Huldufolk - Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Guide - IGN (2024)

Huldufolk (or Huldufólk) is the fourth chapter in Hellblade 2, and it follows Senua as she enters the realm of the Hiddenfolk in search of a way to deal with Illtauga. Our Huldufolk walkthrough will help you solve every puzzle and find all the collectibles in this chapter.

There are three Lorestangir and four Hidden Faces to find in Huldufolk, and we’ll provide detailed guidance on how to collect each one in the order they appear.

Huldufolk Walkthrough

Grab the torch at the entrance of the cave, then walk through the narrow area while staying close to the left wall. The first Hidden Face is on your left, a short way from the entrance, but you won’t see it if your torch doesn’t illuminate the wall.

Keep moving past this face and you’ll eventually see a Lorestangir that you can’t reach through a hole in the cave wall on your right. Take a few steps forward, drop down the high ledge, then turn right to collect the first Lorestangir. The screenshot below shows the perspective from the high ledge before dropping down.

Return to the area with the shallow pool, then exit the room through the only other open path. It’s time to learn about the unique puzzle types found in this chapter.

Whenever you see a faint blue mist or rainbow-colored surfaces in these caves, it means the space can be altered in some way. For example, in the image below, a ramp will appear where the mist is. Interact with the brazier in front of Senua in that screenshot to get a visual demonstration. Then, walk up the ramp to progress out of this room.

Keep in mind that you can also interact with these braziers a second time to return solid objects or surfaces to their mist state.

The narrow cave will widen again when you find another blue fire. Drop down into the room and enter a small opening on your right to reach the fire. Interact with the fire to put it out and reveal two hidden passageways – one on the bottom floor where you entered the room and the other directly behind the brazier.

Turn around to find the second Hidden Face in the wall behind the brazier. The room is a bit darker now that the blue flame is extinguished, so use your torch to see the face more clearly.

Go down the ledge in front of the brazier and walk through the blue mist that used to be a solid, rainbow-colored wall. Keep moving, and once you drop down a large hole, turn around immediately to find the third Hidden Face. Walk toward it to fully illuminate the face.

Turn back around to continue along the main path until you’re out of the water and next to a fire and another blue mist puzzle. Remember where this fire is because you’ll need it to reignite your torch if it goes out.

Walk toward the circled part of the image below and shimmy through the narrow pass, instead of going under the running water to the right, which would extinguish your torch.

Use your torch to light the blue fire brazier, which turns the mist on the right side of the image above into a solid ramp. Walk up the ramp and turn left to find another regular torch that you can light for use later. Now, extinguish the blue fire to turn the ramp back into blue mist.

It’s now safe to walk into the blue mist and under the running water. A vision of another person will appear to guide the way, but instead of following them, turn left and reignite your torch using the fire you just lit.

Use the fire to light the blue fire brazier directly in front of Senua in the image below. Then, retrace the vision’s steps by crossing the new bridge you just created.

The path will become narrow again, but pay attention to the right side of the path. You’ll soon enter a larger room and see the second Lorestangir to your right. Drop down while Senua is crouching in the spot shown below to get this collectible. This little detour loops back into the main path to prevent you from getting lost.

Continue deeper into the cave and you’ll see another vision guiding you along the correct path through the tunnels. Follow it to reach another blue fire, elevated and surrounded by water. Get in the water and make your way over to the fire. Put the fire out to reveal a hole in the rainbow-colored wall below.

You're forced to run under running water in the next room, which will extinguish your torch. After going through the running water, quickly make a left and shimmy across the low ledge to find another fire to reignite the torch. You can see the fire on a ledge to the left before running under the water to the right.

Wade through the water to the other side once your torch is reignited. The game will once again force you to run through running water to douse your torch. You can see another fire on the other side of the water, but this is just a trick.

Make a quick left as soon as you go under the water. Follow the path under more running water and into a small opening to find a different fire on a ledge.

You need to use your torch to light the fire above the water because you can’t use your torch while crossing the water in this cavern. When it’s finally time to move through the water, stick close to the lit fires to avoid the darkness.

When you’re ready, head back to the entrance of this cavern and go through the running water again. Stay inside the bright spots in the water to get across safely, then reignite your torch at the end and continue on.

The torch will go out again as you cross the water, but you’ll make it if you sprint through and reach the chalk-covered ledge on the other side of the running water. Keep walking through the dark and follow the vision when it appears to guide the way.

Grab the new torch from the right side of the wall and watch as the cavern transforms. Light the blue fire brazier to create a new bridge to the right.

Cross the bridge and jump down the nearby ledge to reach another brazier. This time, extinguish the blue fire to open up a path in the rocks. Put out the next blue fire too to make more rocks disappear.

