Welcome to the eighth part of our walkthrough for MIO: Memories in Orbit.
After severing both The Breath and The Blood, Shii directs us to head to the Vaults underneath Haven, where we’ll have to find The Hand.
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Table of contents
Activating the <Redacted> Attuner
From the Nexus Attuner, fast travel to the Promenade Entrance Attuner. Go all the way to the west and use the elevator to head to L-1: <redacted>.
Keep heading right till you reach the floral area. Now that you’ve got the Strider, you can use it to scale up the grates marked in the image above.
Go to the branch on the upper section.
From here continue heading right, using the grates.
Once you make it across, keep moving forward to spot the <redacted> Attuner. Activate it and update your map.
From the Attuner, the main path is through the vent on the left. But before you head through, go all the way to the right side.
Scale up the left-most wall, then jump to the flower in the red grass to hit it and refill your energy. Glide to the left to reach a platform with an item on it. This gives you a Candle.
Return to the Attuner and brace yourself. This zone is all about precision platforming, but we’ll guide you through all the sections to make things easier.
How to Become Dr. Halyn’s Assistant
Continue through the vent and drop down to the lower level. You’ll see a Crystallized Nacre on the ground. Pick it up and continue forward.
Drop down through the floor and quickly grab the surface. The bomb on the right is a proximity bomb, and it’ll explode after two seconds when you get near it. These bombs will keep respawning infinitely, and you can strike them to refill your energy.
From the grate, jump to the left grate and grab it using your Strider. Hit the bomb below you to refill your energy and continue moving left.
There’s another bomb past this point that you can use to refill your energy.
Past this point, you’ll land on a set of pipes. That’s the first section done and dusted.
From here, grab the ceiling on the left and continue moving across. Halfway through, let go and grab the bottom part of the grate.
You’ll have enough energy left to make it to the platform on the left.
Jump on the hanging grate and scurry across the ceiling to the left to reach another hanging grate.
You can drop down and head forward now. This is a safe point.
There will be two flying enemies up ahead. Take them down. The big door on the left is locked from the other side.
So drop down and head right. You’ll reach a section with a hanging grate and two moving lasers.
Wait for the first laser to go past the grate, then quickly jump onto it. Then, as the first laser passes to the left, go to the underside of the grate. When the second laser passes to the left, climb back up and jump across to the right.
Drop down to the right to reach a section with moving blocks and lasers.
For the first segment, just stand on top of one of the blocks and ride it to the end.
Drop off to a safe pipe at the end.
Hang on to the underside of a block to pass the next laser beam.
For the next part, you’ll have to cling to the bottom part through the first laser and then quickly climb to the top while passing the second laser. Scale up the grate after the second laser to reach the next section.
Open the door on the right to unlock a shortcut back to the room where you fought the flying enemies. This section is extremely tricky.
Use the grapple point to go up and land on a hanging grate.
From here, you’ll want to first scale up the ceiling and hit the bomb above you.
Then glide across and hit the bomb below when the laser is at its downward position. Quickly grab the left surface and head up.
Jump to the right and hit the bomb here.
Jump to the right again and grab the surface. Scale up the wall, all the way to the ceiling, and let go.
Hit the bomb below you as you fall. Then glide across to the platform on the left.
Go all the way to the left and stand at the edge. From here, you can go across the underside of the grate to the right to find some Crystallised Nacre.
This next section is another moving block and laser parkour segment. Drop onto the platform below to get started.
Jump onto the block when it gets close and quickly cling to its right side.
As soon as it’s past the first set of lasers, scale to its top.
Drop down and hit the bomb below you to refill your energy. Then quickly jump to the right and grab the next block. Cling to its left side.
Climb to the top of the block once it’s past the laser. Then, up ahead, grab the grate on the background and start heading up.
Hit the bomb above you and continue going up.
After turning right, hit the bomb below you before you continue scaling forward. Otherwise, you won’t have enough energy to pass through.
