MRW06: Lateral Descent

## Lateral Descent

**Lateral Descent** is the sixth level of the first episode (Marrow) of the Marrow add-on for Blood, created by Nick Palsmeier, aka Damien\_Azreal.

## Secrets (as of version 1.0)

There are 12 secrets in this level.

1. At the very start of the map, head down one of the ledges, and you will see a vine-obstructed threshold on your left; go through it ***(Life Essence, Shotgun Shells x2, Sawed-Off)***
2. When you come to your first big fight with a group of Zombies and a couple Spiders, face where you need to go to progress, then look up and to your right; there is a niche with some goodies; platform up to it ***(Body Armor, Box of Shells)***
3. When you get to the science lab-looking area with the Skull Key door, face the 4 tubes with differently-colored liquid inside them, then look at the wooden tables against the wall to your left; in between the third and fourth one is a vent on the floor you can break and go through; mind the Rats! ***(Body Armor, Box of Shells)***
4. Just past the previous secret, there is a rack of morgue drawers that are bloodied; use them to raise them ***(Life Essence)***
5. When you get to a point where there is a metal door on your left that leads down into a long shaft with a giant water tank in the middle, go instead to the Zombie-filled hall to your right (which loops back to the science lab from before); you will immediately notice a darker section of wall on your right; use it and head in ***(Shotgun Shells x2, Gasoline Can x2)***
6. At the bottom of the aforementioned shaft room, go to the bottom of the shaft and blow up the fire extinguisher on the wall and head inside ***(Shotgun Shells x3, A Few Bullets x2, Tommy Gun Drum Mag)***
7. Open the Skull Key door to emerge in a wide-open outside room with a long rope bridge ahead of you. Jump down to the ledge to your left (where the Cabalists were) and go into the tunnel to the end ***(Body Armor, Remote Detonators x4, Case of TNT)***
8. Inside the room with the Fire Key, use the stacked crates to the left of the key ***(Tommy Gun Drum Mag x2, Box of Shells, Box of Flares)***
9. Inside the room with the "Door Power" button, face the vats on the left of the room, and break through the vent on the floor and go through it to the end ***(Case of TNT, Gasoline Can x2, A Few Bullets x2 (inside the barrels))***
10. When you go through the door that required the power to be turned on, you will eventually come to a room with a Diving Suit and a pool of water. Dive in and swim through the underwater path; you will eventually come to a right turn, which is where you need to go to progress in the level; skip this for now, and instead keep following the straight path to the very end ***(Diving Suit, A Few Bullets)***
11. When you get to the giant cave area full of Cabalists, Gargoyles and rope bridges, dive under the water from where you entered the room from (watch for any underwater hitscanners!) and look for a niche in the wall that you can swim through; it is directly to the left of the elevator with the Life Essence on it ***(Life Seed)***
12. Directly across from the train containing the end-of-level switch, blow up the "X"-shaped wooden beams and go through towards the items ***(Gasoline Can x2, Box of Shells)***