Chapter XV: Truth

Chapter XV kicks off with Bayonetta and Rosa in an arena setting, where they are set upon by hordes of angels! If you don’t fight, you won’t survive!

Verse 1

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax/∞ Climax (Go for Pure Platinum!)

Suggested Pure Platinum Weapons: Salamandra (Arms), Alruna (Legs)

Enemies: Affinity (Staff) x2, Affinity (Horn) x2, Affinity (Mace) x2, Applaud (Staff) x1, Affinity (Bow) x1, Grace x1, Glory x1, Fearless x1, Fairness x1, Kinship x4, Beloved x2

The fight itself is actually a straightforward enemy gauntlet featuring enemies you’ve met by now. However, to get Pure Platinum for the fight, you need to keep your combo going throughout the entire Verse. As soon as you vanquish one enemy, tag another with your gun. If the enemies are taking their time coming to the battlefield, then taunt. Finally, don’t let Rosa hog all the glory—she’s especially restless in this Verse and is great at killing enemies at the cost of your combo meter!

Low-level Affinities and Applauds attack you and Rosa first. Dodge and counter. Keep an eye on the horn Affinity because he likes to fire from far away.

Grace & Glory show up next, and they’re really good at avoiding attacks on the higher difficulties! Keep your assault relentless while dodging their attacks.

Beat them and it’s on to Fearless & Fairness. They’re not as good at avoiding attacks, but they’re even better at giving them, so you have to dodge more and faster.

A short Kinship intermission takes place before the final stretch consisting of Affinities and Beloveds. Shoot the Kinships with your gun. Use the Beloveds to keep your combo going, but attack everyone you can!

The fun’s not over yet! Beat the gauntlet and it’s straight to a fight with Temperantia!

Verse 2

Boss: Temperantia

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax/∞ Climax (Go for Pure Platinum!)

Temperantia only has a moderate number of attacks to his name, but boy do they hit hard! When he gets in close, he slams the ground with his massive fists, attacks with his head laser and hand cannons, and sends torrents of energy up from the ground.

Suggested Pure Platinum Weapons: Salamandra (Arms)

Enemy: Temperantia

When he’s far back, shoot him with guns or Kafka. When he comes in close, dodge, then melee! After enough hits, he gets dizzy, which is your cue to melee him even more.

Beat Temperantia and...oh no! The sky is falling!

No, actually, it’s just nostalgia. Veterans of the original Bayonetta will recognize this scene in a heartbeat.

Verse 3

Enemy Spotlight: Inspired

Much like Kinships, Inspired are much weakened from their original Bayonetta versions. Simply tagging them with your Action button gun a few times is enough to make them go pop!

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax/∞ Climax (Go for Pure Platinum!)

Suggested Pure Platinum Weapons: Salamandra (Arms)

Enemies: Affinity (Staff) x5, Affinity (Horn) x1, Affinity (Mace) x1, Inspired x3; ∞ Climax: Affinity (Staff) x5, Applaud (Bow) x1, Grace x1, Glory x1, Inspired x3

You’re fighting a bunch of low-level angels that you’ve already dealt with, but mostly at the same time. Don’t get crowded on the smaller battlefield. ∞ Climax throws a Grace & Glory into the mix, but the fight is no different otherwise.

Get past this section and it’s time for another boss battle—this time against a new face.

Verse 4

Boss: Loptr

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax/∞ Climax (Go for Pure Platinum!)

Loptr floats around the battlefield, throwing all sorts of elements and energy at Bayonetta. Loptr is also quite mobile, so you have to be faster. Stay on him with Panther Within!

He can rain ice from the sky, which stays on the ground and makes moving around dangerous. If you step on the ice, you’ll become frozen yourself and take damage! He can also attack and repel with Prophet’s energy hands, as well as perform a punch combo with them.

Suggested Pure Platinum Weapons: Rakshasa (Arms)

Enemies: Loptr

As far as energy is concerned, he’s again a lot like Prophet. He can release a horizontal wave of the stuff, project energy waves along the ground, send down lightning strikes, and project energy onto the ground that will trap you in a bubble if it catches you. If it does catch you, wiggle the Left Analog Stick to escape.

Lower Loptr’s vitality enough and he sends down a giant flaming rock! Use the Quick Time Event to repel it.

The Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa can actually help greatly against Loptr by causing him to recoil after you parry any of his many attacks. Consider bringing it along.

