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One ofSlitterhead’sprimary hooks is the ability to go back in time and revisit previous missions while retaining information about what happened prior. This pushes the narrative forward in many new, surprising directions, allowing you to follow different paths and change the outcome.
And Hidden Cave RE (2nd Loop) is one such mission, allowing you to revisit the facility by entering from the courtyard instead of the underground prison, enabling you to explore the place more thoroughly and hunt down the Slitterhead that broke in last time that ambushed the chapel.
Starting Hidden Cave RE (2nd Loop) In Slitterhead
Edo will be a permanent characterforHidden Cave RE (2nd Loop),meaning youcan only pick the companion.We highlysuggest choosing Juleeas she meshes well with Edo, as his Burning Edge Skill greatly powers her up, letting her deal tremendous amounts of damage in short bursts. This duo is absolutely broken, and we cannot recommend them enough!
Once in the facility’s courtyard,head inside and follow the hallway to the left,revealing a guard.Wait for the guard to walk awayfrom you, thenhead down the hallway to the right.There will beanother branching hallway to the left,with a room on the left and right.Enter the room on the rightwhen the guard looks away.
Navigate to theback of this roomandlook up to see an opened window.Use yourpossession to pass through the windowand movearound the corner of the wallto see a follower.Possess the followerand continue moving down the hallway andup the stairs onto the second floor.
Whenever you’re on the second floor,hide behind the cooling rack on the right,use yourpossession again,and traveldown the hallway to possess another follower.From here,continue pushing forwarduntil you see someone looking out a window.Get behind them and Splatter Blood on themto reveal they’re the Slitterhead you’re looking for.
Defeat The Slitterhead
With the Slitterhead revealedEdo should appear shortly,allowing you to work quickly on it. However, until he arrives,use Burning Edge to deal considerable damageto it. Be sure toguard and parry its attacks.This Slitterhead hurts, especially if you’re a follower, so just remain patient until Edo gets there.
Switch to Edo when he arrives,activate Burning Edge, and spam his Angel Stepto deal immense amounts of damage to it,defeating it swiftlyand effectively. Once the Slitterhead is defeated,examine its corpseto reveal it was after something in the facility kitchen, piquing your interest as well and having you go check out what it was after.
Examine The Kitchen
From here,head back down the hallwayuntil youreach the kitchenandattempt to open the doorto learn that it’s locked. Next,head to the right of the door to look through the windowand find a follower smoking out of the kitchen window.
However, youcan only use possession through open windows,forcing you toget to a higher elevationon the opposite side of the facility. Movepast the kitchen door, take a right, and head up the stairsto the third floor. There will be many guards in this room, but you can sneak past all of them.
Find Elevated View
Uponarriving on the third floor,you will see aseries of curtains on the right.Use them as cover andmove to the far end of them,keeping an eye on theguard in front of the door to the left.Wheneverthis guard turns awayfrom you,make a break to the hallway in front of you,circling behind the room.
Push forward until you see a guard patrolling on the right.Wait for them toturn around and begin walking awayfrom you, thenquickly move behind one of the pillarsandthen behind the wall directly in frontof you. From here, use yourpossession to wrap around the wallandpossess another follower.
Walk toward the open window,use yourpossession to exit the facility,thendescend in front of the kitchen windowandpossess the follower taking a smoke breakfrom earlier, granting you access to the kitchen. From here, justmake your way toward the doorto trigger a cutscene.
Defeat Slitterheads
Two Slitterheads will ambush the kitchen,forcing Yin Yue to leave again, leaving you to deal with them.Despite there being two,you onlyneed to focus on one,so select your target and go all in.Your Rarities should be here again,so switch to them whenever they appear.
Utilize Edo’s Burning Edge and Angel Stepto obliterate one of the Slitterheads, allowing you toeliminate them relatively quickly.If you need to heal,use Julee’s Revive All or hold R1/RB to absorb bloodoff the ground to top yourself off. Afterdefeating one of the Slitterheads, the other will transform,kicking off the final encounter.
If you find yourselfstruggling here,you’re able to alsoswitch to the followers in the room,useWar Cryto lure the Slitterheads over to you, and thenswitch back to your Rarities to heal back up.This method will keep the heat off of them just long enough to let them fully heal or get one of their Skills back.
Defeat The Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus Slitterhead
TheGreater Blue-Ringed OctopusSlitterheadwill be thefinal encounterof this mission, allowing you to go all in against it,utilizing the strengths of both your Raritiesto your advantage. If you chooseJulee and Edo,you’re in good shape, asactivating Burning Edge with her will let her deal with disgusting amounts of damage.
Juleecan also use her Sonic Clawsto deal tons of damage, allowing her toquickly stagger the Slitterhead,enabling her tofollow up with more attacks.If shebegins taking damage,back off for a bit andswitch to Edo, activating his Burning Edge and combining it with Angel Stepto unleash pure devastation.
Parry and guard should be top prioritiesin this encounter, too, as theSlitterhead has many far-reach attacks that are very telegraphed.Keep getting in and activating your Skills to quickly take down the Slitterhead to complete the mission!
Hidden Cave RE (2nd Loop) Rewards
Clearing Hidden Cave RE (2nd Loop) for the first timewill reward you with22 Skill Tokens,allowing you to further enhance your Rarities. Unfortunately,Skill Tokens are shared,meaning you can only use them on one character. Use these suckers wisely.
And you know what time it is. It’s time to remind you aboutexhausting all the dialogue choices in the ‘Talk’ menubefore doing anything else. Seriously. Do it. This is how youunlock more missions and can even receive hintson where to find more Rarities to expand your gameplay!
