Welcome to my first FAQ. It is designed to get you through the game with all
of the frills but the least amount of trouble.
My e-mail is pandemonium24@yahoo.com and while I don't necessarily check it
every day, I do check it pretty often. Please be patient.
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Outline:
I. Characters
II. Weapons
III. Items
IV. Controls
V. General Info
VI. Walkthrough
VII. Endings
VIII. Secrets
IX. Thank You's
I. Characters
There are three main playable characters in the game. You begin as Jen. Then
you play as Shu Lien. Finally, there's Li Mu Bai.
Jen's Special Moves:
Unarmed
Shou Ling Long - Triangle, X - Flips opponent and delivers a sharp kick to the
torso.
Shou Yi Long - Circle, Circle, X - Kick to opponent's mid-section, then swings
herself around the opponent, and throws.
Shou Ba Long - Square, Square, X - Three spinning kicks high, low, and high.
Shou San Long - Circle, Triangle, Circle, X - Lifts opponent into the air with
a few kicks, launches a flurry of kicks, and ends with a kick which launches
her opponent into the stratosphere.
Sword
Jian Si Long - Circle, Triangle, Square, X - Flurry of kicks finished by a
sword strike.
Jian Wu Long - Square, Circle, X - Sweeps her opponent's legs and drives her
sword through their torso.
Jian Liu Long - Square, Triangle, X - Spinning sword attack which can hit five
times.
Jian Qi Long - Circle, Square, Triangle, X - Five quick sword slashes.
Spear
Qiang Ba Long - Square, Circle, Triangle, X - Flurry of kicks followed by a
strike
Axe
Yue Jiu Long - Triangle, Circle, Square, X - Flurry of kicks followed by a
mean slash.
Shu Lien's Special Moves:
Unarmed
Shou Ling Jie - Circle, X - Twists arm of her opponent and delivers a nasty
elbow.
Shou Yi Jie - Triangle, Triangle, Square, X - Flurry of kicks.
Shou Er Jie - Triangle, Triangle, Circle, X - Series of bone crunching holds
followed by a throw.
Shou San Jie - Triangle, Square, Circle, X - Awesome series of kicks. A must
see.
Sword
Jian Si Jie - Triangle, Square, X - Rolls over enemy and delivers a sword
strike.
Jian Wu Jie - Circle, Triangle, Square, X - Flurry of kicks followed by a sword
strike.
Jian Liu Jie - Circle, Circle, Circle, X - A deadly slash to the neck.
Jian Qi Jie - Square, Square, Square, X - Impales her enemy and cracks their
skull as they fall.
Spear
Qiang Ba Jie - Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, X - Series of strikes.
Qiang Jiu Jie - Circle, Circle, Triangle, X - Leg sweep followed by an impale.
Axe
Yue Shi Jie - Square, Square, Circle, X - Rolls over opponent and gives an axe
strike.
Li Mu Bai's Special Moves:
Unarmed
Shou Ling Zhu - Circle, Square, X - Rolls over opponent and kicks.
Shou Yi Zhu - Triangle, Circle, X - Sweeps opponents legs and delivers a kick
into the air.
Shou Er Zhu - Square, X - Grabs opponent, twirls them around, and drops them.
Shou San Zhu - Circle, Triangle, X - Sharp elbow, leaping knee to the face,
flip over, and another sharp elbow.
Sword
Jian Si Zhu - Triangle, Square, X - Rolls over enemy and delivers a sword
strike.
Jian Wu Zhu - Square, Circle, X - Sweeps his opponent's legs and drives his
sword through their torso.
Jian Liu Zhu - Circle, Triangle, Square, X - Flurry of kicks followed by a
sword strike.
Jian Qi Zhu - Triangle, Square, Triangle, X - Grabs opponent's leg, lifts them
into the air, and delivers an awesome flurry of slashes.
Spear
Qiang Ba Zhu - Circle, Circle, Square, X - Rolls over enemy and delivers a
strike.
Axe
Yue Jiu Zhu - Square, Square, Triangle, X - Sweeps opponent's legs with axe and
delivers a mighty chop to their torso.
II. Weapons:
Swords-
Green Destiny (*)- Rank S -The sword of legends. Mu Bai's personal weapon.
Gladius (42)- Rank B -A broad blade that is well crafted.
Snake Sword (36)- Rank C -An exotic weapon with an unusual blade.
Firangi (24)- Rank C -A very sharp, but light blade.
Sabre (36)- Rank D -A medium blade with a sharp edge.
Falchion (42)- Rank D -A heavy weapon with a curved blade.
Mace (60)- Rank D -A heavy, bashing weapon with high durability.
Sword (30)- Rank E -Useful, but of low quality.
Cracked Sword (12)- Rank E -An old, damaged sword.
Spears-
Snake Spear (42)- Rank B -An exotic spear with a curved blade.
Spear (36)- Rank C -A short blade attached to a long pole.
Cudgel (30)- Rank D -A simple weapon made of hard wood.
Axes-
Halberd (48)- Rank A -A special weapon with many cutting surfaces.
Axe (60)- Rank A -A slow, but powerful heavy weapon.
Glaive (84)- Rank B -Can be used for both slashing and striking.
III. Items
Small Healing Salve - Minor HP recovery.
Medium Healing Salve - Major HP recovery.
Large Healing Salve - Full HP recovery.
Phoenix Essence - Gradually recover HP for a short time.
Antidote - Cures poison.
Restore - Cure all status effects.
Discipline - Temporarily increases the experience earned from combat.
Dragon's Spirit - Temporary invulnerability
Phoenix Blood - Automatically restores full HP just before death.
The Jen's Comb - An important personal item for Jen.
Jing Seed - One of four ingredients in a powerful antidote.
Qi Root - One of four ingredients in a powerful antidote.
Shen Flower - One of four ingredients in a powerful antidote.
Kun Leaf - One of four ingredients in a powerful antidote.
Tiger's Claw - Unique Item. Increases Jen's Attack rating.
Blacksmith's Hammer - Unique Item. Increases the weapon endurance for Shu
Lien.
Tortoise Stone - Unique Item. Increases Mu Bai's defense rating.
Bamboo Gate Key - Opens the gateway to the Bamboo Forest.
Governor's Mansion Key - Opens the gateway to the Governor's Mansion.
Tiger Key - A small stone with the image of a Tiger.
Dragon Key - A small stone with the image of a Dragon.
IV. Controls
Using the default setting for the PS2 controller:
D-pad - is only used to highlight options in menus. There is no function in
gameplay.
L1 - When pressed and held, this puts your character into a defensive position.
You can still be hit from behind, otherwise you will "block" moves. If you're
using a weapon, it can shatter, if not, weapons will still damage you slightly.
When the combo symbol (located beneath your health jewel) pulses, pressing L1
rapidly will perform a combo block. You will receive a 10% health boost for a
successful combo block and your weapon will receive no damage. You can combo
block weapons or fist combos when you're unarmed, but you can only combo block
weapons if there's a weapon in your hand.
R1 - When outside of combat, R1 is a jump button. At any point during the
jump, R1 can be pressed again for an extra flip. After the flip, if R1 is
held, the character will glide for as long as R1 is pressed. During combat R1
will often flip or roll your character out of danger. R1 will also flip you up
onto a ledge you are hanging from.
L2 - Will grab an opponent for a special move. Oftentimes your opponents will
break away, but otherwise you will have a few seconds to input a special moves
command.
R2 - While moving in any direction, pressing R2 will allow your character to
sprint for a short distance after which the character will slow down to normal
speed. There is no limit to how often a character can sprint. If the
character is near certain walls, they will often run up the wall performing a
"wall run."
L3 Analog - Moves your character in any direction. Characters can walk, run,
or jog depending on how far you move the control. Pressing down on L3 is the
action command. This will allow you to pick up items, open doors, and talk to
other characters. L3 will also make your character fall from a hanging
position when pressed.
R3 Analog - Manual control of the camera. Use it to zoom in and out (up and
down, respectively) or to pan right and left. Pressing down on R3 moves the
camera to a neutral location. Note: there are points in the game where the
camera is "set" and cannot be altered. This happens mostly near walls and in
corners.
Square - Light hand to hand attack. This will also put your weapon away.
Triangle - Fierce hand to hand attack. This will also put your weapon away.
X - Light weapon attack. This will also draw your weapon. Note: if you do not
have a weapon in your character's possession, this button does nothing.
Circle - Heavy weapon attack. This will also draw your weapon. Note: if you
do not have a weapon in your character's possession, this button does nothing.
Select - Uses the smallest healing salve in your inventory
Start - Pauses the game and brings up the menu.
V. General Information
My walkthrough assumes you leave each section by going through the door flanked
by blue torches every time unless told otherwise. Also, weapons you pick up
from enemies carry over from section to section, so if you grab a sabre, your
starting weapon for the next section will be that sabre. My starting weapon
indicator is the default weapon. Weapons do not carry over scene changes.
Film clips are earned from regular gameplay. Get an A overall ranking for a
scene, and earn a film clip. If you fail to get an A, don't panic. When you
complete the game, you can save your completed data which will allow you to
restart the game with all of your experience and (if you found them) several
special items. 3 film clips become available from beating Lo's story.
Special Moves can only be done after you successfully grab an opponent. I'll
repeat that since I've seen this question on so many different message boards.
Special Moves can only be done after you successfully grab an opponent.
Earn new special moves by leveling up your unarmed and weapon skills. Which
skills you earn does depend on which skill you level up. In other words, if
you level up your unarmed skill, you can learn a new unarmed combo.
Enemies get easier to grab as their health goes down, but that's never a
guarantee that they won't throw you off right away. Also, just because your
opponent throws you off once, doesn't necessarily mean they'll throw you off
quickly every time. If they are barely clinging to life, keep trying to grab
them and perform a combo. It's worth it for the bonus experience.
Wall running can only be done on certain levels and certain walls. I haven't
figured out how to discern a runnable wall just by looking, but a simple test
will let you know. Get a short distance from the wall and sprint at it. If
your character runs up and backflips off, then it's a good one. Next align
yourself next to the wall, and sprint along beside it. Steer your character
against the wall, and viola, you should have a nice wall run going. Wall
running is really pointless other than just to look good. Occasionally you'll
wall run without intending to, but that should be rare if you don't sprint
everywhere like I do.
Boss type battles which usually involve you fighting a main character (Jen, Lo,
Shu Lien, Jade Fox, Li Mu Bai, and maybe Bo), have a little extra bonus. They
regenerate their health. They all seem to have a constant slow regeneration,
and several of them will jump up their health at key points. I guess they have
healing salves, too.
