This upgrade cog will be in plain sight on the middle platform. You can get to this room by using the jetpack or hookshot up from the Temple Entrance pneumatic tube or by completing the Demon’s Crib cave.
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Upgrade Cog
In the same room as the above upgrade cog but slide down the far right wall. Break the right most block on the ground to reveal a secret area with an upgrade cog.
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Upgrade Cog
Fly up to the top right corner of this room and break the stone block with your jackhammer to reveal a hidden upgrade cog.
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Artifact, Ore
Enter the Demon’s Crib by moving the robot after you get the ignition pickaxe mod. This cave is very straight forward and is really just a race to the finish. The lava will keep rising so you have to follow the path to outrace it. There are some cultists here but you can just fly right past all of them. There’s an ore you’ll see on the right as you climb up you can pick up along the way while breaking all the blocks in your way. Once you reach the top, don’t go into the exit. Instead, hook shot to the ceiling. The lava will soon catch up to you and sit there for a few seconds, then it’ll start lowering again. Just head down right back to the beginning of the cave and head to the lower right corner of the beginning room. You’ll see a sand block here. Break it and enter for the Fire Token artifact. Now just head for the entrance to get out of here quicker.
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Upgrade Cog
Enter that maze area. You’ll see in the map where the openings are, just hit them open and grab the upgrade cog in the middle.
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Artifact, Upgrade Cog
Head to the right side of this cave and you’ll see some fireflies. If there’s more than one, kill them both. There’s a spot they’ll respawn from in the top right corner. When there’s only one, lead it down to the middle of this room. You want to get directly under it and hit it straight up the center to break some sand blocks up there. Once the path is clear, hook shot up there and wall jump to the top for an upgrade cog. Drop back down and lead a firefly up to here. Once you get a firefly in this area, stand on the block where the upgrade cog was. Hit it straight to the left to reveal a secret containing the Ginsa Shark Tooth artifact. Head back out of this cave.
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Ore
Jump up to the upper right corner of this conveyor belt maze room. Break the sand block there to reveal a hidden path that loops around to the beginning of the room with an ore in it.
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Artifact, Upgrade Cog
You’ll see a lot of floor switches in this room. Stepping on a single one will close the next door and you have to turn the lever to open them again. There’s an artifact in this cave that you can only get if you don’t touch any switches throughout the whole cave. Keep that in mind. You’ll have to leave the cave and reenter it to reset it for that artifact. Start by sprint jumping over the first batch. Now drop down and wall climb along the left. Just use hook shots to move your way to the far right wall here along the floating blocks. At the end of this set, move to the left and climb up this narrow passage. Hook shot the ceiling as you move up to the upper right here while avoiding all of the switches. Break the sand block in the top left of this room to release the stone below. Fall onto it and use a pressure bomb on the sand block to the left. Drop down through the new opening for an upgrade cog. The door to the artifact at the end will remain open only if you didn’t touch any switches. It is the Piece of Red Cloth. Once you’re done here, break the sand block in the ground and leave the cave.
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Upgrade Cog
From the Floor is Lava cave, just head down and to the left. Break the block at the end of the conveyor belt to open up this secret area for an upgrade cog.
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Ore
There’s one platform in the middle of this maze room that doesn’t move. Hop on it and jump to the left. Break the odd block there to enter this crusher room to the left for some rare ore.
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Upgrade Cog
When leaving the conveyor belt maze, jump up into this little alcove. Break the odd looking block here with a pressure bomb and enter the secret area to get this upgrade cog.
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Artifact
This one is kind of tough, the crusher is there. Hop down and quickly break the center block. Once you drop down there, you’ll see the artifact.
