Thief II complete walkthrough

Besides your standard equipment of Blackjack, Sword, Compass and Lockpicks, you also have

• 40 Broadhead Arrows
• 5 Vine Arrows
• 5 Noisemaker Arrows
• 6 Moss Arrows
• 7 Water Arrows
• 3 Fire Arrows
• A Healing Potion (Diff N/H only)
• 3 Frogbeast Eggs
• 2 (Diff H) or 5 (Diff N) Flash Bombs
• A Scouting Orb

The followings are available from the Store

• 10 Moss Arrows (@125)
• 3 (Diff E) or 6 (Diff H) or 10 (Diff N) Water Arrows (@50)
• 3 Fire Arrows (Diff N/H only) (@300)
• 2 (Diff H/E) or 4 (Diff N) Gas Arrows (@500)
• An Invisibility Potion (@600)
• 5 Slow-fall Potions (@150)
• 3 Speed Potions (@300)
• 4 Gas Mines (@500)
• 3 Frogbeast Eggs (@200)
• 5 Flash Bombs (Diff H/E only) (@200)

Most of the stuff cannot be used by Ghosters. So you have little choice: Speed Potions, Moss Arrows, Invisibility Potions are all you can have.

A surprise for you: buy all the Frogbeast Eggs! Get the Fire Arrows (Diff N/H only). I hardly ever use Moss Arrows, but they are handy at several places. Since I used only 6 Water Arrows while you will collect 27 Water Arrows, buy them only when you have nothing else on which to spend the credits. Finally, do not buy Gas Mines or Gas Arrows: The few human beings inside the Cathedral can be easily met with cheaper means.

You will be picking up several Frogbeast Eggs and Vine Arrows from within Soulforge. You will also find many types of material: Canisters of Acidic Mixture, Bantam Nodes, Canisters of Flare Mixture, Flux Spheroids, Signal Bolts, Gauges, Iron Chassis, Mine Bulbs, Steel Plates, Canisters of Quicklime Mixture and Bolts of Spring Wiring. You will find out what to do with them.

Even more attractive are the two Explosive Charges that you will find. They are identical with the Sunburst Device you have used in Life of the Party, except for the name change. They were developed under different patents, I suppose.

Unlike Land Mines, Explosive Charges must be explicitly ignited. This is usually done with a Fire Arrow, but we’ll see more unorthodox methods.

Since we are going to destroy every single offensive device, our ammunition is going to run tight. In the early half of the mission, we will hardly use any consumables. When we move to the second half, I’ll list how the weapons will be used, so that you choose to redeploy the remaining stuff in ways you see fit.

Surprisingly, what we will end up having lots in excess are the Water Arrows. The walkthrough is only using half a dozen of them, but you have a total of 27 (Diff E), 35 (Diff H) or 44 (Diff N) Water Arrows! Use them whenever you want to.

You will very often hear recordings implying that Karras has spotted you. Just ignore the broadcasts. In many cases, there is no way to avoid such announcements: In some cases, they are made when you are seen by Watchers; in others, the broadcast is made even if you are not seen.

Although annoying, some of the speeches are rather interesting, for they talk about things concerning the whole T2 story:

• Garrett’s Eye is created by Karras
• From the way Garrett dealt with Constantine, Karras knew that Garrett was not reliable. Since Garrett also knows about Karras’ plan, Karras wanted to kill Garrett.
• According to Karras’ understanding, the Precursors (the people of Karath-din, the Lost City of TDP and the K-D Site of Kidnap) perished because they received the power of the Builders but failed to act on His will.
• Note that Karras is completely safe in his chamber. We’ll not try to break into it.

The broadcasts fall into three separate types.

The first type is a greeting. Karras says this when you are seen by the Watcher right at the beginning of the mission. This is unavoidable. It is the first thing you hear, and you only hear it once. He says:

Thou art Garrett, are you not? So, once again we are met. And the woman of the woods — didst thou come here together?

But lo, how easily evil is felled when the righteous hold the mace! [chuckle] Thou art transparent to me, Garrett. Even now I can see thou seekest to stop me, but there is naught you can do.

My chamber resists all manner of infiltrations, even from a skilled man such as thyself. The Servants hearken to my instructions only, and even now await my commands.

Maybe I’ve waited overmuch. Garrett, thine intrusion has been my cue to begin now the final preparations. May the world be ready for the Builder’s arrival! I fear you not, Garrett, but I have dispatched some of the Builder’s Children to intercept you. Thou too will perish and trouble me no more.

The two other types are described in the next sections.

The following is a list of things Karras may say when you are wandering around:

• I know thou art not a believer, Garrett. Yet thou art well aware that half of all thou seest is through mechanist machinery. Thy metal eye. I gave the eye to thee in the hopes that thou wouldst be an ally, but ’twas not to be. You have eluded me in the past, Garrett, but no one — not even thee — will escape this night.
• Why choose the side of villainy, Garrett? Why the side of the witch-woman? With you as aide my plans could have been so much further along. Hmmmm, ’twould have been most advantageous.
• Nay, I shall not pine, Garrett, that thou wert no ally to me. Thou art not known for constancy, nor loyalty. ’Twas from the folly of Constantine that I learned that. Yes, I know all about thy past dealings. Why else should I concern myself with the likes of thee? I would’st to have thee under my control, else dead! Indeed, I’d have had both!
• Long ago, I realized that heretics would never accept their roles in the coming of the Builder’s paradise. I anticipated thine oppositions, Garrett, and others who wouldst try to murder me. Thus the Builder protects me. This chamber from which I speak, hmm? ’Tis His arms encircling me, and all that I need is here within. I need not emerge until the Builder’s paradise has come and you are but dust blown upon the wind.
• Still alive, Garrett? Thou scurries about like a mouse. And for what? Why not leave this place and try to destroy each of the Servants? Oh, but there are thirty mansions, too many to infiltrate in one night? You misspend your last hours of life. ’Tis equally dignified to laze in a field and await thy death.
• ’Twas the Builder that smote them, the Precursors. He gave them the power to bring about His paradise, but they refused or lacked the ingenuity. The why of it is forever unknown, but ’tis clear they were punished for their failings. Their civilization was wiped away that ours could emerge, and now ours shall give way to the Builder’s.
• Sifting through the remnants of the Precursors’ world, I found the tools the Builder had left for me. Why save these things when all else is gone? The Builder hath spoken to Karras, and imagine my joy when finally I did piece the puzzle together! How long did it wait for one such as me, one who could bring about the age when the Builder would walk again on earth!
• Look about you, Garrett! I built these machines you see, and in turn they produced the Builder’s Children. The necrotic mutox, the Servants, everything! ’Tis my gift to the Builder! Soulforge Cathedral and all it contains! ’Twill be the very center of the Builder’s paradise. Surely this strikes wonder into your heart!
• Who killed that fool Truart? Was it thee? Or that woman of the Woods? Truart… it amused me to learn he’d been murdered. He was but a bumbling pawn who thought himself king. He provided me with material to create Servants, but he was useless for stopping the Pagans… or thee!
• I should offer thanks to your departing Trickster woman, for ’twas she that warned me. Before her arrival, I thought the city was blind to the Builder’s paradise I shall soon bring about. Yet ’tis just thee (sic!) who knows. No matter, for even if all the city knew, still I could not be stopped.
• Alas, I alone must wait for purification. I must remain alive to greet the Builder, while all around me all else is cleansed by His wondrous breath. The day shall come when I, too, breathe in His perfection. My burden is heaviest now, but my rewards will be greatest later. Praise the Builder for all His wisdom!
• I know not why you oppose me. In one act I will end all human suffering, and clear the path for the Builder to walk again on earth. History will move forward. My tireless Children will build in His name, creating advancements beyond our understanding. Now is the dark time before the days of light. Why do’st thou oppose me!?
• Soon all will be blessed with the breath of the Builder, the necrotic mutox that I created. And all the souls, the rich that spurned me, the city watch that betrayed me, the loathsome Pagans, the mindless commoners, even the loyal followers of Karras, all! All will receive the blessing and the cleansing. But will they raise up their arms and praise Karras as the vapors make them pure? Nay! they will wail and scream, most ungrateful!
• Garrett, thou must prepare thy soul for the Builder’s arrival. Cleanse thy thoughts and accept His words. Embrace the coming of the Builder’s paradise, and rejoice in the humble part that thou hast played.
• What hast thou built, Garrett? When the time comes to review thy life with the Master Builder afore thee, and the question is asked, “What hast thou built” what will thee say, poor Garrett? For thou art a man of destruction, not construction. ’Tis the biggest sin of all. Build thyself today a good house! That would please him much.
• Who is Karras but the hand of the Builder? What the Builder wills, Karras does. What the Builder wants, Karras makes. Praise to Karras! …and the Builder.
• I have built so many things! I have made Servants from street scum! I have made towering arches from raw ore! I have built to glorify Him that is Builder and Teacher. If ever I did a thing, ’twas always for Him. He knows this, for He knows — He knows all.
• How can mere man conceive the gear! Nay, ’twas the Builder! He speaks it first in our waiting ears, then guides our pen when ’tis time to write. ’Twas not Karras that conceived this plan! It was the Builder spoke it first to his ear, and guides him now during final hours.
• When I sit in judgment, the Builder afore me, and He asks, “Karras, what hast thou built” I will answer thusly: I have built a Church for Thee, solid and good, and also for Thee countless structures. I have forged minions of Children, wrought innumerable tools, all in Your Name. He will be pleased, and I will take my place by His side.