Multiple level fighting surfaces seem to really hinder your character, but not
your enemies so much. When fighting on stairs, sloped roofs, or even slight
hills, I seem to miss a lot more while my enemy wails away on me. Another
drawback is that grabbing seems pretty ineffectual unless your feet are the
exact same hieght. Update: upon further experimentation, every time I grabbed
an enemy who happened to be fighting on a slope or stair, they threw me off
99% of the time. The same enemy was easily grabbed when I lured them to a flat
surface. Even the slightest change in elevation seemed to affect it. For
example, in the dojo, the center of the floor is slightly recessed from the
area around it. This slight change was enough to trigger the characters to
throw me off. My guess: it's just a programmer's measure to avoid awkward
animations during combos.
There is a maximum level for each character's fighting prowess. Jen's skills
top off at level 30 (max HP of 596), Shu Lien's at 35 (max HP of 651), and Li
Mu Bai grinds up to 40 (max HP of 740). After the maximum level has been
reached, no more experience can be added to that stat. So, if you've peaked
out your Weapon Skill Level, put away the blade and let the fists and feet fly.
Otherwise, you're just wasting experience.
If a character is carrying an axe or spear type weapon, that charcter will be
limited in several ways. First, your character will not sprint. Second, your
character will not flip during a jump and also will not glide. Third, your
character will not evade enemy combos when pressing R1. To do any of these
things, press Square or Triangle to put your weapon away.
Double tapping for a jump isn't necessarily the best way to go. I have much
better luck waiting for my character to reach the apex of his/her jump before
adding the flip and then gliding. That is the best for distance. For height,
however, you want to add the flip just before the apex of the jump. That tends
to make your character jump a little higher.
Scenes will not end if you happen to be hanging from something. If this is the
case, merely flip up or drop down to allow the scene to end.
If you have taken a lot of damage in a fight, get down to one opponent and let
him go to town on you. Keep your back to a wall or corner if possible, and
combo block every attempt he makes. You get 10% of your health back with every
successful combo block. Be careful who you choose for last, however. I still
seem to have a hard time successfully combo blocking spear type weapons. I can
do it, just not consistently. So I'll make sure an axe or sword type opponent
is last.
As scenes progress, the unarmed men who throw knives will gain an extra ability
which allows them to poison you when they hit you with a knife. This poison
can be cured with an antidote or restore, or it will wear off after a little
bit of time. I usually just wait it out, but if you want to cure it, open your
menu with the start button, select items, select the antidote (or restore) and
press X to use it.
VI. Walkthrough
Jen Scene 1
Sir Te's Residence
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
7 Small Health Salves (2 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Medium Health Salve
Enemies:
6 Unarmed Men
2 Men with Swords
As the scene opens, five enemies are rushing Jen including two swordsmen who
will take positions flanking a doorway behind Jen. Of the three unarmed men,
the one on the right is holding a small healing salve for you. Either beat him
down now and get the salve or explore the level to get the seven others. The
first small healing salve is on the Northermost building's roof (use the map
feature). From there, run off the western side of the building to find two
more small salves (one is in a jar). On the other side of the same building is
another small salve hidden in a jar. On the roof of the northeast building is
a medium healing salve. The northwest building's roof has another small salve.
The sixth small salve is located on the roof over the southernmost door and the
last one is on the ground in the southeast corner. After collecting all eight
salves, find the two swordsmen guarding the door. Defeat the one on the left
for another small salve. If you haven't gotten the other small salve from the
unarmed man, leave the swordsman on the right for last; otherwise destroy all
with impunity. As soon as the last enemy drops, a cut scene begins and when it
ends, you'll be in a new location. That's why you need to collect everything
before beating everybody.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small healing salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
2 Medium healing salves
1 Large healing salves
Enemies:
2 Unarmed men
1 Man with a Cudgel
Take down the fighters and enjoy your first free time in the game. Don't miss
the small healing salve that the man with the cudgel drops. Now, there are a
couple of hard to get to areas which will help hone your skills, and net you
some healing salves. The first small salve is on the roof over the doorway to
the north. From there, check out the tall tower to the left. We're going to
climb it. Getting on the first tier should be easy. Climb this tower by
jumping up from one level to the next. This involves jumping out, away from
the tower, without bumping your head and flipping up to the next level. Get
all the way to the top and look around with the R3 analog. You should see an
otherwise inaccessible tower that Jen can glide to which has a large healing
salve for you. If you missed the top of the tower, find the ladder and climb
up. From the landing, jump onto one of the short walls on either side. One of
those should give you the height you need to make it to the top. Now, jump
back over the wall and jump onto the roof of the adjacent row of buildings (on
the left side of the map). On the lower section of the first building's roof
is a medium healing salve. Now run south on the rooftops until you reach the
last one. Use the analog to look left. You should see a large structure
spanning the ground below. Look to the left side of the structure to find a
pole jutting out from the side. Line up a jump with the pole. Walk to the
edge of the rooftop and jump, flip, and glide to the pole. If you did it
right, she'll grab on, swing herself around, and launch herself to the other
side. Once while I was playing Li Mu Bai, he swung himself around but missed
the roof. He made it on the next try, so if you miss, try again. There is a
small area with a building in it which is otherwise inaccessible. That roof
bears another medium healing salve. A nearby ladder will get you back on the
roofs, but don't jump down just yet. Instead, run down the row of rooftops to
collect another small healing salve. The last small healing salve is located
in the southwest corner of the map. Make your way to the southernmost building
and get on the higher roof. The last salve will be right in front of you. Now
that you have your fill, make your way back to the northeast corner of the map
and enter the door flanked by the two blue torches.
Back Alley
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
3 Men with Swords
1 Man with a Spear
2 Men with Cudgels
6 Unarmed Men
Bo
Meet Bo. A minor character in the movie, and guess what? A minor character in
the game. Feel bad for Bo. For those who don't know/remember, Bo is the one
in black with a Cudgel. He'll hide behind other characters and he enjoys
hitting you when your back is turned as you finish a combo. He has more life
than the flunkies you've been fighting so far, but he shouldn't be a real
threat. After the battle, you'll receive a message that you picked up the
Governor's Key. Feel free to grab any healing salves you may need. There is a
small salve in the larger gap of the southern buildings. You may need to smash
the wagon to see it. Another small salve lies in the southeastern corner and a
medium salve lies in the northeastern corner. The three jars behind the
northwest building hold two small salves and another medium salve.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
1 Medium Healing Salve dropped by an opponent.
Enemies:
6 Men with Swords
1 Man with a Cudgel
1 Man with a Sabre
This screen starts with two men with swords and the man with the cudgel bearing
down on Jen. As they are defeated, the southern door will release two more
men with swords and one man with a sabre. The man with a sabre will drop a
medium healing salve upon his defeat. After these foes are beaten, finish by
defeating the two guards flanking the southwest door. If you missed or skipped
any salves from your first vists here, feel free to grab them now.
Governor's Mansion
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
Inspector
His Daughter
This is a fake-out battle. You just have to do enough damage to be taken to a
cut-scene and then to the next area. So, explore and grab any salves you need
before you start fighting. There is a small salve on the roof to the northwest
and another in the southeast corner. Next go under the archway to the outer
area. There is a medium salve in the large pot in the northeast corner and a
small salve in the small pot in the southeast corner.
Northern Gateway:
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Discipline
1 Phoenix Essence
Jing Seed
Enemies:
6 Men with Swords
5 Men with Cudgels
4 Unarmed Men (Rooftops)
1 Man with a Sabre
Begin this section by fighting two men with swords and one man with a cudgel.
There are three sets of this grouping, so be prepared to battle. The third
swordsman out will drop a small healing salve. There are two more small salves
in the northwest and northeast corners. Wall jump to the rooftops. If you're
having trouble getting up there, find the ladder on the southern side of the
second row of buildings. Finish off both of the unarmed men and make your way
on the roofs to the southwest until you find the large stack of crates. Drop
down and smash two crates. Just two...for now. Run around the building to the
north for another small healing salve. Now return to the rooftops either by
wall jumping or backtracking to the ladder. Return to the southwest section
and jump onto the stack of crates. From this stack, jump up to the tower and
claim the Jing Seed. There is nothing to do with the Jing Seed for now, so
pocket it and forget about it. Jump down and smash the rest of the crates for
Discipline. Now travel south and get the guys on the roofs, drop off northern
side for cudgel, smash boxes, fight, fight again, collect, done.
Southern Gateway
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
6 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
3 Medium Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Large Healing Salve
Enemies:
5 Men with Swords
8 Men with Spears
4 Unarmed Men (Rooftops)
1 Man with a Glaive
Like the last level, this scene begins with three attackers. Two men with
spears and one man with a sword begin the conflict, and like the last level
there are three sets of this grouping. Now take to the roofs and claim the
small salve on the roof of the northeast building and another small salve on
the eastern side of the rooftop of the building directly south of the entrance.
If you're still not comfortable wall jumping, follow the ground path southeast,
west, and south. The path continues east, but look around with the R3 analog
to find lights hanging off of poles jutting out of the buildings. Jump up to
these poles and Jen should swing from one to the other until she lands on the
rooftop to the east. To the south of that eastern rooftop are large wooden
scaffolds. A small healing salve rest on top of one and another rests on the
ground behind it. Run west and then south along the ground until you find
another set of scaffolds. Another small healing salve rests behind this
scaffold and another one lies on the ground to the east. Return to the
scaffold and run up the stairs. An easier wall jump will land you on the
taller section. Jump and glide to the lower scaffold to the southwest. Look
for more poles which Jen can swing on to take her to the eastern rooftop. Now
follow the rooftops around north and west to get to a tower with a large and
medium healing salve on it. Drop down into the last southern area and get
ready to scrap. Two men with swords, two men with spears, and one man with a
glaive drop from the skies. One of the spearmen will drop a medium healing
salve upon his defeat. Finish everyone off and climb the towers for two more
medium healing salves.
Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
4 Unarmed Men (Rooftops)
Shu Lien
Okay, so they're not on the rooftops per se. You do need to get up there,
though. Two methods I've found so far. 1) Go to either corner that is behind
Jen when the level starts. You'll notice that the walls are very close
together here. You can wall jump back and forth to get to the upper section.
