“Prisoner of Limbo” is the second DLC for the sci-fi action game Atomic Heart , which sends gamers into a colorful world of platformers, acrobatic stunts and cookies. Behind this exciting gameplay lies a deep dramatic plot, since all this bright environment is just a defense mechanism in the head of Nechaev, who somehow tries to brighten up all the horrors of the past war.
This expansion reveals the story that follows the second, more tragic ending of the original, in which Major P-3 Nechayev survives the betrayal of the HRAZ and finds himself in the lost world of Limbo. Here he meets the image of his wife, codenamed Blesna, who appears to our hero as a Twin, and accompanies him throughout his journey. The problem is that in this surreal world, Nechayev immediately loses his humanity, memory, and speech. Although some things will gradually return to him as the expansion progresses.
Note : The developers have officially confirmed that there are no achievements in this story add-on. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all gold coins and chirps).
Speed Alley
After the introductory video, you will learn about the Speed Alleys. These are long platform sections that the major needs to move in a zigzag pattern to overcome, trying to gain maximum speed. The end of almost every Speed Alley has a rise. If you turn sharply towards such a rise, the hero will fly as high as possible. In some cases, this is unnecessary: if you want to slow down, tilt the camera down. Control is only with the mouse, although you can dash in the air. To make the dash work, you need to hold down the forward or other direction key (for example, W + Shift).
Apples
Apples are special resources that you can find in different parts of the level. You will also receive them for destroying different objects. The main purpose of apples is to buy new skills, weapons, upgrades and even gold coins. A little later, you will find vending machines, when interacting with which the specified number of apples will be debited from your account. Each new spin of this machine requires more apples. Then random items will appear in three cells, and you can choose which one to take. In the worst case, three “red crosses” will be visible in the slots. That is, you will not be able to get any item.
As for collecting them, most of the sections on Speed Alley (and the same level) have forks, so before reaching the next platform with a save, I recommend driving along all the tracks to collect all the apples and quickly upgrade Major Nechaev.
Golden coins
Rarer resources that are usually hidden in unobvious or hard to reach places. You don’t actually have to collect them all, as they don’t affect the game’s plot in any way. You can buy weapon skins for gold coins to use in the original game. These are just cosmetic items that don’t affect anything.
Level completion
At the beginning of the game you will receive information about the very same Speed Alleys. In verse form, the game explains how to move along the alleys correctly:
To make your jump further and stronger,
The starting point is more level – and the steering wheel is diagonal!
If the angle is chosen correctly, you will shoot straight up.
And calmly and systematically they landed at the new target.
There is still more to share – given the right moment,
Soar into the sky like a bird, acceleration, agent.
Drive sharply up the slope to double your jump.
Don’t forget about the tilt – use your dash!
Gold Coin 1. Take your time and pay attention to the trees on the right side. Go around these trees to find the first gold coin in the game.
Then jump onto the first tracks and move along them until you reach the green round arena, where the game will be saved. In general, the game is saved near special brown figures in a hat, as in the screenshot below. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all the gold coins and chirps).
On the same platform, you will notice the first red and blue cubes. The red cubes need to be broken with melee attacks, and the blue cubes with an arrow need to be jumped on. In both cases, you will receive apples.
Gold Coin 2. Continue along the alleys to the next green arena, where the game will save. After that, when you are at the 21% mark of the level, pay attention to the blue spiral pipe. Behind it, at the top, there is a brown fork sign pointing left and right. Right above this sign, there is a coin flying. In the screenshot below, this coin is no longer there, but I picked it up. To get to the coin, you need to fly from the corner of the platform closest to it straight up. In this case, the jump will be much higher.
Gold coin 3 . Continue moving further along the paths until you find yourself near the first house. Inside it, you will meet Aunt Motya, from whom you can buy those same skins for gold coins. Inside this house, on the second floor, there is another gold coin. Just go up there by the steps and take the item. The first skin can be bought for free. In addition, there is another skin for 1 gold coin, so be sure to contact Aunt Motya.
Gold Coin 4 . As soon as you climb the steps to the right of the house, you will see a fork. One sign points to apples, and the other to a gold coin. Jump onto the paths on the right, where the sign with the gold coin points. The huge fans will allow you to fly to the far platform, and on its edge, as you move, you will find another gold coin. Immediately after this, you can fall off the edge of the platform, since this path simply leads back to the arena with a save.
