Catechumen Full Walkthrough

Catechumen Walkthrough

Level 1: The Parthenon

You start the game just outside the Roman Parthenon. Look around and see a bench in the courtyard you’re in. Walk up to the bench, jump up on it, and walk over the key lying there. Exit the courtyard and turn to the right. You’ll see a gate ahead of you and the key you’ve just acquired will open it. Proceed through the gate and down the steps. As you enter the room, an Angel will appear and grant you your first weapon. Walk through the sword to equip it once the Angel has gone. Walk up the steps and bump into the door at the top to open it. Turn to your right and proceed down the hallway. Go to the end of the hallway and open the door to the left. Go through the door and again to your left, into a small courtyard. Enter the courtyard and down the steps to reach a basement area. Follow the hall and go through the opening to the left. In one of the rooms on a table you’ll find the second key you need. Trace your steps back into the small courtyard and back into the building. Go through the door again and this time turn left and up the staircase. At the top of the staircase is another door. Go through the door and all the way down the hall to the opposite door. Turn left and go down the stairs to the right. At the bottom of the stairs, turn left and go through the door on the right. Once you’re through that door you’ll see a big set of golden double doors to your right. Go through them and on the bench in this room you’ll see your third and final key. Jump up on the bench and walk over the key to pick it up. Go back through the double doors and through the door on your left. Go to the end of the hall and you can now open the locked door. Go down the steps and find yourself in another basement area. Follow the hall until you see three grates on the floor. Jump down through the open grate and exit the level.

Level 2: The Bath House

As you enter this level, you’ll see a grate in one of the walls. Bump into the grate to open it. Crouch down and walk through the opening. As you enter this room, an Angel will appear, leaving you your second sword. Walk through it to pick it up, then proceed through the door. If you want, you can jump into the various baths you’ll see here and collect some ammo for your newly acquired sword. Go through the golden doors into the central courtyard area. In here you’ll see four sets of golden doors. Turn to your left and enter those doors first. Walk into this room and turn left and head up the stairs. Turn right and walk down to the door at the end. Go through the door, turn right and head down the hallway. Take the door to the right at the end of the hallway to take you to a balcony where a shield awaits you. Walk through the shield to improve your armor rating, and then head back through the door. This time, take the other door and walk down the steps. You’ll see a hole that has been blown in the floor. Jump down the hole into the furnace room. You’ll find two doors. One is locked, and the other is not. Go through the unlocked door and you’ll see a wheel to the right. Spin the wheel and look through the opening in the wall. You’ll see the water draining out of the room. Now, head back out and jump up crates to go back through the hole in the ceiling. Re-trace your steps back to the central courtyard. Once there, go through the door to your left. Turn left through the doors and wind around until you find four statue sinks. If you want to, you can push one of the sinks out to the furnace. Jump from a bench to the sink, to the furnace and climb through the small opening to find another hidden shield. Jump down, and go through the double doors on the left. This door can now be opened since the water has been drained from the room. Inside this room to the left is another bench with a key on it. Get the key then head left out of the pool room. Once in the storage room, take the door to the right then turn left and take the door on the left. This will lead to the next level.

Level 3: The Temple

When you enter this level you’ll again be greeted by an Angel who will leave you with your third sword. Follow the ramps down then go through the door at the bottom. Enter the main temple room. If you bump into a section of the opposite wall, it will slide away, revealing a hidden room. Go into the room and get some scrolls if you need them. At the far end of this hidden area is yet another hidden door. Bump into the wall to gain access to a ramp that will lead to a shield on a balcony overlooking the main temple area. Grab the shield then jump down to the main floor. Go through the door on the right and head down the stairs. You’ll find yourself in a room with four shapes cut into the wall. Each shape has a corresponding piece that must be placed in it to open the door in the center.