2) Notice the doors to Jen's left and right when the level starts. There is a
small overhang which Jen can land on and use to jump and flip up to the upper
section. Feel free to use either method. Beating the northwestern guy will
net you a small healing salve. Four more salves are located on the northern
and southern landings of the upper level. After the men are defeated, Shu Lien
will show up and another fight begins. This is a bit tougher. Shu Lien has
some nasty combos with that blade of hers, and she blocks like a fiend. The
good news is: you can break her blade. The bad news is: she's just as
devastating with her unarmed combos. She still blocks like a fiend, but at
least she takes small damage when she blocks. The combo I particularly liked
to use on her was light, light, light, and grab. After three light hits,
she'll be stunned for a second. Use that time to move in and grab her and
perform a combo move. The other technique I used was to run near her and then
away again. This would leave my back to her. The AI senses this and usually
will start an attack combo. Turn around and beat her down. Swords have a
longer reach than fists, and you can't block while you're attacking. She might
get you a few times with some of her lunging moves, but you should nail her
more often. After you finish off Shu Lien, you are awarded a Bonus Continue
and scene one ends. Congratulations on the first assault. Save your game if
you like and continue on to scene two.
Jen Scene 2
Governor's Mansion
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
None
The salves in this section are in the same locations as your first visit here,
when you fought the inspector and his daughter. Since this is a new scene, all
the salves have returned.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
1 Large Healing Salve
1 Discipline
Enemies:
None
All salves from your previous visits here have been respawned. The only
difference is on the tower where the large healing salve resides, a discipline
has joined it.
Sir Te's Residence
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
7 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
Li Mu Bai
Farewell for now, Green Destiny, we will meet again. All the salves are back,
so collect any you may need before facing Li Mu Bai. To advance to the next
section, you need to perform two successful combo blocks. Li Mu Bai doesn't
try to fool you by running around or anything. He just advances and attacks.
Rapidly hit the L1 button and you should get through. After the second
successful combo block, a bonus continue is awarded, and a cut scene begins.
When the cut scene ends, Jen will be in another area.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
Enemies:
3 Unarmed Men
2 Men with Spears
Drop the three unarmed men coming from the east, and then tackle the two men
with spears to the south. The spearman on the right will drop a small healing
salve when he is defeated. After the fray, collect any salves you may have
missed/skipped and move on to a new area.
Temple Stairway
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Discipline
Tiger's Claw
Enemies:
11 Men with Swords
8 Men with Spears
1 Man with a Sabre
This scene can change slightly depending on how you tackle it. Two men with
swords and two men with spears are on the stairway in front of Jen. As you
defeat them, more enemies will emerge. If you are high up on the stairs, they
will begin to emerge from the top doorway. If you are low on the stairs or on
the ground, they will emerge from the southern door. So, beat all the enemies
when and where you find them. I tended to lure my opponents to the landings or
to the ground to fight because I had a terrible time of missing while fighting
on the stairs. So, fight everyone you see until you beat the man with the
sabre at the top of the stairs. If the torches don't ignite, that means there
is one or more opponents waiting for you at the bottom of the stairs. After
finishing all the foes, collect any healing salves you need. There a small one
on the ground at the bottom of the stairs, and a medium salve behind the sign.
Smash the three statues and a discipline will drop down. The rest of the
healing salves are on the landings, but some are in jars. Now for an exercise
in frustration. Return to the area where you smashed the statues, and jump up
on the pedestal closest to the stairs. Now jump and flip and try to grab the
ledge of the archway. It's difficult, but it can be done. Keep trying. It
can take me a few minutes of trying to get up there, but I always make it in
the end. Anyway, flip up onto the overhang and make your way to the other
side. There is the Tiger's Claw. (An alternate way to reach the Tiger's Claw
as provided by tjm113 from the GameFAQ boards: "jump from the step where the
light stops"! Thanks!) Collect it once and never lose it again. This item
increases Jen's Attack rating making her a more efficient killing machine.
Huzzah!
Temple
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Phoenix Essence
1 Discipline
Enemies:
Li Mu Bai
This is another combo blocking test, but you need to do it four times to pass
this trial. First, however, run around to collect any goodies you might want.
The western statue houses a discipline, the northwest corner hides a phoenix
essence, and the southeast and southwest corners each have a small healing
salve. Now you're ready for your combo blocking. Just like before, Li Mu Bai
doesn't try any tricks to get around your block, so just face him and quickly
tap L1 when the combo block starts. Good luck. Combo blocking is a good skill
to have, so if you're not getting the feel for it, use up a continue or two
practicing here. As you finish the fourth combo block, a cut scene begins and
scene two ends. Save your game.
Jen Scene 3
Desert Camp
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
6 Small Healing Salves
3 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
Lo
6 Men with Falchions
2 Men with Axes
2 Men with Glaives
1 Man with a Sabre
This section has two parts. The first is beat Lo and the second is to chase
him. As things begin Lo comes charging at you and Jen must perform three
special moves to advance. Remember that you have to grab an opponent to do a
special move. I personally liked the combo of light, light, light, and grab.
Also remember that you have no weapon, so the X and Circle buttons do nothing
right now. After you grab Lo, you can perform the same combo three separate
times or perform three different combos. It's all up to you. An alternate way
to beat Lo is to trick him. As soon as you gain control of Jen, run to her
left to find a the edge of the cliff and a small gap. Simply jump over this
gap to the other side to make Lo fall. If he follows you, jump again. Repeat
as needed. If Lo falls, the second part starts automatically. A third method
of beating Lo involves getting his back to any edge and performing the light,
light, fierce combo which will launch him off. Dirty tricks, but they work.
After defeating Lo, two men with falchions and two men with axes fall from the
sky. As you defeat them, two more flachion bearing bandits will join the
battle. After defeating them all, press the L3 analog to pick up any weapon
you choose. For quick exploring, the northwest corner has two boxes which hold
a medium salve each. In the southwest corner, a small salve lies behind the
hut. Finally, in the northeast corner, a small salve lies on the ground. Now
climb the east side of the northeast wall. You can chase Lo here from the
beginning of the second part and skip the six enemies if you wish. Look for
broken bridge. You can't cross by running and jumping. The secret in crossing
lies in the rope on the right side of the bridge. Jump up and glide and steer
Jen to this rope. Watch your angles, Jen has to face the rope or she won't
grab it. Once you have it, hand over hand all the way down and Jen'll drop off
on the other side. Now run (carefully!) around the next sharp turn and find
another gap. This one is large and requires a jump, flip, and glide to cross.
Remember to jump forward when you do this, because if you jump straight up, and
then flip and glide, you won't make it. The next set of jumps are easier, but
be careful not to overdo it and go careening off the edge. After those jumps
you should see a bridge and Lo standing on the other side of it. This bridge
crumbles as you cross it, so keep moving. If you want/need the small healing
salve on the bridge, line up with it before you start to cross and make sure
you don't fall off the bridge. As you get near, Lo jumps down and runs off
again. Behind the hut is another small salve. Drop down to the level below
where Lo jumped down. Five more enemies drop down including two guys carrying
falchions, two guys carrying glaives, and one guy carrying a saber. Be careful
when using R1 to escape attacks, as I've happily flipped right off the edge of
the cliff more than once. After the battle, claim the small salve behind the
hut (carefully!). Then climb the towers for another small salve and a medium
salve.
Stone Bridge
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
Dragon's Spirit
Enemies:
2 Men with Falchions
2 Men with Spears
1 Man with an Axe
Here's a little side trek for the completionists out there. As the scene
begins, rotate the camera around so that it faces you. Walk forward and as the
first section begins to fall, jump straight up, flip, and glide without
drifting any direction. As you sink down, you'll see an alcove with a box in
it. Smash the box for a Dragon's Spirit. Now move to the right side of the
alcove and make a gliding leap of faith along the wall to reach the ground.
After a few moments, a band of enemies will charge you. Two men with spears,
two men with falchions, and one man with an axe. The man with the axe will
cough up a small healing salve on his defeat. After defeating all the enemies,
your only exit is the northern passageway flanked by green torches.
Lava Valley
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
None
Enemies:
None
This board is just how it looks. Jump from platform to platform and avoid the
jets of steam which will knock you back. A warning: watch out for the small
cracks on the ground. It may look like you can step right over it, but nine
times out of ten you'll fall. Also, once you fall in the lava below, there's
no way out. I personally did not like trying to walk on the very narrow planks
which span some of the chasms, so I just jumped/glided over all of them. It
can be done. Keep going and find the exit flanked by blue torches.
Log Bridge
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
2 Men with Falchions
1 Man with a Sabre
Fight a quick match against the two men with falchions (one of whom will drop a
small healing salve) and the man with the sabre. Run to the southwest wall and
find the platforms jutting out of the wall. These platforms will be your
stepping stones to the top. I found it easiest to pull the camera all the way
back to make it easier to see. Get to the top and run north. Smash the hut
for a small healing salve. Now cross the bridge and head to the right of the
blocked passage for another small healing salve. Smash the nearby hut for a
third small healing salve. Now look south to see three tall platforms. This
requires some big jumps, but falling doesn't mean death. If you fall, just
climb up the stepping stones and try again. Once you make it, smash the two
boxes for a medium and a small healing salve. Cross back and take the western
exit flanked by green torches.
Stone Bridge
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
Qi Root
Run north for a small healing salve and run south for another. Now back the
camera up and jump/glide to the lower ledges. On the lowest ledge you'll find
the Qi Root. Now jump back up to where you came from and take the eastern
exit.
Log Bridge
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Just dash to the southern exit.
Rocky Slope
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
7 Small Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
Yes, you have to do what it looks like you have to do, and yes it's just as
annoying as you think. No real strategy here. I just hugged the inside wall
and sprinted a lot. Only try for the seven small healing salves along the
outer edge if you really need them. The boulders don't hurt too bad, so if you
take a few licks, just shrug it off and keep going.
Bandits Hideout
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (3 more will be dropped by opponents)
2 Medium Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
5 Men with Glaives
5 Men with Falchions
4 Unarmed Men
3 Men with Sabres
2 Men with Spears
1 Man with an Axe
The northern platforms and bridge crumble if you touch them, so head south.
Smash or jump on the small tower for a small healing salve. The nearby
platforms will not crumble, so take your time. As you reach the far side, head
south to nab a quick medium healing salve. Now head north and face off with a
couple of enemies armed with a sabre and glaive respectively. A steady of
stream of enemies will follow, but try not to knock them into the chasm you
just crossed. If you do, you'll have to jump down there to finish them off
and find the stepping stones to climb back up. As the first two fall, here is
the order of foes that I fought. Men with a flachion, axe, spear, sabre,
spear (drops a small healing salve), sabre, unarmed, unarmed, and a glaive.
Next I tackled the unarmed man to the east. He drops a medium healing salve,
but his death also starts another wave of enemies. Fight off men with a
glaive (drops a small healing salve), falchion, falchion, glaive, glaive (drops
a small healing salve), falchion, and falchion. Finally I took out the unarmed
man to the east. Want another dirty trick? There is a sweet spot on the south
edge of the map. As the enemies stream from the eastern hut, you can stand in
the sweet spot and your foes will run off the edge and plummet like lemmings.
