Ever since Dark Souls exploded in popularity, other developers have stepped up to take a shot at the same formula. While FromSoftware continues to refine its games in the SoulsBorne genre it helped name with its titles, games like Thymesia take a crack at things from other perspectives. The release of Thymesia has seen players comparing it to other titles and, for the most part, finding it a decent contender.
Just like other SoulsBorne titles, a huge part of Thymesia is the mystery of its world and the different paths players can take. This means one thing: multiple endings. Here's how to get all of Thymesia's endings efficiently.
The Ending Basics
The key conceit of Thymesia is the creation of something called the Hermes Formula, an alchemical reagent that will cure the plague sweeping the land.
To mix it, players need Boss Cores, which come in three varieties: Vile-Blood Cores, Pure-Blood Cores, and Mutated Cores. As the name suggests, these are dropped by bosses, and there are seven cores in total: three Vile-Blood, two Pure-Blood, and two Mutated.
Players should make sure they know how to beat Odur, as well as the other necessary bosses because none of them are optional when getting all endings.
Number of Endings
Even though each of the cores falls into one of three categories, they are each distinct as the core of a specific boss. This means that there are 47 possible combinations of the Hermes Formula, but don't worry, there are only five endings.
It's more about the category of cores combined than the specific boss they came from. This means some beginner tips for Thymesia are to complete every subquest for secret bosses.
Thymesia Endings
First up is the Chaos Ending, very much the worst. This requires nothing more than completing the game and, if in possession of any Cores, combining two that are not the same type.
Saving in Thymesia is super important, especially before the final boss, and here's why: reloading before the game's end by choosing not to start a new game + right away lets players get multiple endings without multiple playthroughs.
Next up are the Vile-Blood and Pure-Blood endings. To get these, use the reload trick and combine either two Vile-Blood cores or two Pure-Blood cores for the endings, respectively.
Vile-Blood bosses are any two of Odur, Sound of the Abyss, and Fool's God. Pure-Blood bosses are Vard and Urd. Urd, in particular, is very tough, so learning to parry in Thymesia is essential.
The last two are tricky. First up is the Harmonizing Force Ending, which requires defeating the God of Fools and Mutated Odur to get Mutated Odur's Core. Combining the Hanged Queen's Core and Mutated Odur's Core gives Harmonizing Force.
To get the final ending, the Power of Cleansing, combine the two Mutated Cores again, but during the ending cutscene, hold forward. Yes, really. This gives Thymesia's playtime some padding, but with the right preparation, it's still relatively simple to get all the endings quickly.
Thymesia is available now for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.