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Reaching the second part ofLies of P’s final dungeon, this will be the longest and most difficult dungeon crawl of your adventure. With almost every miniboss of your journey coming back to terrorize you a second time, you’ll be well and truly exhausted before you reach one of the arguably hardest bosses of any soulslike game.
But if you’ve made it this far, let the knowledge that you’re almost at the end guide you through to the finale - and also this guide. We’d like it if you also used this article to help you to the end. After all, difficult bosses and enemy ambushes are not the only secrets to be found in Arche Abbey.
How To Reach The Broken Rift Stargazer
Starting from theOuter Wall Stargazer, go up the nearby shortcut ladder, all the way up the stairs to the top, past the destroyed artillery machine location, andup the ladder into the building.
From here on, you’ll be operating on the inside of Arche Abbey.
There is aBalance Crankout the first window on the right on the ledge.
Your first stop in the inner sanctum isto the left.
There’s apillar trap on the left sideof the wall. Past it and across the bridge, there’s a rapid-fire carcass.
After all this, you can take theFull Moonstoneat the end and return to the entrance.
From the entrance,take the right and down the stairs.
There is aDisruption carcass(an enemy that sprays clouds of Disruption)on your left behind the pillarand again across the bridge.
If yougo righton the far side of the bridge, you’ll find abroken wall on your left.There’s aFable Catalystinside and a single pressure-plate trap (watch your step!).
With this in hand, you cantake the ladder to the left of the bridgedownward where another Disruption carcass and aGemini’s Iron Protectionwait.
You may notice a thin walkway to your right and over the gap below. This is a trap and will collapse if you walk on it. Therefore, ignore this beam.
Go straight aheadand down the ladder. In this area below, there is anAcid Canisterin the center of the room.
However, it is guarded by thewrestling carcass minibossyou met shortly before Champion Victor’s fight. It is now a standard enemy. Dispatch it, and you’ll have access to aset of green doorsyou needa Trinity Keyto open.
Going through this door willfinish theKing of Riddles' questlineand reward you with the Alchemist’s Cape outfit and a Quartz.
You should alsoopen the"Scandal! V, the Tragedy Behind the Flamboyance"book and speak with the King of Riddles. Then, speak with Venigni after to complete Venigni’s questline.
From here, you’ll havetwo exits.
The first exit is available through along hallway with a trap in the center and an elevator at an end.Take the elevator down, and you’ll meetTest Subject 826who willteach you Happy. Speaking with him willmove him to Rosa Isabelle Street.
In front of him, you may use the High-Level Alchemist badge toopen the doors back to the bridgewhere you defeated two scorpion beasts. Congratulations, your door to the Outer Abbey Wall is now open.
Return to the room where you defeated the wrestling carcass andtake the second elevator exitacross the room upward.
However,shortly after the elevator takes off, step forwardthrough a doorway the elevator would normally pass by. Thissecret areacontains an item to your left, but more importantly, there’s aledge on the right side.
Drop from it, and you’ll reach a chest containing aLegion Caliber.
Return to the bottom of the elevatoryou previously took, and you may re-summon it totake it all the way to the topthis time.
Up here is a cane carcass, a Disruption carcass, and agolden Dimensional Butterfly(on the bridge) that drops aFull Moonstone.
On the other side of the bridge, you cango right up a set of stairsto anElectric Blitz Abrasiveand left toopen a ladder shortcutdown.
After opening the shortcut ladder,go up the stairsto an open room where you’ll meetBlack Cat.
If you gave Black Cat a Gold Coin Fruit at the Exhibition, you cangive one to him again to avoid a boss fight.This will also open the door for you to avoid a second boss fight with Red Fox in the third part of Arche Abbey.
Sparing or killing Black Cat will both result in earning his mask. Therefore, thischoice is solely up to the player’s morality.
How To Defeat The Black Cat
Black Cat is just like any other Stalker enemy. And like these Stalker enemies, he’sallergic to backstabs.
His most glaringweakness ishispenchant for forward stabs.Dashing forward when he thrustshis weapon forward, you’ll be open to repeating the backstab mechanic multiple times.
