"Survive the nightmare" means that you have to fix the Broken relic into the Curse relic via the secret boss.
But this achievement is only a part of another achievement (see more below).Here are all the steps you need to complete for this achievement.
- Buy and equip the Broken relic for 1 coin in the shop
- Solve the Graveyard puzzle to unlock the secret boss
- Beat the secret boss so that the Broken relic becomes the Cursed relic
Now a little detailed information about the individual stepsGraveyard puzzle
The solution to the puzzle is in the three statements of the three people on the winner's podium. There hide the directions in the messages. The order is first place, second and then third place. Unfortunately, these hints are different for everyone! In the spoiler you find many solutions which I gather together.
*** Spoiler - click to reveal ***1st Place
All I Can Do Is Throw My Hands Up. Left To Wallow In Third Place - Up Left
As A Winner, I Never Gave Up! Left ’em Looking Foolish. - Up Left
I Always Win! I Am Downright Awesome! - Bottem Right
I Can't Believe I've Won! Things Are Looking Up! - Up Middle
I May Have Won But I Don’t Look Down On Anyone For Trying To Complete - Bottom Middle
I Was First To The Top And Those Losers Were Left At The Bottom - Bottom Left
I Was The First To The Top, And Those Losers Were Left Down At The Bottom - Bottom Left
I'm The Winner And All Is Right In The World - Middle Right
Leave It To An Upright Citizen Like Me To Win The Whole Thing! - Up Right
There’s No Way The Others Could Have Caught Me! I Left ‘Em In The Dust! - Middle Left
2nd Place
Down Here It Seems To Me Everything Less Sinister I'm Happy With Second Place! - Bottom Middle
I Got Up Right At The Crack Of Dawn Just To Come In Second! - Up Right
I Left Downtown In A Hurry And Forgot My Gear, Ill Settle For Second - Bottom Left
I May Of Gotten Second Place But I Think I Did All Right - Middle Right
I've Been Down All Morning, But This Second Place Finish Has Me Smiling! - Bottom Middle
I’ve Been Down All Morning, But This Second Place Has Me Smiling! - Middle Down
If The Judging Was Left Up To Me, I Wouldn't Be In Second Place - Up Left
Second Place Just Ain’t Right! Down One Place From Last Year. - Bottem Right
Second Place! The Only Thing Left To Do Is Get Better For Next Year - Middle Left
Second Place? I've Had It Up To Here With Second Place! - Up Middle
3rd Place
It Ain’t Right! I Trained Too Hard Only To Come In Third - Middle Right
All I Can Do Is Throw My Hands Up. Left To Wallow In Third Place - Up Left
I Can Only Raise My Hands Third Place! What A Lefty Shot - Middle Left
I Thought I Had Left Behind Being A Bum, Third Place! What A Joke - Middle Left
It Ain't Right! I Trained Too Hard Only To Come In Third! - Middle Right
It’s Downright Criminal They Let These Other Jokers Compete - Bottem Right
My Pals Cheered Me On But I Let Them Down, Left The Race In Third - Bottom Left
They Think They're Better Than Me? They Can Stick It Right Up Their Nose! - Up Right
Third Place? I Guess Things Can Only Go Up From Here - Up Middle
Worse Than Last Year! Down To Third Place. - Bottom Middle
With your personal solution, now go to the graveyard and open the path to the secret boss.
Secret Boss
I personally stood all the time in the lower left corner and shot with the new red shot, the angel boss who then forwarded the shot to the devil boss. In between, of course, dodge the shots and co. Should not be too difficult I think.
After you beating the boss you obtain the achievement but that was not the end. You can still turn the Cursed relic into the Divine relic aka Paladin achievement. The next part is required for the Paladin achievement (Obtain great power)
Defeat 7 bosses with equiped Cursed Relic
This is definitely the hardest part. You must defeat the bosses at least on regular difficulty. The problem is, with the Cursed relic you only have one HP and every time you press the firebutton or dash, a different shot comes out. That makes things really hard. All bosses on all isles count (for me)
Fortunately, there are also a two major tips:
- With every 3rd parry you get a HP in addition
- There is also an official cheat from the developers that also gives you an additional HP. To activate it, you have to turn in a circle / spin around on the map very quickly. Once you have finished the game (main or DLC), you can use the cheat on each island infinite but if you have neither the main game nor the DLC completed, you have only 3 wishes! on the specific isles. So be careful where you use the cheat. Once activated, the cheat remains active until you have defeated a boss.
With these 2 tips you have basically 3 HP, which makes the whole thing much easier. But it is still challenging!
You can see your boss progress by the Cursed relic, it changes appearance every two defeated bosses. After the 7th boss you will obtain the Paladin achievement and the Divine Relic. Congratulations!
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