Blasphemous 2 is a complex game. It’s stressful, strenuous, and if you don’t have the reactions to keep up with the enemies on screen, it’s bloody frustrating, too. I’m not lying; my Xbox Controller is praying The Game Kitchen doesn’t bring out Blasphemous 3 anytime soon.
Yet despite this, I’ve had a wonderful time exploring this eldritch Spanish Inquisition locale. I love games that offer a bit of challenge, and Blasphemous 2 is definitely a game that falls into that category. I knew that the very moment Radames smooshed me into a puddle of blood the first time we met.
The start of this game was rough. I was getting killed constantly, and I wasn’t really progressing at a steady pace until I started utilizing Prayers. Whether it was using Debla of the Lights to beat SÃnodo, or using Bleeding Miracle to ace the Battle Arena, the conclusion is the same. Prayers are invaluable, and with that in mind, I have a guide that will help you make sense of this mechanic, and help you find them all too!
Blasphemous 2 continues the dark and atmospheric journey of its predecessor, inviting players to delve deeper into a macabre world filled with grotesque enemies and haunting landscapes. With its stunning pixel art and challenging gameplay, prepare to test your skills and uncover the secrets hidden within this twisted realm.
How do the Prayers Work?
The Prayers are powerful attack and utility spells. The Penitent One can use these if he has the Fervour necessary to cast them. For those unaware, Fervour is the blue bar you can see nestled under the health bar. There are two types of Prayers: Chants and Verses. You can select one of each. You’ll see the Prayers you selected in the HUD next to the weapon you are currently using. Prayers don’t usually cost much Fervour, but problems arise if you frequently take a dirt nap. Here’s a quick rundown of the Guilt System, and the difference between Chants and Verses:
The Guilt System
Whenever you die, your Fervour bar will get blocked by a brown branch-like bar named Guilt. You can remove your Guilt by reaching the last place where you died and recover a Guilt Fragment. However, depending on how many times you have died, you may only recover a small amount of your Fervour Bar, or perhaps none at all. If you keep dying and your bar gets entirely blocked by Guilt, the Guilt Fragments will stop unlocking your Fervour bar.
If that’s the case, the only cure is to travel back to the City of the Blessed Name and talk with The Confessor, who will charge you to remove your Guilt. The only catch is that atoning for your sins isn’t free. It will cost you 1,000 Tears of Atonement.
The upside to all this is that if you constantly go to The Confessor, he’ll eventually die. Yes, that doesn’t sound like a good thing. But as he dies, a Cherub-like version of The Confessor will appear on the Prie Dieus, and you can confess whenever you find a Prie Dieu.
Chants
Chants are the most potent spells of the game. They usually deal a lot of damage but, in exchange, cost a lot of Fervour and require some time to cast. You aren’t immune to damage during the casting time, so you must be careful and pay close attention to the attack pattern of every enemy. To cast a chant, you must crouch and press what I call “the Prayer button,” which is B on Xbox and â—‹ on PlayStation.
Verses
Verses aren’t as powerful as the Chants, but they cost way less Fervour than Chants, and they don’t have an extended casting time, so they are perfect to use in sketchy situations and attack enemies in Battle Arenas. You can cast a Verse just by pressing “the Prayer button.” Just be careful not to try to cast a Verse while crouching. I recommend briefly releasing the joystick before casting a Verse, as I had times when I wanted to cast a Verse, but I ended up casting a Chant as I was moving, or vice-versa.
There are a total of 17 Prayers, nine Chants, and eight Verses. Let’s see how to find them! But first, let me give you a vital tip before starting.
Tips Before Item Hunting
If you haven’t heard the term “Cobijada” yet, you might consider getting acquainted before going prayer hunting. Here’s an article that can help you!
The Cobijadas are lost nuns you must rescue. As you do, they’ll offer you several upgrades to the Prie Dieus you’ll find on the map. The most important one, in this case, is the upgrade that lets you teleport between Prie Dieus.
So, find all the Cobijadas and then go to the City of the Blessed Name, reach the Fast Travel room, and go to the room on the opposite side of the hallway. You’ll find the Cobijadas there; talk with the biggest one and pay the tributes she’s asking for to upgrade your Prie Dieu. Do this before hunting any other type of item, as it’ll be beneficial and save you many headaches.
Chants Locations
Peteneras to The Burial Of Lights
- Location: Ravine Of The High Stones
- Effect: Invokes flames in the ground that deal Fire Damage
The Peteneras To The Burial of Lights is the first Prayer you’ll find in the game. You’ll find it in the main route when exploring the Ravine Of The High Stones for the first time.
