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Focusing his skils on fighting games, Bryan has been a well-nown namo within te Hghting game community for many yeas In Addition to writing guides for Prima, Bryan is itor in Chictof he Temple Arcade and helps run the annual DEVASTATION suming tournament and event. Whet be’ 201 ‘writing, Bryan canbe found enjoying a game of Zk, Siper Pwsse Fighter I Turbo HD Remix, o¢ Final Fantasy XT ‘We wantt heat from you! E-mail comments al fasback t Isdacon primagsames.com ISBN: 975.0-307446040.9 Libsary of Congress Catalog Card Number 2009913510 Printed inthe United Sistes of America WI 213 LL 10987654321CONTENTS Note: Italic fonts in the Table of Contents refer to tables that can be found in the guide. HOWTOUSETHIS GUIDE. Holy Abilities BASICS. Unholy Abilities Default Controller Configurations RELICS. Xbox 360 Controller Configuration... Difficulty Settings Difficulty Settings Chart : PlayStation 3 Controller Gupsaiten Basies ... Relic Details Relic Quick ference Chart MAGIC Health and Man: Basics Orbs... Magic Level Souls Ability Le Fountains Spell Cose-Eecriveness Beatrice Statu Mana Cost Evade on Priority. . Holy and Unholy Abilities... 8 Obtaining Magic Spells : Redemption Obtaining Magic Spells snus : Cursed Wheel and Object Interactio Mana Bat MP ene snoesonio nine 96 Breakable Objects... Magic Basing Judgments Pirtiiiy Absole Disne eee: The Damned. Martyrdom cette Lust Storm... Collectibles .. Righteous Path... Siler Judas Coins by Zone Sins of the Father. Beatrice Stones by Zone... Relics Suicide Fruit : ics 3 ie Spats ; 1) CHARACTERS. ABILITIES. B Main Character: Basics . Secondary Characters. Requirements. 43. The Damned Priori 13. BESTIARY.. goer Eltscrvene: 13 Basics Damage Modifier. 13 Aerial Grab Strategs Ability Dansage Seale 13. Hit Points... Recommended Ability Progression... Enemy Strength Quith Reference Holy Abilities Chart. Enemy Weaknesses tice Unholy Abilities Char Judgment Possible.bey Enemies.. Boss Batt Strengths and Weaknesses Chart 56 Geryon’s Back Lesser Enemies Fraud... Greater Enemies... 59 Panderers and Seducers.. Asterian Beast Controls. 62 Flatterers.. 63 Simonists Sorcerers Bosses. Pblegyas Controls. WALKTHROUGH Surface... Citadel of Acre. Boss Battle: Death After the Boss Battle Boss Battle: Beast Tamer. Shores of Acheron ‘The River Acheror Boss Battle: Beast Tamer. After the Boss 74 Boss Battle: 74 GATES OF HELL ARENA Basics Wave ‘Time Bonuses Saving Time. Enemy Priority Enemy Priority Chart ACHIEVEMENTS & TROPHIES... 153 After the Boss Battle... Boss Battle: Cleopatra and Mare cory EXTRAS. After the Boss Battle Unlockables Boss Battle: Cerberus... Unlockable Content ASS Gluttony. Unlockable Artwork. 155 Greed . Plutus, God of Wealth... Boss Battle: Alighiero ... After the Boss Battle. Anger ‘The Styx Marsh City of Dis.. Are Gallery ..[PRIMA @vrictat GaMe Gunoe H@W T® USE THIS GUIDE Dante Inferno™ is loosely bused on the first part of Dante Alighieri’: well-known, influential literary work The Divine Comedy. ‘Take control of Dante and guide him through the Nine Circles of Hellas he makes a desperate attempt to save his beloved, Beatrice, from the clutches of Lucifer. GUIDE OVERVIEW CHAPTER 2: Basics Here you'll find the most basic élements of Dan‘es Inforna. Those familiar with The lnfermo from The Divine Comedy will know the general structure of the game, but they'l still need to learn all the basies of the gameplay engine and how Dante will survive the Nine Circles of Hell. This chapter covers all the basics, from attacking and defending to exploring the depths of Hell. ILITIES. ‘This chapter covers all of Dante's Holy and Unholy abilities in great detail. We provide a breakdown of each ability and how cost-effective it isto unlock, and we recommend a specific path for unlocking them to make sure you ha the best abilities when you need them most CuapTer 4: RELICS Here we tuke an in-depth look at every relic Dante encounters while he burrows deep into Hell. By the end of Dante's long journey, he will have the ability to use four relic at atime; however, with over 30 relies to choose from, knowing which relic to use with every enemy encounter becomes an extremely important strategic element. ‘This chapter covers all of the magic spells Dante has access to throughout the game. Dante's Mana is limited, meaning you must have proper knowledge of his magic spells if you wish to survive the onslaught of enemies encountered in the Nine Circles of Hell, Some magic spells work better in certain situations than others, and this chapter provides a detailed list of the‘This chapter provides insightful information on every significant character in Dante’ Inférne, 44a We cover everyone from Dante to Beatrice to Virgil to Lucifer. Knowing various gameplay ‘@ | techniques and strategies for the characters is important, but it’s always helpful to know the history behind the character you're playing and the people you'll encounter on your journey: CHAPTER 6: CHARACTERS CuapTER 7: BESTIARY In this chapter, we cover every enemy Dante encounters as he traverses the Nine Circles of Hell Everything you nced to know to Punish and Absolve the creatures of Hell is covered in this chapter. Learn how many hit points each enemy has, and discover their strengths and weaknesses as well as which attacks work best to take them down with ease. ‘This is the bulk of the steategy guide and provides a detailed walkthrough of the entire game We include the locations of fountains, relics, and other various items and abilities; how to handle every enemy horde; and detailed boss strategies. Here you'll find all the basic strategies needed to survive the Gates of Hell arena challenge mode that becomes available after completing the main story mode. Leam how to fend off wave after wave of demons, minions, and every other evil inhabitant of Hell Here you'l find details on all the Xbox 360® Achievements and PlayStation®3 Trophies and how to earn them 88 you progress through the game.ais : PRIMA @mciaL Game Guioe BASICS —— DEFAULT CONTROLLER—— CONFIGURATIONS ‘The controller configurations in Dantes Inférna cannot be adjusted and are identical for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 controller layouts. Tn addition to the basic controls, on screen commands appear from time to time. Here are the default controller configurations: PLAYSTATION3 CONTRO! ie Seneral movement Left analog stick | [General movement Left analog stick Evade Right analog stick| [Evade Right analog stick Light Attack o Light Avtack . Heavy Attack o Hleavy Attack a Holy Gross attack o Holy Cross attack ° Jump ° Jury x Magic @ Magic Grab) © Grab ® Block/special combo modifier w Block/special combo modifier 2 ‘Object interact @ Object interact ‘Systems mem 2 Systems menu Options 2 Options DIFFICULTY SETTINGS ——— ‘There are four difficulty settings in Dante’ Inférne: Classic (Easy), Zealot (Normal), Hellish (Hard), and Infernal (Very Hard), Classic, Zealot, and Hellish are available from the start, but Infernal is not available until the game has been completed on any difficulty setting. As the difficulty increases, Dante's Health, Mana, artack damage, enemy attack damage, and the amount of souls Dante gains with each enemy kill are direetly affected. wsic_| 250 percent 200 pereent 200 percent 50 percent 150 percent Zealot_| 100 percent 100 percent 100 percent 100 percent 100 percent Heltish | 85 percent 85 percent 90 perc 350 percent 100 percent Infernal | 75 pereent 75 percent 75 pereent 700 percent 100 percent eer ieee cerenins oa ties, enemies areHearrH AND MANA ‘There are two bare dtd top of the screen, the Health bar and the Mana bar. The green bar represents Dante's Health. Ifit is completely depleted, Dante dies starts over from the last save or checkpoint, The purple bar which controls agic he can use. Every time Dante uses a magic spell, the Mana bar cdingly. When the Mana bar is empty, Dante represents Dante's Mana, Ores There are two types of orbs in Danée’ Inforne: Health and Mana. Health Orbs restore a small portion of Dante's Health bar, while Mana Orbs restore a small portion of Dante’ Mana bar, In the 1d Health and Mana Orbs only ing some bosses. However, as Dante beginning of the game, you in Fountains or after de through Hell and obtains specific relics and abilities, Health an SouLs Mana Ozbs appear more often. Every time Dante kills an enemy or comes across a Soul © Fountain, He obtains @ small amount of souls. Souls act like experience points and ate used to purchase and upgrade Holy | and Unholy abilities. Certain relies allow Dante to obtain pogseshs in specie simations, or Setar ere eee ee er SRC ine een eae Cee eee eee at De ean case ern sme o cs Fountain: SoulSiloer Fountain “There are four types of Fountains that Dante comes across ashe adventures through Hell: Health, Mana, Sives and Soul. HealthiF ‘ounraite ‘contain Health Orbs and restore a. és Health bar. Mana Founcaips contiwanes > “INFERN® fe aeuaea bar Silver Fountains contain si + Judas Coins, one of the collectible items Dante finds on his path through Hell. Sou Fountains Fountains occasionally change needs the most. For example, i Fountain may contain He: sally contain a smpall number of souls, but Soul contain whichever orb Dante ante is low on Health, a Soul Statues of Dante's deceased beloved, Beatrice, serve as save throughout th game. Save your progress a5 n possible in case you'experience an untimely death. There are eight save slots if you have multiple people playing or wish to go back to previous save points, There is also a hidden checkpoint system that allows players to start from the most recent checlepoi they die. Checkpoint frequently than save points but are reset at the b each play session, EVADE Press the right analog stick in any disection to use Dante's Evade. It is extremely useful for getting Dante out of tou _ situations, such as a crowd of enemies. You can also use it @ avoid attacks, With the Calvacanti’s Blade rélic, Dante's inf By small amount of damage and knocks enemies hile Absolving them grants Holy points, These points are used to level up in the Holy and Unholy charts, There are several levels in each chart, and you can unlock various abilities in each level. Some abilities are upgrac cl versions of previously unlocked abilities, while others give Dante completely new techniques or possibly increase his Health or Mana bars Earning Holy points does not deduct ftom Dant sand vice versa. Both points Unholy independent of one © connects increases the Redemption meter © bottom left comer of the sereen, When the meter is Dante has the option to enter a state of Redemption in h he attacks faster and inflicts more damage. The meter semiains full until you press (0. and (Hj (PlayStation 3) ox @ and © (Xbox 36()) to activate the power. Vasinus relics atd abilities increase the rate at which the meter Builds and. ‘how long the power lasts. This includes adding up to tm additional sections tothe meter,Cursed WHEEL AND OBJECT INTERACTION Cursed Wheel ai Cursed Wheels indicate where Da Cursed Wheels only lead Dante to a wall or a rope, while cothers allow Dante to swing from an overhead object or ould go next. Some possibly escape an attack from a boss. There are also doors, layers, stone blocks, and other objects that Dante can interact With. Press GD (PlayStation 3) or @ (XIsox 360) to interact ‘with various objects and Cursed Wheels, At specific points during the game, certain objects will slimmer. These items usually hide a lever or a door oF Dante's progr the object an to clear Dan ress, Use Scythe or Holy Cross attacks to id gain access to the lever of door behind you or ’ path 30 he can continue on his journey. PassING JUDGMENT: To PunisH oR ABSOLVE? while Absolv abilities, Dante cat pass judgmen can he used to level up Da grants Holy points. These points e® access to Holy and Unholy rab lesser enemies, such as minions, and nt on them immediately. Most greater enemies, ons, must be worn down with attacks before 23s jadgment on them. HL3SNOLMOH 3 : 5 4 a z gq 6 b g z 2 a 2 & aBAN FES INFERN@ wer orou concn Tue DamNep Donotcapenrethe dark ort While damned souls make up many ofthe ropes and walls throughout Hell, there are 27 damned souls that have historical of Hell. must choose to Punish significance and are scattered axoun ‘When Dante encounters these souls, ‘of Absolve them. When Absolved, a timing-based minigame appears in which you must capture the sins of the damned soul (represetted by clear orbs) to gain a soul bonus, Press the corre sponding button when the sin passes ovee it Hf you ‘yong butron or mistioe the button press, you lose one captured Sin The total number of captured sins is multiplied by 30 ro telculate the soul bonus. As Dante proggesses Farther into Hell, ark orbs begs to inhabit che minigame, Do not capi ~ dit ons or the hishiber of captured sins ieiet® 100 ‘The farther into Hell you are, the faster the sins move Bene nn cece Een a rene en cr es Ore tein ea eres MOET eon esthen fll the onscreen commands Against bosses and most greater enemies, Dante can use finishers, or Action Battle Sequences, to end a battle ir grand fashion. When © (PlayStation 3) or ® (Xbox 360) appears over an enemy's head, follow the onscreen commands (starting with © or ®) to Gnish them off Finishers on greater enemies almost always end in passing judgement. After @) or © press m (PlayStation 3) or @ {Xbox 360) to Punish or @ (PlayStation 3) or © (Xbox 360) to Absolve, then follow the onscreen commands to complet fhe judgment, When Punishing or Absolving a greater enemy, there are a few different onscreen commands that y appear, so pay’ clo or Absolve. attention after choosing to Punish Beatrice Stone Auto-Abale “There are ro collectible items that you can find as Dante progresses through Hell: silver Judas Coins and Beatrice Stones There are 30 silver Judas Coins, located in Silver Fountains Every five coins you collect gjves you a large payout of souls ‘There are six Beatrice Stones, but you can only collect three, All other fountains that hold Beatrice Stones change to Soul Fountains after you collect the first three stones. Collect three Beatrice Stones to gain the option to Auto-Absolve damned souls, Using the Auto-Absolve feature, itis no longer necessary to complete the minigame, but you lose the ability to earn any kind of soul bonus. ino eree nine fore Number of Coins Surface Limbo Last Gluttony Greed Anger Heres Violence Fraud Treachery BEATRICE STONES BY Stone Order iinet Limbo Lust Gluttony Gluttony (Teleporting Door Puzzle) Anger (fourth Soul Fountain) “Heresy (third Soul Fountain) cis best to manually Absolve almost every damned you come across. This provides a significant boost fren omer:wan Fe a ENFERN@ muromicuom RELICS For more inforn "There are 31 relics scattered throughout Hell. Many are hidden in remote pices, while some can be obtained by tating a boss or simply speaking with Virgil. At the beginning of the game, Dante can equip up to two relics at a time. However, you can obtain two more refie slots by unlocking specific Holy and Unholy abilities. Relies aid Dante in a variety of ways, from protecting him against specific enemy attacks, to inereasing the damage of specific Scythe or Holy Cross attacks, to auto-breaking Fountains. For more information on relics, refer to the ere ros “There are sis magie spells that Dante ean learn daring his time in Hell. Hold 2 (PlayStation 3) or @® (Xbox 360) torbring up the Spell Selection menu; then press the corre sponding button to initiate the spell. Each time you use 4 spell i consumes 2 portion of Dante's Mana bar. Spells should nor be used! as Dante's primary attack against most enemies. Instead, use them in specific situations such # Against bosses or flying enemies ion on magic spells, refer to the Rene tac NOTEABILITIES REQUIREMENTS ‘As Dante Punishes and Absolves enemies, he gains Unholy and Holy points. Punishing grants Unholy points and Absolving grants Holy points. This also pertains to damned souls, which grant considerably more points than the enemies Dante can pass judgment on. As Dante's Holy and Unholy levels ise, you can purchase new abilities. Both Holy and Unholy begin at Level 0 and go to Level 7. Every ability that you can purchase has at least one requirement in addition to the souls required ro buy the ability, All abilities, except for the ones Dante starts with, require that he is atleast at the Holy or Unholy level of the ability. For example, Dante cannot purchase Holy Barrage until he reaches Holy Level 1. However, in addition to the level requirements, some abilities cannot be purchased until you have acquired a prerequisite ability, For instance, you cannot buy Diabolic Slash until Dante has reached Unholy Level 3 and has aequired Diabolic Hammer. Priority ‘All abilities have been labeled with a priority rating based ‘on how important they are to Dante's success. A low priority rating means that while the ability may be helpful, there are “other abilities that are more helpful and should be purchased before the low- priority ability A medium priority rating implies that the ability is important but that you should immediately purchas plenty of extra souls, because there are a few other sbilities that take precedence over it. A high priority rating indicates that the ability is extremely helpfull as Dante makes his way through the Nine Circles of Hell Apitiry Cost-EFFECTIVENESS If.an ability is cost-effective, it means its cost is low for the. level at which you must purchase it, or it is valuable enough to warrant the price. Ifan ability is not cost-effective, it imieans that either itis not worth the purchase price, or it’s priced high for the level ar which ir becomes available. Take this into consideration when determining which abilities to purchase and when to parchase ther, BASICS Damace Mopirier As Dante increases his Holy and Unholy levels, the abilities, for each type inflict more damage to enemies. Level 0 and. Level 1 do aot apply a damage modifier to abilities, but every level above Level 1 adds a percentage of damage to each ability: For example, Holy Blast will inflict 40 percent more damage when Dante reaches Holy Level 5 compared to the ‘damage it inflicted when Dante was at Holy Level 0, eUene ie Bere 0 Bonus, 1 No Bonus r} 5% 3 15% 4 25% 5 40% 6 55% 7 7086, RECOMMENDED ABILITY PROGRESSION Playing through the game on Hellish can be difficult for some players. Our recommended ability progression will make the journey easier. Follow the numbered chart and purchase the abilities listed to give Dante the abilities needed to make the game as easy as possible. The recommendations. are based on the Hellish difficulty, but they're still applicable ‘to other difficulty settings as well. In some cases, specific alternative abilities are recommended if you're playing on other difficulties. Punish Enemies, Absolve the Damned ‘The recommended ability progression list assumes that ‘you are Punishing every enemy that can be Punished and ‘Absolving all damned souls until you reach Holy Level 6. When you reach Holy Level 6, Punish any remaining, damned souls, This strategy works well, because damned souls offer significantly. more Holy and Unholy points than. the enemies Dante encounters, and by manvally Absolving damned souls, Dante eams a soul bonns that helps you purchase abilities as soon as they become available. fay SoISYa ~ 4aInd SIL ISN@L MOHs than Punishing or Absolving minions and other lesser enemies. It is very der to properly follow the recommended ability progression. PR Te ese eas euly Ability Progression Chart 1, Startar Level 0 for Holy and Unholy. 2. Unholy reaches Level 1: Purchase Death's Reach ifyou have problems geabbing enemi purchase this until later. 3. Holy reaches Level 1: Purchase Fortitude of Seneca (Holy) first, and when you have enough souls, purchase Sacred Judgmene (Holy) 4, Holy reaches Level 2: Do not purchase any abilities. 5. Unholy reaches Level 2: Purchase Fortitude of Hector (Unholy) if you're playing on Hellish or Inferno difficulty. Purchase Vile Wind (Unholy), followed by Vile Tornado (Unholy) on a lower difficulty setting. 6. Purchase Vile Wind (Unholy) and Vile Tornado (Unholy) if you're playing on Hellish or Inferno difficulty. Purchase Fortitude of Hector (Unholy) if you're playing on a lower difficulty setting. 7. Purchase Wisdom of Camilla (Holy). 8. Purchase Sacred Quake (Holy) in order to reach Sacred 14, 19. 20. 2, 2. Justice (Holy) when needed, but do not purchase Sacred Justice yet. 9. Holy reaches Level 3. 10, Purchase Repayment (Unholy), and if you have extra souls, purchase Impaler (Unholy). Both make the ‘Mare Antony boss battle at the end of Lust easier, but Repayment is much more important for this battle than Impaler. 11, Unholy reaches Level 3, 12. Purchase Wisdom of Horace (Unholy) to give you aan extra Mana boost for the Cerberus fight at the beginning of Gluttony. 13, Purchase Sacred Justice (Holy). 26. 27. . Purchase Magic: Divine Armor (Holy) and Magi Purchase Death's Reach (Unholy) ifyou did not purchase it in seep 2 and if you're focusing on Punishing stead of speeding through the all possible enemies game. Holy reaches Level 4 Purchase Retribution (Unholy). Unholy reaches Level 4: Purchase Relic Slot (U: Divine Armor Level 2 (Holy) for use during the Alighiero boss battle atthe end of Greed. Holy reaches Level 5: Purc Fortitude of Brutus (Holy), an (Holy). Relic Slot (Holy), Wisdom of Galen Unholy reaches Level 5: Purchase Fortitude of 1. (Unholy) and Wisdom of Lucan (Unholy) Purchase Magic: Divine Armor Level 3 (Holy). Purchase Divine Force (Holy) and Divine Force Level 2 (Holy). Ifyou have a considerable amount of souls, purchase Divine Tempest (Holy) as well. All three work well against the Arch Demons found in Violence, tly more important than Divine Tempest Holy reaches Level 6: Purchase Blessed Spirit Tap. (Holy), |. Purchase Magic: Righteous Path Level 2 (Holy) and Mag Righteous Path Level 3 (Holy) for use in Fraud. 25. Purchase Holy Protection Level 1 (Holy). Ifyou have a Jot of souls, purchase Holy Protection Level 2 (Holy) as, well. Unholy reaches Level 6: Purchase Mental Sap (Unholy). Complete the game.QUICK REFERENC BECODAN AUN Team Level er or begun Holy Blast NA N/A N/A N/A N/A Divine Force Holy Level 0 Holy Level 0 1,000 Yes High Divine Force Level 2 Holy Level 0 Divine Force 1,500 Yes High Vindication Holy Level 0 Holy Level 0 1,500 Yes Low Fortitude of Seneca Holy Level 1 Holy Level 1 2,500 Yes High Holy Barrage Holy Level 1 Holy Blast 2,000 Yes Medium Magic: Righteous Path Level 2| Holy Level 1 Righteous Path 2,500 Yes Medium Sacred Judgment Holy Level 1 Holy Level 1 2,000 Yes High Wisclom of Camilla Holy Level 1 Holy Level 1 2,500 Yes Medium Divine Tempest Holy Level 2 Divine Force 2,500 Yes Low Holy Protection Level 1 Holy Level 2 Holy Level 2 3,000 No Medium Sacred Quake Holy Level 2 Suered Judgment 2,500 No Medium Sacred Quake Level 2 Holy Level 2 Sacred Quake 2,000 Yes Low Holy Devastation Holy Level 3 Holy Barage 3,000 No Low Holy Protection Level 2 Holy Level3 | Holy Protection Level 1 4,000 No Medium Magic: Divine Armor Holy Level 3 Holy Level 3 2,500 Yes High ‘Magic: Righteous Path Level 3| Holy Level 3 | Magic: Righteous Path Level? | 5,000 No Low Redemption Cell Holy Level 3 Holy Level 3 2,500 No Low Sacred Justice Holy Level 3 Sacred Quake 3,000 Yes High Magic: Divine Armor Level 2_| Holy Level 4 Divine Armor 4,000 Yes High Magic: Martyrdom Holy Level 4 Holy Level 4 2,900 Yes Low Fortitude of Brutus Holy Level 5 Holy Level 5 4,000 ‘Yes High Magic: Divine Armor Level 3_| Holy Level 5 | Magic: Divine Armor Level2_| 6,000 No High Magic: Martyrdom Level2.