You'll know the spot when you find it and you're enemies start sying. Now, if
you check your map, you'll see one more red dot. That's Lo. He'll take off
and drop down into the chasm you originally crossed and running out the north
exit. Climb up to the northeast hut. There's a small healing salve on top of
the hut and one behind it as well. Now head west and drop down onto the
ledges. Don't miss the medium healing salve if you need it. Keep going to the
bottom. Once there, smash the southeast hut for one more small healing salve.
On the middle of the west wall are the stepping stones you would need to use if
you fell earlier. Don't use them now. Instead follow Lo to the north exit.
Cliff
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Large Healing Salve
1 Phoenix Essence
Enemies:
2 Unarmed Men
2 Men with Falchions
1 Man with a Spear
As this part begins, the crowd of five badguys rush Jen. Beat down the men
with falchions, a spear, and the two unarmed men. One of the unarmed men will
be nice enough to leave you a small healing salve. Now head north, but don't
miss one small healing salve on the east edge of the ground and another due
west of that one. Now jump on the north platform and pull the camera back. If
you choose, you can dash to this platform and start the the jumping path and
avoid fighting, but what's the fun in that? Anyway, make six jumps to six
successive platforms, carefully minding that the camera will shift around the
fifth one. Now there are no more platforms to the east, so jump to a new ledge
to the west. Don't cross the bridge just yet. Instead jump up to the north
and smash the box for a small healing salve. Now make your way down to where
you see evidence of where a bridge was before. Position yourself so you can
jump and grab the center pole and fling yourself across to the other side.
Follow the path to find three boxes. Break them open for a phoenix essence, a
large healing salve, and a small healing salve. Now jump back down to the
ground which is west. Climb back up the platforms and back to the bridge we
ignored before. Cross it now. Jump up north for the exit.
Lo's Cave
Starting Weapon: None
Items:
The Jen's Comb
2 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
Lo
As this scene begins, Lo will wander back and forth a few times before sitting
down to tend to his stew. If you want the Jen's comb (which is Jen's trigger),
you must sneak up behind Lo and smack him without being seen. The easiest way
to do this is to run up as soon as you can control Jen, but just remember to
stay a little right. Lo will start by walking left, so it's relatively easy to
get a shot at his back. If you get it right, you'll get a message about
getting the Jade Comb, but in your inventory it is the Jen's Comb. If however,
Lo sees you, a fight begins. You must perform five special moves...or knock
him off a cliff...or my personal favorite: lead him near an edge. Make sure he
doesn't start a fight combo. Jump, flip, and glide off the edge. As you
gracefully float down, Lo will drop like a rock. His death will register just
before your own and you'll get the bonus continue and the ending cut scene. If
you want to explore a bit, there is a medium healing salve inside a northwest
tower, a small healing salve hidden behind a partial wall to the north, another
small healing salve near the eastern edge behind a partial wall, and a medium
healing salve just south of that. No matter how you beat Lo, it finishes Jen's
scene three.
Jen Scene 4
Teahouse
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Large Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
Enemies:
2 Unarmed Men
These two thugs are pretty hearty, but the Green Destiny will wear them down
pretty quickly. Smash through them and be awarded a large healing salve. A
medium healing salve lies under the tent to the west. Two small salves lie
just inside the southern building. A final small healing salve lies hidden in
one of the pots to the northwest. There's only one exit, so use it.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves dropped by opponents
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
10 Men with Spears
10 Men with Swords
Bo
2 Men with Firangis
1 Man with a Gladius
1 Man with a Halberd
This scene starts with one battle and finishes with another. The first battle
involves ten men with spears, ten men with swords, and Bo. Don't worry,
though, the men with swords and spears don't all come out at once, just two of
each at a time. Bo is the key to this fight. Beat him and the whole thing is
over. Unfortunately, he still likes to run away, hide behind others, and hit
you from behind. It probably is a little easier just to beat all the other
flunkies first. One of the men with swords will drop a small healing salve for
you and the fifth or sixth man with a spear will drop one as well. When Bo
goes down you're treated to a quick cut scene and then another fight starts.
This time your opponents are two men with firangis, one man with a gladius, and
one man with a halberd. Beat them down and the man with the halberd will
donate a medium healing salve to you. At the crossroads, head north across the
bridge and up the hill. Smash the far bench for another medium healing salve.
Now go back down and head for the southern exit.
Village
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
At the start, look southwest to see three pots. Smash them to get a small
salve. Head east for a medium one. Now take a good look at the nearby garden.
How nice! Someone has left a spot for you. If you don't know, the Jing Seed
will spoil at the start of scene five, so we better do something with it. Face
the small hole and press the action button to plant your Jing Seed. (Major
credit to DarkKnight12 from the boards for this info! Thanks again!)(The Jing
Seed was also confirmed by New Day Dawning. Thanks!) If you don't get a
message, then it didn't work. Move around a little and try again. Try not to
stand on the hole, but nearby for the best results. Now run to the southwest
and smash a box for a small salve. Run east to the other side of the building
for a medium salve. The final small salve is located on the roof of one of the
southeast buildings. Look for the one that's set a little back on the map.
Now you're ready for a big brawl. Enter the restaurant.
Restaurant
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
5 Small Healing Salves (3 more will be dropped by opponents)
2 Medium Healing Salves (3 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Large Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
1 Restore
Enemies:
12 Men with Halberds
8 Men with Firangis
6 Unarmed Men
5 Men with Gladius
5 Men with Maces
2 Men with Glaives
This is just a big fight. I like to take it to the northeast area. It's more
open to fight in, and you can lure enemies out a few at a time. The stream of
enemies seems pretty endless, so just keep your health up and keep your attacks
coming. The first man with a glaive and the first man with a mace I beat both
dropped small healing salves. The fifth, sixth, and twelfth men with halberds
all dropped a medium salve. The eighth man with a halberd dropped a small
salve, and the tenth man with a halberd dropped a large salve. After the fray,
you can score a few extra salves. On the upper tier of the restaurant, the
northwest table of the eastern section hides a medium salve. Also on the upper
tier, in the northeast area, there is a small healing salve at both ends of the
walkway. On the ground of the northeast area, a large pot hides a small salve,
and another lingers on an overhang to the east. Back inside the restaurant on
the lower tier, head for the northwest section. The southeast corner of this
section has a medium salve and the southwest corner of this section has a small
salve for you. Back to the main area of the restaurant (by the entrance/exit),
a restore hides behind the bar in the northwest corner. Time to leave.
Village
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
None
Enemies:
None
Nothing new here. Just travel to the eastern exit.
Dojo Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
None
Think of this as the eye of the storm. Things will get busy again pretty soon.
Boxes in the northwest and southwest corners contain small healing salves, and
a box in the southeast corner contains a medium one. Enter the Dojo.
Dojo
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
2 Men with Sabres
1 Man with a Mace
1 Man with a Spear
1 Man with a Halberd
Shu Lien
This part starts out simply enough. A good old fashioned throw down with five
heavily armed men. No problem. Just to be nice, the man with the halberd
gives you an extra small healing salve. When the last man drops, a small cut
scene has Shu Lien entering the fray. This is similar to the first fight you
had with Shu Lien, but she's a little faster, a little stronger, and has a lot
more HP. I had fun smashing her weapon and then destroying the weapon's racks
along the walls. Shu Lien will grab a new weapon when she can, and I recreated
the great scene from the movie...well, almost. Anyway, scene 4 ends with the
defeat of Shu Lien, so if you need any of the salves in this section, get them
now. There is a small salve in the southwest corner of the dojo. Now head to
the outer area to the north. There is a small salve hidden in the southeastern
pot, and breaking the crate to the southwest will net you a medium salve. You
can jump up to the second tier of the dojo from this area. Run around to net
two more small salves in the southwest and northeast corners respectively. Now
get down there and beat Shu Lien for a bonus continue and the end of scene
four.
Jen Scene 5
Dojo Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (2 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
5 Unarmed Men
5 Men with Halberds
2 Men with Sabres
2 Men with Maces
1 Man with a Spear
This is a new scene, so all the salves from your first visit here are back and
in the same place. Out of the fighters you face, the third unarmed man I beat
dropped a medium salve, and the third and fifth men with halberds each dropped
a small salve.
Village
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
Again, new scene means every item has respawned, so take what you need. As a
little bonus, stop by the garden to see you little jing seed starting to
sprout. You can't do anything with it as Jen anyumore, so move on.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
1 Man with a Glaive
1 Man with a Sabre
1 Man with a Firangi
1 Man with a Spear
Run straight forward across the bridge and start up the hill. A small cut
scene starts and leads you to a small fight. Beat the four men and the one
with the sabre surrenders a small healing salve. Break the last bench for
another medium salve. If you need more salves, go back down the hill and take
the western exit to the teahouse for one more medium and three more small
salves. When you're ready, take the northern exit from the mountain path.
Bamboo Grove
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
6 Small Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
Jump onto the first bamboo stalk and run up. Jump to the ledge and nab a small
salve to the southwest. Jump down to the small island to the west for another
small salve. Now jump, flip, and glide north to another island. Climb up the
bamboo stalk there and jump off west. There is another small salve to the
northwest. Climb and jump another stalk and jump west. There is another small
salve to the south. Climb and jump west again. Yet another small salve is
south. This time, don't climb a stalk. Head north and jump and glide to the
northwest island. There is a small salve here and one stalk. Climb it and
jump west. Climb one more stalk and jump west to reach the exit. One quick
note, there is a time limit on this board, but it's not crucial. The only time
I've ever been burned by it is when I got up to use the restroom in the middle
of this section. I came back to a message that said, "Li Mu Bai got away!"
Even when I was searching out all the small salves around here, I didn't run
out of time. So bear it in mind, but don't worry about it.
Waterfall
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Large Healing Salve
1 Restore
Enemies:
Li Mu Bai
Six combo blocks and six specials to advance...or you can cheat. More on that
in a second. Here's the salve locations: from where you start, head south for
a small salve and then west for a medium salve; the box in the northwest holds
a large salve and then head east for another small salve. Now, you can pick an
area and fight Li Mu Bai like you're supposed to, or you can run and jump off
the waterfall. There are several ledges leading down the waterfall including
a low one which has a box containing a restore. There's a good chance Li Mu
Bai will just careen off the screen and end the scene. Whichever way you beat
him, the scene ends and Jen gets retired for now. Save your game and get ready
to start as Shu Lien.