The following is a list of things Karras says when a Watcher sees you:

• What!? Thou lives still! Thou wilt not escape this time!
• Garrett!? In truth I thought thou had perished already. Thou wilt soon then!
• By the Builder, Garrett, thou wilt be crushed between gears like dry leaves underfoot!
• Garrett! Thine end is near. Cease thy squirmings and pray for thy very soul!
• I see thee! And the one they called Garrett did come. A meddler was he, and trickery and stealth were his weapons. Then Karras the Brave did sieze him and then smote him right down with the Venom of Truth and the Mace of the Righteous. Praise Karras!
• Nay, nay! Stop thy destructions, Garrett. Thou art… not important. Thou hast not built anything, not like Karras has, hmm. I shall strike thee down for certain, this time!
• Again, I see thee, thief! Cease thy slitherings! Be gone from here, or perish. I have important preparations to attend to.
• I am thankful that Karras was chosen to cleanse the earth for Him. Builder, guide me in my final preparations! Builder, fuel me and smite mine enemies. Smite now this bothersome nettle that I see again before me.
• Art thou not a thief? Then steal thyself away, pest! [laugh, guffaw, chortle] Yes, hurry now and steal thyself away from this Most Holy Place, here the Builder’s children arrive again to smite thee certain this time.
• Seekst thee to stop me, but ’tis not to be. Thou art a lowly thief at worst, and at best, inconstant friend to the dead tree woman. I am Karras, pure, brave, and good! Now Karras must attend to his scriptures and the Builder’s Children shall attend to thy fate.
• Seest thou my Children? The Children of Karras? Are they not obedient? Are they not swift? I thank the Builder that pride is no sin, else of them sinfully proud would I be! And now, I see thee again, and I say to them, “Go now, and fetch for the thief the violent fate he hath earned!”

You need quite some skill to kill the Combot Bots. It is the last time I’ll remind you to read the section on .

This time, we are doing a Twin Squash. To do this, you must get into position before the Combat Bots arrive. Rush forward up the slope and to the East Transept on the right hand side. Take the elevator up to Factory Bay C. A Spider Bot (Diff H/E only) is up there in the dark hall between Factory Bay B on the West and Factory Bay C on the East.

First, study the Spider Bot Thumping Guide.

Creep quietly into the dark hall. Spider Bots, like Spiders, do not have very good eyesight, but they have rather good ears. Be careful of the metallic floor at the central part of the dark hall. Note that the Spider Bot always stops at certain locations. Position yourself near where you will be able to beat his hiney when he stops: the target is to place him at your 2 o'clock direction, with his boiler facing you. All things considered, the best position seems to be from the Northeast direction when he is on the Westmost point of the journey. When he arrives in place, crouch, lean forward and raise your Blackjack.

It is very important to lean forward, or else you will stand up after each swing. Keep leaning forward during the whole process. When a Spider Bot is hit, he typically raises the front left leg, and shifts a little to the left. It takes 20 hits to destroy a Spider Bot.

You have only 3 to 4 minutes to complete all this. If the two Combat Bots have passed the Transepts, they will be more difficult to deal with in (see next section). If you found that the Thumping took too much time, simply shoot him from behind with a Fire Arrow, aiming low at his belly. It is more expensive, but fast. Do it only at Hard Difficulty, for Experts do not have any Fire Arrows to spare.

Yet another method is to locate the furnace on his back (smaller and duller than other worker bots), and send it 2 Water Arrows.

Do not bother with the machines. With the Spider Bot out of the way, go back to Factory Bay C (can’t tell which is which? Factory Bay C is on the East, Factory Bay B on the West) and ride the elevator back down to the Transepts.

Stand on the elevator platform and watch for the Combat Bot to arrive from the North. When he arrives, jump on the platform to make noises. Ride the elevator up. When the elevator arrives at the top, jump on the platform 18 times. That should be sufficient to make a Combat Bot stand directly under you. Descend on the elevator and it will squash the Combat Bot.

Since your elevator is already occupied, it cannot accommodate another Bot. There is however, no time to dispose of his body. We will need to use the other elevator. But first wait here, crouch on the platform and creep forward a little, so that you can highlight the elevator up button. Now wait till the second Combat Bot arrives (the time varies, but he will come). When he sees you, ride the elevator up (make sure you have repositioned yourself at the center of the platform, or you will be crushed by the ceiling). When you arrive at the top, jump once on the platform and run across to the elevator of Factory Bay B.

Take the Factory Bay B elevator down. The second Combat Bot usually marches to see his dead comrade. Jump on the elevator platform to catch his attention. When he sees you, ride the elevator back up, jump 18 times and then ride the elevator down to squash him.

Sometimes, they are stuck midway (for example, at a door) and take forever to arrive. If you have waited more than 5 minutes, give up waiting and move on. You will have to handle with more general tactics.

When both Bots are dead, save game and start dealing with the corpses. Send each elevator up, beat each damaged Bot with your Blackjack until it becomes a corpse. Pick each up and carry it to a dark area in Factory Bay A. Now you have corpses #2 and #3 for your .

In case you were too slow with the Spider Bot (Diff H/E only), the Combat Bots will have passed the Transepts and you need to deal with them inside Factory Bay A. One of the Combat Bots marches East-West on the area above the slope. You can hide on the East to beat him. Refer to the mini guide on Combat Bot Thumping. After disabling him, go to the North end of the patrol path of the other Bot for the second Thumping. Both ambushes are not easy, especially when you still lack practice. That is why you needed to hurry when you were dealing with the Spider Bot.

Back in Factory Bay A, locate the tall structure (it is Northwest of the green ball at the center of the Bay, probably the core part of the late Viktoria). Go to the West side of structure, and look for the ladder near the right hand edge. Climb up and then climb the second ladder to take the Frogbeast Egg.

While you are on the top, look around. Facing South, you can see that there is something above your starting position. Probably it is too dark to see. There is a ledge and some machines on it, near the Watcher, but they are not accessible. Turn North. Look at the gigantic Angel statue at the North wall. You may need to turn up the gamma setting of your video to make this visible. There is a big, rotating wheel above its head. Zoom in to the part of the wall on the right side of the wheel. Look at a position about half the radius of the wheel away from the circumference of the wheel, a little bit lower than the center of the wheel. Lean left and right, and your eye may catch something that looks conspicuous. It is very dark, but you can notice the difference in shading. There’s something else there that’s a little off (refer to this screenshot). Look very carefully. Can’t see it? We’ll later find out what it is.

