To complete Gunatack Prison in Legend of the Skyfish 2, you must use your combat fishing pole to grapple across mobile platforms, disable environmental traps, counter shielded enemies, and trigger three color-coded cell switches to unlock the central exit gate.
Lowering the Outer Perimeter Gate
The entrance courtyard features tight corridors protected by dart traps and patrol guards. Clear the area before operating the entrance switch to avoid taking unavoidable damage:
- Lure patrol guards away from choke points: Draw outer guards into open stone spaces using rod swings or ranged pulls rather than fighting in narrow entries.
- Time the dart traps: Stone wall faces shoot darts at steady intervals. Wait for a volley to pass, count roughly three seconds between bursts, and dash across the firing line.
- Grapple across the chasm: Target the wooden anchor totem across the broken bridge with your fishing line to pull yourself to the western rampart.
- Hit the wall switch: Strike the glowing floor button behind the rampart barricade to lower the iron portcullis.
- Roll past the doorway: Roll immediately when crossing the threshold to evade sentries waiting on the other side.
Grappling Across Water Hazards and Moving Platforms
Falling into open water resets your character to the nearest dry platform and drains health. Navigating the interior requires precise hookshot timing:
- Moving Anchor Totems: Floating grapple posts drift along fixed horizontal and vertical lines. Cast your hook toward an oscillating totem as it starts traveling toward you, not while it retreats. This ensures enough reel time to pull you across before the anchor moves out of dismount range.
- Alternating Spike Corridors: Advance one floor tile behind a retracting set of ground spikes. Pause while the next row lowers, then use the hookshot on distant wooden blocks to bypass the remaining hazard tiles entirely.
Enemy Types and Combat Counters
Gunatack Prison combines ranged support units with durable melee guards. Prioritize ranged snipers on high ledges before engaging grounded targets.
| Enemy Type | Primary Threat | Counter Strategy |
|---|---|---|
| Shielded Warden | Blocks frontal attacks; deals heavy melee damage | Pull with hookshot to stagger, then roll behind to strike exposed back |
| Blowpipe Sentry | Fires poison darts from elevated perches | Grapple to the ledge or anchor post and defeat with quick melee slashes |
| Explosive Crawler | Charges on sight and detonates | Latch with the fishing rod from maximum distance to trigger detonation safely |
| Prison Hound | Rapid lunges interrupt player attacks | Roll backward to bait the leap, then punish during the recovery window |
Solving the Inner Cell Block Switch Puzzle
Access to the prison's central vault requires activating three floor switches hidden across separate cell wings:
- Reach the Northern Catwalk: Grapple across the central water channel using the rotating center anchor post.
- Collect the Wing Key: Defeat the elite warden guarding the northern cell cluster to acquire the bronze key.
- Trigger the Blue Switch: Unlock the bronze cell door and push the heavy stone block onto the circular blue floor plate to hold the gate open.
- Bypass the East Wing Flame Jets: Head east and time your dashes between wall-mounted flame bursts.
- Trigger the Yellow Switch: Aim the hookshot across the gap to pull the wall lever, retracting the spikes around the yellow floor switch, then step on it.
- Trigger the Red Switch: Enter the flooded southern room, hook the floating crate with your rod line, and pull it into position to bridge the gap leading to the red floor switch.
Hidden Chest Locations and Dungeon Exit
Before taking the final exit tunnel, check the surrounding rooms for bonus supplies:
- Eastern Switch Cache: Strike the cracked masonry wall in the eastern switch room with your sword, or detonate a nearby crawler against it, to open a hidden chamber containing a large gold chest.
- Southern Waterway Pickups: Break floating wooden crates along the southern channels with your fishing lure to collect heart pickups and restore health.
Once the three floor plates are lit, return to the main hall and proceed through the unlocked southern double doors to exit Gunatack Prison.
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