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Your return to Krat inLies of Pis met with a view so distorted it’s wholly unfamiliar. City streets held captive by Decay and Disruption, we hope you’ve gotten your hands on plenty of resistance and purification ampoules. Your health and sanity are sure to need them.
Status effects, however, are not your only trial in the area ahead. Like in your journey to the Estella Opera House, you’ll find yourself in the company of two bosses in this area. Between the series of twisted, corrupted faces of familiar enemies, new monsters, and two bosses, you’re sure to have your work cut out for you. Thankfully, that’s what we’re here for.
How To Reach The Workshop Tower
Go up the stairs from the Abandoned Apartment Stargazer and take the “Fairytale of the Three Brothers of the Workshop Tower” ahead.
Then,open the doors to the leftto enter the Collapsed Street of the Workshop Tower.
Welcome to Collapsing Krat.
There is a merchant in the Abandoned Apartment’s upstairs area near the door. He sells defensive parts that boost your resistance. We recommend buying these as they will be immensely useful in the areas and bosses to come.
Take thepath down rightand ignore the sign-bridge for now, preferring togo up the hill.
There’s another new enemy here: ahammer carcass.This new enemy has balled hands thatdeal significant chunks of damageif they hit you. It alsolunges over far distanceswhich can be misleading at first.
Thankfully, it has terrible defenses.Defeat it quickly and carry on.
There’s another hammer carcass at the top behind the crates. Defeat that one, take the Resplendent Ergo Fragment, and destroy the nearby yellow crystal.
These crystals,Disruption crystals, exude an aura of Disruptionthat grows as you stand beside it.
Go down the hill and across the bridge. Destroy the nearby Disruption crystal and take the “Lover’s Letter.”
Continue on the path, destroying crystals where possible, and defeat any carcasses you find along the way. There are no ambushes or new enemies here, so continue until you hear the chime of aDimensional Butterfly.
When you hear the chime,continue straight, ignoring the bridge to find aShot Putat the ledge’s dead end.
Go down the bridgeand begin destroying the Disruption Crystals and the hammer carcasses.
When all are destroyed, you can track down thebutterfly on the far left side(beside a crystal). It drops aBalance Crank.
On theleft sideof this area, you should find anopen gatewayleading into a new area. This is anitem detouryou can choose to ignore.
In it, you’ll findseveral disruption dogsup a flight of stairs in an open area - three in total (one unseen). You can gain these items from this dead-end area:
Go across the plaza,destroy another crystal, andstop at the bottom of a bridge sign.There is acorrupted strong-arm puppethere.
This enemy is easilyoverwhelmed by staying behind itas much as possible. It also hasalmost the same moveset as its previous iteration.
Go up the sign bridge, defeating another carcass on the way, and you’ll eventually find ashortcut doorat the end of the path to the right.
Open it andthenturn aroundto look down what appears to be anempty alleyway.
Go down it and through thedoor to the left.
AVivid Ergo Fragmentis just inside, and some writing can be found on the wall under the stairs.
Go up the stairs, through the door, and to a dead end.
Look rightto see a crate. Roll through it, and you’ll find aSpecial Purification Ampouleat the dead end of the alley. There is a Disruption crystal on the left side.
Go back to the main path anddownward to a building. Inside, anothernew miniboss enemy will appear by charging through a wallahead.
Itdoes a lot of headbanging- we wonder if there’s some rock music playing in that lumpy head - so you’ll want topractice your guarding.
Guard where needed; attack where you can. Eventually, you’ll defeat it for anArch Extra Heavyweight Frameand the opening of a nearby door.
Go through the door,grab aRadiant Ergo FragmentandResplendent Ergo Fragment, and ascend the stairs to your next Stargazer.
How To Reach The Corrupted Plague Master
Inside the nearby home, there is but anothernew enemy: a cane carcass.This enemy carries a cane and a special canister on its back.
Thisenemy’s weakness is the canister. By striking its back and breaking the canister, it willalways be immediately staggered.Strong attack it to open up a chance for a Critical Hit. As you fight this enemy, a rapid-fire carcass may come down the stairs. There is also a second cane carcass in the room to the right where there are no collectible items.
On the next floor, there is one cane carcass in sight andanother to the left that will come to its aid.
There is oneFable Catalystin the room.
At the top of the stairs, there is - you guessed it - another cane carcass. This one is guarding the"Primer for Workshop Technicians."
Go out the hole in the walland carefullycircle the ledgewhere you’ll see anew enemy: a flamethrower carcass.
For this enemy, you’ll want tosprint to attack it quickly. Then, rush away to avoid its explosion after defeat.
Go into the door at the end of the path to the left toopen a shortcut back to the Stargazer.
Before returning to the Stargazer,turn aroundto the path where you defeated the flamethrower carcass.Fall down onto a walkwaybelow on top of a second flamethrower carcass.
Follow the walkway to finda chestat the end containing theSpecial Krat Supply Box. This path leads back to aDark moon Moonstone of the Covenantand the home filled with cane carcasses.
You may now return to the shortcut and take arest at the Stargazer.
How To Defeat The Walker Of Illusions
Your next challenge isat the top of this home. It’s a not-so-optional optional boss,the Walker of Illusions.
This boss is a difficult fight to get the hang of at first, but it’s a pushover once you recognize its patterns.
This bosscreates a copy of itself twice- once at 50 percent and another at 20 percent of its health bar. Tips for defeating this boss include:
When it’s defeated, you’ll gain aLegion Caliberand aDark Moon Moonstone of the Covenant.
How To Reach The Corrupted Parade Master Stargazer
Go through the now-open door to the side.Take the elevator.
After you leave, Sophia will contact you about an attack. There are no enemies for a while, so pick up theThermiteandHalf Moonstoneon the way to your next Stargazer.
Optional Side Path: Item Gathering And The Riddle Master
From this Stargazer, you can take thepath through the doorway to the righton an optional side path.
There are a few bloodsucker carcasses this way. Defeat them andgo left.
Take another left after the gatetoward the sound of a ringing phone. You’ll find theringing payphoneon the path ahead.
But only on man does it ever bear fruit."
Answer: A bruise (Wrong/“Truth”), Ergo (Correct/“Lie”)
After answering the call,go the opposite wayand toward the Disruption Crystals.
There is aDimensional Butterflyand astrong corrupted puppethere.
Destroy the crystals, the puppet, and the butterfly for aHalf Moonstone.
AnotherHalf Moonstonecan be found at thedead end of the pathahead when looking out at Hotel Krat.
Go right at the path split, taking out a corrupted puppet on the way, and find a Gemini’s Iron Protection at the end.
How To Defeat The Corrupted Parade Master
From the Stargazer,go up the stairs and across the bridge.
Entering the fairgrounds, collect theDim Ergo Chunkahead andgo up the stairs to the Parade Master’s old arena.Here you’ll have to face him again.
This time, however, he hasa few new tricksup his tentacles. There is, thankfully,no second phase.
Tipsfor defeating him include:
Thankfully, he’s so straightforward that you canuse a lot of what you’ve learned fromthe first fighton him. However, his weakness on his right side is now gone, mitigated by his transformation.
After defeating the Corrupted Parade Master, you canrun up to Hotel Kratwith aFull MoonstoneandQuartzto show for it. There areno items to gatheron the way.
Simply go up the stairs andwalk through the hotel doorsto learn of the attack on Hotel Krat and Geppetto’s fate.
