Prince of Persia 4 walkthrough, tips, tricks and cheat codes

Tutorial

After the opening cinematics, the Prince will find himself at the bottom of a narrow ravine. You'll now need to chase Elika through the ravine. Don't worry about catching up with her, just focus on the onscreen prompts. These will be teaching you how to move and perform the Prince's many acrobatics. Take your time and get used to the controls. Do the same with combat as well.

Continue to through the ravine and you'll eventually reach a massive desert. Make your way across the desert towards the giant temple structure in the middle. Use the ledges to reach the crank above where Elika and the Prince will both need to push in order to turn it. This will open the gate front gate of the temple. Drop down and make your way down the tall corridor. At the end you'll find a ring level to the right of the gate. Wall run straight up to the ring and grab onto it, the combined weight of the two characters is needed to pull the lever. Doing so will open this gate which you should proceed through.

You'll enter the chamber of the Tree of Light and trigger a scene. After the scene you'll do battle with Elika's father. Practice not simply blocking but deflecting. To deflect, tap the Block button right before the Prince is hit by a blow. This will deflect the attack away and leave your enemy vulnerable for a short period of time. You will then be thrown into a fight with a corrupted soldier. Elika will then join you in combat. Read the onscreen prompts to learn how to use her in battle. Know that she can't attack from a huge distance away. You need to be from medium to close range to use her.

After defeating the corrupted being, you'll need to quickly escape the collapsing temple. Use the wall running and jumping techniques you've learned to avoid the pitfalls as they appear in front of you. At the end you'll need to tap the Elika button in midair of a jump. She will appear above you and then hurl you further so you can clear the gap. This is called a Co-op Jump and you should get used to performing them in order to leap greater distances.

Healing the Land

After the collapse of the Tree of Life Chamber and the corruption of the land, the game will opens up. Elika will inform you that the god of darkness, Ahriman, is trying and about to escape a 1,000 years of imprisonment. It's up to the Prince and Elika to stop Ahriman from escaping by healing the now corrupted Fertile Grounds. You'll be taught how to use the map here. Take a look at it. There four areas that need to be healed of corruption; the Ruined Citadel, the Vale, the Royal Palace, and the City of Light. Each area has a corrupted figure guarding it and has six sections to clear. However, you won't have instant access to all the areas from the start. You gain access to them by activating various powers of Ormazd. There is a total of four different powers to be activated. In order to activate them you'll need to collect Light Seeds. Light Seeds appear once you've "healed" a section of land.

So the basic gameplay flow is as follows. Travel to a corrupted section that you can access. Navigate yourself through the evil terrain to find the fertile ground at the center of the land. Defeat the corrupted being guarding the overall area and then heal the fertile ground with Elika. Once the area has been healed, wander around and collect all the Light Seeds you can find and then move on to the next "level" you can access. The order in which you tackle the levels is complete up to you. Heal fertile grounds and collect Light Seeds until you have enough to activate a power plate. The first amount you'll need to collect is 60. Activate any of the four powers. Now use the map to find your way to the new "levels" this power opens up to you. These "levels" will glow on the map with the corresponding color.

Again, the game is open to you tackling the areas and sections within each area in any order.

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Sinking to New Depths!

You can find this achievement at the main Temple. Stand just north of it and face the giant structure. Run around the outside of the temple to the left. Follow the outside walls to the very back of the structure where you'll find a small alcove. Step inside this alcove and drop off the ledge to land at the base of a corridor which is the lowest point in the game. This achievement/trophy will unlock automatically when you land here.

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Ruined Citadel

King's Gate

One of the first four areas that you can access, the King's Gate is the entrance level to the Ruined Citadel. Follow the onscreen prompts to learn some more advance acrobatics. Make your way through the corrupted landscape. If you are ever lost, be sure to set your destination on the map screen to the King's Gate. Then, using Elika's compass ball will guide you directly to the fertile grounds at the top. There, you'll be introduced to the Hunter. Defeat the corrupted being by using an assortment of attacks. Once he's been defeated, stand in the center of the fertile grounds and repeatedly tap the Elika button and she'll heal this area. Backtrack through and wander around the level to collect as many Light Seeds as you can find.

The Sun Temple

Once you've activate the Steps of Ormazd, use the red plates in this area to bounce around and progress towards the fertile grounds in the middle. You find various oozing blobs of corruption sliding back and forth on walls and other surfaces. They often like to attempt to block you path. If the Prince tries to run through them, he'll be sucked in and need to be saved by Elika. Simply wait for them to pass then quickly move past them before they backtrack. Find your way to the fertile grounds and defeat the Hunter again. Heal the land and collect the Light Seeds.