Go back to either of the Transepts. Move to the Crossing between the two elevators. On the North is a slope that goes down. It is a big dark hallway (nick-named Champs Élysées) that goes to the brightly lit Southern Apse. At the Southern Apse, turn left and look at your lower left. There is a grill (probably an air vent) at the Southwest, into which the vine leads. Crouch and hide there, it is one of the good dark places in the Southern Apse.

There are three more secrets in this mission. All three of them are of the same nature.

Each of the following sections gives progressively more information about these three secrets. You should read at least the first section, even if you want to look for the secrets yourself, because these three are not similar to any other secrets you have seen before. Then read as many sections as you like. Should you want to search for the secrets on your own, you can do this in the natural progress of the walkthrough, which is the reason why I’m including information about these Secrets here; that is, so that the search for the other three Secrets will follow naturally from the walkthrough’s progress. Skip to the when you have read enough. The walkthrough will continue to explore the Cathedral, and you can try your luck on the way.

On the other hand, you may read a few sections, and then jump directly to the last section, which discloses the full details of the secrets. In that case, you can make good use of the information during our trip around the Cathedral.

My recommended way is to read all of them in sequence.

The three secrets are not related to hidden devices or locations, but procedures. Like an Easter Egg, you need to carry out a specific sequence of actions to obtain each secret.

Now, you should see why it is completely hopeless to find the secrets unaided. You need to find out three Secret Procedures. Each Secret Procedure consists of step(s) that include a combination of actions. Decide whether you want to read the next section(s).

Even if you intend to search for the secrets on your own, you still do not need to start right now. We have only covered half of the , and you may not yet know how to move around. Just continue with the . You can search for the secrets when we are swooping hither and yon among the Factory Bays to build the Guiding Beacon, or after we have built it.

If you do not bother with the statistics, Ghosters can finish the mission without finding out these three secrets. However, Cleaners will be using the secrets to gather additional ammunition to take out all the Bots.

Skip to the when you have read enough. Continue with the coming section to get the specifics about what types of operations are required in the Secret Procedures.

All three Secret Procedures are about the manufacture of items. You need to manufacture three particular “Final Products” using the Machines of the Factory Bays. Each manufacturing process is similar to the procedures in the Blueprints you have read here in the Plans Room. Each consists of one or more Manufacturing Steps, each of which involves operating a particular Machine at a particular Factory Bay.

Each Machine is slightly different in design from the others, but basically the process is always like this: you insert one or more items into the Machine input area(s), and the Machine produces an item to its output area. Each Machine can only carry out a few types of operations. If the combination of Input-Items is not suitable for the Machine, it will just eject the items to its output area.

The Machines do not have any memory. Each operation that it carries out only depends on the Input-Items you have placed in its Input-Conduits.

Now you know exactly what the combinations look like: there are potentially an infinite number of them, because of the uncertainties in the number of steps required! Basically, you need to

• Get several copies of each type of raw material.
• Go to each Machine.
• Try to use each combination of raw materials as Input-Items in the Manufacturing Steps and see if together they produce new objects. If they produce one of the three desired “Final Products”, you will then get the “Secret” notification.
• If you produce something, say a Gas Arrow, and learn that it is not a secret (for you are not awarded with a notification), and that you do not have any Gas Arrows to begin with, then you should make a few more Gas Arrows so that you can start using Gas Arrows as Input-Items to the Machines to try out new combinations. Evidently you haven’t tried to use Gas Arrows as Input Items before, because you did not have any Gas Arrows a moment ago.
• If you have tried all combinations and nothing happened, continue with the next Machine.

But what is a raw material? Basically anything you can drop into a Machine for processing. For example, you can shoot arrows but you cannot drop them. Also, since the drop command arms mines, if you drop a Land Mine, you will arm it next to you and it will readily blow off. So they do not work as a raw material.

You can try your luck when we are visiting the Factory Bays to produce the Guiding Beacon. Or do it after we have produced the Guiding Beacon. Keep a saved game before starting, just in case you waste some raw material that could have been used otherwise.

Skip to the when you have read enough. Continue with the coming section to narrow down a bit on what the Input-Items can be. It will further provide information on the number of items required by each Machine and the nature of the three manufactured products. Continue with the coming section to narrow down a bit on what the Input-Items can be. That section will further provide information on the number of items required by each Machine and on the nature of the three manufactured products.

Throughout the Secret Procedures, every item that is to be fed to the Machines as an Input-Item has been mentioned in the Blueprints you found in the Plans Room. Therefore, you do not need to try objects not mentioned in any of the Blueprints.

The three final products are powerup items Garrett can potentially carry as part of his inventory. This does not help to narrow down your search, but now you see why the secrets may be useful in the mission.

The instructions of the Machines (to be found next to each of them) give hints on the number of items each of them accepts:

• The Rolling Machine at always accepts a single item at its Input-Basin plus a Steel Plate inserted to an Input-Chute (this Machine always requires a Steel Plate to operate — this extra Steel Plate is not counted as an Input-Item in the sections below).
• The Amalgamating Machine at always accepts two items, one in each of its Input-Bins.
• The Bellowing Machine at accepts one or two items at its Input-Funnel .
• The Sealing Machine at always accepts two items, one in each of its Input-Chutes.
• The Linking Machine at always accepts two items at its Input-Chute.
• The Fusing Machine at accepts one or two items at its Input-Bin.

The Amalgamating Machine and the Sealing Machine have two asymmetric Input-Conduits. The two Input-Conduits are not identical. The outcome of the Manufacturing Step may depend on which Input-Conduit is used for which Input-Item.

Skip to the when you have read enough to work on your own. Continue with the next section to further narrow down on what can be Input-Items, and what types of items should be processed in the sequence of steps.

This and the following sections will cut down on the number of possible combinations. The constraints added are not rules you can derive from the game itself. They are just observations made in hind sight, given what the answers are.

In the Plans Room, there are five Blueprints. Two of them are related to the production of the Guiding Beacon: the and the . The remaining three produce powerup items: These are the , and . Let’s call the latter three the Powerup Blueprints. As far as Secret Procedures are concerned, only the procedures of the three Powerup Blueprints matter.

Throughout each Secret Procedure, every item to be fed to the Machines as an Input-Item is also to be used as an Input-Item in the procedures of the Powerup Blueprints.

The procedure for each Powerup Blueprint consists of exactly two Manufacturing Steps of the form “One: A+B=C and Two: C+D=E”. The first Manufacturing Step uses two Input-Items to produce an Intermediate-Item. The second Manufacturing Step uses a third Input-Item with the Intermediate-Item to produce the final product of that Powerup Blueprint.

Notice that the term Intermediate-Item is just invented for convenience. You may come upon Intermediate-Items at storage rooms or hallways, and you can pick them up just like other Input-Items or Inventory Items. They have no fundamental difference with other objects besides their relationship with the Powerup Blueprints.

The three Secret Procedures are similar to the procedures of the Powerup Blueprints. All three of them consist of exactly two Manufacturing Steps of the form “One: A+B=C, and Two: C+D=E”. “A”, “B” and “D” in the formula of the Secret Procedures are Input-Items that have been used in the procedures of the Powerup Blueprints, while “C” is the Intermediate-Item.

