DARKSIDERS
The Black Throne

october 28th, 2010
                    
The locations of all the chests, etc, and how to get to them are included 
but what’s in them is for you to find out. There’s a specific order for 
opening many portals, changing the order may also change the results.  
Also, when and where all minor battles are, are for you to discover, 
however I did add what I did to defeat bosses. I hope my walkthrough 
is of some help.  I am listing things in the order I did them, not neces-
sarily the best possible order.  If you have any questions, suggestions 
or corrections please contact me at dragonlady@netcourrier.com.
At this time, I prefer my faq only be used on gamefaqs.

After eating the last Heart of the Chosen, Samael will open a red portal 
in Scalding Gallow.  Follow the path through the new serpent hole to the 
Black Throne and enter. Cross the path as soon as it appears as it doesn’t 
stay too long.  Enter the next room for a cutscene.  You now have a three 
part puzzle to free Azrael.

Free Azrael, Part one:
Take the eastern stairs. This is a very confusing area, but once you know 
how it works it’s not that bad. Each wall has a sword on it which moves it 
up or down, opening new pathways and closing others.  I don’t remember the 
position of the first wall when I started but down opens the right path and 
up opens the left one.  You want the right one open, for now.  Take the 
right path to the next area.  You’ll see two swords, one on the back of the 
first wall and one on the second wall.  Hit the second one with your cross-
blade.  Return to the first room and activate that sword.  Take the open 
left path which now goes through to the third area.  Hit the sword on your 
right which will open a path upstairs.  Now hit the one on the left which 
opens a path at the top of the stairs.  Go to the next area and open the 
chest. Use you Abyssal Chain to cross over to the stairs.  Go up and follow 
the path west, south and then east.  You should be facing a sword.  Use your 
crossblade on it.  Stay upstairs and go back to the top of the stairs, which 
are now blocked, but a new path just a little north is now open.  Follow it 
to the door. AARG!!!

In the next area you’ll see two devices.  Activate the one on the left and 
then the one on the right.  Target the now exposed sword above you.  Acti-
vate the device on the right again.  You can now use your Abyssal Chain to 
cross.  On the other side you’ll find two chests.  Enter the building.

Two more chests!  Hop down to the center, eventually the floor will open.  
Jump down and claim your prize, the Voidwalker (a handy device to open 
portals).  Fully charge and activate the portal on the N/E wall and then 
the one a little higher, directly east. Jump through. If at any time you’re 
not going high or far enough, then you’re not charging fully before opening 
the portals. Always fully charge unless I specifically say not to.  Go down 
the hall and activate the next two.  Jump through the first one to fly up to 
a ledge with a chest.  Turn around and target the portal on the wall, then 
jump through the one still activated below you. Go to the end of the hall 
and activate that portal.  Return to the last one you activated and stand
on the switch plate in front of it to raise that portal.  Quickly return 
to the one at the end of the hall.  You should be able to see a red barrier 
through it. Grab a fireball and toss it through.  If you miss, just run 
back to the switch plate and start over. Once you’ve successfully dis-
patched the red barrier, do it all again, except this time throw yourself 
through instead of a fireball.  You should grab a ledge. The next room has 
another path like the first one you encountered. You don’t need to take it.  
Stand as far right as you can by the path’s switch plate and look up to the 
left to see enough of a portal to activate.  Do so, then run back to your 
last open portal and jump through. Stand on the new path’s switch plate 
and cross to the other side for a chest. You don’t absolutely need, but 
really, really want what’s in this chest. Don’t forget to assign it or it’s 
useless. Activate the switch plate, then halfway across the path fly off to
the exit on the right.  Continue down the path and take two flying leaps 
forward.  There are two chests to your right. Charge and activate the 
portal in the doorway and then the one on the floor.  Jump through the one 
in the doorway to reach a ledge.  

Charge and activate any two portals in the arena.  I preferred them close 
together and stood near them, then dashed away when he struck, so I didn’t 
have far to go. When his weapon gets stuck in the ground (not a spinning 
attack, you can’t get on his head then), jump through either portal (if 
it’s not close enough then just jump back through to get to the other one.  
You can go back and forth 2-3 times before he recovers), then double jump 
to land on his head.  Push B. After, drop down and hit his middle with your 
sword.  Dash away when his waist starts to change color because he’s re-
covering. Re-activate two portals and do it all again, and then a third 
time.  That should take him to his knees with a B over his head. Finish 
him off and exit the arena.  

