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Unlocking Abilities in Blasphemous

In Blasphemous, players can discover Mea Culpa Shrines that are scattered throughout the land. Visiting and finding new Mea Culpa Shrines not only increases the power of the sword but also allows The Penitent One access to a higher tier with more combat abilities. Players will need to spend Tears of Atonement at a Mea Culpra Shrine to unlock the desired technique. Tears of Atonement can be acquired by killing and performing executions on enemies and bosses.

How to Use Abilities in Blasphemous

Upon discovering and unlocking these abilities, players can find details on how to use the ability by opening the inventory menu and by cycling to the abilities section. You'll find a list of the abilities that have been unlocked along with the input command on how to execute a certain ability. 

It is important to take note that some of these abilities require the player to collect Fervor in order to activate the ability - Fervor is categorized as "mana" which is a blue meter that is found below The Penitent One's health bar at the upper left side of the screen. Fervor can be collected by attacking enemies and bosses with the Mea Culpa.

How to Get Rid of Guilt in Blasphemous

Each time The Penitent One dies in Blasphemous, he will be consumed by Guilt. This is represented by thorny vines entangled at the Fervor indicator. You will see the Fervor bar at the top right, below the HP bar. Depending on the Guilt that The Penitent One is carrying, his Fervor will be limited and will affect the number of Tears of Atonement that he can collect.

The Penitent One can be rid of Guilt by doing the following:

• Go back to the last death location and recover Guilt Fragment
• Interact with Statues of Confessors by paying Tears of Atonement
• Defeat a Boss to remove all Guilt

Tears of Atonement Guide for Blasphemous

The main currency used in Blasphemous is called Tears of Atonement which The Penitent One can collect by killing Enemies and Bosses. The number of Tears awarded per kill depends on the type of creature that you are killing. There are also certain buffs that will help the Penitent One gain more Tears than usual.

Items that augment Tears of Atonement:

• Scaly Coin increases the number of Tears harvested by 50%.
• Zambra to the Resplendent Crown increases the number of Tears of Atonement that can be obtained from killing enemies.
• Heart of the Holy Purge increases the Tears obtained by 10%.

Playing New Game + also grants an additional 20% to the base amount of Tears of Atonement collected while playing in this mode.

Last Words

The Penitent One performs a fourth combo finish attack.

Ascending Edge

The Penitent One performs an upwards slash as a combo finisher.

Azure Cyclone

The Penitent One performs a spinning attack as a combo finisher.

Sinful Wrath

Concentrates the power of the Mea Culpa on the blade, allowing the Penitent One to release its full potential in a single but incredibly devastating attack.

Holy Wrath

Optimizes the way Mea Culpa concentrates its power, using its sharp thorns instead of the blade, and allowing the Penitent One to perform a devastating attack much faster.

Wrath of the Twisted One

Increases the power of Mea Culpa over its capabilities, releasing the excess further away from the blade and damaging everything on its path.

Weight of Sin

It takes advantage of the speed of a fall to perform a powerful plunge attack.

Weight of Justice

Perfects the technique of the plunged attack by concentrating power on Mea Culpa during the fall, which causes an explosion around the point of impact that pushes and damages enemies around.

Consecration

Achieves mastery in the technique of the plunged attack. During the fall, Mea Culpa concentrates so much sacred power that, from its point of impact, a large column of divine light emerges, damaging everything in its path.

Sacred Thrust

The Penitent One takes advantage of the dodge impulse to thrust Mea Culpa at the enemies furthest away.

Sacred Lunge

It perfects the lunge technique and makes even better use of the dodge impulse, making it reach further.

Sacred Onslaught

It reaches the maximum level of mastery in the art of lunge. Mea Culpa cuts the air in such a way that it manages to produce a wave that also produces damage above and below the blade.

Fervorous Blood

Sacred technique that allows the bearer of Mea Culpa to use the cut of its blade to bless his own blood and turn it into a throwing weapon. It consumes fervor.

Sacred Blood

Perfects the technique of throwing blessed blood, altering the trajectory of the projectile at its furthest point and making it return to its point of origin. It consumes fervor.

Bleeding Miracle

Reaches mastery in the technique of casting blessed blood. After launching, the projectile causes a sacred explosion at the furthest point from its trajectory, causing additional damage. It consumes fervor.