The problem is quite common and not everyone will immediately understand what’s going on, because when you launch the game for the first time you will receive several achievements and everything seems to be fine, but then you will notice that not everything is going according to plan. So, it's time to tear off the covers.
Darksiders is so special that it connects to the achievement server only once after launch Steam, because to avoid problems you should do this:
- Launch Steam
- Launching Darksiders
- Let's play
- If you left the game, but want to come back later, first restart Steam, then launch the game (if you don’t do this, you won’t see achievements)
- If the game crashes, which it might, wait a minute or two, then restart Steam, then launch the game
Are you unlucky, did you realize that the achievements did not open, and you have already completed the game and opened everything? In this case, I sympathize, because You can only get them by replaying the game, except for the last boss. If you beat the game on Apocalypse difficulty, then do what I wrote above and the achievements should come. The rest, unfortunately, are emerging again.
- A couple more tips to avoid falling flat on your face:
- You should not open the Steam overlay (ALT+TAB), this may also disrupt the connection to the achievement server
Make saves before each boss and before each item - those big stones with chains, after the destruction of which we get a new gadget or weapon. Thanks to these saves, you will be able to reboot and collect half of the lost achievements.
Speaking of achievements:
For every item we find and every boss we complete, we get an achievement. All this can be said plot-wise, so it’s almost impossible to miss. ALMOST. Don't forget about the problem with achievements.
So let's talk about bosses, tactics to fight them, as well as achievements. (I fought on the Apocalypse difficulty level, so I’m describing it in relation to these sensations)
Achievements for bosses and weapons
Jail break
Free Samael
We get this achievement when we kill the first story boss - the Demon General. The easiest boss is your task to perform combos on him and dodge his slow attacks. The moment he calls the minions - switch to them, kill them and leave one so that the general doesn’t rivet new ones - then we continue to beat the boss. The fight is not long or difficult. Then we move the gargoyle statues and free Samael from captivity. There is an achievement.
Damn bat
Defeat Tiamat
Before you kill Tiamat and get the achievement, you need to defeat one more boss - Jailer.
The greatest difficulty when fighting him will be various small enemies that will interfere with your aim. And the tactics to combat Jailer This is exactly what it is. Aim with the Blade at all three yellow-green spots (Right stick + LT), let's shoot. The boss stops and falls, we run up and hit him as hard as we can. As soon as he begins to come to his senses, we run away from him, as he will start swinging the cage in a rage, which takes a lot of lives. I am glad that minor enemies can also suffer from his joy. It will take three approaches before you can finish him off completely. (B).
Tiamat first serious boss in Darksiders. Defeat the bat. or rather, a gargoyle will not be difficult, you just need to catch the tempo and get used to the sequence - take the bomb (B) took aim (Right stick), threw (RT), waited for the right moment, took out the blade, aimed at the fire, then at the glued (LT) To Tiamat bomb, shot (RT). After this, the boss will fall to the ground, all you have to do is run up and start kicking it.
This will have to be repeated a couple more times. After this, he will move into the second phase of attacks. She will begin to fly around the arena, clinging to the floor with her claws. We dodge with a jerk (RB) and hit them on the legs. You'll have to sweat for a couple of minutes, but if you don't screw up, you can get past the boss without taking damage. However, these blows take away more than half of her HP. In the end, she will collapse to the ground and all we have to do is finish off the boss (B).
Hard type
Meet Ulthane
Let's settle the score!
Defeat more angels than Ulthane
We will get the achievement after meeting a giant who looks like a gnome, only big. After a short cutscene, we will need to fight him. It will be possible to inflict at least some damage to the big guy only in a chaotic form. After a few punches he will fly away from us Uriel and break up this fight. A small challenge will begin, where you need to kill more angels than Ultein. Make a save just in case, because... If it doesn’t work out, you can only go through it again by re-downloading it. This can be easily done once you have a gun. The winged ones will be easier to get and faster to kill. For winning the competition we will receive Combat Science upgrade and achievement. Then immediately, without any pause, the battle begins with Uriel. There is nothing complicated, just hit her with combos and bounce away from her attacks. It drains quickly.
