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On your own for Chapter Nine ofBayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon,you’ll have to enter Ashenbark Woods and storm Puca’s Fortress without the aid of Cheshire. With nowhere to turn, the only way forward is through a swarm of faeries and numerous fire traps.
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If somehow you manage to evade capture or becoming fried-faerie food along the way, Cereza will have to choose between continuing to fight on her own or braving a fortress of faeries to save her stubborn demon companion.
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Potions
x1 (Healing Tonic)
You’ll begin at the entrance of Ashenbark Woods in front of astep-ladder you can grow. At the top is a Sanctuary where you can rest and concoct potions.
However, you’ll notice that Ignis is not present, thereforemaking Fast Travel unavailable. Similarly, theSkills Mirrorwill only have Cereza’s skills. For now, all you can do is save, concoct, andcontinue forward.
Before following the paw prints up the steep hill to Puca’s Fortress,dip off to the path on the leftto get yourself aHealing Tonicin the chest.
With it secured in your pocket, climb the hill andturn rightto a spiraling ramp.
This ramp will have a series oftimed flamethrowerson the south side on the second and third levels. Time your run through these flamethrowers to reach the top.
At the top, run around to grab thepiece of Journalbeforefollowing the paw prints right.
You’ll see ahead aline of fire trapson the ground. They are also on timers, so once they’ve burst the first time,run across and stop immediately on the other side.
On this other side is aspinning flamethrower mechanism. They are continuous, so the best time to enter this area is when a flamethrower has just passed.Step in between the two of them and walk slowly with the fire.
Go all the way around in order to find a resource chest. After claiming it, walk around the platform totake the paw print pathto the northwest.
Again, there are several timed fire traps in your way. Unlike the traps before,these traps activate in a moving line.In essence, the fire moves across them from right to left.
So, once the first fire trap activates,run behind the fireall the way to the other side.
This next area is much like the other continuous flamethrower trap. Yes, there is a staircase on the southwest side, but it has no value to you right now, so avoid it.
Instead, your goal is to run directly across tothe staircase in the center of this trap.you may either:
Either way,make your way down the stairs.
At the bottom of the stairs is a continuous flamethrower. The only way past is toactivate the leverbeside it.
Once the flamethrower is off, you can enter a large, empty area with several fire traps that are currently off.
Climb the ladderon the pillar to the far left. On top of it is amovable crate.Push it rightto make it fall over the edge.
Once the crate has fallen, a sound will summon several faeries in this area. They will begin attacking and activate the fire traps.
You have no way to deal damage to them, but you may at least stun them with a Thorn Bind. So, descend the ladder anduse Thorn Bind to stun the faerieon the far north side of the arena.
Return to the chest andplace Cereza on the south side of the box.Move it down and rightaround the central fire traps.
When the faerie is no longer Thorn Bound, you canuse the chest as a shieldto protect you from its attacks. So long as you keep moving, you can practically ignore most - if not all - faeries in this area.
Move the chest to the far rightuntil it is placed under the lever. This will give you a way up to it, so let go of the crate anduse it as a stepping stoolto the lever.
After youpull the lever, quicklyjump downand evade the faeries byrunning to the right.This will give you a short cutscene of faeries following you and a prompt for a lever.Pull the leverto turn on a continuous flamethrower and block their path.
Faeries dealt with,climb down the nearby ladderuntil you reach a series of platforms you can jump across.
Follow the paw printsfrom here and down several ramps that pass by guarding faeries. You can’t attract their attention here or interact with them, soignore themand continue to the bottom.
Down here and along the main path littered with traps,grab a piece of Journalon your way.
Climb the next set of stairsup into the outer section of Puca’s Fortress. You’ll have a cutscene up top, and afterward, ignore everything andgo left.
Climbing the ladder, you’ll find a treasure chest of resources up top on the left side. Open it before continuing to the spiral ramp downward.
At its base, pick up yet anotherpiece of Journal.
Head rightuntil you reach the central area in front of Puca’s Fortress. You can’t go ahead for now, so the only direction you can take isacross the area and to the right.
Doing this will trigger yet another cutscene, but you’ll also get an unexpected friend.
Follow your White Wolf companionto the right and up a ladder.
Heading toward the next folded ladder section, your new companion will kick down the ladder for you to climb up andenter Puca’s Fortress.
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x1 (Blast Cocktail)
Follow the ramps into the fortress after the White Wolf until you reach an Arcane Lantern. Save if you wish, and thencontinue up the ramp to the left.
You’ll see a set of gears turning up top.To the left is a piece of Journaland a device that you can use Witch’s Pulse on to change the direction of the gears. Pick up the Journal, but ignore the gear device for now.
Step into one of the gear’s openingsand ride it until you reach a platform near the top on the right side. Step off onto this platform.
To your right is thegear devicethat you should now activate.
Aresource chestcan be found behind this device further to the right.
Gears turning in the other direction,take the ramp on the far left onto the next gear.Once on,step northward onto a second gearand ride it to the top.
Once up top,follow the paw printsto a very large window where your camera orientation will change.
Thisstealth sectionwill require you to move Cereza left while avoiding the gaze of the patrolling faeries.Wait until the fae face completely away(with their backs to you) before making your wayfirst to the center spaceandthen to the left.
Asecond window areawill require you to do the same, but with a twist ofa different guard pattern. For this window:
Like with the last puzzle,activate the gear deviceon this side and thenstep onto one gear before stepping north into the other.
At the top,turn rightat the brazier to step onto a third gear and ride it over.
On this other side, follow the White Wolf onto a platform with another device. Instead of turning gears, this one willactivate the platform as an elevator.
At the top, step off andgo to the leftto reach the rafters section of Puca’s Fortress.
Ride a series of gears up toa Journal piece. Then,follow the White Wolfacross several thin rafter sections.
You can fall off here, soproceed carefully downwardand ignore the prompts about alerting the faeries (you can’t). At the end, you can open a chest to the left for aBlast Cocktail.
For the next section,activate the gear devicewith Witch’s Pulse to change the direction of the gear in your path.
Now turning clockwise, you’ll be able to fit Cereza inbetween the gear teethandwalk acrossthe rafter to the other side.
Follow the gears to a platform section nearCheshireand the faeries. A ladder can be found at the end of this area, sorun toward itto trigger a cutscene.
As you move into the next chapter, you’ll not only regain Cheshire, but you’ll alsogain the “Regenerate” abilityfor Cereza, allowing her to piece broken platforms together. Unfortunately, not all celebrations last, and you’re in for one tough fight in the next chapter…
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