Darksiders 2 Walkthrough Part 11 – The Fire of the Mountain, Part 7
In this room head over to the left and collect a Shadow Bomb. Take a moment to throw it to the floor below at the Corruption to the left of where the Smelter rises from. Be warned though that doing this will call enemies to the switch that you need to use to raise the Smelter on that level. Collect the good and return to the second level.
This time grab the Shadow Bomb and hurl it across the room at the switch opposite the Shadow Bomb Growth. Head across the raised platform and go to the left. You will notice a shiny platter there. Collect it to find Karn's Journeyman Platter. Now head on up the stairs into the chamber above. Time for a major battle: Gharn
Gharn
For something that big it moves unfairly fast. Just as before, it is important to keep Death on his toes and dodging out of the way. Keep dodging and circling Gharn. Any time it pauses you want to move in with Death and unleash a quick combo on it. Incidentally one of the best times to hit Gharn is also one of the more dangerous. There are times Gharn will drop to one knee. Move in and nail it with a combo attack until it rises. Once it does fall back quickly as Gharn will unleash a devastating explosion attack. Just pound away on Gharn as his patterns never change. For winning this battle Death is award the unique secondary weapon: the Dark Avenger.
Head to the North from here and into the next corridor. Smash up the jars and barrels for money and other small loot. Be sure to also open the chest that sits at the turn North.
In the next room head forward and over to the East. There is a small room off to the side. Inside it is a chest you can loot before getting started on things inside this room. Now head for the Northwest corner of this room. There you will find the next page of the Book of the Dead in the debris there. Collect it and head to the center of the room to start on the final things to do in here. Grab the lever and rotate it forward and around, counter-clockwise, to raise the bell over the lava itself. This will restart the lava flow from the Fire of the Mountain to Tri-Stone. Head to the Northern door and go on through. Jump down the middle of the stairs to collect one more Boatman's Coin.
Just head out of the mountain to the West now to exit the dungeon for now. Once outside talk with Karn to turn the Platter to him and ask about the next part of the Shaman's Totem. He explains that the next component comes from the venom of Stringers. Not a fun task. Time to return to Tri-Stone. Use Fast Travel to save yourself a long walk. Head over to Alya at the forge to complete the quest and gain access to her store. She will also give Death one of Strife's revolvers: Redemption.
For a secret chest:
Vase 1: After you get Redemption go to the entrance of Alya's Shop. Look above the forge. At the top of the pillar there you will see a vase. Shoot it.
Vase 2 & 3: Head over to Muria's shop. Pause at the base of the stairs. Move to the left and right of it. You will see a Vase on each side tucked against the edge: shoot them both.
Vases 4 & 5: Head down the bridge until you can see the main area. Look below to the left and to the right. You will notice 2 breaks, one on each side. Head to each break and look toward the main area. Where the lava flows you will see a vase and where the water will flow is another. Shoot both of them.
The chest will reveal itself in the Southwestern corner of Tri-Stone. Now it is time to start into the next quest, restoring the tears.
