The Jail Break — Nine Sols Walkthrough

Follow our comprehensive Nine Sols walkthrough to conquer The Factory, from Cortex Center to the Apeman Facility, and defeat the Celestial Spectre Shangui.

Walkthrough:

1. From the Pavilion, head west to the Cortex Center. Use a charge attack on the shield guard to proceed.
2. After a scene in a control room, find a Root Node. Hack a gate's node and ascend using ropes and grapple points. Collect a Treasure Chest at the top right, fighting a Yellow Hornet.
3. Head left and down. Break a rock to access the middle area. Defeat a rock monster and hack two ropes to reach a chest on the right.
4. Continue down, using walls and grapple points. Drop a rope for a shortcut on the right. Drop past a grapple point to find the Kunlun Immortal Portrait in a chest.
5. Enter the "Factory (Great hall)". Head left, avoiding flame trap floors (grating).
6. To the left, kill soldiers and use two trap floors to reach an upper platform. Ride a platform up to encounter Flying Blades.
7. To the left of the Flying Blades, enter a room with a giant laser. Wait for it to end, then quickly go south. Kill the archer, go left to the center, and hit a machine to be protected from the laser. Kill the swordsman first.
8. Go to the lower left for a Treasure Chest. Watch for a turret on the way back.
9. On the next cycle, head to the upper left. Kill the archer, pass a flame trap, and find a Root Node.
10. Heal at the Root Node. Head left to hack a chest for a Standard Component. Enter the next laser room.
11. Head left and hit the green device for protection. Get the Treasure Chest to your lower right. Drop down through the middle to reach the "Factory (Underground)".
12. Open the immediate Treasure Chest for the Swift Descent Jade.
13. Head right to exit back to the Factory and go left. Unlock the door, returning to a previously visited area with a shortcut.
14. Go back to the underground and head left. Hop over red spikes and choose the right path down to find the