the elevator pop up. Head downwards to the

platform below you. To the west is a Red Orb Chest, to the north aPhoenix Feather, and to the east a doorway leading on.

Follow the corridor until you jump up the makeshift stairwell.There's a Gorgon Eye in a chest along the right wall here. Push thestatue on the right upwards into its little slot, then attack it todestroy its head. With that done, hop onto the head and use L + Oto power up the horse statue above you. That will let you access itwith your fist of light and complete the trilogy of horses outside.

Release Of The Steeds

Head out the doorway here and climb down the cliff to reach thebottom. You'll be attacked by more enemies as you do so. Takethem down and move on. The second group will feature multiplebanshees, so you may want to weaken them up with a couplerounds of Efreet before starting the minigame on them.

When you reach the steeds, turn the cranks to power them up, then

use the glowing spot nearby to move on to the next phase of youradventure.

Hades



Start making your way across the wall-crawling here, then hit R todrop down near the two statues. Jump across the gap, then walk upthe ramp a bit. You might've seen that Red Orb Chest in thedistance; to reach it, you'll need to double jump straight up into theceiling to grab onto a wall-crawl path there and scootch over to the

chest. You'll also find a Gorgon Eye nearby. With that done, returnto the path you were on before and jump across to the far side. Theenemies that appear here are dangerous if they grapple you, butnot very aggressive; use your triangle button attack to finish themoff.

At the top of the cliff, you'll meet Gorgons, which will attempt tozap you with their stone vision. Roll around to avoid it, or hit themwith Efreet to disrupt this attack. If they hit you while you're turnedto stone, it's game over, so avoid it! Kill all of the Gorgons to move

on.

After the Gorgons are dead, you'll head through a small stonedoorway. On the far side of this doorway is a statue to your south.Destroy it, then move down to the cliff's edge there to find a secretpath that you can follow to reach a hidden Phoenix Feather.

Return to the stairs and proceed up them to reach another toughfight. Two cyclops will attack you here, with soldiers popping upfrom time to time to annoy you. Wear down the cyclopes with Efreet

(making sure to hit both of them with it), dodge away from theirattacks, and use the 3x triangle combo on them to deal heavydamage. The 3x triangle combo (called Spirit of Hercules) alsoworks well on the soldiers, since it knocks them up into the air andprevents them from hitting you. After the two cyclopes die, anotherone will appear a few moments later, so be sure to nab the healthfrom the chest if you need it! There's a semi-hidden Red Orb Cheston the small dias in this area, behind a ruined pillar.

After killing all the enemies, jump up across the gap that becomes

accessible and fight off the birds. The shaky-looking wall to thenorth can be destroyed to reveal a Gorgon Eye and a Red Orb Chest.Head off to the east a bit to find an impassible river of blood. Inorder to get across, head towards the wall to the north. You seethat little platform in the middle of this area? You can reach it bydestroying the wall to its right. The screen doesn't shake when youattack the wall, but after enough Cyclones of Chaos it will fall,



allowing you to pull the platform out, place it near the green chest,and jump up to it. Climb up to the handholds behind the waterfalland move on over to the east, then drop down.

Ruins of Asphodel

After killing the soldiers, attack the pillar here and push it over withthe O button to crush a passageway nearby. Save your game, anddon't miss the Red Orb Chest near the save point. Climb up ontothe handholds nearby and work your way over them to reach thenext big fight.

Two shielded enemies and a flock of birds will be going up againstyou at this point. Unfortunately for you, it's difficult to take on both

enemies at the same time. The birds are easy enough to kill withCyclone of Chaos, but if that attack hits the shieldbearers too often,they'll counterattack for a large amount of damage. Your best bet isto dodge or run away from the shieldbearers and quickly strike atthe birds until they stop respawning, then go to town on the twoshieldbearers.

The shieldbearers are tough to take down, thanks to their ability toblock your attacks, but you can now use square, square, triangle aswell as triangle, triangle, triangle to knock their shields off. TTT will

probably cause them to counterattack if all of the blows hit,however, so you may want to aim the first two attacks in the comboaway from your enemies, then hit them with the final blow to knockaway their shields. After that, aerial Cyclones of Chaos, or repeatedTTT's, will be good at knocking away their health. If you run low onhealth of your own (and you likely will), try to lure them off to a farcorner of the battlefield, then rush back to the health chest to loadup.

Killing both shieldbearers will open a door a bit backwards from

your path. Head into it and follow the path leading onward. You'llfind a Gorgon Eye before the next fight, which is another birds-and-shieldbearers combo. What's more annoying here are thespinning blades that coast along the floor. They appear fairlyregularly, though, so they are avoidable if you time yourmovements in accordance with the sounds of the blades comingout.