__| Holy Level 5 Magic: Martyrdom 4,000 Yes Low Relic Slot Holy Level § Holy Level 5 3,000 Yes High Wisdom of Galen Holy Level 5 Holy Level § 4,000 Yes High Blessed Spirit Tap Holy Level 6 Holy Level 6 4,000 Yes Medium ‘Magic: Martyrdom Level3__| Holy Level6 | Magic: Martyrdom Level 2_| 6,000 No Low Holy Level 7 Blessed Spirit Tap 4,000 Yes Low Blessed Sn a Level 2 = THH Jo SLIVD~ HONBHHLINTVM ~ RIVILSA~ SHLLDVAVHD ~ JIOYW = SMTP aay VULX3~ SHIHGOUL ANY SLNIVAZSIHOY - soisva ~ 3419 SIL sNeL MOH,(CE UNHOLY ABILITIES CHART A Level ee eerie ees QUICK REFER Death's Grasp N/A Defeat Death N/A NAA N/A Diabolic Ascension N/A ‘Defeat Death N/A N/A N/A Vile Florey NA Defeat Death N/A N/A NA Diabolic Rupture Unholy Level 0 Unholy Level 0 1,500 No Low Lenpales Unholy Level 0 Unholy Level 0 1,000 Yes Medium Repayment Unholy Level 0 Unholy Level 0 1,500 No High Vile Wind. Unholy Level 0 Unholy Level 0 1,000 Yes Low Deaths Pillar Unholy Level 1 Impaler 1,500 Yes ‘Medium Death’ Reach Unholy Level 1 Death's Grasp 2,000 No High’ Retribution Unholy Level 1 Repayment 2,000 No Low Soul Stabber Unholy Level 1 Unholy Level 1 2,000 No Low Vile Tornado Unholy Level 1 Vile Wind 2,000 No. Medium Diabolic Hammer Unholy Level 2 Death’ Pillar 2,000 Yes Low Fortitude of Hector Unholy Level 2 Unholy Level 2 2,500 Yes High Magic: Lust Storm Level? | Unholy Level 2 ‘Lust Stonm 2,500 No Low Soul Crusher Unholy Level 2 Soul Stabber 2,500 No Low Vile Gyelone Unholy Level 2 Vile Tornado 2,500 No Low Wisdom of Horace Unholy Level 2 Unholy Level 2 2,500 Yes ‘Medium Abominable Slam_ Unholy Level 3 ‘Diabolic Slash 2,500 Yes ‘Medien Diabolic Slash Unholy Level 3 Diabolic Hammer 2,500 Yes Low Magic: Lust Storm Level [ Unholy Level 3 | Magic: Lust Storm Level2_[ 5,000 No Low Redemption Cell Unholy Level 3 Unholy Level 3 2,500 No Low Soul Shatter Unholy Level 3 Soul Crusher 3,000 No Low Vile Hurricane Unholy Level 3 Vile Cyclone 3,000 No Medium Diabolic Guillotine Unholy Level 4 Diabolic Slash 3,000 Yes Medium Relie Sloe Unholy Level 4 Unholy Level 4 3,000 Yes High Magic Sins ofthe Father | Ugholy Level 4 Sins ofthe Pather 2,500 Yes Low Fortitude of Latinus Unholy Level 5 Unholy Level 5 4,000 Yes High Magi: Sins ofthe Father Unholy Levets | Masie Site ofthe Father” [5.099 Me eae Wisdom of Lucan Unholy Level 5 Unholy Level $ 4,000 High Magic: Suicide Fruit Level2 [Unholy Level 6 Suicide Fruit 2,500 Low Mental Sap Unholy Level 6 Unholy Level 6 4,000 High Magic: Suicide Frait Levels | UnholyTevel 7 | Magic: Suicide Fruit Level 2 [5,000 Yes Medium Mental Sap Level 2 Unholy Level 7 ‘Mental Sap ‘Yes High Hie SOR Pie oeThis ability is automatically u 1d does not have a specific Holy le NOTE Holy Blast Description: Press @@ (PlayStation 3) or ©© (Xbox 360) to unleash two waves of Divine energy. Requires: N/A Cost: NYA Holy Blast is Dante's defmalt projectile attack. It is the first Holy ability you learn, aid you acquire it automatically when you begin your descent into Hell. This technique is best used to fight aerial opponents of to extend Dante’s combo counter, It hits up to three times, executes quickly, and knocks enemies hack if done i air at close range. It's especially useful against Guardian Demons early in the game when Dante's Health bar is relatively small and only a few hits will kill him, An aerial Holy Blast knocks enemies back, giving Dante room ¢o marieuver and keeping enemies out of attack LeveL 0 Divine Force Description: Holding and releasing @ (PlayStation 3) or © (Xbox 360) will release a concentrated, short-range burst of Holy energy, breaking enemy defenses. Requires: Holy Level 0 Cost: 1,000 Cost-Effective: Yes High Divine Force releases 2 burst of Holy energy that knocks enemies back and inflicts a moderate amount of damage. Ar Level 1, it has a short charge time but a deceptively wide atrack range. It attacks in a cone shape dire front of Dante and can hit enemies at relatively wide angle. It doesnt have the attack distance of Holy Blast, but ‘enemy is close enough to be vi ‘onscreen, Divine Force can hit them. Use it against greater enemies, © 0 avoid their damaging attacks, Do not use it against fast er, evasive enemies, such ax the Seductress of Lust, because it is not a quick attack. ine Force Level 2 Description: Holding @ (PlayStation 3) or © (Xbox 360) Ionger will increase the damage from Divine Force when released Requires: Divine Forse Cost: 1,500 Cost-Effective: Yes Divine Force Level 2 is the best version of Divine Force hhecause of the increased damage it inflicts upon enemies While the attack is being charged, Dante's cross flashes to indicate thatthe Level 2 version will be unleashed upon. ~ HONEIDNTVA ~ RIVLLS~ QHLDWVHD ~ DIDWW = Son a Soisva ~ gaino sia sne@L eH GYULA SION ONY SINENEATIEDY ~ TH 46 Sa1v9.Bowed. wares INFERN@ resroronconan release. Divine Force Level 2 can take out most enemies in ‘one or two blasts. Line up your enemies and charge up to Divine Force Level 2, then unleash the attack to takeout multiple enemies at once. Vindication Description: Press @ (PlayStation 3) or © (Xbox 360) after countering to initiate a critical attack that sends enemies, ng: Requires: Holy Level 0 Cost: 1,500 Cost-Effective: Prios Dante's counter, Repay: Several abilities add to Repayment, them. However, with all of Dante’s powerfull Holy abilities, Vindication can fall by the wayside. Use it to clear out a group of enemies acound Dante, giving him room to get away is one of his best attacks. nd Vindication is one of to.a safer area or for us on a single enemy. However, Sacred Judgment serves the same purpose by drawing enemies toward Dante and stunning them. The addition of Sacred Justice knocks them into the air after Sacred Judgment. Both abilities are far more effective than Vindication and do not need to be used after Repayment ‘As a low-level Holy ability, it's fairly cost-effective, but Dante’s Unholy post-Repayment abilities are more useful than Vindication, If you have a large amount of souls, feel fiee to purchase Vindication, but there are other Holy and Unholy abilities that should take precedence over it. LeveL 1 Fortitude of Seneca Description: The Health bar increases in seale. Requires: Holy Level 1 ‘The difficulry level you're playing on determines the imporrance of abilities that increase your Health bar. Ifyou're vying on Hellish or Inferno, Fortitude abilities should recedence over vietually any other ability. On lower difficulty settings, they're not as important, but they still have ahigh priority: The more Health Dante has, the longer he'll lastagainst an onslaught of enemy attacks. The lower-level Fortitude abilities are even more important than the higher level abilities, becanse they give Dante a significant Health, ‘boost in comparison to the damage inflicted by enemies arly in che game, While the higher-level Fortitude abilities increase Dante's Health bar by the same amount, the enemies in the lower Circles of Hell inflict far more damage than ‘enemies on the Surface and in the upper Circles of Hell Holy Barrage Description: Pressing @ @@ (PlayStation 3) or ©@O (Xbox 360) will unleash a three-past attack of divine energy Requires: Holy Blast Cost: 2,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: Medinm Holy Barrage is essentially the second level of Holy Blast. Dante attacks with three waves of Holy Cross projectiles in quick succession. If you use Holy Blast regularly against enemies that do not take flight, then give Holy Barrage « high priority. Otherwise, you should wait to purchase Holy Burrage until later in the game, when attacking from a distance becomes more important because of the number of enemies you face and the amount of damage they inflict.bet ei Magic: Righteous Path Level 2 hreous Pach deals more damage to enemies Description: Rig Requires: Righteous Path Cost: 2,500 Cost-effective: Yes fority: Medium Righteous Path is useful in boss battles and against a wide range of enemies. However, it consumes Dante's Mana bat. Usually, upgrading Righteous Path to Level 2 should not bea high priority until you can easily replenish Dante's ¢ or the Menta Mana bar by using the Ciacco’s Bile 1 Sap bility. Until that time, the increased damage compared to the normal Righteous Path does not warrant spending souls upgrading it to Level 2. Sacred Judgment Description: Pressing £3+@ (PlayStation 3) or 040 (Xbox 360) will initiate 2 wwo-part focus that violently pulls enemies toward Dante with divi rnight. Requires: Holy Level 1 2,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: High tack ‘one of Dante's best Holy abilities, It within a wide radius and stuhs them Sacred Judgment draws in ene temporarily while inflicting moderate damage, The attack, can be blocked, but if you repeat it endlessly, Dante is only vulnerable for a brief moment between each Sacred Judgment. It works well against all lesser and greater enemies ‘with the exception of the Temptress and Seductress of Lust, Ifyou use it against them, their evasive abilities and quick attacks allow them to hit Dante immediately after being drawn toward him with Sacred Judgment. Wisdom of Camilla Description: The Mana bar increases in scale. Requires: Holy Level | Cose: 2,500 Priority: Medium ‘There are a total of four Wisdom abilities that increase Dante's Mana bar. Of the four, the lower-level Holy and Unholy Wisdom abilities are the feast important. This is because Dante doesn't have many magic spells that use ne. Righteous Path is acquired carly in the game, but unless you have extra souls to purchase both low-level Wisclom abilities and upgrade Righteous Path to Level 2, the additional Mana issit as important as some of Dante's other Holy and Unholy abilities. Later in the game, when Dante has more magic spells available, al four Wisdom abilities become very important. LeveL 2 Divine Tempest Description: Holding and releasing @ (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) while in the air will launch enemies into the airwith divine might Requires: Divine Force 00 | SIOUL CNY SLNANGATIHOY ~ THHH 30 ST1V9 ~ HONOMHLDTTWM ~ AWLLSI@ ~ S¥2LDVWHD ~ IOV ~ Som By SDISY@ ~ JaIND SIL INL MOLI PsyINFERN@ mureononon Divine 'Tempest is essentially an aerial version of Divine Force, aimed at the ground. It knocks enemies into the air, allowing Dante to follow up with an aerial attack. Asa Holy ‘Level 2 ability, it's fairly cost-effective, but rarely is it more important than almost any other Hloly ability. In many cases, 5S just as easy to use Dante's aerial heavy attack to knock ‘enemies into the air, Divine’Tempest inflicts more damage, bur once an eniemy isin the air, you ean take your time killing, them, so the amount of damage Divine ‘Tempest inflicts does not make the attack any more important. —— Holy Protection Level 1 —— Description: Dante will take 5 percent less damage from ss Holy Level 2 Priority: Holy Protection is very similar to the four Fortitude abilities, Instead of increasing Dante's Health bar, it lowers, the damage enemies inflict upon him. This is a very good ability, but at the cost of 3,000 souls, unless you have overabundance of souls, there are other abilities that should take priority over Holy Protection Level 1, In the lower Circles of Hell, when stronger enemies inflict large amounts of dimage, this ability is very important, but early on there. are more important abi Sacred Quake Description: Pressing (21+ @ (PlayStation 3) or +0 (Xbox 360) while in the air will rash Dante down in a focus amtack that stuns nearby enemies Requires: Sacred Judgment Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: No Priority: Medium Sacred Quake is the next evolution of Sacred Judgment. Ie comes in handy for stunning nearby enemies, but the main, reason for puschasing this ahility i to unlock Sacred Justice. Otherwise, this ability is best used to stun agile enemies such as the Temptress of Lust and Seductress of Lust, Stun them with Sacred Quake, then attack while they're stunned to avoid their counterattacks. It also works well when Dante is, surrounded by eniemies. —— Sacred Quake Level 2 ——— Description: Sacred Quake will do more damage and have & Tonger stun. Requires: Sacred Quake Cost: 2,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: Low Ifyou use Sacred Quake on a regular basis, upgrading it t0 Level 2 is well worth the 2,000 souls. The additional damage J longer stun offer a tremendous improvement over the normal Sucred Quake, but only if you use it regularly In general, Sacred Quake is not an attack you should use much unless youte having problems dealing with crowds of enemies. Therefore, upgrading it to Level 2 isn't as beneficial, and the souls would be better used for something else, such as purchasing Sacred Justice when it becomes available, LeveL 3 Holy Devastation Description: Pressing @ @@ @ (PlayStation 3) or ©©@O (Xbox 360) will unleash a devastating wave of holy enenuy. Requires: Holy Barrage Cost: 3,000 Cost-Effective: No Priority: LowHoly Devastation is the third and final version of Dante's Toly B projectiles to the attack, but there's a slight delay before the attack. It adds a fourth wave of cross Saal wave. On the positive side, the final wave of projectiles » and in the rare instance every projectile hits a single enemy, the damage is sgnificant. If you frequently use Holy Barrage and have ara souls available when Dante reaches Holy Level 3, this 4 good purchase. However, i's not as usefal in the lower cles of Hell, where enemies are faster and more agile and sting them with Holy Devastation is more difficult. ——— Holy Protection Level 2 rapes Daas pl abs 10 pein Tess demnage from Requires: Holy Protection Level 1 Cost: 4,000 ffectin Priority: Medium Cost No mits Dante an ditional 5 percent fora toxal of 10 cent Ie very useful in the lower Circles of Hell, but at Zhe steep cost of 4,000 souls for a Holy Level 3 ability, it ould take a backseat to more important abilities, such as cond level of Holy Protection amage reduc ine Armor. When you have available souls later in the ame, this is a very important purchase, but early on it's a bit =o expensive for what you receiv Magic: Divine Armor Description: Instantly blinds surrounding enemies and Be eele prorectscn to Dante fora short period of tir Requires: Holy Level 3 Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: Yes : High Divine Armor is one of Dante's best Holy abilities, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg compared to Divine Armor Level 2 and Level 3. Ie blinds nearby enemies and makes Dante immune to virtually all attacks for a short time, While it a high-priority ability, it's not necessary to purchase it as soo as Dante reaches Holy Level 3, Just make sure you have souls available to purchase this and Divine Armor Level 2 by the time Dante reaches Holy Level 4. It's also beneficial to have at least one Wisdom ability to give Dante more Mana, allowing you to use this technique more often. — Magic: Descriptio Requires: Magic: Rightcous Path Level 2 Cost: 5,000 : Righteous Path deals more damage to enemies. ‘When comparing the Mana consumption, damaye output, and soul cost of Righteous Path Level 3 and Divine Armor, Divine Armor wins every time, It costs 2,500 for Righteous Path Level 2 and au additional 5,000 for Level 3 for a total of 7,500, not including the two Wisdom abilities that increase Dante’s Mana bar and allow you to use Righteous Path more often. Divine Armor costs only 2,500 souls and gives Dante temporary invincibility to almost all attacks, During this time, Dante ean unleash hell upon his enemies with any atthek, The amount of damage that can be inflicted Se che a z 2 2 8 z z 4 3 @ 6 $ 2 3 = z S 2 é 4 & ~ Sosa ~ yaIND SIL IsN@L MOH, *‘is equal to or greater than the amount of damage inflicted by Righteous Path Level 3, depending on which offensive abilities you have purchased and the enemies you're fighting ‘against, Any way you look at it, Righteous Path Level 3 should not be a priority However if'you purchased Righteous Path Level 2 and have a plethora of extra souls at your disposal, Righteous Path Level 3 is a decent purchase. The additional damage is substantial when compared to the original version of Righteous Path, but the lower Dante moves into Hell, the less effective the additional damage becomes due to the high ‘amount of hit points some of the tougher enemies have. If you plan to purchase this ability, itis extremely helpful to have both Wisdom abilities available at this point. As the level of Righteous Path increases, so does the amount of Ma Redemption Cell Description: A cell is added to Dante's Redemption meter, which extends its duration, Requires: Holy Level 3 Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: No Pros Low ‘Dante's Redemption ability offers a huge boost to his attack power, and this ability increases the duration of that boost. However, even with both Redemption Cell abilities purchased, Dante Redemption doesn't last longer than a boss battles o: single battle; Ie’s best used dur gainst a horde of greater enemies, but there are othe egies ‘thie work very well in all situations without the need for Redemption. If you're an advanced player, do not bother purchasing cither Redemption Cell ability but if you're struggling with the first few Circles of Hell and you have plenty of souls available, this is a worthy purchase Sacred Justice Deseription: Pressing €21+@ (PlayStation 3) or +O (Xbox 360) during Sacred Judgment will launch and stan enemies in the air Requires: Sacred Quake Cost: 3,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority High Sacred Justice, Sacred Judgment, and Divine Force are Dante's best offensive Holy abilities. While it’s not necessary to purchase Sacred Justice as soon as it's available and you have souls to burn, its a very effective attack. Following Sacred Judgment, it knocks enemies into the air and leaves them there for a short time, stunned and awaiting Dante's next attack. It can be blocked and works better against lesser an greater enemies, but wher ts not blocked, it works well against almost any enemy. Like Sacred Judgment, it can be used repeatedly, giving enemies very small window of opportunity to attack Dante. It also clears out a group of enemies better than most other abilities, because it knocks them into the air and gives you plenty of time to determine which enemy you want to attack and what your next attack will be LeveL 4 Magic: Divine Armor Level 2 Description: Divine Armor will regenerate Dante's Health while active. Requires: Divine Armor Cost: 4,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: HighDivine Armor is Dante's hest Holy ability, and Level 2 rakes it that much better. At Level 2, Divine Armor slowly tes Dante’s Health while ie active, and it makes im immune to almost all attacks, blinds nearby enemies, xd inflicts moderate damage. Depending on the amount 2 Dante's Health bar, Divine Armor Level 2 has the ability ro regenerate a significant portion of Dante’s Health, It’s scremely beneficial in the middle of a rough battle if your Jealth gets low. [e's generally best to purchase Divine Armor snd Divine Armor Level 2 at the same time and to have one both Wisdom abilities to increase Dante's Mana ba; Magic: Martyrdom Description: Dante sacrifices Health and Mana to deal a heavy amount of damage to any surrounding enemies. Requires: Holy Level 4 Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: Yes ayrdom depletes some of Dante's Health and Mana to damage to any nearby enemies. Tt works best if you Save both low-level Fortitude abilities 19 increase Dante's Flealth bar. This greatly lessens the impact of the ability’s Health sacrifice, while sil inflicting Sszzounding enemies. as much damage to Spending 2,500 on a Holy Level 4 ability is a fairly good eal, but Martyrdom overall is not a significantly useful ability compared to many of Dante's other abilities. Sacred Judgment and Sacred Justice don't infict as much damage to surrounding enemies, but they also don't use any Mana or sacrifice any Health, This works best in conjunction with both low-level Fortitude and Wisdom abilities and with Divine Armor Level 2 to give Dante the maximum Health and Mana available at lower levels and the ability to replenish any lost Health, That’s lor of work and 2 large number of souls just to make a single ability worthwhile, Levet 5 Fortitude of Brutus Description: The Health bar increases in scale. Holy Level 5 Priority: High ‘The lower-level Fortitude abilities are good, because they give Dante a significant amount of Health compared to the amount of damage enemies in the higher Circles of Hell inflict. The higher-level Fortitude abilities, including Fortitude of Beutus, are also important because enemies in the lowe Circles of Fell inflict significantly more damage than those in the upper circles, Dante will need all the Health possible to , especially if youre playing on Hellish of Inferno difficulty, where en ve him an ed my damage is increased. Magic: Divine Armor Level 3 Description: Divine Armor will regenerate more of Dante's Health while active and will make him resistant to enemy attacks Requires: Magic: Divine Armor Level 2 Cost: 6,000 if BS Wlx3 + SiIHdOU L ANY SINTWIATIHDY ~ THIH J S119 ~ Hf ~ SISVE = GIN SIL NOL MOH IMISFTWN ~ AUVLLSIG ~ SVALOVAVHD ~ IOWN » SOIT +Divine Armoz Level 3 is the best version of Divine Armor. It has all ofthe ftatures of Divine Armor and Divine Armor Level 2, but Dante ean no longer be knocked back by ‘enemiyattacks, and the amount of Health he segenerates is increased, With all four Fortitude abilities, Divine Armor Level 3 regenerates almost half of Dante's Health bar. With several Wisdom abilities to increase Dantes Mana bar, you alive against dish it's well worth the souls. bility multiple times in «single fight to stay tening odds, The cost isa litle steep, but —— Magic: Martyrdom Level 2 —— Description: Martysdom inflicts more damage to surrounding enemies Martyrdom Ifyou purchased Martyrelom and use it regularly, Level 2 is a safe purchase. Ies exactly the same as the original ‘Martyrdom, except that it inflicts more damage. Tt also costs the sume amount of Mana to use, despite the additional damage it inflicts. Like the original Martyrdom, there are better abilities to purchase, but like all Wisdom and Fortitude abilities, as well as Divine Armor Level 2 or 3, this ability can effectively get Dante out of 2 tough situation. Relic Slot Description: An additional relic slot is unlocked. Requires: Holy Level 5 Cost: 3,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: High Dante can purchase two additional relic slots—one Holy ability and one Unholy ability. These are arguably the most important abilities in Dante's arsenal, At the onset of the game, Dante only has two relic slots, As he journeys through Hell, he collects over 30 relies, Having two additional relic slots is a huge advantage. Purchase this as soon as it becomes available, Wisdom of Galen Deseription: The Mana bar increases in scale Requires: Holy Level 5 Cost: 4,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: High Wisdom of Galen, like all other Wisdom abilities, increases Dante's Mana bar, It is extremely important if you frequently use Divine Armor or any other magic spell. However, if you. do not find yourself relying on magic spells, your souls ase hhest used for other abilities. Blessed Spirit Tap Enemies release Health when destrayed by Description: Dante's cross. Requires: Holy Level 6 Cost: 4,000 Cost Priority: Medium jective: YesOnce you've purchased Bles enemies with a Holy Cross attack, they release Health Orbs, at replenish Dantes Health. The significance of this ability fies solely on how often you kill enemies with Cross attacks # you commonly tse Dante's Cross attacks, this is a high= priority ability, but if you find yourself using Seythe attacks spirit Tap, whenever you kill ore often, this ability isnt as important. In most cases, by time Dante reaches Holy Level 6, you'll be nearing the Spal Circle of Hell and there won't be many enemies left to iil Magic: Martyrdom Level 3 —— Description: Martyrdom inflicts more damage to resi Magic: Martyrdom Level 2 Cost-Effes Priority: Low 12 and has a wider range of attac only al f you've purchased Martyrdom Level 2 and use there's no need to worry about this ecilarlys otherwis —— Blessed Spirit Tap Level 2 —— Description: Enemies release an increased amount of Health when destroyed by Dante’s cross. Requires: Blessed Spirit Tap 4,000 ‘The second level of Blessed Spirit Tap causes enemies to rclease more Health Orbs when killed by Dante’s Holy Cross attacks. Lf you put and are defeating enemies with Cross attacks quite often, Lhased the original Blessed Spirit Tap this ability is definitely worth 4,000 souls. However, if you Iall more enemies with Dante's scythe, there's no need to purchase this ability IL IsN@L Mel Mf soisva ~ sino = DIDYW ~ sort ~ RAVLALSIA ~ SHILOVWY INOUE TV DY = HHH 40 SILv9 IML GNY SLNTWIA.