DEVIL MAY CRY 4
Secret Mission Cross-Console Guide v1.25 (Feb 27, 2008)
By Excruciatix
Ver. History
1.25 - Added Table of Contents with Finder
1.20 - Added further User Tips and Tricks to Missions 08 (Royal
Blocker), 12 (Steeplechase), and 11 (Point of Impact)
1.10 - Updated and Fixed up some sections
Also added in additional methods and tricks to Missions
06 (Vermifuge), 12 (Steeplechase), and 05 (Sky Scraper)
by James. T (Thanks James!)
1.00 - Guide Created Missions 01 - 12
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Table of Contents
(Ctrl+F with the [SMXX] including brackets to jump to sections.)
Intro
Secret Missions
Secret Mission 01 (Annihilation) [SM01]
Secret Mission 02 (Alley-Oop) [SM02]
Secret Mission 03 (Non-Violent Resistance) [SM03]
Secret Mission 04 (Tracking Treasure Down) [SM04]
Secret Mission 05 (Sky Scraper) [SM05]
Secret Mission 06 (Vermifuge) [SM06]
Secret Mission 07 (Free Running) [SM07]
Secret Mission 08 (Royal Blocker) [SM08]
Secret Mission 09 (Unbreakable) [SM09]
Secret Mission 10 (Puppet Master) [SM10]
Secret Mission 11 (Point of Impact) [SM11]
Secret Mission 12 (Steeplechase) [SM12]
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I wrote this guide as a compilation of my experiences matched with the guides
I've seen so far. I've put more depth and detail to the actual missions,
especially the problem missions like the Royal Guard one and the Unbreakable
one. With this hopefully u can enjoy having all 12 shards easily and with
less hassle than I went through. Lulz.
By the way, these secret missions are a way to practice the basic skills that
you need to do well in missions, especially the later ones. If you can
finish these missions before you finish Son of Sparda mode, then your pretty
well set to do well on them. Another note, when I was first looking through
these guides, I was kind of dissapointed that the missions weren't laid out
according to how you find them (as you will see, they aren't numbered in
order), however, due to the difficulty of some of the missions requiring
extra health, weapons, upgrades, etc, you won't be able to do them in order
anyways, so just use that little hand ctrl-f function and you'll be fine.
And one last note, even if you hate me for it, I did all these in "automatic
mode" cuz it just makes my life a whole lot easier :)
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[SM01] Secret Mission 01 (Annihilation):
Pre-requisites: None
Difficulty - Very Easy
Location:
Mission 02: La Porte De L'Enfer
Directions: You really shouldn't miss out on this one, about 1/4 way through
the map, and if u have tutorials on, you'll see a piece of paper with demonic
writing on it stuck on a post and the tutorial will tell you what to do.
Practices: Introduction to killing skills.
Guide: This one's pretty straightforward and by far the easiest of all the
secret missions. If you know how to combo and kill things quickly, then
this shard will be yours. For those who need extra help or are just starting
out, this should help. If you're just beginning, just stick with the Y,Y,Y,Y
combo along with Buster (Your arm move [B]) and you should be able to take
them out fast enough.
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[SM02] Secret Mission 02 (Alley-Oop):
Pre-requisites: None
Difficulty - Very Easy
Location:
Mission 04: Cold Blooded
Directions: As you're going through the missions, you can't really miss this
one as opening this secret mission is a requirement to progress through the
level. When you see giant fireballs shooting down a corridor, ur at the right
place. Where the fireballs emanate from, the secret mission is right behind
it so use ur Anima Mercury on the Gyro Blade near the entrance and use it as
a shield as u progress down the corridor, eventually hitting the fireball
shooting thing. Animation occurs revealing this mission.
Practices: Shows you how to use buster in the air continuously, specially
useful since you use this tactic in an upcoming mission and higher
difficulty levels. (no spoilers).
