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The Ancestral Forge is another wide-openDoom: The Dark Agesstage. It isn’t quite as massive as the Siege Part 1, of course, but it is still a large stage in its own right. We’ll take you through this impressive monument to fire and steel, show you where all the collectibles are hidden, and help prepare you for the many demonic encounters.
While the vast majority of your time spent in the forge will be beating down hordes of baddies, there is a reasonable amount of platforming as well. We’ll show you how to get to those high-up collectibles. Additionally, this is another stage that features those wolf statues that need destroying. We’ll show you where they are. As a reward, completing this stage will reward you with your first Shield Rune!
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The Secret Key
We’re going to make our life easier by starting with the Secret Key. From the starting point, head straight. Take a right at the Sentinel Shrine, then take the next right as well. From here, you’ll see the Secret Key above you on your left. You’ll need to fight your way through a Pinky Rider and a Whiplash demon. Travel up the ramp. You’ll now be surrounded by demons (we’ll get to them in the next section). If youtake a left after the entrance, Shield Charge through the barricaded doorway, and you may follow a trail of gold to the key.
Demonic Essence - Health
In the giant arena outside the room with the Secret Key, you’ll fight an army of demons. This will includePinky Riders, Revenants, Mancubuses, Arachnotrons, Hell Knights, and Shield Soldiers. The final wave will feature a Demon Knight Champion. Once you kill them, you’ll get a Demonic Essence. Once you’ve received that, and the area is vacated, pull the lever in this area (the mission marker will lead you to it).
The First Treasure Chest
Head back to the room with the key, then, looking over the arena, you should see an earthen ramp leading into an alley on the other end of the map. Jump down and head straight. If you followthat alley down, you’ll enter through a gateand find a treasure chest.
If you head in the opposite direction of the treasure chest, you will be in the area with the Wraithstone. However, we’ll need to destroy some wolf statues before we can unlock it, so we will circle back around to the Wraithstone later.
The First Life Sigil
Head back to the sentinel shrine near the entrance,head toward the entrance, take your first left, open the gate with your newfound key, and destroy the wolf statue inside. Now, head back toward the Sentinel Shrine, but take a left. Try to follow the wall on your left to your best ability, as we are going to travel around the perimeter.
Shoot down the Lost Souls. On the right, you’ll see one of those green corpses. Chuck a shield into it, and then shield jump up to the next level.Hop to the other side, pull the lever, and you’ll drop the Life Sigil. Jump down and grab it.
The Second Treasure Chest
Follow the path around and to the right.Look to the right as you turn the corner, and you’ll see a place to jump down. Follow the path, grab the gold, and at the end of the tunnel, you’ll find thesecondtreasure chest. Grab it, then head back around to where you jumped down to get to that tunnel and follow the wall on your left.
The Second Wolf Statue
In the next area, you’ll battle another squad of demons, including another Mancubus and Whiplash pairing. Once you clear them out, you will gain access to the wolf statue that, up to this point, was protected by a force field. Destroy the statue, and flip the switch for the heart of the forge.
The First Ruby And The Vagary Demon Toy
Head north, and you’ll engage in another battle with Revenants, Pinky Riders, Hell Knights, and Shield Soldiers. Once you clear this area out, you can pull the final lever. But don’t leave yet. To the right of the lever, there’s a cliff. From there, you’ll see a bridge across the way.Perform a running jump to cross the gap.
Once you are on the other side,face the locked door, then look to your left. There is a pile of gold on a balcony to the side of the bridge. Once you’ve grabbed it, head back to the door and head through it. Jump across the gap to the climbable wall. Around the corner is an Arachnotron. After you kill it, climb up, fight a pair of shield soldiers, and then head up the ramp to get the Ruby and the Vagary Demon Toy.
Once you’ve grabbed the goodies, hop down, and head along the left side of the map (there is a gold trail this way), heading toward the Northeast corner of the map. On your way there, you will inevitablyencounter an Agadonn Hunteralong the way.
The Wraithstone - Where To Find The Three Wolves
After you’ve killed the Agadonn Hunter, and made your way to theNortheast corner. You will have finally hooked around to where you were near the beginning of the stage when you got the Secret Key. At this point, you should be next to the area where you grabbed the secret key. There is a Wraithstone here protected by a forcefield. Just like in the Siege Part 1 stage, we need todestroy the three wolf statues.
At this point, if you are following the guide, you should have already destroyed two of them.The third statue is located up above the Wraithstone and to the right.For the sake of being thorough, the locations for each are listed below…
With all the wolf statues destroyed, grab the Wraithstone, and then head to the northmost tip of the map (the area where you fought the hunter). Head up the stairs and you’ll find yourself in a fairly small room with a Whiplash and a Mancubus.
The Second Ruby
This room will have a Revenant and several Shield Soldiers. Once you clear them out, head to the end of the room, smash through the door, and you’ll find yourself in a small room with a hole in the side of the wall. You’ll be able to throw your shield through it and sever a chain, which will open the gate, revealing the ruby.
The Final Treasure Chest
Once you hit the very blue room, you’ll head to the end of an elongated platform. Hop off the end of it, and you’ll be facing some blue gears. Throw your shield into them to raise the platform you are standing on, then jump to the platform on your left, and perform a running jump to get to the platform on the other end of the room with the chest on it.
The Gold In The Secret Passageway
You’ll pass by a locked gate with a superheated chain on the inside. When you turn the corner, climb the wall, and prepare to be ambushed by a Nightmare Imp Stalker. Once the stalker is dead, look to your left, over the side of the edge. There is a balcony below. Drop down onto it and you’ll be in that passageway with the gold.
You’ll see a Life Sigil on a platform in front of you fly away. Don’t worry, you don’t need to chase it. It will be waiting for you up above in the next section.
The Nightmare Skin For The Shotgun And The Second Codex
Once you get to the second platform with a glowing gea, look to the left and up: there isa chain that needs severing. Throw your shield into it. Then, throw the shield into the gears. Once the platform rises up, don’t worry about the Shield Soldiers, and Mancubus yet. Instead, we’re going tojump to the platform we just lowered.From there, plant the shield in the green corpses so that you’re able to shield jump across. Up here you’ll find both the Nightmare Skin for the shotgun and the second Codex.
How To Unlock The Shield Rune
Finally, you will be able to find out what the hell those “runes” are. You will be given theGround Fissure Shield Runeduring the story. It is completely unmissable. You’ll also get a chance to use it right away, as you are about to head into a massive melee.
Demonic Essence - Ammo
The final battle will be filled with a wide assortment of enemies. In fact,the only demons you won’t encounter here are the Vagary Demon, Cyberdemon, and the Agadonn Hunter. Everything else will be present. You will, however, also have plenty of space to operate. So, try to pick things off with your Rocket Launcher, and clear out a “safe” zone to fight out of.
Once you have killed enough demons, you’ll face off against a Mancubus Champion. Killing them will reward you with the Demonic Essence that will permanently increase your ammo capacity.
