After a debaucherious night of partying involving women, sex and a naked Dante dressing mid-air, Dante will find himself in limbo again with a whole new night of hell before him.
Right away, you will presented with a tutorial fight to gain your barings and understand the basic controls of DmC: Devil may Cry. Follow the on screen tutorial, assuming you have the feature enabled, to plow through your first fight with the Rebellion.
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | |
| Normal Difficulties | Lesser Stygian x3 | Lesser Stygian x3 | Lesser Stygian x3 |
| Enhanced Difficulties | Stygian x2, Dark Knight | Stygian x2, Death Knight | Elite Stygian x2 |
| Dante Must Die! | Stygian x2, Ravager | Stygian x2, Ravager | Elite Stygian x3 |
| This initial fight is considered a tutorial fight, and is therefore not to difficult on normal difficulties. The Less Stygian have predictable and easy to identify attacks and die in a few hits. Use Dante's Rebellion to slash your way through the easy enemies evade their attacks with R1/RT or L1/LT. | |||
Check the area for breakables containing Red Orbs and then head down the boardwalk and jump over the black stuff blocking the path for a cutscene.
As the Hunter Demon destroys the section of the boardwalk, run forward and avoid the gaps and trailers that drop in your path. Stick to the center until you are forced left and keep going to jump on a falling trailer to reach the other side. After a quick intro to the new Bathos, Dante will have another wave fight on his hands.
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | |
| Normal Difficulties | Bathos | Bathos x4 | Bathos x2 | Bathos x2, Lesser Stygian x2 |
| Enhanced Difficulties | Bathos | Shielded Pathos x3, Dark Knight x2 | Shielded Pathos x2, Elite Stygian x2 | - |
| Dante Must Die! | Bathos | Harpy x2, Elite Stygian x3 | Harpy x3, Death Knight x2 | - |
| Using Dante's guns, Ebony and Ivory, shoot the Bathos down. Other tactics that can be used are to hit their flaming grenades back in their face with a well timed slice from your sword or jumping up and attacking them in mid-air. | ||||
After the fight another cutscene will introduce you the Kat , a medium of some sort, who will help Dante on his way through limbo. For now, let's focus on making our way through mission 1. After the cutscene, check the previous area for breakables and advance along the boardwalk.
Lost Soul #1
Although you can not get this Lost Soul until you have Dante's Eryx weapon, you should make sure you note the black wall with glowing red crystal just past the Bathos fight area to the right. You will need to come back and get this later, if you want to complete the 100%.
Continue along the boardwalk until you come across a quick scene that will introduce you to Lost Souls and allow you to collect the Lost Soul #2. To your left, you'll notice a set of broken platforms that lead off into the distance. Cross the platforms and collect the first Copper Key #1.
Keys, which come in three types, open doors that provide Secret Missions. Each key can only be used once to open any door of the same type and will be lost after use. Do not fret though, there are an equal number of keys to doors and you will eventually unlock them all.
See Key Locations for all locations, listed in order by chapter.
Head back to the area with the Lost Soul and follow the path behind the building into a court with a spinning carnival ride for another fight.
| Normal Difficulties | Lesser Stygian x8 |
| Enhanced Difficulties | Lesser Stygian x8 |
| Dante Must Die! | Lesser Stygian x8, Death Knight x2 |
| Although you can wade through this mob of enemies the old fashion way of physical combat, it is much more fun to tap O/B to launch the enemies up into the spinning carnival ride. Make sure you do not hold the button, as Dante will follow the creature and get smacked himself. | |
For doing this 10 times, you get the trophy/achievement It's only the rain.
After the fight, follow the linear path until you have to double-jump up to a Gold Orb and continue. When you reach the carousel, stick to the right to find a small alley with a Small Vital Star.
Lost Soul #3
In this area is the third Lost Soul in the level and the second that must be returned to later. If you look up in this alley you'll see glowing blue floating objects. These objects are used with the ability Angel Lift to reach a small island where the Lost Soul resides. You'll have to come back for it later.