By now, the number of valid combinations has dropped substantially. There are only 9 qualifying Input-Items (Spring Wiring, Acidic Mixture, Flux Spheroid, Bantam Node, Iron Chassis, Quicklime Mixture, Mine Bulb, Steel Plate, Flare Mixture), because the Powerup Blueprints only mentioned these 9 different Input-Items. Since each Secret Procedure consists of exactly 2 Manufacturing Steps, and each Manufacturing Step takes place at one of the six Machines, it means at most 2 Machines are involved per secret. As described in the previous section, two of the machines (the Amalgamating Machine and the Sealing Machine) have asymmetric Input-Conduits. As a result, we have the following 8 different choices for where to carry out a Manufacturing Step “A+B=C”:

• 4 choices from the four symmetric Machines (the Rolling Machine, the Bellowing Machine, the Linking Machine and the Fusing Machine),
• 1 choice from the Amalgamating Machine, by placing “A” into its left Input-Bin and “B” into its right Input-Bin,
• another choice from the Amalgamating Machine, by placing “B” into its left Input-Bin and “A” into its right Input-Bin,
• 1 choice from the Sealing Machine, by placing “A” into its left Input-Chute and “B” into its right Input-Chute,
• another choice from the Sealing Machine, by placing “A” into its left Input-Chute and “B” into its right Input-Chute,

Therefore, in testing for the Secret Procedures, we can count 8 Manufacturing Locations. For Manufacturing Step One, there are 9 choices for Input-Item “A” 9 choices for Input-Item “B” and 8 choices for the Manufacturing Location. Therefore, there are 9 * 9 * 8 choices for Manufacturing Step One. For Manufacturing Step Two, you use the Intermediate-Product created in Manufacturing Step One with the 9 possible choices for Input-Item “D” at 8 possible the Manufacturing Locations. Therefore, there are 9 * 8 choices for Manufacturing Step Two. This makes a total of only 648 * 72 = 46,656 combinations!

You do not really need to test all 46,656 combinations, because the vast majority of the 648 combinations of Manufacturing Step One fail to produce any Intermediate-Item, and thus you do not need to try the corresponding 72 combinations of Manufacturing Step Two.

Skip to the when you have read enough, or continue with the coming section to find out several additional criteria that further reduce the number of possible combinations.

Now, we’ve gotten the possible combinations under 50,000. So, unless you want to try about 50,000 experiments, let’s narrow that number down some more with a few new facts. Added constraints on the Secret Procedures “One: A+B=C, and Two: C+D=E” are:

• The Intermediate-Items of the three Secret Procedures we are seeking are different from each other, and are exactly the same three Intermediate-Items as are produced by the Powerup Blueprint you found in the Safes; namely: Flux Spheroid, Mine Bulb and Flare Mixture. Therefore, you already know Manufacturing Step One for each Secret Procedure — they are just the Manufacturing Step One of the procedures of the Powerup Blueprints.
• The three Input-Items used in Manufacturing Step Two of the Secret Procedures (the Input-Item “D’s”) are different from each other.
• The three Input-Items used in Manufacturing Step Two of the Secret Procedures are different from any Intermediate-Items of the procedures of the Powerup Blueprints.

Now that you have completely determined the three different procedures for Manufacturing Step One, the only remaining unknowns are, for each Intermediate-Item:

• Which Input-Item to go with it in Manufacturing Step Two (there are six possibilities: Spring Wiring, Acidic Mixture, Bantam Node, Iron Chassis, Quicklime Mixture, Steel Plate)
• Which Manufacturing Location to use (there are 8 possible choices as in the previous section)

How many combinations are left? For each Intermediate-Item, you need to test each of the 8 Manufacturing Locations:

• The Rolling Machine only accept one item, therefore, you have only one choice: Insert the Intermediate-Item into the Rolling Machine together with a Steel Plate.
• The Bellowing Machine and the Fusing Machine accept one or two items. You can either simply process the Intermediate-Item alone, or process it with one of the 6 Input-Items listed above. Therefore, you have 7 choices at each of these two Machines.
• The Linking Machine always accept two items. Therefore, you have to add operate the Intermediate-Item with one of the 6 Input-Items. That makes 6 choices.
• Finally, both the Amalgamating Machine and Sealing Machine have two asymmetric Input-Conduits. You can place the Intermediate-Item into the left Input-Conduit, with one of the 6 Input-Items into the right Input-Conduit, or do it the other way round. So, you get 12 combinations for each of these two Machines.

It adds up to 1 + 2 * 7 + 6 + 2 * 12 = 45 combinations for each Intermediate-Item. The total number of combinations to try is 3 * 45 = 135. So now you are, at least within some practical reason, able to try the possibilities. You can do it at the same time as when we are building the Guiding Beacon.

Skip to the when you have read enough. Continue with the coming section to further reduce the number of possible combinations.

The Input-Item that goes with each Intermediate-Item in Manufacturing Step Two of the Secret Procedures is:

• different from the Input-Items used to manufacture the Intermediate-Item;
• different from the Input-Item used together with the Intermediate-Item in the Manufacturing Step Two of the Powerup Blueprints.

With this constraint, only 3 Input-Items can be used with each Intermediate-Item. Work this out yourself, or click here to reveal the full analysis:

You do not need to try using a Flux Spheroid with a Spring Wiring (rule 1), an Acidic Mixture (rule 1), or a Bantam Node (rule 2). You only need to try Iron Chassis, Quicklime Mixture, or the Steel Plate.

You do not need to try using a Mine Bulb with an Iron Chassis (rule 1), a Quicklime Mixture (rule 1), or a Steel Plate (rule 2). You only need to try Acidic Mixture, Bantam Node, or the Spring Wiring.

You do not need to try using a Flare Mixture with a Quicklime Mixture (rule 1), an Acidic Mixture (rule 1), or a Steel Plate (rule 2). You only need to try Bantam Node, Iron Chassis, or the Spring Wiring.

The Machine to use for processing an Intermediate-Item in Manufacturing Step Two of the Secret Procedures is either:

• The Machine where the Intermediate-Item was manufactured; or
• The Machine where the Intermediate-Item itself was used as an Input-Item in the Manufacturing Step Two of the Powerup Blueprints.

With this constraint, only 2 Machines can be used for each Intermediate-Item. Work this out yourself, or click here to reveal the full analysis:

• You only need to try using the Flux Spheroid at the Fusing Machine at (case 1) and the Bellowing Machine at (case 2).
• You only need to try using the Mine Bulb at the Amalgamating Machine at (case 1) and the Sealing Machine at (case 2).
• You only need to try using the Flare Mixture at the Amalgamating Machine at (case 1) and the Rolling Machine at (case 2).

Now we have only 3 * 3 * 2 = 18 combinations. Not a long list to try out exhaustively. You don’t really need to travel a lot if you prepare all the material and conduct as many tests as possible at each Machine before moving on to another one. Continue with the coming section to see the actual combinations that really work. I would rather skip over it and try it out by jumping to the .

Now the exact answers. The three Secret Procedures are:

• Put an Iron Chassis and a Flare Mixture into the Amalgamating Machine at to produce a Flash Mine.
• Put a Steel Plate and a Flux Spheroid into the Fusing Machine at to produce a Flash Bomb. For this to work, the Flux Spheroid must go into the left Input-Bin, while the Steel Plate must go into the right Input-Bin.
• Put a Bantam Node and a Mine Bulb into the Sealing Machine at to produce an Explosive Charge.

Ghosters only need to manufacture one of each and skip over the rest of this section to .

Cleaners should use all the material you can gather to produce explosives (Land Mines and Explosive Charges). Count your inventory well. You need sufficient material to build the Guiding Beacon and to produce one Flash Mine and one Flash Bomb, in order to get the secret. And you also need to reserve 5 Steel Plates for the .

Since both types of Bombs (Land Mines and Explosive Charges) are made from Mine Bulbs, which come from Iron Chassis and Canisters of Quicklime Mixture, these two Input-Items limit your ability to produce explosives. Only use them for Mine Bulbs, not Scouting Orbs or Flares, unless you know you already have enough Bombs at your disposal.

