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Under Geppetto’s orders, the time has come to finally walk Rosa Isabelle Street inLies of P. Finally, the time of carcasses and jump scares are over - for now. Returning to our plot of puppets and frenzies, the path ahead is a hard one, although, at least, it is familiar.
As the plot thickens and secrets prepare to unravel before us, our mundane exploration of city ruins and battles against crazed puppets become more intense as we descend into the bowels of Rosa Isabelle Street.
Rosa Isabelle Street Entrance: How To Reach The Rosa Isabelle Culvert
To enter Rosa Isabelle Street, you must have firstspoken to Geppetto and then Antonia. After Antonia gives you the key, you’ll be able toopen the door in Hotel Kratto Rosa Isabelle.
This door can be found inside the hotel, up the stairs from the stargazer, and to the right. It is at the end of a dim hallway.
As you enter the street and repair the Stargazer on the main road, you’ll find the enemies are once again returned to your standard puppets.
The first split in the road should be taken to thestairs on the left.
There is aFable Catalystat the top of them and aRadiant Ergo Fragmentguarded by a normal puppet at the very top.
We recommend re-applying Shock grindstones and your Fulminis arm for this section (or any arm you’re most comfortable with).
In this section,go down the stairsinto a small alley to find aCluster Grenade. Climb them again to finda posteron the nearby path: “The Witch’s Tower and Princess.”
This poster is located at the end of the path overlooking the entrance of Rosa Isabelle. An NPC known asthe Old Lady at the Windowcan be spoken with here for anew sidequest to find Bleiwies wine.
Jump down from the nearby ledgeand go down the main path. Instead of going left up the stairs at the split, this time,go straight.
There are a few normal puppets in this area and aCrescent Moonstoneleft of the flaming gate and near a shortcut door we can’t open yet.
As you descend the stairs into this area around the trees,go through the alley on the right.
There is anArtist’s Doodlebeside the bridge into a home. Inside this home aretwo new enemies: maid puppets and circus jesters.
Maid puppets are just like your standard enemies, so take them out as usual. However,circus jesters are dangerous due to their penchant for self-detonating explosions.
There is one of these jestersbehind the window on the rightside of the home. As you near, it will burst through.Run as soon as it notices you, keeping your distance. Beware that these jesterswill do a last-second dashjust before their explosion; don’t get too comfortable and stay on guard.
After the jester has exploded, go towards the window tobait out a second one.With both gone, you can now safelywalk out onto the balcony.
Interact with the ladder mechanism andclimb downto the street after looking at the blockade of enemies ahead.
At the bottom of the ladder,go right behind the carriageto grab aResplendent Ergo Fragment. A maid puppet may chase you along the way.
Enter the homebeside the ladder. Two maid puppets are inside, and one is guarding aSaw Blade.
Upstairs, there is anothernew enemy: baby puppets.
These nightmares straight from hell will scream and crawl toward you with unfathomable super-armor. Weirdly tanky crimes-against-nature, they always exist in numbers.Four can be found on this floor.
Behind the army of babies (a sentence we never thought we’d write), there is a room with aVivid Ergo Fragment.There is also aback bedroomwith a “Special Report! Foreigner’s Confession” on the mattress.
Go all the way upstairs to find a safe and a shortcut door to the beginning of the home.
Inside the safe is aLegion Plug.
You can use Legion Plugs to develop new Legion Arms. You can now forge the Aegis, Falcon Eyes, Deus ex Machina, and Pandemonium.
Return downstairsto where the ladder connects. It is now time to face the ambush ahead.
The enemies guarding the bridge are:rifle puppets and shot-put dummies. Both enemies deal large amounts of damage. Their weakness isonly being able to shoot in a straight line.
As you go forward across the blockade, you’ll want totake shelter behind the carriageswhile enemies shoot. We recommendbaiting the rifle puppets forwardto avoid the shot-put dummies.
When the riflemen are taken care of, the shot-put dummies can be overwhelmed after they’re done throwing.They always throw three and tire out, so dash forward and hit them once they’re done.
Shot-put dummies also have terrible resistance to stagger. Hitting them will interrupt their throwing, even on physically weaker Dexterity builds.
There is one shot-put puppet guarding anAttribute Purification Ampouleon theleft side of the blockadeunder a balcony.
Additionally,a chestwith theDancer’s Curved Blade, a Technique weapon (B), is heavilyguarded by two shot-puts and two rifles at the end of the road.This will be a tricky section to overcome and may be resource-draining.
We recommend saving this and coming back to it due to the impending boss fight. There’s a Stargazer after, and you may return to claim this chest after its repair.
Down the stairs to the rightof the blockade, you’ll find an amphitheatre with a lone puppet on stage.Speak with this puppetto discover theWhite Lady.
She will attack youafter you speak with her.
You can also find a Throwing Cell up the stairs through the door to the right of the stage.
The White Lady is anextremely quick fighter, but she isn’t quite aggressive.Rather, she often waits for her moment andattacks in a flurryat specific times. These attacks arealmost always in a straight line forward.
This means dodging left or right is very effective, and blocking can be tricky due to the barrage of her attacks but may be worth it with higher percentage block weapons.
Unfortunately for her, she’s verysusceptible to being circled with Sprinting.
Dash around herlong enough, and she’ll attack in a straight thrust in front of her. This leaves her back wide openfor a backstab.
