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Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement

A Friendly Favor

Follow this Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement guide to complete the 'A Friendly Favor' quest, detailing enemy encounters, item locations, and strategies for navigating Livre Ex Machina.

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Follow this Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement guide to complete the 'A Friendly Favor' quest, detailing enemy encounters, item locations, and strategies for navigating Livre Ex Machina.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the Teleportation Room in Livre Ex Machina, head right. Use Reflector Ray to teleport between mirrors, exiting by the door on the right.
  2. 2
    Traverse the next room, a long hallway with rotating ceiling and floor blades. Use Reflector Ray to land on safe spaces. You will encounter your first Tamako-Death (238 HP), which spits fireballs from its guitar. It can drop the Silver Tiara (8%), Smoothie (4%), Strawberries (12%), and Queen’s Tear (5%).
  3. 3
    Head back left and climb through the ceiling hole. In this room, defeat the Leraje, which shoots homing arrows.
  4. 4
    Go left into another long room with spinning blades. This room contains a Malediction, which can turn you to stone, and a Chair Mimic. Use Reflector Ray for safe landings and be cautious of the Chair Mimic knocking you into blades.
  5. 5
    Enter the tall room on the far left with spinning ceiling blades and a grated floor. Avoid the saw blades below. Defeat the Tamako-Death on the left. Time your drop to avoid the first blade, run left to kill the Tamako-Death, then drop onto the next platform as the blade passes. Use Reflector Ray to reach a small area containing the _HP Max Up_ (#15).
  6. 6
    Return to the room with the Leraje. Climb through the ceiling hole.
  7. 7
    Ride the moving bookshelves in the next room to the upper-left corner to find a Blue Chest (#12). Continue on the bookshelves to the hole in the upper-left ceiling.
  8. 8
    Destroy the Lance Armor and check the Bookshelf (#??). Go left into a large room with a pit. Drop in and kill the Dragon.
  9. 9
    Head to the far left and open the Green Chest (#13) for Gold Equipment/R. From this platform, use Reflector Ray to teleport up to the platform above. Double Jump left to reach another platform. Break the wall to the left to obtain the Traverser's Ring, which increases damage based on map completion.
  10. 10
    Backtrack two rooms to the room with bookshelves and bladed ground. Ride the shelves to reach the hole in the upper-right corner. Break the wall on the left for a _Capacity Up_ (#11).
  11. 11
    Proceed right to find a Leraje, a Thunder Elemental, and a Carriage Morte. Defeat the Carriage Morte first, then the Leraje. You can then ignore the Thunder Elemental and continue right.
Tips
  • The Tamako-Death is relatively small and can be hard to hit, but its fireballs are easy to avoid.
  • The Malediction is dangerous primarily due to its stone effect in a room full of blades.
  • The Traverser's Ring is a powerful accessory, especially when nearing 100% map completion.
  • Prioritize defeating the less mobile enemies like the Carriage Morte first to reduce incoming attacks.
  • This section leads to a Game Over and an achievement.
  • Items found include: _HP Max Up_ (#15), Blue Chest (#12), Green Chest (#13), Gold Equipment/R, and the Traverser's Ring.
  • Enemy drops include: Silver Tiara, Smoothie, Strawberries, and Queen’s Tear.

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