You currently have 4 (Diff E)/6 (Diff H)/7 (Diff N) Iron Chassis from Storage Room 1. Other than using one of them to manufacture the Secret Flash Mine, use all the remaining Iron Chassis to manufacture Mine Bulbs with the Amalgamating Machine when you arrive at . Before you leave the , you will collect more Iron Chassis. So, we’ll visit a second time to make more Mine Bulbs. The walkthrough uses 7 Land Mines, and you have already collected one (Diff E), two (Diff H) or three (Diff N) Land Mines from . So you’ll need to manufacture at least 5 (Diff E), 4 (Diff H) or 3 (Diff N) Land Mines. Manufacture enough Mine Bulbs for the Land Mines you’ll need, plus one more Mine Bulb for the Secret Explosive Charge. A total of 7 is recommended.

We’ll find additional material in the . When we run out of stock, we will come back to manufacture more explosives to continue our journey. The walkthrough is structured so that we only need to come back once.

Points to note:

• The walkthrough uses only 7 Land Mines and 3 Explosive Charges, but assumes you will manufacture 9. The assumption is made because it is the maximum number of Land Mines you can manufacture, and I found that Land Mines is the most useful tool here at Soulforge. You will pick up an Explosive Charge later, so you only need to manufacture 2 of them. After all, you might to do some things differently! Even under the rather severe constraints for Cleaning at Soulforge, there’s still a little room for wiggling.
• You have a total of 11 Flares. Since many places are very dark, you may consider manufacturing fewer Land Mines to spare some Steel Plantes for making Flares.
• The walkthrough leads you to manufacture 3 Explosive Charges. Explosive Charges are not as useful as you might think, and I have difficulties finding situations to use them. Don’t bother to manufacture them in excess. Build one for the secret while you are still in the , and later the walkthrough will bring you back to build the rest.
• Experts can only build 5 Land Mines (Diff E) and an Explosive Charge (Diff E) for now.
• As for the Hard and Normal Difficulty Levels, you already have sufficient material for the 6 Land Mines (Diff N/H) and 2 Explosive Charges (Diff N/H) before leaving the . Still, do not make more than 6 Land Mines (Diff N/H only) before reaching Storage Room 3, or you will run out of Steel Plates (Diff N/H only) when poaching the .
• Think again whether you want to use up material to poach the Easter Egg. You can manufacture 5 more Flares if you give up the egg.

Leave the Plans Room and go towards the right (North). After turning West, there is a small dark niche on the right (North) wall. Hide well and quick save. We are rushing into a large open area with hardly any hiding places. There is always a risk of running into Spider Bots or other Roamers.

Leave the niche and run West. You’ll see on your right the Northern Apse, a great façade with five columns of openings. Go to the dark passage under the central column. You find an elevator on your right. Hide in the shadows and save game. Join in the

Stand on the elevator platform. There is a pair of small red buttons on the wall in front of it (which is unusal, because most elevators have buttons inside the elevator shaft). Press the upper button to ride up.

Behind a grate is the , where you need to place the Guiding Beacon. The Up/Down Switch to open the grate is inside the room. The puzzle is to find another method to enter the room. We’ll face the challenge after we’ve built our Guiding Beacon.

The secret switch in the room also open the grate, by remote control over the Up/Down Switch inside. By using the secret switch, you would miss the chance to handle this interesting puzzle.

Press the lower red button on the wall to ride back downstairs.

This elevator will be the place to start a slaughter. The rest of this section takes Ghosters back to Southern Apse. Cleaners should skip them and jump to the to clean up the surrounding area and proceed with the battle.

The remaining paragraphs of this section are for Ghosters only.

Leave the Northern Apse and proceed to the West side of the Lower Areas. On the Southwest side of Northern Apse, the hallway goes left (South) and then turns right (West) into the Fluid Vapor Interchange.

Sneak quietly along the right (North) wall of the room. On the left is a Brick Hut guarded by a Combat Bot. He keeps watching the main entrance on the West unless attracted by your noises. As always, be careful of Roamers passing by.

Leave the Fluid Vapor Interchange via the doorway on the Northwest into the Northwest Triangle. Move South along the West Long Hall by staying on the right (West) side of it. After passing the main entrance to the Fluid Vapor Interchange (that the Combat Bot is staring at), continue South through the metal door to the South half of the West Long Hall. Keep on the right hand side. Move all the way to the South West Triangle without alearting the Combat Bots inside the on your left.

Quick save and continue the journey. Move East into the West Short Hall leading to the small, empty West L-shaped Corridor. Beyond that, you enter the West Circular Area. Turn left and leave the circle on the East side back to . Go North up to the Crossing of the Transepts area.

Skip to the .

The Lower Areas is connected to the by the Northern Apse. Just North of the Northern Apse, there are two guarded passages. We first look at the one on the East.

Leaving the Northern Apse on the North side, the hallway forks. One branch turns to the left (West), and the other goes forward a little before turning to the right. You must have heard the noises from ahead.

A Combat Bot is marching on the hallway on the East. You can see him ahead when he is on the West end of the patrol. When he is going back to the East, peek into his hallway. Near the middle of the hallway, there are double doors on the left (North) and some shadows on the right (South). Watch out: Roamers use the double doors to traverse between the and the .

Walk forward and hide in the shadows on the right. When the marching Bot moves past your position towards the West, move quietly to the East end and turn right. It is a dark cul-de-sac. Hide there and save game.

This is the perfect location to practice Bot Thumping. Mark his turning point, and next time his turns his back to you, knock him 18 times. When your heartbeat has fallen back to somewhat normal, and if nobody arrived to beat you up, save game and corpse the Bot. Leave the dead ball in the shadows here.

With the East side secured, we proceed with the West side. Walk back to where the hallway forks, and follow the West branch. Peek around the next corner to find a Combat Bot blocking the passage, and a Masked Guard walking North and South.

This pair is not as easy. Behind them are half a dozen torches, and the area is still not dark enough after dousing all of them. We could have taken the long path to use 2 Water Arrows from behind him, but the quicker way is to attract him to the elevator.

Save game: You always need them because you may make mistakes during a Bot Combat, or a Roaming Spider Bot may ruin your plans.

When the Masked Guard is at the point closest to you, run forward to knock him out. Stay in plain view before the Combat Bot to make sure he sees you. Run away.

When you want a Bot to follow you, keep at most one corner between you and him. Before you turn around a corner, look back to check that he can see you. Otherwise, he will fail to figure out where you have gone. On the other hand, if there is a direct line of sight between you and a Bot, keep moving in zigzag lines to avoid his deadly accurate deadly projectiles.

When you arrive at the elevator platform, you are home. Just follow the Bot Squashing Guide to disable him. After it is done, quick save, drop off the platform to corpse him. Take it away and reset the elevator by sending it up and down again. Save game when all goes well.

Go back to the hallway in which the Masked Guard was walking. Hide the unconscious guard if you want to (nobody is passing here any more). Among the vine near the West wall find a Frogbeast Egg. Go back to the elevator platform, for we will only visit the area on the North at a later time.

Northern Apse is the best place to wipe out the Roaming Bots. Take the time to Squash one (Diff N)/two (Diff H)/three (Diff E) Spider Bots and the Roaming Combat Bot (Diff E only) right now, or you would have to Ghost from them throughout the mission.

Remember to separate the corpses of Combat Bots away from those of the Spider Bots. The specifically requires corpse of five Combat Bots, those of the Spider Bots will not do.

Count carefully and make sure all of them are now gone, including both types of Roamers. One Roamer easy to miss is the Masked Guard. He is a type 2 Roamer, who arrives at the Lower Area pretty late. You were very unlikely to have met him back in the .

After you have gotten rid of the Roamers, take this opportunity to clear the . Save game and head back to the South end of . Stay on the right hand (West) side of the hall. Attract the Combat Bot in the , but not the Watcher. Make him follow you to the butcher platform.

Go again to the . This time, wake up the Watcher. He will release another Combat Bot, who will follow the footsteps to the same depressed destination.