Shu Lien Scene 1
Sir Te's Residence
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
7 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
6 Men with Falchions
6 Men with Axes
Several enemies charge Shu Lien with axes and falchions. The Man with the axe
behind you will drop a small healing salve for you. The scene is pretty steady
with falchions and axes, but only four at a time will ever attack you. The
fourth man carrying an axe you face will toss a small salve to you on his
defeat. The other salves scattered around the board are in the same locations
as when you visited here as Jen in her Scene 1 when she fought the inspector
and his daughter, and all locations are listed there. As the last opponent foe
falls, you are automatically carried to the next area, so pick up all the
salves you want before the last guy goes down.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small healing salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
2 Medium healing salves
1 Large healing salves
1 Restore
Enemies:
2 Men with Falchions
1 Man with a Glaive
A quick skirmish and the glaive wielder will surrender a small healing salve.
All the set salves are the same from Jen's vists with a couple of exceptions.
First, the large healing salve on the northwest is still there, but it's joined
by a restore. The exchange is that the small salve on the northern roof of
the eastern row of buildings is now gone.
Back Alley
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
2 Men with Spears
2 Men with Glaives
As usual, Bo is in over his head and it's up to you to rescue him. This one is
pretty easy, because he does not participate in the combat. So, he's also safe
from harm. Beat the enemies and grab the small salve that the man with the
glaive drops. As with other scenes, all the salve locations are the same as
Jen's scenario. You can talk to Bo if you like, or you can just leave.
Beinjing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Grab anything you missed the first time and head to the southwest exit.
Governor's Mansion
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
5 Men with Glaives
4 Men with Falchions
3 Men with Spears
1 Unarmed Man
1 Man with a Sabre
1 Man with an Axe
The fight in this scene begins with two men with falchions, one man with a
glaive, and one man with a sabre. One of the falchion wielders also has a
small salve which he'll be willing to share with you after some extreme
persuasion. As opponents go down, the fight will be joined by more fighters
whose order will differ according to who you defeat. Be prepared to face four
more glaives, two more falchions, two more spears, an axe, and an unarmed
opponent.
Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
Restore
Enemies:
Lo
Jen
First off, the two small salves on the northern platform from Jen's visit are
still there, but the southern platform is now empty. Bo will help you in this
fight, but he's actually more of a hinderance. The good news is that you
really only have to beat Jen. Bring her down and you'll end the fight and the
scene. If Bo survives, he'll automatically give you a restore at the end of
the fight.
Shu Lien Scene 2
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small healing salves
2 Medium healing salves
1 Large healing salves
1 Restore
Blacksmith's Hammer
Enemies:
None
Grab anything of the salves you may want/need. Everything is in the same spot,
with a few exceptions. A restore joins the large healing salve on the tower in
the northwest corner, there is no longer a small healing salve on the rooftops
of the eastern row of buildings, and Shu Lien's unique item the Blacksmith's
Hammer is located in the southeast area on the ground between the building and
the wall. Take the northeastern exit when you are ready.
Back Alley
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
As you enter this area, you'll spot Lo and he'll make a hasty exit out the
northern doorway. Collect any salves you may need. They are all located in
the same positions as Jen's first visit, and head after Lo.
Back Streets
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Phoenix Blood
Enemies:
3 Men with Glaives
1 Man with an Axe
Begin this area by grabbing the small salve located to the west of your
starting location. Now run towards Lo and he'll take off. As you chase him,
you'll keep running into walls of boxes. There is nothing in any of them, so
you can smash them all, or just smash one of them and jump over. After getting
past the first wall, you'll reach an intersection. Go west and get past the
wall there to claim a phoenix blood. Now check your map to see a red dot to
the north of you. That's Lo. Return east to the intersection and go up the
eastern path and pass the wall of boxes. There should be another small salve
in front of you. Run west toward Lo and he'll dash off again. Chase him,
passing yet another wall of boxes and into the northeast corner of the map. He
has a few words with you and runs away again. This time, you can't follow him,
though. Make your way back to the entrance of the area. Use your map as help
if you need it. On your way back, however, you'll have to face a man with an
axe and three men with glaives. All these men are located in different areas
so you only fight them one at a time. Return to the area which had the phoenix
blood to get a medium healing salve. Fighting the last man with the glaive
near the entrance/exit of the area will earn you another small salve.
Back Alley
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
If you need something you missed before, grab it now. Otherwise exit out the
western gate.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
1 Restore
Enemies:
4 Men with Glaives
4 Men with Falchions
You have a helper in this fight who is indicated by a green dot on the map. He
is also the only character fighting with a cudgel. As this area begins, your
helper will charge some enemies and a man with a falchion and a man with a
glaive who will give a small salve will charge you. As these two men go down,
two more men with glaives will charge you. Now run south to assist your the
poor guard helping you. He also is fighting a man with a glaive and a man with
a falchion. I recommend switching to unarmed combat here as to avoid doing too
much damage to your helper. As the two enemies go down, two more men with
falchions will enter the fray. Take care of them and, if he's still alive,
your helper will give you a restore when you talk to him.
Temple Stairway
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Dragon's Spirit
1 Restore
Enemies:
7 Men with Glaives
3 Men with Sabers
3 Men with Falchions
2 Unarmed Men
This area begins with Lo doing what he does best, running away. He leaves a
small goon squad behind to play with you. Two men with glaives, one man with a
sabre, and one man with a flachion start the battle. One of those glaives has
a small salve for you. As these opponents are defeated, more enemies will
enter the area. Depending on who you defeat may change the order of your
enemies' appearance, but here is a list as I fought them. First out was a man
with a glaive, followed by a saber, glaive, glaive, glaive, sabre, unarmed,
falchion, unarmed, and finally a falchion. One of the glaives that enter will
surrender a medium salve on his defeat. All the salve locations are the same
as Jen's visit, but the other two items are different. Smash the statues and
Shu Lien gets a dragon's spirit (discipline for Jen), and on the archway before
the stairs is a restore (Jen got her Tiger's Claw).
Rocky Passage
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve
1 Medium Salve
Enemies:
14 Mad Bombers
Lo
This is a new area with a whole new way of fighting. You can't just engage the
enemies here, but have to toss bombs at them. If you are carrying a weapon,
make sure it is put away because it's useless here. Men on top of a cliff will
toss lit dynamite at you. Walk over one and press L3 to pick it up. Face the
enemies and press any one of your attack buttons to throw it at them. There
are usually only three or four bombers at a time and Lo stands on a tower to on
the right tossing bombs, too. I haven't been able to score a hit on Lo, but
I'm still trying. Your aim is very accurate, but unfortunately your selection
isn't. Every time you throw a bomb, it will almost always land at the feet of
one of the bombers, but if you throw another bomb before the first has gone
off, Shu Lien tends to throw it to the same place. To make up for this,
sometimes one bomb will take out two or more enemies. I've gotten three in one
blast before, but only once. The bombs on the ground are pretty easy to avoid,
and bombs that are about to explode will start to flash. Even if you do get
caught in a few blasts, you won't be hurt too badly, so enjoy this area. As
last bomber goes down, Lo will drop in front of you and...run away. Before
chasing after him, smash a skull on the west side of the board for a medium
salve.
Golden Hills
Starting Weapon: Sabre (weakened to 1 durability point)
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Antidote
1 Restore
Enemies:
Lo
Finally Lo is cornered and has to fight. This fight will end the scene so grab
anything you might want before kicking his butt. Inside a pot to the east is a
restore. On the north side of the map another pot hides a small salve. An
antidote is inside a pot in the map's southwest corner and a small salve lies
on the steps nearby. The last small salve is on the steps in the southeast
corner. Now you're ready to face Lo. He is unarmed, but he packs some mean
combinations. Beat him down for a bonus continue and an end to scene two.
Save your game.
Shu Lien Scene 3
Teahouse
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
None
Just grab any salves you may need. There locations are the same as Jen's first
visit with the exception of one of the small salves in the south area is
missing.
Moutain Path
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
None
If you need a medium healing salve, run to the intersection and head north.
Cross the bridge and climb the hill to see the inspector's daughter and several
benches. Smash the last bench for the salve. If you talk to the daughter, she
will tell you that Jade Fox hasn't come that way yet. Return down to the
intersection and speak with Bo. He'll tell you Jade Fox got away. After
speaking with him, your exit will appear. Enter the blue torch door.
Village
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Antidote
(In Resaurant):
5 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
1 Restore
1 Dragon's Spirit
(In Dojo Courtyard):
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Dragon's Spirit
Enemies:
None
As you enter this area, you'll hear Jade Fox laughing and flying away. That's
it for here. Everything is the same here as Jen's first visit, but the medium
salve located in the northeast corner has transformed into an antidote. Before
going back out to chase Jade Fox, take a couple of minutes to clean out the
restaurant and dojo courtyard of their bounties. All salve locations are the
same as Jen's first visit to these areas with two bonus items. In the
restaurant, in the outer northeast section behind a pole is a dragon's spirit.
In the dojo courtyard another dragon's spirit rests under the bridge in the
dead center of the map.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Bo's gone, but if you climb the north hill and speak with the inspector's
daughter, she'll tell you Jade Fox went to the river crossing. Return to the
intersection and follow the eastern path for the exit.
River Crossing
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Large Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
4 Antidotes
Enemies:
4 Men with Snake Swords
3 Men with Gladius
1 Man with a Halberd
1 Man with an Axe
Jade Fox
As this area starts, Jade Fox sends some flunkies to get you and flies off.
Four men with snake swords and one man with a gladius charge, and one of the
men with a snake sword will give you a small salve. As these enemies fall,
men with a gladius, a halberd, another gladius, and an axe will join in. The
man with the halberd offers up a large salve upon his defeat. When the last
foe drops, a cut scene shows a bridge being lowered. Now grab the antidote in
the southeast corner and head to the river. The current is fast and will move
your character, but jumping/gliding or sprinting easily gets you around this
hazard. Cross the river and smash the pots in front of the hut for a small
salve. Next, jump on one of the logs floating down the river and ride it until
it gets close to the low ledge on the north shore. Jump/flip/glide to this
lower ledge and grab another antidote. If you miss, just try again. Jump up
and follow the path around and pick up the two more antidotes on the way. As
you get near the bridge, a small cut scene will end with the bridge up, locking
you in a small area to do battle with Jade Fox. She's not extremely strong and
all of your fighting practice should make pretty short work of her. The only
bad thing is when she starts to get low on health, she'll use a healing salve
and bump it up once. Don't relent and just take her down again all the way to
end scene three.
Shu Lien Scene 4
River Crossing
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
3 Antidotes
Enemies:
2 Men with Snake Swords
2 Men with Gladius
1 Man with a Snake Spear
The scene begins with a small skirmish as all the enemies attack at once, but
there's no real noticeable threat. The man with the snake spear will give up a
small salve when he is beaten. As the last foe falls, the bridge lowers
letting back down to the ground area. All the items are respawned except for
the antidote on the lower ledge on the north shore of the river.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
None
As you near the junction a man will ask for your help subduing several rowdy
men at the teahouse. If you need a spare medium salve, climb the north hill
and smash the bench for one. Now return down and exit west to crack some
heads.