Guide: This is an essential skill to use, but fairly easy to learn. Basically
your supposed to stay in the air and keep using the Buster move on the mobs
without touching the ground. This is a lot easier than it sounds. If you
have automatic on like I did, all you have to do is go toward the middle,
wait a bit for the Scarecrows to gather around you (not too long) then jump
and spam the [B] button. this will essentially grab one, smash them to the
ground, grab another one, etc.. If you don't have automatic on, I'd imagine
you'd have to [RB] to target etc etc. But thats for you to figure out if u
think your too good for Automatic xP
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[SM03] Secret Mission 03 (Nonviolent Resistance):
Pre-requisites: Aegis Shield (From Mission 08, after you fight Angelo Credo
Difficulty - Very Hard
Location:
Mission 05: Trisagion (Or 16 as Dante)
Directions: I'm only going to list the Nero version since It's a lot easier to
do with Nero. Entering the graveyard, kill the 2 Mephistos and move forward.
You'll see a set of stairs with a fence to each side. Break one of the fences
or leap over them, whichever u think is flashier, then go towards the
backside of the stairs. Mission 03 awaits.
Practices: This one pretty much shows you that you can get style points even
if you don't attack. I guess it encourages using some of the skills that some
people don't generally use.
Guide: This one was one of the 2 most pain-in-the-ass missions that I
encountered until I finally found a good method to it (found on the forums
somewhere, forgot who so credit to the community :P). When you start off, 3
mobs spawn, a Frost to your left, then after a second, a Scarecrow behind you
and in front of you. You're going to need to wait for the scarecrow in front
of you to appear fully before you can grab him or you'll just knock him down.
Grab him then run to the corner nearest you then quickly face the other
Scarecrow and Frost. Now, keep taunting so that they'll attack you.
Essentially, any damage done by the other mobs to the mob your holding is
counted, style-wise, as your damage. So as they keep attacking, eventually
the poor Scarecrow will get too much of a beating and pop into a sea of red
and green M&Ms. The moment this happens, you should have at least a D-Style
ranking by now, grab the other Scarecrow and hold, staying in the same corner.
Around the same time, another Frost should have appeared and will come
curiously to inspect you. keep in mind that this is your last chance as the
Frosts can only be held for a certain amount of time before freeing
themselves. With the second scarecrow, just stay in ur corner and keep
taunting. If you're lucky, both Frosts will cast Ice Nova on the Scarecrow
and put you into the C-rank which gives you your shard. If this doesn't
work, althought I haven't tried, if your second Scarecrow dies before you
get your C ranking, grab one of the Frosts and hopefully that will boost
you up the remaining style that you need. Good luck on this one.
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[SM04] Secret Mission 04 (Tracking Treasure Down):
Pre-requisites: The Dangly Bit from the Toad Guy
Difficulty - Medium
Location:
Mission 06: Resurrection
Directions: When you get to a metal room with a catwalk in front of you,
AkA the Angel Creation lab, to Nero's left, upon entering, you will see 3 guys
whose souls were sucked to make the Angelos. Towards the left corner, beside
the guy nearest to the entrance, thats where the mission is. You'll only see
a vague sliver of red to signify where it is, plus your Dangly Bit glowing.
But it's there.
Practices: Shows you how to use your Dangly bit to find hidden stashes of red
orbs and other secret missions.
Guide: This one takes some getting used to if you haven't used ur Dangly Bit
(DB) to find the red orbs before. Essentially if theres a hidden pocket of
red orbs in the air, if you stand in the center of where they're at for a
second, they will pop out and suck into you. Generally they are centralized
wherever they are, so generally it wouldn't be right up against a wall unless
it was a little enclave. If that confuses you, just ignore it. The main thing
is to use your Dangly Bit to find them. When you get near a spot, you'll hear
a slight whine from your Dangly Bit indicating that your near a spot. Your
arm should slightly glow if your on the outside edge. Just move around the
area and try to triangulate where the center is. When your at the very center
or very near the center of it, ur arm will glow very brightly and have a
bright blue thin halo glowing around it, thats the signal that you've found
it.
