Absolution in Dead Cells Dead Cells Guide
Last update: 21 August 2018
This section includes the description of requirements and methods for unlocking the Absolution achievement in Dead Cells. It is a brown trophy awarded for lifting a curse from your hero. Below, you can find more details on when the main protagonist can become cursed and how to safely lift this curse.
How to fall victim to a curse in Dead Cells?
In Dead Cells, there are two main causes of becoming cursed. In order to unlock this trophy, you can select either one. The first option is to open a cursed chest - an example of such a chest can be seen in the screenshot above. These chests are scattered across random locations throughout the in-game world.
The second way involves destroying the golden door leading to some treasure - an example of such a location can be seen above. The curse is put onto the main protagonist as soon as you destroy the golden door instead for paying to open them.
How to get rid of a curse in Dead Cells?
Upon getting cursed, a skull icon is going to appear over the main protagonist's head along with the information how many enemies does he have to defeat. In the example above, you need to kill 25 monsters, however, for unlocking this trophy try looking for "lighter" curses that force you to kill 10 enemies.
In order to lift a Curse, the main protagonist has to slay a given number of enemies without sustaining any damage. You cannot be hit by any opponent nor can you fall into any environmental traps (poisonous gas, spikes, etc.). Otherwise, the main protagonist will die prematurely and, upon starting a new game, you will have to look for a new opportunity to become cursed.
Below, you can find additional tips on how to deal with a curse:
- Make sure to look around a lot (right analog stick) to prevent getting suddenly amidst a lot of monsters.
- Should you be attacked by surprise by a monster (e.g. by Scorpio from the sewers), run.
- Always look for the weakest enemies without any unique abilities in the area.
- Rely on traps, grenades and ranged weapons. Ranged combat is much safer. When engaging in melee combat it is easy to sustain damage even from a weak enemy.