Turn right through the archway, then left. Open the door and walk down to the far end. To the right of the little temple you’ll see a grate. Crouch down and bump into the grate to open it. Crawl through the opening and down the steps. In this room you’ll see the wings at the far end of the room. Walk through them to pick them up. To get out of here you’ll have to move crates around to form stairs. Once out, leave the green room, then take the door opposite. This is the red room. Walk to the other side and then again open the little grate. Run down the steps and grab shield. Leave the red room, and walk up to the four icons in the wall. When you touch one of them and you have the appropriate piece, they’ll lock themselves in place. You have two down and two left to go. Go to the other hall now and take the door on the right. This is the yellow room. Find the grate and go through it. To get the winged boots, you have to walk carefully across the pipes. Watch out, there are little guys hiding in here who will shoot at you, trying to knock you off the pipes. Once you get the boots, head back out of the yellow room and go across the hall to the blue room. Find the grate in this room and walk down the stairs. This is an invisible maze. If you look closely, you can see the outline of the path to follow on the floor. It’s sort of trial and error here until you finally come across the trident spear you’ll need. Walk through it to pick it up and then exit out the maze and back to the blue room.

Go back to the icons in the wall and put the final two pieces in place. The central door is now unlocked and you can go through it to exit the level.

Level 4: The Coliseum

When you enter this level, you’ll see a hole in the wall that you can crawl through. Go through it and into the next room. Pick up the ammo and scrolls if needed and head out through the big door which will take you out into the Coliseum. In the Coliseum, go through the door to your left. In there walk down the stairs and you’ll see two doors. Take the one on your right and move the crates around to jump up on the ledge. Get the key up there, jump down and leave this room. Take an immediate right and open the door that was locked. Go straight down the hall and you’ll see three doors. Take the door straight ahead and you’ll see some crates in there. Move the big crate aside, revealing an alcove. Pick up the key in here and health if you need it. Go back up to the coliseum. When you enter the coliseum, take the next door on your immediate left. Go through this door and down the steps. Follow the halls until you come to a cell with one of your fellow Christians in it. You don’t have the key to open his cell yet, but go down the steps to the left of his cell and you’ll see a key hanging on the wall. Move the barrels around to jump up and grab the key. Now move the barrels around so you can jump out of this room back up onto the staircase. Free your fellow Christian and head back up to the coliseum. When you get up there, take the door to your immediate left. In this door you’ll be in a hallway with two paths. Take the path on your right, open the door and head down the stairs. Follow the corridor around and open the wooden door you’ll find. If you bump into the back left wall, it will open up, revealing a small stash of scrolls. Go back up the stairs and this time take the other path. Follow the stairs down and wind your way through the corridors until you come to a larger room with two minor devils and a stone door. This is the exit to the next level. If you haven’t collected all the keys in this level, you will not be able to open the stone door. Exit this level and head to level 5.

Level 5: The Prison

When you start this level, you’ll see a door in front of you. Go through it and the next one and you’ll be in a square room with four doors on the four walls and one door in the center column. Only one door will open at this point. Go through it and down the few steps to the lower level. On the cabinet against the far wall is a key. You’ll need to move the crates around to obtain the key. Once you’ve gotten it, jump down and go through the door right next to the cabinet. Go down the steps and through the door. You’ll see two more doors. Take the one on the left, go inside and get the key that is hanging on the wall. Now head back up to the main room. (The one with the four doors and the center column) You can now unlock the door in the center column and follow the steps down. When you come to a small room with a door straight ahead and a door to the left, take the door straight ahead. Follow the steps down and take the door to the left. Pull the lever on the wall and go through the door. In one of the cells here, you’ll find another of your captured brethren. Walk up next to him; he will thank you for freeing him and shortly be on his way. Go into the next room and you’ll see more locked cell. Open the door on the far end of the hall, turn right and hit the switch to open the few remaining locked cells. There is also a key on the floor by the switch that you’ll need. Continue down the hall, opening doors as you come to them. You’ll find another key on the floor somewhere, pick it up. When you come to a room with two doors, take the one on the right and follow the steps back up into the central room. Turn right at the top of the stairs and take the door on the right. The door will now be unlocked. Go up the steps and follow the hall around until you come to a door. Go through the door and inside the pillar in the center of the room. Climb the ladder and follow the ledge around until you see stairs going down. At the bottom of the stairs, an Angel will appear and give you the Lightning Sword.

