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Family Legacy Walkthrough

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Family Legacy

This is a walkthrough for Family Legacy, an investigation in Hell is Us. Learn more about how to complete Family Legacy, its points of interest, and its Exploration points here!

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Family Legacy Objectives
1. Find the Watcher's Nest 2. Find the Blue Flowers 3. Get to the Center of the Lymbic Forge

1. Find the Watcher's Nest

Step	Objective
1.1	From the save point on Vitalis's grave, head southwest up the hills near the timeloop. Enter the wooden gate into the mountain pass. Be careful of the Artillery Walker on the wooden structure, it will start shooting at you when you enter the pass.
1.2	On the first intersection, take the left path going southeast and speak to the woman sitting near the save point.
1.3	This is Tania Alver, the journalist that was in contact with Vitalis. She will tell you about the location of the Watcher's nest, past the tombstones, west of your current location. She will give you one of the keys to open the door, the Emblem-Candle, and will ask you to find Agatha for the second one.
1.4	Go back to the intersection and take the path right. As you exit the ridges, you will find a Timeloop Guardian and a Feral Walker standing over her corpse. Defeat the enemies and take the Emblem-Book from her body. You will also pick up her Ethnic ID Card, which you can use to solve the Mystery, The Hideout, later in the game.
1.5	Climb the scaffolding and walk to the left. There will be a path filled with tombstones. Follow the path heading west. At the first intersection, take the right path.
1.6	On the second intersection on this road, take the right path to find the doors of the Watcher's Nest. You can meet Atticus if you follow the path to the left; he is a refugee camping near the giant stone serpent. Giving him the keys to the ON Truck will complete the Good Deed, Heart of Gold.
1.7	Open the door using the emblems. There will be a note near the center telling you to open Pentos's Coffin. It will also contain the riddle to open it. Go down into the crypt and gather the four Ceramic Flowers and the Lymbic Rod - Grief, Z. The solution is; Name - Algea (behind the whiteboard) , Title - Tear Symbol (in the round room), Symbol of his Order - The Vigil (candle and book symbol near the save point), Date - 1513 (beside the green banner). ▶︎Vyssa Hills Flowers Puzzle Guide
1.8	Go back to crypt and open the coffin. You will get the Mark of the Betrayed and the Blue Flower Scroll. There will be a cut scene with Tania accessing your APC and agreeing to meet her there.
1.9	Before leaving, speak with the man in the wheel chair, Gildas Brom, as he will give the Guardian Detector, which can help you track the location of Timeloop Guardians. He will also reward you for doing Good Deeds and closing Timeloops.
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2. Find the Blue Flowers

Step	Objective
2.1	Use the save point in the watchers nest to fast travel back to your APC. There will be a cut scene with Tania once you enter the APC. This will open the ability to Research. Interact with her again to get information about the Blue Flower Scroll. At this point, you have the choice to speak with 1 of 3 locals: Ernest Caddell in Senedra, Abbot Jaffer in Jova, or Rebecca also in Jova.
2.2	Travel to your chosen local and ask them about the Blue Flowers. Upon arriving at the new location, there will be a short cut-scene with a mysterious woman. This will unlock the location Lake Cynon.
2.3	Go back to your APC and travel to Lake Cynon. There will be a cut scene on the way. Follow the path until you reach a bulletin board and some tables. From there, you can pick up the Note - Lost Keys for the Lost Keys mystery and the 9mm Pistol Research Item.
2.4	Continue following the path into the field of Blue Flowers. In the distance, you will be able to see what looks like a pond; this is the reservoir. Head towards it.
2.5	Around the reservoir are blue monoliths with symbols. Look at each one and take note of the position of each symbol. Hit the pillars in this order: Crown, Water, Key, Star, then Cup,. The third symbol can be found in the Blue Flower Scroll since the actual monolith on site is broken. ▶︎Lake Cynon Pillar Puzzle Guide
2.6	Grab the Gear - Spindle from the hole that opened near the mechanism. After that, interact with the mechanism and use the gear to drain the water.
2.7	With the reservoir empty you can now grab the Keys - Algae for the Mystery Lost Keys and enter the Lymbic Forge.
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3. Get to the Center of the Lymbic Forge