Now, to give you a general idea of where to look, here are some spots:
-1F Right near your spawn, if you move a bit and u hear the whine, it should
be either where the benches and chairs were or between you and teh fallen
chandelier.
-1F By the main entrance (Be careful with this one) if you hear the whine
near the entrance way, then the orbs are in front of the door. Don't go too
near the door or it wont activate, its slightly in front of it. And by no
means press [A] or [B] or else you will fail the mission as that's one way
to exit the mission.
-1F In the Gyro Blade. For this one you will actually have to move the GB in
order to center.
-2F where the Hit Switch is to the right section of his Holiness' portrait.
-2F in front of his Holiness' Portrait
-2F near one of the columns. U have to go around from where the gyro blade is
to either side to get these. It's right in the middle of the corridor
wherever your arm starts to glow.
-Roof, Use the bounce pad and you will be able to get it.
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[SM05] Secret Mission 05 (Sky Scraper):
Pre-requisites: Wing Talisman, Grim Grip
Difficulty - Hard
Location:
Mission 07: The She-viper
Directions: As you go through the level, about 1/3-1/2 way through, you'll end
up seeing a bridge in the area called the Lapis River. once you cross the
bridge, you would normally go right to go to the next area, instead make a
left towards the tree. Once you approach, the camera perspective will change
and you'll see it.
Practices: Using Jump pads properly. Not really essential to combat, but
useful for timing and coordinating jumping nonetheless since you do this a
fair bit in the game.
Guide: This one takes a bit to learn, but with a bit of perseverance, you'll
make it through. You don't take damage or anything, so however frustrating it
might be the first few times, just stick with it and you'll get ur shard. You
have one minute to get to the top, using 5 jump pads. Once you actually get it
down, it takes less than 20 seconds to do everything, if u do it perfectly, so
the time itself gives you room for error. Some people say Air Hike is
necessary, but I don't find it so as it can be done without. Air Hike just
helps the last jump pad method, which I will get to later. For this one, the
entry jump is important since the angle that you grab onto the pylons
determines your end location, so if you grab it at the wrong angle, your going
to end up just slightly off course and miss the next jump pad.
-For the first one, just run straight at the jump pad and Grim Grip twice very
fast. Basically just hold [RB] while spamming [B] and you'll end up on the next
jump pad.
-The second one requires you to shift your positions as ur jumping to ensure
that you get to the next jump pad. Once you hit the second jump pad, fly a
little bit to the bottom left of the screen, as ur camera angle should be the
same as mine was if u came in from the same side on the first jump. While
your jumping, keep holding [RB] until you hear the targetting 'ping' then
spam [B] again, this should guide you to your next pad.
-The third jump requires you to destroy a fence in mid-air. One thing to keep
in mind is that once you jump, you wont be able to change the direction your
facing until you do the little flip at the very top of ur jump, once u flip,
then [Important] press Y, turn the stick towards the fence, press Y again.
This ensures that you fall back down to the pad instead of falling all the way
down to the bottom, because if you move the stick first, you will stray your
course away from the jump pad and might miss on the way down.
-The fourth one requires a double Grim Grip or a bit of maneouvering. This one
pretty much boils down to practice as the angle that you have from pad 3 to
pylon to pad 4 does NOT align properly, so you can do one of 2 things. If
you're good at timing, then from the 3rd pad, slightly fly towards the bottom
of the screen, not too much though, while holding [RB]. Once you hear the
ping, then grab and let go of every thing, including [RB], the moment u let
go of everything, press [RB] again quickly and once you hear the ping, grab
again, and that should make you have done a pendulum type maneouver that lets
you get on the last pad. An easier one by my take is to get on the catwalk
near the pylon and do it in 2 steps. First step is to get off the 3rd pad and
stray towards the bottom of the screen a lot, then grab the pylon. This should
put you towards the catwalk. After, just press [RB] while on the platform,
align yourself to the pad, then fall off, wait 1/4 of a second, then grab
the pylon. Though it takes practice, it should get you on the pylon.