é; oe UINFERN® rou encuccn | UNHOLY ABILITIES Death's Grasp, Diabolic Ascension, and Vile Flurry are unlocked after defeating Death, and do not have a eee a SSS eT Death's Grasp Description: Pull ©) (PlayStation 3) or € (Xbox 36¢ {grab an enemy with Dante's scythe, Requires: Defeat Death Cost: N/A Cost-Effective: N/A Priority: N/A to hs Grasp is Dante’ basic grab and the only way he can Punish or Absolve many lesser enemies. Most enemies that cannot be Punished or Absolved can usually be geabbed and thrown, which works especially well against Exploding Minions. You can extend the grab’ range with Death’s Reach. Diabolic Ascension Description: Press and hold 4 (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) to launch nezrhy enemies into the air. Requires: Defeat Death Cost: WA Diabolic Ascension knocks most enemies into the sir, with, Dante uutomatically following, but its range of effect is relatively small. There are other abilities that are better at knocking enemies into the air, such as Dante’ acrial heavy attack, Divine Tempest, or Sacred Justice, but as a free ability it does the job. Vile Flurry Description: Press mm M1 (PlayStation 3) or @BOO (Xbox 360) to initiate a quick combo. Requires: Defeat Death Vile Flusy is Dante's basic light attack Seythe combo. It works well against almost all lesser enemies and some greater enemies and bosses. Its Dante's go-to attack for the frst few Circles of Hell, until you can purchase more destructive attacks. Even in the lower Circles of Hel, Vile Pluery is still useful against enemies that do not frequently block Dante’ antacks. a 26LeveL 0 Diabolic Rupture Description: Press A A (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) While in the air to initiate a Fierce Attack and finishing Requires: Unholy Level 0 Cost: 1,500 Cost-Effective: No Priority: Low Diabolic Rupture is fairly destructive for a Level 0 ability, but 5 an aerial attack, it relatively hard to connect, especially geainst smaller enemies. It’ also no more effective than Vile Flurry against most lesser enemies, which makes it far less Sst-effective and relatively low priority. Impaler Description: Press & 4 (PlayStation 3) or @@ (Xbox 360) to tiple times, mnitiare a Fierce Attack that hits enemies n Requires: Unholy Level 0 Cost: 1,000 Cost-Effective: ¥ Priority: Impaletis a very good heavy attack combo if you have extra souls with which to purchase it. While not necessary by any means, it works well against bosses and other enemies with . It’s more powerful than Vile smies that Block Dante's a high number of Flurry and more effective against e attacks, but Vile Flurry is a good substitute if you do not have the extra souls to § Repayment Deserip hhefore an enemy attack to counter. Press @ (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) or @ (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) after countering to counterattack, Requires! Unholy Level 0 Cost: 1,500 Cost-Effective: No Priority: High Repayment is Dante's counter. It can be followed by a basic light ot heavy attack or by a few Holy or Unholy abilities. Tt js very useful agsinst almost every enemy Dante encounters throughout the Nine Circles of Hell, and itis a must-have for bosses such as Mare Antony. However, when it first becomes available, the price is a litte steep, so you may want to-waita bit before purchasing it. As long as you purchase it by the end of Lust, when Dante battles Marc Antony, you should be fine Vile Wind Description: Hold a (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) to quickly dash backward and then dash forward with sweeping attack. Requires: Unholy Level 0 Cost: 1,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: Low : Press ( (PlayStation 3) or © (Xbox 360) just = g a & & S| 5 2 HONMHLDITVN. ~ RIVLLSIG ~ SYILOVUVHD ~ SID ~ soma 1OY = THH 40 suLv9. HOWL ONY SLNIW2A.Vile Wind works well against enemies that use unblockable attacks, but only if you have quick reflexes. Tt takes a nfoment «the attack to initiate, which means you need to use it preemptively to avoid an enemy attack. The damage it inflicts is moderate at best, nd in most circumstances it’s better to use Vile Flusry and evade when an enemy strikes. The best reason to purchase Vile Wind is to gain access to Vile Tomado. LeveL 1 Death's Pillar Description: Press A AA A (PlayStation 3) or 0800 (Xbox 360) to initiate a Fierce Combo that knocks enemies to the ground and breaks their blocks. Requires: Impaler Cost: 1,500 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: M Like many of Dante's heavy attack combos, Death’ Pillar is sodlerately slow and isnt significantly better than Vile Phirry. J works well against enemies that block many of Dante's attacks, but these enemies also typically attack in groups with other enemies, which makes it dificult to-use this attack effectively: Ifyou have a few souls to burn, Death's Pillar can his bili fitake some fights a litte easier, but otherwise you can pass on Death’s Reach — Description: Dante's grab attack now reaches enemies at greater distance Requires: Death’s Grasp Cost: 2,000 Cost-Effective: No Priority: High Death's Reach adds a tremendous amount of range to Deaths Grasp, Dante’s grab attack. With Death’s Reach, Dante can grub enemies from a great distance and Punish, Absolve, ‘or throw them, Enemies that cannot be grabbed are still immune to the attack, but they will take a small amount of damage, ust like they would against Death's Grasp. [e's not essential that you purchase this ability as soon 2s it becomes available, but it comes in handy around Greed and Gluttony, where the enemies became more evasiv and harder to carch with Death’s Grasp. Retribution Description: Press i (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) after countering a projectile to return the projectile back to the enemy. Requires: Repayment Cost: 2,000 Cost-Effective: No Priority: LowRetribution allows Dante to send a projectile attack back toviard an enemy after a successful Repayment. Early in the game, i's primary use is against Pests because they're the y that attacks with a projectile. This makes the priority ofthic artack somewhat debatable, Pests are easily dispatched with Holy Blast or an aerial grab, both of which are five attacks that Dante automatically obtains before sunning into any Pests. Retribution isnt really useful until ou fight Alighiero ar the end of Greed, so save your souls ati then, Soul Stabber Description: Press (L21+X (PlayStation 3) or @+O (Xbox 360) to execute a high-frequency focus attack combo. Requires: Unholy Level 1 Cost: 2,000 Sool Stabber isn’t a bad ability, but compared to Dante’ cc Unholy abilities, it’s not a necessity. This aerial attack as effective as Impaler or Death's Pillay, which are both aper than Soul Stabber: However, ifyou have extra souls spend, it gives Dante a variety of Seythe attacks from hich to choose. Vile Tornado Description: Pressing (+m (PlayStation 3) or +O Xhox 360) will execute a sweeping focus attack. Requires: Vile Wind | Cost: 2,000 Cost-Effective: No Priority: Medium Vile Tornado can be considered Vile Flurry Level 2. It's an effective and damaging light attack and would be cost- effective by itself: However, because you must purchase Vile Wind before you gain access to Vile Tornado, it’s no longer cost-effective. Ir’ still a very good light Scythe attack, and you should purchase it early in the game to give Dante the upper hand against tougher enemies. Vile wide-range attack that's helpful when you're surrounded on all sides omnado is also a LeveL 2 Diabolic Hammer ressing (2)+A (PlayStation 3) or ©+® (Xbox 360) will initiate a deadly focus attack combo for massive damage. : Death's Pillar Diabolic Hammer is a faisly damaging Seythe attack, but ‘that doesn’t make ita useful purchase, This isa heavy attack, so it executes a litte slower than Dante's light Seythe attacks, "The amount of damage it inflicts compensates for its slower speed, but there are other Unholy abilities that should take precedence over Diabolic Hammer, most notably Vile ‘Tornado, Ienpaler, and Death's Pillar. : € J g 3 o 2 és 7 SVALXA ~ SHIMON CNY SLNIWIAIHDY ~ THH Jo SLY ~ HONGYHDN TWA ~ RYVLLSIG ~ S¥aLOVWVHO ~ IOV ~ soma ~-“INFN Fortitude of Hector Description: The Health har incveases in scale, Requires: Unholy Level 2 Coxe: 2,500 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: High ‘The first Fortitude in the Unholy section of Dante’s abilities chart is a good purchase if you have the souls, It increases ‘Dante’ Health bar and allows him to survive a bit longer against a horde of enemies. I's more important in the higher Circles of Hell, because the enemies inflict less damage, making Health boost more significant. However, by the time Dante reaches the last Circle of Hell, all four Fortitude abilities make a big difference, Magic: Lust Storm Level 2—— Description: The Lust Storm does more damage to enemies. Requires: Lust Storm Cost: Lust Storm is primarily a defensive magic spell that protects Dante feom various enemy attacks. As a secondary effet it inflicts a small amount of damage to any surrounding ‘enemies, Lust Storm Level 2 increases the amount of damage the magic spel inflicts, but because it is not an offensive spell, inereased damage is not very important, However, if you use Lust Storm on a regular basis, this upgrade will make it easier to take down enemies. Just be aware that it drains a significant amount of Mana. Soul Crusher Description: Pressing (21+% (PlayStation 3) or @24@ (Xbox 360) while in the air will thrust the seythe down on ‘enemies with a critical attack. Requires: Soul Stabber Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: No Priority: Low “Thece are very few enemies you rust fight in the air, and the few that benefit from aerial combat, such as Pests, are easily This makes aerial attacks ficant than Dante's other Unholy attacks. IFy against a large number of nies and do noe wish to Punish or Absolve them, lesse Soul Crusher can take out multiple enemies at 4 time. Itis more difficult to hit agile enemies, but if it fits your fighting style and you have the extra souls, it's not a bad purchase, Vile Cyclone Description: Pressing Gi+™@ (PlayStation 3) or @+8 (Xbox 360) while in the air will slice enemies in the air with a focus attack. Requires: Vile Tornado Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: No Priority: LowAnother aerial attack, Vile Cyclone is primarily useful after mies into the air with one of you've knocked a group of en your other attacks. It inflicts a moderate amount of damage a a wide radius, all while keeping Dante in the aif and out # range of most enemies. It's still hard to justify purchasing Vile Cyclone, because it’s generally not necessary to inflict spnificant damage to multiple enemies while in the air. You zed Vile Cyclone if you wish to purchase Vile Hurricane, but otherwise there are better abilities on which to spend var souls Wisdom of Horace Description: The Mana bar increases in scale Jnholy Level 2 Requires: Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: Medium The first Unholy Mana boost is important if youke using 2 fot of mage spells. It becomes more important later in Be game when Divine Armor becomes essential, but early this is an optional purchase. It increases Dante Mana as, but with four total Wisdom abilities between Holy and. iaholy, you do not have to purchase them all as soon as they Secome available. Levet 3 ‘Abominable Slam. Description: Holding & (PlayStation 3) 0: @ (Xbox 360) ‘while in the air will break enemy defenses from above with 2 critical attack Requires: Diabolic Slash Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: Medium Unholy Abilities Abominable Slam is an aerial atuck that's good against ‘enemies that frequently block your attacks, Ir brealss their defense and allows you to follow it with other attacks that would normally be blocked. This is especially effective against Throne and Arch Demons. If you have trouble with enemies that block most attacks, this is a good purchase. If you do we this problem, your souls are better saved for other abilities, especially when you consider that you must purchase Diaholic Slash before this ability becomes available. Diabolic Slash ation 3) or @+® (Xbox Description: Pressing (+A (PlayS 360) while in the air will scar the ground with i artack abolic Hammer Cost-Effective: Ye Priority: Low Slash is only useful if you are not Punishing and as many enemies as possible. While in the air, Dante attacks the ground with a powerfal attack. If you can, line up the enemies, Diabolic Slash will clear out several lesser foes with one or two attacks, However, if you're Punishing and Absolving as many enemies as you can, this, attack is far less important. —— Magic: Lust Storm Level 3 ——— Description: Lust Storm has an increased range und bloc ranged attacks from enemies Requires: Magic: Lust Storm Level 2 Cost: 5,000 Cost-Effective: No Priori 3 3 g IMJOUL ONY SLNAVEAIIHSY ~ 11H 40 SLLYD ~ HONGYEDTYM ~ QIYLISI = SWULVAVHD ~ S19YW = SoM Be svg ~IER S ‘The third level of Lust Storm increases its range of and adds the ability to protect Dante from ranged attatks. Howeves, Lust Storm is already one of the most Mana consuming magic spells, because it drains Mana the s ability is also not nearly as important tr viluable as Divine Armor, because it does not restore any cof Dante's Health attacks like Divine Armor does. If you purchased Lust Storm tire time it’s active. TI ind does not make Dante immune to all Level 2 and use it frequently but get hit by ranged attacks, this is a good purchase. If not, skip this one and save your souls for more important abilities Redemption Cell Description: A cell is added co Dante's Redemption meter, which extends its duration, Requires: Unholy Level 3 Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: No ity: Low ‘The priority ofthis Redemption Cell depends on whether ‘or not you purchased the Holy Redemption Cell. One Redemprion Cell doubles the duration Dante is enhanced ‘by Redemption: A second Redemption Cell adds one moze ‘ell to the Redemption meter, increasing the duration by 2 percent, whieh is much less important than a single Redemption Cell Lf you're having trouble working through the Nine Circles of Hell, Redemption can help y not having significant tough situatidns. However, ifyou' difiiculties, only one Redemption Cell is needed ar the mnost, and in some cases you may not need either Redemption Cell Soul Shatter Description: Pressing (21+X (PlayStation 3) or 2+ (Xbox 360) curing Soul Stabber will au swith a forceful finishing move ies into the air Requires: Soul Crusher Cost: 3,000 Cost-Effective: No Priority: Low Soul Shatter is limited by two impostant details. First and foremost, you can purchase it only ifyou already have Soul Crusher and ean use it only during Soul Stabber. Secondly, ‘while it knocks enemies into the ar, it does not leave Dante in the air, which makes it difficult to fully capitalize on the newly airborne enemies. Soul Crusher isrrt an important ability, which means it adds an unnecessary cost to Soul Shatter.‘The face that every other attack that knocks enemies into the air gives Dante more time to take advantage of the situation makes this abillty very Jow priority Vile Hurricane ————— Description: Pressing (+m (PlayStation 3) or &+® (Xbox 360) during Vile Tornado will send enemies flying with a critical ateack. Requires: Cost: 3,000 Cost-Effectiv Medium File Cyclone Priorialready’ been knocked to the ground of defeated, and many ‘greater ehemics and bossesare out of reach. However, when the fall attack connect, it infers a significant amount of damage, Specially when coupled with the damage of Diabolic Hammer: That said, Dante {vulnerable to attack during Diabolic Guillotine, which makes other attacks, such as Sacred Justice or even Vile Flurry, a less damaging but superior option. Relic Slot Description: An additional relic sot is unlocked. Requires: Unholy Level 4 e Hurricane is the final evolution of Vile Flurry. It would Cost: 3,000 be cost-effective if you did not need to purchase Vile Cyclone Gygt- Effective: Yes Prioviey: High in order to gain access to it, Unfortunately, this adds a Significant cost for an ability that isnt nearly as effective as Vile Hucricane, However, if you have extra souls to use, Vile Hurricane is a worthy ability to purchase. It infliets a decent amount of damage and knocks enemies back, but it can be Blocked, which partially limits its use. It works especi J swell alongside Impaler and Death's Pillar, which you can use . sgainst enemies that block many of Dantes attacks, LEVEL 4 | Diabolic Guillotine | Description: Mashing [B+A (PlayStation 3) or + Xbox 360) during Diabolic Hammer will unleash «fury ante starts his descent into Hell with two rele sors, but he of critical attacks witkra damaging nish can purchase two additional relic slots, one for a Hoty ability Requires: Diabolic Slash and one for an Unholy ability. For the most part, these are Cost: 3,000 the most important abilities Dante has access to. You should Cost-Effective: Yes purchase both Relic Slot abilities as soon as they’ become : available Priority: Medium — Magic: Sins of the Father Level 2 — Description: Sins of the Father travels an increased distance, Requires: Sins of the Father Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: Low Dedolic Guillotine hy itselfis not a bad attack. However, Because you van exceuts it only during Diabolic Hammer, iy the time you hit an enemy with Diabolic Hammer liotine begins, most lesser enemies have : d ~ soisva ~ sain siBAN TES UINFERN@ manonoscncne Sins of the Father Level 2 is primarily 4 stepping stone to Sins of the Father Level 3. Sins of the Father Level 2 merely increases the ability’s range, Normally this would be a significant benefir, but because Holy Blast already has a.longer sange than the original Sins of the Father and the is ability fer frequently, wait until you Level 2 upgcade, there isn't a big advantage to Even if you use Sins of the can purchase Sins of the Father Level 3, then pick up both abilities at the same time. LEVEL 5. Fortitude of Latinus Description: The Health bar increases in scale Requires: Sins of the Father Cost: 4,000 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: High ‘Phe second Unholy Fortitude ability combines with the other three Fortitude abilities to create four abilities that are extremely important to have in the lower Circles of Hell “The more Health Dante has as he nears the final battle with Lucifes the better. Ifyou reach Unholy Level 5 relatively early in the game, you can wait on this ability, but having all four by the last few Circles of Hell is very beneficial — Magic: Sins of the Father Level 3 — Description: Sins of the Father projects three blades at once instead of one. Sins of the Father Level 3 allows Dante to throw three bliss instead of ong, This increases the total damage of Sins of the Father, making ita useful secondary projectile attack: toward the end of the game. However, the ability’ high cost, in conjunction with the necessary cost of Sins of the Father Level 2, make this one an expensive purchase. If you have a ck this up alongside Level 2 to ‘give Dante a powerful projectile attack; otherwise stick to Holy Blast, Holy Barrage, and Holy Devastation Wisdom of Lucan Description: The Mana bar inereases in scale Requires: Unholy Level 5 Cost: Cost: Priority: High The second Unholy Wisdom Mana bar boost is very important as Dante gains the ability to use more niagic spells Aftee you purchase Divine Armor, this becomes even more important. By the time you near the end of the game, all four Wisdom abiliti magic more freely. LEVEL 6 Magic: Suicide Fruit Level 2 —— Description: Suicide Fruit has aa increased area of destruction, ill be nearly mandatory so you can use Requires: Suivide Fruit Cost: 2,500 Cost-Effective: Yes Priority: LowSuicide Fruiecan be difficult 70 aim, because Dante! throws quite a distance in front of him. The increased area of Hct gained by purchasing Suicide Fruit Level 2 helps to Sxprove this magie spel, but i's still nor effective enough to truly useful until you upgrade it t0 Level 3. The fact that ability doesnt become available until late in the game decsn't make it any more significant, beeause there are more caportaat abilities to purchase and upgrade late in the game xl far fewer enemies to Mental Sap Description: Enemies release Mana when destroyed by Dant | Requires: Unholy Level 6 Cost: 4,000 Cost-Effective: Yes * scythe Dante kills the a usea lot of m with his seythe. I's an important ability if and kill enemies with Scythe attacks, ou do, make Mental Sap a high priority; if you don't, save ur souls to purchase Blessed Spitit Tap instead. §) Description: Suicide Fruit has an increased area of destruction, B Cost-Eticti Priority: Media Suicide Fruit Level 3 gives the magic spell a large enough area of effect to make it usefil when Dante is surrounded by cnemics with few options to defeat them all. However, the cost of getting Suicide Fruit to Level 3is relatively hi Suicide Fruit regularly or need to stun a group uself some breathing room, purchase Ifyou us of enemies to give you Level 2 and Level 3 at the same time, Otherwise, use your souls for other abilities. Mental Sap Level 2 dion: Enemies release an increased amount of Mana when destroyed by Dante's scythe. Mental Sap tal Sap Level 2 causes enemies to release a decent amount of Mana Orbs when Dante kills them with his scythe. If you have the original Mental Sap and kill many enemies with Dante's seythe, and you reach Unholy Level 7 before the lowest level of Hell, Men al Sap Level 2 is « good purchase. IF not, stick to Blessed Spirit Tap instead INFE RIN@ inroren concacs RELICS LocaTION Relics are scattered througho You obtain certain relies by defeating specific bosses or speaking with Virgil (you may need to speak with Virgil nwo three times before you obtain the relic). Some are easier to find than others, but we provide their locations here to you narrow down your search, eee een ered res acca logy LeveL REQUIREMENTS Tna Similar fashion to abilities, some relies have specific Holy and Unholy level zequirements before they can bey equipped. Ife cele states that Dante must be Floty Level 5, that means the zelic cannot be equipped or upgtaded until Dance reaches, Holy Level 5 Pay clos equip and attention to the relies you wis! so that when Dante reaches the appropriate level you ea and upgrading the relic. RELIC LEVELS immediately begin usin All relics start at Level 1, but when it comes to upgrading or leveling up arelic, there are essen- rally two types of relics. BASICS The first is the most common, which are relics that you can upgrade to Level 3. You level up these relics by collecting souls while the relic is equipped. Ifa relic is not equipped, it will not inceease in level. The benefits of these relies are generally increased ss they move from Level 1 to Level 3, ‘The other type of relics is far less common and cannot be upgraded. These relics remain the sarne as when you first ‘obtain them no matter how many souls you collect while they’ee equipped. When Dante kills an enemy, breaks a Soul Fountain, or penta saint rt brine rena for the souls to fly into the air and absorb into Dante. eer eee et rn shceee eon kaa pire eee ue before Dante absorbs the souls. For example, you can use the Charon's Oarrelic to receive the Holy points bonus one e nes cont era the souls reach Dante, swap Charon’s Oar for a different thst ee toward the new relic instead of Charon’s O TIP Best EquipPeD aver 30 relics available, This means thar you must switeh out relics frequently, depending on the situation at hand. You can access the System menu midbattle and change the relies you have equipped in order to be as effective as possible. For ‘example, in bose battle, you may want to equip Death Blade “Tristan’s Desire to increase and Eye of Alighiero and Francesco's fhe eneemy’s damage. But if Dante takes ald tes Forgiveness to reduc heavy damage and you use Divine Armor Level 3, you sh replace one of these relies with Ciacco’s Bile so that D: ‘Mana hat is regenerating in case you need t0 use Divine Armor several more times. RTAAntony’ Standard terete Lust (defeat Mare Antony) RELIC DETAILS frogs: Requires None Tnereases the rate at which Dante stores Redemption energy by 108%, 2086 and eventually 304. Arrow of Paris Lust Unholy Level 1 Grab attack damage is inereased by 25%, 50%, and exentually 100%. Ail’s Armor Violence None Dante’ attacks will not be interrupted ifan enemy ‘blocks them, Aurael’s Apprentice Gluttony (defeat Cerberus) Unholy Level 1 Any successful Block on an enemy now has 4 10%, 15%, and eventually a 25S chance to stun them, “Tums Dante's evade into an aitack, knocks Calvacant’s Blade Heresy None enemies back and dealing a small amount of dama, ae ee Holy Level 3 _ | Absolving enemies and dhe damned grants an additional 10%, 20%, and 30% Holy boost. Ciaceo’s Bile Gluttony (Virgil) Holy Level § ‘Grants Dante persistent Mana regeneration. Leveling up this relic will increase the speed of Mana regeneration Coin of Plutus Greed None Tnereases the combo window thar allows Dante to acquite style points and increment the hit counter by 1 second, 2 seconds, and eventually 3 seconds. Crown of Carthage Greed Holy Level § Dante is protected from ranged enemy artick damage by an additional, 10%, 159%, and eventually 20%, Death Blade Limbo (Virgil) Unholy Level 1 Increases the damage of all Scythe attacks and abilities by 10%, 15%, and eventually 20%, Demon's Wing Greed Unholy Level 5 ‘Dantes aevial attack damage is incveased by 10%, 15%, and 20%. | Sxcof Alighicro Greed (defeat Alighiero) Holy Level 3 Dante is able to absorb a certain amount of damage when attacked, Leveling up this relic increases the damage Dante can absorb. Sr. Lucia Limbo None Dante has a 1096, 15%, and eventually 20% chance to deflect an incoming attack, neguting the damage and pushing the enemy away. ppo’s Rage Anger Unholy Level 5 Dante can block previously unblockable demon attacks, Higher levels unlock auto-countering the attacks and increases the damage returned. ancesca’s Book Lust Unholy Level 3 Every 50 kills from the scythe, Dante gains 100, 150, and eventually 200 Unholy points. Violence (defeat Francesco) None Dante is protected fro all enemy damage by 5%, 109%, and eventually 15%. Heresy Holy Level 5 When Dante is low on Health, there is a 10%, 159%, and eventually 20% chance to execute Divine Intervention, which both stuns enemies and heals Dante Guiding Flame Anger Holy Level 5 Dante is immune to excrement attacks such as the Glatton’s ranged attacks, Hoarder’s Purse Greed Unholy Level 3 Tnezeases the time window for a counterattack to 00%. JaINDSIHLISNEL MOH SULIIRY ~ SoISvaL NEUE = RUVLESHA = SURLSVUVHD = SIDVW 3 11INFERNO sueonncncn Lou!’ Blessing Limbo (Virgil) Holy Level 1 Tneteases the damage of all Cross attacks and abilities by 10%, 15%, and eventually 20%, ‘Medusa’s all Anger (Virgil) Holy Level 5 Dantes ranged attack and projectile damage is increased hy 10%, 15%, and eventually 20%. Dante can no longer be interrupted while Memory of Acte Violence HolyLovel | secuting Cross attacks (Grants the abiligy © preform a IToly Special Octavian’s Gold Greed Holy Level 3 | Recovery attack whenever the player is knocked down, Rage of Farinata Hecesy (Virgil) None All Fountains are immediately broken upon use Rain of Gluttony Gluttony Holy Level 3 Absolutions stun surrounding enemies for $ seconds, 10 seconds, and eventually 15 seconds after completion Saladin's Merey Limbo Holy Level 4 A successfull Absolution grants the player 5%, 10%, and eventually 15% more Health Orbs. Seal of Epicurus Heresy Unholy Level 1 ‘There isa 10%, a 15%, and eventually 2 20% ‘higher chance to perform a critical strike on any attack. Damage from the attack increases by 15%, and enemies are knocked down when a etitical strike is landed. Shoe of Nessus Violence Unholy Level 5 ‘All of Dante’ light Seythe attacks can no longer be evaded by enemies. Tail of Minos Limbo (defeat King Minos) Unholy Level 3 Punishing enemies and the damned grants an additional 10%, 20%, and eventually 30% Unholy boost. Tristan’s Desire Lust (Virgil) None Increases the damage of all magic attacks by 10%, 15%, and eventually 20%. Wasted Gold Greed None Every successfil attack increases the boost fll rate by 10%, 209%, and eventually 30%. ANTONY’s STANDARD. Description: Increases the rare at which Dante stores Redemption energy by 10%, 209%, and eventually 30%. Level 4: 10% increase Level 2: 20% increase Level 3: 30% increase Location: Lust (defeat Mare Antony) Requires: None Best Equipped: In conjunction with the Wasted Gold relic, just before and during boss battles Dantes Redemption ability can be extremely useful, especi 10 determine when to use Redemption, Some players prefer ly during most boss battles. However, it is difficult sive i¢ until a boss barele, while others use it 36 soon a8 ee Consider using it during boss battles, because that's when it's most valuable, but in the lower Circles of Hell, it ean save Dante fom a horde of fearsome If you use Redemption regularly, level this relic to its maximum and keep it equipped any time the Redemption meter is not full. If you only use Redemption against bosses, equip this relic a few enemy encounters before the boss battle and leave it equipped during the fight to allow Dante to use Redemprion as much as possible during the fight. Whenever you use this relic, i's helpful to also equip the Wasted Gold relic, because it also increases the Redemption {ill rate, Ifyou rarely use Redemption, do not bother equipping this eel.Arrow OF Paris Grab attack damage is inereased. 96, and eventually 100%. Level 2: 50% increase | Level 3: 100% increase Location: Lust Requires: Unholy Level 1 Best Equipped: When using grabs to damage enemies stead of passing judgment Arrow of Paris relic is extremely useful in conjunction the aerial grab technique or if you use Dante’ grab seainst enemics that cannot be Punished or Absolved. Without the relic, Dante's grab does not inflict much Zamage; however, with the relic, when the Arrow of Paris aches Level 3, Dante's grab inflicts rice as much damage. Eeyou primacily use grabs to pass judgment instead of eBicting daniage, dontt worry aboat this relic. ATTILA’s ARMOR Description: Dante's attacks will not be interrupted if an enemy blocks ther. Level : Relic is active Level 2: N/A Level 3: N/A Location: Violence Requires: None Best Equipped: Agsinst enemies that parry or block attacks The Attila Armor relic works well against enemies that parry Jock Dante's attacks, such as demons. Because it has only level, you dont have to worry about upgrading it. Ifyou demons and other similar eiemies at close range with attacks and find that they're parrying and blocking your acks, equip this relic to overcome the problem. AZRAEL’S APPRENTICE Description: Any successfil block on fan enemy now has a 10%, a 15%, and eventually a 25% chance to stun therm Level 1: 10% chance to stun 15% chance to stun 25% chance to stun ocation; Gluttony (defeat Cerberus) ‘The Adrael’s Apprentice relic can be useful on occasion, but only after it reaches Level 3; under most circumstances, is not worth the effort. A skilled player should not have to block very often. Tes generally better to use an attack that leaves Dante immune to other attacks, such as a grab, or to evade any incoming attacks. Blocking an attack is unavoidable at times, especially during boss hartles, but i's not something you should do frequently. However, if you are blocking: frequently, equip this relic and upgrade it as mach as possible to increase the chance of stunning an enemy. CaLvacanti’s BLADE Description: Turns Dante's eva into SJLNAY ~ SISve ~ 4aIN9 SIHLISNOL MOH an attack, knocking enemies back and dealing a small amount of damage. Level 1: Relic is active. Level 2: N/A Level 3: N/A Locatios Heresy Requires: None Best Equipped: When fighting against enemies that require Dante's evade ‘There are many situations throughout the Nine Circles of Hell that require Dante to evade enemy attacks. Itis especially helpful in battles against the Beast Tamer when other enemies are around. When Dante evades the Beast “Tamer’s attacks, there's a good chance he will hit one of the surrounding enemies, inflicting 2 small amount of damage aind knocking them back, This technique is also effective if you fight at close range against demons and agile enemies such as the Seductress of Lust Cuaron’s Oar Description: Absolving enemies and the dammed grants an additional 10%, 20%, and eventually 30% Holy boost Level 1: 10% boost Level2: 20% boost Level 3: 30% boost Location: Limbo Requires: Holy Level 3 = : 8 : S a & g z z 5 4 5 5 Best Equipped: When Absolving the darned oF any enemies Charon’ Oar should be used any time you're Absolving amy. enemies or damaed souls. Change one relic slot to Charonis ‘ax, pas judgment, then switch right back. The acditional Holy boost received from Charor’s Oar adds up over the = ‘course of the game atid allows Dante to reach and 7 asitholie focusing exclusively on Absolviig SHIHMOML ONY SLNDNEASIHDY ~ THE 40 SLIVD racIN TRING msecscncc Ciacco’s BILE Description: Grants Dante persistent Mana regeneration. Leveling up this relic ‘xillinerease the speed of Mana regen- eration, Level 1: Regenerates 0.4 Mana points per second Level 2: Regenerates 0.8 Mana points per second Level 3: Regenerates 1.6 Mana points per second Location: Gluttony (Virgi) Requires: Holy Level Best Equipped: Any time magic is in use If you regularly use Divine Armor, the Ciaoco’s Bile relic is, arguably the best one in the game. The same can be said if you use any magic spells on a regular basi, but Divine Armor hhelps to keep Dante alive in times of danger, which affect the battle more than most other magic spells, IF you use magi regularly, equip this relic and get it to Level 3 as soon as possible, If youre traversing through a difficult portion of the game, use Divine Armor benween battles to regain Dante's Health, and use this relic to regain Mana, If youre having significant problems, remain stationary until Dante's Health and Mana are full, then unequip Ciaceo’ Bile and proceed forward. Corn oF PLuTus Description: Increases the combo = window that allows Dante to acquire seyle points and increment the hit 2 counter by 1 second, 2 seconds, and cxentually 3 seconds. ees? Level 1: 1-second increase Level 2: 2-second increase Level 3: 3-second increase Location: Greed Requires: None Best Equipped: During the Flatterers and Sowers of Discord challenges in Fraud While increasing the amount of time Dante can wait between hits to contiave a combo is helpful for building up the Redemption meter, irs not enough to warrant equipping this rlic during normal battles. If you're focusing heavily on the Redemption meter, equip this relic alongside Antony’ tindrd and Wasted Gold to maximize the Redemption ter Otherwise lint using tis elie wo the Flattrers owrers of Discord challenges in Fraud, or if youre Crown OF CARTHAGE Description: Dante is protected from ranged enemy attack damage by an additional, 10%, 15%, and eventually 20%. Level 1: 10% ranged damage protection Level 2: 15% ranged damage protection Level 3: 20% canged damage protection Requires: Holy Level 5 Best Equipped: When fighting Pests and Fiends Unier most circum: inces, you won't have to worry about the Crown of Carthage relic. It reduces the damage Dante takes from ranged enemy attacks such as the projectile attacks from Pests and Fiends. While some powerful enemies, such as Arch Demons, use ranged attacks, they're almost always easily avoidable by jumping, evading, or simply blocking the attack, Itshould be rare fos a ranged attack to hit, and the fow times this happens, the damage should be minimal. If this is noc the case for you, equip this relic and upgrade it to Level 3 as quickly as possible, then equip it when bateling ests, Fiend, or any other enemies with ranged attacks, DeaTH BLADE Description: Increases the damage of all Scythe attacks and abilities by 10%, and eventually 20%, Level 1: 10% increase Level 2: 15% increase Level 3: 20% inerease Jimbo (Virgil) Jnholy Level 1 Death Blade is one of the first relics you obtain, and its also ione of the bes, It increases the damage of all Seythe artucks and abilities, and hecause you obtain it so carly in the game, to level up to Level 3 in onder to get a full 20 percent increase in Scythe damage, The only time you should not use this relic is if you're trying to level up other relics or if youtre fighting exclusively with magic spells ot Holy Cross attacks and abilities.Demon’s WING Description: Dante's aerial attack damage is increased by 10%, and 20%: Level 1: 10% increase Level 2: 15% inc Tevel 3: 20% increase Location: Greed Requires: Unholy Level 5 Best Equippe vial grab technique “Wing relic inceeases Dante's attack damage When fighting aerial enemies or using the time he's in the air, This is extremely useful if you use the ial grub technique or in battles against Arch Demons and cr airbome enemies, It also works well if you use an aerial iy Blast ro knock enemies back when fighting against crowd. This relic is not useful against Pests and Fiends, suse a single aerial grab easily defeats them. Equip this soften as possible until it reaches Level 3, then equip it aly when battling in the air. EYE OF ALIGHIERO Description: Dante is able to absorb certain amount of damage when, racked. Level ig up this relic rnereases the damage Dante can absorb, Level 1: 3% damage absorbed Level 2: 8% damage absorbed Level 3: 1294 damage absorbed Location: Greed (defeat Ali Requires: Holy Level 3 Best Equipped: Acall times difficulty setting you're playing on determines this relic’s portance, It allows Dante to absorb a specific percentage mage based on the relic’ level, It becomes active as son as Dante takes w hic but has 45-second cooldown ighiero) esoming active. This makes it important during boss sand when playing on the Hellish or Infernal difficulty On Classic and Zealot, enemy damage isn't nearly as gh, making this relie not as use ee ea: er Cog Noy Eyes oF St. Lucia Description: Dante has 2 10%, 15%, andl eventually’ 20% chance to deflect an incoming attack, negating the damage and pushing the enemy away. Level 1: 10% chance Level chance Level 3: 20% chance Location: Limbo Requires: None Best Equipped: Any time a group of enemies attack, especially agile enemies such as the Seductress of Lust “The Fyes of St. Lucia relic should not become a mainstay in Dante's relic lots until it reaches Level 3. When it has 2.20 percent activation rate, it deflects enemy attack at fly regular intervals. Iris especially useful when Dante sb ing attacked bby a lange group of enemies, Ir's even more helpful when agile enemies, such as the Temptress of Lust or Seductress of Lust, ture in the group of attackers. I'they attack while yout focused ‘on another enemy, the relic may activate, deflecting the attack and knocking the enemy back toa safe distance Fiuirro’s RAGE Description: Dante can block previously unblockable demon attacks. Higher levels unlock auro-countering the attacks and increases the damage returned. Level 1: Dante can block previously unblockable Demon attacks Level 2: Dante autocounters the newly blockable attacks Level 3: The damige from the autocounter is increased, Location: Anger Requires: Unholy Level 5 Best Equipped: When fighting demons Filippo's Rage is a useful relic when fighting against demons. ‘All three demons have specific attacks that Dante cannot block without this relic, Before aequiring Pilippols Rage, it is best to evade these arcacks, but with the relic equipped, Dante can simply block the previously unlockable attack. At Level 2, after successfully blocking, an attack, Dante will automatically counter the previously Unblockable attacks, and at Level 3 the damage inflicted by the counter increases. Keep in mind thar this relie does not allow Dante to block the Arch Demon’ freeze projectile attack, It only allows Dante 10 block the glowing sword attacks from each demort eee seat ere merry extremely helpful. However, if youre not hay St eo een aan out ONES eres eee ees asnel MoHFrancesca’s Book [Description Every 50 kills from the scythe, Dante gains 100,150, and eventually 200 Unholy points Level 1: Dante gains 100 Unholy points Level 2: Dante gains 150 Unholy points Level 3: Dante gains 200 Unholy points Location: List Requires: Unholy Level 3 Best Equipped: At all times until Dante reaches Unholy Level 7 Francesea’s Book is extremely useful if you want to get Dante to Unholy Level 7 by the end of the game, without focusing exclusively on Punishing, Howeve, its only effective if you all most enemies with Dante's scythe, Every 50 kills with Dante's seythe grants an Unholy bonus of up t0 200 points, depending on the relic’ level. That's a significant Unholy hoost, even at higher levels when it takes quite 2 bit more Unholy points to level up. Ifyou find that most of your kills, come from Dante's Cross or ifyoure not worried about Dante's Unholy Level, dontt worry about Francesca’ Book. Otherwise, equip it as soon as possible and leave it equipped until Dante reaches Unholy Level 7. FRANCESCO’s FORGIVENESS Description: Dante is protected from all enemy damage by 5%, 104%, and eventually 15%, Level 1: 5% damage protection Level 2: 10% damage protection Level 3: 15% damage protection Location: Violence (defeat Francesco) Requires: None Best ipped: At all times ‘The Francesco's Foegiveness relic is one of the best relics in the game, especially if youre playing on the Hellish or Infernal difficulty setting. As soon as you obtain the relic, equip itand upgrade it to Level 3. At the relic’s maximum level, all enemy damage is reduced by 15 percent. This could Gisily mean the difference between life and death in the Iower Circles of Hell and in most boss battles. Once the relic reaches Level 3, you don't have to have it equipped at ail times, bucif you'e fighting against enemies that deal Significant amounts of damage, such as demons, equip this relic to potentially save Dante from an untimely death, FREDERICK'S RING Description: When Dante is low on. Health thete is 108%, 159%, and eventually 2086 chance fo execute Divine Intervention, which beth stuns: enemies and heals Dante. 0% chance of Divine Intervention Level I Level 2: Level 3: 20% chance of Divine Intervention Location: Wp chanee of Divine Intervention Heresy Require Best Equipped: When Dante has less than 400% health When Dantes Health is below 40 percent, the Frederick's Ring relic has a chance to replenish a portion of Dante's ‘Health and stun enemies in close proximity. This isa use relic, but it can be overshadowed by superior relics, depending ‘on your battle strategies. By the time Dante reaches Holy oly Level 5 Level 5 and can equip this relic, Divine Armor Level 3 and the available. Divine Armor Levels 2 and 3 axe fae superior than the Fredesick’s Ring relic when it comes tw replenishing Dante's Health, Unless youre low on Mana, Divine Armor Level 3 will always replenish a significant amount of Dante’s Health, while the Frederick’ Ring relie has only a 20 percent chance to replace a moderate amount of Health at best. In most cases, by the time Dante reaches Holy such as ‘Cinceo’s Bile relic Level 5, there are damage-reduction relies avnilabl Francesco’ Forgiveness, or Mana regeneration relics, such as Ciaceo’ Bile, Equipping Frederick's Ring will waste a relic slot ‘that could be filled by a mach more beneficial relic, GutbInc FLAME Description: Dante is immune to excrement } attacks such as the Glutton's ranged | * attacks, Level 1: Relic is active. Level 2: N/A Level 3: N/A Location; Anger Requires: Holy Level 5 Best Equipped: When fighting a Glutton “The Guiding Flame relic makes any batle against a Glutton significantly easier, It has only one level, so you do not need to focus on upgrading it Instead, equip it only when a Glutton appears and attack it relentlesly with Dante's Seythe- and Holy attacks. With this relic equipped, Dante does not rake any damage from the Glutton’ vomit projectile Se has absolutly no cect on Dante, meaning you can ‘range and prevene the Glutton from. Be ye “This relic essentialHoarpber’s Purse Description: Increases the time window to execute counterattack hy 30%, 60%, and 100%. Level 1: Counter window inereases by 0.048 secs, Level 2: Counter window increases by 0.096 secs Level 3: Counter window increases by 0.160 secs Location: Greed Requires: Unholy Level 3 Best Equipped: When fighting Marc Antony or Alighiero Dante's Repayment counter window is normally 0.16 zeconds, which means you must block and attack within 0.16 seconds of it hitting Dante to execute a Repayment counter, When the Hoarder’s Purse relic reaches Level 3, it increases, shat window by 100 percent to 0.32 seconds. Unfortunately, she only time Dante's Repayment counter is overly effective «during the Mare Antony (Lust) and Alighiero (Greed) oss battles. Unless youre playing through the game a second se, you wontt have this relic when you battle Mare Antony. » addition, although the counter window has strict timing, *. certainly not overly difficult. Ifyou're having probleras seth the Alighiero boss battle, equip this relic; otherwise, EEsve your limited relic slots ro more important relics. Lorp’s BLESSING Description: Increases the damage of all Cross attacks and abilities by 10%, 15%, and eventually 20% Level 1; 10% increase Level 2: 15% in Level 3: 20% incre Location: Limbo (Virgil) Requires: Holy Level 1 Best Equipped: When attacking with Cross combos and abilities "s Blessing is essentially the Holy version of Death Blade, eases the damage ofall Cross atracks and abilities, and Because you obtain it fairly early in the game, ir’ very easy to et a full 20 percent increase in sexe] up to Level 3in order to {Cross damage. The only time you should not use this relic is if sSoute trying to level up other relics or if you're fighting ex Sealy with magic spells or Scythe attacks and abilities Mepusa’s Cau. iption: Dante's canged attack and increased by 10%, 15%, Anger (Virgil) Holy Level 5 Best Equipped: When using ringed and projectile attacks Medusa’s Call is the only relic that increases all of Dante's ranged and peojectile attack damage. Use this primarily to increase the damage of Holy Blast, Divine Force, Divine “Tempest, and theic various upgrades, 2s well as Sins of the Father. Ifyou frequently use any of these attacks, level this relic up as quickly as possible and use other relics to bolster ‘the damage even further, Use Demon's Wing when attacking: fn the air; use Lord: Blessing to increase the damage of Holy Blast, Divine Force, and Divine Tempest, and use"Tristan’s Desire alangside Sins of the Father. Memory oF ACRE Description: Dante can no longer be inter- rupted while executing Cross atacks he Level 1: Relic is active 3 Level 2: N/A Level 3: N/A ’ Location: Violence Requires: Holy Level 5 Best Equipped: When attacking with Sacred Judgment, Sucred Justice, oz Divine Fosce Memory of Acre is extremely useful when attacking enemies wish Divine Force Level . This is primarily because Level 2 requires Dante to charge the attack, which generally leaves him vulnerable, With the Memory of Acre relic, Dante is protected against almostall attacks while charging Divine Force. It also protects him while using Sacred Judgment, Sacred Justice, and any other Holy Cross attack, but ies most beneficial for Divine Force Level 2. It does not protect Dante ayainst most attacks that would normally stun or knock him to the ground, such as the unblockable demon attacks or freezing. attacks from Fiends and Arch Demons. This relic does not need to be upgraded, so only equip it when using Divine Force or other Holy Cross attacks. Ocravian’s GOLD Description: Grants the ability to preform anf automatic special recovery attack whenever Dante is knocked down: Level 1: Refic is active. Level2: N/A Requires: Holy Level 3 Ven susrounced by enemies in IaV ~ SISVA ~ JOIND SILL ISN@L MOH, “THE 49 SHV ~ HONGRHDIIVM ~ RUVLLSTA ~ QBLOVUVHD ~ SIDVW -| SLL INV SLNIWIAHOY% 3. INFERNO sur ooaconom Octavianls Gold has wry selective uses. With the relic ‘equipped, any time Dante is knocked to the ground, he stands and performs a Holy attack. Unfortunately, the attack has very limited range, meaning it only hits enemies within close proximity to Dante. Normaly this would not be an issue, but when Dante is knocked down, he’s generally knocked away and fo the ground, pushing him away from most of the surrounding cncmics and limiting the effect of the special recovery attacks IE you're having a difficult ime working through the Nine Circles (of Hell, equip this relic during battle. Do not worry about leveling it up, because this relic is one of the few that has only asingle level. Ifyou are not having trouble reaching the lowest Circle of Hell, do not worry about this relic. Race OF FARINATA. Deseriptios broken upon use Level 1: Relic is active. Level 2: N/A. Level 3: N/A Location: Hecesy (Virgil) Requires: None Best Equipped: When breaking Fountains “The Rage of Farina teliallows Dante to break Fountains with a single button press instead of rapidly tapping. On paper, this is a useful relic, especially since you don't ha it. However, in practice its not very practical. Ifyou always keep this relic equipped, it saves only litte time when accessing a Fountain and does not benefit you in any other way. Ifyou equip ‘when you reach a Fountain, the time it aes to access ‘All Fountains are immediately to uparade the System menu, equip the relic, beak the Fountain, access the System menu again, and uneguip the relics roughly the same amount of time it would take to break the Fountain without the relic. Either way, the relic ist overly helpful Rarn oF GLUTTONY Description: Absolutions stun surrounding enemies for 5 seconds, 10 seconds, and eventually 15 seconds after completion Level Level 3: 15-second stun Location: Gluttony Requires: Holy Level 3 Best Equipped: | surrounded « Ran of Glationy recom Vhen Absolving an enemy while in hundy-when fighting 15-second stin you gain when Rain of Gurtony reaches Level *s generally unecessary. Under most chrcumstances, it shoulda take tore than 5 seconds to move from an Absolved ‘enemy to your hext target. Therefore, equip the relic if you're about to Absolve an enemy and yout surrounded by foes. Otherwise, don't worry about equipping or uperading this relic, SALADIN’s MERCY Description: A successful Absolution grants the player 5%, 10%, and eventually 15% mose Health Orbs. Level 1: 5% increase Level 2: 100% increase Level 3: 15% increase Location: Limbo Requires: Holy Level 4 Best Equipped: When Absolving an enemy or damned soul ‘while Dante's Health is low Suladin's Merey isa good emergency backup. It gives Dante additional Health after Absolving an enemy or damned soul However, you cannot use it until Dante reaches Holy Level 4 By that time, you already have access to Divine Armor Level 2, ‘which allows Dante to regain a significant amount of Health without having to Absolve an enemy: Because not all enemies ‘can be Absolved and you may need Health when youre unable to Absolve an enemy, only use this relic as a backup if youte nnat use Divine Armor or do not have ArmorLevel 2. out of Mana andl enough souls to purchase Di SEAL of Epicurus Description: There is a 10%, a 15%, and ‘eventually 1 20% higher chance to perform a critical strike on any attack. Damage from the attack increases by 15%, and enemies are knocked! down when a critical strike is landed Level 1: 10% higher chance Level 2: 15% higher chance Level 3: 20% higher chance Location: Heresy Requires: Unholy Level 1 Best Equipped: When battling against a large group ‘The Seal of Epicurus is 2 unique relic that increases the chance for Dante to land a critical strike, Generally critical strikes are few and far between and often go unnoticed when they land, However, with the Seal of Epicurus critical strikes land far more often, and when they lard, they fick more damage and knock enemies down. Under mort siteum> Seances, there are better relihandy, because ifa critical strike lands, i will probably Seger an attack that hits multiple enemies, knocking them all to the ground and giving you more room to maheuver Snor or Nessus Description: All of Dante’ light Scythe facks can no longer be evaded by enemies. evel 1: Relic is oc Level 2: N/A Level 3: N/A ecation: Violence Requires: Unholy Level 5 Best Equipped: Against highly evasive enemies ‘The Shoe of Nessus relic prevents enemies from evading. Dante’ light Scythe attacks. This is extremely useful against cs that evade many of Dante’ attacks, such as the Seductress of Lust. With this relic equipped, as long as you. ick to light Scythe attacks, these agile enemies will be Srced to take all of Dante's light Scythe attacks or block if Sey have the ability to do so. This gives you a great offensive ffion if you don't have Sacred Justice oF another way to deal sth agile enemies, and because it cannot be upgraded, you aly need to equip it when fighting these specific foes, Tait or Minos Description: Punishing enemies and the damned grants an additional 10%, 20%, and 30% Unholy boost, Level 1: 10% boost Level: 20% boost Level 3: 30% boost Location: Limbo (defeat King Minos) Requires: Unholy Level 3 ‘Best Equipped: When Punishing the damned or any Dac Tail of Minos relic is essentially the Unholy version of ‘GBazon's Out Ie should be used whenever you're Punishing = cnemics or damned