Infinite sand - When you reach a save point and there is a vase with an extra sand slot,
destroy it to get the sand. Save the game, then fall off a ledge or get
killed. Load your saved game and destroy the vase again. This will allow
you to get unlimited sand.
Defeating ninjas - You can kill ninjas easily by using combo attacks
and dual wielding a dagger-like weapon while they are not blocking
(after you hit them once). Quickly press Triangle, Circle(2) when
they are not blocking for a one-hit kill.
Defeating women - The women are hard to defeat because they always
block and you cannot jump over them. To easily kill them, run
towards a wall and press Square. You will launch off the wall
towards the nearest enemy and hit them. This is unblockable, but not
undodgeable. This will also knock them down so you can stab them
while they are vulnerable and use a combo on them when they get up.
Life Upgrade locations
After fighting the girl in black a second time,
pull the large altar on ground level of the sacrificial chamber to
reveal a secret door. Go through the trapped hallway and get the
first Life Upgrade.
After gaining the Scorpion Sword and a
particularly tough giant Golem encounter, a ladder leads the
Prince to a Roman courtyard room. Two breakable walls are here --
one has a switch, and the other has the door which requires Slow
Time to access. The seventh Life Upgrade is past that door.
After entering the Library, the Prince will need to pull out two
bookcases to continue his progress. Look for two circular
ledge/beam structures (one of which will have a Ninja) after
dealing with the bookcases. One of the circular ledge/beam
structures leads to a wall with three levels of ledges that may be
climbed/sidled. This is a detour to the eighth Life Upgrade.
This is done after Slow Time is earned. From the room where the
Prince has an intermission sequence with the maggot man creature,
go into the large courtyard-like room with a timed floor switch
next to some stairs. This switch opens a low gate at the top of
the same set of stairs. Go through that trapped hallway for the
second Life Upgrade. Note: To obtain the second Life Upgrade
without getting the power that slows time, you must find the
switch behind the barrels. Press the switch and wall ride up the
wall, instead of running up the stairs roll. If done correctly,
you should make it a moment before the door closes.
This is done after the Serpent Sword is earned. Rotate the
turnstile switch directly opposite the facing of the metal nub
where the Serpent Sword was used to create platforms to a door at
the bottom of the chasm. Use long wall jumping to slow the
Prince's descent down to the level of the door. Past that door is
a trapped hallway that leads to the third Life Upgrade.
When exploring the Garden Tower, look for a room that is overgrown
with vegetation and is directly below a box and folding bridge
puzzle. It is in the same vicinity as the first switch that turns
on the water for the Garden Tower. A break in the fencing allows
the Prince to drop off and use ledges to access a door underneath
the overgrown vegetation room. The fourth Life Upgrade is past
that trapped hallway.
When exploring the Garden Tower's second water puzzle, ledge up
after turning on the water (but before exiting the room with the
turn switch) for the fifth Life Upgrade.
When exploring the Clock Tower, look the giant Golem enemy that
throws explosives. One breakable wall is a save point, but there
is a second breakable wall on the other end of the room leads to
the sixth Life Upgrade.
There is a location near the beginning where you chased Shadee
(girl in black) and a door shut behind her. You then have to go up
a set of platforms to finally reach the switch atop the room, just
before sacrificial pit. Go back there when you get a sword that
can break walls. Make your way back up this room. Look carefully
when on the top platforms. There should be a set of metal bars in
one of the wall that seem damaged. There is a crate behind those
bars. Break the metal bars with your sword. Bring the crate onto
the platform and look up.