This last pad just takes practice since camera angles and such make it hard
to explain. Once you get the feel of it, it should be cake.
Additional Info:
By James T.
On the very last jump, if you jump to the very far right of the pad
(knowing where the pad is beforehand is a must), then latch on to the pylon,
you will be able to get on the pad with one maneouver. You need to know exactly
where to place yourself with this method however, so just keep on practicing.
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[SM06] Secret Mission 06 (Vermifuge):
Pre-requisites: {Trick} Aegis Shield, Air Hike {Normal} Shitload of skill
Difficulty: {Trick} Medium {Normal} Near-Impossible
Location:
Mission 10: Wrapped In Glory (12 as Dante)
Directions: The actual area this is located is easy to remember since its the
only one of its type in the game. It's the chamber that has lazers that you
have to jump past with the slow-mo dealy. At the end of the lazers, go to
your right, perspective should change, and your challenge awaits.
Practices: Fast Killing.
Guide: I'm only going to explain how to do the trick for this one, because the
normal way just requires you to know some good AoE moves to handle the
chimeras. There are actually 2 tricks for this. One is with Dante and the
ever powerful pandora, but that one takes some preparation and boils down to
luck. The one with Nero is a lot easier. Missions starts, scarecrow spawns,
wait for it to spawn completely or you'll just knock the poor guy down. Grab
him and hold him with the Aegis Shield, then Air Hike towards your right,
past the Gyro Blade and into the little corridor. Don't go too far into the
corridor or else you'll get zoned out. Make sure to only Air Hike all the way
here to prevent jumping chimera's from ruining your day. Slam the scarecrow
to rest here then walk back to the chimeras and kill them in order from the
scarecrow's area towards the spawn. The scarecrow can get himself into
trouble cuz he tends to wander back towards the Gyro Blade area within 10-20
seconds of you slamming him down, so make sure that area is clear first before
you clear the rest of the chimera's. Quick and easy way is to Buster Rip the
chimeras, its a one hit kill. Clear all the chimera's and the shard is yours.
Notes: Don't slam down the scarecrow more than once since it'll die.
Additional Info:
By James T.
When you use the Buster Hold (Aegis Shield) on the scarecrow, you can
streak forward from where you have spawned (or air hike) towards the staircase
that leads to the entrance of the Combat Adjuticator building (where the
water fountain is). This gives you a little more time and space to deal with
the chimera's as they come up the stairs.
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[SM07] Secret Mission 07 (Free Running):
Pre-Requisites: N/A
Difficulty: {Trick} Medium {Normal} Hard
Location:
Mission 12: A New Beginning (Dante), Mission 10: Wrapped In Glory (Nero
Directions: You might have noticed this one as Nero in Mission 10 or you can
do it with Dante in mission 12 if your going to do it legitly. As dante, it's
in the room after you fight the Angelos in the circular room. It's directly
accross from the Divine Statue.
Practices: Various methods of evasion and blocking.
Guide: There is 2 ways to do this. The Legit way is to use Dante with Royal
Blocker stance on. Just go through the level blocking and activate your DT
when you need health. You can't go through the level blocking alone so you
will need to have some skill in jump dodging the Mephisto's attacks, but be
careful of stray attacks that will get you knocked out of the level.
Second way is to kill the Mephistos off first, then merrily make your way
through without them bugging you. This is near impossible while on a platform
since any stray attack will knock you off. So you have to activate the
platforms via the Hit Switch, and then spawn the Mephistos then run back
to the hit switch and kill them there, in the safety of non-dissapearing
ground. Keep in mind that the Mephistos spawn off the second panel of the
first set that appears (Theres 2 squares that spawn off the start). So you
have to get on the second panel first then hop back to spawn. Once you've
killed the mephistos, wait for the panels to reset (might take a while)
then redo it and the fragment will be yours.
