Approach the gate for the scene to play. Go right, on the railing, and jump to the plate to hit the first yellow ride. There are just two left pushes. Then follow the red plates to a yellow one, and you just avoid the easy obstacles and some cages to the other side.
BOSS: The Hunter
Main tip, when he spits ink at you, just use Elika when he’s close. At any time when he’s close and not shielded, grab and go into an aerial combo. Keep in mind when he’s beating up on you in a little scene, just mash the attack button before the icon appears. And just be ready for any button sequence at any time, they are all kinda hard to predict. He also loves to do a quick counter attack and give you little time to react, so be ready to hit the block at any time you are attacking him; press it twice, once to start and again if it’s a slow counter.
*NOTE: Holding the block button for counters helps to block, but not to put on a counter of your own.*
He will break the ground twice. The first time it just makes the arena smaller. The second puts you in a little platforming part. Jump over to the slide and Elike jump off of it, and again for the next one. After two wall runs, Elika jump to the next, and then you can Elika jump to the final arena.
Don’t even try to ring him out, doesn’t work and it kills your combo. Just keep up your same tactics, but more than ever you must keep your eye out for his quick button press sequences, they are hard to see coming. At this point, if you can get through all his changing forms and insane counters and get in one good aerial combo, that should be close to over.
Talk a few times, then go and hit the red plate. Follow them to the yellow plate, and the rides are fairly simple with just some tricky obstacles to go under among the rest. And then at the end you’re done with the citadel.
You may be able to look right and see a few seeds, so go get them if you want; there is just like one if you drop down those poles on the side.
To the Reservoir
Anyway, you should be about 80 seeds from your next power. Bring up your map and set a course for the Reservoir at The Vale. Then teleport to the Machinery Ground.
Take the red plates down to the three-way intersection. If you have your locator on, use it to see you can take that middle path to get on your way. Hit the pole and do the jumps to a platform, then take the left slide path to quickly reach the enemy and cut him out before fighting. Follow the slide to the solid platform.
Hit the column, Elika jump to the next, and then roof run along the rings to the next one. Roof run or jump to the next, slide down a bit, and jump to the other column (yes, they are more like poles, but I can’t get these terms switched up).
You reach the Observatory, but of course you cannot enter, but feel free to talk about it with her. Hit the columns, run to the fissure, jump to the vines, cross the blobs, hit the columns, wall run along the rings, and it’s unlikely you’ll be able to cut the monster before he appears. But again, just ring him out for a quick kill. I hope you realize you just move around, then Elika combo him off the edge, right?
Check your map or use your locator to check your path, as either side looks the same. More columns and rings, then some wall blobs flanking a patch of diseased vines. And you’re close to the nexus point of the Reservoir, but at this platform you can talk to her about it. There are just slides and fissures from this point to reach the nexus of the Reservoir.
