Descend through the city and castle to Trokka.
Pickups in this mission
01Witch city entrance: speak to Yulian and search left of the stairs
Begin the City of Witches main mission in the new region.
Speak to Yulian. Khazan seeks Trokka to confirm Ozma's role in the conspiracy.
Rest at the Nexus a short distance ahead.
Some people in the crowd are hostile chaos-corrupted enemies. Stay alert as you pass.
The entrance left of the stairs leads to a Powerful Enemy and a chest.
02Drop beyond the iron gate: turn back for the Soulstone
Return up the main route and open the iron gate.
Drop from the high ledge and look behind you for a Soulstone on the raised platform.
04Statue square and right alley: open the gate and descend
Turn back, defeat the two soldiers by the statue and collect the purple item.
Collect the blue item beside the chair ahead.
Follow the pictured route.
Open the left door and absorb the room's memory.
Leave and go right; the left side has no more loot.
Watch for an enemy ambushing around the corner.
Continue and open the iron gate ahead. The breakable left door contains nothing else.
Descend beyond the gate for a blue item behind the lowest crates.
05Rooftop drop and left Nexus: climb to search the chest
Take the pictured path afterward.
Drop from the roof and absorb the memory opposite.
Rest in the room on the left after the memory.
Follow this route after resting.
Climb the stairs, turn around and open the exploding chest.
06Bookshelf room and roof shortcut: break the planks beside the door for the scroll
Follow the sole route to this roof, then descend on the left.
An enemy bursts through the left door; there is no further loot inside.
Collect the purple item beneath the bookshelf ahead.
Climb the stairs.
Lower the ladder to the previous Nexus, returning only if you need to rest.
Go back down the staircase you climbed and descend from this roof.
At the small doorway, first look right and break the boards.
Collect the Bishop Scroll inside.
08Upper paired-stair fork: search the right room and return left for the diary
Return to the main route and climb this ladder.
Take the left stairs above.
Clear the enemies and descend, first taking the right staircase.
Collect the purple equipment inside the room.
Climb back to the junction and enter on the left.
Collect the Water-soaked Diary to the right of this doorway.
10Sluice beyond the Nexus: lower the city's water with the lever
Continue down and open the small iron gate to a new Nexus. Rest outside.
Continue past goblins, watching for their death-triggered attacks, then enter the doorway.
Go left inside. The right side is flooded. Pull the left lever to lower the city's water level.
The right side is now accessible.
11Drained skeleton platforms: clear ranged foes and cross the wooden bridge
Clear the skeletons below, prioritizing distant archers.
Follow the pictured route after clearing them.
Prioritize the ranged enemies at this position.
Collect the purple item behind this archer.
Defeat the archer ahead for a golden Shining Stone material.
Turn back and cross the wooden bridge, collecting a blue item before descending the stairs.
12Paired pipes beneath the bridge: search the memory and chest before climbing
Enter the sewer behind the bottom of the stairs.
Go left for a memory.
Return to the entrance and take the other pipe for a chest.
Resume the main route. Look above for a dropping enemy and avoid the plague left on its corpse.
Climb the nearby ladder.
13Upper switch and house beside the tree: find the second Soulstone
After two ladders, activate the switch on the left.
Go right, open the small gate and collect the blue item.
Follow this small path.
A Soulstone is inside the building beside the tree.
15Scroll behind the house and plank entrance: follow the lower path to the Soulstone
Leave after the Soulstone and look right behind the house for a Water Purification Magic Scroll.
Continue along the path ahead.
Enter through the boards on the right.
First check the area ahead on the left for a chest.
Return to the junction, take the left branch and collect the purple equipment.
Descend along this small path.
A Soulstone lies behind the left iron gate.
18Return to the sluice Nexus: search the right chest branch
Leave to reconnect with the switch-operated gate and nearby Nexus.
Rest, then take the pictured route for a memory.
Descend one step after the memory for a white item.
Continue down to a fork and go right.
Climb the ladder for a chest on the left.
19Elite in the left clearing: open the gate and climb the narrow edge
Return to the fork and take the left branch.
