Lair of the Deposed King - Exploring the lower levels of the dungeon | Additional Locations Darksiders 2 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Location: The Kingdom of the Dead

The dungeon is located in the central part of Leviathan's Gorge, north-east of the large bridge and north of the Breach.

When you arrive at the entrance to the Lair, take care of some Skeletons (or run from them), then go through the main gate. Go down the stairs, ignoring the first door, and stop at the third level of the basement (the above screen).

There, in the narrow hallway, approach the edge and start going down by grabbing onto interactive handholds. Your goal is to land on the horizontal wooden beam.

Use Death Grip on the nearby grapple and swing over to the next beam, then approach the wall (the above screen). Latch onto the grapple again and then run to the edge, past a large gap.

Continue forth, reaching the balcony illustrated above. Check out the contents of the chest to find a Skeleton Key. That's not all - wall-run along one of the walls here and bounce off to grab a Boatman Coin in the air. When you have both items, backtrack to the staircase, but watch out for the gap again.

I suggest going down to the fourth level, to a door shown on the above screenshot.

Enter the new chamber and attack the Ice Skeletons inside; they should die pretty quickly. Afterwards, look around to find a special gate which can be opened only with the blue Bone Key bought from Vulgrim.

[TIP: Detailed information on how to acquire the Bone Keys and the places they open can be found under the side quest [The Book of the Dead]].