Marshalling Ground

You'll need to use the Wings of Ormazd power to reach the fertile grounds here. Use these yellow power plates to fly from one to another. You'll even need to sting together some flights with wall-running and ring-swinging. Keep going until you reach the fertile grounds where you'll need to fight the Hunter once again. Defeat the twisted creature and heal the land with Elika. Search around and pick up as many Light Seeds as you can find.

Martyr's Tower

Use the yellow Wings of Ormazd plates to fly around the level as you make your way towards the fertile grounds. Eventually you'll encounter the Hunter again, however, he's laid a trap for you. After you fall into the pit you'll need to climb your way back up. Use Elika's compass to aid you if you don't know where to go. Once you make it out of the pit you'll face off against the Hunter. Watch out if he turns dark-blue, you'll need to hit him with your sword to snap him out of this more dangerous phase. Do not attack with Elika when he's like this. He will grab her and toss her aside, stunning her. You will need to stand near her to help her up. It takes her an extremely long time to get up on her own so it's best to aid her and get back into the fight.

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Assassin's View

Once you've healed the land here, you'll find a staircase outside the large room just below the top of the tower. There's a Wings of Ormazd plate in this room (a yellow plate). Head down the staircase outside here and you'll find a balance beam sticking out off the corner of the stairs. It appears to go nowhere and it really doesn't. However, jump up and walk to the end of this beam to find the Assassin's View which will unlock the corresponding achievement/trophy.

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The Windmills

With the Step of Ormazd power plates activated, bounce around this area until you reach a puzzle. You'll find two red power plates covered by metal fencing. There is a hole in each metal fence that can be rotated to reveal each power plate. You can't go anywhere until you reveal both power plates with their respected holes at the same time. You should notice that there's two cracks. The crank on the right will rotate the metal fencing while the crack on the left will turn the two blocks in between these covered power plates. It idea here is that the blocks represent how much the fencing will rotate. Think of the round fencing as a clock face. Blue arrows mean the fence will rotate "15 minutes" while a red arrow will rotate it "30 minutes." If the block is blank, the fencing won't move at all. Play around with it until you have reveal both power plates at the same time.

Use you're newly revealed power plates to bounce up through this room. You'll land on a beam with a rotating wheel for a side wall. Wait for the wooden plank portion to line up vertically then wall-run up and jump off the wall to the beams above. Continue and you'll come to another puzzle similar to the last one but this one will have 3 power plates with three rotating fences to move around. It's the same deal as before. Push the left crack to spin the blocks that represent the rotations of the fences and pull the right crank to rotate the fences until you've reveal all three at once. This can be a bit tricky. Take a look at all the combinations of the block symbols first and try to pre-plan your moves. After you have revealed all three power plates, use them to bounce around and up above. Follow Elika's compass up and around to find and battle the Hunter once again. Defeat him and heal this land. Now feel free to explore the lush landscape and collect Light Seeds.

Hunter's Lair

Once you have healed the 5 other sections of the Ruined Citadel area, you will be able to open the gates to the Hunter's Lair from The Windmills level. Enter the Hunter's Lair and proceed to use the red and yellow power plates to navigate through the corrupted land. You will eventually find the Hunter waiting for you. Do battle with him once again. You'll notice he's gotten a bit more aggressive. Watch out for his corrupted hand grab, it can be broken by hitting the Elika button in time but know that it is quick. So be ready for it.

A third of the way through his health bar, the Hunter will smash the floor sending the Prince and Elika plummeting down to another platform. Here you'll face off against the Hunter some more. Dwindle his health down until he smashes this floor. You will land in a pit and need to make your way out of it. Find your way to the final stone platform that is surrounded by corruption. This is where your final showdown will take place. Defeat the Hunter here and his body will give Elika 25 Light Seeds. There are no other Light Seeds in this level, so once the land has been healed by the death of the Hunter, there's really nothing for you here.

General Tips


Starting Out

The opening level of Prince of Persia will teach you how to play the game. After the opening cut-scene, follow the woman ahead, and jump over the first three gaps. You'll arrive next to a wall on the left with a large dusty horizontal scratch.

Markings on the walls indicate places you can run over.

Wall Run: See these wall marks? These indicate areas you can run on throughout Prince of Persia. Use these to get pass gaps, and reach new areas.

