Cheat mode
Press [Block], [Auto Face], [Dark Gift Menu], [Looking Around], [Action], [Use Dark Gift], [Blood Suck] when your at the main menu. If done at the right speed, Kain say "Go cheese" to verify entry. Then start a new game and you will have the Soul Reaver and Iron Armor. Note: v1.02 of the game is needed.

Full magic
Press [Right], [Right], [Attack], [Action], [Up], [Down], [Right], [Left] when your at the main menu.

Dark Diary unlocked
Press [Left], [Right], [Attack], [Action], [Up], [Down], [Right], [Left] when your at the main menu.

Full health
Press [Attack], [Shift], [Shift], [Forward], [Attack], [Center], [Enter] when your at the main menu.

Invincibility
Note: This cheat involves editing a game file so make a backup copy of the file before going on. Then use a text editor to edit the "game.erg" file in the "data" folder in the game folder. Remove the hyphen "-" character from the line:

"-bo2 kain debug flags\kain's invulnerable"=1

so it now looks like:

"bo2 kain debug flags\kain's invulnerable"=1

Level select
Note: This cheat involves editing a game file so make a backup copy of the file before going on. Then use a text editor to edit the "game.erg" file in the "data" folder in the game folder. Find the following line and replace its value with one of the names in the "data" folder:

level="slums/sl_01".

Hints & Tips

Easy kill
After beating Sebastian and getting the Dark Gift Charm, use it on a enemy that you cannot charm. It will appear as if they have a headache. Run towards the enemy and attack. Repeat this until the enemy is dead.

Raising Kain's lore
When you come across a save point, avoid it. Instead, first kill all the enemies ahead. After yor like with the amount of enemies you have killed, backtrack to the save point that was skipped and hit it. The game records your current lore level at this point. Next, after the save point is hit, kill yourself. Therefore when you regenerate at the save point, you will have the same amount of lore. All the enemies that you already killed return. Kill them again and get more lore. The Relic Boxes also work the same way.

Note: Do not max out Kain's lore. If this is done and the game is saved, Kain's blood bar will revert to nothing. If this happens, a jump will cause Kain to die. If you kill all available targets in the game, you will achieve the same blood bar level as you would using the trick. If you do use this trick and are maxed out, stop drinking blood and opening relics. Otherwise, you will lose all your hard work when you save your game.

Instant death attack
In order to do an instant death attack, you need to have mist in the area of the person. Enter the mist using your dark skill ability "Mist", then sneak up behind them. A skull will appear. Then use this time to attack and you will cause instant death to the enemy. Note: If you run into the front of the person, they will attack.

Easy health
After clearing a checkpoint, if you are low on health, reload the game. You will be back where you were, except your health meter is now full.

Beating Faustus
At first, you are in a small circle room with two doors. All you have to do is face the Boss and hold Attack + Block. Wait for him to attack. He has four different types. In the first, he does a five or six hit combo. In the second, he can punch, then kick. In the third, he will just kick. In the fourth, he jumps back with a red glow and lunges forward. When he uses his first type of attack, wait until he punches a third time, then release your block and attack. Redot this five times to go on. In the next room you need to use the mist form to sneak up to the furnace and burn him. To do this, you need to find the two furnaces with fog in front of them. They are on opposing sides. When you first enter the room, one is to the left and the other is to the right. Run around until he jumps to one of the two, then sneak to the corner and turn the mist on. Slowly walk to the switch and steam him. Finally, he will jump around and lunge at you. Run around until he lunges. This will cause him to fall. Run up to him and use a combo. This has to be done three or four times in order to beat him.

Keep on blocking and sidestepping his attacks while finding open spots for attack until you get one quarter of his life down. Then, he will run off and enter a room will large heaters and mist around them. When Faustus jumps on to a heater, go towards the beginning of the mist trail that leads to the heater and pull the switch to hurt him. Keep doing this until he jumps up on to a chain, then run to a corner of the room and remain there until Fautus jumps down . He will now try to jump and kick you from far away. If you sidestep his attack, he will hit the wall and will be vulnerable briefly. Keep repeating this until he is dead.

