The Messenger

This is a missable achievement. When you reach the second half of the game, and you can choose where to go next, make sure you do this before completing the quest you get in your village. Don't return the Astral Tea Leaves to the elder until you have this achievement.

To get it, warp to the Autumn Hills. Head up to the surface, then right, then down here to the Catacombs:

Now head right to the middle of the Catacombs, and down to the Dark Cave:

You get the achievement for completing it in the dark. It's tough, but it's just three screens.

Here's a map I made of the whole area, showing how to navigate it:

And here's a video of someone completing it with light: I recommend watching the video with the map in front of you, then playing the cave yourself with the same map. If you'd like to see it in the dark, that's here: With the map and videos, this will take a few tries, but it's perfectly doable. Good luck!

To get this achievement, you need to run the Dark Cave without using the Power of True Sight.



You need to have finished the Tower of Time/Cloud Ruins segment before attempting this, but once you have, head to the Catacombs. The Dark Cave can be found in a room with 2 bats and a moving platform, in the future - luckily there’s a time-shifter in the room to the right if you end up there in the past.

Break the wall at the bottom, swim all the way to the right, and drop all the way down to find the entrance to the Dark Cave (hit UP to enter).

At this point you’ll be confronted with nothingness, standing on a platform with the exit behind you. When I looked up how on Earth to get this achievement, I found other guides and videos with maps and routes, detailing the exact jumps you need to take, where you need rope dart, etc etc etc. This didn’t help me in the slightest. I actually popped this achievement after watching a video of someone running through the cave with the Power of True Sight (there are plenty of them on YouTube).

This gave me an idea of where I was supposed to be going that I could replicate, and after many deaths through the first section (the second section is actually a lot easier), I finally made it through. After each death you’ll start nailing segments of the cave as you memorise where the traps and pits are, so just persevere as best you can and pay close attention to lanterns - these are the key to success, and the markers of your progress. Jump, hit, jump, hit!

You won’t run the Dark Cave in the same way as you would if you had the True Sight - you’re supposed to follow the time-shards to the end and you obviously can’t see them in the dark - but there a spots where you can stop and readjust before moving on, so take it slow. The achievement is for making it through, not racing it through.

Tips:

If you’re annoyed at Quarble flying around, or you just want to keep your time shards ticking over as you keep dying, leave the area when you respawn and he’ll disappear. Re-enter the cave and you’ll be Quarble-free (with full health).

If you’re not fussed about Quarble, walk a few steps to the right of the first platform and you’ll pick up a health potion (you know, in case of spikes).

The 2nd half of the first section (just past the time shift) is the hardest to judge, with very small breakaway platforms that drop after a few seconds of standing on them. If you can nail this bit, the rest is easy, so study it in the video, using the first lantern as a marker.

When you hit the switch in the second section, try to follow it as closely as possible as it’ll lead you straight to the end of this nightmare. If you lose it, don’t panic - remember to jump and glide at all times so that you know when you’re dropping.

En este video muestro el recorrido de la cueva oscura para obtener el logro "Juro que es mi primera vez". Este es el segundo logro más difícil del juego y consiste en completar el nivel sin la habilidad de visión verdadera. Puedes seguir el recorrido del video aunque esto resulta complicado puesto que estamos jugando a oscuras. Mi consejo es que si ya haz jugado el nivel con anterioridad lo memorices para que te resulte más fácil hacerlo sin la habilidad. En mi caso me ayude de este mapa para poder completarlo.
El mapa no es de mi autoría así que todos los créditos son de la persona que lo publico.
Link del mapa: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/96197038407200735...