Run on the next two walls (Cross Button/A Button), climb up the ledge, and continue following the woman. Continue over the right wall, and proceed forward to your first fight against a Royal Guard.
Your First Enemy

As a basic enemy, the guard can be easily defeated by alternating sword (Square Button/X Button) and gauntlet (Circle Button/B Button) attacks.

Mix together sword and gauntlet attacks to create combos.

Combat Tip: Sword attacks are your main source of damage, while gauntlet attacks launch the enemy into the air. When he tries to attack you block his attacks (R2 Button/RT Button), and continue the sword-gauntlet combo.

After winning the fight move forward, wall run on the walls. As you move, a voice from a far will refer to the woman you're chasing as Elika. You'll soon come to a bridge and a cut-scene will play where the bridge is destroyed and Elika will save you from falling to your death.

Elika will save you from fatal danger.

No need to fear death: This actually showcases an important gameplay element: You can never die as Elika will always save you from fatal situations, even if she is incapacitated.

When you have control again, move forward to encounter another Royal Guard.

More fighting

For this enemy, you’ll want to string together acrobatic (Cross Button/A Button) attacks with sword attacks.

Combat Tip: Acrobatic attacks are good for stunning enemies and launching yourself into the air.

Six clean hits with the sword should be enough to beat the guard. Proceed forward and you’ll soon encounter another Royal Guard. This guard is very similar to the first enemy you fought, so use the same tactic of sword-gauntlet combos.

After defeating this guard, another Royal Guard will appear informing you that Elika is a princess.

Deflect enemy attacks and counter for increased damage.

Combat Tip: For this fight the sword-gauntlet combo works well, but you’ll also want to try out deflecting (R2 Button/RT Button just as an enemy attack lands) and countering (Any attack Button after a successful deflect). A successful counter attack does increased damage, making fight much shorter.

After the fight, scale down the wall (R1 Button/RB Button) ahead and keep moving towards the Temple of Ormazd under the Tree of Life.
The Temple

Near the entrance of the Temple, Elika will climb up a wall to the left. Fallow her by using the fissures, gashes in the walls that you can hang on to.

Use fissures to ascend higher, or shimmy across walls.

Using fissures: You can shimmy across horizontal fissure, and climb up and down vertical ones.

At the top, Elika will instruct you to help her with the two-person crank.

Using cranks: Grab onto the crank with your gauntlet (Circle Button/B Button) and turn it by moving (Analog stick).

Cranks can be used to open doors, turn objects, and activate devices.

The crank will open the door below, allowing you to enter the Temple. Let go of the crank, scale down the wall and enter the temple. As you enter, Elika will inform you that the Temple is a prison containing Ahriman, the god of darkness. Down the hall will be another door and a ring switch next to it.

Ring Doors: To use ring switches like this one, jump and grab the ring, then pull it down using your gauntlet.

The King uses a basic five hit combo. Block his attacks and hit him with everything you have.

Proceed forward to start a fight with Elika’s father, the King. The King uses a five hit sword combo that is easy to block. After his fifth swing, gauntlet attack him to throw him into the air, chase him with acrobatics, and get as many sword attacks in before he can recover. Repeat this pattern around three times to win.

Escaping the Temple

After the fight, the King releases Ahriman from his prison. His Corruption starts to destroy the Temple and over take the land. A Minion, a common enemy you’ll encounter, will appear to fight you. This time however, Elika will make full use of her magical attacks.

Elika's Magic: When close enough to enemies, you can use Elika attacks (Triangle Button/Y Button), which are good for pushing foes back. Use Elika-acrobatic combos to push the Minion against a wall or towards a ledge.

Elika uses powerful magic to stun and push back enemies.

Fighting Minions: Minions are weak enough that when they are cornered, a cut-scene will play where they are automatically killed.

After killing the minion, jump across the next four platforms ahead, and shimmy across the fissures to reach a ramp. Climb up the ramp to encounter another Minion. The same tactics apply as before, use Elika-acrobatic combos to push him near an edge to instantly kill him.

After the battle, continue forward to another door with a ring switch. Open the door with your gauntlet and move down the next hall. The hall is collapsing under the Corruption, so you’ll need to weave passed any holes in the floor. The last gap in this hall is far too wide to jump across.

Elika can assist you across large gaps.

Elika jump: For large gaps like these you'll need Elika's assistance (Triangle Button/Y Button while in the air) to cover more distance.

During the jump a cutscene will play where you automatically escape the Temple.

There is a working map at the foto of the temple.

