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Slitterheadpicks up drastically toward the middle of its story, with Hidden Cave being an excellent example of that, continuing the perfect pace and atmosphere set by Ghost Family. While this mission is a step up in terms of challenge from the others, it’s not all bad once you know where to go.
Overall, these several stretches of missions are where the game shines most and will make any fan of Keiichiro Toyama’s thrilled to experience another one of his games; whether it’s from the combat or the horrors that await you, it’s some classic Toyama stuff, and we’re here for it.
Starting Hidden Cave In Slitterhead
Hidden Caveis a veryunique missionin Slitterhead, as ittechnically doesn’t allow you to use any of your selected Rarities.This isdue to them being imprisoned underneath the chapel,having you break out by possessing various guards. While this does make for a slightly more challenging experience, it isn’t too bad in the grand scheme of things!
Escape The Cell
When this mission starts, yourselected Rarity will be trapped behind barsin the basement of the cult’s hideout, with no apparent way out. However, thanks to your possession skills, you canchain possess other inmates until you reach a guard outsideof the cells, allowing you to roam the prison.
So,use your possession to take over your Companion Rarityin the cell on theleft,thenkeep moving left while possessing more and more prisonersuntil you reach thefourth prisoner,which isn’t any of your Rarities. Once here, use your possession againand headright around a wallto find a guard.
Take over the guardto gainaccess to his keys,allowing you to sneak back over to the cells where your Rarities are,enabling you to free them from their imprisonment.
Return To The Cell
Now that you’re a guard, you canfree your Rarities. However, since Night Owl has a powerful aura, youmust sneak over to them.Surprisingly, this is substantially easier than you might think.
Move forward from your starting positionandfollow the pathway outuntil you see agroup of pillars on the left.Use them as cover andmove behind the final one.From here,use your possession to check around the wall to the left.If theguard is walkingaway, quickly move down the hallwayandtake the first left.
Once you’re there,another guard will be in this hallway.Wait for them toturn away from you,thenmove up the hallway and take another left.Thecells will be in this stretch,and there will be no guards in sight.Unlock their doors,have them stay behind for now, and have Night Owl escape to the area above.
Escape The Prison
After freeing your Rarities, you musthead back to where you initially started outas the guard. Simplyretrace your steps here,headingright from your Rarities, then taking a leftdown the hallway.Wait for the guard on the left to turn around,thenhead right and take another left.
Another guard will be on the lefthere.Wait for them to turnaround,head right, and then take the next left.Thepillars from earlierwill be on yourright; use them as cover,follow the hallway to the staircase, andhead through the doorwaythere. After a small cutscene,possess another guard and walk out of the underground prisonwith him.
Explore Facility
Pushing your way out of the underground prison willreveal a chapel on your right,which you can see through the windows.Several people here seem to be praying,allowing you topossess one of them to begin exploring the facility.After you do this, you will start sneaking again.
Eavesdrop On Follower Conversations
Exit the chapeland head down thehallway directly in frontof you,walking toward the window on the right-hand side.Once here,eavesdrop on the conversationin the dining room, then make your way downanother hallway on the left.There will betwo rooms here,one on the left and another on the right.
Enter the room on the leftfirst,walk up to the first bunk bedin the room, andlisten in on the conversationhappening in this room. From here,go into the room on the right and repeat the same process,exiting the room and going back into the hallway afterward.Continue following the hallway until you reach a staircase.Take it up to the second floor.
Defeat The Slitterhead
Arriving on the second floor will trigger a short cutscene, havingone of the members transform into a Slitterhead.Once this encounter begins,activate Burning Edge and begin hacking away at it,whittling itshealth down to about halfway.TheSlitterhead will fleethe area, having you chase after it.
Chase the Slitterheadout on the balcony, which willleap up onto the third floorof the facility.Possess one of the membersstanding out on the balcony andcontinue pursuingthe Slitterhead.
Defeat Warty Frogfish Slitterhead
The Slitterhead will transform into aWarty Frogfish Slitterhead,which issomething you’ve already faced beforein a previous mission. This encounter isn’t too bad; there arelots of followers nearby you can possess if things get sketchy,and they allow you to stay alive constantly.
Hopefully, youchose Edo as one of your Rarities,as gaining access to hisBurning Edge will come in clutch,allowing you todeal substantially more damageto the Slitterhead.Keep using your Skills and whittle its health down,almost depleting it,having it run awayonce more.
Continue Chasing The Slitterhead
Fleeing once again, theSlitterhead will be in the courtyard,forcing you toleap off the balcony and chase it back inside.The Slitterhead willrun into the chapel, triggering a cutscenewhere a Slitterhead will break in from the outside and begin attacking you.
Yin Yue will chase off the other Slitterheads,leaving you totake on the remaining one.UseBurning Edge and your other Skills to whittle its health down to about halfway,triggering it totransforminto the Common Octopus Slitterhead.
Defeat The Standard Octopus Slitterhead
Finally, thefinal encounterof the mission willhave our freed Rarities join the action,allowing you totake control of whoever you broughtalong. We hope it wasJulee and Edo,as they get work done and can pack this thing away in no time.
HaveJulee activate Burning Edgeandbegin whaling on the Common Octopus Slitterhead,causing it to becomestaggered,allowing her touse her Sonic Claws to deliver substantial damage.Its health should be depleting at a rapid pace, as Julee, paired with Burning Edge, is absolutely filthy.
If youfind your health getting low,don’t forget touse her Revive All Skill to top her health back off,enabling her to stay in the fight and keep dishing out her suffocating and high-damaging offense!
Hidden Cave Rewards
Clearing Hidden Cave for the first timewill provide you with a massive22 Skill Tokens.Please note thatSkill Tokens are shared,meaningspending them on one Rarity will make them unavailable for the others.Use them strategically.
Lastly, listen to all the new ‘Talk’ optionsthat become available after this mission, as it willunlock new missions and give you hintsfor potentially new Rarities!