The Masked Lumen strategy applies to Loptr: Dodge his attacks, go into Witch Time, perform up to four P slashes with Rakshasa in retaliation. Retreat and fire your gun until you can repeat the process. Optionally, Salamandra can work, but will be harder to wield against him on higher difficulties.

Beat Loptr and...whew! Finally, a breather. When you have control of Bayonetta again, turn right around and walk toward the edge. An Umbran Crow (19/20) comes into view. Grab it!

Break the nearby statues for some restorative items, then head down the path.

Verse 5

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax

Enemies: Decorations x6

This Verse is a freebie. Simply chase down the Decorations and pop them all. Be mindful of your precarious perch, however. Be careful not to fall!

∞ Climax

Enemies: Grace x1, Glory x1

Instead of Decorations, you fight Grace & Glory. The bottomless pits around you are even more dangerous now. Don’t dodge off of the edge!

Go for Pure Platinum!

Suggested Weapons: Salamandra

Salamandra will take care of all of these enemies and give you Pure Platinum lickety-split. Just be sure to slice over solid ground!

Keep going toward the open platform, but don’t walk to the center of it! Instead, just before doing so and triggering the next Verse, turn around and scale the rock arch. You see a chest containing a Red Hot Shot. Now head down and to the platform’s center.

Verse 6

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax

Enemies: Grace x1, Glory x1

You face a Grace & Glory, who fight no differently in this Verse than they did earlier, and you have lots of room to play in! Use it to your advantage.

∞ Climax

Enemy: Beloved (Giant) x1

Blocking your path is a super-sized Beloved, who attacks like a regular Beloved. Don’t hurt yourself trying to get to the red weak spot on his back, but know that attacking is the best way to get a Platinum Time medal for the Verse. Go for it as best you can, but otherwise, never stop dealing damage.

Go for Pure Platinum!

Suggested Weapons: Salamandra (Arms), Alruna (Legs)

Salamandra with the above strategies will net you the Pure Platinum. Work efficiently and defeat your enemies using a single combo if you can. Hold K during Witch Time/Umbran Climax to topple the ∞ Climax Beloved and get to its weak point more easily.

Don’t go inside the building yet! The left path takes you to two more Verses.

Verse 7

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax/∞ Climax (Go for Pure Platinum!)

Suggested Pure Platinum Weapons: Salamandra (Arms, Legs)

Enemies: Fearless x1, Fairness x1; ∞ Climax: Fearless x2, Fairness x2

The difficulty level determines whether or not you face one or two pairs of Fearless & Fairness. You may have to take to the air a few times because this is an extremely small battlefield. Turn the small battlefield into an asset by attacking multiple enemies at once, and using Umbran Climax liberally.

Keep going until you get to the end of the path, where you’ll find arguably the hardest Muspelheim Verse in the game.

post-chapter spoils 1 Verse Card (Loptr)

Verse 8

1st Climax/2nd Climax/3rd Climax

Muspelheim Objective: Defeat all enemies without touching the ground once.

Enemies: Decorations x6, Beloved x1

You have only one small platform to stand on, and it won’t be there for long. You have to use all of Bayonetta’s acrobatic abilities to stay alive.

This Verse starts out with a flurry of Decorations. Shoot them down with guns or the Kafka. Once you do, Beloved shows up and wrecks your platform. Keep jumping off of his back and attacking him until his vitality is depleted, which is easier said than done. Go for the red weak point whenever possible.

∞ Climax

Muspelheim Objective: Defeat all enemies without touching the ground once.

Enemies: Decorations x3, Beloved (Lava) x1

On ∞ Climax difficulty, you have fewer Decorations, but a larger, stronger lava Beloved to deal with. To start, the Rodin weapon makes short work of this Verse if you have it. If you don’t, then beating this Verse as Bayonetta is quite tough. The strategy remains the same, it just takes a lot more patience and defensive skill. Good luck.

BEATING THIS MUSPELHEIM NABS YOU a Broken Witch Heart (38/40).

Go for Pure Platinum!

Suggested Weapons: Salamandra (Arms), Kafka (Arms)

For the lower difficulties, equip the Gaze of Despair to get the requisite combo points. And you thought you had it easy. Otherwise, slice away with Salamandra to your heart’s content.

Once you’ve beaten the Muspelheim, prepare to solve arguably the hardest Umbran Witch Resting Place in the game! Doing so will nab you a Broken Witch Heart (39/40).

Go back the way you came, and into the building. After some exposition, stand under the moonlight, and walk upward to the roof, and the end of the Chapter.