Teahouse
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (2 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Medium Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
16 Men with Firangis
4 Men with Glaives
This is a long battle that starts off with two men with glaives and two men
with firangis. One of these firangis will drop a small salve. As they are
defeated, two more glaives and two more firangis enter. One of those glaives
has a medium salve. As they fall, twelve more firangis will enter, but never
more than two will attack you at once. About the tenth man with a firangi you
send to permanent dreamland will toss a small salve. The other salves are at
the same locations as earlier.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Make your way to the village, south.
Village
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Antidote
Enemies:
None
Talk to any or all of them men standing around the restaurant in order to get
the next part ready. If you just go into the dojo courtyard, guards around the
dojo door will tell you something's happened at the restaurant. Once you talk
the men, the gateway torches flanking the dojo courtyard doorway will go from
green to blue. Guess where you're going next.
Dojo Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Dragon's Spirit
Enemies:
None
All the salve locations are the same, and a dragon's spirit rests under the
bridge at the center of the map. Enter the dojo.
Dojo
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Large Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
1 Antidote will be dropped by an opponent
Enemies:
5 Men with Snake Swords
3 Men with Gladius
3 Men with Axes
2 Unarmed Men
1 Man with a Halberd
The dojo area begins with two men with gladius, two men with snake swords, and
one man with an axe who will give a medium salve ready to fight. As these foes
drop, more enemies enter the dojo. The order may vary depending on which foes
you defeat first, but the order they entered for me was: unarmed, halberd,
snake sword, snake sword, axe, unarmed, gladius, snake sword, and an axe. The
man with the halberd will relinquish a large salve and the entering gladius
will give you an antidote. The set salves in the level are in the same
locations as Jen's visit here. As the last opponent falls, scene four comes to
an end. Feel free to save your game.
Shu Lien Scene 5
Dojo Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (3 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Dragon's Spirit
Enemies:
7 Men with Snake Swords
7 Men with Axes
1 Man with a Snake Spear
1 Man with a Halberd
Always nice to begin a scene with a battle. Two snake swords, a snake spear,
and an axe charge Shu Lien. One of the snake swords will give a medium salve
to you. As the fight continues and opponents are beaten, more enemies will
enter the area. The following order may change depending on who you fight
first, but my order of entering opponents was: snake sword, snake sword, axe,
axe, snake sword, axe, axe, snake sword, halberd, axe, snake sword, and an axe.
Of the entering enemies, two of the men with axes dropped small salves and one
of the men with a snake sword dropped a small salve as well.
Village
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Antidote
Shen Flower
Enemies:
None
All items have respawned and are back exactly where they were for Shu Lien's
first vists. There is, however, a new addition. Go to the garden where you
planted the Jing Seed (If you planted the Jing Seed), and growing there will be
a flower. Press the L3 action button to pick the shen flower for the third
ingredient to Li Mu Bai's trigger. The restaurant cannot be entered at this
time, so out to the mountain path.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
Jade Fox
Time to fight Jade Fox again, but this time Bo and the inspector's daughter are
helping you. Again, they are more annoying than helpful, but beat Jade Fox for
a bonus continue and she will grab Jen and fly off toward the river crossing.
Talk to Bo after the scrap and he'll give you a medium salve. Climb the
northern hill and smash the bench for another one. Go to the Teahouse (west
exit) if you need more salves, or head east toward the river crossing.
River Crossing
Starting Weapon: Sabre
Items:
? Forgot to write it down...
Enemies:
4 Men with Snake Swords
2 Men with Axes
2 Men with Gladius
Jade Fox
As you enter this area, two of the snake swords (one bearing a small salve for
you) and an axe come for your blood. Make them pay and head toward the bridge
using the river's logs to get up there. As you near the bridge, another snake
sword will attack. There is a final snake sword on the middle of the bridge.
On the opposite side is an axe with two gladius behind him. Beat them all down
for a small cut scene which reveals a new area and Shu Lien's final fight with
Jade Fox. There is a restore behind the eastern statue, but little else in
these areas. The two areas are kind of small and various statues and poles can
hinder movement a little, but they shouldn't be too much of a problem. Jade
Fox has quite a bit of health for this fight, but the ground is mostly level,
so grabbing her and delivering special moves can and should be done often.
Use whatever items you wish during this battle, because once it's done, so is
Shu Lien. Finish off Jade Fox and scene five ends. Save your game and prepare
to take on the role of Li Mu Bai.
Li Mu Bai Scene 1
Tsai's Camp
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
Nothing much to do here. There's an area on the map (northeast corner) that I
haven't found a way into, but you can grab three small salves here before
moving on. There is one small salve in the northeast corner and the other two
are on rooftops of the two northern buldings.
Back Alley
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
Same salve locations as every other time you've visited here. Grab them all
and get ready to fight in the next location.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
2 Medium Healing Salves (3 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Large Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Restore
Enemies:
18 Men with Snake Swords
13 Unarmed Men
This area begins with a pretty steady stream of men with snake swords sprinkled
with a few unarmed men coming from the southern exit. The sixth snake sword
and the sixth unarmed men both drop medium salves, the twelfth snake sword
drops a large salve, and the twelfth unarmed man will drop a medium salve. The
best bet for this area is to stay north and let the enemies come to you. A few
unarmed men may be able to grab discarded snake swords if you do this, but they
are still no real threat. When the door finally stops letting in enemies,
there will be snake sword and unarmed men in the southwest corner of the map.
The unarmed man will give you a small salve. Now to collect any salves you may
need. You should be pretty familiar with this area by now, but refer to Jen's
scene one if you need a refresher. The difference is that there is no small
salve on the northern side of the eastern row of rooftops and in the southeast
area, a restore is on the ground between the building and the south wall.
Temple Stairway
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Antidote
1 Phoenix Essence
Enemies:
None
Just grab what you want and move on. There is a small salve on the ground in
the open area and a medium salve behind the sign near the exit. The other
three salves are located on the stair landings, two are in pots. Smash the
three statues at the foot of the stairs for a phoenix essence. Lastly, jump up
onto the archways at the foot of the stairs and make your way to the other side
for an antidote.
Rocky Passage
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
Enemies:
8 Men with Snake Swords
6 Unarmed Men
Three unarmed men start this area and one of them will surrender a small salve
for you. As these men are dropped, three men with snake swords will join the
fight. Beat them, and three more unarmed men will try their luck. The last
unarmed man will give up a medium salve. Lastly, three snake swords and then
two snake swords will fight you. Only three enemies will fight at a time, so
there shouldn't be too much difficulty. Before advancing to the next area,
smash the skull on the west side near the middle of the map. There is also a
small salve hidden in the rock in the northwest rock.
Golden Hills
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve
1 Antidote
1 Restore
Enemies:
Jade Fox
Jen
This is your first encounter with Jade Fox, but it is far from your last. The
first item of business will be to grab any items you may want. There is a
small salve on the southeastern stairs, an antidote in the southwest corner,
and a restore is hidden in a pot to the east. Now face off with Jade Fox. You
should beat her down easily. A little too easily. As her health goes down,
Jen will join the fight. Jade Fox's health will still be low, but Jen will
protect her. A little bit of running and you can finish off Jade Fox, but if
you take down Jen first, you can pick up the Green Destiny. This may be Shu
Lien's ending trigger. I need to test a few more things out. Finish things
off any way you like. Grab and combo or just straight fight. As both enemies
fall you'll net two bonus continues and an end to scene one.
Li Mu Bai Scene 2
Sir Te's Residence
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
7 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
Jen
Four special combos and four combo blocks. First grab any salves you may want.
Their locations are the same as before. Check Jen's scene one for locations.
Perform the combos by grabbing Jen, and the combo blocks are pretty simple.
After four of each are done, you receive a bonus continue and are automatically
transported to the next area.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
1 Large Healing Salve
1 Restore
Enemies:
None
Same stuff as your first visit here. It's all respawned so take a little time
to do some gathering if you wish, and then move on.
Back Alley
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
Again, refer to Jen's scene one for salve locations and move on.
Tsai's Camp
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
1 Man with a Spear
1 Man with a Glaive
1 Man with a Mace
It's a small party with three too many uninvited guests. Finish them off and
grab the small salve the man with the spear will drop. The other three salves
are in the same locations as your first visit and have respawned. Talk to the
inspector's daughter to activate your exit. Return the way you came in.
Back Alley
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Grab anything you may have missed and press on.
Beijing Interior Section
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Give you a great weapon and all you do is backtrack through empty streets with
it. Oh, well. Grab anything you missed before and continue.
Temple Stairway
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves (2 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
Enemies:
21 Men with Falchions
2 Unarmed Men
Lo
This area begins with a man holding a falchion charging down the stairs at you.
Dispatch him and collect his medium salve. Another flachion will enter from
the doors behind you. He'll give you a small salve. Start up the stairs and
meet two unarmed men. A third falchion will meet you on the stairs. As the
third falchion falls, a fourth falchion enters from the doors at the bottom.
Go get him now, or press forward. As you near the top of the stairs, a cut
scene will show Lo is waiting for you. As he launches his attack, two more
falchions will be on the stairs behind you. One of those falchions will drop
another small. As you fight Lo, more and more falchions will join the fight
up to two at a time. You can continue to fight them for extra experience, but
after twenty-one men with falchions, no more came out (that number includes the
ones at the beginning of the scene). As always I advise fighting on landings
as opposed to on the stairs, and this scene can be shortened dramtaically by
just charging up the stairs and defeating Lo. No matter what you've done or
who you've beat, once Lo falls you get a bonus continue and the exit torches
light. Any undefeated enemies merely vanish. The small salves located in this
scene are all back as before (one on the ground and three on the landings) and
the medium is back behind the sign at the bottom. The hard to reach antidote
is also back, but smashing the statues garners you nothing this time.
Temple
Starting Weapon: Green Destiny
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Phoenix Essence
1 Discipline
Tortoise Stone
Enemies:
Jen
Been practicing combo blocking? I hope so. You have to successfully combo
block Jen ten times in order to advance. First, however, collect the bounty
this area offers. Inside the statue just west of start is a discipline. The
northwest corner holds a phoenix essence, the southwest corner has a small
salve, and the southeast corner has a medium one. Now for the big one. Find
the long gazebo with a stone bell inside. Run in there and start slashing
until the bell falls. It may fall on you, but small price to pay. Continue to
swing until the bell shatters and grab the Tortoise Stone, Li Mu Bai's unique
item, inside. Now you're ready to start dodging some combos from Jen. For the
most part, I just stayed in the center of the board and let her charge me. She
only got past my block a couple of times, so I just rolled out of the way and
tried again. If you're still having problems with combo blocks at this point,
I highly recommend practicing by burning a few of your continues here. When
you finish, a bonus continue is yours as well as the end of scene two.
