Challenge of Atlas (continued)

Battle the undead inside the next hall. Search the left side for breakable containers and a red orb chest. Replenish your health and magic if needed then find the ladder on the right side. Climb the ladder and exit onto the ledge overlooking the room.

Add the Shield of Zeus to your item collection.

From the first ledge, jump to the left to find an alcove containing red orbs. Cross the girder to the yellow shield--the Shield of Zeus. Cross the girders to the far right side to find a red orb chest. Drop back down into the room with the cart. Find the door on the left side; the Shield of Hades and Shield of Zeus fit into the door. Use R2 to place the shields and open the door.

Descend the stairs on the right and reach the save point. Continue down the hall and locate the room with spinning blades. Cross the room and find the exit hall on the right side. Bust some pots for red orbs then go left to find a breakable wall. Defeat the undead foes inside the hallway.

Walk to another conveyer belt. You must traverse the conveyor belt while avoiding the spiked traps. Wait for the traps to pull away then roll or scamper through. Go left and up the steps to the bridge. Defeat the harpies. Part of the bridge railing is broken. Jump from there to the ledge in the distance. You'll find a red orb chest and a Phoenix Feather.

Jump through the broken rail on the bridge to find this hidden alcove.

Climb to the top of the chain to find these chests.

Cross the bridge and finish off any remaining harpies. Replenish your health or magic as needed. Find the climbable wall in the back left side. Ascend the wall and jump the gaps. Explore some of the ledges to find a couple red orb chests before ascending the cliff and proceeding to the far left side. Jump to the chain and go up to find more red orbs. Use the health and magic chests to replenish Kratos--there's a tough battle around the corner.

Reach the pedestal before the floor opens beneath you.

Go forward down the hall and you discover yourself trapped in the chamber with undead and sirens. Break the shields of the undead using the Square, Square, Triangle combo. This is a tough battle because there's also a time limit involved. The floor opens up beneath you after a short period of time; if you haven't defeated the minions inside the room, you plummet to your death. You must reach the blocked portion of the room before the floor opens.

Crushing the shields on the undead is your first priority. Once down, activate the Poseidon Rage when surrounded to big damage. Maintain an aggressive attack and use the Square, Square, Triangle move to disable enemies for further combinations and magic assaults. As soon as the barrier falls, leap to the area on the far side of the room to avoid any impending floor opening. Grab the Handle of Atlas from the pedestal.

Return outside and descend the chain to the bottom. Save your game in the light. Retrace your steps across the bridge and back to the conveyer belt. The spiked traps are still operational so time your advance over the belt while the spike traps are open. The patterns are different; the traps close quicker and more frequently. Roll through the opening to bypass the traps as fast as possible.

Find the first Muse Key behind the Atlas statue.

Pull the lever on this girder and Atlas drops the ball.

Follow the hall until you return to the room with the spinning blades. These move faster as well. Avoid the blades and reach the upper left corner of the room. Pull the lever to open the exit passage to the right. Enter and hop onto the ledge on the right side and traverse it to the far end. Open the door and defeat the archers to the left.

Use the crank handle to raise the large stone ball. Go behind the statue to find a chest containing the first Muse Key. Go to the right side of the room and find the staircase up. Defeat the undead and reach the upper ledges of the room. Search to Kratos' immediate left for a chest containing a Phoenix Feather. Cross the girder to find a red orb chest. There are two more red orb chests; just right from the entrance on both sides of the room to find them. You may want to wait until you pull the lever so they're easier to reach.

Stand on the middle of the upper girder and use the lever. The stone ball crashes down and breaks open the exit. Emerge outside and look left for some red orbs. Approach the coffin and pull it open. Hop onto the body inside and use the R2 button to pull off the Architect Son's Head. Descend the ladder and use the chest at the bottom.

Follow the long hallway past the corpses on the ground. Use another chest if needed then open the door. You return to a previously visited location just outside Pandora's rings.