Open the portal that the beam is shining on.  Drop down and open the portal 
in the doorway.  The path is now open, so follow it to the end and open the 
portal there. Go back to the other end, look up at the beam and re-open that 
portal.  Return and activate the elevator.  Activate the portal the beam is 
now shining on, then activate the one to it’s right.  The door is now open, 
so exit. Open the portal above the bridge then use the Abyssal Chain to cross. 
Open the portal on the other end of the bridge.  The door is now open, so 
enter.  Go around until you can drop back down.  Open the portal the beam 
is shining on.  Open the portal near the bottom of the stairs.  Move walls 
to allow the beam to pass through a hole in each.  Just use the sword on 
each wall the beam is shining on until it’s all the way through.  Don’t 
leave just yet. When you get to the top of the steps of the exit, look to 
your right.  Charge and activate the portal.  Lower the wall to the right 
of it by hitting the sword on it.  Then activate the portal up to the left 
on the same wall.  Jump through the first portal and fly to a chest. Admit-
tedly, this probably could’ve been done in the beginning, but this is when 
I found it.  Now you can exit.  The beam will hit one of the thingies 
holding Azrael.  Forget the chest showing on the center of the map for now.  
You can’t reach it til much later.

Free Azrael, Part two:
Head north and activate the lower portal and then the higher one to it’s left.  
Jump through the first one.  Activate the next portal, to the left, on the 
floor.  Go back through the one you just came out of to get to a ledge.  The 
door here does not open yet. Jump across to the lowest turning platform in the
middle of the room.  Climb left as far as you can go.  Jump off towards an 
open door to the east. Go through and activate the elevator to go up. Exit 
and go down the hall.  Follow the path to the solid block to your left (west).  
Open the portal across from you and then the one to it’s left on the wall.
Fly to the path that leads to the first portal and jump through. Forget the 
chest on top of the pedestal, it’s impossible to get until we return this way.  
Don’t go through the door just yet.  There’s another portal left of the door.  
Activate it and jump through the portal you just came out of to find another 
chest.  Activate the device in the room.  Re-activate the portal on the 
pedestal and then the one on the wall near the exit. Make your way to the 
small pedestal in the west first and then to the one with the portal. Pop 
through it and exit this room.  Open the portal on the moving thingy, then 
open the portal on the east wall.  When, through the portal on the wall you 
can clearly see another portal, activate it.  When you can see the platform 
on the other side, jump through.  Three more chests!  Enter the building and 
open the chest.  Floating platforms will be lowered. This is much easier than 
it looks, so don’t despair.  Activate the portal on the ceiling of the lowest 
one and a portal next to a movable block.  Slowly push the block towards the 
portal and it’ll be sucked through. Do the same for the middle one, in the 
same order, with the other block and wall portal.  Jump on the top of the 
first pedestal you lowered, and then to the second one.  Activate the portal 
on the ceiling of the third pedestal and then the floor under the block on the 
first one.  Jump over to the roof to the third one.  Now open one of the 
portals on the wall below and the floor of the one under the block on the now 
lowest pedestal.  Keep jumping to the roof of the highest one.  Open the other 
portal on the wall below and the portal on the floor of the other block.  If 
you jumped to the higher roof, then you’re now next to a ledge.  Step off and 
open two chests.  Open the door and use the blue ball to jump to a ledge.  
Break the ice for a chest.  Activate the portal by the chest then backtrack a 
little while looking up for another portal to activate.  Jump in the first 
one to hop up to a ledge with another chest. Return and continue to the end 
of the hall.  Activate the portal above the blue ball, then the one on the 
floor behind you.  Use the blue ball to jump through the portal on the 
ceiling to a ledge with another chest.  Jump down and use the two blue balls 
to fly to the next ledge.  Go to the end of the hall and activate the 
elevator to go up.