Step	Objective
3.1	Head down into the Lymbic Forge until you reach the first save point in a room with the door and the lever. There will be an enemy that will lunge at you the moment you open the door. Continue going down this path, and you will arrive in the room leading into the Great Atrium.
3.2	You will need to look for two items to access the Atrium. From the top of the stairs, if you turn south, there will be a door and a chest at the end of the corridor. The North Corridor will also have the same layout, but the door will be locked.
3.3	In the upper south door, follow the path until you reach the door with a lever. On the right side of the room is a torch puzzle, activate all the torches to the north and south to get the Sigil - Order of the Eye. ▶︎Lymbic Forge Torch Puzzle Guide
3.4	The door down the stairs next to the entrance will be locked from the other side. The door across the entrance will require the Key - Owl, and the door across the torch puzzle will be the only one open at this point. Go down the corridor and unlock the door at the end. This will lead you back to the room with the Grand Atrium Door.
3.5	Go inside the lower north door into what looks like a dining hall, be careful of the Artillery Walker that will shoot you as soon as you enter the room.
3.6	There are two doors on the ground floor. The door on the left will be locked on the other side, and the door directly in front of you will be open. Go to that door. This corridor will have two doors, one directly across and one to the left midway through the corridor. Go to the door across first.
3.7	There will be another Artillery Walker waiting for you as soon as you open the door, you need to go down to the pit to filled with hollow walkers to get the Sigil - Phol Guard from the chest. There is no ladder going down, so hug the wall to the right and try to slide down onto the column ledge to avoid fall damage.
3.8	Go back into the short corridor and enter the other door there and grab the Key - Crying Eye. There will be another door on the other side of the room. Unlock this and exit back into the dining hall.
3.9	Climb up the stairs, unlock the door at the end of the corridor, and this will lead you back to the room where the Atrium door is. On the other end of the hall, beside the stairs, there is another flight going up. Take the stairs. You can also unlock Lymbic Door - Lymbic Forge if you have the Find the Lymbic Rod - Terror W, X, and Y.
3.10	Continue climbing up the stairs until you reach a staircase that splits into two ways to the east and west, both doors lead into the same hall that has two rooms. There will be a Timeloop Guardian in one room and the Lymbic Chest in the other. if you have the Lymbic Rod - Neutral, V you can open the Lymbic Chest - Lymbic Forge Dormitory.
3.11	Backtrack until you're in the room with the Atrium door and unlock it with the two sigils. You now have access to the atrium. There will be a mechanism at the center of the room with a missing part. Grab the Key- Owl from the rubble beside the mechanism.
3.12	Go back south to the room where you got the Sigil - Order of the Eye, and open the Owl Door with your key. There will be an enemy as soon as you open the door, defeat it. There is a corridor to the north with a door and stairs going up in the south. This room will also have another Lymbic Chest.
3.13	Go through the north first, along this corridor will be a door to the left. Unlock this to gain access to the path that leads back to the room before the atrium.
3.14	Continue forward, and the door at the end of the hall will open into the area of the Atrium that you couldn't access because of the rubble. Grab the Gear -Spoked from the chest and make your way back to the mechanism by climbing over the rotten wood bridge in front of the door.
3.15	Go back to the mechanism and activate it to drain the first level of water in the Atrium. Carefully climb your way down the scaffolding. To the area to the north with two passages.
3.16	Enter the passage on the left that leads into the chapel. Once you enter the corridor, the gate will close. Defeat the Timeloop Guardian on the ground floor.
3.17	Climb up the other side and jump to the balcony to access the room. behind the podium.
3.18	Pick up the Gear - Large from the cabinet, and the Lymbic Rod - Rage, W from the shelf. Climb down the stairs and unlock the door in the next room. This will lead you back down to the chapel.
3.19	From the doorway of the stairs on the lower floor, cross to the other side and go down more stairs. Follow that path until it leads you back to the Atrium.
3.20	Attach the gear to the mechanism and drain the remaining water. Make your way down the deepest part of the Lymbic Forge.
3.21	When you reach the ground floor, there will be enemies waiting, so be careful. Go to the Hall of Martyrs and take the elevator down.
3.22	There will be a timeloop and a Guardian on this level. Defeat the Timeloop Guardian. Make sure that you are prepared since this is a challenging enemy.
3.23	After defating the guardian open the coffin to get the Aster’s Band of Domination, the Hammer of Modus, and the Fundamentals of Lymbic Forging. You can also grab the Amine Prism - Sigma beside the coffin.
3.24	Go back to the mechanism in the Atrium. Approach the Large Door beside the save point and unlock it with the Hammer of Modus.
3.25	Enter the Main Hall and grab the Sword of Grief from the anvil. Further down the hall are four altars guarded by three Hallow Walkers. At the end of the hall is a large sealed door.
3.26	After defeating the hallows, approach the altar with the crying face on the left-most side. Place the Keystone of Grief into the Altar. A cutscene will play after this; this is the end of Act 1.
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Family Legacy Full Exploration List