The easiest way to beat Faustus is to block until your Fury bar glows and hit him with that. Dodge each time you see him try to use a glyph attack. It only takes two Fury hits to get him to go to the furnace room. Load up the Mist glyph and head to a steam spot. You should be able to turn on the furnaces without taking too much damage running from steam spot to steam spot. When he gets burned and starts running around the rafters, just run around the edges of the room until you hear him drop. Try to be close to a corner or wall. Wait for him to jump at you, then jump or dodge his attack. When he hits the wall, he will be stunned. You can hit him with a good combo before he jumps back up to the rafters. Redo this two or three times and he will die fast.

At the begining, equip your Fury power. Block his combos, and back up when you see him charge up with a red attack. Try to get a few hits in, then use Fury when it is charged up. You will then enter a room with four furnaces. One furnace has mist that flows close to the center of the room. Chase him around until he is on top of that furnace. Then, without getting too close to it, use the Mist power, and activate the furnace. You will need to do this three to four times. Finally, he will jump up into the ceiling and strike you when he comes down. Keep on running close to the walls, and he will run into them. Attack him when he recovers. Keep this up until he is dead.

Beating Magnus
Magnus is simple to beat. When he is standing in the middle of the giant fountain that is surrounded by statues, run and hide behind the closest one. He will try to burn you, but will hit the statue. Jump out and shoot him with Telekinesis quickly. When he falls into the water, run behind the next statue until he tries to burn you again and repeat this until he leaves. It should only take three times. In the next room you will see giant statues holding scythes. Magnus cannot burn you anymore, but he will charge into you. Do not try to hit him. It does not do any good. Get in front of one of these statues and get him to charge you. When he does, dodge him and he will run into the scythe, breaking it. When it breaks, you will see a glowing telekinetic switch. Jump onto one of the boulders or platforms so Magnus cannot get you, and shoot the switch. The statue will open its arms. Do that to all of the statues and the gigantic statue in the middle of the room will be put back together. Get Magnus to charge into the base of the weapon that the statue is holding the same way as before. When it breaks, make him charge into the base until the statue falls and crushes him. Just stand next to it and shoot Magnus with Telekinesis. That should make him charge you.

When you are fighting Mangus, it is easier if you grab him and throw him into the giant statues holding scythes. Even if you miss with the throw, he can still bump into them when he is getting up, and they will still break.

When the battle starts, stand behind one of the statues. Beware, his Immolate attack can kill you with one hit. When he destroys the statue, use the Telekinesis gift to knock him into the water. You will need to do this four times. Enter the next area with the Telekinesis still equipped. In this area, you will see four statues glowing red. Stand in front of one and shoot Magnus with the Telekinesis. He will charge at you, and when he does, jump over him. A switch will appear at the feet of the statue. Then use your Telekinesis to operate it before Magnus recovers. Do the same for the other four, and the statue in the middle will rebuild itself. Next, use the Statue method on the large one you may need to do this more than once. This should kill him.

Beating Marcus
You will fight Marcus in a cathedral, on the bottom floor first. On the left and right sides of the room are switches, one on each side. These switches activate bells which disrupt Marcus' concentration and leave him briefly vulnerable. Hit one switch, then run to the other switch, hitting Marcus on your way. Continue this until his "puppets" disable the bells. Go up to the second floor. Marcus will just run around until you kill him. Use the jump ability to switch between sides, hitting him on the way. When he dies, you obtain the Charm ability.

To bat Marcus follow the earlier strategies until his "puppets" break the bells. After this occurs, chase Marcus until you run into his "puppets". Kill the puppets, raising your Lore and Blood bar. He will be on the same floor as his "puppets" this will help you learn where his next minion is at. When you find him, use combos repeatedly until he loses.