The world is now bleak and dark due to Ahriman’s Corruption. You’ll have to travel to various areas to purify the land, collect light seeds and gain new powers from the Temple. You have a choice of going to City of Light, Royal Palace, The Vale, or Ruined Citadel. There is no set order or best strategy, you can pick whichever you like.
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The world map will show which areas are cleansed and corrupted.

Map and compass: Open up the world map (Select Button/Back Button) to choose a destination and have Elika use her magical compass (Triangle Button/Y Button) to help guide you.

The Vale
The Cauldron

One of the first four areas that you can access, The Cauldron is the entrance level to The Vale. Follow the onscreen prompts to learn some more advance acrobatics. Make your way through the corrupted landscape. If you are ever lost, be sure to set your destination on the map screen to The Cauldron. Then, using Elika's compass ball will guide you directly to the fertile grounds at the top. There, you'll be introduced to the Alchemist. Defeat ths corrupted being by using an assortment of attacks. Once he's been defeated, stand in the center of the fertile grounds and repeatedly tap the Elika button and she'll heal this area. Backtrack through and wander around the level to collect as many Light Seeds as you can find.

Construction Yard

Use the green power plates to run from one to the other. You'll come to four rotating platforms. Rotate the first one so you can jump over to the to one in the back left. Rotate this platform so you can jump to the furtherest back one. When you rotate this one, you'll rotate the location of all four platforms. You're goal is to rotate them so the platform with the single, long, beam is in the corner closest to the floating fertile grounds in the background. You'll now need to make your way around in the opposite direction to reach this platform with the longer beam. Rotate them to gain access to the next. When reach the long beam platform, rotate so it point out towards the fertile grounds and jump to it. Fight and defeat the Alchemist then heal the grounds and collect the Light Seeds.

Machinery Ground

When you enter this area, you'll basically go directly into your battle with the Alchemist. Be sure to vary your attacks during combos, this will decrease his chances of blocking them. Once you have defeated this corrupted being, you'll begin your journey to the fertile grounds here. You'll eventually reach a rotating wheel that you need to quickly jump though when it stops. Watch out of the corruption on the ground on either side of the wheel. You'll need to perform a coop jump to clear it. Make your way up to the top of the area where you'll find the fertile grounds. Heal with Elika and then search around and collect the Light Seeds.

Reservoir

Here you're going to have to use a bunch of red plates to bounce from one to the other. You'll also need to perform a lot of coop jumps with Elika to cross bigger gaps. Eventually you'll reach the fertile grounds at the base of the giant empty reservoir. Defeat the Alchemist using an assortment of attacks and combos. Heal the land and collect the Light Seeds.

Heaven's Stair

Use the green power plate here to run along the outer wall and spiral around the structure. You'll eventually find a room where you'll be ambushed by a corrupted creature. Defeat the creature to open the gates and proceed. Soon you will find yourself in another room with four large green pillars. You'll need to climb up each of these and pull a switch for all four of them. You must do this quickly as corrupted air is filling the room. Once you pull a switch, head back down to the floor and climb another pillar. If you've pulled a switch the corresponding power plate will be turned off to avoid any confusion. When you pulled all four switches, take the elevator up to the top floor to find the fertile grounds. Defeat the Alchemist here, then heal the land and collect the Light Seeds from this area.

The Observatory

When you have healed the other 5 areas of The Vale's region, you will be able to open the gate into The Observatory. Use the red and green power plates to your way on and around the blimps and other structures. You'll eventually encounter the Alchemist. Do battle with him and lower his health to about halfway before he flees. You'll need to do some more power plate action until you corner the Alchemist on the top of an extremely high platform. The edges are covered in corruption making the space very confined. Try to keep him in the middle and combo him with everything you got. Defeat the Alchemist to be awarded with 25 Light Seeds. After a brief scene, you'll need to quickly escape the collapsing structure and make your way back to the entrance via power plates.

i want only cheats

Try this to play as Classic Prince and Princess
At the main menu, select the "Extras" option. Choose the "Skin Manager" selection, then enter "52585854" as a code to unlock the Classic Prince and Princess from Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time.

Try this to Play as Prince Altair
At the main menu, select the "Extras" option. Choose the "Skin Manager" selection, then enter "13372805" as a code to unlock Altair from Assassin's Creed at the "Skin Manager" menu.

Try this to Play as Princess Jade
Successfully complete Story mode to unlock Jade from Beyond Good And Evil at the "Skin Manager" menu.

Try this to Play as Prototype Prince and Elika
Collect all 1001 Light Seeds to unlock the Prototype Prince and Elika at the "Skin Manager" menu. Note: The final Light Seed is only collectible after completing the game.

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