*But of course theres always the Dante Missile pod way..but that's too
cheap to explain here.. :P*
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[SM08] Secret Mission 08 (Royal Blocker):
Pre-Requisites: N/A
Difficulty: Very-Hard
Location:
Mission 14: Forest of Ruin (You can get to this with Nero {Mission 07} but you
need Dante to actually do it)
Directions: At the very end of the stage (or almost the end), inside a little
gazebo looking thing, go inside it and you'll see it. If your having trouble
finding it, look for a big hollow log that normally has pods inside it. It's
right next to it.
Practices: Royal Blocking :)
Guide: This one is a royal pain in the ass (hah pun, gimme cookie) until you
figure out the frame animations and sounds for this. Be ready to spend a few
K worth of life stars here unless you don't mind restarting the mission from
the beginning. It is HIGHLY reccomended that you save this mission for last,
or at least have 3/4 of your life guage filled already, as this will save you
a glorious amount of retries. Also recommended to fill your devil trigger
guage as you will be regenerating life with this to further lessen the amount
of retries you will require. On with the good stuff.
First and foremost, get rid of one of the mephisto's right off the bad. Just
chuck a laser shot at it with pandora and slice it up. Try not to lose too
much if any health at this point. Once your down to one Mephisto, we can get
down to business.
A Royal Block consists of pressing B within 1/10th of a second of an enemy
attack hitting you. This is very hard to do in an actual game given the
number of attacks, the different number of enemies, and the precision
required to do it. However, this essentially is a block that lets through
no damage whatsoever. Animation wise, a regular block is a red bubble that
gets shown whenever an enemy hits you, a royal block is the bubble with a
shockwave animation through it as well as a distinct clanging sound. Regular
Blocks do not work and if you miss a royal block, then the counter resets.
Mephisto's have 4 attacks. 3 of which are randomly used up close, and 1 of
which is only used long range. I will focus on the 3 attacks as the last
attack should never happen should you be positioned correctly.
The first attack is the Whiny Finger of Doom. The Mephisto circles around
you once, start's charging up his finger with an ominous whine, then pokes
you with it. Then you go 'tee-hee'. Anyways..the trick I've found to
countering this one is the whine itself. If you hear it enough, and aren't
tone deaf, then you will notice that the whine only goes to a certain pitch
before attacking. Once you know what that highest pitch is, thats when you
press B and you will execute your Royal Block.
The second attack is the Hard Scythe. The Mephisto twirls around on the spot
first, then attacks you with a 'scythe' from under his pants. The trick to
this is seeing the twirl, and timing the attack from that. Normally, I press
B just as he's finishing the twirl and that gives me the Block, but depending
on your reaction speed, this will change so just time it around that area
and see when u get the block.
The last attack is the Death Rush. The Mephisto moves back about 2 meters,
then rushes towards you in 2 steps. The trick to blocking this one is waiting
for that second "step". When the mephisto moves back, he'll be quit a ways
back, then he'll dip down and back up to about a meter away, then from there,
he rushes you very quickly. The time to press be is just at the end of his
second step just before he rushes, because he rushes fast enough for it to
count.
Keep these in mind, position yourself in the middle of the room, and hold
[RB] at all times and with a little bit of luck, the shard will be yours.
Additional Info:
By ImmoralFlame and Smoregishwash (Also submitted by 4 other people but
I was a little late in updating so sry guys)
This trick was submitted by several people and involves charging up
the Royal Blocker guage (and getting lvl 4 Royal Blocker) and while you're
doing your thing, If you block twice or 3 times in a row, activate
Dreadnaught and for the last 2 or 3 royal blocks, even if you miss the
timing, your counter won't go down. Gives you a little bit of leeway.