Defeat the Mourner
old friend
Get the Pacifier
Win Mourner not so difficult, the main thing is to dodge the laser in time. The platform will help you hide from attack. First of all, we need to deal with the ice blocks (Y). If the block turns red from the boss's laser, then wait until it cools down, otherwise you won't be able to break it. Next, when all the barriers are broken, grab the platform (B) and holding (Y) push into the boss. It will take two pushes to knock him down. Then we run up to the boss and break his ice growth (Y). When the boss gets up, be prepared for dozens of green flies. They are easy to kill, so deal with them quickly, otherwise they will get in the way and prevent us from pushing the platform again. Repeat the already familiar actions: push the platform twice, hit in the heart, in chaotic form more damage, kill green flies, push, hit, kill. After three such attempts on the boss, you can perform a finishing move and take the heart Mourners.
After defeating the boss, we will almost immediately receive a new weapon - a revolver Appeaser.
Together again
Reunite with Destruction.
Ashes to ashes
Defeat the Stygian
There is quite a long gap between these two achievements. First, in the battle arena, we return our horse. After that, we jump at full speed to the place where before we had to jump from platform to platform, so as not to fall into the worm’s throat. Now we will ask him. To defeat this boss, just jump in front of him for a while and wait for him to crawl out of the sand, then aim at him with a revolver (LT) and shoot (RT) into the “tongue” in his mouth. When the worm approaches too quickly, press acceleration (RB). After three attempts we finish off the boss while sitting on a horse (B).
This was just preparation for the main test - Stygian. First you need to shred several demons, after which the boss will free himself from his shackles and begin hunting us. First of all, we need to jump up to the side of the worm and knock off the metal muzzle with a sword. The repetition of what has been learned will begin. We gallop in front of the boss, wait for him to rise, aim for the tongue, speed up so as not to get hit on the backside. Is different Stygian the fact that at some point he leaves the arena and sets three small worms on us. You can kill them by shooting from any distance at any part of the body. We deal with them and continue to beat the boss. You will have to repeat everything three times. Then we finish off the boss while sitting on a horse (B). We get a heart and an achievement.
Bad mother
Defeat Silita
To defeat the spider you will have to work hard. The boss is very nimble and constantly teleports, so we immediately develop tactics. We keep our distance, wait for the spider to stop and carefully stay in the middle of the arena and cling to it with a grappling hook. (LT+RT) and hit with a sword. It’s better to use a sword, because... quickly and efficiently. As soon as we carry out the attack, the spider will begin to rush around the arena and jump on us. We try to slip out from under it and dodge direct attacks to the sides. After three attempts Silit will climb to the ceiling and place bombs. It is along these bombs that you will need to pull yourself up using a hook (RT) and then to the boss (RT). This will end up being the finishing blow.
Sweet revenge
Defeat Straga
Straga is our old enemy, whom we had to fight at the very beginning of the game. He did not become stronger, but the method of killing him changed. We pay attention to the teleportation platforms and Straga's club, the place where you can install a teleporter. Actually, that's what we do. One teleport to the floor, the other to the boss's club. As soon as he makes a wide swing, we jump into the portal and see an eye on the demon’s back. We pierce it (B). After we return to the arena again, we hit the boss in the face. We watch our hands, or rather the club. The swing is long, the damage is strong, so dodge by (RB) and wait for the right moment to place teleporters again. You can ignore the small demons while the boss is beating you with a club, you can crush some and leave one or two, the main thing is that they do not interfere with the creation of the portal later. You need to repeat this three times. After that, we finish off the boss and set off on the final journey to the boss. But first the blade of Armageddon.
Armageddon Blade
Blade of Omnipotence
Create the Blade of Armageddon.
- In the Ash Lands location next to Azrael behind the shadow bridge.
- In the Crossroads location on the hotel balcony.
We activate the shadow mask, find a shadow air flow south of Vulgrim’s store, and fly to the second floor. We pass, use another shadow air stream, quickly switch to the boarding chain, and fly to the balcony of the southern building. Following another air flow, we rise to the floor above and take a fragment of the blade.
- In the location Suffocating Lot in the mansion in the north, on the top floor.
