Welcome to Into Indie Games’ walkthrough for Chapters 7 & 8 of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy.
Sophia makes it out to safety for now. But she still needs to clear the third trial, find her way back to Faro, and figure out a way to rescue Leni.
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Table of contents
The Third Trial’s Entrance
After escaping the creature, Sophia is back outside. The third trial’s entrance is in sight.
Turn right and continue forward along the path.
You’ll see that the door to the first trial below is flooded. There’s a path on the left.
Shimmy across the ledge and continue forward till you spot a hole that you can grapple down from.
You’ll rappel down to a chamber filled with bones. The door has small mirrors attached to it, but there’s no light that you can reflect at it.
There are two levers in the room that let you adjust the lenses near the door. First, use the lever at the back to shine the light straight through the mirror up ahead.
Then use the second mirror to reflect the light on the platform in front of the door.
Stand on the lit platform and use the Light Splitting Sphere to reflect light to the three mirrors on the door and unlock it.
As you enter through the door, you’ll spot a soldier. Take him down. The soldiers have already started attacking your crewmates.
Go up the stairs and continue forward. You’ll find Sergio leaning by a tree.
You’ll see the enemy ships on the sea up ahead. Turn right and follow the path forward.
There’s a run-down building up ahead. Go all the way to the bottom.
Entering the Black Temple
As you step outside, you’ll see a bunch of soldiers around a tree. They’ve already slaughtered a bunch of your old comrades.
Fight off the soldiers.
Once the soldiers are dealt with, look for some wreckage that you can pull off using your Grapnel. The path continues through the rubble.
Jump onto the ledge on the right, past the rubble, and loop around until you spot a Grapple Point. Swing across and climb up using your Grapnel.
Drop down to the other side of the wall. You’ll spot another hole that you can drop through.
Make your way through the wreckage to find a tunnel. Interact with it to crawl out to the other side.
Use your Grapnel to pull down the ceiling and climb out.
Go forward and turn left. You’ll spot a platform with a zipline.
Jump across the gap and take out the enemies in the area.
Use your Grapnel to pull down the wreckage and continue forward.
You’ll have to swing across two Grapple Points to reach the mountain with the Black Temple.
Keep heading up the mountain until you reach the gate of the Black Temple. Take out the two guards trying to get the door open.
To open the door to the Black Temple, you have to solve a puzzle. Stand at the circular platform in front of the door and use the Light Reveal Sphere.
This shows some markings on the door. The markings indicate the order in which you have to activate the switches in the four pillars nearby.
So activate the rightmost switch first, then the one right next to it, then the leftmost switch, followed by the one next to it to open the door. We’ve marked the order in the image above.
The door opens, and you can head inside for the third trial.
Progressing Through the Third Trial
Proceed through the black temple. You’ll pass a room with hanging cauldrons. Just keep walking straight ahead till you squeeze through a large door.
This takes you to a large circular room. The soldiers are already here.
Fight them off. There’s a big hole in the middle. Be careful that you don’t fall in.
Opening the Large Door
Once the enemies are down, you’ll spot a large door with skulls on it. The door is locked.
To open it, go down the stairs and check the floor for a circular platform. Stand on it and use Light Reveal Sphere on the nearby wall to find a switch. Press the switch.
Follow the light as it moves around the chamber. As the wall breaks, more enemies rush in. Take them down.
You’ll find another circular platform where you fought the enemies. Use the Light Reveal Sphere to find another switch and activate it.
Return to the large door. There’s a Receptacle here. Interact with it.
The platform rotates, and some mirrors appear near the pit. You’ll also notice three small mirrors where you can use the Light Splitting Sphere.
Interact with the Receptacle to move the central mirror around. Position it near the green mirror in the middle.
Then stand over the circular platform and use Light Splitting as shown in the image above.
This will create a series of platforms that you can use to descend into the pit.
Opening the Trial Door
Jump across the platforms and slowly make your way down to the bottom. Turn right, and you’ll spot a path through the bottom of the grate.
Go to the far end of the passage. There’s a grapple point you can use to swing across the gap.
From here, jump to the ledge on the left, swing across, and jump down to the other side of the zone.
Jump across the broken stairs from here and turn right at the edge to spot another platform you can jump to.
Go forward, turn right, and jump across the gap to reach the other side.
There’s another broken grate here that you can squeeze through.
Go forward, and the door should be on your left. Open it using Daedalus’s Key and head in.
Theseus’s Memories
As you enter through the door, Sophia gets pulled into another one of Theseus’s Memories.
Surviving the Gauntlet
After the cutscene, you’ll have to defeat your rivals to progress through the elimination round. This is a one-on-one combat arena where defeating your opponent advances you to the next fight. Step onto the platform to start the first fight.
Winning the first fight takes you to the second rival wielding dual swords.
The third fight is against a shield and mace wielder.
The final fight is against a spearman. Defeat him to trigger a cutscene.
Evading the Creature
Surviving the gauntlet lets you through to an escape arena. There are three lit platforms in the arena. You need to avoid the creature and make it to one of the platforms to survive.
The idea is the same as when you faced the creature as Sophia. Use covers to avoid the creature’s breathing and continue moving through the zone. There’s only one platform that you can claim. But the path is linear. So you shouldn’t have too much trouble figuring it out.
When you make it to the final platform, it’ll take you to the top where you need to face another champion.
Defeat Cercyon
As you enter the combat arena, you’ll spot another champion up ahead wielding a sword and a shield. Head toward him to trigger a boss fight.
The fight against Cercyon can be tough. He’s fast and has a lot of Red Attacks that you must dodge. Focus on dodging and parrying his attacks to break his posture. This will leave him open for a Critical Strike, eating a huge chunk of his health pool.
You’ll have to drop his health to zero twice to complete the battle.
Reaching the Waterfall Room
After winning the champion battle, Sophia returns to the present. Use the zipline to head down to the wreckage of the third trial.
There’s not much to do here. You don’t have to complete any trials. Just continue moving along the path until you reach the door at the end.
Through the door, you’ll spot a boat. Hop on it to cross the water.
Hold on to the round metal object on the other side to trigger a cutscene as you enter the room where Faro is holding Leni hostage.
Sophia wants to hand over the Sphere and put everything behind her. But Faro refuses to let her go.
Once Sophia heads down the elevator, continue through the passage to reach the Labyrinth.
Continue forward to trigger a cutscene as Sophia gets another glimpse of Theseus’s Memories.
As she reaches the Receptacle in the Labyrinth, the creature appears. Everyone runs away, leaving Sophia and Leni as Sophia falls to the ground. This is where the chapter ends.
Chapter 8 – Resonance
Chapter 8 begins with young Sophia standing in a dark room. There’s a thread of light on the ground. Follow it.
The whole chapter is basically about young Sophia following the thread of light. The chapter is pretty straightforward.
As you walk through her memories, there will be moments where you find Sophia and Leni on the ground in the dark Labyrinth. You’ll hear Leni call out to Sophia, trying to wake her up. But as you get closer, you’re pulled into a different moment in the memory.
Keep moving through the memories, and eventually, you’ll be able to reach Sophia and wake her up.
When you wake up, you’ll see the similar thread of light on the ground. Follow it toward the large Minotaur statue.
You’ll see a path heading down. Go down the stairs.
Continue along the passage after reaching the bottom to trigger another cutscene.
This is the first time you see Theseus. She tells you that you’re close and only the light can save you. This is where the chapter ends.
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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.