Next we will go to to start making the Guiding Beacon. Take a Combat Bot corpse with you. Run to the . the , the and the to the Transepts. Drop the corpse nearby. This will be your corpse #4 for the .

Think twice before you start. The Easter Egg costs you 5 Steel Plates. You can use the extra Steel Plates to manufacture Land Mines or Flares. For completeness, I decided to finish the mission by getting all secrets and the Easter Egg. If you choose to have 5 more Flares (which is not a bad choice), save game before you poaching the egg and restore game afterwards, treating it like an excursion.

Count your corpses. Viktoria has already prepared one for you. You have Squashed the pair of Combat Bots who tried to come to at the start of the mission. You have just taken with you one from the . You still need one more.

Remember you have carried one from the Northern Apse to the Transepts? You should have dropped it near the elevator before you go to . Carry it to the of .

Now carry out the ritual. Drop a Combat Bot corpse into the basin at the top. Insert a Steel Plate into the chute on the side. Press the button. Nothing happens, but the material is not rejected.

Repeat with the second corpse. And with the remaining three. After all five corpses are processed, a scroll appears at the output area on the West.

Like in Thief Dark Project, the scroll is a long list of quotes: 15 pages in Thief Dark Project, 13 pages in Thief II. The content of the scroll is listed and annotated in the next section.

The inside of the Brick Hut is pretty empty. Drop into the hole on the South. Down there is very dark. You are at the West end of a tunnel. Try to find your way back to the ground level on the other end without using a Flare: move South, then turn left (East), then turn right (face South) to mantle up into Factory Bay D.

Since you have removed the Combat Bot outside the hut, this tunnel can be used in both directions. To go from Factory Bay D back to Fluid Vapor Interchange. move down the East hole in Factory Bay D, go West and then North to find the West hole. You can climb back into the Brick Hut using a Vine Arrow (shooting on the side of the hole) and leave the Brick Hut via the front door.

After mantling up at the East end of the tunnel, an Inclined Platform is right in front of you, giving you lots of shadows. The outside sounds noisy, but they are Worker Bots. Their eyes are dark green. Ignore them — they will not see you unless you bump into them.

You are in the West half of Factory Bay D. On your left (South) is the Sealing Machine. On your right (North) is a table. Behind the table is a wall. Remember what lies beyond the wall? Two Combat Bots on the West Entrance, maybe the toughest ones to deal with in the whole mission.

Save game.

Go to the table to read the operation manual INSTRUCTIONS

Place source materials into chutes, one material per chute,
on side of machine.

Signal thy Friend standing on the control platform against
the wall of this bay to activate the machine for thee.

Products will emerge at other end. . This one is complicated, for the button to operate the Machine is not nearby.

The Sealing Machine here and the Amalgamating Machine at are the only Machines with two Input-Conduits. Some operations of the Machine depends on which Input-Item is placed in which Input-Conduit (that is, some combinations of Input-Items may differentiate between the two Input-Conduits, while other combinations may be indifferent to which Input-Conduit is used for which Input-Item).

Since you do not yet have the Regulating Round, you cannot process the Stage 2 Piece yet. You can take this opportunity to process other stuff, for example, dropping a Mine Bulb into the left chute and a Steel Plate into the right chute according to the Land Mine Blueprints.

Now go to Factory Bay D East for a look. You can either move on the ground level (the doorway is on the South) or do a little climbing. To climb: walk on the Inclined Platform to mantle onto the partitioning wall between the two halves of the Bay. Drop carefully on top of the Linking Machine on the other side of the wall. Drop very carefully step by step onto the ground on its North. It is very dark, but everything is metal, which means climbing can be more dangerous than walking on the ground.

Submerge quietly into the pool against the North wall to find a crystal of 2 Water Arrows and one (Diff E), two (Diff H) or three (Diff N) Water Crystals under water. Mantle ashore and read the operation manual INSTRUCTIONS

Place source materials into chute on side of machine.

Signal thy Friend standing on the control platform against
the wall of this bay to activate the machine for thee.

Products will emerge from tube. on the table at the North wall. Similar to the Sealing Machine in Factory Bay D West, the Linking Machine here also requires remote operation. Look at the raised metal platform at your Southwest: It is the Control Platform with the two buttons. So you are faced with a puzzle. How do you get there?

Before we start, drop a Gauge and a Bantam Node into the chute on the North side of the Linking Machine. They are the ingredients for the much needed Regulating Round.

You can see that the Control Platform can access an opening on the East wall, leading somewhere. Looking around for things of similar height, you’ll notice an another opening on the North wall. Where are they connected to?

Remember the two locked doors we saw during the ? Each of those two doors accesses a tunnel that is connected to one of to these two wall openings. As I said earlier, the only key to unlock the two doors is inside one of the tunnels. Try to find the method yourself before clicking here to reveal the solution.

Look at the ceiling next to the North wall opening (the opening up there, not the one at the ground level). Shoot a Vine Arrow at the metal square. Climb up, drop on the ledge. Do not retrieve the arrow. You may be doing this again and again.

Walk along the tunnel. Near the end, take the Key hanging on the wall. Use it to unlock the door.

Do you remember that there is a Healing Fountain nearby? If you need to go there, turn left and go clockwise around the circle. Then enter the center to regain your health before continuing clockwise to find the other locked door. If you do not need the fountain, you can arrive at the next door by going in the counterclockwise direction with much less walking.

Unlock the door. Follow the tunnel to emerge at the Control Platform.

When you arrived at the Control Platform, study the plaques that label the two machines. The one on the left operates the Sealing Machine in Factory Bay D West, while the one on the right the Linking Machine in Factory Bay D East. Since you have loaded both Machines, press both buttons (I usually press both buttons even if I have only loaded one of the Machines — just in case I have mixed up which is which). Check that all Bots are happy. Save game and ride the elevator platform down to ground level. Note: this elevator is not suitable for Bot Squashing. Bots do not like to stand under it. They prefer to stand back and shoot at you. In general, Bot Squashable elevators must be enclosed so that you stay hidden from the view of the Bots below.

Walk quietly to the door on the Northeast corner (the door at the North end of the East wall, not the alcove opening on the East end of the North wall). Pick the door and get inside Storage Room 3 to collect 2 Flares, 4 Canisters of Acid Mixture, 5 Bantam Nodes, a Flux Spheroid, 4 Gauges, three (Diff E) or five (Diff N/H) Iron Chassis, four (Diff H/E) or six (Diff N) Steel Plates, 4 Canisters of Quicklime Mixture and 5 Bolts of Spring Wiring. Now you have even more supplies to play with.

Collect the Regulating Round from the output area of the Linking Machine (just next to its Input-Chute). Reload the Linking Machine with other stuff if you wish. Move to the South end of the Sealing Machine in Factory Bay D West to collect things you just manufactured. Load the Sealing Machine with the Stage 2 Piece and the Regulating Round. Repeat the process to go to the Control Platform to generate the Stage 3 Piece. And then repeat the process to generate other objects you may need.

There are three Combat Bots in Factory Bay D: two at the West Entrance, and one inside the alcove next to Storage Room 3. The remaining sections clean the Bots. Ghosters please skip over them and continue with the .

Save game first. At the NE of Factory Bay D East, there is a doorway between the pool and Storage Room 3. It opens into an alcove with a Combat Bot. Peek at his surroundings: his area is brightly lit, and his back is hard pressed to the North wall. It seems there is nothing we can do.

Enter the alcove and hide in the shadow ahead. Shooting a Noisemaker Arrow towards the outside of the alcove (do not aim too far away or he may ignore it). He leaves the alcove (so do not stand in his way) and marches around for a while. Take the opportunity to sneak inside. Surprisingly, the North wall behind his resting position is dark enough for hiding. Crouch at about the center of the North wall and wait for him to come back to his Northwest corner.

When he has settled down, quick save and slowly edge towards him. When you get within knocking distance, Thump him from the side.

