1-4: Clair de Lune

LIMBO /// CLIMAX
CLAIR DE LUNE

1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE
General
Layer & Part		LIMBO /// CLIMAX
Challenge		Do not pick up any skulls.
Music		Clair de Lune Versus
Tip of the Day
The ATTRACTOR NAILGUN's magnets can be attached to enemies to make mobile targets easy to hit with nails.
Collectables
Knuckleblaster Alternate Revolvers Slab IV
Enemies
V2
Rank Requirements
Rank	Time	Kills	Style
S	02:15	0	600
A	03:00	0	500
B	04:00	0	300
C	05:00	0	150
Levels
Previous		Next
1-3		2-1
1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4 1-S, 1-E

This article covers a simplified account of the first boss fight for V2. For more detail on the boss, see V2. For V2's second fight in 4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL, see V2 (2nd).

1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE is the fourth and final level of Limbo, starring the first encounter with V2, who holds the Knuckleblaster. 1-4 also contains the final Slab, used to unlock the Alternate Revolver, and holds the first readable lore book.

The music used in this level begins with Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy in the areas leading up to the boss arena, and Versus for V2's boss music.

Level

Start

The beginning of 1-4 starts off with a long stretch of peaceful outdoor gardens and stone pathways, with the artificial sky simulating a quiet nighttime environment, leading to a large manor housing various rooms and corridors. In the center of the walkway lies a stained glass window depicting Gabriel, and underneath it lays a headless, kneeling skeleton, praying in front of the visage with the words "FORGIVE ME" written on the wall with blood.

Moving directly forward leads to a room with a gated door requiring three Blue Skull Keys to open, requiring the player to search through the level for hidden Blue Skulls to unlock the boss arena.

Confessions

Starting from the top walkway, heading into a door to the right will lead to a small bedroom containing a bookshelf, a shattered mirror with blood, and a desk with a book set on top. Walking up to it will trigger a short prompt:

PICK UP TO READ.

Picking up the book will then display a short "scanning" popup, before displaying an excerpt of the text:

TEXT SCANNED - UNIQUE PASSAGE:

". . . My mind is adrift with the eternal torments. Lurid vistas painted in insidious tones, hollow walls that scream to the touch. A mocking song plays at all hours, even the sounds of birds are fake. All reminders of my enduring damnation.

Gabriel my dearest friend, in endless penance I have awaited your embrace into Heaven. I have been so faithful, accepting of my fate, but to what end? What punishment is this, that I am to bare the keys to my own doom with no hope of salvation. . . These skulls sneer their devilish grins, voices chattering, tempting me to take the plunge deeper into Hell. . . I won't do it.

I've hidden them away amongst the furnishings, books, and the very foundations of this accursed place. Forgive me Gabriel, I will await your..."

REMAINING TEXT: IRRELEVANT.

Underneath it lies a short message on how to close the excerpt:

PRESS "F" TO CLOSE

Skull Hunt

Using the clues given by the book, the player will then have to find the rest of the Blue Skulls hidden throughout the level.

The first Blue Skull lies hidden behind the bookshelf in the same room, hinted by a blue glow. Pushing against the bookshelf to slide it out of the way will reveal the skull.

The second Blue Skull is located through the right door below the overhead walkway, inside a dining hall with a banquet table and a fireplace. The skull is hidden underneath a set of loose floorboards, with the player needing to break them to access the skull.

The third Blue Skull is located in the room to the left side of the second floor. However, the door is unable to move, requiring the player to go through the bottom left door to a small open courtyard outside the main hall. There, the player can break a window to get inside the locked room and collect the third Skull, with the door leading back to the second floor blocked by a breakable wooden plank.

An optional fourth Blue Skull can also be found hidden behind the stained glass window of Gabriel, revealing it to be a hologram. If the player places the skull on the kneeling skeleton, a short message will be shown below:

Nothing happens, but you feel a strange satisfaction. You decide to name it Hank.