Closest to the tunnel we see an opening in the wall under the house. Let's jump there. We use a shadow mask and climb up the streams. Take the blade fragment.
- In the Broken Staircase location in the building in the east on the top floor.
The blade fragment is located in the very place where War caught the Griffin. If you forgot, then you need to go through the broken highway to the end, jump onto the roof of one house, then jump to another and climb to the roof.
- In the Flooded Path location on the northern flooded building.
We climb to the top floor of the building, the one to the north on the map. Turn on the shadow mask, look a little higher and see the shadow hook. We quickly switch to the boarding chain and jump over to the next building. There's a blade fragment there.
- In the Ashlands location in the southwestern cave.
We go into the cave,turn on the mask of shadows, switch to the boarding chain, pull a bomb from the wall, throw it at the crystal above. We walk along the path to the top and jump over the abyss along the hook. At the top lies a fragment of a blade.
- In the Dry Wind Road location in ruins in the south.
Here we meet Uriel again. After defeating her, we take the blade fragment.
Tactics for fighting Uriel
Her main attacks will be a targeted throwing of swords from the sky at us and a force wave, this is when she charges in the air and quickly falls to the ground, shaking it. During the first attack, we run around the arena and dodge swords; you can determine where they will hit by the shadows. The second attack is more primitive, Uriel begins to hit her when we give the angelic maiden a beating. At this moment it is better to run away. We jump so that the waves do not hit us and wait for the next good moment to attack.
Tactics for fighting the Destroyer
The last test
Defeat the Destroyer
The Destroyer will appear before us in two forms.
- Location "Dark Cathedral". Inside the room, located in the northern wing of the location and guarded by a monster hanging on the ceiling, there is a fragment of armor. You can pick it up after the main character has a cross blade.
- Location "Burning Gallows". Climb to the second tier of the ruined house, standing in front of the platform with Samael in the center. This will happen after destroying Tiamat and going through the rat hole. To pick up the fragment, you must destroy the floor support using the cross blade. Take aim and throw your blade at the plant bomb.
- Location "Burning Gallows". Look for the armor below the arena with Samael in the center of the location. Jump to the chest through the hole in the destroyed building to the northwest, where the merchant Vulgrim is located. You will have to open your wings a little later than usual in order to fly just under the platform and not fall into the lava.
- Location "Flooded Path". Go to the northeast of the location, where there is a dead end. Swim across the water towards it, north, then dive and move towards the tunnel.
- Location "Flooded Path". You will receive a fragment of armor as a reward from the golem standing guard at the exit from the location after completing four story missions related to the search for Ulthein.
- Location "Iron Vault". Go to the room where there is a chest under the ceiling. The room itself is located in a dead end, where a time dilation device is installed. This is near the second locked door that requires an Observer's Key to open (on the path to Silita). Jump into the hole in the wall using the boarding chain you received a few moments before. If you need to return to the location, then use your horse and ride across the abyss along an invisible bridge in the western side of the desert, in the territory of the Ash Lands.
- Location "Black Throne". Find the armor fragment inside the chest located on the platform above the abyss. The abyss, in turn, stretches between the twisted staircase and the passage to the hall with Azrael. This must be done when you complete the quest related to the activation of the third ray. To get the fragment, cross the gap using portals. We are talking about an abyss leading to the hall. Open one portal on that side, and a second one on the rotating column. When you see red stones in the reflection blocking the path to the chest, tear off the same bomb from the column behind the War using the boarding chain. Throw a bomb through the first portal on the wall so that it hits the red stones. Jump into the portal and fly straight to the chest. To return to the throne, use the portal located in Samael's arena in the Burning Gallows location.
- Location "Void". In a small room where there is a long corridor behind moving round platforms, you can find another piece of armor. This is where you swapped carriages, where there is a hall with six turbines to the southwest. To get to the "Void" location, follow the Forge Ford, moving south to the ice platform. Break the ice with the Earthquake Glove.
- Location "Ash Lands". You need to look at the top of the first wooden tower. On the other side of the cliff, behind the tower, there is a springboard made of air that allows you to climb up. To jump from the mountain to the tower you need to use a hook.