You kill this guy exactly the same way as the last.  The twist here is that 
the portals are covered.  Stand to the left of a portal and when he swats 
at you, dash to your right (or you can do right/left, if you prefer).  He 
should hit the portal you just ran over.  Repeat one more time to have two 
portals.  

Open the portal in the elevator and go down.  Open the second portal.  Find 
a chest nearby.  Use your Crossblade and target the swords on the last three 
mirrors so you hit them at the same time.  Use the next elevator to go down. 
Drop down and activate the ceiling on the highest floating pedestal.  Open a 
portal near a block and shove it through.  Activate the portal on the N/E wall 
and then look way up to the portal the beam is shining on.  Activate it and 
the door opens.  

Open the portal on your right, then the one on the floating, turning pedestal.  
Looking through the one on the right, watch for and open the portal on the 
other floating, turning thingy.  Wait a moment for the beam to go through.  
Close the one the first pedestal and re-open the one on the wall.  Jump on 
through when it’s facing the other side.  The door’s open, go on through.

You can now swing over to that chest on the large pedestal.  From the chest, 
make your way to the other side of the room and activate the southern portal 
to your left, then, like before, go to the smaller, western pedestal.  
Activate the portal on the other pedestal, again.  Stand on the very right 
corner, as close to falling off as you can get without actually falling off, 
of course.  Target and hit the two swords on the mirrors there with your 
crossblade, then, very quickly run to the top right corner and hit the third 
one.  All three must be active at the same time.  Head for the elevator in the 
S/E corner and go down.  You’re back in the room with the rotating platforms.  
Look to your left and you’ll see fireballs.  Go down and use one to target 
the red barrier, then jump onto the moving platforms and make your way back 
to the door you came out of.  Target the now exposed portal.  Look down and 
you’ll see another portal on the inside of the platforms.  Target it.  Be 
patient, it takes awhile to line up just right.  Go down and speak to Aztael 
for a cutscene.

Free Azrael, Part three:
                         
You’ll find 2 new new portals in the S/W.  Activate the wall and then the 
floor portal.  Jump through the one on the wall to be propelled up.  Repeat 
to get to the next ledge.  Follow the path to the door.  There’s a chest to 
your left.  Look for a portal on the ceiling and activate, but don’t charge. 
Try to get to the opening as close to the ledge as possible.  There’s another 
portal to the right of the chest, do the same and go through, hopefully, to 
land on the ledge and claim a prize.  Charge and activate the portal you can 
spot on the pedestal going up and down to the west.  Watch through and 
activate the next one you can see.  Re-activate, and charge the one on the 
wall.  Jump through when the path is clear.  I believe that’s when the 
pedestal you’re watching is all the way up.  Head down the steps.  Ignore 
the red barrier there for now.  Activate the portal at the bottom and the 
one on the floating, turning pedestal in the doorway.  You’ll see another 
red barrier through the wall portal, which we’ll get back to shortly.  Jump 
through when you can see the other side.  Here you’ll find a chest.  Open the 
portal in this room.  Stand near the fireballs, and grab one with your 
Abyssal Chain to throw through the portal at the red barrier to the west. 
Timing is everything here.  Jump through when it’s facing west again for 
a chest.  Don’t bother with the portal on the wall.  Just jump back through 
the one you came out of.  Then turn around and jump back through to the room 
with the spiral stairs and fully charge and activate the portal on the wall.   
Jump back through to the other side.  You should be able to see the first red 
barrier now. Grab another fireball with your Abyssal Chain and destroy it.  
There’s nothing moving this time so it’s much easier.  Jump through, once 
again, and head on back up the stairs. Fully charge and activate the top of 
the pedestal here.  Drop down and jump through the portal at the bottom to 
soar up to another chest.  Drop back down to the bottom of the stairs again 
and activate the portal on the turning pedestal, again.  Re-activate the one 
on the wall.  Jump through and hit the sword with you crossblade and you’re 
out.  

Drop to the ground and head back to the two portals in the S/W where you 
began.  Make your way back up to the door (see the beginning of Part three 
if you’ve forgotten), but this time, instead of going through the door, 
jump across to the rotating platform, the one that enables you to climb 
to the right.  Now you can go even higher.  The chest on the map is not 
up here so don’t bother looking for it.  Jump off at the blue door.  Open 
it up and go inside.

