Environmental Puzzles

Navigate the environmental puzzles in the 'Into the Abyss' level of Directive 8020. Learn how to solve glyph puzzles and save Claudia.

This level, 'Into the Abyss,' is the seventh in Directive 8020 and the second to feature a House of Ashes theme. You'll start in an empty train station and head into the catacombs. Keep an eye out for collapsing support beams and earthquakes – just dodge them as they shake the ceiling. Your gun lights will go out as the cart stops in a dusty room. Once they're back, you'll face some human vampires. After you deal with them, two acid-spitting vampires will attack. As the cart moves into a tunnel, you'll go back to the jail area, which is full of human vampires. You'll pass through a skull gate marked with flares and get a flare gun from a Demon Crate. This gun is key for the next part: you'll need to shoot symbols on objects to activate them. First, shoot a piece of wood with a glowing symbol. Then, you'll enter a large room with three more symbol-etched pieces of wood. The cart will start looping through this room and a side room. The side room has another Demon Crate with a refilling flare gun and more symbol-etched wood. You'll need to destroy all five pieces of symbol-etched wood to move forward into the temple. In the temple, flickering lights and screeching signal the arrival of alien parasites. They'll climb the walls and leap at you, but they self-destruct. After they're gone, a door opens back into the catacombs where you can choose to go left or right. Going Left: You'll cross a large chasm with an alien vampire in the distance and a Demon Crate. At the end, you'll fight normal and acid-spitting human vampires, plus alien parasites. Another Demon Crate appears during the fight. Finish by taking down an alien vampire. Going Right: You'll go through a tunnel, dodging support beams. You'll stop at the chasm with a Demon Crate. Fight off normal and acid-spitting human vampires. An elevator will bring up another Demon Crate mid-fight. After this, the cart goes back into the cave before returning to the chasm. Back on the main track, you'll head over the chasm. Dodge falling scaffolding as the cart goes through blood into The Pit. You'll stop at a human vampire, then an alien parasite will appear and kill it. More alien parasites will attack, crawling and latching onto you. Deal with them, then you can choose left or right again. Going Left: Dodge stalactites in a narrow tunnel. Near a water wheel, a Demon Crate appears, and you'll fight alien parasites. Dodge more support beams and shoot parasites as you ascend. Going Right: Climb a chasm surrounded by bones. Two alien vampires fly past. You'll enter an area with cocoons. Two cocoons hatch, releasing alien vampires, followed by more alien parasites and another alien vampire. Dodge a support beam and watch another alien vampire fly by as you descend back into the caves. Back on the main track, you'll pass cocoons and stop at an elevator. As it descends into the alien city, alien vampires fly around. You'll hear Belial's laugh, and her seal appears. The elevator stops at an opening, and rocks form a walkway as Belial appears. She speaks Latin and then attacks in her demonic form. The chains snap, and the cart drops. You'll be attacked by two alien vampires. You can shoot a Demon Crate before continuing. Through a skull gate, you'll find another refilling flare gun Demon Crate. Here's a glyph puzzle: three random blue glyph symbols will appear, and one white glyph symbol at the top corresponds to the correct blue one. Shoot the correct symbol to turn all blue symbols green and proceed. Inside the ship, you'll see more glyph puzzles. You'll loop through a large area with another refilling flare gun Demon Crate and many blue glyphs. You need to shoot three correct glyphs in a single loop. If you fail too many times, an alien vampire will kill you. Next, you'll encounter Claudia suspended in an elevator. She's caught in the structure. You can shoot another refilling flare gun Demon Crate. There are two symbol-etched pieces of wood holding up a plank near you. Shooting both will cover the hole. There are also two symbol-etched parts of the elevator holding Claudia. Shooting both will drop her. There's another refilling flare gun Demon Crate and a three-glyph puzzle here. You'll keep looping until you solve it. * To save Claudia: Cover the hole with the plank first, then shoot the elevator beams. She'll be saved and warn you that Belial is watching. * If you don't cover the hole: If you shoot the elevator beams without covering the hole, she will fall into the abyss. After the puzzle, you'll fight two human vampires before continuing through the ship.