Ginso Tree

A complete walkthrough for the Ginso Tree area in Ori and the Blind Forest, guiding you through puzzles, boss fights, and collectible locations.

As you may have guessed, you need to go up the tree. To begin, destroy the purple plant on the hanging vertical plank to the right, then wall jump up the plank and jump to the right to a blue portal. When you go through the portal, you will appear from the other side of the screen. Destroy the purple plant in front of you, then get on the wooden plank. Destroy yet another purple plant above and jump on that plank.

Jump to the right and go through the portal. On the other side, jump on the plank and then kill the slime on the level to the right. On that level, jump on the plank and then go over to the blue portal on the left side of the screen. This portal leads up past the thorn vines. There are hanging pieces of tree bark in this area, but we'll just call them platforms. These platforms have flaming spikes going around them. You cannot kill these spikes; instead, you must jump over them while on the platforms.

For the red enemies, time your jumps so they don't run into you.

Get on the platform in front of you and then jump to the right to a portal. Through it, jump on the platform with the spike, then the next platform with the spike, and finally jump through the top-right portal. This will dump you off on the other side, on the leftmost platform. Jump up the last two platforms and go through the portal on the left. This leads to an area with a wind plant and a portal above it. Jump on the wind plant and go through the portal, then wall jump on the right wall. After that, double jump to the left platform and destroy all of the purple plants.

Drop down and double jump to the left, to the blue portal. Through it, jump up the wall and through the portal in the top-left corner. Head through the next portal with caution, as it will dump you off into thorns if you do not double jump. Instead, keep double jumping through the portals and you will reach land again. Through another portal and you are in an area with a projectile plant. You need to move some things in this area to get further in the game. First, go through the portal in the floor in the bottom-right part of the screen. Then, push the redirection stone to the left.

It will fall off and land below the projectile plant. And when a projectile goes through it, it will pop out the left side and break the tree wall blocking your path. After that, push the stone into the portal and it will return to its original location. Now jump up to the top-left part of the screen and push the other stone off the ledge. Then push it to the left so it is under the projectile plant. With this setup, the projectile will go through the first stone, redirect to the left and go through the portal there, then go down to the other stone on the middle platform, which will redirect it to the left and break the other wall. After this happens, pull the ground stone out of the way so you don't get hit, and go through the new portal.

This is the correct position for the redirection stones.

Break the crystal, pop out the life plant, then go through the top portal to reach a higher level. Here, you will have your second boss fight. This fight is similar to the first but actually easier! You have to kill a super ground slime and it basically functions the same way as the other ground slimes but it has more health and can pop out at five spots in the room. You can stay on the middle platform for the whole fight. Simply go to a side when it's firing a projectile, then move away while blasting the ground slime. It can be destroyed rather quickly. After the fight, jump up to the right and take the portal.

This level has two Keystones, both on the right side around thorn plants. It may seem impossible to get them without getting hurt, but this is where double jump comes to the rescue. First, take the portal below and then double jump to the middle platform. From here, _drop_ down to the lower Keystone and double jump to the portal in the bottom-right corner of the screen. This portal leads to the portal in the top part of this thorny area. Right when you go through it, double jump to the right to grab the other keystone, then take the two portals again and double jump to the center platform. Go through the portal in the top-left corner to reach a new area.

This area has the Spirit Gate and two more Keystones. Of course, we need to get both Keystones first! To the platform west of the Spirit Gate, drop down and double jump to the left and go through the portal here. This portal immediately dumps you out the top portal and you have to double jump immediately to the left. You end up on a tree branch, but it quickly breaks, so be prepared to double jump to the left after you nab the first Keystone. Now use the wind plant to go through the portal in the top-left corner of the screen. This brings you to the second Keystone. Go through the east portal here and you are dumped back out near the Spirit Gate. Insert all the Keystones and go through the portal behind the Spirit Gate.

The two Keystones in their respective areas.

This leads to a tree that bestows the Bash skill upon you! This opens up a lot of movement opportunities; you can bash off of enemy projectiles and lamps, and you can even bash off of enemies themselves! For now, get used to the bash mechanic by bashing on the lantern and up to the Spirit Container to the northwest of the tree. After that, use bash on the lantern to the left part of the room to fly up to the portal on the top-left of the screen. Through it, bash on the frog as it is jumping down and then double jump to the top-left platform.

Wall jump up to the next level, which has a projectile plant. Wait for the projectile to be in the middle, then jump to it and use bash to spring to the right side. Wall jump up and avoid the plant projectiles as you get to the center of the level. Here, use bash so it faces upward, which will make the projectile go down and hit the weak tree branch. There is a Spirit Container here. Now do the same