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Vyssa Hills

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✔️	Item	How to Get
	Blue Flower	Investigation Item Found in Lake Cynon.
	Blue Flower Scroll	Investigation Item Found in Pentos Algea's tomb in the Watcher's Nest, Vyssa Hills.
	Ceramic Flower	Investigation Item Found in the Watcher's Nest in Vyssa Hills. Used to solve the puzzle in the Watcher's Nest.
	Emblem - Book	Investigation Item Found on a woman's corpse in Vyssa Hills. Used to open the Vigil's hideout.
	Emblem - Candle	Investigation Item Obtained from Tania Alver in Vyssa Hills. Used to open the Vigil's hideout.
	Ethnic ID Card - Agatha Maren	Investigation Item Found on a corpse in Vyssa Hills.
	Guardian Detector	Investigation Item Given by Gildas Brom in the Watcher's Nest. Used to locate Timeloop Guardians.
	Key - Rusted (Vyssa Hills)	Exploration Item Found on a corpse in the Mines of Vyssa Hills. Used to complete the Lucky Break mystery.
	Keys - ON Vehicle	Exploration Item Found on a corpse of an ON Soldier in Vyssa Hills. Give the keys to Atticus.
	Keystone of Grief	Investigation Item Obtained from Vitalis in Vyssa Hills. Used in the Lymbic Forge.
	Lymbic Rod - Grief, V	Exploration Item Found in Vyssa Hills. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Grief, Z	Exploration Item Found in the Watcher's Nest. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Note - Collapsing Timeloops	Investigation Item Obtained from Gildas Brom in the Watcher's Nest.
	Note - Wall Grooves	Investigation Item Found in the entrance to the Watcher's Nest in Vyssa Hills.
	Pill Bottle - Atenolol	Exploration Item Found insdie abandoned luggage in Vyssa Hills Give to Diana Kos.
	Sheet Music - Losilus Dreaming	Exploration Item Found in Vyssa Hills. Give to the violin player in Jova.

Lake Cynon

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✔️	Item	How to Get
	9mm Pistol	Research Item Found on a table in Lake Cynon.
	Gear - Spindle	Exploration Item Found in a hidden alcove in Lake Cynon.
	Keys - Algae	Exploration Item Found in the reservoir at Lake Cynon. Use the keys to unlock the box in Samo's General Store.
	Lymbic Rod - Neutral, V	Exploration Item Found in Lake Cynon. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Note - Conspiracy	Exploration Item Found at the picnic area of Lake Cynon.
	Note - Lost Keys	Exploration Item Found on the message board at Lake Cynon.

Lymbic Forge

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✔️	Item	How to Get
	Fundamentals of Lymbic Forging	Investigation Item Found in the Lymbic Forge. Give to Victor Gaz.
	Gear - Large	Investigation Item Found inside the Lymbic Forge. Used to complete draining mechanism in the Lymbic Forge.
	Gear - Spoked	Investigation Item Found in the Lymbic Forge. Used to complete draining mechanism in the Lymbic Forge.
	Hammer of Modus	Investigation Item Found in the Lymbic Forge. Used to open a door in the Lymbic Forge.
	Key - Crying Eye	Investigation Item Found on a wooden stool in the Lymbic Forge. Used to open a locked door inside the Lymbic Forge.
	Key - Owl	Investigation Item Found on a skeleton in the Lymbic Forge. Used to open a locked door inside the Lymbic Forge.
	Lymbic Rod - Rage, W	Exploration Item Found in the Lymbic Forge. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Terror, W	Exploration Item Found inside the Lymbic Forge. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Terror, X	Exploration Item Found inside the Lymbic Forge. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Lymbic Rod - Terror, Y	Exploration Item Found inside the Lymbic Forge. Used to open Lymbic Chests and Lymbic Doors.
	Old Sketchbook	Research Item Found inside the Lymbic Forge.
	Sigil - Order of the Eye	Investigation Item Found in the Lymbic Forge. Used to open a large locked door in the Lymbic Forge.
	Sigil - Phol Guard	Investigation Item Found in the Lymbic Forge. Used to open a large locked door in the Lymbic Forge.
	Symbol of the Charioteer	Investigation Item Found after finishing Act 1.
	Symbol of the Screaming Face	Investigation Item Found after finishing Act 1.

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