souls. Change one relic slot to the Tai of Minos, pass judgment, then switch right ‘onal Unholy boost received from the Tail of Minos ‘23s up over the course of the game and allows Dante 0 Sach Unholy Level 6 and 7 without focusing exclusively on ishing everything. TRrIsTAN’s DESIRE Deseription: Increases the damage of all mage attacks by'10%, 15%, and eventually 20%. Level 1: 10% increase Level 2: 15% increase Level 3: 20% increase Location: Lust (Virgil) Requires: None Best Equipped: When using any offensive magic spells ‘Tristan's Desire isa useful relic if you regularly use Righteous: Path, Sins of the Father, Lust Storm, or Martyrdom against ‘normal eriemics or bosses. The 20 pereent damage increase when this relic reaches Level 3 is substantial, especially sugiinst norinal enemies such as demons or a Ghutton. However, if your primary magic use comes from Divine Armor, the increase in damage is not significant enough to justify leveling up this relic, The same can be said for Suicide Fruit, beeause it does not inflict damage to enemies, Waste GOLD Description: Every successful attack increases the boost fill rate by 10%, 20%, and 30%, Level 1: 10%6 increase Level 2: 20% increase Level : 30% increase Location: Greed Requires: None Best Equipped: In conjunction with the Antony's Standard relic, just hefore and during boss battles There's no qu specially during boss battles. Som ability for boss battles, and others use it as soon as possible. ‘This relic is gener: but when facing off against difficult enemies in the lower cles of Hell, it ean save Dante from an untimely death. emption regularly, level this relic to its stion that Dante’s Redemption ability is useful, cc the Redemption lly the most valuable during boss battles, “TH 40 SLY ~ HONBILINTYM = RIVLLSHE ~ QULOVaYH ~ IOV aonnf SIUMIRY ~ SISA ~ 1419 SIHLSNOL MOH ‘maximum and equip it any time the Redemption meter is rot fll. you use it only against bosses, equip this relic a few enemy encounters before the boss hattle and leave ie equipped during the battle to allow Dante to build and use Redemption as much as possible during the fight. Any time you use this tele, i's helpful to equip the Antomy’s Standard relic as well, because they have a similar effect on, the Redemption metce, you rarely use Redemption, do not bother equipping this relic SHIRIOUL ONY SLNIMTATIHOYwaite > “INPERNO ». see), MAGIC Macic Levet Every magic spell has three levels, with the spells becoming more powerful with each subsequent level. Some spells gain. increased range, while others give Dante entirely new abilities when upgraded to higher levels. You obtain spells through a variety of ways, but all spells are upgraded in the Abilities section of the System menu, ABILITY LEVEL ante’s Holy and Unholy ability level determines which spells you and which spells upgrade to Level 20° 3. Divine Armor, Martyrdom, and Righteous Path are Holy spells, while Lust Storm, Sins of the Father, and Suicide Fruit are Unholy spells. Punish and Absolve enemies to raise Dante's Holy and Unholy level and upgrade each magic spell. SpeLt Cost-EFFECTIVENESS Upgrading, and in some cases, unlocking, magic spells costs souls. Early in the game, souls are much harder to come by, es of Hell and but as you progress through the Nine C collect silver Judas coins, it becomes easier and easier to gather large amounts of souls. The number of souls and the Holy or Unholy level required to unlock ar upgrade some spells are more cost-effective than others Ifunlocking or upgrading a spel is cost-effective, it means that the number of souls required to unlock or upgrade the spell is worth it at the Holy or Unholy level the spell or upgrade becomes available. Ifit is not cost-effective, it means that it's usually a waste of souls to unlock or upgrade the spel Mana Cosr Dante's Mana bar is a coe ee MP). Each magic spel Be a neta - measured in MP. Some =e a 300 _| spells consume more MP ‘ 3 350] as chey aré- upgraded. You 4 00) saa ere Dasa BASICS bar four times by purchasing the Wisdom of Horace and, Wisdom of Lucan Unholy abilities, and dhe Wisdom of Camilla and Wisdom of Galen Holy abilities. Each upgrade inereases the total MP in Dante's Mana bax. PRioRITY Every spell or upgrade h: ‘This priority determines how important the spell or upgrade a priority of high, medium, or low. to Dante successfully traversing the Nine Circles of Hell. A high priority means that the spell or upgrade is very helpful and should be acquired or unlocked as soon as possible, A medium priority means ther the spell or upgrade is usefil but that you can get by without it if you do not have the souls necessary to usilock or upgrade it. A low priority means that nly ifyou havea you should purchase the spell or upgrade considerable ampunt of souls and nothing else of significance to purchase. Ostar ING Macic SPELLS ‘You must initially purchase Divine Armor and Mactyrdom fiom the Systems menu (Abilities section). All other magic spells ure initially gained by progressing through the game ere Purchase with souls after achioving Holy Divine Armor ae Purchase wich souls after achieving Holy Level 4 Defeat Mare Antomy at the end of Lint Maryrdom Lust Stain ‘Speak with Virgil the first time, just before the initial fight against the Beast Tamer Defeat Alighiero atthe end of Greed Progress through Violence a cinematic featuring Bel Righteous Path Sins of the Father Sl you eer Suicide Fruit 1. Dante's matherDivine ARMOR ine Armor is by far Dante's best magic spell te immune to enemy attacks, but Level 2is the s fi Any time Dante is in danger, this magi -s not matter who Dante is fighting ay: icks useless, which allows Dante to iy without fear of a counterattack while the spell is active. Use this m: generates Health any time Dante is at 50 peree kes his way to the next horde of enemies. Sea Soul Cost a MAGIC generate Health and to at Acalldhree levels, it makes spor, because At Level 3, Dantes Health regenerates even faster, stacks will knock him to the ground. pell immediately saves the day: Tr ist; Divine Armor makes their ack relent- Health or less, or after a battle, as Dante The Ciacco’s Bile relic works very well in conjunction with Divine Armor, because it slowly regenerates Dante’ Mana. coe ly blinds surrounding enemies and provides : Rees eee Hige om 18 10 Dante fora short period of ime 2 4000 [Holy Level4[ 75 High Yes | Regenerates Dante's Health while active a Fp ee tes | eeelonay Yeo | Regenctes more ot Dane Hea whe ave and rakes him resistant MartTyRDOM =M, dom was a ble at a low J, ix would be well worth it to nage all surrounding enemies. However, because itis not accessible until te reaches Holy Level 4, it loses much of its significance. The Level 1 ession pe s fairly cost-effective, because you should have a few sins I berter nage it inflirs isnt overwheluir se Dante's Scythe attacks or to use Sacred Judgment ai Unfortunately, there's no real justfic enor is accessible at Holy Leve smune to enerty attacks for a short time, al while using less eas srdom becomes av Soul Cost at do not use as much Mans or force you to sacrifice Health. The cs, Unless you upgrade Martyrdom to Level 3, its almos nto upgrade Mi lable, Divine Armo Enos ives th Holy Level 4. Despite this fact, there ares Cost compared to many of Dante's other always better ed Justice dom to Level 3 or © 1 3 and can be upgraded to Level 2 when Dante reaches Holy Level 4, the same level at Level 2 regenerates Dante ‘Mana than Martyrdom. Any of Dante's basic Scythe attacks can cout surrounding enemies, which, when coupled with Divine Armor, makes Martyrdom fairy ob Whtenecounn nnn oe ’s Health instead of depleting it, in comparison eed Dante sacrifices Health and Mana to deal a heavy 2 2b Hee heres noun of damage to ay sueroundng enernies z 4000 | Holy Laval] 2000 [Lew No [Tnflics more damage to surrounding enemies 5 eerie lane es | aco le No [fies mer damage to surounding enemies and has an increased range of destruction Pe yix1- Sade. NV SINIWIAIIHDY ~ THHJ@ S11V9~ HONOMLDNVM, ssn@1 MoH soysya ~ yan soviy ~ STUNTIY Ey = RIVUSII~ QULOVEVHODANE > INPERN@ woreros conan Lust STORM Last Storm protects Dante from a wide range of attacks and is very similar to Divine Armor, except that Dante does not regain Health and it's an Unholy ability. Obtain Level 1 by defeating Marc Antony at the end of Lust; this way you dont have to spend hard another story, because at Unholy Levels 2 and 3, the amount of souls needed sarned souls to unlock it. Upgrading is to upgrade Lust Storm is hefty. Souls are harder to collect at lower levels, and there are other, more important ables that you should unlocks While at first glance Lust Storm does not seem to consume much Mana, the listed Mana cost is only forthe intial use ofthe spell. As long. as the spell is cetive, Mana is being consumed at a fairly considerable tate, In addition, the amount of damage Lust Storm inflicts is negligible, even at Level 3. While the Level 3 ability to blocl ranged attacks is nice to have so early in the game, Dante c block most ranged attacks at this point without needing Lust Storm. It does comes in handy Ister in the game, if you are not skilled at evading or blocking in a timely manner, but only upgrade Lust Storm if you have plenty of souls to spare Pato r sce ny tanta Re ee eee ees eens Dante surrounds himself with 3 storm of dark energy d es Ne a NaS N/A | that deals damage to enemies 2 Brolga 2 Lom ore damage to enemies 2 Beet litre 25 Low No Ioflicts more damage to enemies z soo | Oakey a pet ae Tose ange, and blocs ange ack ro RIGHTEOUS PaTH Rightcous Path is a very good offensive the animation of the spell, and inflicts a moderate amount of damage in the of icy shards left behind Righteous Path, will take damage from the spell Obtain this spell after speaking with Virgil for the fi e. It requires no. but the Mana cost to use the spell is gc spell that knocks most little high so early until additional soul ec n the game. With no way to later in the game, you'l only be able to use it a handful of times before Dante is out of Mana, setting out of trouble quickly, Ir also works well against Despite its slight downsides, Righteous Path is a very good spell fo le Dante has Mana to use it. Upgrading it to Level 2 or 3 is an unnecessary soul cost carly bosses w in the lower Circles of Hell, when souls are e ing Righteous Path to Level 2 or 3 in the game, Howe is helpful against some of the more powerful greater enemies; RIGHTEOUS PATH DETAILS Re moe Keren cei ‘Dante performs a dash attack and leaves a tall of ley shards in his wake 1 NAA NA 0 NA NIA 2 2,500 [HolyLevli[ 45 | Medium No Inflices more dama nies i 5,000 [Holy Level] 50 Low No Tnilicrs more damage to enemiesSINS OF THE FATHER < of the Father isa great projectile attack that serves as a secondary attack Dante, When fighting against a plethora of enemies, throw Sins of the + at ome or two to keep them busy, then focus your attack on another hhis works esy Fionds, Holy B ving a second projectile attack comes in handy. cially well against multiple fying enemies such as Pests st is not always enough to deal with enemies in the air or 4 do not have to spend souls to acquire Sins of the Fathers, and the Level grade only incre ses its range, which is unnecessary in most cases. If an ny is too far away for a Level 1 Sins of the Father to reach, either the emy is not an imm ount of souls available late in the game, upgrade Sins of the Fath ce cross pendants instead of one, The additional damage is useful, but it ediate threat, or your Holy Blast is enough to dispatch er to Level 3 to gain the increased dam ' hard to justify the cost of upgrading all ¢ foe from this greater distance. If you have SINS OF THE FATHER DE’ ee ier mRea cuted See eae UU eLs TAILS cece ' NIA NA 5 nya [Amasicnendan proves Dan nd arcs any 2 2,504 pet 50 Jove 0 favels an increased distan 2a. | Pate Li Ne 1 distance Unholy : 3 5.00 ly 65 ow ° Projects three blades at once instead of one OS ae 6 L N P chree blad c Suicie Frurr Dante does not acquire the Suicide Fruit spell until relatively late in the eme. While you must use it to solve certain puzzles in Violence, it d much use beyond this, The fruit stuns almost all enemies for a short sod, and upgradi rows the instead of dropping it it expands the area of effect, but Dante is feet, which drastically li mits this spell’ fulness, You must learn the maximum rarige of Dante’ throw when he he Suicide Fruit, re surrounded by a grot use it at that range for best results. This makes it Feult when you ap of enemies, because you must hen throw n enemy with the spell or move away to its maximum ra the group of foes, creasing the area of effect helps woly Level 6 and 7 to upgrade the spell. Unless you focus heavily on Us ne. There aze fir too many extremely useful Holy abilities to focu NA oly; you will not reach Level 6 until Dante shins the roti unning newby enetnies Tree into th 9 increase the spel’ usefulness, and its low Mana cost is appealing, but you must reach nthe enough on Unholy to achieve Level 6 moderately early in Low Increased area of destruction 5,000 Low Increased area of destruction gee a oy 7 BYUG = SAIGOWL ONY SLNIWIATIOY ~ 7 )- somay ~ sauitay ~ soisya ~ 3un9 sIHLasn@L MoH, s 3 Rg a z tt A 3CHARACTERS ‘Throughout the journey in Hell, you will come actoss an assortment of historical and mythological figures. Some are widely known while others may scem more obscure. Each charaeter has a rich history that will help you understand the methods MAIN CHARACTERS ‘behind their madness. Dante ALIGHIERI BEATRICE Before descending into the realm of the infemal, Dante was betrothed to his true love, Beatrice. However, before the two could wed, Dante swas called upon to n Crusades, Before he let Crusades, Beatrice agreed to give herself to Dante out of wedlock ‘ only if he swore upon her cross to he faithful. Dante agreed, and the two shared one last night together. Before leaving the next day, Beatrice gave Dante her cross as a parting gift. While Dante was in the Crusades, a bishop gave Dante and solution for any sins they his fellow crusaders preemptive may commit. With the bishop’s blessing, Dante proceeded to commit unforgivable acts in the name of God. When his mmission was over, Dante returned home and found that his father and Beatrice had been slain, Beatrice’s soul appeared ken down into the before Dante, but only to be swiftly: depths of Hell. Without pause, Dante chased after her into the dark abyss. VirGIL Considered to be one of Rome's greatest poets, Virgil exists within Limbo, Like other poets and philos- ophers who died before the Resur- rection, Virgil was never baptized or igivera chance to accept his savior. However, upon Beatrice’s behalf, Virgil left Limho to act as Dantes guide and support through Hell, With Virgil's hielp, Dante may find his path through the darkness. In life, Beatrice was pore and vyirruous, Her lone sin was that she {gave herself to Dante before wedlock, but she did so only because Dante 4 swore on her cross to be faithful. In death, Beatrice is in the hands of another. She has been taken into the farthest depths of Hell, where she waits for her true love to return. FRANCESCO Francesco is the younger brother of Beatrice and loyal friend of Dante. He joined Dante on the however, differed greatly from Dante's. Dusing his time in the Crusades, Francesco was the nobler and more virtuous of the two, He was a good man who only joined the Crusades in hopes of reclaiming th city of Jerusalem, Before Francesco and Dante | Beatrice a ced Dante to loak over her beloved brother,ALIGHIERO. Alighiero was Dante’ father, who ced with him and Beatrice at fhe Dante Manor in Florence. While Dante was in the Crusades, Alighiero stayed at the Dante Manor to watch over Beatrice. When Dante returned, however found thar both his father and Beatrice had been murdered. BELLA Bella was Alighiero's wife and Dante's ‘mother. She died when Dante was 2 ‘young boy. Alighiero told Dante that Bella's heart grew weak due to a fever that never got etter. The fever overtook Balla and she passed away: Dante never truly knew his mother but holds her in his heart forever ——— SECOND. RY CHARACTERS —— Dratu De his an impartial being who s for every soul. He comes collect Dante's soul during his Death xumney home, At his si aries a scythe, which he arvest the souls ofthe living CHARON Charon is a cursed ferryman who has been ‘Sven the task of transporting the damned across the river Acheron and into Limbo, Der time, Charon has become one with his sry; the only thing lefr of his body is his sraated at the bow of the ship. CLEOPATRA Creoputra was the Pharaoh of Egypt ering the time of Gains Julis Caesar Parsar Augustus. After Mare cony left Rome, ina dispute with Dezavian, he joined up with Cleopate they bad 3 children together. After wad Cleopatra were pursued a defeated by Octavian they committed suicide, allegedly by ns ofan Asp bite. In most accounts Cleopatra was said to be eit beauty and seductress to some of the most powerful men Ter time, Dante finds Cleopatra in the second cirle, Lust Fao el de yas member of dhe ond Trusivzste, When the Second and Civil War Eventually Antony was attacked by Octavian and, on the verge of deta, klled himself: When he committed suicide, he thought Cleopatra had already done the actually still alive. Cleopatra committed suicide two weeks later. RSERBERUS 5. pean Cerberus isthe guardian of Gluttony. He was once a human being and now is the giant, completely deformed and disgusting torturer of the Gluttons, He takes the souls around him, and sm out of his mouths to attack Dante. Dante must find a way to feed Cerberus something that will kill him. PHLEGYAS Dante first encounters Phlegyas at th base of the river Styx, but Phk completely under the water so Dante only After Dante rides his head across the river Phlegyas emerges from the water and begins attacking both Dante and other ‘enemies. Eventually Dante tames him using the Scythe and is able wo control him. Dante uses his control of Phlegyas to gain access to the city of Dis and the circle of Heresy. Kinc Minos Situated within a grand courtroom at 1g Minos sits and Judges the souls ofthe damned. With his final judgment, the souls are sentenced to their rightful place in Hell. Though blind, King Minos is able to grab souls ‘with his tentacles and read their sins with ume, but she was spits sees the top vf his head, which looks like araft that can take him across the river. the end of Limbo, his remaining senses. After giving soul, King Minos GY ~ SOISV ~ IGIND SIHLISNELMEH B) o1OvW ~ somnat ~ Sil HOY ~TI3H Jo SLIVD ~ HONOUHLDNTM ~ Raviisia -|WAN EES “INFERNO oan LuciFer LLaicités was once a holy angel residing in Paradise with God. He was the highest angel among God's order and became arrogant in bis beauty and status. When God ereated man, Lucifer was ordered towatch over Earth. He saw the love that God had Attila is a most feared enemy and emperor of the Huns. He is trapped in Violence with others who desired that their souls be drenched in the blood of man, His bloodlust and cruelty were so great that he was called the Scourge of the Earth. After Boudica was flogged and her children raped, the vengeful queen of the Iceni Tribe tried to set fire to the city af Rome in a blondy revolt. Now she suffers the eternal fire of Anger THE DAMNED for man and grew jealous. Lucifer decided he did not want to serve his Lord anymore; be instead sought more power s0 that he could sit on a throne above God. Lucites, with several other angel followers, started a war in Heaven against God and the other angels. Lucifer was defeated in his war on Heaven and, along with the angels who followed ins, was cast out of Heaven and down toward Hell Iucifer now waits for Dance within the innermost ring of Hell Ciacco Anonymous citizen of Florence, Ciacco spent his life gorging his appetites and now spends the muddy depths of the third Circle of Hell CLopIA A soul filled with grime and smut, Clodia is a notorious gambler, seducer, | and drunkard of Rome. She left a repulsive trail of ror in her wake bo Brunetto LATINI Count UGOLINO s e8m Brunetto Larini is an Italian SENET, Count Ugolino was an Tralian il ©) philosopher and scholar who resides ©) nobleman and politician whose life = Fin the Circle of Violence. His F svas sewn together only by the fibers addiction to sodomy has been a sinful of treachery. Always pitting ene man 2 pleasure that has drug him down to 4 pe eines another as blood spilled, he # the depths of Hell. : thought of no other than himselt oa cram p’ CAVALCANTI ELECTRA sew — Argive princess who killed her mothe Cavalcante dé Cavalean is . | ee aceie eennene merchant banker who was denounced é 4 She serves her punishment, which is a heretic for his atheist beliefs, He resides with the other heretics among. the fiery tombs, to finally know about the wrath of the God of which she was ignorant while she was alive.Emperor Freperick II mm, The King of Romans with a never- ¢) ending thirst for war, Emperor Je = Frederick 11's soul dwells in the Circle ©) of Heresy. Because he was constantly ar war with the Pope, they called him “the Hammer af Christianity” ‘Onetime wife of Mare Antony; Fulvia ‘was possessed by an unbearable greed, Called the greediest woman in all of Rome, she pursued any opportunity to seize power by exploiting her high- profile husbands, ieee Gessius FLoRus aristocrat and military lender who belicved that the soul dies with the body, denying Tife after death. Condemned asa heretic for those beliefs, his body was BR exhumed and burned, Nyse! Finippo ARGENTI sem A wrathful politician with a violent temper, Filippo Argenti is now among those who are being swallowed by the b river Styx, He shod his steeds in silver and wrapped his heart with vengeful thoughts, ‘Roman procurator of Judea, Gessius Florus was infamous for his public greed, splitting and paring innocent men for his owa personal gain. ee Guino GuERRA e — )) Wise warrior and leader ofthe 7 Guelphs, Guido Guerra enveloped himself in the blood of men and the “é » pleasure of sodomy: haem Traitor to not only his eountey but to his family as well, Alberigo committed the darkest of treacherous murdering his own son for the sake of revenge. cts, Queen of Troy, Hecuba watched as hr city fell in battle. Her hapless, wretched soul Hell, besieged by the condemned who flog her at every turn sin the darkness of Love was her undoing, for her old and deformed husband's © younger brother Paolo. When Francesca’s husband discovered their adultery, he had the young lovers killed King Arthur’ illegitimate son, Mordred betrayed his sword in battle against him. ther by raising Sifts) - S10 ~ sora - saumTiay ~ soisva ~ JaIn9 STHLasN@L MoH e a 3 4 5 } g 3 aDaughter of the King of Assytis, ‘Myrsha lies in the deepest Circle, Fraud, with only her insanity left, She isa disgusting mockery of one who disguised herself to seduce her own father. Greck poet and musician, Oxpheus failed to deliver his beloved from. the underworld. Denounced for attempting to impede the fulfillment of God’s will, he suffers in the dark abyss of woe. ‘The object of Francesea's affection, Paolo Malatesta was killed by her sie. He, too, must yearn for his beloved at arm’ length, surrounded by feverous winds of Lust. Semiramis was an Assyrian queen ‘whose carnal cravings knew no bounds, So consumed by crude and bodily pleasures was she that even the most unspeakable acts of lust such as incest were made law under her rule. Tnsouciant with those around her, the vestal virgin of Rome opened the city sgutes to allow the Sabines to artack Rome in exchange for gold. The Sabines instead Killed her. ‘A once undeniable beauty, Thais the Harlot is now stricken and broke. She frolicked in the joy of watching many. ‘men kill one another over the chance to embrace her body and desires. Chancellor to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, Pietro della Vigna was failed to defend the honor of his master. Imprisoned and ruined, he took his own life Pontius PiLar Judge at the tral of Jesus, Pontins Pilate deceived the Phatisees into allowing Jesus to dic. His cowardice weight of all in Limbo, contributed to the suffering of one for the sins of many, and now he bears the ‘The blind prophet of Thebes, Tiresias is now in the Circle of Fraud. He changed himself from a.man to a woman, indulging in the pleasutes of both.AERIAL GRAB STRATEGY Against many greater enemies, especially Guardian and Throne Demons, Dante’ aerial grab strategy is an extremely al technique. Jump into the air directly above the enemy sed press A (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360), If the aerial k connects, it bounces the enemy into the air. Press @2 ation 3) ar @® (Xbox 360) to grab the enemy while airborne, and bounce them to the ground again, Use this Scess of aerial attack followed by aerial grab until you can sess judgment or until the enemy is dead. teclique keeps Dante in the air, out of reach of most x enemies, and he is immune to almost all attacks ring the aerial grab animation. It may take a little longer © defeat an enemy; butit’s one of the safest ways to fight ore powerful opponents, Ie works best against demons Secsuie of theie size, but it also works against smaller greater semis and even lesser enemies, although the timing is more cul. Hir Points Dante’ life is measured by his Health bar, bur an enemy's # is meusured by their number of hit points, Most enemies Snot have a visible indicator that shows how many hit Seints they have semaining, but after a short time