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Road to the Ash Lands
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Road to the Ash Lands

Walkthrough for Darksiders' Road to the Ash Lands. Includes steps to gain Chronomancer, navigate Scalding Gallow and The Dry Road, and find collectibles.

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Walkthrough for Darksiders' Road to the Ash Lands. Includes steps to gain Chronomancer, navigate Scalding Gallow and The Dry Road, and find collectibles.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Return to Samael in Scalding Gallow. He will grant you the Chronomancer ability, allowing you to use Chronospheres.
  2. 2
    Head to the northernmost part of Scalding Gallow. Use the tremor gauntlet to destroy the blue crystal blocking your path.
  3. 3
    Enter the small tunnel to the left. Collect the Blue Soul Chest inside.
  4. 4
    Continue down the tunnel to the right. When you reach the large tunnel with a gate, head into the small side room.
  5. 5
    Use the switch in the side room to open the gate. Hit the nearby Chronospere with your cross-blade to slow time.
  6. 6
    Run through the gate before it closes.
  7. 7
    In the next area, defeat the Red Golem and collect the Blue Soul Chest against the back wall.
  8. 8
    Exit the large tunnel through the passage to the right. At the top of the stairs, open another Blue Soul Chest.
  9. 9
    Perform a 180-degree turn, climb the wall, and jump to the pipe behind you.
  10. 10
    In the small dead end on the pipe to the right, find Artefact: Soldier.
  11. 11
    Continue along the pipe until you exit into The Dry Road.
  12. 12
    Move down the slope and round the corner, destroying Duskwings and Zombies.
  13. 13
    Fight off the Phantom Guard Angels at the fork in the road.
  14. 14
    On a ledge to your left behind the ruins, find an Artefact: Soldier and a chest with a Life Stone Shard.
  15. 15
    Drop down the ledge nearby to find a Blue Soul Chest.
  16. 16
    Follow the ledge around to find the ramp leading back up.
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    From the start of the ramp, face the cliff and double jump/glide to the small cave on the other side to find a Vulgrim Location.
  18. 18
    Turn left at the crossroad, go under the bridge, and into the tunnel.
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    Kill the Greater Dragon and any Zombies.
  20. 20
    When you see a crate held by a Demonic Plant on the ceiling, hit the plant with your cross-blade.
  21. 21
    Run up and jump to hang on the box. As the plant regenerates, it will lift the box. Shimmy around and glide to the platform to the north.
  22. 22
    Open the chest for Enhancement – Carnage.
  23. 23
    Jump back down. Use the same tactic with the box to jump to the platform on the south of the tunnel.
  24. 24
    Grab a bomb flower, stick it to the red crystal across the gap, and drop to the small ledge below.
  25. 25
    Jump across the gap to the handholds and follow the wall to the end, jumping into the small tunnel.
  26. 26
    Follow this tunnel to the end. You will exit into a large room above a pit.
  27. 27
    Lock on to all three Demonic Plants hanging from the ceiling with your cross-blade.
  28. 28
    Jump to the rope and use fast climb (dash) to cruise under them to the left.
  29. 29
    Navigate the demonic growth and drop into the tunnel opposite the entry point.
  30. 30
    Exit this tunnel through the broken area to the left.
  31. 31
    Go behind the hole you entered from, use the tremor gauntlet on the blue crystal, and open the chest for a Life Stone Shard.
  32. 32
    From the hole, head up the stairs to the left and into the side room to find another Vulgrim Location.
  33. 33
    Exit and continue north along the road until you reach the Ash Lands.
Tips
  • Use the Chronosphere to slow down time and pass through gates before they close.
  • Look for Artefacts and Blue Soul Chests in dead ends and hidden areas.
  • Use bomb flowers to destroy red crystals blocking paths.
  • Demonic Plants can be used to reach higher platforms or cross gaps by manipulating crates.
  • Utilize fast climbing on ropes to quickly traverse areas.

Collectibles:

  • Artefact: Soldier (x2)
  • Blue Soul Chest (x5)
  • Life Stone Shard (x2)
  • Vulgrim Location (x2)
  • Enhancement – Carnage (x1)

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