Empowered Hand

The Empowered Hand is an equipment upgrade for the Dread Hand acquired automatically once you obtain the Eye of Veritus within the Crypt dungeon. It will allow you to deploy a **shadow self**, which you can use as a **secondary warp point** when using the Dread Hand. **Once you've beaten the game at least once**, you can re-open your save after the credits and meet final requisites to collect this item.

### Description

*The Dread Hand is more lively now. I'm starting to worry.*

*...*

*Is someone there?*

### Effects

#### Deploy Shadow Self

* Holding the Dread Hand action button will charge this skill.
* Release the hold and you will deploy the shadow self.

#### While Deployed

* *Pressing* action button; exchange positions with the shadow self, instead of returning to the entry point.
* *Holding* Action Button; return to the entry point and the shadow self will take your previous place.
* Most enemies and objects that would occupy the tile you warp to will be destroyed via telefragging.

#### Soft Grid Quirks

* The player is **not locked to a grid**. And so, you are able to occupy and physically affect multiple tiles at a time, even if you're only aiming for one. In other words, standing on the center line of two tiles and applying an action input will affect both the connecting blocks ahead of you.
* While you are standing as close as you can to an object, you are actually occupying its tile. And so, if you deploy your shadow self when this close to an object, the shadow self will also occupy the object's tile.
* And so, should switching positions with the shadow self put you even slightly into a tile with another object, the object will be destroyed. This is to prevent getting stuck, but you may destroy something you did not intend to. Remember you can always reset the room by leaving and reentering to restore puzzle objects.
* Enemies and puzzle objects can be destroyed this way, but wall and raised pillar types will not be destroyed. When pillars are receded in the floor, the shadow self does not stop them from raising. So if deploy a Shadow centered on a pillar, raise the pillar, then warp to your shadow, you'll get stuck.
* For example **laughing pillars** will not consider the shadow to have any weight, so deploying the Shadow while standing in a laughing pillar's tile renders it useless. Warping to your shadow puts you inside the pillar with no free movement. Remember to kold your hand's action input and release to return to the natural entry point and reset the room, dispelling the shadow self and receding the pillars.
* When solving puzzles, be sure you are centered on your occupying tile, or at least far enough from breakable objects and not deploying on top of a pillar. Hugging the closest wall, or **an already raised pillar tile** is the safest route for preserving intended solutions in tight spaces.
* You can also warp back and forth between your shadow with both of you positioned on top of pressure plates to activate them both.

### Requisite

*Beat the game once;* clear Setting Moon or Prodigal Sun.

*Talks with Kir Hasa;* until she requests you recover the Ora Moa from Crocodile.

*Siska's Workshop;* if Hugh was kidnapped before talks with Kir, he has to be rescued first.

*Crocodile's contract;* interact with Crocodile and agree to sign his contract. This opens Crocasino Backrooms.

*Dusty Key;* interact again after signing to acquire the **Dusty Key**.

*Castle Vann Crypt;* defeat the Ram Wraith inside to be rewarded the Eye of Veritus.

### Location

*Castle Vann Crypt;* With the Dusty Key in pocket, head north from Pa's House, up the stairs and lean northwest. Up the double stairs and passed the Castle Vann gates. Stay forward through the dungeon foyer and, if you've already completed the Castle Vann dungeon, through the eye door room. Once you reach the room where Sir Oswin Vann's Coffin sits, cut right and unlock the door found right of the coffin.

### Type

This is an upgraded piece of equipment obtained automatically upon acquiring the Eye of Veritus.

This equipment is necessary for clearing most of the post game content.