Defeat the elite in the clearing, then activate the iron-gate mechanism.
Collect the blue item on the left beyond the gate.
A memory lies below on the right.
Descend along the main route.
Use Javelin against the archer ahead.
Drop here and go right; the left branch is empty.
Fight carefully on the narrow ledges to avoid falling.
Follow the edge upward for the red Ghostly Beast Fang Necklace.
21Drop from the edge and paired stairs: ride the elevator to the Nexus
Drop from this position and go right.
Defeat the skeleton at the corner and climb the ladder.
Collect the white item on the right above.
Enter the small left door and climb another ladder.
Take the elevator at the path's end.
Continue straight above to a Nexus; there is nothing on the left.
Collect the Aldevir Disc Fragment at the Nexus's upper right.
23Main hall gate and giant elite: clear the hall and climb the main stairs
Leave and go left.
Defeat the enemies above and absorb the memory ahead.
Open the large gate in front.
Both sides are empty. Fight the giant elite straight ahead.
Collect the white item on the hall's right after the elite.
Collect the purple item on this corpse.
Climb the main staircase.
24Study in the right wing: climb for the fourth Soulstone
Take the right staircase first and clear the skeleton-filled study.
Climb the stairs after clearing them.
A Soulstone stands left of the skeleton.
Descend the stairs ahead to return to the hall.
26Library in the left wing: jar and Soulstone behind the bookshelf
Take the hall's left staircase and clear the line of goblins in the corridor.
Enter the door, watching for an ambush from the left.
Collect the purple item by the bookshelf right of the door.
Climb the stairs for another purple item in the corner.
A Jarling hides behind the bookshelves on the other side.
Operate this bookshelf to reveal a passage containing another Soulstone.
Collect the purple item behind the empty shelf beside the hidden-passage bookshelf.
29Nexus beyond the library: break the planks for the letter and step off the elevator midway
Follow the main route right through the door. Rest at the Nexus on the left before exploring the right elevator.
After resting, break the boards on the left.
Collect the Unsent Letter below.
The elevator has three levels. The lowest gate reconnects with the hall and is optional.
Step off at the middle level while the elevator passes.
Open the chest in the room right of the elevator for equipment and the Ghostly Gem.
32Return from the elevator room: check the landing and head back to the boss gate
Drop here for some fall damage, or onto the elevator only when it is at the bottom. Otherwise you may fall into the water and drown.
Return to rest before the boss.
33Trokka's courtyard: water orbs, umbrella strikes and aerial barrage
The cinematic reveals Trokka willingly accepting Ozma's power, confirming his involvement.
Trokka is a mage without a full phase transition. Her attacks are listed below.
Attack ①:
A short charge fires three water orbs. Dodge as her hand rises, or interrupt her at close range.
Attack ②:
A similar wind-up fires two or three water columns. Watch her raised hand.
Attack ③:
A charged stream of water orbs often follows the triple-orb attack. Dodge forward.
Attack ④:
A larger variation of the triple water orbs.
Attack ⑤:
Rain causes damage while you stand in it. Close in and interrupt her.
Attack ⑥:
A relatively slow three-hit melee combo.
Attack ⑦:
A wave attack preceded by moving her umbrella behind her.
Attack ⑧:
An uncommon grab. Dodge when the weapon glows.
Attack ⑨:
A spinning umbrella charge that can be interrupted with a deflection.
Attack ⑩:
At half health, she rises and fires numerous orbs. Dodge side to side through two waves, then avoid the converging orbs and explosive body slam.
These cover the most important patterns.
34Post-battle lead: set out for the dark elves' territory
After victory, the story reveals Ozma ordered the dark elves silenced. Khazan heads toward Rephalan to find them.
Speak afterward to return and end the chapter.
Related side missions
Lacrima →
Select the newly unlocked mission to develop the Phantom.
Unrequited Love →
Speak to Tristan and investigate Lydia’s fate.
Varus’s Axe →
Speak to Varus’s son at the beginning of the mission.
Reference: 3DM Guide Team
GAME NOTE has reorganized and rewritten the routes from this walkthrough.