Repeat enough times, and the White Lady will be defeated. Your reward: her mask, her locket, and the unlocking of the nearby door to the Rosa Isabelle Culvert.
Rosa Isabelle Street Culvert: Unlocking The Culvert Shortcut
Beside the Rosa Isabelle Culvert, there is aman named Julian the Gentleman.Speak with himtobegin his sidequestto find his wife.
It’s on your way to the shortcut and Rosa Isabelle boss, so you might as well accept it.
Go down the nearby ladderinto the sewers of Rosa Isabelle.
At the bottom, there areseveral torso-puppetsthat will crawl and launch themselves at you.Two will fall from the ceilingin the first room.
Traveling through the pipes, you’ll find aGemini’s Emergency Protectionat the end of the straight line before a spinning fan. Pick it up and then return togo up the pipes lit by the grates.
There are several puppets on your way. Defeat them all to reach the end of the pipes and the alleys of Rosa Isabelle.
In the drainage alley, there isone strong, headless puppetenemy. They’re aggressive, quick, and a little unpredictable at times.
This is no miniboss, however, and it doesn’t hit particularly hard except with its Fury Attack. Defeat it andclimb the ladder on the right side of the alley.
There is one jester hidden in the boxes at the end. It cannot, however, climb ladders after you. If you don’t feel quick enough, you can just backpedal until it explodes and then climb.
Go across the bridgeup top to find three maid puppets. Theone on the right is a decoy to lead you into a trap with two clown jestershidden in the wooden crates. Your only reward is a Sawtoothed Wheel.
Thepath to the leftleads to aCrescent Moonstoneandshortcut doorback to the Culvert Stargazer.
Rosa Isabelle Street Culvert: Secret Quartz Path
At the Culvert Stargazer, you canreturn to the underground pipe sectionfor a second time. This time, instead of turning right inside the pipes to the incline, you’llgo to the dead end with the fan.
Notice the holeto an area below. This may seem like a deadly drop, but there’s a wooden platform that will break your fall.
Fall inside and immediately dodgeto avoid being struck with a puppet at the bottom. There are several torso puppets crawling in here.
Continue along the straightforward path, butbeware of the many torso puppets climbing on the ceiling.This will lead you to a room with a ladder and another hallway patrolled by a strong puppet.
Take the ladderfirst to find aStardust Fragmentandanother shortcut to the Culvert Stargazerand the amphitheater where you defeated the White Lady.
Descend the ladderback to the pipe area to defeat this strong enemy. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before, only slightly recolored and now headless.
After defeating it, you can go to the back room wherea chestis waiting. Two torso puppets will fall from the ceilingwhen you enter, but after they’re defeated, you can take theQuartzfrom the chest.
Return to the Culvert Stargazer.
Rosa Isabella Shortcut: How To Open The Entrance Shortcut And Reach The Estella Opera House
From the Culvert Shortcut door and back to the area with the maid puppets,go up the stairsto eventually find arifle puppetthat will shoot you from an above balcony.
On the staircase to him, there are two circus tinkers.
Before you cross the bridge, take theSpecial Purification Ampoulebehind a stack of crates to the left.
On the other side of the bridge, there is atrap with two rifle puppets. One isbehind the corner to the right,and a second willburst through the doors aheadwhen you get close.
AGemini’s Iron Protectionis sitting beside the doors to the right.
Behind the door where the rifle puppet burst from, there isa baby puppet. Two more will drop from the ceilingwhen you near.
Defeat all three, and you canopen the safeto find anArch Heavyweight Frame.
Descend the stairs to your rightas you leave the house. You’ll find theblack dress puppet on the groundto the right against the stairs. You can pick up her ring to continueJulian the Gentleman’s questline.
Down the stairs, right of the area where a puppet is using a flamethrower on some debris, there is analley leading to a shortcut door. This opens the way back to the Entrance Stargazer.
Adark moon Moonstone of the Covenantis beside this door near some crates.
Approaching theflamethrower puppet, this new enemy ishighly susceptible to being backstabbed.They are slow to turn and are locked in one direction while using their weapon.
To your left,approach the bridge.However, as you get near,dash off to the rightto take shelter behind the bridge support.
There is arolling ball of firethat will crash through this section as you approach. It is thrown by themidway boss: the Mad Clown Puppet.
Go forward, taking theAdvance Crankunder the bridge, andbait two flamethrower puppets downpast the bridge. Backstab them both andwait for the bossto approach you.
This tanky boss is particularly difficult for anyone with low-stagger weapons (such as in Technique builds), sowe recommend the following tips:
This long fight will require you to wait your turn, but eventually, the act will close on this puppet. Your reward for the effort will be one Quartz.
For a more in-depth look on this boss, please refer to our official boss guide on the Mad Puppet.
Going up the hill, there aretwo shot-put puppets; one on either side of the street. There is alsoone more flamethrower puppet.
Defeat them all, taking aLegion Magazineon the right side of the road on the way, andrun up the roadtoward the building at the end.
There is an alley by some stairs off to the left where you can pick up a Star Fragment.
Go up the stairs, taking aRadiant Ergo Fragmentoff to the right, and take either set of stairs to reach theEstella Opera House.
Within the building ahead, you’ll be faced with some of the toughest field enemies thus far and the Master of Puppets himself.
