Hexen II - part 1

                        Walkthrough

This walkthrough was written by Jamie Madigan. It's currently in
the draft stage, so comments and revisions are welcome. Please
contact the author by email at s981764@umslvma.umal.edu with any
comments, corrections, or additions.

Why use a text walkthrough instead of a recorded game demo showing
a solution? Well, (1) it's a much quicker download (2) you can
skip ahead to the part you're having trouble with (3) you can
print it out and have it to refer to while playing the game (4) my
Grandpappy didn't have these newfangled demos, and it was good
enough for him!

This walkthrough was written originally while playing the Assassin
on the highest difficulty level. Monsters are usually not
mentioned in the interest of brevity, so always keep a sharp eye
and ear out for them.

Items and artifacts are also not usually mentioned, so make sure
you keep an eye out for them, too.

As of now, this walkthrough is a work in progress. Some of the
puzzle solutions may be slightly different (e.g., the treasury key
is dug up at Anton's grave, rather than the forge yard, etc.) I'm
currently endeavoring to find out all the possible solutions,
which will be included in future versions of this walkthrough.

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           Hub #1: Blackmarsh
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This is the Medieval hub, where you combat archers, spiders, skull
wizards, golems, imps, hydras, and sheep. Some of the puzzles and
settings in this hub make little sense, but they only get better
in later hubs. At the end of this hub, you must battle the first
of Edilon's Four Horsemen, Famine.

*****Step 1: The Bones of Loric*****

-You start the game in Blackmarsh. Turn to the right and run up
the ramp & open the door. Hit the switch on the lower right of the
mural on the right side of the room. This will open the opposite
mural, revealing a secret passage. Jump down it, hit the
triangular switch next to the bars.  Go through the teleporter.

-Go back to where you started the game and go down the hall & open
the door.  Hit the triangular switch to the right, then step on
the floor plate when the coffin moves. Go through the door to the
left and down the hall.

-Come to an open area. Follow the path to the left, through a
cave.

-Come to a wooden bridge. Jump in the water to the right and find
a triangular switch under the bridge. Hit it and go through the
teleporter.

-Follow the corridor. Hit the lever to activate the wheel. Hit the
triangular switch on the wall to open the bars. Go through the big
door opened by the wheel, and follow it to the bones.

*****Step 2: The Mill Key*****

-Turn left and jump into the water. Go forward through the
teleporter. Open bars & enter the Wizard's Lab. Go through the
door to Barbicon.

-Follow the cave to the catapult. Play skeet with the sheep.
Stand on the catapult pad & hit attack or jump to fling yourself
over the wall. (Note:  hit the back key right as you're over the
wall to drop down and grab some goodies)

-Follow the cave to the broken wall (go through breach for
goodies).

-Go back through the breach and turn left, walk up to big door to
open. You're now at the drawbridge.  Drop into the moat and go
left. Break the grate and go through, following the passage. Take
your first right and swim up. Break through the wall.  Note the
message on the floor next to the table.

-Follow the hall to a door. Open it and go up the stairs to the
left.  Take a right up a few more stairs & dispatch the
auto-crossbow. Turn around and go back down the 2nd set of stairs,
and go through the door on the right.  Go into the room and into
the adjoining room to the left. Break the jars and hit the symbol
on the wall to reveal a secret passage.  Follow to the crossbow.

-Use the crossbow to destroy the tower with the dragon banner on
it, revealing a teleporter. Jump across the moat and enter the
teleporter, which takes you to a nearby ledge. Grab the mill key.

****Step 3: Crush the Bones****

-Jump into the moat and go to the left, following it back to the
drawbridge.  Retrace your steps to Blackmarsh.

-Go up the steps to the right. Follow the cave back over the
bridge & out into the open area. Go to the left & through the door
to The Mill

-Go forward, drop down into the pond, and follow the path. To get
up onto the outcropping with the Chaos Device, stand on the bush
and run diagonally (forward & strafe left at same time) and jump
at the last second. Grab weapon #2 behind the tree, too.

-Follow the cave under the outcrop to an open area with 2
teleporters. Go to the teleporter on the left to get to the mill.
Go up the ramp and through the door. Go to the back of the gear to
grind the bones to dust. Go back outside to collect the dust.

-Go through the teleporter and then through the 2nd teleporter
outside. Hit the switch by the bell to open the underground
passage. Follow the passage to a door leading back to Blackmarsh.
Go through.


****Step 4: The Castle Key****

-Retrace your steps to the Wizard's Lab. Walk into the gold pool
to make the potion. Collect it and go through the door to
Barbican.

-Go through the cave, past the catapult, and into the castle as
before.  Retrace your steps to the secret leading to the useable
crossbow, but take the door to the left of the secret passage.

-Go up the stairs and hit the lever to activate the drawbridge. Go
up the ramp to a room with a Tomb of Power and a cauldron.  Drop
through the hole in the floor and go through the door in front of
you.

-Follow the passage to a room with an Archer Lord & some broken
stairs. Push an iron barrel to the broken stairs and climb up. Go
through the passage to the left.  Open the window and watch the
spiders drown.

-Drop into the moat and go right. Swim up to the mithril door on
the left to transform it to wood.  Break the wood and get the
castle key.

-Swim to the left and get the ring of waterbreathing. Follow the
moat to the drawbridge (which is now open)

-Cross the drawbridge and follow the passage to the open market
area go right to find the castle entrance. Unlock the doors and go
through the doors to the King's Court.