Gold Coin 5 . Continue moving along the platforms. You will pass through several large pipes. Soon there will be a fork with two octagonal pipes. Between them, at the top, there is a fork sign. Your progress will be 36%. So, the gold coin is high in the sky above the left octagonal pipe. That is, you need to fly as high as possible from the edge of the last left platform. See the screenshot below. This is a really difficult trick.
Gold Coin 6 . Continue moving from this octagonal pipe and the previous coin, and note that the paths will lead you to a location with a second house. It is very important that you need to fly from the last path to the roof of this very house, where there is a hole with a pink cube. Another gold coin is hidden behind this cube. You will not be able to pick it up unless you fly to the roof of the house from the path. If you end up under the house, the game will save. However, you can turn around and jump onto the platform in front of the house. Turn around at the end of the platform and fly up to the roof of the house to pick up the coin. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all the gold coins and chirps).
old Coin 7 . Look up. There’s a bee flying around next to this house, carrying one gold coin. To get it, you’ll have to shoot the insect. To do this, go to the nearby arena with a huge target and defeat several enemies using an axe. Hold RMB to swing and hit the enemies so that they fly into the target. When you get the required number of points, a path will appear, allowing you to move on. The first vending machine will be there. Spend apples and try to knock out a ranged weapon (pistol, machine gun, or shotgun). Be careful that the coins don’t fall into the abyss after your shot.
Here’s what you can buy from the vending machine:
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Ice Floe Axe: This is the axe you get by default, and here are its stats: Damage 4/10, Attack Speed 4/10, Range 5/10, Charge Damage 4/10, Charge Speed 4/10.
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An upgrade for the Ice Fragment axe. Stats after upgrade: Damage 4/10, Attack Speed 4/10, Range 5/10, Charge Damage 4/10, Charge Speed 4/10.
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Ladyfinger Pistol. Magazine Capacity 8+1, Damage 5-10, Rate of Fire 6-10, Ergonomics 5/10, Recoil Control 8-10, Recoil Reduction 2/10.
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An upgrade for the Ladyfinger pistol (if you already have one). Stats after upgrade: Magazine Capacity 16+1, Damage 5-10, Fire Rate 6-10, Ergonomics 5/10, Recoil Control 8-10, Recoil Reduction
2/10.
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Shotgun “Kholodok”. Magazine capacity 3+1, Damage 7/10, Fire rate 1/10, Ergonomics 6/10, Recoil control 6/10, Recoil reduction 5/10.
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An upgrade for the Chill Shotgun (if you already have one). Stats after upgrade: Magazine Capacity 7+1, Damage 7/10, Fire Rate 1/10, Handling 6/10, Recoil Control 6/10, Recoil Reduction 5/10.
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Submachine gun “Pyshka”. Magazine capacity 30+1, Damage 4/10, Rate of fire 7/10, Ergonomics 4/10, Recoil control 5/10, Recoil reduction 3/10.
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An upgrade for the Pyshka assault rifle (if you already have one). Stats after upgrade: Magazine capacity 50+1, Damage 4/10, Rate of fire 7/10, Ergonomics 4/10, Recoil control 5/10, Recoil reduction
3/10.
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Mace “Cookie”. Damage 5/10, Attack Speed 5/10, Range 5/10, Charge Damage 8/10, Charge Speed 2/10.
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An upgrade for the Korzhik mace. Stats after upgrade: Damage 5/10, Attack Speed 5/10, Range 5/10, Charge Damage 8/10, Charge Speed 2/10. For some reason, the stats haven’t changed.
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Skill “Eleanor’s Kiss”. Icon of “a man with his hands up and two pink circles above him”. Ability to survive an enemy critical attack when your health is low (avoid death once).
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Skill “Cryogenic Stream”. “Snowflake” icon. Allows you to freeze enemies. Activated by pressing Q.
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Skill “Strongman”. Icon of “red heart with yellow heart inside”. Increases health.
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Skill “Second Wind”. Icon of “a jumping man with white stripes on the left, indicating acceleration”. Unlocks a second dash to the row for you.