The Dock of Charon

Head down the walkway leading onward and save your game after

nabbing the Red Orb Chest. Ringing the bell here will summonCharon, the ferryman that will lead you on your journey across theriver Styx. Unfortunately he balks at the task of escorting a livingsoul, being accustomed to dealing with the dead. A boss fightensues.

Boss Fight: Charon

The beginning section of this boss fight is fairly typical. You may be

worried about entering the fight, since you didn't have anopportunity to refill your health and mana before entering. At anyrate, Charon has two major attacks here. One is a simple three-sweep scythe attack which finishes with him throwing his scythe atyou (all of which can be blocked), while the other will see himthrowing three small balls of energy in your direction, which youcan dodge.

At any rate, you can attack Charon all you want, but at 50% health,he'll warp to an inaccessible part of the level and kill you instantly.

Thus begins the next phase of this level.

Tartarus

Imprisonment

Break your chains here, then head toward the bottom of the screento find a save point and a Phoenix Feather. Start making your wayback to the north, killing the chained civilians on the walls to regain

your health. (They're already dead; it's not like they can get anydeader.) At the fork in the road, take the right passage to fightsome enemies and eventually find a chest that will fill up yourmana.

Return to the fork and head left to meet up with a few harpies.These are very similar to the bird enemies you faced before, in that



all you really need to do is use Cyclone of Chaos over and overagain until everything is dead. Move on to the next fight, againstsoldiers and archers. Whip the archers first with Cyclone of Chaos,then finish them off with a grab move to get your orb bonus. Afterkilling everything, walk along the chain to the north toward another

save point.

Temple of the Gods

Climb the cliffs here, using your triangle attack for auto-kills on theenemies. A gorgon and some harpies will attack you at the top, sofinish them off and poke around for chests. There's a Red Orb Chestoff to the right a bit, as well as another chest to the left. This isprobably either a Gorgon Eye or Phoenix Feather if you've missed

any of the previous pick-ups, but for us it was simply a chest full of orbs.

Pull the two statues of the gods into the slots in front of them, thenuse the crank that appears to rotate the statue of Zeus to move on.A rather difficult fight ensues, as two minotaurs will appear oneafter the other while archers pelt you from the sidelines. Go afterthe archers first; grab attacks automatically kill them. When they'redown, the minotaurs are a bit easier to kill. Again, they hit hard, butcan't take a huge amount of damage. Use your power combos on

them to start the minigame and finish both of them off.

The Crypt

When the stairs to the left unlock themselves, head up towards thesave point and save. The ruined wall nearby can be attacked anddestroyed; check the balcony outside for a Red Orb Chest. Althoughit's difficult to spot, you can sidle up to the wall just outside thecracked doorway you just created and slide across the northern wall

to the other side of the room. Destroy the cracked wall there to finda switch and a Phoenix Feather.

Flip the switch, then drop down and head through the stairs thathave opened up. At the top, you'll find a throne with a skeleton onit. Grab the prize from the chest here (again, it's probably either anEye or a Feather if you're short, but for us it was a bevy of orbs),



then nab the Cryptkeeper's Key on the wall. Push the throne off of the platform, then hop down and place the Cryptkeeper on thepressure plate in the middle of the arena. Doing so will raise akeyhole nearby; put the key into it to extend a platform leading on.

Temple of Zeus

Grab the chests here (one of them is another Egg/Feather catch-upchest). Two shieldbearers will pop up when you enter the temple. If you've fully upgraded your Blades of Chaos, then the Tartarus Ragemove will be a good way to drop their shields and keep themknocked around so that they can't attack you.

After defeating the two shieldbearers, use the noted spot in the

middle of the room to pull down the Gauntlet of Zeus, the second of the two weapons in Chains of Olympus. It acts somewhat like theCerberus or Gilgamesh weapons from Devil May Cry; slow butpowerful attacks that can be charged up by holding down the attackbuttons. The enemies that spawn here will have shields that you'llneed to break, in fact; do so by holding down the square buttonand charging into them, then finish them off as normal.

Tip:The Gauntlets will be an important weapon here, so you shouldfocus on upgrading them from now on. You should be getting

plenty of orbs. They only have three levels to upgrade, and theirmost powerful attack, Olympic Thunder, will come in handy inmultiple situations later on, especially in its aerial variation.

Run backwards past the corpse of the gatekeeper and smash thedoorway with your fist attack. You may want to upgrade yourGauntlet to level 2 here, as its upgraded attack, the Olympic Strike,will be a one-shot kill on any obstacles you encounter. You'll haveto kill some stuff quickly as you make your way back to the Templeof the Gods, as a spike trap will follow you. At any rate, return to

the three statues and destroy the rightmost one to find anothercatch-up chest.