Take the elevator up. Activate the device by the door to open it and go 
through.  Go through the next door (you can’t reach the chest above just 
yet).  Activate the portal on the floating pedestal and then the one on 
the wall.  Through the one on the wall, activate the portal on the second 
floating pedestal.  You should be able to see a red barrier, now.  Look 
up to your left for fireballs.  Snag one with your Abyssal Chain and toss 
it when the red barrier is in sight, again.  Jump through the next time 
it’s facing the other side.  There are two chests here.  
Open the door and go inside. Open the chest.  Activate the portal in the 
S/W, then the portal above the water in the N/W.  Target the sword.   Jump 
down, claim your prize and hop through the portal.  Swim to the ledge for 
another device to activate.  Return to the device by the door where you 
first came in.  Now, activate the portal on the back of the center pedestal. 
Go back to the cubby where the water used to be and jump back through the 
portal.  Activate the elevator and go up.  I activated on high and one low 
portal and kept him near both.  Once again, jump on his head from a portal, 
hit B, slash at waist three times then B to finish off.

Open the portal where the beam is shining.  Open the portal above the 
elevator device and a new path has opened.  Open the portal at the end of 
the hall then return and re-open the first portal where the beam is shining.
Take the elevator down.  Move the mirror S/E of the center pedestal.  Exit 
the building.
 
Open the portal on the first floating pedestal.  Open the one on the wall.
Use the one on the wall to open the portal on the second floating pedestal.
Re-open the one on the first pedestal and wait until the beam passes through
then close the portal on the first pedestal and re-open the one on the wall.
Jump through to the other side.  Enter the door.

Use the new blue ball to jump to the chest on the ledge that you couldn’t
reach before.  Turn around and open the portal on the wall and the one on 
the floor to reach another ledge and another chest.  From there activate 
the portal on the top of the floating pedestal then jump down to your last
portal and go through to soar up to another goodie.  Go down and activate 
the two portals on the sides of the floating pedestal.  To the east there’s
a device that slows time.  Here’s what I did.  I stood in the doorway as 
far from the device as possible and hit it with my crossblade, turned and 
got only as close as needed to the sword on the floating pedestal and hit 
it with the crossblade, then got only as close as absolutely necessary to 
target and hit the two swords by the door.  Do not hesitate or the door 
will not be open when the beam arrives. Afterwards, re-open the same door
and go through.  Take the elevator down and exit

Open the portal on the outside of the turning platform when it passes by.
Now,just like before, target the portal on the inside, at the bottom.
Wait for it to line up.

The Big Boss

There are now spiral steps going down where you’ll finally get your hands
on that chest you’ve seen on your map.  Go through the door at the bottom 
and take the elevator even further down.  Exit and follow the path to the 
center of the room.  Activate one of the ground portals (I preferred the 
right one), and when possible, the portal on his right arm (his right, 
not yours).  When he puts that arm back to strike, jump through the portal
on the ground.  You’ll land behind is head.  Go to the obvious target and
hit B. You’ll drop down in front of his face. Whack it with your sword.
I hung around the middle fighting minions until he spoke, then dashed off
to the right to avoid his sweeping blow.  Repeat until he’s finished, 
then you’ll be transported to Eden.

EDEN

You can only come here once, so make sure you get everything the first 
time.  When you first arrive, there are two chests.  Azrael will give you
The Mask of Shadows. Use it to fight your darker self. I used whatever 
he did and dashed whenever he struck.  I had no real trouble defeating 
him.   Return to the beginning and make sure you activate the mask for 
another chest.  Go back to where you fought yourself and activate the 
mask to see a bridge to cross.  Head up the steps, but drop off next to
the waterfall on your left.  You’ll find a chest under the stairs.  Drop
down to the water below to finf a chest on the first island you come to.
Make sure your mask is still activated or you won’t see it.  The next 
chest is on the island in the S/E.  Next to the island, just a tad north,
walk through a waterfall and up a path to the last chest.  Head back to
the stairway by the bridge and head up.  (do double check your map to 
make sure you got all the chests). At the top you learn the dark truth
and a glimpse of the future.  Return to Azrael to receive the quest for
the Armageddon Blade.