For those skilled in blocks and Perfect Guards, hisweapon is also highly-susceptible to being broken.Upon breaking, he’ll vastly lose range and become something of a joke boss.
Given that heonly really has two attacking patterns- forward thrust and forward running thrust - with a rare chance of sweeping after either, he’s so laughably predictable that it feels almost like bullying once you nail his attack patterns.
Memorize them, and you’re sure to make very quick work of him.
How To Open The Broken Rift Shortcut
Regardless of your choice, exit Black Cat’s room when you’re finished. There’s anelevator on the wooden scaffolding(and a Gemini’s Emergency Protection under it).
Take the elevator up, and you’ll discover theBroken Rift Stargazer.
This location is a large and confusing area, and we highly recommend resting and preparing before continuing.
The area ahead iscompletely covered in fog.It can be partially alleviated withMonad’s Lampon, but it is otherwise difficult to see well.
Directly in front of you, there is acorrupted strong-arm standing on the bridge above you.It will jump down as you get far enough into the room.
As you fight, other corrupted puppets may join the fight, so beware of battling too close to the northern exit.
In the upper left alcove, you can freely take aDark moon Moonstone of the Covenant.
Then,go through the exitbelow where the strong arm puppet was standing.
Inside are several corrupted torso puppets and standard corrupted puppets as well as aDim Ergo Crystal.
It is best to lure these enemies out the door to prevent being struck from all sides. The tunnel will prove a great defensive position.
From this room,go right down the stairsinto a room with several corrupted puppets.
After defeating the main enemies, you cantake a left into an alcovewhere aHalf Moonstone waitsand thenacross the hallto aFire Abrasive.
Beware of the several torso puppets hanging from the tunnels' ceilings in between each room.
In theroom beyond the Fire Abrasive, there are more corrupted puppets and onecorrupted strong-arm puppetthat, like the last one, will jump from above and to your left.
AFire Abrasivecan be picked up beside thegate to your left.There is anAttribute Purification Ampoulein analcove on the far sideand to the left of a deactivated ladder.
Looking toward where the strong arm puppet stood, turn around and face theexit on the far side of the room. Go through the tunnel, watching for torso puppets, and find another room filled with more corrupted puppets.
There is aFable Catalyston the ground. Take it and thenascend the ladderon the far side of the room.
AnElectric Blitz Canistersits above the ladder near a broken, crumbling wall.
Go straight aheadtoward a switch to open theladder shortcut.Return to the Broken Rift Stargazernow.
After resting and resetting the area,speed-run back to the shortcut ladder, ignoring all enemies. The corrupted strong-arm puppet should now be on the bridge ahead.
How To Open The Second Broken Rift Shortcut
Run past the strong-arm puppetand begin tosprint down the first corridor to your leftuntil you reach the first enemy past the brazier. Do not attack it and insteadimmediately turn around and begin running.
This will do a few things:
With these two fighting each other, you canbegin taking out the other two helmed carcassesin the area.
When the opportunity presents itself, you canenter the fightwith the strong-arm puppet and the joker miniboss tofinish them bothwithout too much hassle.
On the far side of the room, you cango down the furthest corridorwhere astrong corrupted puppet and a chestawait. The chest contains theMechanical Cryptic Vessel.
Now, you mayventure down the central corridorwhere the joker miniboss patrolled andup a set of stairs.
Up the stairs, you’ll find alever to your right.This will open a door in the back of the area.
Follow the path to a Star Fragment anddrop off the ledge.
You’ll have tonavigate yourself now throughout the entire area to where the door opened(near the entrance of the Broken Rift).
As you go through the study, you’ll find aSpecial Purification Ampouleand then a second back room with a ladder. Thelittle boy puppet minibossfrom the Barren Swamp will fall from above as you enter the room.
Defeating it rewards you witha Quartz.
If you’re not confident in fighting it, you canbait the respawned puppetsin the previous room to the little boy puppet miniboss. Then, sprint across the room andtake the ladder upto remove the aggro on you. Thepuppets will then fight each other, and you won’t need to get involved.
There is aDimensional Butterflyabove andto the righton the ledge. It drops aBalance Crank.