Jails of Tartarus



Destroying the statue of Hades will let you move on. There are twopaths near the harpies; one to the right, across a chain, and one onthe wall to the upper-left. Head up the upper-left cliff to reach aroom where gorgons and shielded soldiers will attack you. Startdashing around the room with the Gauntlet's charged attacks to

drop the soldiers' shields, or use it on the gorgons to prevent theirstone strike. It might be worth knocking away the shields, thenattempting to focus on the Gorgons. The soldiers are annoying butdon't strike very hard, and you can grab them and start a throwmove on them to disrupt the stone attack of the Gorgons if needbe.

When you kill the enemies here, recharge your health and turn thecrank in the floor to drop a platform in the distance a bit. Returndown the cliff and cross the chains to reach another cliff. Save your

game and drop down off the fall nearby. You'll be facing off againstan armored cyclops here and more harpies. Kill the harpies firstwhile avoiding the cyclops, then knock its armor off and go to townon it. It's probably best to switch back to the Blades of Chaos tofinish it off, and it may even be easier to knock its armor off thatway, as well.

With the cyclops dead, knock the stone off the western crank, waitfor both of them to pop up, then crank both of the cranks to createthe path leading onwards. Jump across to the next corridor and

move along until you reach the next little cutscene that reveals thetorments of the Titans. There'll be another catch-up chest nearby.

There's a cliff nearby. Climb up it, then look for the path that leadsoff to the left and climb that way. That will lead you to no fewerthan three catch-up chests, so if you've been bad about collectingyour Feathers and Eyes, this is a good time to get back up to speed.

Return to the cliff and head up to fight off a minotaur. If you'vemanaged to upgrade the Gauntlet of Zeus, then jumping up into the

air and using the L+O combo will do wonders on the minotaur.When it's dead, use either Light of Dawn magic or the Sun Shield'sreflective properties to take out the archers in the distance. Withthat done, break the stone atop one of the cranks and turn both of them. One of them will lead you to a Red Orb Chest, while the otherwill lead you up to Hyperion.



Shackles of Hyperion

Head through the cave here, defeat the soldiers and archers, andflip the switches. That will let you climb the cliff nearby to reach

another switch, which will free Hyperion's head. With that done,drop down to where the two switches were located, then runtowards the now-open wall to reach Hyperion. A short cutsceneplays, after which you can move on via the cliff to the next savepoint.

Chains of Atlas

You'll come to a crank-pulling game here; you have to turn the

cranks so that you can reach the far end of the chain, but enemieswill appear and attempt to attack you, which will cause the gear tostart moving backwards. It moves backwards fairly slowly, so aslong as you kill your enemies in short order, you should be fine. Tryeither throwing them off or using your charged square attack withthe Gauntlet to knock them backwards off the ramp. With that done,you'll need to punch the little spike near the end of the chains toreach a cliff leading out of Tartarus.

The Dock of Charon

Fight off the enemies in the trap room here and move down thepath towards Charon's dock. Save your game, then use the Gauntletto bust through the gate and move on to Charon.

Boss Fight: Charon

Charon is back, and this time he's a bit meaner than he was before.He has multiple phases, each one separated by another by another jump atop his health-regeneration platform. This time, though, youcan prevent this process from taking place.

Phase One





either far away or jump over them. After two of these mini-explosions, a larger one will occur in the center of the arena. You'llhave to jump over this one, but if you do, you'll be able to whack onCharon for a good length of time before he can counteract. He'llalso throw orbs at you, but these can be reflected for health.

Phase Four

After the impaling of Charon at the end of phase three, he'll launchhimself into the air and fling orbs at you from up above after youattempt to grab his mask on the ground. These orbs move muchmore quickly than they did before, but you'll still need to reflectthem back at him. After he falls from the sky, start the minigameagain to finish Charon off.

The Temple of Persephone

When the boat lands, start using Charon's Wrath on the enemiesthat appear. As it did for you, it stuns them and causes them tobounce around while taking damage. Try knocking enemies up intothe air with your Blades of Chaos, then targeting them withCharon's Wrath in mid-air. It's fun!

Save your game and head into the temple here. There are two

catch-up chests in the first room, so nab the orbs inside and headup the stairs. There's a fairly close-quarters battle here with moreof the devil-dogs that you faced before and some grenadiers.Holding down the L button to guard while periodically using yoursquare attack with the Gauntlet seems to be a good strategy toweakening up the devil-dogs. You can also use Charon's Wrath tolock up large numbers of enemies, if you like.