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Artifact, Upgrade Cog (x2)
Slide down the wall to the left in between lava drops. You’ll notice sliding is the same speed as the lava drops which is rather convenient. Once at the bottom, hook shot onto the conveyor belt on the ceiling to pass over all the lava down there. Climb up the wall to the left in between lava shots and alternate left and right to avoid the spikes when they get in your way. Now start heading to the right and avoid the fireballs here. At the end of this path, slide down the conveyor belts. The second will be rather tricky with lava dropping down. You want to let go of the wall to drop faster and quickly hold on to slow down before you hit the lava shot. Once you reach the bottom, jump across the blocks to the right to find a platform with an upgrade cog. Now head back the way you came and go to the left along the lower conveyor belt while dropping to avoid the lava shots and quickly hook shotting back up. Climb up the path here while avoiding the alternating fireballs. Another upgrade cog will be at the end of this path. Don’t head for the exit just yet. Instead, keep climbing up to the right where the fireballs are coming from but be careful not to get hit. At the top, break the stone block with the crack in it to open a secret to attain the Fossil artifact. Break the stone block at the end of this path and head for the exit of the cave.
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Upgrade Cog (x2)
This part can be kind of tricky. Platforms will rise and drop in the lava. You have to time your jumps across them without touching the lava to reach the end of this section. At the end, drop beneath the fists popping out of the wall. Once they start pushing out, jump up to the left of the fists and break the cracked block at the top. Collect the upgrade cog up here. Hook shot up and go right. Break the block at the end to leave this secret area. Collect some ore and continue to your right. These platforms below will act as trampolines and shoot you up when you touch them. Work your way to the right while avoiding the spikes. At the end of the path, stand on the top crusher and the crushers below you will push in before you fall. Just stay put and you will slowly drop down. After the first set of crushers, another set will try to actually crush you. Just drop down without grabbing a wall and you’ll be fine. Head to the right and grab the other upgrade cog in this cave. Now head for the exit to your left.
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Artifact
Once you get the upgraded jet pack that refuels as you don’t use it, you can just fly up to this top area. If you don’t have that yet, you can wall jump up the far left wall and hook shot your way across the ceiling to the right. Just be mindful of the steel plates that will make you fall as you head to the right.
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Artifact, Upgrade Cog
Begin this long cave by heading to the left. You will soon see a wizard that will have crystals circle around a spot you’re in and then shoot fireballs in every direction when they form together. Just make sure to avoid the fireballs for now and keep heading to the left. Wall climb to just to the left of the wizard and wait for the crystals to appear. Quickly drop down to the lower left to avoid the fireballs and they’ll open up the path for you. Jump over the wizard, making sure to leave it alive, and climb up the wall above. Stand at the top of the platform and wait for the crystals to appear again. Quickly sprint to the right and drop down to the switch. You’ll see two cracked blocks here. One down low that you can break and another up high that you can’t. The wizard’s fireballs will break the higher one, revealing the Doom Cult To-Do List artifact. Pick it up. Now flip the switch and break the lower block. Fall down and you’ll find yourself at the entrance of the cave, don’t leave yet though!
Now head to the right. This path is really straight forward, just follow the path while avoiding the lava. You’ll reach a large robot blocking your path. Jump over the block above it and break it from the left side. Quickly wall jump and keep jumping so you don’t touch the robot. The lava will drip onto it and wake it up. Once it passes to the right, drop down and continue to the left. Flip the switch and the end and climb up the path that is now open. Head to the right at the top of this path and avoid the fireballs from the wizards. You’ll see a set of sand blocks that will block your way. Back track a little bit and lure a fireball from the wizard to shoot at the sand blocks. You have to actually break the sand blocks before the fireballs hit them so the fireball will wake up a robot to the right. Get out of the robots way with a hookshot to the ceiling and continue along the path. Another robot will soon block your path. Just hook shot to the far upper right corner of the path with the robot and wait for another set of fireballs. Drop down to avoid the fireballs and they’ll wake up the robot, killing the wizards below. You’ll find this cave’s upgrade cog just after the wizards. Fall down to the left and break the block, then fall down to exit this cave.