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  The first's skull location.
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  The second skull's location.
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  The third skull's location.
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  The hidden fourth skull.

Once a skull is placed on a pedestal and the player re-enters the manor, they will get a brief glance of V2 sliding down the hallway when the gate opens. While it appears to be sliding from the courtyard towards the dining room, V2 cannot be found there and does not reappear until the boss battle.

Boss Encounter

Placing Blue Skull Keys on all three pedestals will unlock the gate leading to the boss arena: a large, open square courtyard lined with stained glass paintings and a pool of shallow water within the center, with the artificial sky displaying a large moon, spotlighting into the courtyard's center. Entering the room will also cause the previously playing Clair De Lune to fade out.

Walking forward will trigger the player's first encounter with V2, who jumps through the window opposing the entrance, landing with a shockwave that sends the player into the air. It will then politely bow to the player before starting the boss fight.

V2 is a highly mobile, hard-to-hit boss, serving as the first test for the player's movement and combat abilities. It shares most of the player's movement abilities and reacts to their behavior, and it will change its movement pattern to try and gain an upper hand, indicated by the color of its wings.

If the player is aggressive, it will back off, indicated by green. If the player stays away from it, V2 will move closer to the player and be more aggressive, as indicated by red. V2 will also either circle strafe around the player, indicated by blue, or pick a random direction to move in, indicated by the default gold. If the player stays away from V2 for too long, it will become enraged, increasing its speed and becoming much more aggressive and dangerous. Maintaining stamina and dashes is crucial to survive its onslaught.

V2 has two weapons at its disposal, the Piercer Revolver and Core Eject Shotgun, with four attacks in total. These consist of a Revolver Burst with three consecutive Revolver shots, a Charge Shot from the Piercer, a basic Shotgun Blast from the Core Eject Shotgun, and a Core Eject Grenade, sending an explosive grenade at the player. All of V2's attacks except for the core eject attack can be parried to fully restore one's health and stamina, which is vital against the agile V2.

Weapons such as the Marksman Revolver, both Shotguns, Attractor Nailgun and Overheat Nailgun are reliable damage dealers during the fight, with Coins being always able to hit V2 and Projectile Boosts from the Shotguns dealing lots of damage. Sticking a magnet from the Attractor Nailgun makes bursts from both Nailguns home in on V2. Later weapons such as the Railcannon and Rocket Launcher can also help as well, with the Electric Railcannon being able to stack with the Marksman's coins for even more damage, and the Rocket Launcher being able to send V2 into the air for airshots and juggling.

End

Once V2's health bar is depleted, it will be knocked onto the floor, screaming in pain. After standing up again, it will run towards the center and escape the arena through the fake night sky, dropping the Knuckleblaster in the process.

Once picked up, a tutorial prompt on arm swapping appears:

Cycle through EQUIPPED arms with 'G'

The exit gate will open once the player picks up the Knuckleblaster.

Challenge

The stained glass window above the skull-locked door can be broken with any weapon or arm, then jumped through to directly enter the boss arena without needing to collect the Skull Keys to open the door.

Secrets

Final Slab

The stone doors, awaiting all four slabs to be activated.

Back in the bottom left courtyard lies a path to a large stone door, and a Slab lock. This door connects to four different stone slab locks found throughout each level in Limbo, activated by completing optional challenges or finding hidden secrets. If all of the previous slabs were activated in a given save, activating the fourth slab unlocks the door to reveal the Alternate Revolver, a side-grade to the standard Revolver with higher damage yet slower shot speed. A Terminal lies in the room just in front of the left side of the door.

Picking up the Alternate Revolver will trigger a prompt about alternate Variants:

ALTERNATE versions will change a weapon's base behavior.
They can be equipped at the SHOP.

Moving away from the area afterward will trigger another prompt about the Alternate Revolver itself:

ALTERNATE REVOLVER: Higher damage.
Hammer has to pull back after each shot.

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