The Hedron Link: Pope and the First Link
The Hedron Link: Pope and the First Link. Practical steps and checks.
Quick answer
Immediately after The House in Distress, retrace Prime Candidate Testing. Hedron enemies resist Raw attacks: use secondary attacks or suitable Fire/Mold damage instead of repeating an ineffective primary string. Clear the rooms, use the intercom beside Main Test Chamber and finish Pope’s conversation after she opens the door.
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Rescue Pope
Immediately after The House in Distress, retrace Prime Candidate Testing. Hedron enemies resist Raw attacks: use secondary attacks or suitable Fire/Mold damage instead of repeating an ineffective primary string. Clear the rooms, use the intercom beside Main Test Chamber and finish Pope’s conversation after she opens the door.
Avoid the mirrored-wall loop
Climb the chamber stairs, Shift onto either side wall and follow the moving pillar upward. Both walls reach the same forward route. Near the pillar’s end, pass through the prison-cell gates on its side. Descending the opposite mirrored wall sends you back instead of onward.
Enter the first link
Cross the tower’s outdoor gaps. In the shifting-gravity corridor, use the red carpet as a direction cue. In Unknown, interact with the Patterned TV and follow the Fault-like platforms to Hedron Parallel. Clear its connected smaller enemies while avoiding projectiles; when its health is sufficiently reduced, finish the main body. Continue using damage types that work against the connected enemies.
Report before beginning the next stage
After the fight, turn around and enter the elevator. Return to Pope and finish the scene for the mission completion. Destroying this first link is different from the two remaining links in the following mission. Use the Rooftop travel door during later Unknown trips to reduce repeat elevator journeys.
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