Alternative way into city of tears?

[Safavi]

Hey is there another way to get into the area without the use of the platforming section?

I remember there was a door with a key and a vendor that sells a key in the "hub" area. Is that a viable solution?

Because I am mediocre at platforming (I love the game still its just really frustrating at times due to my slow reaction time but I can do most of the platforming segments fine its just the really hard/complex ones that are a pain) and would really love to finish the game and not give up thanks!

[goldenjw]

There is indeed another speed-running strat involving dying near the house of Salubra (the charm merchant), and then down-slashing on your shade to jump higher, but I think it's better to do the conventional route...
That platforming section is your chance to get used to wall-jumping combined with air-dashing, which you'll be using a lot in the game; you'd have to master that sooner or later anyway.

[simperino]

I have a problem with the platforming section to the city of tears as well, i don't see mto get enough air on the bouncy mushrooms to get through the area. Am i doing somethign wrong?

[wataniyob]

Originally posted by ▲◤▲:

I have a problem with the platforming section to the city of tears as well, i don't see mto get enough air on the bouncy mushrooms to get through the area. Am i doing somethign wrong?

Strike down with your nail while you're in midair to bounce off the mushrooms.

[wataniyob]

As for answering the question for whether there's another way to get into the City of Tears - if you're talking about the platforming right before you use the City Crest then there is another way that also doesn't involve dying and using your shade (like you do to perform the skip next to Salubra's shop).

If you beat the boss of Fungal Wastes, exploring enough of the area past that boss will net you an item which allows you to use the trams, and you can take the tram in that area to a new area below the City and climb up to the City (although the climb is also a bit of platforming with a bit of a hard jump at one point).

[Darc Vader]

You can also get in to the east side of the city from the Resting Grounds, can you not? Or is that the elevator you need to activate from the other side first?

Edit: I'm fairly certain that you can since I skipped past dung defender on my last run.
Also spoiler editing.

Re-edit: nevermind, that way requires an ability from inside the city, it does let you skip the waterways though

[TheBrightKing]

Originally posted by wataniyob:

As for answering the question for whether there's another way to get into the City of Tears - if you're talking about the platforming right before you use the City Crest then there is another way that also doesn't involve dying and using your shade (like you do to perform the skip next to Salubra's shop).

If you beat the boss of Fungal Wastes, exploring enough of the area past that boss will net you an item which allows you to use the trams, and you can take the tram in that area to a new area below the City and climb up to the City (although the climb is also a bit of platforming with a bit of a hard jump at one point).

You can also skip that platforming if you use the tram pass to go to the last tram station at the right. The most platforming there would be jump from platform to platform with little to no risk ans you would enter the city from the right side unlocking a stag station in the way

[CJones]

It is possible to get into the City of Tears from the east side. But that involves going through Crystal Peak and the Resting Grounds. Trust me, you do not want to do that..

[Darc Vader]

Originally posted by CJones:

It is possible to get into the City of Tears from the east side. But that involves going through Crystal Peak and the Resting Grounds. Trust me, you do not want to do that..

It is possible, but, unless I'm wrong, it requires Desolate Dive/Descending Dark to do so. If you just go left you hit the tram; to get to the elevator to the City of Tears you have to go through the fragile grave(?) on the bottom right of the main room in the resting grounds and go left from there. The path below Xero only opens from the bottom. So yes you can get into the east end of the City of Tears via Resting Grounds, to do so requires first beating the Soul Master who is inside the City.
That was my first thought as well, but it doesn't really help TC with their dilemma. It does, however, let you completely skip over the Royal Waterways (at least temporarily) which are a pain anyway, and means you don't need to use a simple key to enter.

[ElectroRanger]

I'm surprised no one mentioned this but... if you find that particular road to the city too hard, there's a certain item in crystal peak that allows you to super dash towards the end of the bridge. Albeit you'd be better off using mantis claws for that and then going to the peak after getting a certain ability inside the city, but it's still viable if that's one challenge you don't think you'll make.

[Darc Vader]

Huh, never actually considered that. That's actually a great idea

[Rei Scarlette]

Other people have given a number of solutions about getting into the City of Tears in a different way, so I don't have much more to say there. I'll talk about the main entrance instead.

I don't know if you already know this, but just in case, it might be helpful to know that you can dash off of a wall while hanging onto it, you don't have to always jump off of a wall or move away from it first. Very often in spiked walljump puzzles the answer is simply to dash straight off of the wall when you are correctly aligned with the next safe spot, and there's no need for difficult platforming tricks, just a matter of timing.

I don't know how helpful that is to you, or if you'd prefer to just go around after all, but I thought it would be worth mentioning. As I recall it the segment before the City of Tears is slightly more difficult than some other segments, but easier than rescuing Bretta in Fungal Wastes, so once you are more familiar with the actual mechanics of walljumping it won't feel so bad anymore.

[wataniyob]

Originally posted by AlloyForce:

I'm surprised no one mentioned this but... if you find that particular road to the city too hard, there's a certain item in crystal peak that allows you to super dash towards the end of the bridge. Albeit you'd be better off using mantis claws for that and then going to the peak after getting a certain ability inside the city, but it's still viable if that's one challenge you don't think you'll make.

Originally posted by Darc Vader:

Huh, never actually considered that. That's actually a great idea

Once you get the item in Crystal Peak, you can actually just use super dash above Salubra's shop to get into the lower half of Resting Grounds and immediately gain access the right side (and therefore all) of the City, rather than just the left side like you do through the "main" entrance.

[Darc Vader]

Well if you have desolate dive you can reach that elevator at that point anyway.

[Safavi]

Hey thank you for everyones responses. I actually managed to finish that platforming section through shear luck and patience and have gotten to the boss for city of tears. Thank you everyone, kinda redundant since I did it the old fashioned way but the responses are apreciatted.

[ooczzy]

Originally posted by Darc Vader:

Well if you have desolate dive you can reach that elevator at that point anyway.

Desolate dive comes from the boss inside city of tears which kind of defeats the purpose of asking how to get in