Mirabas Of The Return To Port
- Location: Profundo Lamento
- Effect: Teleports you to the Prie Dieu in the City of the Blessed Name
If you completely explored Profundo Lamento the first time you reached the place, you might have found a ladder that connects the zone with The City of the Blessed Name. If that’s the case, use that ladder to reach Profundo Lamento, then jump to the wall at the left and drop yourself down there until you find a room. This room has an Elevator; don’t use it and keep walking to the left. You’ll eventually reach a balcony where you can find this Chant.
If you haven’t found the ladder I mentioned before, you must go to the usual entrance of Profundo Lamento, then drop yourself down, go through a room at the right, drop yourself down again and get inside a room at the left. Keep walking to the left until you find a dead end; as you do, climb up, get through an entrance at the right, climb up again, and you’ll find the ladder. Then, stick to the wall at the left and enter a middle entrance to find the Elevator. The Chant is on the other side of it.
Chime Of The Twisted One
- Location: Mother of Mothers
- Effect: Invokes a ringing bell that deals a bit of damage and reveals hidden symbols
This Chant is on Mother of Mothers and is intentionally easy to find. Go to the fast room of Mother of Mothers and then go to the room next to it.
Debla Of The Lights
- Location: Crown Towers
- Effect: Invokes a beam of lights in an area that deals Mystical Damage
The Merchant will sell you this Chant for 17500 Tears of Atonement. He’ll appear near the Basilica of Absent Faces’ entrance as soon as you unlock that zone.
Aubade To The Sleepless Iron
- Location: Choir Of Thorns
- Effect: Invokes a ghostly warrior that attacks nearby enemies
The easiest way to reach this Chant is by going to the Prie Dieu at the entrance of the Crown of Towers, then going to the left and getting inside Choir of Thorns. Keep walking until you get inside a cave. It’s the one marked in the map above.
As you reach this place, walk to the left until you find a Praying Statue. There are a couple of climbing walls above the statue; climb them, and as you reach the top, look to the right; there’s a gap you must jump through. The chest that contains this Chant is on the other side.
Taranto To My Sister
- Location: City Of The Blessed Name
- Effect: Invokes lightning bolts that deal Lightning Damage
I left this Chant to this point of the guide as you need to get the Cherub Rings ability to get it.
Go as if you were going to the Fast Travel room; you might have realized that there are some yellow sparks in that hallway. Well, those are hidden Cherub Rings. Use them to climb to the top, where you’ll find a Bell. Ring it several times to give yourself time to reach the next zone.
Now it’s time to rush; drop yourself down and then walk to the right as if you were going to the zone where you can upgrade your Bile Flasks. There’s a blue wall that gets briefly removed when you ring the Bell; go through it to reach a new room, where you’ll find the chest that contains the Taranto To My Sister.
Jabera to The Poison Of Jealousy
- Location: Crown Of Towers
- Effect: Invokes a sphere of poisonous gasses that deal Miasma Damage
Go to the bottom Prie Deu of the Crown of Towers. Now, head to the right through the lower hallway and climb until you find a room on the right. Keep going to the right until you get inside another room. Climb up to the middle section of this room, where you’ll find a puzzle involving Praying Statues and teleporting yourself with Mirror Statues using your Sarmiento & Centella weapon.
The puzzle is easy to solve, but it’s hard to execute. You must first go to the Praying Statue. Don’t pray on it yet; select your Sarmiento & Centella first. Now, pray on the statue; it’ll move the platform on the left side of the room to the right. Now, use the Mirror Statue next to you, jump to the left, and use the Mirror Statue floating in the air. When you reach the other side, select your Ruego Al Alba and pounce to remove the roots blocking the chest containing this Chant.
Tiento to Your Thorned Hairs
- Location: Profundo Lamento
- Effect: It summons The Thorned Dame, a lady who will protect you from the next hit you’ll receive for a short time
To get this Chant, you must first head to Crown of Towers to look for an item.
How to Get The Lullaby Of The White Shore
- Location: Crown Of Towers
Go to the Fast Travel room of Crown of Towers, then get out through the entrance on the left. In this new room, climb to the top, then go to the left. After that, drop yourself down. You’ll see a ghost enemy and a couple of Mirror Statues. Kill the ghost and use the statues to climb to the top. You’ll find the Lullaby there.