****Step 5: The Treasury Key****

-Walk around the courtyard and down the hall to a 4-way
intersection (there should be a butcher's sign in front of you).

-Go left (when facing the sign) and keep going straight until you
find the door to the Stables. Enter it.


-Go forward through the double doors and follow the hall until you
see a big wooden door to the right. Go through it. Go straight
ahead and smash your way through the hay bails. Find the note
about a buried key next to the corpse.

-Go back into stables area & walk forward until you see a bunch of
haybales and a ladder leading up to a loft on your right. Jump up
on the hay and climb the ladder. At the top, when you're facing
the ladder there's a passage to the right leading to some ramps.
Climb the ramps ALL the way to the top & open the secret door.

-Hop across the rafters to a wooden door on the right. Open it and
throw the switch in the little room on the other side. Hop down
and grab the shovel.  Turn around and walk forward, dropping back
down into the stables.  Turn left, walk a few steps, then turn
right. Follow the hall in front of you to the forge's lawn. Walk
to the left of the tree to get the treasure key.

Retrace your steps back to the start of the area and the door to
the King's Court.

*****Step 6: The Tailor's Key*****

-Go left and return to the 4-way intersection near the butcher's.
Keep going straight until you see the door to the Inner Courtyard
to the left. Enter it.

-Go left and go up on the guillotine. Shoot out the glass and jump
across.  Push the wall with the symbol and follow the passage to
the Forgotten Chapel door. Enter it.

-Follow the hall to the left and open the 2nd wooden door (the 1st
one will be locked). Climb the stairs leading to the alter.  Walk
past the altar on the left and notice 3 steps on the wall.  Hop up
the steps and push on the 2nd angel from the left. The alter will
slide back, revealing a hidden passage.

-Drop down this passage to the spider's den. Find the web- wrapped
corpse.  Smash it and pick up the tailor's key behind you.

-Walk forward and drop down to the sewers. Follow them to the door
and teleporter.

-Fall down into the pool, then run up the ramp and through the
previously blocked door on the right. Go right and through the
Inner Courtyard door.

-Retrace your steps to the King's Court

*****Step 7: The Disrupt Magic Scroll and Amulet of Hunger*****

-Go right and straight through the 4-way intersection. Go left at
the door leading to the Stables, and left again at the Tailor's
sign. Go in the shop and go upstairs. Unlock the closet and knock
out the false back to get the disrupt magic scroll.

-Retrace your steps to the 4-way intersection. Go right and back
to where you originally started the King's Court area. Go through
the magical barrier and enter the doors to The Palace.

-Follow the hall to the throne room. Keep going straight and go
through the door that rolls out of the way, into the bedroom.
Cross the bathing pool and follow the hall to the courtyard with
the fountain.

-Drop down into the courtyard and open the door on the right.
Follow the passage down to the spiral staircase. Find the treasure
room near the bottom of these stairs. Unlock it and go in to get
the amulet and other goodies. Go through the teleporter and
retrace your steps back to the door to the King's Court. Enter it.

*****Step 8: Sand, Glass, and Lens*****

-Return to the 4-way intersection near the butcher's shop. Go left
then take your 1st right to "The Shoppe". Enter and go upstairs.
Shoot the chest and wall near the foot of the bed to reveal the
secret shrine of the Brotherhood of Hunger. Enter and approach the
alter, triggering a message.

-Exit The Shoppe and return to the Stables door. Enter it.

-Return to the forge where you dug up the treasury key. Go
upstairs and hit the button next to the fireplace. Enter the
secret passage and follow it to the stable key. Retrace steps,
exit the forge, and return to where you found the shovel in the
stables.

-Go up the ramp to the left (the one that led to the rafters), but
only go up the first ramp. Turn right and go into the domicile.
Take your second left and unlock the door with the stable key.
Enter the room and smash the carpet on the floor to reveal a
trapdoor.

-Follow the trapdoor passage, smashing the wooden wall and opening
the double doors. Hit the switch on the left and collect the sand
in the trough on the right. Walk up the ramp on the far end of the
room and return to the forge.

-Approach the forge near the anvil to heat the sand to glass.

-Return to the King's Court door; enter it. Return to the Inner
Courtyard door; enter it.

-Take a right and follow the hall to another shop. Go upstairs and
climb up the fireplace. Go to the grindstone to craft the Lens of
Seeing. MAKE SURE YOU PICK IT UP from the left of the wheel (it's
hard to see, but you MUST pick it up)!

*****Step 8: The Crystal Golem*****

-Return to the guillotine and take the hall to the right. Follow
the hall up a ramp and go left across a catwalk. Climb some stairs
and kill a bunch of Archer Lords.

-Walk through the teleporter in the back of the room. Walk through
the crystal arch to get the ability to kill the Crystal Golem.

-Return to the catwalk and drop down to the left.  Follow the path
to the tombstone maker's shop. Go upstairs and hit the switch next
to the bookcase, revealing a hidden passage.

-Follow the passage to a room with a bunch of imps. Take the door
to the left, follow the hall to a room with a blood stained
pedestal (step on it to open the grate above, near the
guillotine). Go down the ramp to the left and through the
teleporter.

-Kill the Crystal Golem. Go through the red teleporter. The first
Horseman, Famine, awaits you!!

To be continued next issue








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