How far into the game is the cathedral?

[Nik.]

I'm only about 6 hours in and I'm really enjoying it so far. I heard the cathedral can be pretty tedious but that the game really takes off after the cathedral. Just wondering how far into the game the cathedral is.

[Tikus Tycoon]

Almost the end. But it is so huge. I got lost for 3 hours and finally looked at a walkthrough

[Nik.]

Originally posted by Tikus Tycoon:

Almost the end. But it is so huge. I got lost for 3 hours and finally looked at a walkthrough

Damn I though it was closer to the start of the game.

[Alex]

Almost the end? Hm.. There are still about 7 areas and even more bosses after the cathedral.

[Tikus Tycoon]

But they aren't huge. That cathedral felt like forever tho....and when i thought i have finished it...oh no it's still going....then i cried and threw up
..but kept going

[Tikus Tycoon]

After that you quickly get to the end it feels so fast

[Xengre]

Cathedral is probably around the 30-40% mark I'd estimate assuming DLC excluded and depending on if you do the depths in full (if you include that stuff prob closer to the 30% part).

[PlutonArioch]

Originally posted by Tikus Tycoon:

Almost the end. But it is so huge. I got lost for 3 hours and finally looked at a walkthrough

Almost the end? Its pretty much the start of the game. You getting lost in it has nothing to do with where it is in the progression, only with your lacking sense of direction.
Before cathedral, you have three areas and three bosses (not counting the tutorial and home base), which ease you into the game, and showcase the mechanics. Then when you should have learned the game, you reach the cathedral, a jump in difficulty, and it starts for real. With seven to nine areas (depending on how you separate them), and eleven bosses coming after it, not counting the cathedral itself. Also not counting the depths maps from all those locations.

[Elvi]

Honestly, if you just relax and go slow while looking arund or especialy under you when you plan on dropping from a ledge.... the cathedrals is not too bad AND you have to complete the maze only once..

[CyberWire]

I occasionally boot the game up from time to time, and perhaps Im not the brightest peanut in the packet but I get stuck there for hoursssssss

[Giblix]

Originally posted by Alex:

Almost the end? Hm.. There are still about 7 areas and even more bosses after the cathedral.

I was about to say. the Cathedral is more in the middle. just before the middle at about 40%.

As for it being tedious. The first part can seem overwhelming. But if you explore and have a half decent memory. You'll see that it is actually very linear and straight forward. Only the last part can be a bit difficult to find the path to get to the chest with the key needed to open the final door. Other then that it looks more imposing then it really is. You rarely drop down. You only do that if all other regular options of progress have been used up. The map is really straight forward if you got half a brain.

[venom[arf]]

Originally posted by Nikster:

I'm only about 6 hours in and I'm really enjoying it so far. I heard the cathedral can be pretty tedious but that the game really takes off after the cathedral. Just wondering how far into the game the cathedral is.

Whoever said that to you, lied.

It's the same trash afterwards, it only feels like it "takes off" because the Cathedral is such a gargantuan unfun slog that almost completely covers the second half of the game. Anything feels better after that.

[Donoghu]

The Cathedral can be either a pain in the butt or a really great and good time depending on how you tackle it. Most of the people who complained about it is due to either 1 particular part (that is hard to guess) as I have, myself, been stuck on that specific part (but I had fun looking for it), the highly repetitiveness of the environment (which acts as a part of why it's a bit hard to find certain areas/path) or how the enemies starts to have attacks and abilities that requires precise defensive tactics to be dealt with. It comes to the point where the weapon and veil you use actually matter which, up to that point, had little impact on the difficulty other than if you really aren't able to use them.

Those who aren't doing great in the Cathedral will usually struggle (or move extremely slowly) in the following areas like the Ridge of Frozen Souls (with the Boreal Brutes) or at the City of Falling Flame because of the fire-damaging environment and the enemies that pushes you back (mixed together and it's not rare you get yourself into some quick cheap deaths).

The Cathedral is after the Dried-up Trenches so if you ever reach that place (which is a bit large so it's not exactly next door either), you'll be soon at the Cathedral.

One of the reason why people might mistakenly point out the Cathedral as the "close to the end" is because they forgot that you travel to that place multiple times in the game as you "unlock" new path through moving in the story. Hence, you travel there at around 35% of the game, then again further in the game, giving a sense that the Cathedral is close to the end of the game.