Travelling to Profundo Lamento
It’s time to take the Lullaby to Profundo Lamento. Go to the bottommost Prie Dieu of Profundo Lamento, then go to the room at the left. Drop down and enter the first room on the left you see. Here, you’ll see a giant woman trying to sing a lullaby to her daughter. Give her the Lullaby of the White Shore, and she’ll take you to The Dream, a side-scroll stage where you must advance and survive. The Chant is at the end of the stage.
Seguiriya of The Memory Of Your Eyes
- Location: Street Of Wakes
- Effect: Stops the time. Za Warudo!
This Chant requires you to go through a long quest that will take you through many places. So, to activate it, go to the Street of Wakes and get the Sealed Envelope. It’ll be in the place marked in the picture.
Lifting The Curse
As you get the Sealed Envelope, go to your inventory and open it. Congratulations, you are officially cursed! I should have warned you earlier; my bad!
Let’s lift that curse, don’t worry. First up, it’s time to travel to Two Moons.
Two Moons
Teleport yourself to the bottommost Prie Dieu of Two Moons. Now, go to the room at the left, then get on the ladder to climb up. Go to the left side of the room, drop yourself down and jump or dash to get inside the entrance in the middle. This will lead you to a room with a big mirror.
Step before the mirror, crouch, and wait a few seconds. After that, you’ll receive a new letter. Open it.
City Of The Blessed Name
This letter gives no help about where you must go next, but don’t worry. Use the Mirabas Of The Return To Port Chant to return to the City Of The Blessed Name. Then, step on the edge of the left wall of the path that leads to Profundo Lamento. Step exactly here:
You’ll get another letter after a while. Open it.
Mother of Mothers
This letter tells you about a broken bell, and there’s a broken bell hidden in Mother of Mothers. Let’s go there. Go to the Fast Travel room above you, and head to the Fast Travel room of Mother of Mothers.
Leave the Fast Travel room through the left entrance. After that, drop yourself down and enter the room on the right. Keep heading to the right until you reach a room with a Prie Dieu. Now, drop yourself down until you find two entrances at both sides of the room. Go to the right. Keep going to the right until you find this broken Bell:
Hit it three times, and it’ll reveal a new room. Get inside and grab the item. It’s another letter. Open it.
Back in the City Of The Blessed Name
It’s time to return to the City of The Blessed Name. We are almost done. Go to the shop on the City’s eastern side, City don’t get inside. Instead, start walking back and forth in front of it. You’ll get a new letter. Open it.
The Balcony of Profundo Lamento
This is the last step of the quest. Go to the Prie Dieu of the City of the Blessed Name and get down the ladder next to it. Then, move to the right. The aim is to go to the balcony where you found the Mirabas To The Return To Port Chant.
Drop yourself down. As you do that, the quest will end, rewarding you with the Seguiriya of The Memory of Your Eyes.
Verses Locations
Galera Of The Living Briar
- Location: City Of The Blessed Name
- Effect: Invokes a shockwave that deals Lightning Damage
You can buy your first Verse. The Merchant will sell it to you after exploring Profundo Lamento. He’ll be on the eastern side of the City.
Bleeding Miracle
- Location: Grilles And Ruin
- Effect: The Penitent One casts a ring of blood that acts like a boomerang
Go to the second Prie Dieu of Grilles and Ruin, then go to the left. The first thing you’ll see is a ladder leading to an underground room. In this room, you’ll see some enemies you must kill and some boxes you must break. Now, get back up, head to the left until you see another ladder underground, and go down there.
You’ll find two enemies and a Prayer statue in this new zone. This will open a door on the other side of the room, where you broke the boxes. Get back up and run to the ladder at the right. Then, go down and open the chest to get the Bleeding Miracle.
Martinete Of Forge And Thunder
- Location: Mother of Mothers
- Effect: Lets you throw an electrified mace that falls in an arc, dealing Lightning Damage
Go to the topmost Prie Dieu of Mother of Mothers, then head to the right until you find a room with a ladder that leads you down. Use it and then exit through the left. Now, you’ll be in a big room. Follow the staircase path until you reach the bottom of that room. You’ll see an entrance to a room on the right; go there.
You’ll see a Bell in this new room. If you have the Double Jump ability, you don’t need to use it. Otherwise, ring the Bell and use the platforms to reach the top of the room, where you can find the chest that contains this Verse.
Serrana Of The Kindled Hearth
- Location: Labyrinth Of Tides
- Effect: Creates a flamethrower you can sustain until your fervour ends
For this Verse, teleport to the Prie Deu of Labyrinth Of Tides. Keep walking to the left until you see a climbable wall with paths up and down. Go up and climb to the next room.
