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Follow our comprehensive Nine Sols walkthrough for The Factory. Discover secrets, overcome traps, defeat enemies like the Flying Blade, and find the Kunlun Immortal Portrait and other treasures.

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Tiandao Research Center

Follow our comprehensive Nine Sols walkthrough for The Factory. Discover secrets, overcome traps, defeat enemies like the Flying Blade, and find the Kunlun Immortal Portrait and other treasures.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the Pavilion, head west to the "Cortex Center". Use your charge attack on the guard.
  2. 2
    After a scene in a control room, proceed left to find a Root Node.
  3. 3
    Head left again, hack a node to open a gate, then ascend using ropes and grapple points. Fight the Yellow Hornet and collect a Treasure Chest at the top right.
  4. 4
    Go left and down. Break a rock to access the middle area. Kill the rock monster and hack ropes to reach a chest on the right.
  5. 5
    Continue down, using grapple points. At the bottom, head right to drop a rope shortcut, then drop down to find a big chest containing the Kunlun Immortal Portrait.
  6. 6
    Head left into the "Factory (Great hall)". Be wary of flame trap floors (grating).
  7. 7
    Kill soldiers and ascend using trap floors and a platform to reach an upper platform. Fight the Flying Blade enemy.
  8. 8
    To the left, navigate a laser room. Wait for the laser to end, then quickly go south, kill the archer, and go left to hit a machine that protects from the laser. Kill the swordsman first.
  9. 9
    From the laser protection machine, go to the lower left for a Treasure Chest. Return and watch for a turret.
  10. 10
    On the next laser cycle, head to the upper left. Kill the archer, pass the flame trap, and find a Root Node.
  11. 11
    Heal up. Hack a chest to the left for a Standard Component.
  12. 12
    Enter the next laser room. Hit the green device to the left for protection, then get the Treasure Chest to your lower right. Drop down to reach the "Factory (Underground)".
  13. 13
    Open the immediate Treasure Chest for the Swift Descent Jade.
  14. 14
    Head right to exit back to the Factory and go left to unlock a door, creating a shortcut.
  15. 15
    Return to the underground and go left. Hop over red spikes and choose the right path down to find the "Red Tiger Elite" mini-boss. Kill him for a Standard Component and hack the console.
  16. 16
    Head right to an area with spikes and a mechanical unit. Go down, killing enemies. At the bottom, dash to a Shield Guardian to unlock half of a hidden treasure.
  17. 17
    Return to the middle level and go left, avoiding falling spikes. Use ropes to go left, ignoring the elevator for now. Go left to a Root Node.
  18. 18
    Use the Root Node to be transported back to your mentor, who grants you the mid-air dash ability.
  19. 19
    Use the mid-air dash to navigate the obstacle course.
  20. 20
    Return to the area with the broken machine (right and up) and air dash to get the Abandoned Mines Chip.
  21. 21
    Continue right, killing a Ninja, and stay on the upper path to find the Evacuation Notice for Miners.
  22. 22
    Head right from here to find the "Abandoned Mines" area (note for later).
  23. 23
    Go back and down, heading southeast to a peculiar room where you can "hide inside a container" to reach the "Apeman Facility (Depths)".
  24. 24
    Navigate the cave area (with red spikes) and find a chest at the bottom containing money and the Fusang Amulet.
  25. 25
    Continue right through a spike pit. Hack a rope and go down. Note the gap to the left but head right to a Root Node.
  26. 26
    From the Root Node, go up the left rope and dash left between spikes to find the mini-boss: Celestial Spectre: Shangui.
  27. 27
    After defeating Shangui, you'll receive an Herb Catalyst and the Soul-Severing Blade.
  28. 28
    Return to the Pavilion, purchase abilities like Enhanced Talisman and Pipe Upgrade Lv. 3, and potentially the Arrow: Cloud Piercer S. Hand over map data.
  29. 29
    Head back to the last node. From the node, go down and right. Bounce upwards in a room (kill the hornet) and hit a device on the right to lower platforms.
  30. 30
    Lower the middle platform and ride it.
Tips
  • Use charge attacks on shielded guards.
  • Wait out the laser in the "CRAZY ROOM" if you don't have enough health to heal through it.
  • Dodge the Flying Blade's dive-bomb attack and counter.
  • When facing Shangui, use the Azure Sand on the left for an advantage.
  • Be ready to react quickly to Shangui's varied attacks, especially his charging attack.
  • The mid-air dash is crucial for navigation and combat; practice using it.
  • Kunlun Immortal Portrait
  • Standard Component (x2)
  • Swift Descent Jade
  • Abandoned Mines Chip
  • Fusang Amulet
  • Herb Catalyst
  • Soul-Severing Blade
  • Mid-air Dash ability

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