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The “Lightning Fast” skill. The “jumping man with white stripes on the left indicating acceleration and a red arrow pointing up” icon. This is essentially an upgrade to the previous ability. Recovers dashes faster.
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Skill “Sleight of hand and no cheating”. Icon of “purple pistol with rounded yellow arrows”. Speeds up weapon reloading.
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Gold Coin. For buying skins from Aunt Moti. Apparently, at level 1 you can buy unlimited coins from the vending machine.
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Skill “Boar”. “Pink heart” icon. Increases health.
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Skill “Big Man”. Icon “pink heart with blue shield”. Increases health.
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Skill “Polymer Shield”. Icon of “shield with multi-colored diagonal stripes”. Protects against loss of health, activated by pressing the E key.
As for ranged weapons, I want to emphasize that you will have unlimited ammunition for any weapon you buy, and it all comes down to when you should reload it. With a certain degree of probability, you can also get gold coins from a vending machine. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all gold coins and chirps).
Gold Coin 8 . Continue along the next tracks behind the vending machine until you get to another green platform. There are signs here. One of them points to a gold coin. And the gold coin itself is visible. You need to jump from the platform to the right, onto the tracks in front of which there are rotating pipes. There are too many pipes, so you can’t do without a bit of luck here. The coin itself will be at the end of this looped track. Alternatively, fly up as high as possible in front of the pipes to end up above the spiral pipe.
Gold Coin 9 . Continue moving along the paths from the next coin, where the pointer with the apple is directed. Eventually, you will reach another house. It will be a tall three-story building with a hole in the roof. You need to fly up from the edge of the path so as to get into the hole in the upper roof and pick up another gold coin.
Gold Coin 10 . Note that there is another bee flying around this house with a gold coin. Shoot it when it is above a platform, so that the coin does not fall into the abyss (although you can always jump after it).
Gold Coin 11 . Continue along the paths behind the house until you reach the next arena. There is a gold coin on top of a pillar here. You can pick it up by flying up from the last path. But if that doesn’t work, use the lifting platform to get a little higher. Don’t jump into the huge arena where you’ll have to fight Kolobok! Instead, turn around and jump down towards the pillar with the coin. You’ll probably have to dash as you fall.
Gold coin 12 (Kolobok) . Next, you will have your first battle against Kolobok. At first, you will see a huge target. Lure any gingerbread man to you and attack via RMB so that he crashes into the target. Then you will see the boss. The battle is divided into three stages. After the first stage, two red giants will appear, but after killing any of them, ordinary gingerbread men will run around the arena again, which you need to throw at Kolobok. After the second phase, Rafik will enter the arena. As far as I can tell, he is easy to stun with axe blows via RMB, and he will not even have time to counterattack you. There are also nuts scattered around the location, when destroyed, you will receive health points. The best way to win the battle is to gather several gingerbread men in a bunch, run around the boss so that they are opposite him, turn sharply and attack with RMB. This way you will inflict maximum damage. And also – do not run directly under the boss, otherwise he will attack you by hitting the ground. For victory you will receive one gold coin. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all the gold coins and chirps).
Gold Coin 13 – Right after defeating Kolobok, before moving further along the path, look at its edge to find a well-hidden gold coin (see screenshot below).
Gold Coin 14 . Move further along the paths, jumping between the huge puzzles. There will be a twisted tunnel ahead. Fly up from the end of the path inside this tunnel and land on another path under the second pink tunnel. You need to land at the very beginning of this path, because there will be a coin there. See the screenshot below.
Gold coins 15-16 . Move further along the paths until you see a huge fork. You can go in the middle, through the tunnel on the left or on the right. At the end of both tunnels, right on the edge of the paths, there will be one gold coin. Picking them up is quite simple. The main thing is – after you take the first gold coin, turn around or just fall into the abyss and repeat the movement, but in a different direction.
Gold coin 17-18 . Right after this, when you find yourself on the green arena with a save, pay attention to the sign with the image of a gold coin. Move along this track to find another coin. It will be somewhere in the middle of the path, right on the track. The main obstacles are rotating pipes. Jump down to this track again, where the sign with the coin points. Another gold coin is hidden here, and you can see it in the opening of the tunnel in the screenshot below. Fly up from the edge of the first track as high as possible to find yourself above the tunnel, and try to pick up the coin. You will have to perform a difficult trick.