Once you’ve obtained the sword, go through the opening the Angel provides and enter the next level.

Level 6: The Barracks

When you enter the level, you’ll take the ramp down to the bridge. Cross the bridge and follow the circular hall around until you see a hallway. Walk carefully up to the door and open it. When you enter this room there will be swarms of little demons attacking you. The best weapon to use is the lightning sword. Keep taking these guys out until there are now more. Go through this room and take the door to the right. Follow the hall until you see a door on the right. Go through the door and pick up the breastplate in the center of the room. Go back through the door you came in and turn right. Follow the hall and go through the double doors. Enter this room and take the door to the left. Outside in this underground courtyard, turn left and walk up to the wall. You’ll see some bricks sticking out of the wall that you can jump up on, taking you to the top of the wall. Follow the wall and up the steps of the turret. Up here you’ll see a broken down rope bridge with only one rope left. You’ll have to tightrope walk across. Watch out here, there is a sniper hiding in the shadows trying to shoot at you and knock you off. When you get to the other side, go down the tunnel and exit to the next level.

Level 7: Royal Burial Chamber

When you enter this level, you will be in a hallway with only one door to go through. Go through that door and turn to your right. Go under the broken door and in that room you’ll see a button on the far wall. Hit that button and take the door to your right. Go into that room and hit the button on the far wall. Exit this room and back out into the last room. This is the room where you hit the first button. In here you’ll also see a wooden hatch that can be opened by bumping into it. Open the hatch and crawl down into the sewer area. Turn right and follow the corridor around until you come to a room with a door on the left and a ramp down to the right. Take the ramp down and go through the door. This is another burial chamber. Hit the button on the wall and go back up the ramp into the room with the door. Take the door this time and turn right to go into yet another burial chamber. Hit the button on the wall in here then head back into the sewer. Stay to the right and follow the corridor around until you come to a door. Go through the door and stay on the upper ledge. Follow the ledge around and crouch down to get through the little door you’ll see up here. Crouch through the tunnel and jump down on the other side. In this room are two buttons; push them both. Take the door back into the room you just came from. Crouch down and duck into the little opening that leads to the sewers. Follow the sewers around, staying to the right. You’ll come to a door that leads into the final burial chamber. Enter this room and drop down to the floor. Hit the button on the wall and take the door to the left of the button. This will lead to a hall that will take you to the next level.

Level 8: Abandoned Construction

This is an underground Roman city in the process of being built. When you enter the level you’ll be met by another Angel bearing a new weapon, Solomon’s Scepter. Go through the door and down the steps. Turn left at the bottom of the steps and go through the door to the right. Walk down the planks and jump down into the room below. Open the big gate, and enter the building. Go through the main door and turn right. Go through an open doorway here and up the plank to your right. Climb the plank and across the platform to go inside a new building. In this building you’ll see a hole in the floor. You will have to jump across the hole to reach scaffolding you need to get to. Once you get on the scaffolding, walk up the little plank ramp and open the door. Go through the door and stay on the ledge you’re on. To the left is a plank that leads to a rooftop. Go to the rooftop and make a series of jump across the buildings to get to the doorway. Go through the doorway and fall down into the water hole. When you’re underwater, you’ll see two tunnels. Take the one on the left and swim through it to exit on the other side. When you get to the surface, follow the cave around to the right and go through the doorway. You’ll be in another smaller cave area. Stay to the right and follow the plank up to the next hallway. Follow the hallway around and you’ll come to a big cave. Cross the cave and take the plank leading up. Follow the hall around and you’ll find a boulder blocking your path. Push the boulder by bumping into it and you’ll see the boulder roll down the hill and crash through the gate leading to the next level. Jump down and exit this level.

