Sea of Sand

Secret Areas (7):

1. When first venturing onto the barren lands of barren dirt sand sadness, a rather neat pile of crates and explosive barrels. Navigate through them, difficult as it may be, then climb the ramp to a secret area.
2. Instead of going through the gate to the checkpoint after the first encounter in the level, head to the right up the ramp to the fortress. Heading right all the way will look like a dead end, but there’s a secret area right there if you keep going past the “wall”.
3. Right past the checkpoint, hug the right wall. You’ll have seen this area on your way to area 2; it has the heart container tantalizing you. Break the wooden spike barrier and go get the container!
4. Also right past the checkpoint, hug the left wall and another ramp will reveal itself, this one with a soul anchor.
5. After the long wooden catwalk will be a checkpoint. After getting it, go straight down and break the skull poles, keep going south to find the area.
6. Proceed towards the puzzle area in the large fortress near the end of the level (again, entered via the ledge overlooking the Red Hand in formation). Making the left turn from the entrance to the fortress goes to the puzzle area, then make a left again to pick up the heart container.
7. In that same fortress, after defeating all the enemies, hug the right wall this time and where once there was a gate, now there is a secret area! Keep going down the area to find a Soul Anchor.

Puzzles:

1. In the fortress entered by the overlooking ledge, hop down and hug the left wall and cross the wooden bridge. This area leads to a puzzle as well. This one’s pretty easy too, just nail the first switch, then the other two as quick as possible.
2. Near the end of the level will be “co-op required” puzzle flag. This one requires one person to stand on the pressure platform and the other to quickly activate four switches. This IS possible solo, but it must be done quick and requires a bit of luck. Toss all hand axes (should have three) while standing on the platform, one to the left, one to the right, and hopefully the middle one will get the last switch.

Collectibles

Heart Containers:

1. Right past the checkpoint, hug the right wall. You’ll have seen this area on your way to area 2; it has the heart container tantalizing you. Break the wooden spike barrier and go get the container!
2. Proceed towards the puzzle area in the large fortress near the end of the level (again, entered via the ledge overlooking the Red Hand in formation). Making the left turn from the entrance to the fortress goes to the puzzle area, then make a left again to pick up the heart container.

Soul Anchors:

1. Also right past the checkpoint, hug the left wall and another ramp will reveal itself, this one with a soul anchor.
2. There’s one after the big battle midway in, can’t miss it.
3. In the fortress which was approached from a ledge above it, after defeating all the enemies, hug the right wall this time and where once there was a gate, now there is a secret area! Keep going down the area to find a Soul Anchor.

Treasure Chests:

1. Mercenary: There’s a Mercenary door right at the beginning of the level, just hug the right wall.
2. Instead of going through the gate to the checkpoint after the first encounter in the level, head to the right up the ramp to the fortress. Heading right all the way will look like a dead end, but there’s a secret area right there if you keep going past the “wall” to find the chest in the room.
3. Wizard: Right past the checkpoint, hug the right wall. You’ll have seen this area on your way to area 2; it has the heart container tantalizing you. Break the wooden spike barrier and go up the ramp, hugging the wall to find the Wizard door.
4. Assassin: When entering the big battle in the closed area just after the checkpoint mentioned in area 5 (after the wooden catwalk) hug the right wall to find an Assassin door.