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Start Magician Class Starting Gift Firebombs Turn off Deluxe Edition Items Skip tutorial

Go to 1-1 Pick up Firebombs Roll through boulder Hit boulder trap, equip catalyst on left hand and equip Nexial Binding Pick up pine resin Drop down tower, grab half moon grass, pull lever, heal as door opens

Phalanx

Chuck all Firebombs Finish off with Flame Toss Touch archstone and warp to Nexus

Buy dagger and rest of souls into Fresh Spice Equip dagger as you run up to Monumental Talk to Monumental, quit out Go to 3-1

Prison of Hope Coffin skip Pick up Old Spice near hand ball Arrow trap skip Pick up Clever Rat's Ring as you do skip Equip rat ring at door for reviver Kill reviver and pick up Special Key Reload Pick up Widow's Lotus

Fool's Idol

Turpentine on dagger R1 stun lock until ~ 20% HP, finish off with Flame Toss and more R1's Touch Archstone and warp back

Talk to Maiden, level MAGIC to 24 Back to 3-1 Freke skip Drop down to 4F key, walk over invisible flooring Grab Magical Sharpness Ring Unequip Crescent Moon Grass and Pine Resin, equip Sharpness Ring, pick up Aged Spice Free and talk to Freke, nexial bind

Talk to Freke, learn Soul Ray Remove Flame Toss, attune Soul Ray Go to 3-2

Pick up Fresh Spice before main tower Heart Skip CRR with counter mindflayer explosion

Maneaters

Keep space between yourself and him, and fight with Soul Ray Pick up Moon Short Sword during or after fight Pick up Full Moon Grass Touch archstone and reload into same area

Drop to your death, unequip armor and replace Sword with Moon Sword

Pick up stain and soul items on wall Set up CRR with centipedes CRR R1s to kill centipedes, 2x Soul Ray + 1handed R2 for Mindflayers Pick up Mindflayer loot, use aged spice at top of stairs
Reequip armor as you cross fog

Old Monk

Soul Ray through chairs if possible Use all Souls items Touch archstone and warp back

Level INT to 25, MAG to 32 Learn Homing Soul Arrow, and attune Go to 5-1

Pick up Noble's Lotus Chasm Skip Push ticks Soul Ray goblins on bridge Pick up Fuil Moon before fog gate

Leechmonger

HMA -> Soul Ray x2 Touch archstone and reload area

Swamp of Sorrow drop Use Full Moon before Black Phantom Grab Cat Ring

Grab Thief Ring, and equip Barrier skip Heal poison after getting out of swamp Thief Ring -> CRR at boss fog

Dirty Colossus

Hit Dirty's body and meaty hand once with sword (not wooden arm) HSA -> Soul Ray x2 Use Aged Spice Touch archstone Use Half Moon Grass

Be around 50% HP before at Maiden, and at least 110 MP

Maiden

Hug right Drop to Maiden Heal Plague once in CRR HSA -> Soul Ray x2 Use Full Moon Grass, use all souls Grab archstone, use pureblood soul, then warp back

VIT to 11, MAG to 45 Go to 2-1

Level warp Use Water Veil before lava pool, top off HP is needed Lava skip

Set up CRR with Fat Official if needed Pick up Kris Blade Equip Kris Blade and cast Water veil on elevator ride, use fresh spice

Armor Spider

HSA Put on Cat Ring as Spider dies Cat Ring quit out skip

Use Fresh Spice, equip CRR

Flamelurker

HSA x2 -> Soul Ray if needed Quit out at fog gate, set up cinematic for pillar skip

Dragon God

Phase through first batch of pillars, heal and use water veil before first ballista Fresh Spice if needed, HSA for final hit Cat Ring as he dies Touch archstone and warp to Shrine of Storms

Regen Ring Skip Skip to Storm King Trigger Storm King

Storm King

Soul Ray kill as many Storm King children as possible, set up CRR Hide behind boulder, fresh spice Soul Ray on Storm King Nexial Bind

Go to 1-2 Water veil if you wish Thief Ring at fog gate

Tower Knight

Get behind and HSA -> Soul Ray Touch archstone

Quit out after enemies break boxes Roll through boulders Set up CRR with crossbow archers Put on CRR before Penetrator

Penetrator

HSA x2 Thief ring as he dies Touch archstone and reload area

Set up CRR with crossbow archers (or with water veil + dragon breath) Bait Knight at top of stairs to come down Delay your run for dragon bridge after second fat official HSA on Ostrava Fresh Spice on elevator, along with rings

King Allant

HSA until dead

Talk to Maiden

Tru king

HSA with 2 1h R2's throw in there Walk to fog, hit Maiden Force close game during cutscene

Load Game in Main Menu, Information on character