Set against the dark backdrop of a plague-ravaged landscape, Valor Mortis plunges you into the boots of William, a soldier discovering eerie powers amidst chaos. Chapter 3 ratchets up tension as you pursue your comrade Louis through a hostile village thick with danger and corruption, pushing your combat and traversal skills to the limit.
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Table of contents
- Rendezvous
- Village Outskirts
- Blunderbuss
- Village Center
- Finding Louis
Rendezvous
After regrouping with James, your path leads to the Fallen Village. Move away from the abandoned church and make your way to the graveyard. Here, you can retrieve the rapier embedded in the corrupted gates, a vital weapon for your journey.
Though a path to the castle ruins beckons nearby, your priority is the alternate route into the village; resist the urge to explore the castle just yet.
Upon entering the Fallen Village, smoke rising in the distance flags the area where Louis was last spotted. This thick smoke guide is your critical waypoint.
Advance until you reach the first lantern, where you’ll meet Lucjan. After your exchange, navigating into the village proves tricky, demanding careful movement.
Watch your step—exploding horse carcasses litter the fields and can deal heavy damage if triggered. Stick close to the far edges of the left-hand structures to locate a barn entrance.
Climbing a ladder inside the barn leads to a pole perfect for vaulting to the opposite side, granting you safe access into the village’s heart.
Village Outskirts
Once inside the village via the barn, hostile villagers will swarm you—symptomatic of the plague’s madness. Methodically clear these foes as you press onward.
A plank leaned against a fence serves as your bridge deeper into the village. Maintain caution around the volatile horses nearby.
Reaching a fork, veer toward a gate blocked with corruption. Target the nephtoglobin weak point with your pistol to dispel the corruption, unlocking a shortcut back to the original lantern.
Take the alternate path, where an elite grenadier awaits—a relentless foe marked with a danger icon who won’t respawn once defeated. Continue through fields still teeming with threats.
This route ushers you to a hut beside a lantern, previously locked inside. Entering not only grants safety but also reestablishes the shortcut.
Heading away from the hut brings you to a river that blocks your way. Access across requires entering a house with a locked gate. Spot the carriage nearby vulnerable at a nephtoglobin weak spot; shooting it opens the path into the house and forward progress.
Blunderbuss
Beyond the hut and river, the village reveals itself in full hostility with patrols and side huts offering temporary refuge. Push forward until you encounter a cliffside guarded by a towering enemy standing watch beside a carriage.
After overcoming this formidable foe, the carriage gate swings open to reveal the Blunderbuss, a powerful shotgun-like weapon essential for crowd control amid the hordes.
Enter the carriage and you’ll uncover a key lantern checkpoint, solidifying your foothold in this hostile territory.
The Blunderbuss shines in tight quarters, making it your weapon of choice for the intense confrontations ahead in the village center.
Village Center
From the lantern, a hut to your right throws a sudden swarm of enemies your way, where your newly acquired Blunderbuss will prove invaluable. Inside you’ll find planks leading upwards for higher ground navigation.
Drop down onto a cart to infiltrate deeper village sectors swarming with hostile patrols. Clever routing through connecting huts on the right offers a safer route to avoid direct clashes.
To the northwest stands a hut adjacent to another lantern and an open gate. Venture here and climb upstairs to push forward.
Make your way into the connecting hut’s basement to locate a ladder in the garden, your passage onward into more dangerous territory.
Behind the scenes, a heavily-armed tall enemy wielding a greatsword bars your path; defeating him grants access to a larger area flooded with hostile villagers. Make your way northwest toward the third lantern.
Near the lantern’s hut, the imposing Iron Marshall awaits, wielding a cannon nozzle as a brutal weapon, his attacks deal massive damage.
The Iron Marshall’s attack patterns are predictable. The ideal strategy is to parry his strikes to stagger him, then aim for his weak spot from behind.
Environmental hazards like explosive barrels scattered across the arena offer chances for extra damage when timed right.
Victory rewards you with a new traversal power — a grappling hook. Glowing hooks around the village now become accessible points for quicker movement and exploration.
The following short sequence is your opportunity to master this new ability, giving you an edge navigating tricky terrain ahead.
Finding Louis
Completing the grappling section circles you back to a lantern. From here, head toward the smoke signals marking Louis’s last known position.
Cross a wooden bridge over a river and use your grapple to latch onto hooks. Beware—the area is ablaze, making swift traversal essential.
Progress through burning huts as you advance to the fourth lantern within this charred zone, carefully navigating fire and foes alike.
Next to this lantern, spot two distant grappling hooks on one side and a path plunging back into the flames on the other, presenting options based on your chosen route.
Return into the fiery remnants of the village, where patrolling enemies test your combat readiness. Using your grapple points will eventually lead you to a tree-like structure under siege from multiple foes.
Clear the enemies here to access a gate. Interacting with it reveals Louis, who proposes a return to the church. Agreeing teleports him back to your base, concluding the rescue mission.
Once reunited at the camp, speak with James and Louis again. Louis directs you to explore a nearby salt mine, where crucial discoveries await, marking the transition to Chapter 4: Dark Descent.
This completes the challenging and immersive Chapter 3 experience in Valor Mortis, a pivotal segment in your journey through a land twisted by plague and power.
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