SIXTEENTH COLOSSUS

Before you can even reach this enormous Colossus you must first pass through the field ahead of him. The problem with passing through this field is that the Colossus is able to fire a powerful energy blast which cannot be dodged by any traditional means. For this reason you will have to take cover each time a blast is fired rather than trying to dodge it. There is always cover to be taken if you know where to go, just follow these directions and you'll be able to make it through safely.

Run up the stairs ahead of you at the start and roll behind the broken pillar on the right when you reach the top to avoid the attack. Further to the right of this pillar there is a hole in the ground that drops you into a tunnel. Follow the tunnel to the other end. There you will find some blocks, jump on top of them. Now face the boss, jump, and grab the ledge but don't climb up. You can see ahead of you there is a wall with a horizontal viewing window that can be used for protection. What you need to do is climb up and roll behind the wall quickly. Next look west and you'll see a whole line of these walls. You need to roll from protective wall to protective wall to reach the west side without being hit (admittedly rolling isn't really necessary.) At the west end you'll find another hole you can drop down. Proceed through this tunnel.

At the other end the tunnel comes out on a walkway along the side of the wall, you are relatively protected here. Follow this walkway until it comes to an end. At that point you have to jump and grab the ledge, then go hand over hand over to the right, and jump to the next platform. Now you have to be careful here. The instant you go around the corner the boss is going to fire, you have to move quickly. Make an immediate left and run east into the tunnel ahead of you. When you pop out you'll be able to climb the pile of stone ahead of you, and hide behind another wall. There are a couple more to run past to the west (for these ones you really should roll, since they're further apart.) The last tunnel will take you directly below the Colossus and trigger a short cutscene.

You need to start climbing via the wall ahead of you. To be honest this climb is pretty self explanatory, none of the ledges are hidden but you can follow along anyway (there are more than a few different ways to get up.) Turn right at the top and jump to the next platform, right beside you is another ledge to climb. Turn right on this level and jump to the ledge across from you. On this level when you jump to the right you'll find a series of seven or eight ledges to climb that take you up a good three more levels. At the top shimmy left and get on the nearest platform. You can jump and reach another couple ledges from here, and keep going straight up a few more. If you haven't (more than likely) lost track of these directions by now, you've only got one more set of ledges on your left before you reach the main destination.

However you got up to this point you will either be on the front of back side of the Colossus. You need to be on the back so if you're on the front, simply run around to the other side. Notice a large trigger symbol right there on the hair on his back. Grab hold of it and stab. The Colossus will bring one of its hands down to examine the wound, that's your chance to jump from the back, onto the palm of the hand.

Hang onto the palm, don't try to climb around. The boss will soon stretch out his arm with the plam facing up. At this point you need to run quickly up his wrist as high as you can before he lowers his arm again. Climb up toward the fur on his arm before that glowing armband (incedentally, those glowing armbands will electrocute you if you touch them.) Below the armband is another trigger symbol. Stab it with all your might and he will bring his other hand over to cover the wound. Jump from this arm to the palm of the right hand this time.

Now you'll be taken to the other side. There's no symbol here but what you have to do is stab him anywhere on this hand, and he will lift it up to examine it flat. He holds it up for a very long time so this is the best chance you have to regain your strength. Once you've done so you can use the sword to identify a weak spot on his left shoulder. Equip the bow and aim for that spot and fire. He'll lift the hand you are standing on to cover that wound. This is your chance to jump off onto the shoulder. Finally from here you can jump onto his neck, and then onto the top of his head. The Colossus will flail around wildly and you will have very few opportunities to attack, but they do present themselves. This is the only true symbol on his entire body, so good luck with finishing him off. When you eliminate this final symbol, the battle ends and the ending triggers.