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The Veil: Prologue
Darksiders 2

The Veil: Prologue

Follow this Darksiders 2 walkthrough to navigate The Veil and the Dark Fortress, overcome icy enemies, and progress through the prologue.

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Follow this Darksiders 2 walkthrough to navigate The Veil and the Dark Fortress, overcome icy enemies, and progress through the prologue.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Ride your horse down to a ruin where Death will dismount. Wallrun up the wall and defeat the ice skeletons.
  2. 2
    Continue uphill and enter the building to access the Dark Fortress.
  3. 3
    Inside the Dark Fortress, wallrun across the first gap. Destroy the ice skeleton blocking the side room on the left and find a chest with 3 health potions.
  4. 4
    Return to the hallway and wallrun across the second gap to the far ledge. Climb up.
  5. 5
    Kill the frozen demons and use the poles to jump across the chasm.
  6. 6
    In the next room, defeat the three attacking ice skeletons. Use handholds and poles to climb the nearby wall.
  7. 7
    On the roof, defeat the five frozen enemies (three will attack). Climb the wall vines.
  8. 8
    Cross the roof to a higher platform. Drop down and kill the two frozen skeletons.
  9. 9
    Climb the next wall vine, wallrun up to the handhold, and then to the left.
  10. 10
    In the large circular area, prepare for a boss fight (Ice Giant). Loot the body after the fight.
  11. 11
    Head through the newly opened door into a long corridor. Wallrun across the gap to a jutting square block, then wallrun again to the far side.
  12. 12
    Continue into the next room and interact with the lever to activate a lift.
  13. 13
    When the lift stops, climb the handholds and drop to the ledge above.
  14. 14
    Use parallel walls to wallrun and jump continuously to reach the top.
  15. 15
    Wallrun to the square block on the left, then to the wall vine.
  16. 16
    Climb the vine, jump to the block, and wallrun to the next wall vine. Stay left until the path is clear, then move right.
  17. 17
    Wallrun to the visible pillar. Climb the three pillars and wallrun to the ledge on the right.
  18. 18
    Kill the three enemies here. Use the wall vine to climb out and then down to handholds underneath.
  19. 19
    Make your way right across the handholds and drop to the platform below.
  20. 20
    Follow the path across wooden beams and a vine. Shimmy right, wallrun to a pole, and climb up.
  21. 21
    Jump to the next pole, then across to another. Climb around the back and jump to the next pole.
  22. 22
    Jump from this pole onto a beam, then across to another beam.
  23. 23
    Wallrun up to the block and repeat the process to reach a ledge above.
  24. 24
    Enter the large room at the end of the hallway for a story sequence and the next boss fight (War).
Tips
  • Looting is important; remember to loot the Ice Giant's body after the fight.
  • The game will provide tutorials on looting, dodging, and killing early on.
  • Traversal often involves a combination of wallrunning, pole swinging, and climbing.
  • Pay attention to the environment for handholds, poles, and wall vines.

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