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[SM09] Secret Mission 09 (Unbreakable):
Pre-requisites: {Trick} Pandora, Air Hike {Normal} Tremendous amount of skill
and reaction time
Difficulty: {Trick} Easy {Normal} Very-Hard
Location:
Mission 15: Fortuna Castle
Directions: During the mission you'll encounter a tall spiral staircase, at
the very bottom of the staircase, without exiting, you will see the mission
behind the wall underneath the stairs. It sounds odd in text but you'll see
it.
Practices: Not getting hit.
Guide: This is by far the Hardest Mission to do legitimately since any hit will
fail the mission, and if you've encountered chimeras before, u know those
damn tentacles hit VERY randomly. Trying to do it legitimately, the first
wave would be best to eliminate the chimeras first, then kill the Dino Dudes.
But once the second wave comes along, There really isn't much to say except
stay back and good luck?
There is a very simple, however non-foolproof method to make your life a lot
easier. Before doing this method however, make sure to have tried it normally
a few times just so you can appreciate how much easier your life is. You need
Air Hike, and Pandora and Dante in Gunslinger mode. Yes, that's right, we're
using the God-Pod. Out of all the guns that Dante can use, the God-Pod does the
most damage while being in the air. This is essentially the trick to not being
hit, however isn't entirely fool proof since some of the mobs can jump (I only
saw it happen once and it happened to quick for me to see which mob it was, but
i think it was a dino dude).
Either way, it boils down to luck and you not getting jumped on or landing on
a chimera. This takes a bit of time, but no more than a minute or 2 at most.
Just do the following: Start Round, Go to the Middle of the map, Jump, Airhike,
Press [B] to activate the pod, Spam X to fire the heat seeking missiles
(usually lets off 2 or 3 missiles at a time without having anything in your
Disaster Meter) and repeat. If all goes well, then you should have the hardest
mission complete.
Note: It is important to be in the very center of the map to prevent the
dino dudes from using their seed attack which can hit you in the air.
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[SM10] Secret Mission 10 (Puppet Master):
Pre-requisites: Anima Mercury
Difficulty: Medium
Location:
Mission 05: Trisagion
Directions: After the graveyard, you will end up in a bedroom that spawns some
scarecrows then some angelos. Kill all those, then above the fireplace, you'll
see a mirror. Break it and it'll lead into a section which has the mission.
Practices: Moving Gyroblades quickly and Efficiently.
Guide: Fairly easy mission to learn, boils down to how well you can position
yourself and maneouver the GB. Theres really nothing to say since it's really
all up to you find the towers first since its hard to explain all the
positions but I will leave you with a few tips. When your going down straight
away, use the Super Spin (By hitting the GB twice with ur sword) to give it
some good speed. If your going through a bend or you only need a little bit
of distance, just use the Regular Spin, it will only go about 3-5 meters at
a time. And if you have to maneouver tight corners, like the last part of
this mission, then dont put any spin at all and just nudge it with your buster.
Now for the first part, you should be able to easily get the towers around you,
dont forget the one behind where you spawn. Towards the end, there are
3 around the same area, i would suggest getting the ones outside the cage
first starting with the one on the farthest corner, then the one in front
of the gate, then the one inside the gate. Logic being that from the one
outside the gate, you have an easier time maneouvering into the gate with
some speed, saving you some time.
If you don't get it the first few times, it just takes some learning and a
little luck with ur busters. Soon you'll have your piece.
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[SM11] Secret Mission 11: Point of Impact
Pre-requisites: Pandora with lazer attachment (Revenge), Ebony and Ivory?
Difficulty: Hard
Location:
Mission 16: Inferno
Directions: Showing you where this is through text is pretty tricky since it
involves jumping around spots that don't really have any point of reference.
So....I'll just show you a video of it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=msL_2hAZZ9c Mission 11 is at around 4:32.
Practices: Aiming the Pandora Laser.