you can senine how difficult each enemy is by comparing their hit 15 ta the hit points of other enemies, Lesser enemies that see easy to defeat such a8 minions, have far fewer hit points San most greater enemies, such as demons. Enemy STRENGTHS Groups: Attacks in small or large groups Minions: Summons other enemies to assist Evasive: Has the ability to evade Dante's attacks Explosive: Explodes upon being Killed unless judged Suicide: Evplodes when close to Dante Unblockable attack: Uses attacks that Dante cannot block, “Parry: Parrics Dante's attacks Blocks Dante's attacks niet: Counters Dante's attacks BESTIARY BASICS Long-range: Lures Dante in from a distance Whirlwind attack: A highly defensive spinning attack Cross Immunity: Makes all surrounding enemies isnmune te Holy Cross attacks Seythe Immunity: Immune to scythe attacks General Immunity Plight: Has che ability to fly Freezes: Uses an attack that freezes Dante for a short period Immune to all attacks of time Resistant: Highly resistant to all attacks Enemy WEAKNESS Light Attacks: Weak to Dante's Light Seythe attacks Heavy Attucks: Weak to Dantes Heavy Seythe attacks Magic attacks: Weak to Dante's offensive magic attacks Cross attacks: Weak to Dante's Holy Holy Blast: Weak to Dante’ Holy Blast attack Acrial Holy Blast: Weak to a single, Aerial Holy Blast attack Sacred: Weak to Dante's Sacred Judgment and Sacred Justice attacks Divine Force: Weak to Dante's Divine Force attack Righteous Path: Weak to Dante's Righteous Path attack ‘Counters: Wes to Dante's counter ability Grabs: Weak to Dante’s grab. Aerial geabs: Weak to Dante's aerial p the aerial grab strategy. JUDGMENT PossIBLE Dante passes judgment on most enemies in order to gain access to new Holy and Unholy abilities. However, not all enemies can be Punished or Absolved. Tris statistic indicates whether or not each enemy can be judged by Dante. Against Cross artacks ab or repeated use of lesser enemies that Dante can judge, it is only necessaty to grab them before passing judgment. Greater enemies that can be judged must be low on health (hit points) before judgment can be passed. A Finisher indicator appears over a greater «enemy's head sehen they have been weakened enough to pass judgment on them, SHB VUVHD ~ SIV ~ Sor7FM ~ S3LLITIBY ~ SOISya ~ JaIND SIAL ISNeL MOHsploding (Gross Attach, Holy Bast Gon Vision Explosive Light Avacks, Grabs Greed Minion Evaive Teeny Avocks, Sorel, Grids Hall Mision Groups Tighe Arak, Grabs Undead Minoo Gooups Tight Aras, Grabs Tenpeen of Last SD Brasve, Commer Tight Atacks Aesial Gabe Het 7.000 | Gross Tmmuning Evasive Projectile Anack Magic Avacks, Aerial Grabs Passa 1200 yas, Counts Projectile Ati Magis Aracks, Asia Grabs Unbapezed Child 250, Groups Light Areacks, Grabs Fiend 200___ | Flight Pejeatile Ame, Unblodable Anack ial Gab, Holy Bhat Pa 200 Flight, Projectile attack ‘Act Grabs, loly Blast. Counters noon So [eee Maeas Guardian Demon 1,000 Cnblockable Atel Pay Cross Atal, Holy Bhs, Sacred, Avil Guabe Theos Demon | avo | | UHERHE Aunts Beck Pay Pepe Sac Acta Gale Harder Waster 1.200 Whirlwind Amick Se ee enema es Darna Cain 00 She mary, Blok Pay Gros Atachs, Holy Bast Danna Crsader [650 Groups, Block, Pary Hey Atak Firo Minion mo Sept Immunity Gross Anaels, Hoy Bint Malacoda 2500 Sapte Immunity Cross Aric, Holy Blast Fire Guardian 00 General Inui Cross Arash, Holy Blast, Sate Asceian/Beast Tames [4000 Resistant, Unblocable Avs NA luton 3000 Resiay Pojetle Aric Gongee Waren 108 Unblokabie Arask LEssER ENEMIES Lesser enemies are relatively weak, and you can usually grab them and then cither throw, Punish, or Absolve them. While some are more evasive than others, basic Scythe and Holy Cross attacks are enough to take them out with case. They usually attack in groups alongside a greater enemy or boss Exploding Minion Exploding Minions ean be vety dangerous, npetilly when 00 they attack in groups. If they get close to Dante, they ignite lode soon after. Use Holy Cross projectile attacks ance, or grab one and throw it nr throw an Exploding Minion, it explodes on impact and inflits Hit Points: Strength Weaknesses: Cross atta Buse Judgment Possible: No and © suicide 4 to defeat them from a d into a group to take chem out in one shot. When Holy Significant damage to any enemies in dhe surrounding area. “The fall impact ofa single explosion can take outmost sil bodies ar unable co comin the infleible_yreter enemies such as Glutton or Throne Destin ide them. "Their es burns sthot, itGluttony Minion Hit Points: 475 Strengths: Explosive Weaknesses: Light Attacks, Sacred, Grubs Judgment Possible: Yes First Seen: Gluttony Info: Full of muck and filth, these bloated miscreants leave a mess of nauseating waste in’ their wake futtony Minions have more hit points than most other ions, asile from Greed Minions, bur they do not have Se evasive abilities of the Greed Minions. Instead, they plode if you defeat them using normal attacks, To avoid explosion, take them out with Sacred Judgment or Sacred adgment on them. Greed Minion sstice, or pa Hit Points: Strengths: Evasive Weaknesses: Heavy Attacks, Sacred, Grabs Jodgment Possible: Yes First Seen: Greed Info: Possessed by an insufferable greed, these creatures blindly pursue anything that glitters with a Kind of ferocity ‘unmatched by theic aecursed brethren sced Minions are the most powerful minions found in Hell, carry swords and will attempt to evade many of Dante's tacks. Use wide-radius attacks to prevent them from Seading. Sacred Judgment and Sacred Justice also work well, suse they draw them toward Dante, then knock them into Hell Minion Hic Points: 200 ‘Weaknesses: Light Attacks, Sacred, Grabs Fedgment Possible: Yes Fisst Seen: Limbo Sef: Within Hill, these soldiers pursue fight with the sclentlessness of a starving hound. They are governed by she Ruling Class of Hell, Eel Minions are the weakest Of the:minion enemies and a small gioups. Take them out quickly with Dante's level Seythe combos or few rounds of Sacred sment and Sucred Justice, Undead Minion Hit Points: 350 Fz Strengths: Groups Weaknesses: Light Attacks, Sacred, Grabs Judgmenc Possible: Yes First Seen: Surface Info: Once living humans, these wretched souls now reside in the depths of Hell. A great power has commanded) them to leave the abyss for the Earth’s surfice Only Hell Minions are weaker than Undead Minions. They attack in «mall groups but are easily defeated by Dante's hasie Scythe combos, Sacred Judgment, and Sacred Justice or by passing judgment on them. Seductress of Lust ‘Hit Points: 1,000 Strengths: Evasive, Long-Range, Counter Weaknesses: Light Atacks, , Righteous Path, Aerial Holy Blast, Arial Grabs Judgment Possible: No First Seen: Lust Info: Despite their pale and putrid visage, these wanton sable of rousing the mast carnal of passions Only the truly chaste are able to resist wretches are in their vietim their allure, The Seductress of Lust is stronger than the Temptress of Last in several ways: Tt has more hit points, which makes it more difficult to kill it evades Dante's attacks more often than the Temptress; and it can luse Dante to it with long-range attack, which stuns Dante temporarily: Ifa Seductress is left alone, it will attempt to use the long-range lure attack, Evade it to avoid the stun. Ifit hits Dante, press © (PhyStation 3) or @ (Xbox 360) rapidly to escape the stun before the Seductress or any other surrounding enemies can, take advantage of the situation. Any of Dante's light Scythe artacks in conjunction with the Shoe of Nessus relic work well to ensure the Sed does not evacle Dante's attacks; however, if you do not have the Shoe of Nessus and you'te having problems with this foe's evasive abilities, use a single aerial Holy Blast 10 keep it at bay. Ifyou have Mana available, Righteous Path also works very well against the Seductress, Its counter attack is extremely hard to avoid but will execute only ifthe = Seductress evades Dante’ attack first. The Shoe of Nessus. prevents this from happening when using Dante's . cares‘This enemy's high amount of hit points means it will take a little longer to defeat it compared to most other lesser ‘enemies, but it generally attacks in small groups of one ot to, which makes things easier Grabs also work against the Seducteess, but you cannot pass judgment on it, and grabs do not inflict significant damage Temptress of Lust Hi Points: 650 Strengths: Evasive, Counter Weaknesses: Light Attacks, Aerial Grabs Judgment Possible: No First Seen: Lust Info: The feverish winds of the second circle have maddened and disfigured these creatures. Thei ‘ousness has become an insatiable desire, one only pacified by feasting on the blood of fornieators. “Temptresses of Lust are stronger and more evasive than minions. You cannot pass judgment on them, and they will, counterattack after evading Dante’s Scythe attacks. They ascivi- appear fairly early in the game, but if you have the Shoe of Nessus relic, use light Seythe attacks to keep Tempt- esses of Lust from evading and prevent them from using counterattacks, Ifyou do not have the Shoe of Nessus, use Holy Cross attacks from a distance, A single aerial Holy Blast works well to keep the Temptress at bay. They have a long-range attack that they use when Dante is at a distance, ‘but as long as you stay on the move or bombard them with aerial Holy Cross attacks, this attack is not a concern Heretic Hit Points: 1,000 Strengths: Cross Immunity, Evasive, Projectile Attack Weaknesses: Magic Attacks, ‘Aerial Grabs Judgment Possible: No First Seen: Heresy Info: In life they were the Worst of hereties, pagans who sometimes practiced the ark arts, Within Hell they have been utilized by the Ruling Class as guardians and protectors of Hell Horeties have the ability to cxeate an anti-Holy barrier ‘ssound themselves and any enemies attacking alongside them. As long as the Heretic is alive, you cannot inflict mage with Holy Cross teach, Heretics sxrely fight alone, 14 group of enemics, there's generally only one Hereti. ist to remove the anti-Hily bgotien then Ee ; Ae A While Holy Cross attacks do not work on Heretics, magic and Scythe atracks work well against them, Righteous Path keeps them on the ground and inflicts moderate damage. Divine Force also gives Dante temporary immunity 10 th attacks so he can pummel them with Seythe attacks. Use the Shoe of Nessus relic along with light Seythe attacks to keep the Hlereties ar bay, but if you're having trouble combating, them, wie an aecal grab to finish chem off with ease Pagan ive, Counter, Projectile Attack Weaknesses: Magic Attacks, Aerial Grabs Judgment Possible: No First Se Heresy Info: These priests once practiced the forbidden dark arts. They have been granted the powers they desperately sought in life and are forced into Hell's service, acting as keepers of the flaming tombs. Pagans are very similar to Heretics except that they are not immune to Holy Cross attacks and cannot make other enemies immune. They are somewhat more evasive than Hercrics, but any wide-range Scythe attack counters most of their evasive abilities. The Shoe of Nessus relic and light ythe attacks also work well against Pagans, They are susceptible to Righteous Path or any other offensive magic spell, but if you do not have Mana, Sacted Judgment and Sacred Justice work just as well, long, with an aerial grab. Watch out for the Pagan’s damaging projectile attacks. In addition, if Pagan is knocked to the ground, be careful of, their floating orb counterattack as they begin to rise. Knock them down, then stay at a moderate distance until the floating orb stops circling around them. Unbaptized Child Hit Points: 250 Strengths: Groups Weaknesses: Light Attacks, Grabs Judgment Possible: Yes First Seen: Limbo Info: Unbaptized children who were not shown the portal of faith before they died. Without the ability to understand their fate, they lash out violently against anyone they eross. Unbaptized Chilklren are not very ston, but they aquickly-and in relatively large groups a ‘Dante attacks can take out Unbaprized bat foeus on attacksSece works very well against them. You can also pass judgment = chem to quickly build Holy or Unholy points, Fiend 2 Flight, Projectile Unblockable Attack ‘Weaknesses: Aerial Grabs, Holy Blast : igment Possibl Fest Seen: No Teresy Sefo: These pests were twisted Sy Hell’s minions into fying struments of capture. They patrol the rings of the underworld, rapping wayward ades attempting to flee their eternal abode. sare found later in che game and use an iee-based ssjectile attack that cannot be blocked, They attack from a race and always remain in the air. They are weak to aerial e2bs if Dante is clase enough to them; otherwise, use Holy Geoss projectile attacks to take them down. Against a large jump into the air before using Holy Blast sake it easier to evade their attacks. If Dante is frozen by projectile aracks, press @ (PlayStation 3) or @ (Xbox rapidly to escape the stun. GreaTER ENEMIES ser enemies usually. around these foes, Arch Demon St Points: 2,200 i Strengths: Unblockable Attacks, Block, Parry, Flight, Freeze Projectile Attack Weaknesses: Magic Attacks, Sacred Fedigment Possible: Yes Fisst Seen: Violence Eefo: The first, and highest ranking, choic of fallen angels. Arch Demons are the lieutenants of Holl army and are among the original fallen sch Demons are the most powerful demons, but it rare to ‘more than one at «time, They have far mote hit points ‘other demons and have the ability to fly. In addition, pee atl on them, becuse they cannot be jecause they can inflict significant amounts of damage after one or two successful attacks perce oat Pest Hit Points: 200 Strengths: Flight, Projectile Attack Weaknesses: Aerial Gribs, Holy Blast, Counters Judgment Possible: No First Seen: Surf Info: Swarms of these foul beasts can be found throughout the nine circles, wreaking havoc and destruction, In greater numbers, they are even capable of blotting out the sky. Pests are found early in the game and shoot fireballs as a projectile attack. They generally strike from a distance and always remain in the air unless knocked to the ground. They are weak to aerial grabs if Dante is close enough to them; otherwise use Holy Cross projectile attacks to take them t for one to use a down. Against a lange group of Pests, projectile attack, then jump into the air and use Holy Blast for an aerial grab, This helps to prevent Dante from taking damage from their projectile attacks while in the ais ater enemies are almost always physically langer than lesser enemies and generally have more hit points. Most greater enemies Ssanot be urabbed, and the few that ean are not susceptible to judgment until their health is low and you can perform a finisher. ppear one at a time or in groups of two, It is rare to see more than two greater enemies at atime. Be When Arch Demons take fight, use Holy Cross projectile attacks or the Sins of the Father magic spell to bring them down. When they're on the ground, use Righteous Path if you have Mana zvailable, or use Divine Force from a slight, {istance. They can block Dante's nonmagic attacks, including. Sacred Justice, but it’s rare for them to block Divine Force, Stay away from an Arch Demon when they're in the ais, because they use a projectile attack that inflicts significant damage; fortunately, it has a short range of attack. When you've depleted approximately half of the Arch Demon's health, you cam use «finisher to stip its wings off At this point, it becomes very similar to a Throne Demon, ble artacks, o if you see its swords begit to glow, use Dante's evade ro,avoid the attack. Ir also fas the ability to parry Dante’ attacks but does not counterattack. TF the Arch Demon a amattack, simply co Tecan use unblod“nftitve Reine ——— Guardian Demon Hit Points: 1,000 Strengths: Unblockable Attacks, Parry, Block Weaknesses: Aerial Holy Blast, Sacred, Aerial Grabs Judgment Possibl First Seen: Limbo Info: The third choir of fallen angels, these elite soldiers of Hells army oversee the punishment of the damned. Guardian Demons are the weakest of the demon race. They have fewer bit pointe than any other demon but generally attack in groups of two or three. If cheir sword begins to glow, use Dante’s evade to avoid the incoming unblockable attack. They also have the ability to parry Dante's attacks, but they do noc counterattack. The aerial grab works extremely well against Guardian Demons, especially when they attack in groups, You can also use an serial Holy Blast from close range to knock a Guardian Demon back, This is Yes useful against multiple enemies if you cannot time the aerial grab. When their health is low, perform a finisher and pass judgment on them, Throne Demon Inblockable Attacks, , Parry, Projectile Attack Weaknesses: Sacred, Aerial Holy Blast, Aerial Grabs ‘Judgment Possible: Yes First Seen: Greed Info: The second choir of fallen angels, these are the sergeants of Hell's army, Found deeper within Hell, they keep the order, Throne Demons are very similar to Guardian Demons, they have more hit points and better defensive abilities. have very few glaring weaknesses, and even though Sacred Justice works well against them, it not uncommon for a “Throne Demon to block multiple Sacred Justice attacks, Luckily, Throne Demons rarely attack in groups, and even 1, its rare to sce more than one Throne in a group of ene Demon, Use the aerial grab to bring them down with relative ease. ‘A close-range aerial Holy Blast also works well but it ‘takes longer tring them down, When their healt Islow, 4 ss judgment on them. Hoarder-Waster Hit Points: 1.200 Strengths: \Vbirlwind Attack Heavy Attacks, Grabs, Divine Force, Counters Judgment Possible: No First Seen: Grees Info: While one hoarded his wealth, the other squar it. Both obs rwalk eternity toxether, their bodies fused yet tom asunder, ndered J with the material world, chey must now ‘The key to det as they appear. When left alone for a short while, they begin a Whirlurind attack thar cannot be penetrated with basic Scythe combos. Use any Scythe attack to take them down ‘while they're idle, bu if they begin the Whirlwind attack, use Righteous Path or Divine Force to stop them in their tracks, | Heavy Seythe attacks work well against Hoarder-Wasters, but if you have diffeulty timing the attac Path when they're attacking and use light when they're not using the Whirlwind attack, ting « Hoarder-Waster isto arack as soon stick to Righteons the combos Damned Captain ———— HicPoints: 400 Strengths: Scythe Immunity, Block, Pacry ‘Weaknesses: Cross Attacks, Holy Blast, Divine Force Judgment Possible: No First Seen: Violence Info: For the boldest and closest of his lies, Dane's betrayal stung the deepest. Forever doomed to walk the Abominable Sands, these wattiors are now the most fervent in his pursuit. Damned Captains do not have many hit points, but they are rove defensive than most other enemies in their lass. Their | shield allows them to block and deflect Dante's attacks, and when this foe ignites, no Seythe attacks can harm them, Use Holy Cross attacks of Sacred Judgment and Sacred Justice 10 bypass their shield and take them out with ease.Damned Crusader Hit Points: 650 ? Strengths: Groups, Block, Parry “ Weaknesses: Heavy Attacks, Divine Force Judgment Possible: No First Seen: Violence Info: Promised salvation for their ce, these warriors followed Dante only to be led astray. They rise again, seeking vengeance against the soul responsible for their damnation. Damned Crusaders have more hit points than Damned Captains but are much easier to deal with. Unlike Damned Captains, they do not have the ability to become immune to, Scythe attacks and are susceptible to ight and heavy Seythe sacs, as well as Sacred Judgment and Sacred Justice. If tick to basic Scythe combos, and the Damned Crusaders will go down: a have trouble aiming heavy S ‘hout much ofa fight, They attack in large groups and an block or deflect Dante's attacks. In these situations, use de-range scythe attacks or Sacred Judgment to casily clear sm out. Divine Force also works well if you can position zm in close proximity so that the blast hits multiple Fire Minion Hit Points: 600 Strengths: Scythe Immunity Weaknesses: Cross Attacks, Holy Blast Jadgment: No First Seen: Surface Eafos These fiends are forged from the sweltering fire of the middle circles, Only the light of the cross can snuff out their infernal armor. «Fire Minion is unlike the other minions, because you not attack it with Dante's scythe until it is extinguished &: a Holy Cross attack, When a Fite Minion appears, use oly Cross attacks to extinguish their flames, leaving a cythe attack to srred minion corpse; then use any nish, off, Ir doesn't take much to take them out, but you must Ee them with a Holy Cross attack first. Other Holy attacks, Sch as Sacred Judument and even Divine Armor (at close Saxe), inflict damage and extinguish theit flames, but the Ssssest way to take thera out is with a combination of Holy 83 projectile attacks and a quick Scythe attack. Ifa group ire Minions attacks, 0 well-timed Sacred Judgment can ish any:Rire Minions in close proximity. Malacoda Hit Points: 2,500 Strengths: Scythe Imsaunity, Resistant Weaknesses: Cross Attacks, Holy Blast, Sacred Judgment: Yes First Seen: Fraud Info: The fiery and elusive master of the Malebolge, guardians of the eighth circle, These demonic wardens allow no soul entry or escape lest it be ordained by an high. Malacoda are very similar to Fire Guardians except they are not immune to all ateacks until they use an attack themselves. ‘They can be attacked with Holy attacks to extinguish their flames whether they're attacking or not. The easiest way £0 defeat a Malacoda is to continuously use Sucred Judgment, or ‘wait until they're close to Dante and use Divine Armor. Holy Cross projectile attacks also work, but they must be aimed and timed well, making them more difficult to use. Unlike other flame-based creatures it takes more than a single Seythe attack to defeat a Malacoda even after their flames have been extinguished. Use heavy Seythe attacks or a Level 2 Divine Force when their flames are extinguished. As soon as they begin to ignite their flames, get away from the ‘Malacoda and prepare to extinguish them again. Fire Guardian Hit Points: 400 Strengths: General Lmmunity Weaknesse: Holy “ Bhst B Judgment: No First Seen: Anger Tnfo: jing suddenly from the darkness, these wily beings lash out with fire and flame before returning to their shadowy forms, The Tris immune to all at ire Guardian is a stronger version of the Fire Minion. until ic launches an attack ofits ‘own, At this point, you can extinguish its lames with « Holy Cross attack, Fire Guardians an Minions, making it harder to hit them with a Holy Cross attack. In addition, their flames do not stay dormant for long, so you must use a Seythe attack as soon as they are extinguished. If there is a small delay, the flame ignites and snust be extinguished again before Dante's Seythe attacks will work. é also more evasive than Fire oH S & =z ¢ 8 5 8 & a a eC = 5 Q 2 q z &INF ERN@ wrens —— Beast Tamer and Asterian Beast — Hit Points:4,000 (Asterian Beast) \ Strengths: Resistant (Astevian Beast) ‘Weaknesses: N/A Judgment: No First Seen: Limbo Info (Beast Tame: demons rule over of Hell, taming them to their bidding and inflieting torture among Hells residents Info (Asterian Beast): Tamed long ago by the fallen, these mindless creatures serve as beasts of burden, Szeered by their masters, they labor away, ‘ensuring everlasting pain and suffering throughout the Inferno. these the beasts ‘The Beast Tamer is actually two tnique enemies. ‘The Tamer looks very similar to a Guardian Demon and rides atop an Asterian Beast, When the age together, they have ‘igh resistance to most attacks, While many attacks still inflict damage, its best to stick to basic Seythe combos. The ‘Asterian Beast and Tamer combo have multiple arracks using the Asterian Beast’s hooves and arms. Stay close to its legs and attack with light Scythe combos. ‘As soon as it attempts to attack, use Dante's evade to jump out of the way. Ifthe evade moves Dante too far away, use a second evade to get close to the Asterian Beast again and continue attacking. When it’s low on health, perfor finisher to remove the Tamer and mount the Asterian Beast Ifthe Tamer attacks without the Asterian Beast, kill it before ir gets close to the Beast or it will atcempt to knock Dante ff Ifthe Tamer attempts to knock Dante off, sapidly press © (PlayStation 3) or © (Xbox 360) to knock if back to the ground, then immediately use the Beast to Breathe Fire and [ill the Tamer. You will never fight the Tamer ualess youte riding the Beast. Psranne eRe ead fees) pec raed @ 0) Grab e @ Beeathe Fire . o Pound Fists * ° Stomp Press Mor A (PlayStation 3), or @ or@ (Xbox 360) to Peers Glutton. Hit Points: 3,000, Strengths: Resistant Weaknesses: jeavy Attacks Judgment: Yes First Seen: Gluttony Info: Driven by a voracious and indiscriminate appetite, this lumbering ghumt wanders the Circles of Hell devouring everything in its path. Nothing satisfies its unyielding hunger. The key to defeating a Glutton with ease is the Guiding Flame relic. It makes Dante immune to the Glutton’ vomit, antack. While the Glutton also has a manning grab attack, it only uses this if Dante is at a distance. With the Guiding Flame refic, stay close to the Glutton and pummel it with seythe attacks, Ifyou do not have the refic, the Glutton is a difficult ‘opponent to face, As sonn as it appears, strike with a barrage of Scythe attacks. When