Styx: Blades of Greed – A Maze of Memories

Description

With each Chunk, the Flux draws nearer – and Styx starts to wonder who’s really chasing who.

Note:
You’ve received the “Claw” prototype, which enables you to climb crystal walls.

Reach the Quartz Stone

From the Zeppelin, you can already see the path you will have to climb with your new Claw. It’s the blue, shiny crystal track ahead. Climb until you reach a grapple point high up near the waterfall.

From the grapple, you can’t use the glider down because of the waterfall. You will have to climb the crystal wall to the right, then glide down at its end. Welcome back to a bug area…

Sneak past the bugs to the next crystal wall just ahead of this area. Climb up until you reach a wall. Here you can use Spectral Dash to get through. The part with the exploding mushrooms is just horrible. If you manage to get past them – be quick – you can grapple across to the next wall.

Climb up from there and you get a piece of solid ground. A breather and a save opportunity. Unfortunately, there is more climbing and exploding mushrooms ahead. Climb the first part, then glide to the second wall just above the four mushrooms. Drop down and hold onto the wall below.

The climb will continue downwards, to the left. Jump over and grab onto the next piece, until you have to change the side and grab onto the island in the water with the mushrooms at the top.

Just by this island is a vertical wind blast. Use it to glide to the next crystal wall, higher up. Look out for a grapple point that will take you to the wall. Climb up, avoid those two mushrooms and continue to the right.

Here you can finally glide to firm ground again – and save. Unfortunately, the climb torture will continue next to the tree.

At the end of this wall, glide over to the left, onto another patch of land with mushrooms and bugs. Reach the next crystal wall ahead. If you have a bottle, throw it to the mushrooms to distract the bugs. Then you can go through the first part. For the second part – avoiding the eggs – climb onto the mushroom ledge and double-jump over to the crystal wall.

Climb up the wall to firm ground. Spectral Dash the whole way worked wonders for me. There will be firm ground at the top again. Look for a grapple point overhead. Continue on to the next crystal wall. There are mushrooms on the floor there.

Climb to the right, then up, where you can find grapple points that take you to a grassy patch of land. There is a mother bug ahead with a lot of eggs…

Unfortunately, this is the way to go. There is a wall to the right side of the eggs cluster. You can climb it with double jump and dash, without disturbing them. Climb the wall all the way to the left, where you can drop on land again.

Next is an area with mushrooms and bugs. If you have a bottle, it’s time to use it. Throw it towards the mushrooms to distract the bugs. Head to the crystal wall to have a breather. This is only the first stop though. You have to reach the bug cave exit on the other side.

Absorb the Quartz Stone

After the bugs, you will get the new marker to absorb the Quartz Stone. Head up the ramp after the bugs and use the grapples at the top to reach the Quartz stone.

Get through the Visions

Styx will now get visions from the past, meeting his father. You will see Styx following lights in a fog, picking up seeds and opening portals. Back in reality, Styx will have to do the same. Follow the glimmers, where you can pick up the first seed.

Pick up the seed and follow the path right next to the seed, where you will spot another set of glimmers. Turn left here, to spot another glimmer ahead.

Here is also the second seed. Keep following the next glimmer to the left. Follow this corridor where you can drop the two seeds into the two plants. This will open the cavern and the story continues.

After the vision, you have to follow the glowing waterlillies in the vision. Look for blue lights and follow them to a pool. Here you have to jump onto the right rocks. A right rock has a blue lilly at the bottom and at the top of the rock. Go through the waterfall at the end.

Next, Styx has to face the elders and reach a round circle on the floor. This part is easy. Just follow the ghosts.

Debrief with the Crew

Back in reality, you are faced by a deadly bug swarm. Use the overhead grapple points to get out of there. To the left, you will have to climb a crystal wall again. At its end, you can glide down to the Zeppelin.