Serious Sam HD The Second Encounter

Serious Sam HD The Second Encounter

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Cathedral King

Cathedral King

Complete The Grand Cathedral level on serious difficulty without dying or loading.

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How to unlock the Cathedral King achievement in Serious Sam HD The Second Encounter - Definitive Guide

This achievement is neon impossible to do without rocket jumping. What is rocket jumping you ask? well basically if you jump and shoot a rocket underneath you it will give you a boost which means you can get out of maps or onto higher surfaces. This achievement is still hard to get, even with the rocket jump but all it requires is a bit of practice and patience.
Obviously you cant save your game (because you cant load) so just try to avoid dying =P

I have uploaded my own HD YouTube video below which will guide you through the whole process of the rocket jumping and all the way to the end boss fight.

If anyone is having trouble with the boss fight, there is a much easier way of doing it -

When you enter the cathedrals courtyard, head for the left side. You can hide there in the left corner of the cathedral's wall. The majority of the enemies Mordekai spawns should appear in the middle or the right side of the courtyard so they shouldn't bother you if you stay hugging the corner. The enemies that do spawn on the left side aren't much of a problem until Mordekai is left with a quarter of health, at this time i highly reccomend you equipt the minigun. The reason i mentioned the minigun above all others is because it can take out the Bio-Mechanoid, Majors (big red chicken lookalike) rockets quickly without them physically reaching you.

Mordekai has his own spawning patterns, he should spawn twice on the right side, twice in the center and twice on the left. I have no idea which order it goes but thats the basic pattern. (Once upon a time, he decided to spawn in the same place 4 times in a row so yeah sometimes it can be pretty random..lol)

This method may take longer then running around the map spraying the hell out of Mordekai but its a much safer approach.

*PLEASE NOTE* Due to my videos being uploaded in widescreen, the video looks relatively small in the TrueAchievement video box therefore i would suggest turning pop ups off, then clicking on the text "Serious Sam: TSE - Cathedral King Achievement" in the video box to open up a new window for YouTube where you can view the whole picture. If this doesnt work try holding down the "Ctrl" key and click on the text.

To watch the video in HD make sure you put the quality on 720p.

Anywho Good Luck Fellow Achievement Hunters =]


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02 Dec 2010 14:44

16 Comments
"Perasnovitch" I cannot confirm whether you can get this achievement in co-op as i haven't tried, but i highly doubt its possible.
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By iM3RKxYOUx on 29 Mar 2011 18:12
thx for answering mate
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By Perasnovitch on 01 Apr 2011 06:36
i was wondering how he changed to 3rd person also lol. once i finally figured out how to rocket jump i got it first try thanx!
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By Sir Stratsavvy on 12 Feb 2011 04:01
FYI - Not "neon" impossible if you don't rocket jump. Just have to be very conservative on your ammo (aka use the Colts), make sure you get some of the secrets like the invulnerability, serious packs, and serious damage.

At the actual cathedral part of the level (before you go inside to fight the final boss), just stay to the side of the cathedral, way in a corner, and slowly pick off all the enemies. Then when you are done killing them all, grab a serious damage and serious speed from the middle, and run straight for the boss. The serious damage lasts long enough that you can get his health down at least half way.
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By Gidrakos on 13 Feb 2011 01:09
Yeah but your pretty much screwed if you manage to get to the final boss and die, because you probably wouldnt come back to the game ever again.. lmao! you need to be really dedicated to the game if you're actually going to go through this on serious difficulty without loading. i think i'd much rather prefer throwing my controller out of the window whilst playing something like Ninja Gaiden.. lol.
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By iM3RKxYOUx on 16 Feb 2011 17:29
can u do it in coop
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By Perasnovitch on 28 Mar 2011 04:47
How do you switch the POV like done in the video when he's rocket jumping up the walls?
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By mrbellek on 06 Feb 2011 18:12
This is the PC version. Dev cam
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By Teh Paralyzer on 11 Feb 2011 01:42
no worries =]
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By iM3RKxYOUx on 03 Apr 2011 22:36
What about using infinite ammo and whatnot?
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By Xonatron on 22 Jul 2011 12:37
i never used infinite ammo when i did it so i cannot confirm whether or not it will work, but it isnt really needed anyway.
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By iM3RKxYOUx on 08 Aug 2011 10:33
Actually found it much easier playing the level then rocket jumping. but i suck at rocketjumps but the levels pretty easy with the cannoballs
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By SplotchyAndre on 13 Oct 2012 23:04
You really don't need to hide like a bitch in the corner during the boss fight; by RJ'ing the wall into the Cathedral Courtyard you cause a glitch where-by Mordekai only fires off one, and later two enemies at a time. Even on Serious this is pathetically easy to run circles around him and destroy him, I did it when I did the campaign on Serious.

However, now that I can't load in, I can't risk the second rocket jump into the Cathedral Courtyard, so I kill all the enemies outside then go through the gates. What I've discovered is that now Mordekai fires off 6-7 enemies at a time from the start, which increase in power as he weakens. I'm gonna try again with the Cannon on unlimited ammo and see if I can wear him down before he spawns too many Werebulls and Biomechs.
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By o DEEVIUS o on 24 Jul 2015 20:10
Got it first try, thanks!
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By SchiZoPHreNiikz on 17 Dec 2016 17:02
You can use infinite ammo, it doesn't effect the achievement.
Just got the achievement with infinite ammo activated, in the boss fight I only used the XL2 Lasergun.
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By Luuc on 15 Mar 2019 22:59
can confirm infinte amno is fine for this
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By BaronVoNewman on 07 Dec 2020 22:44
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