Continue and you will be introduced to the Divinty Statues/Shops where his is were you can purchase upgrades and items. I suggest you only use the Red Orbs to purchase Health Crosses, since they upgrade Dante's health permanently. DO NOT buy Vital Stars, as these lower your score and you'll need to learn to survive without using them. Continue to another fight.
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | |
| Normal Difficulties | Lesser Stygian x4, Bathos x3 | - |
| Enhanced Difficulties | Shielded Pathos x3, Frost Knight x2 | Shielded Pathos x2, Ravager x2 |
| Dante Must Die! | Stygian x2, Ravager | Rage x2 |
| As the enemies slowly spawn in this fight, it is important to stay ahead of the curve by quickly killing the enemies. Make sure to keep moving to avoid the Bathos grenades and you should be fine. | ||
After the fight, the Hunter Demon will attack from a distance. Evade the attacks with R1/RT and make your way to the back right corner to enter a haunted house. Follow the path around the corner and be ready to avoid the Hunter Demon's claw as it pops through the side of the building. Once it has left the building, continue into the large main hall.
In this hall you should find a small alley with a breakable and a Copper Door - Air Brawl. If you have the Copper Key from earlier, go ahead and use it to unlock the door. Although you can choose to take on the secret mission now, I will cover the all of these in the Secret Missions section of this guide.
You do not lose your progress on the level you are currently playing and it will not effect your score in any way, even if you have to continue multiple times.
When you are ready, approach the large mirror for a cutscene. Once it is clear, enter the new area and turn right and immediately look up at the wall for the Lost Soul #4.
Lost Soul #5
If you continue right into a small alley, you will find a glowing red door that can only be opened with the axe called Arbiter, which you gain in mission 2, so keep this in mind for later.
Now follow the other direction past the first creepy doll and watch as the second is electrocuted. The small alley to the left of this second doll leads to a dead end, but also contains the Lost Soul #6 on the doors archway. Continue along the path to a clockwork room, which is in fact a lovely trap.
| Normal Difficulties | Lesser Stygian x10 |
| Enhanced Difficulties | Lesser Stygian x8, Death Knight x2 |
| Dante Must Die! | Lesser Stygian x14, Death Knight |
| Despite the large number of enemies, Dante can take these guy out by quickly knocking them into the spinning cogs. Keeping them bunched together will work to your advantage, allowing you to disrupt their sowrd attacks and deal damage to multiple targets. | |
Once you have cleared the area, advance through the area by jumping over the cogs or timing a run through them. Watch out for the cogs on the ceiling as you go, as they can cause damage too, and make your way to the exit.
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HUNTER BOSS FIGHT
The Hunter is the first boss you will encounter in DmC and it shows, with obvious attack tells and predictable phases. Firstly, you are going to want to focus all attacks on the Hunter's head, as this is it's weakness. Be wary of the knife, which flashes before an attack, to evade backwards and avoid being hit. Basically,, avoid being hit and aim for the head until dead. See the following Phase breakdown for more info.
Phase I:
The Hunter will advance on Dante on foot or jump and slash Dante as it lands nearby. Watch the knife in his hand to avoid attacks and focus on damaging it's head. When you inflict enough damage, the Hunter will stagger and drop to a knee. Continue the assault until it falls completely to the ground, which means it is safe to go all out. If you have any advanced attacks or weapons, this is the time to use them.
Phase II
In this phase, the Hunter will blow a dark cloud of wind around the area and throw it's blade at you. It is all about the defensive as you must evade the burning blade five times as it makes its way through the area. Watch the blade and either use R1/RT to roll out of the way or X/A to jump over the horizontal version. After the 5th attack the fog will fade.
Phase III
The Hunter will retreat from the area and climb the nearby structures and fire upon Dante. As you have already dealt with this claw attack, it should be easy to predict and avoid as you fire back with Dante's guns. When he falls, go all out.
Switching between these phases, the Hunter will continue the assault until dead.
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