When you finish off your foes, nab the Red Orb Chests and thecatch-up chest hidden by the camera on the bottom and right sides

of the area, then head upstairs to the closed door and use O toopen it. The next large room will feature a number of masks and ahorde of easy enemies. Use Charon's Wrath to lock up the enemies(it's easier if you've upgraded it once) while using the L+squareattack with the Gauntlet on the masks to break them. (If you've fullyupgraded the Gauntlet, then the Olympic Thunder aerial attack,which can be performed by jumping over a mask and holding





After a lengthy cutscene here, use your weapons on the tree here,then walk through the portal to meet with Calliope. Another lengthycutscene ensues, after which you have to pry Calliope off of yourleg. When you do so, you'll be very weak. Track down the ghosts

that run around the groves here and use the circle button to snaptheir necks. As you do so, you'll gain more strength and more of your abilities will come back to you. Numerous soldiers will alsoappear to harass you, but they can be ignored or run away from.Grab as many ghosts as you can, and you'll eventually regain all of your abilities and weapons.

Eventually, after you're completely restored, the red shield on thenorthern edge of the grove will disappear. Grab enough ghosts totop off your health, then head through. Another little gauntlet will

appear, consisting of a devil-dog followed by a shieldbearer andassorted smaller foes. Aerial Olympic Thunder for the win!

Fields of Elysium

This is the last save point in the game, so take advantage of it. Asyou walk up the stairs, Persephone will attempt to fly away. You'llautomatically grab her and ride with her up to the top of the towerabove, where the final boss fight begins.

Boss Fight: Persephone

At first, Persephone will attack you with her melee attacks. She'squick and doesn't take much damage, but you can wear her downover time. She has a fairly simple strike combo at first, paired with amore powerful minotaur-esque charge maneuver. After a while,she'll start pulling pieces of the ground up and flinging them atyou, but these can be double-jumped over relatively easily.

Phase One

We liked to use the Gauntlet here, if only because its combos are abit shorter than those of the Blades. We stuck with aerial combos,and double-jumped near Persephone's head while using theLightning Thrash ability (L + O). That gets a few good hits in onPersephone, and keeps you floating in the air so that most of her



attacks will be avoided. Her charge attack deals a massive amountof damage, and you will get hit a few times here no matter howgood you are, so work on draining her health as quickly as possible.

You will get a magic refill after this phase is over, so be sure to use

Charon's Wrath here to wear down Persephone. Just be wary of getting too far away from her; if you get close to the top edge of the screen and and she disappears off to the bottom, it'll beimpossible to see when the boulders come your way, making itdifficult to avoid them.

After a lot of jumping around, you'll move on to...

Phase Two

This is a simple mini-game section that will be brief. As Atlasattempts to swat you from the sky, you can chain him in placeagainst the bottom of the world with a few simple button presses.After you're done, you'll be completely healed and ready for the lastphase of the fight.

Phase Three

Persephone will appear on one of the pillars in the distance here, abit outside of your weapon range, although you can still hit her with

Light of Dawn. What this phase consists of, however, is her using afew different attacks on you. She has a ball of green light that shethrows at you, which we'll discuss in a moment; a beam of greenenergy that slowly sweeps across the floor and should be avoided;and lastly pillars of green energy that will track your movement andattempt to ensnare you. If you get caught in a pillar, you'll beunable to move, but you can apparently dodge out.

Tip:The large golden circle on the floor here doesn't do anything foryou at the beginning of this fight. Just ignore it until later.

At the outset of the fight, you can easily knock Persephone from herroost by using your shield just as the ball of green energy hits you.If you do so, you'll reflect it back at her and knock her off the pillar,allowing you to run over and use an aerial combo on her. The L+Ocombo for the Blades of Chaos works pretty well.



That's basically what you want to do throughout this fight, really.The only way to deal consistent damage to her, outside of spells, isto catch the green orbs and fling them back at Persephone.Eventually she'll wise up and start reflecting your own reflectionsback at you, which you will then have to catch and reflect again;

these reflection wars can go on for four or five reflections beforeshe's eventually knocked off the pedestal. Eventually she will be,however, and you can continue your rampage on her while shehangs. The green orbs will eventually become a less frequent partof her attack suite, so you'll need to be ready when they come yourway.

After enough repetitions of this cycle, Persephone will fall to theground. At this point, you need to stand in the golden circle on theground and hit L to redirect the sun at her. Mash O for a bit to

concentrate the beam, then let go as soon as that promptdisappears. A few buttons in a minigame will appear. Hitting themsuccessfully will win the game! Hooray!

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