Gold Coin 19 . Continue along the paths until you jump onto the crackers. In this arena, you will have to fight against Rafik. After defeating him, you will receive apples and one gold coin as a reward.
Gold Coin 20 . Continue moving from the green platform along the right tracks. This is where you can reach the section of the track with the loop, and at the top of this loop there is a gold coin. Most likely, you will not be able to move along the tracks inside the loop, so you just need to fly as high as possible from the side of the gold coin and pick it up when you fall back.
Gold Coin 21 . Soon you will reach a large area with a tall house. There will be a bee flying here with another gold coin, which can be shot down with a shot from any firearm. By the way, even if the coin falls into the abyss, it will not fly into the abyss, but will hover in the air, so you can jump after it and pick it up.
Gold coin 22. After the next gold coin, when you start moving along the path from the house, you will have to jump from left to right and vice versa to go around the huge walls of pink puzzles. First, jump from left to right to go around the first wall. The second wall will have a blue pointer with an arrow to the left, but look to the right to notice a gold coin to the right of the puzzle wall. You need to fly up from the edge of the platform to get to this coin. In general, I would recommend jumping not from the edge, but from the middle of the platform. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all the gold coins and chirps).
Gold Coin 23 . Keep moving until you reach the house. Climb up from the house to the save point and vending machine. To continue the level, you need to jump onto the track on the right, but on the left side there is a small round location. Stand in the highlighted area to start the test. You need to fight off the gingerbread Vovchiks and at the same time stand in the highlighted area. There is a progress bar at the top. You need to activate 3-4 such areas, and the last one will move around the arena. There are nuts here, breaking which will give you health points. As soon as you win, you will receive another gold coin.
Gold Coin 24 . The last coin on the level is hidden behind the booth you have to enter to leave the location. Be sure to take it with you. There is a shooting range at the same last location. You can shoot to earn apples. You can shoot as many times as you want in a row. You will receive 1 apple for every 10 points.
You will find yourself in the game hub. To continue the plot and complete the add-on faster, you need to complete the “Tower of Memory” level. The entrance is on the right, and there is a man climbing up. You also have access to the “Plateau of Responsibility” level. This is another chapter with movement along the Alleys of Speed. It is not necessary to complete it, but below we will definitely tell you about it.
Tower of Memory
At this level, the twitterers will appear, so further in our guide I will describe their location. I don’t see any point in describing the locations of the “pears”.
Move into the tower and start climbing, jumping on the pink platforms and avoiding the retractable fists. Catch the pink bars on the walls to climb higher. Eventually, you will find yourself on a new platform, passing through a house. Move along the narrow path and jump into the hole of the spinning disk to find yourself on another narrow path. Roll along the speed alley to jump to a house with a large red bed and five Vovchiks. Destroy the enemies.
Gold Coins 1-2 . In this place, with a large bed and the first enemies, white and tall Vovchiks, there are two coins at once. First, jump up from the bed to pick up the apples and the first gold coin. Then enter the building and climb the many steps to the top. Outside, on the balcony, there will be a second gold coin.
Gold Coin 3, Chirper 1. Roll down from the green arena with the tall building where you found two coins at once. Climb up, climbing the bars. At this point, Blesna will tell you about the chirpers, which in this world look like large shells. The first chirper is ahead, next to the pink cubes, but if you turn around, you will see another gold coin. Just jump to it on the blocks.
Gold Coin 4 . Continue moving along the red and white pipe and avoiding the mechanical fists. Then you will see several rotating platforms ahead. Jump on them early, when the platforms just start to rotate, and be sure to use dashes. Otherwise, there is a high probability that you will be delayed and fall down. When you jump to the green save area, turn around and to the left of the nearest rotating platform you will see another gold coin.
Climb higher and slide down the rope. Then climb to the top of the red pole, turn around so that you can jump to the pink shield with crossbars. Once you do this, wait for the shield to move to the right. Hold down the W key, and then Nechayev will immediately climb onto the next shield (as soon as he is above it). Continue holding W to climb onto the third shield, and when it moves to the right, jump onto the platform with the house. Go through the building with Aunt Motya, run up the bridge with apples. Jump to the left to avoid colliding with the rolling ball. Roll along the Alley of Speed to find yourself inside the arena. Defeat all the enemies. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all the gold coins and chirps).
