Apollo Ascent

The Apollo Ascent (アポロンのふもと, Apollo's Foothills) is a huge mountain which reaches into the heavens, leading up to the Apollo Sanctum and serves as the pre-final dungeon of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. It is only reachable by high ledges of the Endless Wall.

The complete mountain is shrouded in mist and clouds. Most of it is covered by buried or scattered remnants of giant Apollo Sanctum statues.

Walkthrough
In this first area follow the path, crushing things as needed. You need to get to the top of the right area and crush the rocks there to free a statue. Examine the statue to make a giant hand appear and get you to the next area.

In this next area you can crush the rock for some Mythril Silver. Grow the vine to the north and use the tree to the left to get up to the second level and crush the rock. Go back down and climb the vine to continue to the next area.

Here, follow the lower path and crush the two boulders that you can (the second one reveals a chest). Make sure to "Move" the rock column down to the lower section as well. Now jump down and move it once more to the left, then go back to the start and climb up the stairs. Grab the spire to continue and make your way to the chest for an Aeolian Cassock. Grow the nearby vine and do one more grab and crush to move to the next area.

Here, crush any statue parts in your way and flip to the far ledge. Ignore these steps and move to the left area to make your way up a level. Grow the vine after the statue and move up the slope to crush the rock. Before going for that statue though, use the grips to go down and grab the Valkyrie Mail from the chest (break the crushable rock down below to find it). Now head for the statue and use the hand that appears to move on to the next area.

The area up here looks like a human skull, and you can check out the statue at the top for a hint on what to do. Go to the left eye and grow the vine so you can throw a Fireball at the torch up here. Then use the grips to the right of the statue to make your way to the right eye and light it.

Now head to the forehead and Douse the jar. Move to the nose now and cast whirlwind on the spinner. You'll get a message that an aroma is in the air. Now use Sveta's Track Psynergy to follow the aroma. This will lead you to the statue, so follow it to make some stairs and continue to Apollo Sanctum Gate (アポロゲート, Apollo Gate).

Items

 * Aeolian Cassock
 * Mythril Silver
 * Valkyrie Mail