Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown tips for beginners

A crown isn’t the only thing that goes missing Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Intentionally, you often wonder what to do, where to go, and how to get there – in other words, you are lost.

Yes, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a faithful Metroidvania, with all the regressions and carefully spaced upgrades that come with the genre. There is also a nuanced and often difficult combat system. Here are 10 tips for beginners Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Play in guided mode

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When you start Prince of Persia: The Lost Crownyou have the choice between two game modes:

• Exploration mode is exactly what it sounds like. He gives you minimal instructions on where to go for story missions and side quests.
• Guided mode provides a bit more structure and highlights objectives on your map. Guided Mode also shows whether or not you can access certain playthroughs depending on what upgrades you have unlocked.

If you’re looking for more of a challenge and don’t mind getting lost on a regular basis, opt for Explore mode. But for our money, guided mode is the way to go. The icons are mostly inconspicuous (they only appear when you open the map). If you know right away that you can’t take a certain path, don’t waste time trying to find a solution where none exists. Also, don’t worry – you’ll probably still get lost from time to time.

And if you ever want to take the training wheels off, you can change the mode at any time in the game settings.

Fariba gives you clues

If you ever get stuck, head to the Port – your central area in the Undercity – and talk to Fariba (who is sitting next to the Mage Shop). For 30 Time Crystals, she’ll give you a vague hint about where to go next. The clues are never as clear as “Go here and do this.” But she may tell you that a winged statue can help you advance to a new area, which means you should look for a statue that has this Description corresponds. Your advice is especially helpful when playing in exploration mode.

Don’t miss the bonus tutorials

There is even more The tutorial goes beyond the initial tutorial phase, and everything is really helpful – letting you learn new tricks and earn free money.

Speak to Artaban in the harbor (in the northeast corner). He will offer a series of lessons that reinforce the moves you learned in the first tutorial and provide knowledge you might have otherwise missed, such as the fact that you can deflect projectiles or string combinations along with your bow. You will also receive 50 Time Crystals (the default in-game currency). The lost crown) for each completed tutorial.

New tutorials become available regularly as you unlock more skills over time The lost crown. Check back regularly to take advantage of it.

Don’t try to parry everything

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If you skip the optional tutorials, you’ll at least take the time to master your parry – easily the most valuable move at your disposal. To know when to parry or not, watch your enemy’s attack and notice if they give off a glow of a certain color:

• White attacks can be parried.
• Yellow attacks can be parried. Successfully parrying a yellow attack instantly kills cannon fodder enemies and deals a ton of extra damage to bosses.
• Red attacks cannot be parried. Practice your dodging!

Follow the golden leaves

Wak-wak trees are essentially the checkpoints of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Interacting with them restores your health and arrows, and gives you the ability to change your equipped Amulets (accessories that grant benefits) or Athra Volts (special moves). When you die, you respawn at the Wak-Wak tree you last touched, indicated by a blue circle on your map, like this:

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As you search for the nearest wak-wak tree, pay attention to the golden leaves floating in the wind:

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If you follow the wind direction you will come to a wak-wak tree. However, keep in mind that interacting with a tree will cause all enemies to respawn.

Look for hidden walls

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In The lost crown, most of the walls are just walls, but some are hidden doors. It will look like a normal wall. Your map gives no indication that there is anything on the other side. But when you hit the wall it starts to glow; A few more hits will cause it to collapse, revealing either a new passage or a chamber containing treasure.

Basically, if you ever find yourself in a dead end, knock down all the walls in the room to make sure you don’t miss a hidden door.

Don’t worry about dying

Die Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown isn’t as big a deal as in other genre mainstays – a good thing considering how tough the combat is. Every time you die, you lose a few Time Crystals, but you don’t have to go all the way back to where you died to get the rest back. Hollow knightthis is not.

During large boss fights, respawning is even more forgiving. You won’t even be sent back to a Wak-Wak tree and even have the option to simply start the fight over. (However, if you want to change your amulets and athra waves, you must return to the nearest Wak-Wak tree.)

Memory shards can help you back off

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The golden rule of the genre applies: If you’re in Prince of Persia: The Lost CrownYou don’t have to remember these obstacles.

Pressing the D-Pad consumes a resource called a “Storage Shard,” which marks the location on your map And take a screenshot of it. You can always look at these screenshots on your map and get a good look at the room before running all the way back there and realizing you don’t actually have the upgrade you need.

However, keep in mind that memory shards are a limited resource and you won’t get them back after deleting them from your card.

First, upgrade your potion capacity

From merchants in the port, you can upgrade the strength of your swords and bow, as well as increase how many potions you can carry and how powerful those potions are. Buy an additional potion before investing in something else. Early on, when your health is low, you’ll want to be able to heal more than once – especially when traveling long distances between checkpoints and facing bosses early in the game.

Your potions will be replenished every time you reach a Wak-Wak Tree.

Get the Shield of Mithra amulet as soon as possible.

Amulets are important accessories in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Get the Shield of Mithra amulet as soon as you can. When equipped, it creates a small bubble during your parries where all enemies move in slow motion. (You can upgrade the amulet to increase the size of this bubble.)

Shortly after your first visit to the Hyrcanian Forest, make your way to the port. Speak to Kaheva, who runs a forge behind the glowing door that opens when you return. She gives you the side quest “Ancient Powered Unearthed”. It’s a pretty straightforward platforming challenge: you go straight to a corner of the Lower City region and are tasked with finding a piece of ore, and have to jump over some spiky logs to get it. If you do this, take the ore back to Kaheva to complete “Ancient Power Unearthed” and receive the “Shield of Mithra” amulet.

If you are looking for more amulets, consult our guide for each amulet The lost crown (this is what we have found so far).

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For more Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Check out our guides, consult our list of amulet locations, find out where to unlock fast travel slots, learn how to solve the waterwheel puzzle in the Lower City, and get tips on how to beat the Jahandar Be able to master boss.