- Location "Eden". Look for the last piece of armor from the abyss in the cave behind the waterfall, behind the shadow bridge. To return to Eden, use the Leviathan Road location. You can climb the rock using the “Mask of Shadows”. Look for an updraft near the base of the hill in the northern desert where the Stygian worm was held.
, Broken staircase,
Gloomy Cathedral Tiamat .
3. Burning gallows, Flooded path,
Forge Ford, Void, Mourner .
4. Burning Gallows, Dry Wind Road,
Ash lands, Stygian .
5. Iron vault, Silita .
6. Black Throne, Straga .
7. Eden, Shards of the Armageddon Blade, Destroyer .
We find the remaining fragments of rage and life stones:
In the snake hole leading to the Gloomy Cathedral, we find life stone fragment (14). (To take a fragment in a snake hole, you need to turn on the mask of shadows, find a shadow hook in the air, grab onto it with your grappling hook, get over to the other side of the abyss, and then just follow the path that appears).
Having sold all the soldier artifacts to Vulgrim, we get life stone fragment (15).
Having sold all champion artifacts to Vulgrim, we get life stone fragment (16).
In the snake hole leading to the “Forge Ford”, in the middle of the road that appears, turn on the shadow mask, cling to the hook on the right, and find the secret Fury Shard (17).
In the snake hole leading to the "Dry Wind Road", as soon as we appear, we immediately go in the opposite direction, in a secret dead end we find Fury Shard (18).
Having sold Vulgrim the warlord's artifact (located in the desert under the northernmost tower), we get Fury Shard (19).
For 2500 blue souls we buy from Vulgrim Fury Shard (20).
Having collected all seven fragments of the Armageddon Blade, we go to the Forge Ford location to Ultein. The Ancient One forges the blade anew. Now with such a weapon you can go into battle with the Destroyer. We return to the Ash Lands to the northern hills to Azrael (on the global map we teleport to the northernmost location - “Leviathan Road”).
Boss: Destroyer(Abaddon)
We fight with Abaddon in the form of a dragon. The boss will run around the arena in circles and carry out ramming attacks. You can't just catch up with him. To inflict damage on the Destroyer, we stand closer to the edge of the arena. When he rams, we dodge, he will run into the edge of the arena, and here we attack him. After our two successful attacks, the boss will begin to fly high into the skies and quickly attack from there. We dodge attacks from the air, try to attack him after landing, or wait for him to carry out ramming attacks again. After six successful attacks we finish off the dragon (key E). (To finish off the dragon, you need to go to the center of the arena. Nothing will happen at the edge). We fall to the floor below.
Abaddon assumes his angelic form. Now we just hit him, dodging attacks from the air from time to time. At some point, War and Abaddon will cross blades. To overcome the boss, you need to quickly and often press the left mouse button. This fight will be repeated three times, after which the last boss will be defeated.
Congratulations, the entire game is completed!!!