Once you make it to a tunnel of pipes, continue running forward to reach a large chamber. Run to the center to find Dr Halyn’s Employment Ledger.
Interact with it to apply for the position. Then answer the questions correctly to become Dr. Halyn’s Assistant.
Go left from the large chamber first to collect the Split Process Modifier.
Return to the chamber and start heading right. You’ll see the door close before you. But since you’re Dr. Halyn’s Assistant, you can interact with the door to Show Credentials and open it.
There’s another door up ahead. Continue heading all the way to the right to loop back to the elevator. We’re done with this zone. So make your way back to the Promenade Entrance Attuner.
Unlocking the Vaults Attuner
From the Promenade Entrance Attuner, head left, past the enemy, and drop down in front of the locked door that you saw before. You can now access it now that you’re Dr. Halyn’s Assistant.
Head through the door to find a Pearl Record on the ground. Pick it up, then continue heading downward, along the left path.
You’ll reach a Shuttle in the lower floor. Use it to descend to the Vaults.
After getting off the shuttle, there are two paths you can take. The path on the right leads across a long, narrow tunnel to a locked door. So head left. You’ll reach a purple barrier.
From here, scale the wall and go through the hole at the top.
Enter the pipe and continue moving through the area. This leads to a single exit. So continue moving through the pipe.
You’ll find the Vaults Attuner near the exit of the pipe. Activate it. The door on the left is locked and requires the Vaults’ Worker Authenticator, so don’t worry about it just now.
Continue heading right to enter a large robot manufacturing station. This room connects to several places but most of the doors are locked for now.
Before you do anything, drop down to the bottom and go to the right. There’s a purple barrier door at the end of the path.
Backtrack a bit and start scaling the cabinet above you. Go all the way to the top to find an open drawer.
Head into the drawer to find a Coating Component.
Drop down to the ground floor of the room and head to the left. The door up ahead is locked from the other side. Use the grapple point above you to reach the upper platform on the left.
Enter the pipe and start making your way across.
Unlocking The Lab Attuner
An NPC will ask for help up ahead.
After exiting the pipe, go right to find the entrance to another pipe.
Keep moving forward. You’ll have to scale the ceiling of the pipe at one point to avoid falling into gloomwater.
After exiting the pipe, continue moving to the left. You’ll find some Crystallised Nacre on a grate. Pick it up, then jump to the platform on the left and head through the open doorway
Keep moving forward to reach the Lab. A cutscene will trigger at this point as Dr. Halyn, The Hand, grabs you.
Unlike the other Pearls, Dr. Halyn is downright hostile.
Once the cutscene ends, you’ll find yourself in a dark chamber. Drop down and head right to find an elevator. Use it to get to L1: The Wheel.
Keep going left to find the Lab Attuner. Save your progress and update your map.
On the left, you’ll find the Torn Overseer for Vault’s Shuttle, but you can’t mend it as the Roots are too far away.
Keep going left to find another Shuttle. Call the Shuttle and use it to exit the zone.
The Shuttle will take you up to another section of <redacted>. After getting off, go left to find a Letter from Tomo.
Go to the right to find an elevator. This elevator connects back to The Severed Spine. Use it to head to L0: Workshop.
After exiting the elevator, head right. Note that Mel is missing from her usual spot.
Head outside and speak with Rad. She’s another one of Mel’s scraplings, and she tells you of the attack from the Vaults.
She asks for your help to rescue Mel and tells you that she’ll be waiting in the Vaults for you.
Talk to Shii. Then return to the Nexus Attuner and save your progress.
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Muhit Rahman lives off two things: gaming marathons and endless cups of tea. He writes guides, reviews, and occasionally forgets that real life doesn’t come with checkpoints. His favorite genres are Soulslike and Metroidvania, with Dark Souls III, Hollow Knight, and Dota 2 forever holding top spots on his all-time list.