Level 9: The Catacombs

Jump down the hole and turn to your right. Take the first left you see then turn right. Go down the hall and take the first left you come to. Step through the doorway and turn right. Follow the corridor until you come to a room with a door on the left, a stairway to the right, and a tunnel straight ahead. Take the tunnel straight ahead. You’ll come out on a balcony with a rope bridge. Jump up across the missing planks on the rope bridge and cross it. Follow the ledge around until you come to a little room with a key. Pick up the key and jump back down into the main room. Take the stairs out and cross the hall to the wooden door. The door can now be unlocked with the key you just picked up. Beware, inside this room is the Minotaur and he is very tough. Defeat the Minotaur and pick up the key in this room. Head back out into the catacombs until you come to a metal gate. The gate can now be unlocked with the Minotaur key. Go through the gate and take a left. Jump down the hole and follow it around until you come to a dead-end room. An Angel will appear, and give you a new sword. The Angel will then open the wall behind him to reveal an exit to the next level.

Level 10: Underground Farm

You’ll start out this level inside a tunnel. Exit the tunnel and turn to your left. Bump into the big circular stone slab to move it aside. Step through and go inside the building you see. On the table is a key. You will need it, so jump up on the table and walk through the key to pick it up. Exit back out through the stone slab and turn left. Cross the wooden bridge and go through the tunnel on the other side. There is a river in this cave area, jump in and flow with the current. When you reach the big wooden door underwater, bump it to open it up. Continue flowing with the current until you reach a ladder. Climb the ladder and you’ll be inside another cave. On one wall you’ll see stones sticking out of the wall. Jump from stone to stone, climbing the wall until you reach the top platform. Bump into this stone slab to open it and climb up through the tunnel out into the bigger cave. Cross the wood bridge and go up to the door of the building in here. Open the door with your key and grab the breastplate inside. Now re-cross the wood bridge and take the tunnel to your left. Follow the tunnel up and into another cavern. Take the other tunnel in this cavern and follow it into yet another cave. When you enter this cave, go inside the building and climb the ladder to the second floor. On the second floor, enter the tunnel and follow it down into the water. Swim underwater and you’ll see an opening. Go through the opening and swim to the surface. You’ll find a ladder than you can climb up on and into another tunnel. Follow the tunnel into a bigger cave with a wood bridge spanning a huge crevice. Cross the bridge but do not stop on the bridge since it will collapse when you’re nearly across. Go through the doorway ahead to enter the next level.

Level 11: Lava Tunnels

This level has several hell hounds running patrols through it. Along with dodging them, you must free another captured Christian brother, then find the way out and continue to the next level. When you enter this level, go through the opening in front of you then turn left down the hall. You’ll see a dog-headed guy on a platform shooting powerful beams at you. Take a left at the platform and follow the path around. Take the first right you come to and duck down through the small opening in the wall. Follow the stairs down and into a room where you must jump from platform to platform to reach the upper level. When you get to the upper level, go into the little room there and hit the lever on the wall to open the cage below, freeing your captured brother. Head back down the jump platforms and up the stairs again, finally crouching through the little opening again. Take the pathway straight across the hall and follow it around to the right. Jump down into the room and talk to your friend. When he’s done talking, he’ll drop a key that will open the door out of this level. Take the pathway out of this room that your friend is facing. Follow this path around, staying to the left. You’ll eventually come to a locked door (that’s now unlocked since you have the key). Go through this door and into the little room. Fight the guard in here and open the other door out. Follow the hall around and a force-field will appear behind you, keeping the hell-hounds at bay while the Angel appears before you and gives you a new weapon, Moses’ Staff. Take the only door out of here to exit to the next level.