Just hit the bell switches and hit him when he is stunned. When his puppets disable the bell, you can still ring it by jumping into it. He is easier to find that way. Then run around killing enemies while hacking up Marcus, at times ringing the bell. You can avoid the puppets altogether, but you will want to build up your Lore bar as much as you can.

Chase him into the room that has two switches on each side. When there, run to a switch and use it to ring the church bells. This will momentarily paralyze Marcus. Now attack him with combos and the Fury power. When he recovers, run to the switch on the other side and ring the bell again. Keep doing this until he summons the bishops. Run upstairs and attack the guard, gaining any lost blood and weapons. He will be invisible, but will reappear. When he does, chase him, then attack him. You can still hurt him while he is invisible. He will summon more guards, but will be beaten before long.

Beating Sarafan guards
If a guard is a good distance away from you, use the Charm spell. The Charm spell will not succeed in controlling them, but it will confusing them. The guard will hold his head with both hands, as if they he has a sudden headache. In this time, dispose of the guard with any weapon. The easiest way is to cast Charm, walk up to them, lift them off their feet, then decapitate them with the axe sword.

Beating Sebastian
When the battle starts, run the opposite way of the mist shooting out of the grates. Jump over when you need to. Sebastian will not jump and burn himself. In his second phase, you need to be directly behind one of the mists and follow it around until it stops. When he grabs onto the wall, put the purple portal object between you and him. He will run into it. Do this three times to continue. In his third phase, he will try to destroy the stone. Jump up there so he gets off and charm the peasant in the room to unload all of the mist on the ground. His fourth phase is a fist fight until the end.

Just allow Sebastian to kill you once. Then, allow the game to idle and watch the "steam" appear and kill Sebastian.

Whenever Sebastian charges at you, jump and use the fire attack. Get his health down to one fifteenth, then he will charge up and will hurt himself. He will take off half his health.

At the beginning, block his attacks and watch out for his red attack. Just be careful after you knock him down, he will charge at you with an unblockable tackle. Undo the Autoface and jump over him. Next, he will start to run around in circles while a column of thunder hits the center of the room. Run around the center while doding the dangerous gases from the side of the room. When you see him stop, this means he will strike. Stand in the room so that the column of thunder is between you and him. He will run into it, then leap back into the side. Redo this three times. Knowing he cannot beat you, he will try to destroy the Nexxus Stone. Jump on top of the platform and use the Charm Gift on the guard that is activating the switches. Use him to operate one of the switches and draw Sebastian to you. Keep attacking until he is dead.

Beating the big mosquitoes
In almost each scene, the enemies have boundaries that they cannot cross. If you find these boundaries, the mosquitoes will be waiting on the opposite side for you to cross back over. Nowse the jump attack by jumping over and kicking them. Then, before they recover, run back over the boundary line. After four kicks the mosquitoes will die. It is harder when there are two waiting for you, but can be done.

Beating the Sarafan Lord
When the battle starts, the most important thing to do is to find him. When you do, go to the platform across from him so that there is a walkway between you. When he fires the energy orbs, jump above the first one and remain down on the second. Then, jump again on the third. When he is over you will have seconds to use your Telekenisis on him. When you use it, switch over to jump and knock him off the ledge. You cannot be too close to him when you try to jump or he will teleport away. When he has the Soul Reaver out, switch to Immolate. He only has one set of attacks. He hits you five times, then uses the magic red sword. Block his five attacks, jump back from the sword, and use Immolate on him. This is the way to hurt him here. Do this three times to go on. When you get the Soul Reaver, he still has the same attack pattern. Block the five hits and jump straight up in the air to dodge the red hit. When you get down, use the Soul Reaver. You can only hit him one time per round of attack.