Li Mu Bai Scene 3
Village
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Large Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
1 Antidote (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
(In Resaurant):
5 Small Healing Salves
2 Medium Healing Salves
1 Restore
1 Dragon's Spirit
Enemies:
4 Men with Snake Swords
4 Men with Snake Spears
4 Men with Halberds
4 Men with Gladius
2 Unarmed Men
2 Men with Axes
As the scene opens, you'll face a couple of snake swords, an axe, and a couple
of snake spears. One of the spearmen will give up a small salve. As you take
them down, five more enemies will enter including two men with halberds, two
men with gladius (one of whom surrenders a medium salve), and an unarmed man.
Dispatch the new enemies to face another wave of the first enemies (two snake
swords, two snake spears, and an axe). One of the men with snake swords will
happily give you the large salve that's weighing him down. The last wave of
enemies is the two halberd, two gladius (one of whom gives you an antidote),
and one unarmed combo. I spoke of the enemies in waves, when in fact it is a
pretty steady stream with up to five enemies at a time. I noticed the enemies
came in small defined packs that made it easier to describe. Collect any of
the items you need (refer to Jen's scene four for locations but note that the
small salve in the northeast corner is now an antidote) and take a quick side
trek into the restaurant. The torches are green, but inside is a nice number
of salves and items that makes it well worth the trip. Don't miss the dragon's
spirit behind the pole in the northeast area. It's important to do this now,
because the restaraunt becomes inaccessible very soon.
Mountain Path
Startin Weapon: Sword
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Large Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
(In Teahouse):
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
4 Men with Snake Swords
4 Men with Gladius
2 Unarmed Men
2 Men with Axes
As this area begins, a snake sword and a gladius (with a medium salve) charge.
Take them down and start down the east path to encounter another man with a
snake sword and another man with a gladius behind him. Continue down the path
to meet two men with axes (one of whom has a small salve) and two unarmed men.
As these enemies fall two more gladius (one has a large salve) and two more
snake swords will finish this combat. Before heading out to the next area,
feel free to return back west and plunder the teahouse of its salves and don't
forget to climb the north hill and smash the last bench for another medium one.
If you don't do this now, you can do it on your return trip in after the next
area.
River Crossing
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve
Enemies:
None
As you enter this scene, you'll see a man laying on the ground. Talk to him.
Careful, if you are using a weapon you grabbed from an enemy, pressing the L3
button will oftentimes make Mu Bai put the weapon on the ground. Play it safe
and sheathe your weapon (unarmed attack button) before speaking with the man.
Cross the river and smash the pots near the hut for a small salve. Return the
way you came in.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Make your way back to the village which is the southern exit of this board. If
you chose to press on before as opposed to backtracking, grab the medium on top
of the hill and raid the teahouse now.
Village
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Another simple area. The restaurant is now closed and inaccessible. Talk to
one or more of the three men in front of the restaurant to change the torches
around the eastern exit from green to blue.
Dojo Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Phoenix Blood
Enemies:
None
Small salves in northwest and southwest corners, a medium in the southeast
corner, and a phoenix blood under the bridge. Collect what you need and press
on to the dojo.
Dojo
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves (3 more will be dropped by opponents)
2 Medium Healing Salves (2 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Large Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
3 Antidotes will be dropped by opponents
Enemies:
9 Men with Gladius
9 Unarmed Men
5 Men with Axes
3 Men with Snake Spears
3 Men with Halberds
3 Men with Snake Swords
This area starts with two men with axes (one of whom will drop a medium salve)
and three men with gladius. As one enemy falls, another one will take his
place. Only five enemies will attack at a time, but these guys are made of
pretty hard stock. Even a maxed out Li Mu Bai can't take these guys down with
one series of attacks. So, take your time and play safe. This many enemies
can make getting combos off a little tricky, but if you manage to swing two in
a row, the fifteen percent offense you'll earn comes in very handy. Too bad
it's almost too short to even bother with. All enemies are listed above, so
I'll just list the ones who drop stuff. The first snake spear drops a small
salve, and the rest comes from unarmed opponents. The unarmed opponents will
drop: an antidote, a large salve, an antidote, a small salve, a medium salve,
another antidote, and a small salve. That's the order they dropped things for
me, but it may be different for you. Don't forget about the salves scattered
around the dojo (locations are noted earlier in walkthrough like Jen's scene
four). As the last enemy fades away, scene three comes to a close.
Li Mu Bai Scene 4
Dojo Courtyard
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (2 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Medium Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Phoenix Blood
Enemies:
4 Men with Halberds
4 Unarmed Men
3 Men with Snake Swords
2 Men with Snake Spears
Things get rolling with two men with snake spears (one of whom drops a medium
salve) and two men with snake swords. As these opponents fall, two men with
halberds (one has a small salve) and two unarmed men will take their place.
Defeat them and two more halberds (one has another small salve) and two more
unarmed men will emerge. As that group falls, a lonely man with a snake sword
will jump in. New scene so all items have respawned and wish to be taken with
you. Oblige them.
Village
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Antidote
Enemies:
None
All respawned items are in the same locations as Mu Bai's first visit here.
Head out to the mountain path.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
1 Medium Healing Salve (3 more will be dropped by opponents)
1 Large Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
2 Antidotes will be dropped by opponents
(In Teahouse):
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
Enemies:
12 Men with Snake Swords
4 Unarmed Men
2 Men with Gladius
2 Men with Snake Spears
Start by going north and climbing the hill. A small cut scene will lead to the
start of a fight. First climb the hill and finish off the man with the snake
spear there. Grab the medium salve from the bench if you need it. Next head
down the hill to face a snake sword and an unarmed opponent. Continue toward
the village and blast through all the men with snake swords that emerge from
the village. The first one will give you a medium salve. Next, follow the
path east and square off against two more snake swords (one of whom drops a
small salve), an unarmed man (drops an antidote), and a gladius. As this group
falls, it is replaced by two more snake swords (one drops a medium salve),
another unarmed man (drops another antidote), and a snake spear. Drop this new
group and the last group of two snake swords (one drops a medium salve), a
gladius (drops a large salve), and one more unarmed man. Feel free to go back
and raid the teahouse again, or do it on the return trip.
River Crossing
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve
Bamboo Gate Key
Enemies:
1 Unarmed Man
Pretty basic. The man will charge and you can put a major hurt on him. His
defeat automatically adds the bamboo gate key to your inventory. Go smash the
pots near the hut for a small salve.
Mountain Path
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
Kun Leaf
Enemies:
None
You have a choice here. You can enter the bamboo grove at the top of the hill,
or you can make a couple side treks for the Kun Leaf which is the final item
needed for Li Mu Bai's ending trigger. To get the Kun Leaf, go to the village
and talk to the inspector's daughter. She'll plead with you to help Bo who has
been trapped under some logs at the river crossing. Poor Bo. Go back down the
mountain path to the river crossing for a quick cut scene which will end with
you getting the Kun Leaf. Return down the mountain path and enter the north
gateway.
Bamboo Grove
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
6 Small Healing Salves
Enemies:
None
See Jen's scene 5 for all salve locations. Li Mu Bai has a much easier time in
this area than Jen did. He can jump much higher making some of the islands
avoidable. For the most part, Li Mu Bai can cross every chasm just by running
up the bamboo and jumping. Don't get greedy. If you press him too far, he
will fall, so play it a little safe nd you shouldn't have any trouble.
Waterfall
Starting Weapon: Sword
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Large Healing Salve
1 Restore
Enemies:
4 Men with Snake Swords
2 Men with Halberds
1 Unarmed Man
1 Man with an Axe
Jen
This area starts with a match against Jen. Defeat her with regular attacks,
combos, or by tricking her off the edge of the waterfall. If you choose to
fight her, she does have a decent health boost once she starts to get low on
health. As Jen is defeated, a cut scene will leave Li Mu Bai with his back to
the waterfall and several enemies advancing on him. You are in a bad place
right now, so get away from the waterfall even if it means taking a hit or two.
Once clear, turn your attention on the two men with snake swords, the man with
a halberd (drops a small salve), and the man with an axe. As these foes fall,
they will be replaced by two more snake swords, another halberd, and an unarmed
man. Other item locations are the same as Jen's visit in her scene five. If
you want an easy pass, feel free to trick the enemies over the waterfall. No
matter how you beat them, the scene ends with the last opponent.
Li Mu Bai Scene 5
Cave Entrance
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
2 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Antidote
Enemies:
None
Welcome to the last scene. You'll know if you have earned Shu Lien's ending
trigger right away. If you have gotten it, Li Mu Bai will have the Green
Destiny for the whole scene. If not, he will use a sword. These are all new
areas, and some are quite rough if you're not comfortable with the controls.
Well, let's get started. Please note the purple water flowing around the whole
room. As you might have guessed purple water is bad. It hurts if you touch
it, but not very much. Don't panic if you fall into it, but make sure you're
not standing in it if you decide to go make a sandwich. Look down from where
you start. On the first island a pot is hiding a small salve. Return to the
starting point via the eastern ramp. Now, the first jump is to the short
pillar east and then jump northeast to another pillar. Next jump east to a
semi-large landing and carefully navigate the narrow bridge to the next
landing. If you jump straight up and down, you should see a pole spanning part
of the room. You may need to adjust the camera a little. That pole is your
next destination. Mu Bai will swing around and land on top of a small
waterfall. The current is pretty fast and can push Mu Bai right off of it, so
jump relatively quickly to the long overhang to the east. This is a checkpoint
of sorts. If you fell from the waterfall, there is a pillar nearby which is
low enough for Li Mu Bai to jump and hang onto. He can flip himself up on top
of it and save you a long trek back to the start. The next long overhang lies
southeast. There is an antidote in the pot on the end of the overhang, so grab
it at your own risk. You can see an alcove in the southeast which contains a
small salve hiding in a pot. Once in the alcove, the camera seems to refuse to
let you move it, so falling is most likely. Run back to the waterfall and look
for the low pillar or try to wall jump from the southeast wall to the short
overhang nearby. Return to the long overhang near the alcove, and the short
(broken looking) overhang to the east is your next destination. A short hop
east to another long overhang and we're almost done. The pot on this overhang
is empty. You should see the exit, and a long jumping glide should reach it.
Before running through it, double wall jump in front of the exit to reach an
upper level where a medium salve hides in a pot. Drop back down and exit to
the next area.
