by As we advance and explore in Blasphemous 2 , we will little by little find the typical Skills that will help us move better around the stage and that will allow us to access previously inaccessible areas, as occurs in the vast majority of Metroidvanias.
It must be said that most of them are very likely to be found by yourself since these are essential to advance in Penitente’s adventure and the game places them in the places you have to go through. But… it is also true that you can miss some, in fact it happened to me with the Double Jump ability.
The fact is that in this post I will show you the 4 Skills that we can unlock (in the order that you have to get them), I will tell you what they are used for and I will also explain how to get each of them. Let’s go there!
ASCENSION IVY (WALL JUMP)
We will find it practically at the beginning of the game and it will allow us to cling to the walls that have notches so that we can then jump on them; This will allow us to scale these walls.
To find it you must go to ” Profound Lament “, which is the area you have just below “Ciudad del Santo Nombre” (what would be Albero 2.0, the base city).
In the photo you see that my Penitent is (you know that the area you are in is painted blue) right where I have added a person icon, this is because I have recycled the photo from Yerma’s post, a quite interesting NPC that you will find right there. You have the Skill as such if from there you go to the right and then down; right where I added that red square icon.
ASH STEP (DOUBLE JUMP)
The usual Double Jump that we have in so many games and that we always miss a lot in those games with a platform component when we don’t have it. Thanks to this ability we will be able to reach higher areas and it will also give us a lot of play on the bosses in order to dodge their attacks; In my opinion it is the most useful Skill.
To get it we will have to defeat the Sharpener in ” Under His Floors ” (the boss is in the skull mark), my recommendation is that you go to this boss after defeating the 3 Regrets:
- Radames Grand Preceptor
- Orospina, the Senior Embroiderer
- Lesmes, Incorrupt Sacristan
If you have not yet found “Under Their Floors”, know that you have it completely down from “City of the Holy Name”. From the city it is going down and down, first you will pass through “Profundo Lamento”, then through “Madre de Madres” and after this you will reach “Under the Floors of Her”.
The Ability is not given to you by the boss as such, but if after defeating him you go to the left you will find it.
MERCY OF THE WIND ( AERIAL DASH )
The typical Dash in the air that always comes in handy in games to be able to dodge air attacks more effectively or to have greater mobility. It will also of course allow us to reach more distant areas that were previously not accessible and we will also be able to cross a type of wall like blue rays that can only be passed through the use of this Skill.
We will find this in ” Crown of Towers “, the area we have just above “City of the Holy Name” that we unlock by defeating the 3 Regrets. To get to exactly where I mark in the photo, you will definitely need to have the Double Jump skill since your first objective will be to reach the “Basilica of the Absent Faces” (the blue area).
From there you take the path to the right and from there you simply move forward. You will have to use Rogo al Alba and Sarmiento and Centella to get to the location, it is not very complicated, that is why I do not give more details.
- Location of Weapons .
- Weapon Upgrades .
PROTECTION OF THE KINDRED (CHERUB RINGS)
Surely you have noticed that very often you find some kind of yellow glow on the screen and it seems that at the moment you still can’t do anything with them, well, Ward of the Kindred is the ability that will activate those things.
When we have it, some Cherubs will appear holding a ring in those yellow glows, these will allow us to hold on to said rings to access new areas.
The Skill is located in ” The Severed Tower “, an area that you will end up reaching following the story of the game, but summarizing a little:
- You pass the “Basilica of the Absent Faces.”
- You are heading to “Mar de Ink”.
- Then you go to “Sunken Cathedral”.
- After this to “Daedalus of Bajamar.”
- And then you will arrive at “La Torre Cercenada”.
The game guides you to those areas, so don’t worry about that. In fact, you have the ability where I have added the red square on the map; Getting there is not much of a mystery, you will have to overcome one of those time trials in which you have to go fast before a wall closes… this one is quite simple, just defeat the enemies on the way to the wall so that they do not bother you and little more.
As soon as you have it, you can go after the ” Synod ” boss (which is also in “The Severed Tower”) and well… with this you already have all the Skills in the game.
