Recycled Vessel And additional playthrough details

Access the dungeon by walking through the door after meeting the prerequisites.

1st Door: Navigate through three areas, defeating shades and bosses in each. After the third area, you will receive the Fool's Embrace one-handed sword. Continue through another area with enemies ending in an armored boss. The final area is a platforming stage similar to the Barren Temple, culminating in a boss fight that rewards an outfit and extra experience (Exp).

2nd Door: This door appears after clearing the first. The first stage involves fighting a boss with changing conditions every few seconds. The second stage is a maze resembling the Junk Heap, filled with enemies that spam magic orbs; using the Wall (a defensive magic spell) is recommended. The third stage requires fighting red light robots and flying bots, again with Wall recommended. The fourth stage on Hard difficulty is tiresome, involving multiple batches of armored enemies; use Execution (a magical attack) and Circle (a melee attack) for the first batch, and repeat for the second batch. The fifth stage is a rail shooter where you can attack enemies with Dark Blast or Dark Lance, but you cannot lose this stage. Completing this stage rewards the Samurai outfit, gold, and Exp.

3rd Door: Recommended level 40+. Recommended weapons: Fool's Lament and Captain's Holy Spear, with Words to increase Attack Power and potentially Paralyze. Magic: Map Wall to R2, equip the highest level Word and a Poison Word on Dark Blast, and map Execution to L1. The first stage is brutal on Hard with armored enemies; use the Execution method, though some enemies may require multiple tries. The boss is armored; use Dark Blast until its health drains, then attack its head and upper body to break the armor and expose its weak interior. Keep Wall active throughout. The second stage is difficult on Hard; provoke boars to charge and damage armored small fry. Use Execution on small fry, then let boars charge. Use the insta-kill method on others when possible. If small fry are cleared, kill the boars by spamming Dark Blast and attacking normally while poison works. The third area is the lab with swarms of unarmored shades; use a strength drop and shield to clear them quickly. This area contains rare materials and is a good grinding spot. Super armored shades will appear; avoid entering rooms until crates and enemies are cleared. Defeat the swarm and armored enemies in the final room. Poisoning super armored enemies with Dark Blast is slower but effective. Clearing this room grants the last Fool weapon (the spear), which is needed for the All Weapons trophy (one more weapon is obtained for completing the fifth ending). The fourth room is a straight hallway in the Barren Temple with increasing batches of armored shades (fighters, casters, super armored). Defeat the final boss, which is armored with an exposed back; use Shield, buff, poison, and attack its back. The final room is tough on Hard. The first part involves fighting armored enemies while jumping down platforms: first 3 armored shades, then 6 more with a magic shooting enemy (use Dark Blast or ignore). Then 3 small armored enemies and 1 flying enemy; deal with small ones and use Dark Blast to poison the flyer, as it needs to die to avoid following you. The last part involves fighting 4 bosses in a row: the first 3 are large armored shades; use shield, poison, and attack their weak points (usually the back). The third is like the first stage boss; equip the spear, poison, and attack its head. The final boss is new, never seen elsewhere, and can one-hit kill even with defense buffs. You must have Dark Wall active.