Level 12: Giant Cave

Enter this level standing in front of a door. Go through the door, across the wooden bridge and up the ladder. Climb one more ladder then jump down to the room below. Go out into the courtyard and you’ll see the big castle gate. You’ll have to find and hit two levers to open this gate. Take the only available path out of here and follow it around until you come out into a big cavernous area. Jump down and take the tunnel to your right. Climb the ladder up then follow the tunnel and jump down the hole when you come to it. Follow the path around, but watch out for the Minotaur hiding in here. He’s very tough and hard to take out. Take the ladder you’ll see at the end of the hall and jump down to the left. Hit the switch on the wall and climb the ladder back up, then head back down to where you fought the Minotaur. Take the first path to the left and follow it around. Cross the lava pit via the wooden bridge and follow the path around. Take a few steps down and keep following the path. Open the big stone door when you come to it, then take a few steps out into the big cave. Take the pathway to the right and follow it around, climbing the ladder when you come to it. Cross the ledge and go into the tunnel, take the steps up then the ladder up. From here, jump down to the right and hit the second switch then climb back up the ladder next to you. This time, don’t follow the path back the way you came, instead jump back down into the main castle courtyard. The big castle gate is now open and you can follow the path into the next level.

Level 13: Conversion Chamber

When you enter this level, hit the green button to the left and go through the door it opens. Follow the path around and into an ‘upside down’ room. Take the ramp out of this room and follow the path to the next room. Go up the steps in this room and follow the ledge around and into a small room. Take the steps up and follow the path around and take the golden door you find. Go into this room and take the ramp up to the left and follow that path around to the lower level. Down at this level, take the only door out of here and you’ll come to a room with four gargoyle statues and three doors. Take the wooden door to the left. Go down the steps and out into a bigger room with a Minotaur in it. Defeat the Minotaur then enter the building. Go down the steps and you’ll come to some prison cells. Hit the button on the wall to open the cells and talk to the captured Christian here. Take the stairs down into the control room. Hit the big red button that says “Do Not Push”. If you look through the window here, you’ll see the big ‘conversion’ machine blow apart. This is the machine Satan is using to convert the Roman soldiers to the side of evil. Head back up the way you came until you come to the gargoyle room again. This time take the door on the left and follow the steps down. You’ll come to a room with some letters on the floor. Do not walk into the room or the floor will break away and you’ll fall into lava. You must follow the letters I-X-O-Y-E across the floor, and only step on those letters and the path between the letters. Once you reach the other side, walk down the steps and into another big room. Take the only door out of this room and into the next room. Take the stairs down to the left and follow the path around until you come to the room with the machine you just blew up. The explosion of the machine has caused a hole to be blown in the wall behind it. Take this hole and exit to the next level.

Level 14: Castle Dungeon

Okay, follow the hallway you’re in until you see a room on the right. Step inside the room and your last Angel will appear, giving you the ultimate sword. This baby does some serious damage to the baddies, but burns through the ammo so use it sparingly.

Go back into the hallway and turn right. Go up the stairs and into the lobby area with two gargoyles sitting on pedestals. Don’t go through that door yet, instead turn right and go through the corridor into the blacksmith’s room. In here you can get another breastplate which you’ll probably need. Head out to the door with the gargoyles. Do not shoot at the gargoyles or they will come to life and they’re fairly tough. Go through the door and follow the corridor until you come to the ‘workout’ room. If you want some extra ammo for your big sword, bump into the target on the wall and it will slide away revealing a passage that will take you to a room with ammo. Go back to the weight room and take the only other door out of there. Follow the stairs around until you come to the big torture chamber. Go up the stairs in the middle to reach the second floor. Open the cell door to free your captured brethren. Now go through the wooden door on the second floor and climb the stairs to the top. You’ll come out in a lava tunnel with a button on the wall. Hit the button to lower the escape bridge. Trace your steps back to the weight room and climb the few steps to the door out. Turn left just as you leave the weight room and follow the ramp up. The bridge is now in place and you can cross the lava river. Following the corridor will exit you to the next level.

