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Part 1: Town Of Ash
Darksiders 2

Part 1: Town Of Ash

Follow this Darksiders 2 walkthrough for Part 1: Town of Ash DLC. Learn how to defeat new enemies like Ravagers and Defilers, find chests, and obtain the Skeleton Key.

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Follow this Darksiders 2 walkthrough for Part 1: Town of Ash DLC. Learn how to defeat new enemies like Ravagers and Defilers, find chests, and obtain the Skeleton Key.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Begin by heading down the street and assisting Uriel in repelling waves of demons.
  2. 2
    After the cutscene, Uriel will remain as a merchant. Proceed through the newly accessible door.
  3. 3
    In the next area, defeat the 6-8 Ravagers, a new enemy type that uses magical quarterstaffs for melee attacks, energy bombs, and shockwaves.
  4. 4
    After clearing the room, climb the stairs, follow the upper platform east to an alcove containing a chest.
  5. 5
    Return to the center, wall run to the death grip ring, and use it to reach the west platform. Open the chest there.
  6. 6
    Enter the hallway, grab a bomb plant, and return to the room below. Toss the bomb onto the corruption crystals to clear a path.
  7. 7
    Proceed through the hole, turn right in the hallway, and enter the first alcove for a chest.
  8. 8
    Continue to the end of the hallway, kill the Hell Slaves, and use death grip to cross to the far side.
  9. 9
    Enter the next hallway, follow it past a side tunnel to the west, and find a chest at the very end.
  10. 10
    Backtrack to the west-side tunnel, descend the stairs, and enter the room at the end.
  11. 11
    Kill the Hell Slaves. You will see a skeleton key door ahead, a door to the right, and an open passage to the left. Proceed through the north door.
  12. 12
    Collect the chest at the far end of this room and return to the stairs.
  13. 13
    After a short scene, encounter and defeat the initial Defiler. More will spawn; kill all 6-7 to unblock the stairs.
  14. 14
    Return to the previous room, descend the stairs through the south doorway, and death grip swing across the gap.
  15. 15
    Locate a switch in an alcove to the right, but ignore it for now.
  16. 16
    Look back towards the death grip ring, then to the right for another platform. Wall run along the left wall and jump to the right platform.
  17. 17
    Move into the hallway and find a bomb growth behind crystals to the left. Death grip it and destroy the crystals below for a chest.
  18. 18
    Grab another bomb, continue to the end of the hallway, turn right, and toss the bomb at the switch to lower a fence.
  19. 19
    Run to the lowered fence and death grip across to a chest on the far side to obtain the skeleton key.
  20. 20
    Return to the skeleton key door room, open it, kill the attacking Hell Slaves, and open the chest.
  21. 21
    Climb either set of stairs, defeat any remaining enemies, and proceed through the door at the top.
Tips
  • Uriel acts as a merchant throughout the DLC in the starting area.
  • Ravagers can be tough; use their predictable attack patterns to your advantage.
  • Defilers have damaging area-of-effect attacks; maintain distance when they spin their weapons.
  • Remember to use the bomb plants to clear corruption crystals and activate switches.
  • Wall running and death grip are essential for navigation in this area.

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