Ride the conveyor belts to the right and avoid the spikes. Feel free to use hook shots on the ceiling to just get around them when it’s easier. Now you’ll reach an area with a big pit below you. Jump across the conveyor belt platforms here. Use hook shots to save yourself if you fall. At the end, don’t climb up yet. Drop below the last conveyor belt and use hook shots along the bottom of this platform to head to the far bottom right corner. Wall climb straight up this wall for a hidden upgrade cog. Slide back down the wall and hook shot back up to where you came from. Use hook shots to climb up this area with conveyor belts and avoid the spikes. At the top, start heading to the left. Use the hook shot to ride conveyor belts and avoid the spikes and lava here. When you drop down and ride a conveyor belt to the right, you’ll see a single block without a spike on the left wall. Jump and hook shot through it for a secret with an artifact. The screenshot below will show where it is exactly.
Follow the path up with more conveyor belts and hook shots to avoid spikes. Be careful, these conveyor belts move very quickly! Pick up the Hallo Katze Chainsaw artifact. Fall down to the left and break the block to return to where you entered this secret area. Follow the conveyor belts to the right and avoid the spikes with hook shots as needed. You’ll drop down and head back to the left. Jump over the lava at the end and pick up the upgrade cog. Dig through the blocks to your left to exit this cave.
Head to the right and you’ll enter a brief cutscene with the Great Prophet. You will now enter the boss battle against him.
After you defeat the Great Prophet, fall down the opening that appears in the cutscene and pick up the Ignition Axe. Head to the left and hit the robot with your axe to get it to move. Continue along the path to the left and use the ignition axe to move any other robots you need to move. The second robot you hit, you’ll have to hit a few times. Fall into the small hole underneath it when it’s safe and hit it again to move it once more to the right. Continue up the path here and move the last robot to the far left wall. Jump on its back while it stopped at the far left and break the brick block on the wall with your jackhammer for a hidden upgrade cog. Now head to the right to exit this cave.
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Upgrade Cog
This one will require you to have a lot of health. Simply fall into the lava to the left of the Combuster’s Station cave and swim under the lava to the left for a hidden area with an upgrade cog.
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Ore, Upgrade Cog (x3)
Head to the left and pick up the ore there. There’s one little alcove in the ceiling that doesn’t have a torch here, just fly up into it. At the end of this path, you’ll find a contraption to unlock the long range grappler as well as three upgrade cogs and a rare ore. Pick them all up and leave the cave.
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Upgrade Cog
Once you enter this large open area in the map, simply wall climb up the left wall and you’ll find the upgrade cog behind an oddly placed block you destroy.
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Upgrade Cog
At the far end of the first lava pit you have to jump across, as indicated in the map, jump into the small opening in the lower right.
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Artifact, Ore, Upgrade Cog
Jump up to the left and break the sand block between both conveyor belts. Flip the switch for the crate to fall onto the pressure plate below. Enter the now open door to the right. Pick up the topaz as you continue to the right and fly up above where the crates are flying into lava. Break the block here and ride the conveyor belt to the left. Hit the switch here. Break all the crates that block your path as you move upwards. At the split, go to the right and then go up at the next immediate split. You’ll be standing at a switch and overlooking the entire room. This switch will stop all the conveyor belts. You want to stop it right before the crate flies off the top conveyor belt. Then quickly flip it so it drops slowly to the next conveyor belt. The trick here is you have to get it stopped on the left edge of the right most conveyor belt. Once you time it right to stop there, turn it on and don’t touch the switch again. It’ll end up on a pressure plate that you passed.
Before you follow the crate, head to the upper right corner of this room and blow up the dirt block with your pressure bomb if you have the sky assailant mod. If you don’t have it yet, you’ll need to come back here. There’s a switch at the top of the room that controls the conveyor belts. you want to manipulate it so it stops at the edge of each conveyor belt before a crusher blocks it, but activate it again before a crusher crushes it. It’s all about timing but you do want to stop it at the end of each conveyor belt, even if just for a brief moment. This will open up a room for the Holt Toast artifact. Now, head to where that crate from the previous room wound up and fly straight up. You’ll end up at another switch overlooking a room. This switch will only control the two upper conveyor belts. Stop the conveyor belts so the crate doesn’t get smashed by the crushers as you let it progress through the room. Stop the crate when it’s on the left edge of the middle conveyor belt. Turn the switch on once you see the lowest crusher begin shaking. It’ll come out to another pressure plate below. Head through the open doors below and fly into the clay block to reach the upgrade cog. Head down to the exit.
