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Cathedral King achievement in Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

Cathedral King

Complete The Grand Cathedral level on serious difficulty without dying or loading.

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How to unlock the Cathedral King achievement

  • iM3RKxYOUxiM3RKxYOUx
    30 Nov 2010 02 Dec 2010 15 Aug 2011
    This achievement is neon impossible to do without rocket jumping. What is rocket jumping you ask? well basically if you jump and shoot a rocket underneath you it will give you a boost which means you can get out of maps or onto higher surfaces. This achievement is still hard to get, even with the rocket jump but all it requires is a bit of practice and patience.
    Obviously you cant save your game (because you cant load) so just try to avoid dying =P

    I have uploaded my own HD YouTube video below which will guide you through the whole process of the rocket jumping and all the way to the end boss fight.

    If anyone is having trouble with the boss fight, there is a much easier way of doing it -

    When you enter the cathedrals courtyard, head for the left side. You can hide there in the left corner of the cathedral's wall. The majority of the enemies Mordekai spawns should appear in the middle or the right side of the courtyard so they shouldn't bother you if you stay hugging the corner. The enemies that do spawn on the left side aren't much of a problem until Mordekai is left with a quarter of health, at this time i highly reccomend you equipt the minigun. The reason i mentioned the minigun above all others is because it can take out the Bio-Mechanoid, Majors (big red chicken lookalike) rockets quickly without them physically reaching you.

    Mordekai has his own spawning patterns, he should spawn twice on the right side, twice in the center and twice on the left. I have no idea which order it goes but thats the basic pattern. (Once upon a time, he decided to spawn in the same place 4 times in a row so yeah sometimes it can be pretty random..lol)

    This method may take longer then running around the map spraying the hell out of Mordekai but its a much safer approach.

    *PLEASE NOTE* Due to my videos being uploaded in widescreen, the video looks relatively small in the TrueAchievement video box therefore i would suggest turning pop ups off, then clicking on the text "Serious Sam: TSE - Cathedral King Achievement" in the video box to open up a new window for YouTube where you can view the whole picture. If this doesnt work try holding down the "Ctrl" key and click on the text.

    To watch the video in HD make sure you put the quality on 720p.

    Anywho Good Luck Fellow Achievement Hunters =]


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    SchiZoPHreNiikzGot it first try, thanks!
    Posted by SchiZoPHreNiikz on 17 Dec 16 at 17:02
    LuucYou can use infinite ammo, it doesn't effect the achievement.
    Just got the achievement with infinite ammo activated, in the boss fight I only used the XL2 Lasergun.
    Posted by Luuc on 15 Mar 19 at 22:59
    BaronVoNewmancan confirm infinte amno is fine for this
    Posted by BaronVoNewman on 07 Dec 20 at 22:44
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  • VV3APONVV3APON
    14 Feb 2011 13 Feb 2011
    *Rocket Jump Help* This is just a tip for the poor punks like me tryin to get sam to rocket jump up there, i just figured it out and i know that if i had this tip earlier id be much happier, so in the video the position by the bricks on the wall is perfect but u gota angle your rocket straight down at your feet, jump to max height and fire, then angle the rocket up just a bit so the rocket hits the wall and not the ground to push sam up, so 1st shot, at your feet. 2nd and 3rd shot angled up slightly and over to the right and its actually pretty easy to make the jump. hope this helps.
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    MrGompersI had the same issue with being bounced back to the arena after making the rocket jump. After some testing I found out its the lower outside wall that bounces you back. The wall(s) that run between the towers.

    If you look at the attached video follow the same path as the player did. He rocket jumps up to a wall, then jumps off into the grass from that position. He doesn't jump down to the lower wall then tries to jump into the grass. I hope that explanation makes sense.
    Posted by MrGompers on 01 Jun 14 at 00:39
    antyagonistaThank you, this tip really helped me. Now I can perform rocket jumps on regular basis :D
    Posted by antyagonista on 06 Jun 14 at 18:21
    VV3APONyour welcome, i'm glad i could help out
    Posted by VV3APON on 09 Jun 14 at 12:50
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