Chapter IX – In the Shadow of Ramparts is the ninth part of a walkthrough for the game A Plague Tale: Innocence, following Chapter VIII – Our Home.
IX – In the Shadow of Ramparts Guide
Follow Melie
Before you get too far ahead, when you see the white log on the left, look closer for a Lavender flower collectible.
Keep going until you see a thief who wasn’t very good at not being spotted. Ask for Melie to unlock the door. Once you’re through, Melie will part ways with you. You’re on your own Amicia!
Find the university
As you head up the steps, wait for the guards to go through the door before continuing upward. Once outside, you’ll note where the university is. Quite a ways away.
Reach the university
Drop down off the ledge and head inside again until there are two guards harassing someone in their home.
Head downward, but don’t bother with going the path of the two guards. Take the other path where one guard patrols back and forth. I used Devorantis to get his helmet off, then killed him with a rock shot. Grab a stick and light it, then make your way to the second light source.
The rats will be busy with the body, so head left and get through the barricade.
Wait for the guard without a helmet to walk away. That way you can get rid of the guard with the helmet. Make your way past the rats.
Climb upward when you can and walk along the rooftops after watching a scene of two men running from rats. At the end of the roof will be a ladder to climb down. Drop down into the next section where you’re met with a scene between a woman and a guard.
Go through the door on the right and slingshot the hanging man down. A guard will come in. Break his lantern and have the rats finish him off.
In the area where the guard entered is a chest with a Sheepskin collectible. If you can’t get around the rats, you can always grab a stick from somewhere outside and light it to get past them, or use Luminosa on them.
Go upstairs into the right side room and out the door to a human-decorated area. Get close enough to the structure to break the chains on two of the bodies. Crouch into the rat pit and out the other side. There’s a guard you can take out after you get rid of his helmet.
In the next section is another guard you can do the same with.
Crouch under the wooden planks for the next section of walking toward a cemetery.
Approach the lightbeam and move it to the left to clear the way for you. Inside there’s a crafting station. Head up the ladder.
Grab the light beam and move it to the right to clear the way beyond the barrier and also have the rats eat the guard. Hop over the barrier and move the other light to the right to clear the way again so you can jump up and head outside for a cutscene.
There’s a pit up ahead with a lot of rats. Light up the torch and drop down from the other side (where the rats aren’t). Grab the materials and make Odoris. Throw the Odoris to the left and the rats will move out of your way. Get out of the pit.
Throw another Odoris to the right so you can run to the light source. There’s a drop down ahead with a lightbeam. Odoris the right side close to you and move the lightbeam to block them from coming back toward you.
Now here’s a tricky section.
Use the next lightbeam all the way to the right so the rats are all on the left side. Throw an Odoris beside the little nook on the left and when they all run to that area, move the lightbeam toward them to trap them in that little section.
Now go to where the crate is and hop down the ledge behind it where you’ll find the collectible Piece of Transis.
Go back to where the crate is and move it through the small section and downward through the gap where it will slide. Continue moving it to the ledge on the lower section (away from the trapped rats).
Climb up and move forward.
Once you come across the guard, throw and Odoris onto him and run until you hear another guard. Hide behind the fenced area after he walks to the right. Toss a rock onto the metal cart, then throw and Odoris on him.
Before going across the bridge, notice there’s a guard in the distance without a helmet. Slingshot kill him with a rock. The other guard will investigate.
Go over the bridge now and melt the guard’s helmet off then kill him with a headshot.
Go to the left section where you’ll hop over a barrier and toss a Luminosa into the rat pit. Up ahead is an Alchemist Cart you can go into for supplies and a crafting station. Head back and use the lightbeam to trap the rats after tossing an Odoris, and continue onward.
Enter the university
Slingshot the rat cage, then go down left side. Go straight for the guard ahead of you and have him remove his helmet before killing him. Repeat the same for the next guard up ahead by the steps. Up the steps, you’re met with the university. On the right side, wait for two guards to progress in a small alcove.
Lure them out with a pot, kill the guy without a helmet, then get rid of the other guard’s helmet and headshot him. Go into the area for the collectible Chessboard.
The front entrance is guarded by two guards. Have them spot you and run back to the rat area, then Odoris one to take them both out.
Now go through the front doors for the achievement The Hard Way.