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Upgrade Cog
When you enter the basement of the temple of the destroyer and start digging to the right for the first time, drop down the first chance you can and start heading to the left using hook shots. You’ll find an upgrade cog at the end of this path behind a block you have to break.
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Artifact, Ore, Upgrade Cog (x2)
Use your jet pack to fly through the clay block to your right. There are two mine carts in this room. Hit the upper mine cart to the right and then go to the left minecart. Hit that to the right as well. Follow it down and go to the right through the open door. Use your jet pack to enter the next mine cart puzzle room. Hit the left mine cart to the left and then the right mine cart to the right. They should both be in the same area. Hit the right mine cart to the left so it stops at the left mine cart. Now break the left mine cart and it will respawn just above you. Hit the new mine cart to the right and then the left mine cart to the right to open the next switch. Grab the upgrade cog through the door. Now continue to the right for the last puzzle of this cave. This last puzzle involves a lot of steps so just do the following:
This is in the very beginning of Archaea but you can’t reach it until you unlock the jackhammer. Once you get the jackhammer, head to the lower left corner of this section and break the brick blocks with it to reveal a secret area with this artifact.
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Artifact, Upgrade Cog
This is the first cave you will encounter in the game. Caves are kind of little bonus levels that have goodies inside. You absolutely want to enter every one you find. It’ll always be worth it. You’ll start off by seeing some metal plates on the walls, you won’t be able to wall jump up these. You’ll just slide off. So begin by heading to the left. Climb up and break the sand block, quickly jump out of the way before the large stone above crashes down on you. Climb up and you’ll see a small opening in the top left corner of this room. Climb up there to reveal a secret. Head to the right for an artifact, the Amulet of Baal Ahdahli-Dihla. You’ll see a cracked dirt block directly below the artifact. Just break through it and drop straight down. You’ll conveniently land on an upgrade cog. Break the box open and pick it up. That’s everything in this cave so you can drop back down and leave the cave from the door you entered.
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Upgrade Cog
Just hug the left wall in this area and break the different colored block on the left wall to reveal this secret area with an upgrade cog.
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Artifact, Ore, Upgrade Cog
Start off by heading to the left and killing the beetle. Break down the sand block that blocks your way ahead. Drop down and kill another beetle down here. Slowly work your way down here and avoid the cacti on the edges. If a beetle charges at you, just jump over it and let them drop down. They’ll drop straight into water and drown for an easy kill. Once you reach the bottom of this path, stand on the red clay block on the right and it’ll crumble under you. Enter the large contraption to unlock the Pressure Bomb! The pressure bomb is a handy item that will allow you to throw a bomb in any direction that will stick to a block and then destroy it. This is the only way to break blocks you can’t normally reach. You will see two small blue bars in the top left corner below your health. This is your pressure bomb charges. You can refill it by just standing in water at any time. Break down the sand blocks to the right using your pressure bomb to continue.
Break through the next sand block in your way and head to the right. Swim through the water and wall climb up to the next platform. Kill off this beetle and follow the platforms to the left and then straight up. When you’re on the upper left block here, shoot a pressure bomb straight up. You’ll see a beryl block that will drop on your head. Jump up to the next platform to the right and kill the beetle here. Break the dirt blocks on this platform so you can shoot a pressure bomb to the dirt block to your right, which will drop the large stone. Drop down on the stone and shoot another pressure bomb at the sand block to the right to open up this path. Drop back down into the water to recharge your pressure bombs before you continue through that opening. Halfway up this block, you’ll see a platform with some wooden floors. There will be a cracked block to the right. Break it and drop down for an upgrade cog. Refer to the screenshot below for its exact location, the mini map in the top right will give you a great idea of where this secret is hidden.
