hint on how to progress(Castle)?

[DimLightBulb]

I am trying to get into castle le faux and have been stuck for 2 days now. I explored all around the catacombs and around the castle and the forest but all I found were 2 black books. can I have a hint on how to progress, no spoilers please. thank you.

[vile]

The castle is accessed through the cattle pens, and you have to do something to the small pedestal to the right of the door. The color of the door is a clue.

[Neurological]

Use a blood spell on the pedestal on the left side of where you enter.

[vile]

Bit more than a "hint", don't you think?

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by vile:

Bit more than a "hint", don't you think?

Only other way to explain it would be the plants from the forest, besides the door color the game could have left some sort of note.

[Calculus]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Originally posted by vile:

Bit more than a "hint", don't you think?

Only other way to explain it would be the plants from the forest, besides the door color the game could have left some sort of note.

I can't disagree on the note, the only reason why i figured it out was because i remembered thats what you did with plants, so i thought why not to try and i'm pretty sure you can skip those plants.

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by Calculus:

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Only other way to explain it would be the plants from the forest, besides the door color the game could have left some sort of note.

I can't disagree on the note, the only reason why i figured it out was because i remembered thats what you did with plants, so i thought why not to try and i'm pretty sure you can skip those plants.

You need to go through that area to get the ring in the first place, issue being no other door in the game requires this besides that one.

[Reverend Slapimus]

Was stuck here too. The door has a pedistal for a key slot, had no clue you just zap the damn door with a spell. Makes no sense... pretty bad design honestly.

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by Bumfire Lit:

Was stuck here too. The door has a pedistal for a key slot, had no clue you just zap the damn door with a spell. Makes no sense... pretty bad design honestly.

Its the lack of any communication, At least the forest gave hints via notes and environmental detail.

[vile]

Originally posted by Bumfire Lit:

Was stuck here too. The door has a pedistal for a key slot, had no clue you just zap the damn door with a spell. Makes no sense... pretty bad design honestly.

There's a note in an earlier zone that tells you the vampires used to use the blood of cattle to open the door, but I can't remember exactly where I found it.

[Reverend Slapimus]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Originally posted by Bumfire Lit:

Was stuck here too. The door has a pedistal for a key slot, had no clue you just zap the damn door with a spell. Makes no sense... pretty bad design honestly.

Its the lack of any communication, At least the forest gave hints via notes and environmental detail.

Agree 100%. Forest gave you multiple ques through the environment.

[hot man one eyeball]

I mean you gotta go through the Sanguine Sea to get there, and its a zone full of blood and skeletons. Not to mention the doors you interacted to up to that point didn't have a pedestal like that, so you shouldn't be conditioned in any way to think it needs a key.

I do agree that it could've been signposted a little better though, since you can access the area without ever having been to the Forest and not being guaranteed to have a blood spell yet.

[Reverend Slapimus]

Originally posted by hot man one eyeball:

I mean you gotta go through the Sanguine Sea to get there, and its a zone full of blood and skeletons. Not to mention the doors you interacted to up to that point didn't have a pedestal like that, so you shouldn't be conditioned in any way to think it needs a key.

I do agree that it could've been signposted a little better though, since you can access the area without ever having been to the Forest and not being guaranteed to have a blood spell yet.

Forbidden Archives possibly has the first encounter with these doors, yet even with all the books over the entire zone, nothing is even hinted at that you can even open them with spells.

edit: requires specific spells like the strange coin is a good example.

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by hot man one eyeball:

I mean you gotta go through the Sanguine Sea to get there, and its a zone full of blood and skeletons. Not to mention the doors you interacted to up to that point didn't have a pedestal like that, so you shouldn't be conditioned in any way to think it needs a key.

I do agree that it could've been signposted a little better though, since you can access the area without ever having been to the Forest and not being guaranteed to have a blood spell yet.

The lake isn’t an indicator of anything while there haven’t been pedestals the player at this point opened a door with a key, not far fetched to think the same would be applied to that door heck the other doors only need neckless.

[hot man one eyeball]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Originally posted by hot man one eyeball:

I mean you gotta go through the Sanguine Sea to get there, and its a zone full of blood and skeletons. Not to mention the doors you interacted to up to that point didn't have a pedestal like that, so you shouldn't be conditioned in any way to think it needs a key.

I do agree that it could've been signposted a little better though, since you can access the area without ever having been to the Forest and not being guaranteed to have a blood spell yet.

The lake isn’t an indicator of anything

I disagree. Its part of how I figured it out for myself. The games pretty exploration focused, so running through a blood lake and coming upon a castle, my mind went to vampires, which had been mentioned in a lore book earlier in the game. I saw the sign next to the door which read "Cattle Cells", and putting vampire and cattle together, blood was the obvious answer. Having used the Blood Spray spell earlier in the game to interact with the plants/create a shortcut, I tried it on the pedestal, and it worked.

By no means do I think that that absolutely has to be the intended way to figure it out, and its also not perfect as I mentioned earlier, you may not come across the lore books I did, and may not have gone through the forest to get the spell/have the interaction with plants. But I'd think if it were that difficult to figure out, you'd see more threads on it here, which I personally haven't.

[Bankai9212]

The castle has been out in early access for awhile, some me included checked guides Without the books you wouldn’t assume vampires owned the castle in question. Heck Clive could have hinted via his stories.