Granite Gash

**Granite Gash** is the 13th location in *Northern Journey*. It is mountainous terrain. With a marked verticality to the level design, broken up with stubby rivers and waterfalls. Moss and lichens color the rocks. There's some tight spots here and sneaky enemies, but it's mostly easy fare after the marebog hell. However, do beware, surprise surprise, spiders, and the goblin rock ballista valley of course.

## Flasks

There are 8 red flasks and 1 orange flask in this location.

### Red flasks

Here is how all of the red flasks can be found:

* **Red Flask #1:** To find the first red flask, ride the pulley to the mountain valley, then walk forward a bit and go into the cave passage on your right. When you exit the cave, turn left and look for the flask.
* **Red Flask #2:** After defeating some bumblebees, you can ascend the stone stairs and arrive at a small stone bridge. Cross the bridge and go to the right where you'll find some emergency health. From there, you can climb up to the rock in front of you (or jump there from above) and proceed along this rock to find a red flask in some foliage.
* **Red Flask #3:** To find the third red flask, pass through the cave behind a waterfall. The flask is located right after the exit, on your right.
* **Red Flask #4:** After escaping the flooding cave, you can go to the (locked at the moment) Mountain Tower and search behind it to find a red flask.
* **Red Flask #5 and #6:** The part of the level that has flasks #5 and #6 (starting with the catapult and ending with leaving the spider cave) can only be visited once, so make sure you get them both on your first pass. The fifth red flask is located just before the entrance to the spider cave. After jumping over the waterfall, go to the right of a rock in front of you onto a narrow ledge. The sixth red flask is located in the spider cave over a floor trap. To get it, just run straight at it full speed. Make sure to save before entering the cave, so you can easily retry grabbing it in case you somehow miss it.
* **Red Flask #7:** If you survive the cannon trolls, you can go and unlock the Mountain Tower shortcut with the key you got from the spiders. Inside the tower, you'll find a red flask on the ground floor near the door.
* **Red Flask #8:** The final red flask can be found right before the level ends. Go right of the steps leading to an aqueduct to find it.

### Orange flask

Here is how the orange flask can be found:

* Just before you turn into delicious holey troll cheese after the spider nest, you'll descend down a staircase that drops with no return. To your front and right is a snow pile and a water fall. Follow the coast towards the snow mound and you'll find the orange flask.

## Walkthrough

* You're familiar with this now. There's going to be bugs, spiders, and yes trolls. Save often and watch your footing. However...
* Don't forget the possibility of a heretofore unknown entity. Spider trolls. Or perhaps, troll spiders. Listen I don't make the rules, just make sure you don't waste your crowd control ammo.

### So the Spider Trolls Gave You a Bad Time

Alright, so you're getting spiders in your lungs. This is Norge, it happens. Just like anywhere else... In any case:

* The trolls spawn the spiders
* There are high powered weapons all around the arena.
* Target the shadow trolls with high damage weapons and when you get overwhelmed, bust out one of your crossbows to deal with the mobs.

## Chronology

* **Previous location:** Marebog
* **Next location:** Hypothermia Waste