In this new room, head to the right and kill all the enemies until you find a secret entrance you must dash through that will lead to a Praying Statue. Select your Sarmiento & Centella and pray on the statue; you’ll see a door opening at the other side of the room, so rush there and use the Mirror Statues to reach the place before the door closes. The chest with the Verse is on the other side of the door.
Zejel Of The Cruelest Thorn
- Location: Two Moons or Street Of Wakes
- Effect: Invokes a barrier of thorns that deal Miasma Damage
There are two ways to get this Verse. The first is by reaching Two Moons, shortly before facing Svsona but before opening the door to reach the boss room. Here, you’ll find Yerma. During the events of the game, the first time you reach this zone, Yerma will tell you that she wants to help you defeat Svsona, but her spear isn’t ready for the battle, and she needs an item named Holy Oil of the Everlasting Anointment to help you out. Let’s get the item.
How to Get The Holy Oil of the Everlasting Anointment
- Location: Elevated Temples
You must travel to the middle Prie Dieu of Elevated Temples to get this item. Then, get down the ladder and walk to the left without taking any detours until you reach another ladder that leads downward. Use it.
As you get down the ladder, head to the right. You’ll get to a room with Cherub Rings; cross it, and the Oil will be there. You can also open a door that will work as a shortcut for later in case you want to explore Elevated Temples.
Return to the fast travel room or use the Teleport prayer to return to Two Moons. Head to Svsona’s Boss Room to help Yerma, and she’ll give you the Prayer as a thank you.
If you don’t want to do all this process or missed the chance, you can buy this Prayer in the Street of Wakes.
Rosa Of The Three Stars
- Location: Sacred Entombments
- Effect: Invokes three fireballs that deal Fire Damage
Travel to the topmost Prie Dieu of Sacred Entombments and drop yourself down to the bottom of the tall area on the right. Now, climb up to reach the first entrance to the right. Go inside, ring the Bell you’ll find there, and climb on the platforms you spawn. You’ll have to climb up to reach an entrance in the top right corner of the room.
In this new room, you’ll see a wall you can destroy with a pounce of the Ruego Al Alba; do it. It’ll let you reach a chest with this Verse.
Liviana Of The Blighted Blades
- Location: Crown Of Towers
- Effect: Shoots two sets of spikes that deal Miasma Damage, pretty much like the signature attack of the Infanta
Go to the bottommost Prie Dieu of Crown of Towers, then go outside that room, climb up the first platform you see, and then go to the room at the left. This will lead you to a new room with a ghost and a shockwave enemy. Kill these two, just in case.
Now, go to the middle of the room, double jump, and hit the Bell with the Venedicto weapon. This will open the floor, revealing a chest with this Verse.
Bleeding Crown
- Location: Street Of Wakes
- Effect: Invokes a ring of blood, like Bleeding Miracle, but this time, it goes through the floor and deals much more Mystical Damage
You can buy this Verse for 6000 Tears of Atonement in the Street of Wakes. Go to the location marked in the map on the picture above to find the Forlorn’s Patio, where you can buy it.
Conclusion
And that’s it! Aside from being extremely useful, finding all the Prayers counts towards exploring 100% of Cvstodia. Now that you have them, you just are some steps away from beating the game. I’m sure there’s not much left for you in Cvstodia, so good luck on the rest of your adventure!
Blasphemous 2 continues the dark and atmospheric journey of its predecessor, inviting players to delve deeper into a macabre world filled with grotesque enemies and haunting landscapes. With its stunning pixel art and challenging gameplay, prepare to test your skills and uncover the secrets hidden within this twisted realm.
FAQs
Question: Which is the best Chant for Boss Fights?
Answer: Debla of the Lights, undoubtedly. I can’t recommend any other chant than this one for Boss Fights; it deals a lot of damage, doesn’t consume much Fervour, and is easy to land. It works wonders against SÃnodo, Svsona, and Incarnate Devotion.
Question: Which is the best Verse for the adventure?
Answer: Bleeding Miracle. As soon as you get access to Bleeding Crown, go for it as well. Both are great as they cover a lot of horizontal space, enough to take enemies down without risks. You can take a Behemoth down with a full Fervour bar, which is excellent!
Question: How can I make my Prayers hit harder?
Answer: You’ll need The Woman Of The Stolen Face altarpiece to increase your Prayer’s damage. You’ll get it via Régula after she dies holding the chapel wall in Labyrinth of Tides. It’s unmissable.
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