Guide: This one I labeled as hard because it takes some doing to actually aim
the blasted laser. This is probobly what most people wonder how to do and
various people have found ways but they didn't work for me, maybe I was just
doing it wrong. But the way I did find worked pretty well for me and I got
this done on my third try. The one way I found to perfectly aim the laser is
to use your running direction as a guideline. The statues on either side of
you are both at the end of long corridors. I got the one on the bottom of the
stairs first. As you run down, keep an eye on the angle that your going down
the stairs. It sounds odd when you read it but you should know what your
looking for when your actually doing it. As your running, make sure that the
stairs are straight, if they aren't, adjust your movement slightly until
your going directly down the middle of the stairs without veering off to
one side. If all goes well and by the end of your run you are perfectly
straight, at the bottom of the steps press X and activate the cannon,
once the cannon is out fire right away. As you are getting the cannon
ready, you should be able to notice if your going to shoot straight or not
by the angle of the gun. If its still off, then its your change to change the
angle slightly by moving FORWARD a bit then hitting X to activate and stop at
the same time. To get it perfectly though, it's best to not have to do this
or you won't have time.
Once you get that one, run back up the stairs and start dashing through. The
moment you shoot the statue should be at about 20 seconds give or take a
second, if its more than that its too slow. For the second statue use the
same method but since you don't have as much distance to adjust, this ones
kind of a crapshoot, but as long as you get the first one down quickly
enough, then the second one shouldn't take too long to get. Just make sure
that your on the same level as the statue so that you dont have to adjust
up and down on the laser, only left and right.
Good luck with this one.
Additional Info:
By Shaun M.
(Not-Tested) According to this method, you don't have to use Pandora to
shoot the statues. You can also use Ebony and Ivory. Here is the actual
e-mail (paraphrased): I'll just say that from the forest is A and from
the HQ is B. By running down the stairs towards A, and about four steps away
from the steps I was able to jump into the air and Rapid fire with E&I,
shattering the statue. Running back to B, halfway across the bridge, I jumped
and fired destroying the second one. This method takes approx. 27 seconds.
If anyone tries this and succeeds please let me know, thanks.
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[SM12] Secret Mission 12: Steeplechase
Pre-requisites: Pandora, A Full Disaster Guage
Difficulty: Very Easy
Pratices: Done normally, this would help you with your jumping ability, but
who needs to learn that anyways? :P
Location:
Mission 17: Adagio For Strings
Directions: Going through the level, after you finish the street where you
fight the Blob Slicers with the Scarecrows and Cannon Hounds, you go through
a door. Right after the door, go right and there should be a trash can in
front of a gate. Destroy the trash can and reveal the mission.
Guide: For this one I'm not even going to bother with the normal method.
You've done this before in slow mo, but this time it's faster and with
harder jumps. And no slow mo since you can only do this with Dante. Easiest
way is to come in the stage with a full Disaster Meter, double jump
(air hike) as high as you can, then activate the God-Pod from the
gunslinger special [B]. Afterwards, safely fly over those menacing
electric currents and pick up your shard. A few things to keep in mind
is that with a full Disaster meter, you have just enough juice to get
you to the other side, so don't dilly-dally.
And that is the last shard. Grand total of 4 bars worth of health. Good job!
Now find those loose shards and you're ready for Bloody Palace!!
Additional Info:
By James T.
If you don't have a full Disaster Guage for your Pandora, you can also
leave it to chance and use Trickster with Airhike. If you Airhike and
Air Dash over the lasers, and with a little luck of not landing on any
lasers, you will be able to reach the shard within 2 or 3 dashes.
By Darius R.
If you charge up Royal Guard lvl 4 by blocking stuff then use the
Dreadnaught ability, you can stinger through the lasers and takes a little
under half the guage. So if you're a fan of Royal Blocker, then this method
is for you. If you tend to use Pandora more, use the Pandora method. Just
gives a little more options depending on the fighting style you use.
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