it rears back, use Dante’ evade to escape its vomit. IfDante touches the vomit, even ifit’s on the ground, he takes damage. Wait for the voit to disperse, then continue attacking. If the Glutton continuously uses the vomit attack, use Divine Foree, Holy Blast, or any other projectile attack to hit the Glutton from a distance. Ifthe Glutton falls ro the ground, continue attacking it with Dante's seythe until it stands back up. When the foe's health is low, Dante ean perform a finisher and pass judgment. Ifthe Glutron rushes toward Dante, use the evade to get away before it grabs him. Ifit succeeds in grabbing Dante, press @ (PlayStation 3) o: © (Xbox 360) rapidly to eseape its ‘grasp and minimize the damage. Gorger Worm Hit Points: 1,000 Strengths: Unblockable Attack, Ciunter Weaknesses: Magic Judgment: N First Seen: ‘luttony Info This horrid creature lies burrowed beneath the surface. Patiently, it waits for unsuspecting souls to wander by before snatching them xp in its massive, crushing jawsThe main thing to worry about when up against a Gorger Worm is its irs attack. Watch for the cloud of dust on the =ouind, which indicates the Worm’s position. Use Righteous ¢h to lure it out of the ground without taking damage, use tWO or three Scythe attacks and evade to a safe stance, The Gorger Worm cannot move from its position Sa the ground, so as long as Dante is out of its attack range, cannot harm bim, However, ar close range, it can use an Bosses kill. A single mist Se extremely careful w Joring ag ses have more hit points than any ther enemy and are always the most dificult st a boss can easily lead to Dantes death, so you must t them, Bosses generally fight alone, but INFERNO ween WALKTHR@®UGH There are several igons throughout this walkthrough that 9%) een Pere eee ican these icons to easily locate important collec TIP. SURFACE {PE Stay close to Death au use pee acl combos until he CrTADEL OF ACRE / sin oghcbuc Ligh Ata como wor ben tis battle. As soon as De: T starts to ght bal -k, stop attacking ‘and instead block and evade his attacks. If Death throw: his weapon at Dante, block ir, but do not immediately begin attacking him again. The weapon comes back to Death boomerang and must be blocked a second time. ee ees The opening battle in the Citadel of Acre is a good place Sri ero here een Par een ter eet eure ay Pa ene eee ener eee Pee eee uly After the opening cinematic, you fight against a horde of peasants. Stay toward the bottom of the area to avoid che catapult shots that rxin down upon you. Once you've taken care ofall the enemies, a ship czashes into the area. Board the ship, head to the left side, and climb up to the next building. ‘Block or evade oben Death begin to attack. ‘When Death briefly stops attacking, use Dante's evade to Aly get close to him and continue attacking with basic quid melee combos. If Deuth stabs Dante; follow the onscreen commands to escape with the least amount of Health lost. Move tothe ship eft det climb upto the next building. Head around the comer and into the next open area to anotlser cinematic and a battle against Death. Boss BarTLe: » DEATH thew PlayStation 3 ‘Aetion Battle Sequence 1: Action Battle Sequence 2: @ rapicly, m When Desikert sg Xbox 360 ‘Action Battle Sequence 1: © Action Battle Sequence 2: © rapidly, @Dante drop ba tacks. Deplete D drop to his knees. Foll Ath the san alth Death has rennaining and drop hisn to his + time, Follow the onscreen commands to finish Death and compleze the mid-boss battle. A 5 A A Etwatery s INFERN@ roncmcse AFTER THE Boss BATTLE Afver another Gnematic, Undead Minions atack from the ‘graveyard ahead. Defeat them to remove the flame wall indront of Dante and proceed down the path. Save your [progress at the Beatrice Statue, replenish your Health, and ad through the large doors. Approach Beatrice at the end cinematic. When the cinematic of the room to initia completes, several Pests appear ahead. Use the Holy Blast to take them down. ‘At this point, you can start Punishing, side, near the middle, to avoid the falling ground. Take care of the Undead Minions and additional Pests that appear. Once you've om the building to the Dispatch the Pests and stay on the area’ lef defeated chem al, a giant cross falls left, As soon as it falls, eun across it 10 the adjacent building If you'te too slow, the cross and the buildin, standing on will fall to the depths below, taking you with Replenish your Health at the Fountain arid move to'the lowing orb dn the left. Follow the onscreen command to begin your escent to the level below. When you reach the lower level, a gate ahead closes, a large wheel appears behind you, and a hocde of Undead Minions spawns: You must defeat all of the Undead Minions before the wheel reaches the end of the hallway or you will be crushed. Do not worry about Punishing or Absolving enemies during this short sequence. If you take too long to dispatch the Undead Minions, you wont be able to defeat them all before the wheel reaches the end of the tunnel, Ifyouare dead set on Punishing and Absolvi as possible, use your Scythe combos to quickly ra 1 150-hitdeath combo. If you're fast enough, you will hhaye time to Punish or Absolve several Undead Minions fee ee ee eet eet ee yi Replenish your Health at the Health Fountain and gather souls at the Soul Fountain; then continue down che hallway to the room below. When you reach the room below, a fiery obstacle blocks your path, Fire Minions emerge from the ir lames, then destroy them with your seythe. You eannot harm eh obstacle. Use the Holy Blast to douse th with your scythe until you have doused their flames.HLASN@L MEH IV ~ Sosa ~ 31ND Beat Terr raises dame spires. When you've defeated all of the Undead Tinions, the flame spires stop igniting. Head down the path sound the corer, save your progress at the Be atue, and continue to the rope of damned souls marked by ic Cursed Wheel. Go to the room below, where these are eral Soul, Health, and Mana Fountains. Speak with Virgil, dead Minions. Defeat them :mer bors. | shen battle several Pests and L to battle against the Beast’ Be Boss Batt. = & 4 a Beast TAMER PlayStation 3 Action Battle Sequence: #4 @ Xbox 360 ‘Action Battle Sequence: 08 ie Beast Tamer cannot attack from a distance and uses only ¢-range stomp attack and fist smash to hit Dante, Stay se to the Beast Tamer, and use any of Dante's combos to + damage. When you see the Tamer lift one of its legs or Ferien - duvuisse its arms into the air, use Dante’ evade to quickly move Sere ene ne As soon as the attack has concluded, use the evade again to move back within striking distance. The more you damage the Beast Tamer, the faster it artacks. Repeat this process until yy toa safe distance DY ~ THe s11vo ~ the Beast Tamer lowers its head; then close in and follow the ol of the onscreen commands to finish it off and tale c Beast. j@QUL ONY SLNIWIA% Beret cle rege andace Dante Scythe cambus to atac be Beast Tomer es we oeee ee ge y ee on i wai e® > INFERN@ UMA Onc Ge Gos SHoreEs OF ACHERO Use the Beast to take out another horde or Unde then move toward the giant door and follow the onscreen comnsnands to pey it open Aa fo the Cursed Wheel, located to the st wall here and head lef, ove reach the bottom 0 Fountain, When you reac the bottom ofthe call, move tthe lf acces the Pountain. Climb back on the wall and continue left across 8 x: gap, and head to the ledge below. Speak with Virgil owice to obtain the Death Blade hen move a short distance to the left and double jump to find a Silver Fountain above. ‘Move sighely tote left { Minions, the short cinematic, save your progress and move over ht. Climb the ¢ ledge, then down, When you wall, move to the left to find a Soul then double jump to reach the Stuer Fountain above. Access the Silver Fountain to obtain a piece of silver, then Sontinue to the left, down the pathway. Use the Mana Fountain to replenish your Mana. Next, examine the lever to the right. This extends a bridge ahead, but it also spawns several Pests and Hell Minions. The bridge does not stay extended very long, so do not attempt to cross yet. Defeat the Hell Minions and use Dante's Holy Blast or aerial grabs to in the immediate area. Afterward, examine send the bridge a second time. As soon as id head to dispatch the the lever again 10 you examine the lever, ignore the ineomin the end of the bridge and jump over to the Defeat the remaining Pests and head along d right, Access the Soul Fountain and go 0 the lower level. When you reach the bottom, a Guardian for you. Use aerial Holy Blasts, Righteous Path, or a Seythe to take it down, then either Punish or combo of your ch Absolve it. Once you've defeated the first Guardian Demon, s, along with several Hell Minions, Pass ne Hell Minions, then make quick work of tl jan Demon. another appe judgment on, ond Gu Sg After you defeat all of the enemies, lever appears x in the center of the room. Examine it and follow the onscreen commands to move the floor fo the top of che room. When you reach the top, you see a breakable wall just ahead; however, before you let go of the lever and move t0 the breakable wall, quickly jump over to the ledge on the left to find another Silver Fountainthen immedi a reach the Siboer Fo then jump t mbo to de ledge. Head th gi is just ahe: to the left and right after passing through the door to sd two Soul Fountain: sata te eft aad right to find Soul Fountains 0 the left to find a break the torches and ealth Fountain, Keep moving and other objects along either side of the path to obtain Js. Halfway down the path, a wall of lames blocks your proj Hell Minions, Demon appear. Take care of the Hell Minions firs, then us the Holy Blast to dispatch the Pests before Guardian Demon, Defeat all of the enemi find Pontius Pilate him and determine ifyou will Punish or Abs ests, and a Guardian pcusing on d then continue down the path t¢ lamned soul, at the end. Speak with ve him,wah eb > INFERN® roweoncncn Esamine the door ahead and follow the onscreen’ commands to pry itopen. In the next room, several Guardian Demons and ‘Absobve the damned seul 0 initiate a minigame. Hell Minions await, Focus on the weaker Hell Minions first then take out the Guardian Demons one at a time. Wide reaching attacks, such as the Vile Tornado, work well during this battle, but ifyou unlocked Holy abilities first, an aerial Holy Blast pushes the Guardian Demons back, mnakingg them easier to fight. After you defeat each Guardian Demon, another batch of Hell Minions spawns. Defeat the Hell ‘Minions, then focus on the next Guardian Demon. Continue to the left and save your progress at the ¥ Beatrice Statue. Head around to the back side of the large statue to find a Silver Fountain, Move around tothe back side of the statue to find a Silver Fountain, Jump to reach the rope extending from the large & statue to the ship. Head to the right to trigger a you clinging to the wall of the cinematic that leav danoned that Lines the ship's side. Two sets of flames rise from below. If Dante touches either flame, he takes damage. Stay where you are and wait for che closest flame to rise and descend before moving to the right: You can climb up just above where the flame appeared, but do not head in and slowly move to ‘that direetion yet, Jump across the ga the right until you see the second flame rise. Move as close td where the flame rises as possible, without getting close enough to take damage. Wait for the flame to rise one more fime before moving past it. Once past, climb up to find the Charon's Oar relic. tee rec this situation, you can use Dante's Jump abil to quickly move past the Hames. cuit for it to vise a second fie before macing agaiSIH aSNe! then combs 0 2 up ths nto thes sumn to the opening « careful of the ame ch the gap ju rst fame, be cattious—from this direction, it rises a as you cross the gap no matter how well you time your s high on the wall as you can en you reach the interior of the ship, Health Fountain and a Soul Fountain in the back the right and a large erate on the left across from franc the Fountains, and head over to the troy the objects to the right of the crate. High above thi ts isa Silver Fountain. Move the crate up the ramp on ht side and into the small gap. Go to the room! et to move the platform all the side. Ifthe crate isin the gap pre platform will move past the crate without touchin ‘he platform has moved past the er ition the Silv atain, where the objects were. Jump Prony ste, then up to the ledge aby ne iver tain; then position the erate on the back side in, and move the platform back to its original posit this point, you can jump on the crate an be area above a brief cinematic. —BAN ELS INFERNO w moemnalees a read the area above The upper ares contains 2 Mana Fountain and Orpheus, a Greele poet. Replenish your Mana if necessary and determine whether to Punish or Absolve Orpheus. Next, clionb up the ‘wall of the damned just aluead. When you reach the top, stay com the wall and head left until you are on a wall parallel to ‘where you started and can climb up to the ship's deck. Tue River ACHERO! When you reach the deck, several Hell Minions, Pests, and Guardian Demons artack. Quickly take down the Hell Minions, then use the Holy Cross projectile attack. coupled with the aerial grab to dispatch the Pests. Focus on the Guardian Demons next. The Hell Minions and Pests will eappear after a short time, and you must defeat them asier to take on the Guardian Demons again, but itis emuch ‘without the interference of the other enemies. Use Righteous, Path and focus your Seythe and Holy attacks on a single Guardian Demon to inflict maximum damage and deplete their numbers as quickly as possible. If your Health or Mai Fegin to run low, there is a Health Fountain in the upper left comer and a Mana Fountain just to the right of where you , Defeat che Guardian Demons to stop the other enemies from spawning, and initiate anot battle against a Beast’ Tamer first appeared on the d Use the Health Fountain inthe upper lef carner to repleiso Dante’ Health Boss BATTLE: Beast TAMER PlayStation 3 yn Battle Sequence: Xbox 360 ‘Action Battle Sequence: OOO mae Ad ‘This Beast Tamer is identical to the first one you fought, A few Hell Minions may appear at the beginning ofthe bare. Defeat them before engaging the Beast Tamer. Remember that the Beast Tamer cannot attack from 2 distance and uses only a short-range stomp attack and fist smash to hit Dante. Stay close to the Beast Tamer and use Dante's Sexthe combos to inflict damage to is legs. Whea ‘you see the Tamer lift one of its legs or taise its armsin the ai, use Dante's evade to quickly move avay-to a safe distance,‘As sooi.as the attack coneludes, evade again to move back within striking distance. The more you damage the Beast ‘Tamer, the faster it attacks. Repeat this process until the Beast Tamer lowers its head; then close in and follow the ‘onscreen: commands to finish it off and take control of the beast. AFTER THE Boss BATTLE Once you have control of the beast, defeat the Hell Minions and Guardian Demons that spawn, then examine the Cursed Wheel that appears, Follow the onscreen commands to destroy the ship and initiate another short cinematic. ‘When the cinematic concludes, Dante still has control over the beast and is clinging to the side of a stone wall. You must climb the wall quickly; if you delay, the wall will fall into the depths below and you will have to climb it again. Follow the ‘wall-climb jump order and action battle sequence to reach the top as quickly as possible without falling. Wall-Climb Jump Order = DIDYW ~ Soma ~ SALLY ~ sOISva ~ JaIND sIHLISNeL MEH Jump up four times. ah 2. Jump to the left three times. 3. Jump up twiee. 4 Jump to the right three times, 5. Jump up once. PlayStation 3 ‘Action Battle Sequen Xbox 360 ‘Aetion Battle Sequence: @@® - Xuylusia ~ SHV! ‘When you reach the walls top, move Dante along the path as quickly as possible t avoid falling again, When you reach the last section of the path, Dante gets stuck but will nutomatically free himself Continue holding up on the analog stick to ensure Dante runs as soon as he frees himself. When you reach the edze of this section, press the Object Interaction button as soon as the Eee ttaty ‘onscreen command appears to propel Dante to safety. IY = TH 40 sz1v9 ~| PF SVikL xa ~ SHIHJONL ANY SLNIWIA:WAI ES INFERN@ PRIMA omc Gout ot Save your progress at the Beatrice Statue, then head ¢o the tighie to speak with Virgil. Continue past Virgil and climb the wall of the damned to the platform below. Jump fo the left, the platform, and grab the Charred Minion. Throw it into the door to the left to clear a path for Dante €@ Replenish your health at the Fountain if and down the hall. Just before you reach Charon’ head, take a left down the hall to reach a balcony Defeat the Guardian Dein the silver pieve from ¢ nd turn left at the m: that appears, and pick up Go back the hallway. Run up to Fountain on the Charon’s head id press the Object Interaction button to push it off the building and earn souls. Head past Charot's ead to find the Eyes of St, Lcia relic and a Fountain that contains the first Beatrice Stone Turn around and go left down allway just after ‘Unbaptized Children inside. Head left and replenish ‘your Health at the Fountain if necessary. Continue down the hallway and speale with Virgil to obtain the Lord's Blessing relic Open the door just beyond Virgil and jump over the spike trap to reach the end of the room. Examine the Mana and Soul Fo the door. When the trap hits the door and begins moving back ains on either side; then wait for the spike trap to reach down to the room's other end, quickly open the door and move shit before the trap reaches the door axain. Head to the end of the balcony ahead to find Electra, another damned soul. Punish or Absolve her, then head back the way you came. Jump on either side of the room with the spike ther as you backtrack to the trap to avoid the trap altog aw Virgil, id defeat the Charred Minions 1 Fountain jus hallway where you last Continue down the hallway a as you progress. Access the Si before the door at the end, then head through the door. Follow the path to the right; ignore the path that leads to distance. When you reach the end of the path, several Charred by Unbaptized Children fake care of the minions first, then and Hell Minions appe aad a Guardian Demos the Unbaptized Children. Focus on the Guardian Deron lest Open the door at the path’ end. In the next room, speak with Virgil and access the Soul Fountain in the far comer, Head up the ramp in the middle of the room 10 initiate a short ic. Afterws cine to the ramps top and head left 10 find a Beatrice Stat Hales and Mana at the fountains on either side of the upper Save your progress and replenish your rea, Break the stasnes next to the Fountains to obtajn more souls LIMBO Pall the lve to reveal aval belo the Saladin statu ‘To the left of the Health Fountain issu Gy wren posse ti ledge with the Health I Jefe. Pull the lever to Tower the Saladin statue in the middle ofthe room. Below the statue is the edge of the intain to the ledge on the ladin’s Mercy relic. Pall the lever in the middle of this area, then move just beyond it to the platforms end to trigger the Cursed Wheel Swing over to the opposite side, Go straight to initiare Another cinematic, followed by'a boss battle against King: Minos, :Boss Barrie: Kine Minos PlayStation 3 | ‘Action Battle S -quence 1: Al Action Battle Sequence 2: Analog Sticl Down, Analog Stick Down, @, @ rapidly Xbox 360, Action Battle Sequence 1: OO Action Battle Sequence 2: Analog Stick Down, Analog Stick Down, @, © rapidly When the battle inst King Minos begins, he uses his sdergrouind tentacles to attack Dante from below. Keep, the move, using Dante’s evade to quickly travel around the area. To avoid taking damage, keep in motion until the entacle attacks have concluded. Une Dante evade to wood the nderground tntaes St any point during the battle, King Minos can use his tacle attacks or any of his other attacks. When Minos moves his body ack, a Cursed Wheel appears on cither side o rea. Quickly press the Object Interaction button to acc uursed Wheel ane propel Dante to either side of the area js allows Dante to avoid the breath attacks that follow swever,if'you do not access the Cursed Wheelin time, mply move to either side of the stage as quickly as pos Pres the Objet Interdtin bston to quicly aces the Cred Wheel and Ago dhe Breath attacks. the onscreen Sometimes Ki and slides them. lar move to cither side of the are side to avoid this a When the arm When King Minos lowers his head, he is about to use his, tongue to attack Dante, Jump in the air and move to either However, if you get caught, follow commands to limit the amount of damage Folios the onscreen commands to avoid taking darsage f youre caught by he tongue finos slams his arms down one at a time the area. Use a single jump to avoid his arms as they slam to ground, then wait for each arm to begin ts close to Dante, double jump out ane MoH | RUYLISHa ~ SHLLSVUVHD ~ SIDYW ~ SOMTRY ~ © SINeHL ANY SLNAWEARIHDY ~ TI3H 40 S2LV9. Syd“nflive maseeueted Whee Ki his he: and use a barra ttacks to inflict damage. Duin, , move in, jump in the ait, thls segment of the bate, stay as low inthe air as posible to ly ba butean occur at any agh dam aaa spsed lower soma At various points throughout the battle, Ki ons additional enemies to assist bin. The sists of Hell Minions, apps snd Unhaprized hile the second summo: squence, When thi continue indicting damage until Minos lo ong out. Fol on battle quire the DESCENT INTO LusT Alea dei Beatrice Statue and a Soul Fountain at the end. Save your Fountain wn the path to find a ind climb down the ropeClimb tothe top to in the Franeeseas Book relic Be 2 6 Move to the bottom of the rope, and follow the 8 x onscreen commands to rappel to the second rope. Climb to the top to find a Silver Fountain. but do nor climb down all the jead back down the top 3. There are two ropes of damned souls just above the mal rope to the right. Climb approximarely halfway down dae rope and rappel to the right. Double jump to reach the sest rope of damned souls and climb to the top to find the escals Book relic. ad down the second rope of damned souls on the right { drop to the next normal rope. Rap el to the rope of ote Zemned souls to the right, and go to the bottom of the rope: ro the rope just below, and once agai BD Wee Mdelgyedscc000 jump (ouble-jump) vhen moving from one rope othe next to ensure you make it eres uid the glewing structure every tine yon swing to the ging from rope to rope, follow the onscreen structure to the right. commands to aztack. Destroy the structure, and swing as far to the right as possible before jumping from the rope. As soon as you jump, press the Object Interaction button to activate the Cursed Wheel to the right, Swing from right to left again, and jump to the next rope when you'e close to the right side. As soon as you reach the next rope, several Pests appear on cither side and attack the Pests Adjust your height on the rope Pest every time you swing, either side. Quickly swing when they're within rar as needed to ensure you hit right or left, Adjusting your height also helps to avoi Pests’ attacks. Def Jump to the rope of damned sou he Pests, and swing as far to the ri Head to the bottom of ancesca da Polenta, another 18 you can, the damned souls rope to find P dar ed soul, Punish or Absolve her and continue down the ~ RIVLISIA ~ SWILOVAVHO ~ SIDYW ~ SOrTRY ~ SHLLIBY ~ So¥SVa ~ JaIND SIAL sNeL MOH. E A A A SYALK = SHIHJO¥L ONY SINIVGAIIHOY ~ 13H 40 S219 ~‘The second Cizcle of Hell, Lust, is axealm of conflict electrified bridge and reach the Cabal pet phat Cleopatra waits.Baw Fes INFERN@ wrens conc LUST Electric Rail Map Wal ofthe DamnedAtthe end of the path isa rail of electricity; T & ahead is lined with a se tatues. Move ro th second set of statues but do not activate the lever Instead, wait until the ball of electricity passe third set of statues, On the left side, you ean ¢ closest to the screen's bottom. The mera angle makes it difficult to see, but move into the area atue and then toward the screen's bottom to Here you find a wall of damned sou Go down an he wall, to Rage relic back up cue, Beware ane! head up to the fourth s left is a small opening, Climb down th use the wall of damne to move across t where a Silver Fountain is located. Obtain the silver piece, then head to the p: Virgil. Speak with him, then run along the right to find an opening beeween the third and fourth sets of statues. Climb down the wall of damited souls here to find a fountain that holds a Beatrice Stone: Remtn to the le statue set, and as soun.as the ball of electricity begins to foxy just ahead, activare the lever to send the ball in the opposite nen the path aheadBAIS EE s. INFERN@ meron cue and open the path abead. all to the end and double jump ad. When you enter the tower, several s of Lust attack. Dispatch them, aceess the Soul Jnr, and move to the lever on the far left. ne lever until the snake head in the room's center i ext, quickly run over to the snake head th to destroy them. Go back to the lev all the way up, then jump on theco find that the stitue is high. After obtain the Tristan’ Desire relic, Move to the far storm Virgil is standing Soul Fountain, Jump across the short gap to reach the ain. If you have use a double- stead, A Mana Founta Fi 1s39 Samy - = THK 49 su1y9 = doublejump cron to reac the tse Fountains d Viegil before you reach the large circle a there are ramps lending down on cither side. To the right is carve and but OYLL ONY SLNEWIAIH:mb back up to the circle and head 10 the left side Jump over to the Silver Fountain and a other silver piece. Move to the'vight side and jum; ige to find a Soul Fountain and a nas you use the lever, jump ba lever allows the circle to raise to the upper nteis not on the circle when it moves, the J. Once you reach the upper Boss BATTLE Cu Last, fll by a Guar ear. Defeat the three Tempt of Lust fist, then focus on the Guardian Demon, because the Temptresses can he more difficult to kill chy press the Objet Interaction button fo wei the bos and! ‘Once you've dispatched all of the » Cleopatra thrusts her fist theough the wall. Hold the Bl to limit the damage inflicted by the attack. Shortly after a Cursed Wheel appears at the top af the screen. Pres the Object Interaction button to access it as Cleopatra slams hher hand on the stone circle. When a new tind appears,keto the ground, and Hell ar, Defeat them. Cléopatea Minions and Temptre Shen lays her hand on the edge of the circle and spawns al Unbaptized Children to attack Dante ld focus on Cleopatra's hand, W sit x stone cle begi ack on the circle. Soon, cals several Hell Minion Fealth Fountain just beyc right and that allow ear out the Tak the Hell Minions, ¢h at any point Dante is in dan as quieldy as possi n access the low on Health. 