Kill the two beetles at the top of this path and you will see a platform you can climb onto above the second beetle. Climb up there and fire a pressure bomb straight up at the sand block. Climb up there to reveal the Rattus norvegicus artifact. When you’re ready, drop back down and head to the left. Break the sand block to reach the exit to leave this cave.
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Upgrade Cog
In between the stairs to the cave entitled Burster’s Room, you’ll see a cracked block to the right. Break it with your pick axe and step on the pressure plate in here. This will open the door below you so you can reach the upgrade cog.
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Upgrade Cog
When you get the pressure bomb, head to the area with the marker on the map. Destroy the dirt blocks in the upper left corner here and wall jump to the platform above. Break the block to the right with a pressure bomb to open a secret area with this upgrade cog.
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Upgrade Cog
Just hug the right wall on the marker on the map and break the different colored block to reveal an upgrade cog here.
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Ore
Head towards the marker on the map and break the different colored block for a hidden ore.
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Artifact, Upgrade Cog
Head to the right and go under all of the cracked blocks. Break the last block in the row, where the crack begins, and quickly sprint back to the left before the stones above crush you! Now climb up the platforms and break the next cracked block. Continue to the right once the path is clear. You will see the beginning of the cracked blocks here again at the far end. Use a pressure bomb on it to give you some extra time as you run back to the left for safety. Once all the stones clear, head to the far right for an upgrade cog. Now start heading back to the beginning of this cave. At the left end of the stones that all dropped, you will see a wall you can sprint jump to and wall climb up. Go up there and break the sand block to reveal a secret containing the Spelunky Diary artifact. View the screenshot below to find where you should wall jump up. Once you grab that artifact, head back down to the entrance of the cave to leave it.
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Artifact
This area can be reached with a pressure bomb to open the path and sprint jumping up into it. A hook shot or jet pack could be used to. You could also always enter from the Windy Plains by going through the dirt blocks along the ground to the far left side of the Windy Plains.
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Upgrade Cog
Head to the right under the wooden platforms with the stones on them. You have to be quick here. Quickly fire a pressure bomb down and jump up and out to the left before it goes off. If you didn’t get out in time, you’ll have to break the rest of the sand, leave the cave, and reenter it to reset the room. If you do get out before the pressure bomb goes off, stand on the top stone that will fall with the wooden platforms. You can now break the sand block to the right. The upgrade cog in this cave is right up here in the top right corner of this small cave. Leave the room when you complete it.
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Ore
This cave is really easy. Simply drop down below and break the sand block in your way. Hop up back to the entrance of the cave and enjoy the fireworks! All of the cacti will destroy each other and clear the rest of the room, leaving a nice, shiny azurite for you at the top of the room. Leave the cave when you pick it up.
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Upgrade Cog
When you have the jackhammer, just break the brick blocks below the upper door to Yarrow and go to the left once you can. You’ll see the upgrade cog right there.
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Upgrade Cog
A beetle will drop to the platform above, let it step on the switch and quickly run through the door to the right. Climb up to where the beetle is from the right side. Jump over it and try to get it to charge at you while you’re to its left. You want it to drop off the edge of the platform with its charge. You may have to keep jumping at the edge so it doesn’t charge you too early. Once it drops, stand on the switch so it can pass through the door below and to the right. Now head down to the lower right and lure it down to the lower switch on the right side. Do the same thing, get it to charge at you off the edge. Once it steps on the switch, enter the door in the top right to reach the upgrade cog. Once you have it, head back out of the exit.
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Artifact, Ore, Upgrade Cog
Step on the switch to your right and drop through the open hatch. Head to the left to kill a beetle. Climb up the platforms above that beetle and use a pressure bomb on the sand block in the top left corner to release the stone block onto the switch below. Drop down and enter the now open door to your left. Climb all the way to the top of this mineshaft here. Once you reach the top, enter that small alcove in the top right. Just run through the stone to the right to reveal a secret which holds the Photo of a Missing Love artifact. Head out of this secret area and jump over the gap to the left to the clay block. Fall through it and begin climbing the ladders to the top. At the top of the last ladder in sight, you’ll see some platforms to the right you can jump across. Jump across them and climb another ladder up to the top of this area. Kill the beetle and use a pressure bomb on the sand block to the left to drop the large stone.
