The second chapter opens in a bustling marketplace where a festival is taking place. You have the freedom to explore at your leisure, browsing various stalls and engaging with townsfolk while overhearing their conversations. Alternatively, you can bypass the market activities and head straight for the path leading uphill.

Festival Competition

In one of the most crowded courtyards, a plate-throwing contest is underway. Participation is optional but worthwhile: aim your throws at the lower sections of the towers for quick destruction. Victory rewards you with your first memory, “Best Player.”

Your destination is the theater stage where a performance is being held. Interact with Hugo to lift your brother onto your shoulders for a better view.

Meeting Lucas

The hillside path leads to a residence where you’ll encounter Lucas. Approach the door to trigger a cutscene. You’ll need to escape the city alongside Lucas, following his lead as he creates diversions to slip past guards.

Finding the Florist

Your objective is to locate a florist in the lower district. Her shop is situated where a large crowd previously gathered. The flower seller directs you toward the fountain, where her husband works in brown clothing, wielding a rake. Start a conversation with him, then continue following Lucas to reach a previously inaccessible passage into the slums. Look for the Order’s symbol marked on the wall.

Arena Infiltration

Guards will stop you at the arena gates. Rather than arguing, head right and use the ladder to reach an upper entrance. Open this door to trigger another cutscene.

The upper passage remains blocked initially. Solve a brief cart-pushing puzzle to gain access: grab the cart and push it onto the elevated ledge. Climb onto the cart, then scramble higher to discover a small opening that allows passage into the building’s interior.

At this stage, Amicia cannot defeat helmeted enemies, making stealth your only option.

Standard enemies also patrol this area and must be avoided. Use pots and stones to create distractions by hitting crates containing metal objects. Several side rooms offer opportunities for exploration. Locate the exit door, but approach cautiously after confirming no one will spot you.

Navigation and Combat Tools

After jumping across gaps, you’ll reach an area with corpses. Use your sling to shoot the suspended cage containing bodies, causing it to drop onto a wheeled platform. Push this platform toward the higher ledge, allowing you to climb the cage and reach the new elevation. Here you’ll acquire your first knife, used for attacking armored foes. Each attack consumes one knife, requiring you to find replacements to use this ability again.

Stealth Through Enemy Territory

Proceed through the opening into the next location containing multiple adversaries, including an archer. While you can eliminate him with a precise sling shot when unobserved, sneaking up works equally well by timing your approach when he looks away.

This location offers two routes—left and right. Both demand stealth. Move past enemies carefully, noting that even stationary guards periodically turn their heads. Throwing objects like plates or hitting metal crates creates useful distractions. The exit lies at the opposite end, beyond the archer’s position.

Unlocking Amicia’s Skills

The following area introduces Amicia’s skill system. Once prepared, begin exploring. Upon reaching the ladder, investigate both available paths—one terminates with a dying woman whose conversation grants the “Rest in Peace” memory.

First Rat Encounter

Ascend to the surface and find platforms leading toward the tower. Unfortunately, they collapse under your weight, introducing your first rat swarm. Flee toward the bottom of the screen until you reach a door that temporarily halts your pursuers.

Critical Rule: Never enter unlit areas without proper equipment, as rats will swarm and devour Amicia instantly. Your only defenses are light sources or distractions.

Light Source Management

Grab a torch and explore the territory. You’ll reach the first brazier that needs lighting, creating an additional safe zone. Continue forward, hang your torch on the wall, and climb to the upper ledge.

The next area contains sticks that can be ignited and carried as portable light sources. However, sticks burn quickly, requiring swift action.

Brazier Puzzle Solution:

  1. Equip a stick and light it
  2. Carry it to the nearest brazier
  3. Repeat with another stick and brazier
  4. Approach the ladder area
  5. Throw a stick into the hanging basket
  6. Shoot the hook with your sling

The burning basket swings and repels nearby rats, clearing the ladder. Move forward across the beam—Lucas will fall, requiring your assistance. Light a stick and throw it into the brazier near Lucas, then quickly throw another stick directly to him. He’ll catch it, ignite it, and make his way to you.

The Lift Chamber

Use the newly accessible ladder to reach a room with a circular platform functioning as an elevator. To descend, solve the accompanying puzzle by first using the rotating mechanism, which opens new side chambers while releasing rats.

Alcohol Collection

Two areas await exploration. The first contains alcohol. Follow the right wall along its path to the adjacent ledge. Use your sling on meat hanging in two locations to distract rats. Drop down, reach the ladder, and open the chest containing alcohol. Use the ladder to return to the central chamber.

Sulfur Retrieval

Visit the second area in the upper right corner to find sulfur. Reach the left ladder and command Lucas to turn the mechanism. Wait for the platform to rise, then cross to the neighboring ledge. Push the wheeled cart until it reaches the raised platform. Release Lucas from the mechanism.

Jump down and push the cart beneath the shelf with the chest. Climb onto it, then to the higher ledge. Open the sulfur chest and return to Lucas.

Ignifer Crafting System

You’ll unlock the Igniter blueprint, enabling you to ignite surrounding objects. Open the equipment menu, select your sling, and switch ammunition to Ignifer by pressing Q. Hold down the fire button to create the fire mixture.

Aim at burning coals from the central platform. Hitting them with Ignifer creates new light sources. Explore the side rooms to reach two rotating mechanisms.

Progression Steps:

  • Shoot Ignifer at the distant object to reach it
  • Collect crafting ingredients generously scattered about
  • Ignite the hanging brazier
  • Switch to regular ammunition and aim at the hook to drop the brazier

You’ll unlock flammable pots that explode upon destruction. Craft one, open the appropriate menu, and throw it toward the ladder area. Rats flee, granting ladder access. Eventually reach the first mechanism where Lucas remains. Head to the opposite side of the room, ignite the brazier, do the same with the distant light source, then shoot the hanging meat.

These actions grant access to the upper floor and the second mechanism. Lucas and Amicia lower the central platform together. Return to it and ride to the summit.

Final Areas

Continue following Lucas. You’ll encounter farmlands along the way—explore them to find a Mignonium flower for Hugo’s collection. Search thoroughly for abundant crafting ingredients and one knife. A narrow passage provides access to a new area. Gather everything possible before proceeding, as you cannot return.

Enemy Stealth Section

The new location contains additional enemies—hide in tall grass to evade them. Buildings on both sides offer alternative routes. An archer poses the greatest threat due to his elevated position; eliminate him first. Other enemies can be avoided or dealt with (except helmeted ones).

Rats eventually appear. Use the Igniter or sticks to light braziers and torches, creating safe zones. Craft Ignifer, switch to the pot in your weapon wheel, and select this mixture to clear rat-infested paths.

Gate Puzzle

Your destination lies beneath the tower at the area’s far end. Use Ignifer to establish safe zones and reach the gates. A symbol puzzle appears with various icons. Rotate them by hitting bells to establish the correct sequence. Each sling strike rotates a bell 90 degrees, revealing new symbols.

If stuck, wait for Lucas to provide hints about the puzzle solution. Successfully completing it opens a new passage where you’ll meet Vaudin, concluding the second chapter.