

Head clockwise around to the next section. You can now enter the locked room, clear the corruption, and break the chain. Drop it in place, then ride the next box across to the final pressure pad. Hit it twice, to drop and then raise for the side wind, and ride the box across to the pressure pad.

Carry this box above the sideways wind, then run up the steps and jump on it. On this next platform, drop it on the pressure pad, and activate the switch for a new box. On the next level, drop it in front of the wind that blows sideways, then raise it so the wind can blow it across. You can do this by shooting an arrow at your feet. Here, activate the switch and climb on the box, then hit it. You’re two chains down now, so glide back to the statue and take the next clockwise path. Pull the last box over to you, drop it on the pressure pad, and break the chain. Once you’ve done this (or ran through and attacked them on foot), climb the column near the beginning of the area and jump from cube to cube until you reach the platform at the end. One tip is to stand in the starting area and use Apollo’s arrow to clear them all out. It’s a simple maze, but is peppered with enemies there to make life difficult. The next area is a maze with cubes around the path. With the first chain - and the statue’s face - at six o’clock, we’ll go clockwise from here. The first one can be broken by hitting corruption in front of you, but the other four each require you to complete a puzzle. Your job here is to break the five chains around the statue. Hit the two cubes blocking the way to go through the gate. This is the first stage of the Vault cleared, but as this is an essence Vault, there’s a bit more to it. On the upper level, pull a box from the lower level, throw it so you can jump and climb it, then jump from there to the next ledge. You should be close enough to the wall that you only need to pull another one for height to climb up, but if you’re too far, you’ll have to throw and glide for this one too. Pull the next one, throw it, then glide and land on it. Grab the nearest and pull it so you can climb it. On this level, you’ll see many floating cubes. That means going to the Vault of Ares, which features boxes which will float and drop as you hit them.Īs you enter, you’ll have to hit one of these boxes to make it float, carry it to the wall, then jump on to climb up. Ares’ questline is out of sync with the rest, because here, you’ll have to get his essence back first.