Follow the stone downward but be careful not to take damage from the fall. You may want to backtrack down the ladders you came up. Step on the switch next to the stone to drop it another level. Don’t follow it this time. Instead, go to the left and use a pressure bomb on the sand block on the left wall. Drop down and break the dirt block here. You should land to the left of the stone block. Step on the switch here and follow it down. Drop down as low as you can and head to the left through the open door. Drop through the clay block and enter the contraption here to unlock the Jackhammer! This useful tool will smash through blocks you otherwise couldn’t break. Before continuing, climb the contraption and shoot a pressure bomb at the ore above the machine to pick it up. Climb up the platforms to the right and use the jackhammer to power through these bricks. Continue to the right through the next set of bricks when you reach the mineshaft for some more ore and an upgrade cog. You can now exit this cave.
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Secret Character
Just outside the Mason’s Station cave, after you get the jackhammer, just break the brick blocks to teh right to reveal a secret area with Josh Yonker who will give you the Blood Quest mod.
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Upgrade Cog
Hug the left wall in the marker on the map and break the different colored block to reveal this secret area.
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Ore
Hug the right wall in the marker on the map and break the different colored block to reveal a secret area with some ore in it.
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Artifact, Upgrade Cog (2)
In order to get everything in this cave, you’ll need the upgrade hook shot and/or the jet pack. The first section below is for your first time running into this cave, before you get those upgrades, the second is after you unlock those items. You’ll still want to follow both walkthroughs to get all the items in this cave.
This cave is really straight forward to begin with. Just follow the path through the clay blocks. The only spot where it splits is to backtrack. At the end of the path, you’ll find the portal to Vectron. Dorothy is brave enough to enter it, even if Fen refuses to, so head in! The intro to Vectron is very straight forward. Just follow the path until you reach a wide area with clay. Be careful falling down here and slowly move to the left wall. You’ll find an expensive ore on this side but it’s easy to miss as you don’t have much time to avoid the crumbling clay. After you fall through the rest, just slide down the left wall. You’ll see some floating spirits and TVs near them. When you get close to one, they’ll quickly enter the TV and self destruct. If there’s no TV nearby, they’ll just explode in place. Once at the bottom, head to the middle. Lure the spirit into the TV and drop into the new opening.
Just keep moving quickly through this next area to the right to avoid all of the spirits. Stay on the upper path until you reach the end and drop down. Have the spirit down there destroy the TV and run to the far right. Don’t worry, your game isn’t crashing, it’s part of an animation here. Continue climbing the walls to the right and over the dirt mound ahead. Before continuing, clear out the dirt for the little opening. You’ll need to hide in here soon. Head to the right and a robot will block your path. Lure the spirit here into the robot and run to the left into the little hole. When the robot passes, climb out and run to the right without slowing down until the robot can no longer chase you. Slide down this long wall so you don’t take fall damage. This part can be rather tricky. Head to the far right without triggering any spirits to head to robots. If you do, just run! Don’t slow down, don’t think about stopping for anything.. Run and jump at the end of the path. You’ll land in water and the robots will keep going. Just keep wall climbing in the top right corner until the robots power themselves down. Now head to the left and climb up the wall. Enter the first opening you see. Follow this path and avoid the spirits. Just dig as quickly as you can and run to the left when you reach the bottom. You’ll enter a cutscene before you die and you’ll return to the mysterious cave.
Start climbing the platforms to the left and enter the contraption to unlock the Jet Engine. This is a jetpack that only works for a couple of seconds and you can use it by holding B. Work your way to the top of this cave by jumping from platform to platform. At the top, break the blocks to the left and follow this path to reunite with Fen. Climb out of this cave using your jetpack and breaking the sandblocks to free your way. Before leaving the cave, jet pack to the opening in the upper right corner. Use a hook shot on the dirt up there to refill your jet pack to use again. You’ll find an upgrade cog up here. Now leave the cave to return to Archaea.
