Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy – Chapter 1 Blood Ties Walkthrough

Chapter 1 Overview

Sub-Chapters: A New Home, Faro’s Cabin, The Search for the Key, The Fighting Pit

Collectibles: 1 Blade, 1 Artefact (Handled Cross)

Missables: none, both can be collected later through chapter select

What you learn: attacking, sprinting, jumping, crouching, blocking, parrying, the dagger and the critical strike

Achievement: Blood Ties, unlocked on completing the chapter

1 – Meet Dad on The Docks

Sub-Chapter 1: A New Home

In the Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy intro, Alec and Faro free Sophia from a convent, where she was forced to draw pictures in a trance under the influence of an unknown liquid. Later, Alec, Sophia’s dad, meets her in her bedroom and asks for her book of drawings back. He and Faro then depart to find out more about the statues shown in Sophia’s drawings.

Six months later the village sees Alec’s boat returning, and Sophia heads out to meet her dad on the docks. Follow the only path possible until Sophia has to squeeze through a group of people. Ezra waits for her at the end.

Blade 1: Rusty Sword is tied to the story and unlocks automatically during this chapter, so there is nothing to search for. It appears on the chapter tracker on its own.

2 – Train with Ezra

Ezra insists Sophia does a short training session with him before he lets her go and see her dad. You learn to attack and to sprint.

Attack with Square on PlayStation, X on Xbox or the left mouse button on PC.
Sprint by holding R2 on PlayStation, RT on Xbox or Shift on PC.

3 – Beat Ezra to the Pit

Sprint to the Pit with Ezra chasing you. You learn to jump over obstacles, which is X on PlayStation, A on Xbox or Space on PC. Run and jump through the open windows until Ezra catches you, then continue on to the Pit, where you learn to crouch.

At the Pit, Sophia learns that her dad did not make it back, but Faro did. While hugging Faro, Sophia has a vision of a golden, round item and then wakes up in her bedroom in Faro’s cabin.

4 – Look around Faro’s Cabin

Sub-Chapter 2: Faro’s Cabin

Faro instantly wants to know what Sophia dreamt and whether she saw the treasure.

While looking around the cabin, you can find an ornament Sophia really likes and sit at the table next to Faro.

There is also Sophia’s drawing book on the desk, and drawers she can open. Return to bed when you have seen it all.

5 – Train with Faro

The next morning, Sophia gets to train her fighting with Faro. You learn to block attacks, which is L1 on PlayStation, LB on Xbox or the right mouse button on PC. After the training, Sophia’s sword flies off during one of Faro’s attacks. Ezra arrives and you realise that time has skipped and Sophia is now grown up.

6 – Show What You’ve Learned

Defeat Sophia’s sparring partner by parrying at the right time to stun him. Parrying means blocking just as the attack lands rather than holding the block. After the stunning session is complete, Irene arrives. Defeat Sophia’s opponent to finish the fight.

Faro then arrives and calls Ezra off to go with him. Sophia stays behind and joins Irene’s team, who are looking for a mysterious key by looting dead bodies.

7 – Loot the Bodies

Sub-Chapter 3: The Search for the Key

The sub-chapter begins in a desert. Sophia spawns in a village with the task to search the dead bodies for a key. Only two bodies have to be searched before the story continues.

Artefact 1 – Relic of the Present: Handled Cross

Description:
“There were crosses at the convent, but they were different from this one… I wish I’d known the nuns’ intentions with me. They were hiding their cruelty behind smiles.”

Go forward into the courtyard where the bodies lie. The artefact is in the middle of the area underneath the white tree branch. Pick it up before you loot the bodies. This is the only artefact in Chapter 1.

Then loot the two marked bodies.

Yvan puts up a ladder and the two of you reach the next area, where Sophia can investigate a door and she and Yvan are attacked. Defeat them all until Irene comes to the rescue.

8 – Train with Irene

Sophia now trains with Irene, who introduces the dagger and the critical strike. The dagger lets you follow up a stun with a finishing hit, so pair it with the parry you learned against Faro.

9 – Fight the Mercenary, Survive the Attack

Sub-Chapter 4: The Fighting Pit

Time skips ahead and another main character, Leni, is introduced. They are both in an arena with a Mercenary at its centre looking for a worthy opponent. The crowd calls out for Sophia to defeat him.

After you beat him, the Mercenary goes rogue, kills the arena host and calls in more friends to fight Sophia. Defeat them all and Chapter 1 is complete. Completing the chapter unlocks the Blood Ties achievement.

FAQ

How many collectibles are in Chapter 1 Blood Ties?
Two. Blade 1, the Rusty Sword, unlocks automatically through the story, and Artefact 1, the Relic of the Present Handled Cross, is found in the courtyard during The Search for the Key.

Where is the artefact in Chapter 1?
In the middle of the courtyard where the bodies lie, directly underneath the white tree branch, during the Loot the Bodies objective.

Can you go back for missed collectibles in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy?
Yes. Blades and Artefacts can be collected on a later visit through chapter select. Only Resonance Points do not carry over, and Chapter 1 has none.