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There’s a decently long, disturbing, and surprisingly exhilarating journey ahead of you inSlitterhead, having you uncover horrendous sights and truths and discover new Rarities to increase your combative repertoire, leading to some fascinating encounters.
While nothing will be too complex in your horror adventure, there will be moments where you may get lost in what to do next or how to progress the mission, which can happen as early as the game’s first mission. Lurking Parasite is a prime example of this, but it’s not too bad once you adapt to the uniqueness that is Slitterhead.
Starting Lurking Parasite In Slitterhead
Lurking Parasiteis thefirst missionin Slitterhead after its lengthy introduction, having you controlJuleefrom the jump, which is the only Rarity you will have access to at the moment. She’squick, can deal substantial damage, and can top her health offwith her Revive All Skill, making her the perfect first Rarity.
Investigate The Scene Of The Attack
Aftermaking your way to the main street,you will be tasked withgathering information on the attack.Here, you will be able to talk to several people, all of whom will essentially tell you to leave them alone. However,moving eastwardtoward the end of the street, you willrun into a couple of City Dwellerscarrying out a conversation.
Eavesdrop on the City Dwellers' conversationto gather some information on a missing person, allowing you tomove into the alleyway directly to their right.Once you’re here, useBlood Jump to reach the elevated clothesline,then leap down and continue following the waypoint.
Jump over the gate and continue following the markeruntil you reach aNecklace lying on the groundin the back alley.Inspect the Necklaceto get a bit more information, pointing you to a woman standing outside the Brothel, your next destination.
From here,head back to the main street,walk toward theBrothel,andspeak with the Shop Girl.She will be the woman wearing ared top, smoking a cigarette.She will essentiallytell Julee she’s not interested in talking to herabout the Necklace because you have nothing to offer.
Your next step is going to be topossess a random guy on the streetandbring them to the Shop Girl to speak to herwith them, having heropen up about the Necklace.After speaking with the Shop Girl, you will meet back up with Julee, with your next task being toget behind the Brothel.
Do you rememberwhere the couple of City Dwellers wereearlier? Make your way back to that area andhead down the same alleyway.Once here,Blood Jump back onto the clothesline, turn around, and then leap over the tall gateon the left to quickly get behind the Brothel.Interact with the doorto trigger a brief cutscene.
Investigate The Rooftop
When the cutscene finishes, you will bepositioned looking directly at another clotheslineyou canBlood Jumpto, use it, and thenjump onto the rooftopbeside it. From here,leap onto the balcony directly across from you,then climb up a series of platforms toreach the top of the Brothel.
There will be awaypoint guiding you across the rooftops; follow it, and you will eventually arrive on top of the Brothel,where you will stumble upon a corpse that was disposed of in the dumpster.Examine the corpseto get a lead on where the Slitterhead is, getting closer to some action!
Find The Slitterhead
With afaint Aura of the Slitterhead detectedyou can nowtrack it down,allowing you to find where it’s hiding. To do this, you mustfollow the Blue Aura that pops up on your screen,moving in the direction it emanates from on your screen. you’re able to alsopress Square/X to use Sight Jackandsee its point of view.
You willeventually find it in the back alley leaning against the wall, disguising itself as a womanin a pink top, smoking a cigarette, and talking to a guy in a blue shirt. Once you pinpoint the Slitterhead’s position,approach it and Splatter Blood on itto reveal its true self.
Chase The Slitterhead
Splattering the Slitterhead with Blood willcause it to shift into its true form and attempt to fleefrom the scene, forcing you torun after it.It will attempt to throw boxes down in front of you to trip you up, so be mindful of them and avoid them by moving to the left or right.
Once you get closeto the Slitterhead,use your Blood Ripper Skillto temporarilyslow its movement,allowing you to gain ground on it andland several hits on itwith your Blood Weapon. Thischase will take a bit of timeto finish, soconstantly switch to other NPCswhen your health gets low andcontinually use Blood Ripperwhen in range.
Defeat The Orchid Mantis Slitterhead
Whittling the fleeing Slitterhead’s health down quite a bit will have iteventually run into the main streetand transform into a massiveOrchid Mantis Slitterheadthat looks far more daunting than it actually is. This is the first real mission, after all.Utilizing Julee’s Revive All and Sonic Claws will be vitalto ending this fight quickly.
Additionally,parrying its attacks won’t be too challenging,as they aresuper telegraphedand are typically coming from the top right or top left, allowing you toeasily get the timing and execution downto triggerBlood Timeto temporarily halt time, allowing you to unleash many uncontested attacks on the beast.
If you’regetting overwhelmed,don’t forget toswitch to nearby NPCs to give Julee a breatherand pull the Orchid Mantis Slitterhead’s focus off her. Once it’s focused on them, you canswitch back to Julee and top her health up with her Revive All Skillor byabsorbing the Blood on the groundby holdingR1/RB.
Lurking Parasite Rewards
Uponcompleting Lurking Parasite for the first time,you will receiveSeven Skill Tokens,allowing you toupgrade Julee’s Blood Weapon, Active Skills, or Passive Skills,so place spend them wherever you see fit. There’sreally no wrong answerthis early on. However, we dorecommend focusing on her Active Skills first!
Before you do that, though,be sure to listen to all ‘Talk’ dialogue choices immediately aftercompleting the mission, as this is how you willunlock new missions and can even obtain hints that can eventually lead to unlocking new Rarities.Always exhaust all Talk options after you finish a mission before doing anything else!
