Thankfully, it only takes a little effort.
This will involvemeeting and talking to many different characters whenever you have the opportunity to do so.
This will convince Melinoe to play a role in the surface battles herself.
You will eventually unlock the IncantationPermeation of Witching-Wards.
Casting this will remove the ward on the staircase to the surface.
It requires the following reagents:
Reagent
Amount
Source
Cinder
1
You obtain these by beating Hecate in Erebus.
Moly
3
you’re able to pick these from the ground in Erebus.
Fate Fabricis obtained from the Wretched Broker and sometimes offered to you by Arachne.
it’s possible for you to also obtain it from some Fated List rewards.
The key step here is tounlock the Shadow recipeobtained from a conversation withChaos.
check that you’re always takingChaos Gateswhen they appear during a run.
Once you break the ward, you might head to the surface.
However, you’ll find thatyou have a curse that makes it impossible to survive the air up there.
Thalamus
These can be grown from Origin Seeds, which are dug up in Chaos’s realm.
Chaos will give you an Origin Seed when they reveal to you the recipe for Unraveling a Fateful Bond.
You will need touse the Silver Spadeto acquire the Nightshade Seeds and Origin Seeds.
This will unlock thesurface routeas a viable alternative to the underworld route.
While the underworld route is currently complete,the surface route has yet to be finished.
It is important to note that the surface route provides a far more difficult challenge than the underworld route.