After you get Kain's Soul Reaver back, the Sarafan Lord will hit you with his five punch combo and his power punch. Block his five punches and dodge his power punch so you can charge up Kain's "Berserk" attack. When done, just block the Sarafan Lord's punches and side step his power punch, then hit him with the "Berserk" attack. If the Sarafan Lord does not block the attack, just redo and watch the ending.

When Kain has the Soul Reaver and the Sarafan Lord does the five hits, dodge the magic hammer blow. Then, grab the Sarafan Lord and thrust the Soul Reaver through his chest. You will killl him in less than a quarter of the time it would take with one hit on each turn.

When you have gotten the Soul Reaver, build up your special power and use the berserk attack. It will kill him within two hits.

When the battle first starts, find him fast. Then, go to the nearest platform to him and use your Telekinesis dark gift. Use it on him, then use your Jump dark gift and jump on him. It will knock him off the platform. He will say a few things about the Nexus Stone. Kain will drop the Nexus Stone off the platform, destroying the Hylden Gate. After that, do your normal block dodge attack moves and use your dark gift Immolation. This will take him down fast. Ionnis will appear, and he and the Sarafan Lord will fight. The Sarafan Lord wins and Ionnis will tell you to pick up the Soulreaver. You will need to do normal block dodge attack and use your dark gift Berserk to bring the Sarafan Lord down fast.

To beat the Sarafan Lord, dodge the shots from the Soul Reaver, then use Telekinesis to stun him. In this time, switch Dark Abilities to Jump and attack him. This will knock him off. An intermission sequence will start, then you will have to fight again. During this time, block until he raises his sword above his head. When this occurs, jump directly up and float until he finishes his attack. Your Rage Meter should be filling. When it is full, use Immolate on him. Redo this until the first vampire appears. He will be hurled from the area into banishment. An intermission will play and you will be on the middle platform. When there, repeat this, except he will rest after doing his combo. Hit him once with the Soul Reaver and go on.

When your on the final stage of beating the Sarafan Lord, switch to Berserk and build up your rage bar. Attack with Berserk you should kill him in two repetitions.

First, dodge his beams then knock him off. When he is using his second tactic, use Immolate four times. When he is using his third tactic, use Berserk two times.

For the first part, wait for him to teleport, then make your way to him while doding his blasts. Before you stand on the same platform he is on, fire a shot of Telekinesis to knock him back. If done right, you will see him start to lose his balance. While still standing far off, use the Jump power to knock him off the platform. For the next part you need to face him in hand-to-hand, except you are not going to use your hands but to block. He will do a five hit combo, then an unblockable attack. After blocking the first five, back off and wait for him to finish his attack. Then, move back in and keep blocking. When your rage is high enough, use the Immolate attack. This is the only attack that will hurt him. After the short intermission sequence, you will fight him again, but this time with the Soul Reaver in your hand. Once again, he will do the five-hit combo plus the unblockable attack. There is only one way to hurt him grab him and stab him. Do this a few times, and you will view the ending sequence.

When you have gotten to the third and last stage of the battle with the Sarafan Lord, you need to block his first five attacks then attack once. This takes too long. Instead, select "Berserk" from your Dark Gift menu when the last stage of the battle starts. As you block his first five attacks then dodge his sixth attack, you will be building Berserk energy. Block his five attacks then dodge the sixth attack. Unleash your Berserk attack, and you will get in twice as many hits. You only need to do this twice and the Sarafan Lord will be dead. This will shorten the battle and allows you to finish the game with less aggravation.

Wharves: Jumping to Rune Knights
About the middle of the Wharves chapter is a place where you have to constantly jump across a river with one Rune Knight in each area you jump to. Before you jump, hit the Rune Knight twice with Telekinesis. When you jump, attempt to make the jump indicator red so that you hit the Rune Knight. While he is on the ground, draw your weapons or get your claws out. When he stands, start attacking and catch him off guard. Two hits should be enough with bare claws and only one hit with some kind of weapon.