With this in hand, you cango up the stairs to the rightwhere you’ll find an area with several types of carcasses. Thecane carcasshere is the most important for its electrified attacks, and all other enemies will drop from hanging traps in the area.
Remember to destroy its canister on the cane carcass’s back.
Take theHalf Moonstoneand thenclimb the ladderon the far side.
Up the ladder is ahammer carcass that falls from a trap above.AnotherHalf Moonstoneis found on theabove ledge.
Continue until you find asplit in the path. A Cane carcass is to the left but guards nothing of value.
For now, firstdefeat the rapid-fire carcass up the stairsand to the left. Then, turn around andgo down the stairsto find aladder shortcut switch.
Activate it and take theResplendent Ergo Chunkfrom the beam ahead.
How To Reach The Abbey Prayer Room
Return up the stairsto where you fought the rapid-fire carcass. On the ledge ahead,two hammer carcasses will fallonto your path.
Ignore the ladder ahead andbegin walking on the narrow beams.There are two Disruption carcasses up here and oneDimensional Butterflywith aHalf Moonstone.
In this area, we recommend moving slower than you think you need to move. Focus on the carcasses and then the butterfly, preventing unfortunate falls off the beams and Disruption buildup.
Fall onto a ledgeon the side path nearby where aHalf Moonstonecan be found ahead. Then,drop a second timetoambush a Disruption and a rapid-fire carcass.
Take the stairs behind youinto an area wherethree Disruption dogspatrol. When they’re defeated, you can safely take theRed Fox’s Amuletfromthe chest.
There is one Cluster Grenade around the corner and on the ledge.
Following the main path ahead, there aretwo cane carcasses on the stairs.Bait each one down one at a time.
Take the nearby ladder downonce you reach the top of the stairs to find aFull Moonstone.Through the nearby doorway, you’ll find alarge room with several falling spike traps.
There aregaps between each one, sotake the path one trap at a time.When you’re close enough to the rapid-fire carcass at the end,hold blockto prevent taking too much damage.
There isa Quartzin the chest at the end. Take it andflip the leverto turn off the traps.
Continue back on the main pathup the ladder, and you’ll find anew miniboss- a puppet-wielding carcass - at the top of the ramps. It willburst through the stone wallto the left of another ladder.
Itcarries an ergo-infused puppetit will feast from to increase its stats. It is, however,very slow and prone to fire damage.
Keep your space and wait for your moment.Use Flamberge if you have it. Defeating it will reward you with aLegion Caliber.
Take theSawbladenext to the wall and thenascend the two sets of ladders.
If you follow the path, you’ll eventually find anelevatorto your right.Taking this will take you to the top of the Inner Abbey and to your next Stargazer: the Prayer Room.
Here is whereLaxasia,one of the hardest bosses of Lies of P,awaits to humble you.
There is aCarcass Body Fluid containerin the room ahead of the elevator you should grab before taking the lengthy ascent.
How To Defeat Laxasia And Reach The Upper Abbey
Welcome toone of the top two hardest bosses of Lies of P.Between her shield, over 12-attack combo chains, and foul stagger tricks, you may be better off fightingElden Ring’s Maleniaon a dancepad blindfolded.
And of course, she’ll havetwo phases and two health barsto extend your fun playtime together as much as possible.
Jokes aside, Laxasia - while difficult - isalmost always fair.She’s predictable, has extended telegraphed precursors, and practices steady attack chains.
While you’ll likely die several times in your first encounter with her, she’s the type of boss that asks for the tried and true"practice-makes-perfect" method. To help perfect your strategy, we’ve alsocompiled some tipsfor her defeat:
For more information on how to beat the queen of lightning, Laxasia,refer toour official boss guideon the matter.
Her Fury attack has a parry window of 0.3 seconds. The window occurs 1.38 seconds after you deflect her last electric ball. Finding this parry window is extremely difficult, and you cannot sprint from this move due to her aggressive tracking. Your best bet is to try for the parry. After deflecting the final bolt, count aloud “One and two and PARRY!”
After defeating Laxasia, thefinal section of Lies of Pwill finally be open to you.Rest at the Stargazer, pour yourself a cup of hot cocoa, and clap yourself on the back.
The time for the final stretch is nigh. Upper Arche Abbey, here we come!