Gold Coin 5 . When you destroy the required number of enemies, the exit will open. There is a portal outside. Before entering it, go around and pick up another gold coin.
Chirper 2. After moving through the portal, pick up the chirper (shell), which is lying on the right, next to the vending machine not far from the portal.
Gold Coin 6 . Roll down and jump on three trampolines, after which you will see a huge house with Aunt Motya on the right. Move to it, and to the left of the house look for a small building, inside of which another gold coin is hidden. To continue moving, go back to where you were when you jumped from the last trampoline, and look for pink platforms on which you need to move further (there will be rotating pink cubes).
Gold Coin 7 : Keep moving until you find an area with four large rotating pipes that you need to jump forward. From the last pipe, jump onto the trampoline and into the Speed Alley. There’s a gold coin on the right side of this Alley. You can’t just pick it up, though. Instead, speed up to the edge and jump up, then adjust your landing to grab the gold coin along the way.
Gold Coin 8 . Move along the Speed Alleys to find yourself inside the next building. You need to go up. Shoot an electric discharge (V key) at the device above the flower in the form of a fan. Fly up on the air flow, jump along narrow paths and up the bars. After jumping onto the path from the bar, turn around and see platforms with a gold coin. Jump to them and pick up the item.
Gold Coin 9 . Continue moving until you find yourself in a long corridor with rising blocks, mechanical fists and balls rolling down. Go around the blocks, collecting apples. About halfway down the corridor there will be a gold coin.
Gold Coin 10 . After this, you will have to climb up the wall, clinging to the ledges and using the beds as springboards. After the second bed, finding yourself on the platform, note that there is a narrow rise behind the wall. Run up this path. Climb even higher. After two mechanical fists, jump up from the red and white springboard. On the ledge with the save point there will be a gold coin.
Gold coin 11-12 . Continue climbing higher and move through the rotating pipe. Do not rush to climb higher on the pink bars! Go around them to find yourself in a clearing with a tall building. Look for the first gold coin on the cart on the left side of this building, and for the second gold coin, climb to the top of the building, up the numerous steps. We continue the guide to the game Atomic Heart: Trapped in Limbo on the gaming portal StopGame.Ru (how to find all the gold coins and chirps).
Chirper 3. Once you’ve collected both coins, return to the rotating pipe and climb up the bars, collecting lots of apples. Jump on the two trampolines above the rotating pipe and climb even higher on the bars. Eventually, you’ll need to jump on the trampoline under the vertical pipe to fly up to the next ramp. Keep in mind that you don’t need to dash. Otherwise, your momentum will be broken and you won’t be able to reach the Speed Alley after the second trampoline. Finally, you’ll reach a large area with Aunt Motya standing outside. Look for the “Flame” Chirper on one of the unbreakable pink blocks on the right side.
Gold Coin 13 . From the house where Aunt Motya is standing, roll down the pink slope, jumping over the spikes. Along the way, you will be able to pick up another gold coin.
Gold coins 14-15 . After the pink descent, you will need to climb various bars and platforms inside a vertical rotating pipe. First, jump on the lower blocks and grab onto the pink bars. After doing this, jump from the bars to the central pole. Climb up it higher and jump to other pink bars. From them, jump to the bars to the left and hold the W key. When there are new bars above you, Nechayev will climb higher. Then jump from the bars to the central pink platform. Jump on small platforms along the walls, higher and higher, and use the trampoline. This will take you to a rotating round platform with two openings. There is one gold coin near each of the openings. These are the last collectibles on the level. It remains to get to the booth with a portal leading to the exit.
Race of Conscience
Right now, the door with the “goose” will open. This is the final level of the game. It all comes down to the fact that you have to run after Nechayev, avoiding obstacles. Collecting cherries will give you extra lives. But don’t worry if you suddenly run out of lives, as there are certain save points where you will end up if there are no “hearts” left. In general, it’s not difficult, you will have to go through it by trial and error. At the very end, when you need to jump over a low fence on the side, first jump up, and then press the A or D key to go to the side. Then you will have to destroy several geese, and then enter the building to see the final video. You will be returned to the hub, and you will be able to go through two additional levels, which are much more difficult than the original ones.