After you have hidden his corpse, save game and try to attract the Worker Bots with Noisemaker Arrows. Do not overdo it or you will be greeted with the Combat Bots from the West Entrance. The most difficult part of Worker Bot Thumping is to prevent them from escaping. The two Worker Bots are easier to handle if they come into the alcove, for they are less likely to run away when surrounded by four walls. Otherwise, just do it in the Factory Bay D East, and be careful not to wake up the Combat Bots at the West Entrance. Or do later.

Retrieve your Noisemaker Arrows.

The twin Bots at the West Entrance are very difficult to handle. Since we can do all we need without touching them, continue with Cleaning the Factory Bay only if you are concerned with completeness. Otherwise, skip over the next section and continue with the .

First, move to the .

If you start from inside Factory Bay D, go to the pool in Factory Bay D East. Climb the Vine Arrow up to the tunnel with the Key. Go through the door at the end of the tunnel and you are at the .

If you start from the , move North to . Climb up the ladder as in the section. Walk along the , turn right to arrive at the .

The tunnel for access to Factory Bay E is on the Southeast side of the circle. If you need a boost, visit first the Healing Fountain, whose entrance is at the North side of the circle.

The tunnel goes South a bit, down a tiny slope to the East and then continue South. At the end of it, you can look over the whole of .

There is a large patch of shadow on the platform in front of you. Creep along the left edge of the shadow — the lamps mounted on the Girder on your right periodically produce additional light, making the dark areas closer to the Girder more visible than desired. From the front edge of the platform, study the Bay carefully.

The Fusing Machine is on the right (West), at about the middle of the Bay. It is housed in a recessed part of the West wall. From your position, you can barely see its twin gold towers. On its Northeast and Southeast are a pair of Watchers mounted via dedicated platforms onto the wall. There are two stone structures on the left (East), but they are empty except for the Cubby hiding two Combat Bots inside. On the far South are some interesting machinery, where you can see boulders being dropped into a Lava Lake. On the floor are two Worker Bots wandering around.

The only useful thing in the whole Bay is the Fusing Machine. How do we get there?

Before descending to the floor, join in the

It is possible to walk on top of the Girder all the way to the South. From your entrance, go left (East) and climb the ladder there to the upper platform. Up there, you have an even better view of the Bay. Walk on the Girder and head South.

Midway on the Girder, the lighting condition improved, or better say the shadowing condition deteriorated. Unless you waste an Invisibility Potion here, the Watchers will see you. Since we are in an excursion, ignore them and continue South. When they are beeping red, you can see two Combat Bots waking up from their Cubby.

Drop on the high platform on the South end. There is nothing much to see. You can do a running jump to cross the Lava Lake, but I think you prefer to resume the game without the Combat Bots moving around.

Go to the right (West) and descend the ladder at the wall. Move South along the West wall until you are blocked by some equipment with several swirling discs. Check the scanning pattern of the nearby Watcher. You need to get around the obstacles to access the Fusing Machine. Remember, the Worker Bots are blind. Just refrain from kicking them, for the time being.

When the Watcher is looking away, run East to get around the swirling discs and rush to under the Watcher. Now check both Watchers. On your South is the Generator — a cylinder lying horizontally. It will be precious during the Cleaning; but for now, it is just another obstacle. Run past the South side of the Generator, and dash to the North side of the Fusing Machine.

On the North side of the Machine, near where the Copper Cable runs, you can find a Hexagonal Protrusion (about one foot in diameter). Next to the Hexagonal Protrusion is an opening, which is the Exhaust Chute of the Machine. If an Input-Item cannot be processed, it is expelled through this Chute to the ground.

Walk to the wall on the West. Use the Up/Down Switch there to open a door. Where does the door lead to? Quick save before checking it out. After stepping out from the door, you drop down to . Unless you are a good climber, you may find it difficult to climb back into Factory Bay E.

The section of the Fusing Machine touching the wall is shorter and narrower than the Machine itself. Walk up to it, and mantle on it (just press the jump key continuously, without pressing the forward key). Climb over the top to access the other side.

Now that you are on the South side of the Machine, read the Kelsus Journal (book on left)

Journals of Brother Kelsus

Returning from Father Karras’s sermon today I found myself deeply
troubled. He hath changed. I see now that I have observed this
for some time without wanting to give it pause for thought. ’Tis
chilling to listen to his Sermon issuing from one of the Children,
that he cannot spare himself to venture from his chamber for even
this purpose. The content of the sermon, too, was disquieting,
suggesting as it did that none of us could e’er be as loyal to the
Builder as a mechanism can. Though I still believe unwaveringly in
the blessing of the machine, the disfavor towards all things of
nature hath swollen beyond my ability to affirm. And it seemeth to
me that in his speech Karras did many times confuse himself with
the Builder, which be an indication I care not to think about.
Many in the congregation did not seem to react to the sermon in
the same way — they shouted and praised Karras as ever — but
I suspect

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many of them no longer truly listen, that they void their minds
and behave as puppets. But I did see more than one with a pensive
or grave countenance, and mayhap I shall find the courage to
approach those Friends soon in the Eastport seminary to discuss
these matters. For have we not been ordered by Karras himself to
spend this next week away from Soulforge Cathedral? and the operation manual INSTRUCTIONS

Place source material or materials into basin on left side of machine.
Flip lever to activate machine.
Products will emerge at basin on right side of machine.
on the table at the West wall.

The Kelsus Journal is bewitching. Kelsus is the Mechanist whom Karras trusted most. Karras even taught him how to built a Guiding Beacon. On the other hand, it sounds as if Kelsus is growing suspicious of what Karras is thinking. Kelsus also noticed that Karras has confused himself with the Builder, who must have been thinking: Why be an Angel when I can play God (Madison Lee, Charlies Angels Full Throttle)? It even looks like we might witness a mutiny at Eastport. Unfortunately, we didn’t find anything that expands on this subplot. Maybe it was meant for Thief II Gold, which was never developed.

The Fusing Machine here and the Bellowing Machine at are the only two Machines that can accept a variable number of Input-Items (either one or two). Just drop all the required material into the left Input-Bin for processing. Because of the placement of the lever, you have to leave the shadows and stay in exposed area to operate the Machine.

Look at the South side of the Fusing Machine. There is a big hole where you can creep into the interior. It serves as a very dark place to hide.

When the Watchers turn away, drop the Stage 3 Piece into the left bin and operate the lever. “Assuming the blueprints didn’t leave anything out, this thing ought to do the trick.”

Collect the Guiding Beacon from the right bin. You’ve just completed the Objective about manufacturing your Guiding Beacon!

Run back to your hiding place to avoid been seen by the Watchers. Use the lever again if you need to open the left bin for more Machine operations.

The stone buildings on the East are empty, other than the Cubby with the Combat Bots. Each building has two openings above ground, at a level something like the second floor. The two openings simply lead to each other by an empty passage. You can enter the openings via a running jump, but it is not easy to do even after Cleaning the Bay. So forget about them unless you are good at jumping.

The next section is for Factory Bay E Cleaning. Leave Factory Bay E Using the door on the North side of the Fusing Machine. Move on to the . Continue with .

As you have previously seen in the , you are barred from entering the . You have two choices: either use the secret Up/Down Switch in the , or solve the puzzle of this façade.

It is the only jumping puzzle in T2. And it is a good one. Do it yourself. Only proceed with the next section if you are really stuck. Click here to skip over the solution of the puzzle and proceed with the .

Climb the ladder of . Walk across the . Down the small slope and turn left (North) to the level 2 of the West Column of the Northern Apse.

Do a running jump to the room on your Northeast (level 2 of the Northwest Column). Collect one (Diff E), two (Diff H) or three (Diff N) Water Crystals from the small pool. Do another running jump to the room on your Northeast (level 2 of the Central Column).

Another way to come here is to step off the elevator platform when it is traveling past this room (the platform only stops at the bottom and top levels, never here). This room is empty. Continue jumping East to the next one (level 2 of the Northeast Column).