Level 15: Castle Courtyard

When you start this level, step through the teleporter and it will take you to the courtyard. Once in the courtyard you’ll see a lava mote with a large organ on the other side. What you have to do is play the right tune on the organ by shooting the keys to lower the drawbridge.

As you enter this level, take the teleporter directly to your right and closest to you. When you go through that teleporter, you’ll fall into a big pool of water. Swim down and take the teleporter on the bottom floor. This teleporter takes you to a floating platform. On the platform, take the path to the right and go through that teleporter. Now you’ll be in a circular room with four teleporters and a column in the middle of the room. Take the teleporter on the far side of the column and you’ll be in a very small room with two teleporters. Take the one on the right to go to the magical harp room. In this room you’ll find a Minotaur and a harp. Defeat the Minotaur then walk up to the harp. The harp will play the five notes you’ll need to play on the organ. Fortunately, the harp is color coded and will display colors matching the colors of the keys on the organ. The sequence is, white, purple, orange, purple, orange. Take the teleporter in this room to go back to the courtyard and the organ. Standing in front of the organ, hit the keys that correspond to the colors you’ve written down; white, purple, orange, purple, orange. Surprisingly enough, these are the first five notes to Amazing Grace. The drawbridge will now open up and you can take the last teleporter to the next level.

Level 16: The Inner Castle

Once you enter this level, you’ll be staring up at a huge staircase. Take the staircase up, go through the door and turn right. Go up the winding steps and follow the hall around until you come to an intersection. Take a left at the intersection enter a big room with four stained glass windows. You can walk through one of the windows to enter a small room with a healing pool in it. Go through the door at the top of the steps and go either left or right since both take you to the same place. Go up the steps then turn right down the hall. Take another right, follow the path and walk up the staircase you’ll find. Go through the door at the top and you’ll be in a larger room with two wooden doors. Take the one on the right and follow the path around until you come to a room with a pool. Go across the room and through the door on the far wall. Climb up the little jump ledges and at the top follow the path around until you come to a small circular room with a hole in the floor. On the right hand wall is a lever you’ll need to hit in order to raise a drawbridge later on in the level. Hit the lever then jump down the hole and continue straight ahead out of this room. Go back to the room with the two wooden doors and take the other one this time. Keep following the various hallways around until you cross the wooden drawbridge you raised. Take the door on the right and head up the stairs to exit this level.

Level 17: Satan’s Chamber

You’ll enter this level facing Satan’s castle. Take a left and head around the building. Follow the building around and enter the little tower on the side. Jump down the hole and follow it around until you come to a teleporter. Take the teleporter and you’ll find yourself inside Satan’s castle. Satan is a large creature who will fight you for a short time then take off to lick his wounds in another part of the castle. You’ll have to take teleporters and try to locate him. Satan takes a bit of damage, but once his health is down so far, he’ll open up a teleport gate and retreat to his inner sanctum. He’ll leave his teleporter behind and you can jump through it to follow him and exit to the next level.

Level 18: Inner Sanctum

When you enter Satan’s Inner Sanctum, you’ll start in a quiet room with a healing light you can stand in to regenerate your faith. When you’re ready, take the teleporter out of this room. When you enter this room, Satan will be standing there waiting for you. He again will take a bit of damage to defeat, so when your faith is drained, jump through the teleporter and explore around to find more health. Return to the main arena to fight Satan some more and eventually you’ll wear him down. When Satan is defeated, you’ll be treated to a small fireworks display and Satan’s true form is exposed; that of a cowardly little man. A teleporter opens up directly over his head, and you can jump through it to end the game and watch the ending sequence!

Congratulations, you have just conquered the game!

If you would like, you can beat the game on the hardest difficulty to find our ‘hall of fame’ level.

We hope you’ve enjoyed playing Catechumen.

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