Hallway
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Large Healing Salve
1 Antidote
1 Restore
Enemies:
None
Just make your way down this long hall and collect any goodies you want on the
way. The pot southeast of your starting position holds a small salve. Travel
east over or through the large pool of purple water. Smash the second statue
for a medium salve and the pots just north for an antidote. Head west to see
several pits spanning the room. The first two jumps are pretty short and can
easily be overshot. The last jump is very long. A great jump will make it
standing. A good jump will leave Mu Bai hanging from the edge. Either way
gets you across. If you fall, head east through the water to find a ledge to
climb back up and try again. Look at the three statues along the wall. The
middle one is trapped, but it's worth it for the reward. As the statue
shatters, a large pot drops from the ceiling. There's a good chance it will
land on your head doing small damage, othwerwise just smash it open for a large
salve. The next pit is tricky and annoying. There is a stack of unbreakable
boxes in the middle and landing on them is what it wants you to do. Below this
stack is a wooden box. You can jump, flip, glide from this wooden box to the
next landing, but you'll miss a restore and the small salve inside the box.
Return back to the first jump area for a low ledge which will get you back up
in case you fall. If you manage to land on the stack of boxes, jump up to
swing on a pole and land in an alcove where a restore hides in a box. Glide
down to the landing below. Line yourself left of center and jump up for a
series of poles to swing on. You should end by hanging off of a small ledge.
If you're too far right, you must return and jump back up to the landing and
try again. Smash the left statue near the exit for a small salve and head out.
Cave Crossroad
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
Dragon Spirit
Enemies:
Hard to keep count
After a cut scene, enemies start to drop from the heavens. It is too difficult
to count how many of which type as many of them miss the platform you're
standing on and are never heard from again. Just bash through them and feel
free to knock any you wish off the platform for easy kills. When the torches
light, take the southern exit. New note! After defeating the enemies, start
walking to the dragon/tiger door. There's a small area below the platform
which leads to the door. In the area is a box. In the box is a Dragon Spirit.
Getting back up to the platform can be tricky, but if you remember climbing the
tower in Beijing, you can use similar techniques to get out. To summarize it:
jump out of the alcove without hitting your head on the top, and flip up onto
the platform.
Dark Passage
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
3 Small Healing Salves
1 Antidote
Enemies:
None
Nothing too threatening here. Just make your way down and use the map for
help. If you go up stairs, then you're heading the wrong way. The first group
of pots you'll see hide a small salve. The second statue just northeast of the
pool of purple water also has a small salve. A pot located southwest of the
purple pool has an antidote. Continuing down, a stalagmite cuts an alcove in
two. A pot to the south of this stalagmite near a torch hides a small. Exit.
Caverns
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve
1 Medium Healing Salve will be dropped by an opponent
1 Antidote
Dragon Key
Enemies:
2 Men with Axes
2 Men with Gladius
1 Man with a Halberd
Face off with the five enemies at the start. They're pretty hearty, so take
your time. Also, be careful about blasting them off the platform you're
fighting on. If you do, there's a good chance you'll have to jump down after
them and finish them off. If you do jump down or fall, there is a ladder on
east side of the map which will take you back to the starting platform. On the
north side of the map, you can see a long peninsula jutting south. On this
peninsula are a small salve and an antidote hidden in pots. Otherwise, make
your way from platform to platform working your way southwest. Your goal is
the top of the waterfall in the southwest corner. Once you make it there, jump
your way up stream (the current is fast enough to sweep you off) until you see
a small platform with two chests on top. The box on the left will drop an
empty statue on your head, but the box on the right contains the dragon key.
You're done here. There are two exits. The way you came in (blue torches) or
a green torch door on the lower level. This green torch door will take you to
the Cave Entrance from the beginning of the scene. I recommend getting out the
way you came in via the eastern exit.
Dark Passage
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
Nothing New
Enemies:
None
Use the map to get out. Don't go down any steps this time. All stairways
should lead up.
Cave Crossroad
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
None
Enemies:
None
One key down, one to go. Make your way to the northern exit.
Abyss
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
None
Enemies:
None
This is not as tricky as some might lead you to believe. One of the basic keys
to this area is that the left wall is your best friend. Stay near it. First
jump to a northern platform. Then a simple jump up to the next landing. The
next jump is a hanger. Jump up and hang and flip up. Stay on the left wall,
but the next jump is too tall. Don't worry, jump around the tall platform for
another higher level. You can make the tall platform you went around from this
new platform. Jump up east to another hanger. Flip up and make your way
southwest. Jump straight up to see a pole to swing on. Go for it. This will
deposit you right in front of the exit. Before you get too excited, grab the
small salve to the west.
Cave Crossroads
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve dropped by an opponent
1 Antidote
Tiger Key
Enemies:
3 Men with Gladius
2 Men with Axes
The name of this area will come into play later, but for now just stay on
target. As you cross the narrow bridge, three men with gladius will attack.
It is a good idea to dash or jump past these enemies so you don't fall off the
edge. Take them down and head into the cave. Two men with axes wait for you,
and the front one will drop a small salve. Take them out and jump up on the
eastern ledge. Smash the pot up there for an antidote. Next jump over to the
other ledge. Smash the statue and another one will fall to the right. Smash
the new statue and another one falls to the left. Smash the third and a box
falls in the center. Inside this box is the tiger key. Now retun to the
bridge. This is located just above the room you need to get to. So instead of
backtracking, feel free to jump and glide down to the large landing below. Go
to the eastern door and press the action (L3) button twice to set both keys and
unlock the door.
Pathway
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
1 Small Healing Salve (1 more will be dropped by an opponent)
1 Medium Healing Salve
1 Large Healing Salve
1 Dragon's Spirit
Enemies:
2 Men with Gladius
2 Men with Axes
As you venture down the pathway, two men with gladius will try to stop you.
Beat them down and proceed. Flanking the exit are two men with axes (one of
whom will drop a small salve). Finish them off and the exit torches will
ignite. Before running through the exit, take a moment or two to get some of
the area's goodies. A large covered pot in the southeast has a medium salve
and a large rock against the northeast wall hides a small one. Now return to
the entrance and jump up onto a platform on the south wall. Jump to another
platform to the northeast. If you have a weapon drawn, put it away and jump
to the small ledge to the east. You can't land on it, but you can grab it.
Make your way around by hand over hand until you drop on top of a wall. Walk
carefully down the wall and smash the pot for a large salve. Jump to the east
for a new area and smash the statue for a dragon's spirit. Now take the east
exit.
Jade Fox's Lair
Starting Weapon: Sword/Green Destiny
Items:
4 Small Healing Salves
1 Medium Healing Salve
2 Antidotes
Enemies:
Jade Fox
Jade Fox
Jade Fox
This is it. This is the last round. So, let me get right to the locations of
the salves. There is a small salve behind a northwest wall, two smalls behind
a northeast wall in pots, a small salve and an antidote are hiding in a group
of pots to the east, a medium salve is on the ground in the southeast, and an
antidote lies in a pot behind a southern wall. Now, down to business. Fight
Jade Fox hard in the first part. She'll fly around and throw poison darts in a
very annoying fashion. You can try to dodge by jumping and running, hide behind
walls, or just take it like a man. When she's not flying around throwing her
little joy darts, she'll run around and try to get her sword on you. Smack her
around whenever she gets close. If she jumps straight up, move. As she
reaches the peak of the jump, she'll throw poison knives. Just keep slamming
her around and when her health is gone a small cut scene will lead you to the
next part of the fight. Ten combo blocks and ten special moves, oh and you're
also permanently poisoned. No antidotes or restores will cure this poison, so
from here on out, keep an eye on your health. At least Jade Fox doesn't fly
around anymore, but she does jump like a jack rabbit. Just keep going and try
to keep count of blocks and special moves. As the last block/special is
completed a message flashes up on the screen. This message signals the third
and last part of the fight. The message says, "Defeat Jade Fox." Anything
goes now. Keep watching your health and use combos, specials, regular attacks,
anything to wear Jade Fox down. This final battle is surprisingly easy, but
don't take it for granted for even a second or the Fox will make you hurt.
Beat her down and sit back to watch whatever ending you triggered. Save your
game twice as it asks. The first will allow you to restart as Jen with all of
the characters' experience levels in tact, and the second save will unlock the
special mode on the main menu.
VII. Endings
The following is a list of all the different endings and what triggers are
required to unlock them. As a note, Jen's trigger is getting her comb back
from Lo; Shu Lien's trigger has so far eluded me; and Li Mu Bai's trigger is
finding all four items for the antidote. All known trigger locations and
tricks are located in the walkthrough section.
Side notes for Shu Lien's trigger: redbead has posed that it is activated by
either beating Jen fairly when playing as Li Mu Bai (trigger activated) or by
cheating her off the edge of the waterfall (trigger not activated). Also
suggested by redbead is that collecting as many antidote flowers as Shu Lien
may also be a part of it. My own note is that when Shu Lien's trigger is
activated, Li Mu Bai will carry the Green Destiny in his last scene. When her
trigger is not activated, Mu Bai will carry a normal Sword.
I played through again recently with a save at Li Mu Bai's scene 3. I played
through once fighting Jen normally and Shu Lien's trigger was activated. The
second time I lured her off the waterfall and Shu Lien's trigger was not
activated. I tried to play everything else as similarly as possible. I am
convinced that redbead is absolutely correct in identifying this trigger. It
has nothing to do with Shu Lien, but go figure.
A New Dawn - Jen's trigger, Shu Lien's trigger, and Li Mu Bai's trigger
Bittersweet - Shu Lien's trigger
Thunder Cloud - Jen's trigger
The Path of Wudan - Shu Lien's trigger and Li Mu Bai's trigger
Broken Promise - Li Mu Bai's trigger
Attonement - Jen's trigger and Shu Lien's trigger (verified by Shunichiro)
Love Conquers - Jen's trigger and Li Mu Bai's trigger
Dark Days - No ending triggers
VIII. Secrets
None yet. Just some secret areas which are all located in the walkthrough.
In Tsai's camp, there is a large area of the map which seems inaccessible. Any
person who finds a way in there, please let me know! Maybe someone can shark
it and see what's in there...
IX. Thank You's
Of course thanks to CJayC for GameFAQ's which is this guide's original home.
Thanks go to DarkKnight12 for being the first to tell me about planting the
Jing Seed.
Thanks also go to New Day Dawning for confirming the Jing Seed info.
Thanks to Shunichiro for verifying the triggers needed for the Attonement
ending.
Big thanks to redbead for possibly nailing Shu Lien's trigger!
Thanks to tjm113 for an alternate trick to reaching the Tiger's Claw.
I tried to acknowledge people where appropriate in the FAQ, but I wanted to
make sure their contributions were known.