Secrets
Location of all secret legion artifacts
Darksiders: Wrath of War. Artifacts
1. Crossroads. In a cave in the northwest. 2. A suffocating lot. In the crypt in the northeast.
3. A suffocating lot. In the crypt in the south, under the middle tombstone.
4. Broken ladder. In a hole in the road.
5. Gloomy cathedral. On the first basement floor in the south.
6. Gloomy cathedral. In the dungeon, to the west of the room with three statues.
7. Flooded path. In the northern underwater cave.
8. Flooded path. in the northern flooded building.
9. Voids. In a hole with water, next to the room where you need to move the cars.
10. Voids. In a room with three elevator platforms.
11. Burning gallows. In the northern cave in the upper pipe.
12. Dry wind road. In the southwest corner.
13. Ash lands. In an underground reservoir under the drill of a wooden tower.
14. Ash lands. In the underground reservoir after the battle with the first worm.
15. Ash lands. On the hill to the north of the first wooden towers.
16. Iron vault. In an alley with two flights of stairs.
17. Iron vault. After the boss fight, on the intermediate floor.
18. Black Throne. On the way to the third beam, next to the central hall.
19. Black Throne. On the way to the third ray, in a tank of water.
20. Crossroads. In the library on the second floor.
1. Gloomy cathedral. In the north wing, upstairs in the northwest corner.
2. Voids. In a pipe underwater, next to a metro stop.
3. Iron vault. In the southern building on the second floor.
4. Black Throne. When the third beam returns, above the hanging platform in the center of the room.
5. A suffocating lot. In the sewer pipe behind the ice.
6. Burning gallows. In the western cave, above the fan control room.
1. Ash lands. In the hole under the drill of the northernmost wooden tower.
Location of all Void Armor shards
Darksiders: Wrath of War
1. Burning gallows. On the ledge under Samael's arena. 2. Gloomy cathedral. In the northern wing of the building on the second floor.
3. Flooded path. In the northeastern underwater cave.
4. Flooded path. At the guard golem.
5. Voids. In the corridor next to the room where you need to move the cars.
6. Iron vault. In the northern building next to the chronometer.
7. Black Throne. On the way to the third beam, next to the central hall.
8. Eden. Under the waterfall.
9. Burning gallows. On the second floor of the southern building.
10. Ash lands. At the top of the first wooden tower.
Location of all weapon upgrades
Darksiders: Wrath of War
| View | Name, property | Where to look |
| Death(Bane) - Constantly generates rage energy |
Sold by Vulgrim for 5,000 souls. | |
| Hell fire(Hellfire) - Gives a chance to hit the enemy with fire on impact |
Crossroads. We return here after receiving the earthquake glove. We break through a block of ice in the western part of the location. We go down into the open cave and take the upgrade. | |
| Massacre(Carnage) - Increases the accumulation of chaos energy when using a sword, - Allows you to accumulate chaos energy when using any weapon |
Ash lands. Tunnel to the desert. In the dungeon we reach an abyss, in front of it a monster hangs from the ceiling and holds a box. We shoot at the monster, grab onto the fallen box, and wait for the monster to lift the box up again. From this height we double jump to the chest where the upgrade lies. | |
| Bloodlust(Bloodthirst) - Converts weapon damage into health |
Gloomy cathedral. Dungeon. If you light all the torches in this dungeon, a chest will appear near the entrance containing an upgrade. | |
| Ravager(Ravanger) - Receiving souls when destroying surrounding objects, - Significantly increases damage dealt by environmental objects |
A suffocating lot. Received from the stone golem for completing 4 challenges in the story. | |
| Combat Science(Combat Lore) - Increases experience gained when using weapons, - Increases the hero's defense |
We get it from Ultein if we kill more angels than him. | |
| Reaper(Reaper) - Increases the number of souls received from enemies and items, - Even more souls if installed on Scythe |
Emptiness. Western metro tunnels. We sail to terminal “A”. We dive into the next water passage and go lower under the water. At the dead end to the right lies an improvement. | |
| Gunsmith(Weapon Master) - Increases damage dealt by weapons |
Sold by Vulgrim for 1000 souls. | |
| Deathly Hallow(Death's Blessing) - Converts weapon damage into health, - Significantly increases damage dealt by weapons, - Significantly increases the number of souls received from enemies and objects, - Even more souls if installed on the scythe |
Burning gallows, northern tunnel. We return here having gained the ability to teleport. In the room with the chronosphere we activate the first portal. Having turned on the chronosphere, we run to the other side of the huge gate and activate the second portal on the gate itself. We go back, activate the chronosphere, turn the mechanism, go to the teleport, wait for the gate to rise as high as possible, at this time we teleport and find ourselves in a small room in the ceiling above the gate. Here in the chest we take the improvement. | |
| Embrace of Fury(Fury's Embrace) - Each hit absorbs rage energy, - Increases damage when using rage power, - All objects in all locations become visible on the game map, - Increased amount of rage for finishing blows |