Now, reignite that first fire and then the second fire to create another bridge along the path. The solution looks like the image below.

Pay attention to the wall on the right after you cross this new bridge and walk past the torches. Interact with the hole in the wall to lend your torch to the blue phantom on the other side of the gap.

The phantom creates another bridge with your torch, so you can now drop back down to where you came from and cross the pit. Put out the fire that helped you cross after you get to the other side, then follow the path to another hole in the wall to get your torch back. Light both braziers to complete the bridge system now that you have your torch again.

Return to the very first brazier in this area and put the fire out to open up the path to your goal. Walk through the blue mist it creates and up to the ledge where the first phantom was.

Place your torch in the hole in the wall one last time and watch as the phantom uses it to light your way. Enter the cavern and jump into the hole as the Hiddenfolk offer to guide you. Follow their light through the tunnel until you reach a surprise combat section.

These creatures don’t have any weapons, but they’re quick and can disorient you. They’ll throw dirt, crawl around out of view, and go for quick strikes and grabs. Remember to mash attack when you get grabbed, but try to dodge their lunges and parry their attacks when you can.

Continue to follow the light after the fight until another one of these creatures pops up out of nowhere. Defeat it and keep walking along the light trail until you’re attacked again. You’re in total darkness this time, so just hold block until the light returns. Deal with the threat and press on through the dark.

A small crack in the wall will appear, but you’ll be ambushed as you try to shimmy through it. Be ready to fight off multiple creatures, one after the other, before you can move forward.

Follow the light once again, through the crack in the wall, and a scene will play where Senua gives up another item through a hole in the wall.

With your sword gone, you need to keep up with the Hiddenfolk light, or else you’ll be attacked in darkness. Try to ignore the scares, and don't stray from the lit path even for a few seconds. You’ll know you’re too far from the light when red flashes appear on screen.

Any time you climb or drop down a ledge, the camera will automatically face you in the right direction, so don’t look around too often to avoid getting lost.

As soon as you escape this sequence, look left to find the fourth and final Hidden Face in this chapter. It’s carved into a wall next to some floating rocks.

Get back to the main path and follow it until it splits at a dead end. The dead end is hiding a right turn, so pay close attention to find the secret path. Turn right to find the third and final Lorestangir in this chapter.

Head back and take the left to return to the main path. There’s one more puzzle to solve before the end of this chapter, and it’s in this giant cavern. Focus on the large bubble in the middle of the room, near the blue fire on the ceiling.

The bubble will shift the room, much like what happened in the previous chapter. Your goal is to reach the light on the right side of the screenshot below.

Walk over to the left after focusing on the bubble, then focus on it again when you hit a large boulder. Move past where the boulder once was and focus on the small bubbles at the end of the path to remove the floating rock.

Walk over to where the floating rock once was and focus on the giant bubble in the middle of the room again to progress.

Focus on the center bubble again to create a bridge out of the blue mist, allowing you to reach the smaller bubbles ahead. Focus on those to bring the goal down to your level. Now, all you need to do is go back to the side of the room where you entered and walk through the lit tunnel.

Crawl through the tunnel as the narrator and the voices speak and walk to the pool in the room on the other side to speak with the Hiddenfolk and hear the story they tell.

Walk through the cave alongside the Hiddenfolk light until you regain your sword just in time for another battle. Those undead creatures are back, and there are far more of them this time. Use focus in tough moments and quick attacks are better than slow, heavy ones here.

After the long fight, you’ll find something precious to Illtauga, along with her real name. Fargrimr arrives just in time to witness this discovery, and he helps come up with a plan to confront the giant.

The villagers perform a ritual that sends Senua into Illtauga’s lava-filled realm. The giant will unleash heat waves that you must avoid by hiding behind the large stone structures littered across the beach. Your goal is to make it to the other end of the island to cut the chain found there.

Illtauga pulls rocks toward her as she charges up her blast, so pay attention to the ground and get to cover quickly when this happens. The blasts are also timed to the music as you progress.

Keep moving in that same direction to the right, hiding and sprinting as you make your way to the next chain. The heat waves trigger more often as you break chains, so the timing gets a bit tighter as you proceed.

The heat starts to break the stone structures, preventing you from hiding for too long. Try to look and plan ahead to find the path before your defenses crumble. You get to rest a bit after breaking the third chain, but you still need to keep circling Illtauga.

Eventually, this sequence becomes more cinematic, as you lose all cover and are forced to vault over ledges and sprint without stopping. Break the final chain at the end of the path to achieve Senua’s goal of freeing Illtauga.