1 access the Fountain Try to take out the Children first ve the highest chance of interrupting Dante he’s attempting to access the Fountain. Repeat the process of killing the Children and the minions and damaging Cleopatra’ hand until the camera pans to the left, This revels several more Hell Minions, a well 2s a ramp. hat le You need to, but be cautious of any enemies in the immediate to a Mana Fountain. Access the Mana Fountain if “Attack Cleopatra’ hand to remorse it from the sauurtiay sonway EES. NPERN@ FmUMA omc Gute Gus At this point, clear our any Unbaptizéd Children, then focus altaost exclusively on Cleopatra’s hand, If any other ‘but your primary goal he stone circle, When this happens, quickly the Mana Fountain as the Grcle begins to rise, As soon as you can, double jump to reach ‘enemies get near you, take them ou is to:temove Cleopatra’ hand from ad over the platform just above the Fountain. Pull the lever here 10 turn the stone snakes above the circle to face the boss. (Clear the bosss band again, 2ben double jun to reac the platform above tbe Heaith Fount (Aces te ever to ativste the snake beads and burs the bs. As soon as you pull the lever, jump back dawn to the circle to avoid flan Ignore the enemies and attack Cleo 3's that shoot out from just behind the leve the stone circle as quickly as possible. If you take too long, the snake heads turn back to their original position. Once the right side and access the lever just above the Health Fountain, This Activates flames that shoot from the snakes and hit the boss. If you activate the levers in the wrong order, the snakes shoot flames into the ciscle, away from the boss. You must hit the to effectively defeat the you've moved Cleopatra’s hand again, he lever over the Mana Fountain fr dows, AFTER THE Boss BATTLE Absolve Paolo Malatesta to complete the last objective required to obrain the Forbidden Love pe eee TIP Afr you defeat the boss, several Lust appear, Use Holy Blast or aerial grabs to defeat the and Temptresses of Pests, then focus on the remaining Temptresses. Take down all ofthe enemics, and the stone circle stops at the top of the aren. Head to the upper right comer. Access the Soul Fountain, then climb down the rope where the Cursed Whee! indicat the rope’s bottom, Choose to Punish or Absolve him, then Paolo Malatesta is located on the ledge at double jump back up to the rope. Return to the ciscle and to the upper left corner to find a path that leads to a Mana and Health Fountain, to finda path that lode roxeard ve Fountains. ‘Access the Fountains if necessary, then climb down the wall of souls just below. Be catefil ofthe electricity thae rave Ibetween che statues along the wall. Wait-until the electri passes before attempting to cross exch section. Use Dicate’s jump to quickly cross areas of the wall before the eléctnctythen jump past it safely. 5 eee Gli an entra eae reach the ledge above; Save your progress at the Be: atue here, and Punish or Absolve Semiramis, Just t of Semiramis, you can hang off the led and wait for the electricity to pass, then mp to the path below to access the Arrow of Paris relic ible jump to reach the wall on the left and climb back up save statue. Head left of the statue and jump across the ath to reach a Silver Fountain on the other sic ‘Ache oll end ia path that les ta reli Sea. aVWHD ~ 190" Awusaa“Head tothe leftof the Beatrice Statue 1 Go back to the Beatrice Statue. Climb up the wall to right to initiate « cinematic, followed by a boss battle against Cleopatra and Mare Antony. Boss BatTLe: CLEOPATRA AND Marc ANTONY PlayStation 3 ‘Action Battle Sequence: Analog Stick Down, Analog Stick Up, Roll the Analog Stick from Right to Down to Left, Analog Stick Up Xhox 360 Action Battle Sequence: Analog Stick Down, Analog Stick Up, Roll the Analog Stick from Right to Down to Lefi, Analog Stick Up When the battle begins, do not worry about Cleopatra Tnstead, focus exclusively on Mare Antony: His shield enables hhim to deflect most of Dante’ light Seythe attacks. S close range and use heavy Scythe attacks to damage im. Repayment is extremely helpful during this battle, because itallows Dante to counter almost all of Antony's attacks. Stay on top of Antony and use heavy Scythe attacks until hhe attempts to counterattack, Use Repayment to counter his attack, then continue your barrage of heavy attacks. The Impaler ability works very well but is not as important as Repayment. You can kill Antony without Impaler, but it simply takes longer. However, without Repayment, you must evade 01 block all of Antony’s attacks, making it much more difficult to inflict damage and creating a more difficult fight drastically longer and {counter Antony’ attacks. Attack Antony around the bottom of the sereen co avoid Cleopatna’s attacks. She occasionally slams her fst on the ground and can also summon a purple toriado that stuns and damages Dante if it touches him. However, if you press the Block button just before the tornado hits Dante, he gains the protection of the Lust Storm tornado for a short time, The tomado does not stun Mare Antony, but it does generate a Tust Storm force field around him. While the force field is up, do not use Scythe attacks or Dante will take damage. You can tse Righteous Path to attack Antony while the force fcld is up, bur it does not inflict much damage.‘seats ou forthe path of sions that Move away from Antony, but keep him onscreen so you ean saumay ~ see what he's doing, Just his first option after the path of swrords, he runs toward Dante, Ifyou see this happen, be tu prepared to evade the jumping attack that’s about to occur. Ifyou do not see Antony running toward you, it means the projectile at -oming. Fither block the projectile at or evade as soon as it’s thrown. You can also counter the attack with Repayment, but unless you have Retribution to send the projectile back to Antony, its easier to simply block or evacle. The projectile attack can be blocked without taking damage, but the jumping attack cannot. Witte Antony do nob 10 Mare Antony is b an to plant his shi Sis, get asvay from him immediately to avoid the swor erge from underground in a set path toward Da hen the path of swords ends, Mare Antony uses one of two scacks. In his first attack, he jumps toward Dante, planting Ss sword into the ground and creatir radius that Zemages Dante if he’s too close to Ai second Antony shoots sev fords at Dante as a projectil ere tiany 14@ SLLVD the ground. VVLLXa = SHIFHOUL ONY SLNIWZAIIEOY.eo Ban EE >. INFERN® RWWA emu Gece If Macc Antony begins to swing h word toward Dante, get as far away as possible. He has a sword attack that consists of four sword swings. The first two are relatively short ‘range, followed by a third with slightly longer range and a fourth that engulfs his sword in lames and has a significant attack range. The first three sword attacks can be blocked or countered, but the final attack must be evaded to avoid taking damage. ‘but the las attack ba considerable range. ‘At several points throughout the battle, after enough damage has been inflicted upon Antony, Cleopatra uses her own life force to heal him. When this happens, quickly move to, the back of the screen and attack Cleopatra’s hand. During, the healing period, Antony slowly regains health, so atta Cleopatra’ hand as quickly as possible to cease the process. attach ber and to end the proces Repeat this strategy until you defeat Mare Antony. After a brief cinematic, an action battle sequence with Cleopatra is initiated, Follow the onscreen commands to finish her off and successful conclusion. bring the boss battle t AFTER THE Boss BATTLE Defeat Mare Antony and Cleopatra to obtain the 8 Antony’s Standard relic and the Lust Storm magic spell. A horde of Hell Minions and Guard Demons attacks while giant stones fall from above. Stay close to the sereen's bottom to avoid most of the giant stones. There isn't much warning before they fall, but if you fall just above Dante, use evade to quickly get out of the .¢ a smaller rock ‘way. Focus on the Hell Minions first, then take care of the Guardian Demons. At various points throughout the battle;the action moves in slow motion and a huge piece of stone falls from above and breaks off portion of the circle, The first stone drops on the platforms right side, the second drops on the left side, the third drops in the lower left corner, and the final stone drops at the top in the middle. After the first stone drops, another horde of Guardian Demons attacks. Defeat them, then move to the platform's top and stay inthe center to avoid the next two stones. Next, move to the bottom of what’ left of the platform to avoid the final stone. Use evade to move aveay. from these huge pieces of stone if they're about to hit you. ‘When the last portion of the stone circle has been destroyed, Dante falls to the level below. Watch for the Cursed Wheel to appear, and press the Object Intersction button to swing toa nearby statue. Swing from statue to statue, but be cautious of the electricity between the second and third set of stanes. Time your jump. co thatthe electricity begins just befor Dante reaches the peak of his forward swing, At this point, you must double jump t0 reach the fourth statue. Ifyou use @ single jusap anid press the. Object Interaction button, Dante will Itch on to the secand “ct of statues instead of moving on to the fourth bet From her, you mas double jump agai 10 reach the path head. 7Peete greeted eee ee this section, but do not worry too much if D: abit. A Health Fountain is located at the end of the ropes in Pet cas TIP Speak with Virgil, then follow the path to find Health and Soul Fountains. Climb down the ropes below, but be carefill the flames that cross the rope on the way down. Use the Object Interaction button to quickly slide down the rope as soon as the flames subside. When yon reach the bottom rope, ou must rappel to the ropes to Dante’ left. Ar soon as you. begin to rappel, the flames start to burn each rope, so you siust quickly move from rope to rope. At the end is a vertical Zame, Wait for the flame ta fully ignite, then rappel so that ‘ou jump to the last rope in this section as the vertical lame sibsides. ‘ead tothe right to find the Rain of Gluttony rei Climb down to the nest rope and continue rappelling & to reach another brealable structure. Attack the structure while holding on to the rope and Satinue down the next rope. When you reach the bottom, horizontal rope awaits. Move to the right to find the Rain #Gluttony rpc. Move tito the small aleove where the relic >, ond wait for the flame behind it 10 ignite. Run out of the Bove, and access thie relic as soon as the flame is extin- sihed. Jump back up 10 the rope and proceed ahead to the left ‘watching out for more Hamtes until you reach the end, cess the Health and Mana Fountains, then your progress, a speak with Virgil. Climb down the rape below to engage in a boss battle against Cerberus. Boss Battie: CERBERUS PlayStation 3 ‘Action Battle Sequence Land 2: 4 Action Battle Sequence 3: Analog Stick Up, Analog Stick Down, Analog Stick Left, Analog Stick Right Xbox 360 Action Battle Sequence tand 2: Action Battle Sequence 3: Analog Stick Up, Analog Stick Down, Analog Stick Left, Analog Stick Right Cerberus has three heads, You must defeat the left and right head before you can attack the middle head. You must defeat all three heads to win the boss battle. Each ead spits bal of acid and dammed souls toceard Dante ‘There are four cells in a square formation on the ground just in front of Cerberus. Ifyou approach the cells on the left, the left head rears back and lunges toward Dante. The same thing occurs with the right head if you approach the cells on the right. At any point, each head spits acid balls at Dante, If on when they lunge, Dante dies either head hits Dante hea instantly If you only partially evade the lunge, Dante loses 50 percent of his Health. Use the Lust Starm magic spell to make Dante immune to the acid balls, and take very little damage from the lunge attacks. [f you mun out of Mana, use ‘Dantes evade to stay on the move and avoid the acid bath. IsNOLMOH 2 2 a 8 > & 5 3 8 9 é 2 i SVML1 ~ SHIHJOWL ONY SLNEWAAAIIOY ~ THE YO SLDAt imn ame spire, it remains on the the J of time compared to its Inceraetion butt en rapid lunge. T 1 to ind of dam: each head in a shore period of tim d will lunge sho soon a the head b get out of the way. Try co lun, middle that the fallen head protallssing Dante to inflict significant damage. After destroying the first cell, if you wait to destroy a cell saril just after a head has lunged toward Dante, i's far ely that Dante will be interrupted while destroying the ii, Because Dante is so close to Cerberus while destroying Dante ell, the closest head almost always lunges towa second time, Ifyou quick to destroy the eels, the head ange just after a cell has been destroyed, This causes the ame and remain on the ground for an ad to move into the scended period of time. Jace a head has been properly grounded using the flames, pve to the head's far left or far right side, away from the dldle, Use your most powerful Scythe combos to inflict ough damage to cach head to make it go limp, allowing, Dante to initiate an action battle sequence to finish it off. ‘After the first head dies, there's abrief period when no bulls are spit. Use this to destroy the cells on the side of the head you just defeated. follow the onscreen commands to finish it off Destroying cells replenishes a small amount of Dantes Mana, which enables you to use Lust Storm more often during the battle. With proper timing, starving with the outermost cell and moving in to the cell closest to Cerberus, you should be able to tae out the left and right heads quickly and easily. Use Last Storm to greatly reduc the damage Cerberas nfl. If you run out of Mana, it is not necessary to use Lust Storm ‘or destroy the cells in order to take out each head. Keep in mind that without Lust Storm active, you must dodge excep tionally well to avoid getting hit by the lunge attack. If you s toward Dante. Evade the assault and use Sythe attacks to inflict damage to the head, This is all that is nceded to defeat each head, but using flames from the destroyed cells makes the process faster. move toward the cells, the closest head I When only the middle head remains, it spits acid balls in rapid «ession, then hunges toward Dante. You can sil deste the cells and use the resulting flames to keep the middle head grounded for longer period of time. However its more difficult ‘o do when only the middie head remains because of the rapid-fire acid balls, Use Lust Storm, move to the closes cells, and destroy them, Stay close to Cerberus and evade its next hunge. Teil hit ‘the ames and remain grounded for an extended time, Inflct enough damage to the middle head and it goes limp like the other two heads, This allows Dante to initiate 4 third action battle sequence to finish off Cerberus, During the final action battle sequence against Cerberus’s middle head, if you do not follow the nscreen commands perfectly, Dante inst the battle starts over from the beginniny ——— CAUTION ——— IY ~ SDISVa ~ JaIN9 SIHLISN@L MOH @ = a g a é 2 OnauH DIM Be SV¥Lx1- SIIHJOXL GNV SLNIWAAIHOY = THH 40 saLy9 -|a F, CU MTNhell-bent on keeping Dante at bay.Gain ets NFERN@ rssonoscocn EW Deteut Cerberus to acquire the Azrul’s 8 Apprentice relic, Run straight ahead and follow the path until you reach the frst Fountain. Just hefore the Fountain, a cloud of dust covers the ground, indicating that a Gorger Worm hides in the ground. Use Righteous Path to close in on the cloud of dust. This astacks and stuns the worm as it comes out of the ground and prevents it fiom grabbing you. If the worm docs grab you, follow the onscreen commands to escape its grasp. Defeat the Gorger Worm when it appears, then access the Silver Fountain to obtain another silver piece. [Ifyou get caught bythe worm fella the onsren commands te cape ‘Access the Mana and Health Fountains ahead, then climb down the rope, The «sea below is fall of Gluttony Minions and Gorger Worms. As soon as Dante hits the ground, a ‘worth grabs him. Escape the worm’s geasp and move to the right corner in the foreground, where no worms spawn. Wait Tiere for the Gluttony Minions to get close enough to attack Defeat all of the minions, then take down the four worms GLUTTONY Defeat the entmies and continue dawn the path to find Sou! and Health Fountains alongside Ciacco, adamned soul ‘Access the Fountains and Punish or Absolve Ciacco,Save your progress ar the Beatrice Statue, then continue dowa the path, Several Pests appear at the far end of the next area. Use Holy Blast to take them out from a distance, and be very careful not to fall into the murky water below. Ifyou fll into the watex, you must start over from the last save point. (Cdia awaits tobe Punished or Absobved on the island on the lef Carefully jump to the first island and then over to the 8 land on the left. Clodia, another damned soul, waits here to be Punished or Absolved. Go back to the previous island and grab the horizontal rope above. Continue: down the path to find Virgil. Spe the Ciacco’s Bile relic. with him twice to obtain Keep moving down the path until you are ambushed by 4 Guardian Demons, and 4 Gorger Worm, If youte close to Righteousness, Punish or horde of Gluttony Minions, severa Absolve the minions until you reach Righteousness, then active it and take out the worm and Guardian Demons while it’s active. Ifyou are not close to Righteousness, focus on the minions to lower their numbers; then attack the worm with magic if you have any Mana remaining, There is a Mana Fountain on the far left side, but if you are out of Mana even after using the Fountain, use Scythe attacks on the worm instead. When the worm is down, continue to Punish or Absolve the minions until they've been dispatched, then focus on the remaining Guardian Demons. Take down all ofthe enemies to clear the path ahead. Aevess the Mana and Health Fountains and continue trough the shiny doorway. After a cinematic, you must face off against 4 Glutton, Do not give the Glutton time to artacks instead, use a barrage of Seythe combos until you eas finish iesvich an action battle sequence.Immediately after the battle against the Glutton, Dante is placed into 4 pu of € ilepoting door Use the tleporing door & maps and the accompanying numbered list to navigate the puzzle, acquiring all Fountains and items safe 1. Run through door A to appear at door B, 2. Access lever 3, and run back through door B to appear near lever 2. Climb wall T to reach Soul Fountain V. 4, Climb wall LU to reach Silver Fountain W, then climb dawn wallsT and U, 5. Access lever 2, quickly run through door sony ~ SHLLNTIay ~ soisya ~ aaino: A to table S, and double jump to the lever 4 ledge wit 6. Access Sou! Fountain X. 7. Wait for table Z to get in place under door D, then run through door C to drop down onto table Z. 8. Wait for table Z to reach the middle of the screen, then double jump to the right to reach Fountain Y, which holds a Beatrice Stone 9. Wait for table Z to be in door D again, then run through door E. - RAVLLSHA ~ SHILOVUVHD ~ SIDVW to drop down onto table Z. 10. Ride table Z to door F and into the next —s © Follow the path around until you reach a icity dasble & x De a carmausec ‘your progress and climb down the rope. This Reenter that you must avoid. Thi 1m of the first rope another rope course with to the ledge on the left, Break flame to be avoided is at the bo: Avoid it, then use the next rope to tappel to the left to reech she third rope. Climb to the top to find the Octavian’s Gold selic and a Silver Fountain. the object ahead, and continue down the next Grab the moveable object from the right side and Another flame awaits at the bottom of this rope. Be careful as rope. Drop to the charge Dante’ push drop down to the horizontal zope below. Quickly move to horizontal rope he left to avoid another flame, chen wait near the end of this. below and move ape for the two flame spouts to shoot. When they have both to the left, where Shot, quickly move to the far left and drop down to the rope, _ five flame spouts avait. When the spout closest to Do not rappel off ehis rope. Instead, drop to the path below, Move to the right side of the moveable object, grab on to it, land hold @ (PlayStation 3) or © (Xbox 360) to charge up Dante goes out, Dante's push, Wait epproximately three to five seconds, then _ begin moving (0: she objet, When charged correctly, Dante pushes the ws oe des all three Hame spouts to the left, extinguishing the let Aaone, ee ce at ree Ps a : Io agi aehe sopping stone. i rappel ta reach the edge pout goes out, use the Object Interaction bu move Dante to the rope’s end before the spouts ignite ag Let go of the rope, When the Cursed Wheel to the left secomes visible, press the Object Interaction button to swir from the object ab gnite twice, fell by a moderately suse after, Build momentum and wait pauses briefly ing twice in rapid succession a moderately long pause. Wait fer to the next rope. Slide do ‘op to the path below and continue to the left tavreach a small alcove that holds the Crown of CarthageHang off the fedge an and access the Man: Jouble jump at the wall t to the left. Clim! and Health Fountai from t to the opening with the two find another small np to opposite en: p to find a Silver Fountain, Soul Fountain here, then j athe Mana and Heaith P Ger the silver and rerurn to the path. Move to the ledge’ far end. and double jamp idge to the right of whe was. There is a Soul to land on the yuntain the suuriay = § Hy B A é EI 2 fina Soul F 5 the Silver Fountain’ Brenanfourth Circle. Alighiero, Dante's own fhe condemned to spend eternity writhing in torment here. Dante's demon-filled travels take him through the ‘grinding gears and mechanical devices of Greed, only to bring him closer to direct conflict with his father.ntiae down g swith Virgil after the cinematic concludes. Jump a moving stones ahead to the two moving platforms in tl small room. Jump on the platform on the right, and ride it to the vertical platform on the left. When you reach the t ¢ the lever to spawn several Pests and two Guardian Demons. You eat them quickly to avoid death from © molten fire be Use Holy attacks to take out the Pests then f Guardian Demons. After you attack: n the center of the x a bridge Oe ee next area to eatrice Stare and a Soul Fountain‘and Punish or Absokoe Tapia "Accs the lever in the oom to lower the platform. ‘Double jump to the gears on the right, When you reach fourth gear, jump over to the adjacent set of gears on the left, then over to the highest gear on the right. This isa jump, so make sure Dante is at the gear’ fir right edge before making the jump. From here, you must double jump, around the vertical gear to reach the ledge on the opposite side, where Tarpeia waits to be Punished or Absolved. If you sass the jump, make sure you fall on the gear below. If you the gear, you will fall to your doom and have to start this section over. Head back over to the gears on the left and continue down the Health and Mana Fountains below. Pry open the door fo find a Hoarder-Waster waiting for you. Do not let the Hoarder begin its spinning attack. Use Scythe combos to wage it as quiekly as possible. [Fit does begin its spinning, attack, use the Righteous-Path magic to stop the attack sr use Repayment to counter it. Defeat the Hoarder, and several waves of Greed Minions appear, followed shortly by bwo more Hoarder-Wasters. Take out the minions until che Hoarders appear, then shift your attention on them. If the Hoarders begin their spin attack, use the Righteous Path magic again, or if you're out of Mana, grab a minion and Punish it, Dante is invincible during the Punishment animation and cannot be hit by the Hoarder’s spinning, attack, o@, Bradicate all of the enemies and a lever appears in the x Beste erm and i frac ited platform ahead to move, allowing access to the alcove Behind it. Jump into the alcove and examine the Silver Pountain to obtain a silver piece. ~ ANVLLS3G ~ S¥BLOVUVED ~ SIOVW ~ Somad ~ SALLITIBY ~ SOISVa ~ 1GIND SIAL ISNeL MEH