Black Throne. 1st ray. We go out into the room with a path appearing under our feet, look at the upper left corner, and activate the portal there. We return downstairs, go into the previous open portal, and find ourselves on the second floor of the room. On the second floor, along the path that appears, we reach the opposite balcony, where we find an improvement in the chest. | |
| Gift of Discord(Strife's Offering) - Increases damage dealt by weapons, - When finishing a blow, it generates rage energy, - When finishing a blow, it generates chaos energy, - Significantly increases the damage done by pistols and throwing blades, - Increases the hero's defense against ranged attacks |
Ash lands, dungeon. We return here, having received the boarding chain. In the dungeon under the desert we reach the eastern edge. We climb onto the island along the air flow, and from it we grab the hook with a boarding chain and find ourselves on the other side of the cliff. We find an improvement in the chest. | |
| Greatness of War(War's Glory) - Significantly increases the amount of chaos per sword strikes, - Significantly increases the amount of chaos for hits with melee weapons, - Significantly speeds up the gain of experience for hits, - Significantly increases the duration of chaotic form, - Significantly increases weapon damage |
Iron vault. Northern dungeon. We approach the cliff, fly from the first air flow in the opposite direction to the upper floor, and find an upgrade in the chest. |
Void Armor(Abyssal Armor) - unique and renowned military armor, giving a huge advantage in battle and harmoniously complementing; forged so skillfully that they can easily withstand strong enemy attacks, increase defensive characteristics and automatically replenish vital energy reserves during battle. The armor is divided into ten parts, which are stored in chests scattered throughout the Destroyed City. It is not necessary to collect a full set of armor to complete Darksiders. This task acts as an additional test. Also, you should not try to complete the task until you have unlocked all the skills and weapons that appear in the War during the main plot, since some of the fragments are stored in hard-to-reach places where you just can’t get to them. You can change standard armor to Abyssal Armor after finding all the fragments; individually they cost nothing.
Locations of armor fragments from the Abyss in Darksiders: Wrath of War:
- Twilight Cathedral. In the room, the entrance to which is guarded by a monster hanging from the ceiling, in the northern wing of the location. You can pick up the armor fragment after the appearance of the cross blade.
- Burning gallows. On the second floor of the destroyed house opposite the central area with Samael, after killing Tiamat and traveling through the rat hole. To take the armor fragment, you need to break the support between the floors with the cross blade, aiming and throwing it at the plant bomb.
- Burning gallows. Under the central arena of Samael. You can jump to the chest from the destroyed building in the northwestern part, where Wulfgrim sells goods. You need to open your wings with a slight delay in order to fly under the platform and not fall into the lava.
- Flooded path. In the northeastern dead end of the location. You need to swim across the water to the dead end in the northern part and dive under the water to the tunnel.
- Flooded path. Gives a stone guard golem as a reward at the exit from the location after completing four story missions during the search for Ulthein.
- Iron vault. In a chest in a room near the ceiling, which is in a dead end with a time slowdown device, not far from the second door, locked with an observer's key, on the way to Silita. The Boarding Chain taken shortly before will help you jump into the hole in the wall. You can return to the Iron Vault location on horseback, galloping across the abyss along a ghostly bridge in the western part of the desert, in the Ash Lands.
- Black Throne. In a chest on the platform above the abyss between the spiral staircase and the exit to the common room with the angel Azrael, at the time of completing the task to activate the third ray. To take the fragment, you need to cross the abyss using portals, on the opposite side, which leads to the exit to the common room, open the first portal, then open the second portal on the column rotating above the abyss, when red stones appear in the reflection on the wall, blocking the path to chest, tear off the red bomb from the column behind the War using the Boarding Chain, throw it into the first portal on the wall so that it hits the red stones and explodes. Then we jump into the portal and fly over the abyss to the chest. You can return to the Black Throne location through the portal in Samael's arena in the Burning Gallows.
- Voids. In a small room in a long corridor after movable round platforms where you need to change cars, and a hall with six huge turbines in the southwestern part of the location. You can get to the Void location through the Forge Ford, going to the southern part of the location, to an area with ice, which needs to be broken with the earthquake glove.
- Ashlands. On top of the first wooden watchtower. The springboard with the upward air flow for lifting is located on the back side of the rock behind the watchtower. To jump from the cliff to the tower, use the grappling hook.
- Eden. In a small cave behind the waterfall after the shadow bridge. You can return to Eden from the Leviathan Road location. The Mask of Shadows will help you climb back up the hill; at the foot of the hill in the northern part of the desert, where the Stygian worm was kept, there is a black updraft.
