Level 10: Necrum
Necrum is an insanely brutal stage in Oddworld: Soulstorm, one that can have you pulling your hairs out.
There are sections filled with traps and rolling spikes, as well as parts where you need to cross obstacles using monkey bars. This level actually gave me a migraine due to all the traps, obstacles, and annoying Mudokon AI. They sure love to get squished or slashed when they fumble around while following Abe.
- Mudokons: 32
- Required for 80%: 27
Mudokon #1 to 5
The first five Mudokons are working on machinery in an early part of this level. Before you can get them to safety, you’ll need to ride a cable car, complete a laser puzzle by possessing a Flying Slig, and cross a pathway with lots of grinding spikes.
Then, towards the end of all these troubles, you’ll need to possess a machine gunner Slig so it can activate a lever.
This will kill its buddies that are watching from across the cliff. The portal is just past this point.
Mudokon #6 and 7
The next two are found in a section with the walking laser mob. Activate the switch next to the laser mob. Then, have the Mudokons follow you until they step on the two push switches on the floor. Tell them to stop so that the switches remain pressed. Have Abe step on the switch behind the laser trap.
Continue onwards past the grinder to find the portal.
Mudokon #8 to 10
You’ll see these Mudokons above some spinning grinder traps. Take the lift and guide them past the blades. The area below also has lots of spinning blades, but there’s a checkpoint and a doorway on the ledge above you. Leave the Mudokons here for now.
Mudokon #11 to 16
Enter the doorway to reach a secret area. This cave has six Mudokons, so check every nook and cranny. The portal is at the top of the cave.
Return to the three Mudokons when you’re done.
Mudokon #17 to 19
Continue onwards and you’ll eventually reach a part where the Mudokons need to follow down a nook while blades are rotating.
If you get past this problem, you’ll find a few more of Abe’s buddies. You should now have six Mudokons following you.
The next section has, you guessed it, more spinning blades, a ride down a lift, and machines that are zipping by.
The portal is at the very end of this ordeal.
Mudokon #20
Abe will need to get past a dozen whirring blades to get to the next section. There’s a lone Mudokon here, but he can’t jump across the gap. To save him, you’ll have to backtrack past the whirring blades to reach the bird portal from earlier. This is easier said than done because the Mudokon AI can be downright iffy.
If you’re getting frustrated, you can forget about this fella and just continue onward with Oddworld: Soulstorm‘s Necrum level. It’s just one Mudokon anyway and you shouldn’t have problems reaching the 80% requirement.
Mudokon #21 to 23
Jump across the gap and you’ll see three spinning blades and a Slig spawn point. The goal is to get detected, possess a Slig, and have it get past the blades to activate the switch. Keep trying because it can take a second for the animation to get completed.
If you do this successfully, the floor will open and you can reach the passage below. There are three Mudokons here, as well as a doorway (more on this in a while). If you bring the Mudokons back up top, you can have them escape using the portal.
Mudokon #24 to 27
Enter the doorway to find a secret area. There’s a giant ladder here that you can climb. However, whirling blades will be moving back and forth.
Once you reach the top, you’ll find four sick Mudokons. Heal them then chant to activate the bird portal.
Mudokon #28 to 31
Another section has four Mudokons who are being watched by snipers. The goal here is to activate the switch below, then the three switches near the moving laser mob. This will cause the snipers to get squished.
This is followed by, you guessed it, more spiky, grinder machines. Thankfully, we’re closer to the end now.
Mudokon #32
This Mudokon is at the upper-left corner of the screen once you reach the exit. Try to sneak past the sensor and the Slig mobs. Tie up the sleeping Sligs and tell the Mudokon to follow you to the portal.
Anyway, let’s talk about the next stage in Oddworld: Soulstorm, The Mines.
