Find Archont | Key to Redemption Darksiders 2 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Start by collecting a Boatman Coin lying behind Nathaniel, and follow the long corridor leading inside the Spire. Once there, use the switch and wait for the elevator to take you to a higher level.
Go to the upper balconies and go left. Be wary because the area is patrolled by corrupted angels. Just like before, try to eliminate the angels one after another and, as far as it is possible, avoid their attacks. After you are done, jump into a small hole and find a Boatman Coin.
Catch onto the interactive edge and get to the location where there are new corrupted angels. Dispose of them and return to the other side of the hole (the one that you found the coin in). Position yourself somewhere around the spot shown in the above screenshot and initiate Soul Split.
Position the first half of the soul near the abovementioned hole (the above screenshot).
Switch to the other half and use the interactive edge in order to reach the fragment of the balcony that used to be occupied by the angels. Use Death Grip to grab the shadowbomb located nearby.
Approach the spot where you left the first half of the soul earlier and initiate manual aiming (Q key), and after an icon confirming locking on target appears (the above screenshot), toss the shadowbomb. If you did everything correctly, the shadowbomb should be transferred between the halves of the soul without exploding.
[TIP: If the shadowbomb explodes anyway, make sure that an arrowhead appears above the first half of the soul.]
Switch to the first half of the soul now. Return to the starting point but, this time, go right. Toss the shadowbomb from a large distance at the yellow formations shown in the above screenshot.
[TIP: Do not approach the yellow formations, because in this case you would be straying too far away from your physical form, and terminate Soul Split prematurely.]
Terminate Soul Split and go to the location where the yellow formations used to be. Find a chest here and start climbing in the spot shown in the above screenshot.
Continue climbing up with the help of creepers, projections and edges. After you reach the highest located balcony, use the stairs to the left and reach the location with Archont in it. The quest ends here automatically, and you will be rewarded with 2500 experience points and 9000 pieces of gold. You will also unlock a new main quest [The Rod of Arafel]. Before you set out to the Earth, you could talk to Archont again (new dialogue options) and search the area again for a single chest.