Wizardry Lab (2)

Return to the Wizardry Lab and go to the room before the warp chamber. Drop to the bottom and head right.

Enter the next room, aiming for the bottom left corner. Defeat the Slaughterer (a hopping pig that shoots fireballs) and The Creature (Frankenstein's Monster). To defeat The Creature, lure it to the right side of its level, jump to the level above, and attack from afar, potentially using the Axe Armor soul (which restores 1 HP/second) at your own risk.

Exit the room through the bottom left corner.

Drop down through the next room and take the bottom right door. After a cutscene (a non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically) (a non-interactive story sequence), continue through the room.

In the next room, take the bottom right door to find a save point.

Go left to encounter the boss, Balore.

To defeat Balore, stay between his hands. Duck when he charges his eye laser attack. Jump on his fist when he brings it close to him to avoid being hit, and jump off when it's safe. The Axe weapon is effective due to its sweeping motion; jump and use it repeatedly.

Take the orb after defeating Balore and head right to find an ice wall.

Use your new soul and the stylus to clear the ice wall by pressing or running the stylus around the screen.

Save your game.

Backtrack to the first room of the Wizardry Lab (the room closest to a save point, excluding the one you just used). You can go through the halls again or warp to The Lost Village, go to the moat, drop into the waterless area, and take the door.

Reach the top of the first room and go through the top right door.

In this room, you will see ice and a pillar. Destroy ice strategically to get over the pillar. From the stairs, use the Flying Armor soul (which allows you to fly) to land on the ice. Destroy all ice except the bottom level, then destroy only the top three layers of the next ice section. Continue this pattern, creating an ice staircase if necessary for pillars extending from the ceiling or when there's no other apparent way over.

In the next room, destroy all ice to reach the bottom.

Head left to find a Combat Knife.

Go back into the previous room. Use the staircase strategy again: destroy a 4x4 set of ice blocks, leaving the bottom right corner intact.

Jump to the remaining ice block and create a staircase of ice to return to the top.

Backtrack to the main room. Drop to the bottom of the shaft and take the door there.

Navigate through the next room and the shaft on the other side. Drop down and take the first door on the right.

Make your way through the room with the Manicore enemies and the creepy painting.

Ascend the next shaft (which contains a warp room). Consider returning to The Lost Village to visit the shop and acquire Castle Map 2 if you haven't already.

Head to the top-right of this area.