Climb the ladder up to the next level, which is a small ledge with an opening on the façade. Try to figure out yourself how to proceed before further reading.

Look up at the ceiling in front of the façade. That type of metal grill again. Climb up using a Vine Arrow. Near the top of the vine, jump into the highest level of the the East Column, grabbing the Vine Arrow while in mid air.

Climb up the ladder and see what you can do there.

From the ladder, jump to the ledge on the other side. Move up the ramp. The darkness makes the place seem empty. Crouch and enter an opening on the wall.

After creeping North a few paces, you can stand up and walk towards the Northwest direction. It is very dark here: you can get a better sense of motion if you turn around and to look at the dim light from behind you. When you cannot go further Northwest, crouch and creep towards the West. Listen carefully. You will suddenly drop downwards for a couple of feet. It does not hurt, but you need to crouch again to continue creeping towards the West.

This is the place where it is most likely for you to feel trapped. It is completely dark and there is no way to tell whether you are moving or not. When you cannot move any further West, creep towards the South. Soon a hole appears under you. Drop carefully and you will not be hurt.

Look around to determine where you are (top level of Northwest Column). Do a running jump to the room next to yours, and you have made it to the top level of the Central Column!

The Upper Areas consist of a dozen separate halls connected to one another. They can be visited in any sequence.

From the , there are two entrances to the Upper Areas. After passing the , you can either turn left (West) or right (East). Since Ghosters have no easy method to use the West Entrance, we will use the East Entrance.

Karras has named only a few halls, therefore I need to invent names for the others. I’ll try to find individual names that are descriptive of the salient features of each hall.

The Three Secrets have nothing to do with the Upper Areas. If you have not yet figured out what it is, I suggest you to read the answers now.

The next section is for Cleaners. Ghosters now skip to the .

It is especially important for Cleaners to have learnt the secrets, because it boosts up your ammunition levels. Other than the need for the secrets and the Easter Egg, use all you have to make Land Mines. Check against the to make sure you have the right ammo.

We’ll pick up more items on the way, and will need to go back to the Factory Bays to replenish our stock. Here is a table showing your inventory levels at this point:

	Land Mines	Explosive Charges
Already Collected	1 (Diff E)/2 (Diff H)/3 (Diff N)	0
Already Manufactured	6 (Diff E/H)/8 (Diff N)	1
Already used	1	0
Currently available	6 (Diff E)/7 (Diff H)/10 (Diff N)	1

Notice that I assumed you used a Land Mine at . If you used an Explosive Charge instead, adjust your manufacturing processes accordingly. It is much easier to produce Explosive Charges because you have quite a lot of Bantam Nodes but are running short of Steel Plates.

This table summarizes your inventory levels in the mission:

	Land Mines	Explosive Charges	Fire Arrows	Frogbeast Eggs	Flares
Currently available	6 (Diff E)/7 (Diff H)/10 (Diff N)	1	0	0	0
Will be Collected	0	1	5	13 (Diff E)/14 (Diff H)/15 (Diff N)	11
Will be Manufactured	3 (Diff E/H)/2 (Diff N)	1	0	0	0
Will be used in walkthrough	6	3	5	12	3
Available for use	3 (Diff E/H)/4 (Diff N)	0	0	1 (Diff E)/2 (Diff H)/3 (Diff N)	8

You already have 21 (Diff E)/24 (Diff H)/27 (Diff N) Water Arrows, and will pick up 6 (Diff E)/11 (Diff H)/17 (Diff N) more. It is much more than necessary. The walkthrough only uses 6 Water Arrows, so you are free to use the rest. You have 8 Flares for use, and you’ll probably use up all of them at one particular place.

Here is a table showing where the walkthrough will use the consumables:

Location	Description	Consumable
Bay D West Entrance	two Combat Bots	a Land Mine
	Combat Bot	2 Water Arrows
	8 Sentries	8 Frogbeast Eggs and 4 Fire Arrows
and	4 Spider Bots and a Combat Bot	a Land Mine
	Two Combat Bots and a Spider Bot in a Cubby	an Explosive Charge and a Fire Arrow
	a Combat Bot, a Worker Bot and two Masked Guards	a Land Mine*
of the Second Basement	Sentry in Lower Workshop	2 Frogbeast Eggs and a Flare
of the Second Basement	4 Combat Bots in 2 Cubbies	an Explosive Charge and a Flare
	Combat Bot in a Cubby	a Land Mine*
	Four Mace Guards	a Gas Mine*
	Two Combat Bots in a Cubby	an Explosive Charge* and 1lm
of	Two Combat Bots	4 Water Arrows
	Sentry in a Cubby	2 Frogbeast Eggs and a Flare
	2 Cannon Sentries	2 Land Mines

Items marked with “^*” are optional. Cleaning can be achieved without using any consumables.

This hall provides the entrance to the basement, but Cleaners are not descending down there until later.

Start from under the Central Column of the . Save game first. Remember, you have an evern higher chance of running into the Roamers in the Upper Areas. Always keep good saves.

Walk North carefully. You must have heard him marching. When the Combat Bot is moving away to the East, skulk into his hallway. Midway in his hallway is a pair of metal double doors. Pick the door — you need to stop mid-way and hide in the shadow behind you (on the South side of the hallway) when he marches by. Get inside, hide well and save.

Start from under the Central Column of the . Since you have Thumped the Combat Bot earlier, simply walk North, turn right (East). Pick and enter the metal double doors.

Do not close the double doors. They have a strong habit of getting disappeared, after which you get even less shelter.

The Basement Entrance Hall is rather dark (you will be visiting even darker places). On your right (behind the opened door) is a control panel that turns on the lights. It also opens the gate on the West. The other machines here are useless.

The adjoining hall on the West is big. It also has lots of interesting machinery. Disappointedly all it offers are 2 Vine Arrows hidden among the vine.

Move back to the Basement Entrance Hall. Ghosters now skips to the section to venture downstairs right now, and continue here after you are done with the basements.

Leave the Basement Entrance Hall via the Northeast. The next room has a desk on the South. Open the Toolbox to collect a Bantam Node. Head to the exit on the East.

Leave carefully via the domed hallway on the East. The 2 Vats Hall has a menacing Combat Bot standing on the right (South). Next to him is an elevator platform leading up to a Raised Area, with access to a Signal Tower. On your left is another domed hallway also on the West wall of the hall, that is the exit we’ll use.

In the middle of this great hall are two hugh vats. There is no way to climb up the rim from the floor…

Having entered the hall, stoop and run to the South along the Western wall until you come to a pilaster (one of the pillars supporting the Raised Area above) blocking your way. The Watcher has no command over this wall in this entire section of it, so it is not a worry. Go around the pilaster and continue to stay as near to the Western wall as possible. Continue your stooped-run along that wall into the Southwest corner of the hall, into the tiny space between the Generator and the Western wall.

The Combat Bot is at the center near the South wall, facing North. You have to move along the North side of the Generator, which can be made easier by using Moss Arrows (this is not necessary, but you have plenty of them). For maximum safety, face the Generator and crawl sideways (towards the East) when moving along the North side of the Generator.

At the East end of the Generator, proceed to the South wall. Use a few Moss Arrows to cover a path along the South wall, to a point directly behind the Combat Bot (without moss, you may have to spend 15 minutes crawling there). From there, use 2 Water Arrows on the Combat Bot, the place is not dark enough for Bot Thumping. Also, we cannot use Noisemaker Arrows here, or we would attract Bots from the next door.

Chop the Bot and hide the body. With the Bot out of the way, ride the elevator to the Raised Area. Take the Signal Tower Elevator at the Southwest corner to access the Signal Tower. Come back down, and carefully move along the West wall back to where you entered this room.

Leave the hall via the Northern domed hallway on the West wall of the hall. The dark hallway itself is safe, but you can hear the marching of another Combat Bot ahead.