Eragon
37 Achievements
1,000
8-10h
Ruins of Orthíad - Hard
You have beaten the RUINS OF ORTHÍAD level on HARD. Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the Ruins of Orthíad - Hard achievement in Eragon - Definitive Guide
after the showdown with the 3 huge Minotaur things on the cracking glass ceiling, you'll find yourself in a room with a big hammer in the circle, that spins around. You'll have to use Magic to hit the 3 gems on the other side of the room to make the circles turn back to the original hammer drawing, to allow yourself access to the door on the other side.
The quickest order i found for the gems is RED-GREEN-YELLOW-RED-GREEN
Besides this puzzle, this level is fairly simple but rather lengthy.
To defeat the first Krulls, shoot them in the face with an arrow, then use magic to pull them forward twice, then jump on their backs and run them off the cliff. In the underground, make sure to activate all the crystals on the wall along the path, then open the door and head up the spiral staircase. When fighting on the gem, don't ride the Krulls, it takes too much time and the gem will shatter before you can finish. Just blind them and hack away. The puzzle in the next are is: red, green, yellow, red, green. And finally, on the bridges, clear the enemies until you can grab the ledge (rocks will tumble away when you can proceed) and just make a mad dash for the end, getting health from crates along the way - there are way too many enemies to actually fight.