Return To The Island Of The Fates

Now that the shield is down, you can walk back towards the Island that you were on before; this time, however, you’ll be in a different section of it. The first thing you’ll notice is a statue with some chests hidden behind a door to its left. You can’t get them now, so head to the right and make your way past the archers. Follow the path in front of you until you come to a broken bridge; find the roots growing on the building nearby, climb them, and flip the switch that opens a gate here. Grabbing the purple object in the body of the bird will net you the third weapon of the game, the Spear of Destiny. Use it on the chump soldiers that attack you.

Get in this position to stop time and open the chests.

When the soldiers are dead, it’s time to go back and retrieve those chests. The lever in the middle of this room will rotate a bit of the floor, which you can use to move the fate statue here so that it points in directions that are more easily accessible to you. What you want to do is rotate it 90 degrees, so that it faces towards the door here. With that done, kick it out of the doorway here and move it back towards those blue and green chests you passed earlier. Park it there, then swim across the water. When you’re on the far side, activate your amulet to freeze time, swing across the gap, and quickly run across the pressure plate and into the door to nab your loot. You’ll nab a Phoenix Feather, a Gorgon Eye, and the Urn of Olympus.

With that done, push the statue back to its original spot, after rotating it again so that it faces the wobbly bridge nearby. Hop onto the bridge so that it straightens out, then hit your amulet to cross over.

The Crossing Of The Lowlands

What comes now is a fun grappling-point game, where you have to swing across a valley crossing while the pillars around you are smashed into the ground. Your checkpoint is right at the beginning of this area, so you have as many tries as you need to get across, but it can still be complicated at spots. The trickiest area is the jump immediately after the only grappling point that spins you in a circle; at that point, you’ll have to actually hold on to the grappling point and let it swing you back and forth once before jumping. If you jump too early, the next grappling point won’t be in position and you’ll fall to your death. In most of these cases, though, you can return to the point you just jumped off of if you think you jumped too early.

Video Walk-through

This video will show you how to get across the crossing of the gorge.

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You’ll have a couple of fairly challenging fights in this little cave in front of you. The first will come across some relatively easy sirens and large minotaur-esque creatures. Deal with the sirens first, using Cronos’ Rage to stun them while beating on them with your weapons and waiting for the O-prompt to appear to finish them off; each will usually take two O-prompts before they die. The firebrands here will attack with flaming axes, so keep your distance and engage them with care.

Next up is another tough demonoid-like foe that attacks with a staff of his own. If you use the Spear of Destiny on him, mashing the triangle button combination will be one good way to take him down, as it’ll launch him into the air, juggle him, then bash him when he comes back down to earth. You can also try grappling him with the O-button. A couple of gladiators will make life interesting for you, though, so feel free to pop off some Rage and button mash your way out of the fight. You have a combo chest here, and another pair of health/mana chests coming up, so don’t worry too much about preserving your mana or anything; use magic to aid you in the fight.

The Great Chasm

After a lengthy talk with Icarus, you’ll fight him. This isn’t a normal fight, though; instead, it’s mostly a collection of stick twisting and button mashing minigames. It’s apparently impossible not to fall off the bridge, so don’t worry about that. Instead, wait until you and Icarus are both falling, then start hitting him with the square and triangle buttons when you’re on top of him. If he twists you underneath him, get ready for a 360-degree rotation of the left analog stick; if you pull it off, you’ll bash Icarus into some of the rocks.

Successfully completing the minigame will net you Icarus Wings and will land you on the Titan Atlas.