DLC chapter 2: the Town of Horloge and Bounty Basin
The circus town at the heart of the DLC, explored properly this time, plus the first fishing spot. 9 chests, 1 mini-game.
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Horloge is the hub of the DLC: a town of tents, tightropes and stalls that you’ll come back to several times. This first proper visit is about loot. There are eight chests, a clock puzzle that sets some balloons loose, Valere’s circus mini-game and two places to note for later. After that comes Bounty Basin, a small pond with a chest and two new catches.
Checklist
| Chest | Where | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Horloge chest 1 | Inside the tent down the ladder east of the first fork (Artificer’s mini-game tent). | Borosilicate Lens |
| Horloge chest 2 | East of that tent: push the block between the two staircases, climb the right one and go south. | Caramel Corn |
| Horloge chest 3 | The hidden cave under the town, past the tightrope. | Barbapapa |
| Horloge chest 4 | West side: ride the balloons over the chasm and drop down the hole. | Certificate of Balloonery |
| Horloge chest 5 | Northern corner of the same cave as chest 4. | Jawbreaker |
| Horloge chest 6 | Upper-left corner of the battle challenge tent on the east side. | Sour Licorice |
| Horloge chest 7 | Across the little bridge west of the bar’s upper-left path, just north of the Oubliettes shortcut. | Ice Cream |
| Horloge chest 8 | Northeast corner of town, past the locked puzzle tent. | Milkshake |
| Bounty Basin chest | Right by the entrance of the pond. | Ice Cream |
| Mini-game | Where |
|---|---|
| Test of Strength | The tent on the right, just south of the bar, next to the big clock in the ground. |
| Goodie Bag | Where |
|---|---|
| Small Goodie Bag | Bounty Basin. |
| Medium Goodie Bag | Bounty Basin. |
Back to the town centre
- You start on the edge of town. Pick up the Corn on the left and head south. Grapple over the chasm, climb the ladder and grapple again: you’re back in the part of Horloge where Pif and Pouf ambushed you.
- Go north by either path, collect the two Corns up there and keep climbing the stairs until the path forks.
- Take the right branch for now. Climb down the ladder and enter the tent: the chest inside holds a Borosilicate Lens.
- Outside, east of the tent, there’s a block wedged between two staircases. Push it, climb the right-hand stairs and go south to a chest with Caramel Corn.
The hidden cave and the balloons
- Head north again, hugging the left edge, until you find a spot where you can drop down.
- Down there, walk the tightrope, shove the block, follow it down and jump up onto the ledge to the left. That opens a hidden cave; follow it to a chest with Barbapapa.
- The clock machine in the next room:
- Take the ladder on the left, hop over to the right side, then work your way up two more ladders (the third one is off to the west).
- At the top, shove the left-hand block: the lowest platform disappears.
- Use the ladders to get down, shove the right-hand block next, and finish with the block beside the lever on the west side.
- With all three pushed, drop to the floor and grapple the middle block onto the spot that has lit up. The machine blows the balloons out of the cave.
- Leave the machine and the cave. Climb back up to the first fork and this time go left, down the ladder. The tent here has a Wheels table, but the balloons are the real reason to come: use them to float over the chasm to the west.
- On the far side, take the Sugar and drop down the hole. The cave below has a chest with the Certificate of Balloonery, and its northern corner hides a Jawbreaker.
The east side: a challenge for later
- Cross back on the balloons and go north for some Milk. Then return to the place where you dropped into the hidden cave and carry on north.
- In the tent on the right, a man guards a battle challenge. Show him the Certificate of Balloonery and he lets you take it on.
- Before leaving the tent, check its upper-left corner for a chest with Sour Licorice.
The bar, the big clock and the Test of Strength
- North of here are some food stalls. They take tokens, and you have none yet, so walk past.
- Go left of the stalls and take the lower-left branch at the fork. The big tent to the north is the bar: your musician friends are playing in the left room and there’s a Wheels table in the right one.
- South of the bar is a huge clock set into the ground with a purple button. Pressing it only spins the hand for now. It comes into play once you hold all twelve Time Runes (Time Runes).
- The tent on the left has nothing to do. The one on the right is Valere’s mini-game, the Test of Strength.
| Test of Strength | Details |
|---|---|
| How it works | Bounce Valere through the hoops. You get three, so aim for the ones worth the most. |
| Hoop values | Red 5, green 15, blue 30, gold 50 points. |
| Bronze | 1 Clown Nose |
| Silver | 3 Clown Noses |
| Gold | Mooncoin Belt, which only Valere can wear. |
The north of town
- From the bar, take the upper-left path and climb the left stairs. The clown container there has Sugar.
- Cross the little bridge to the left and open the chest to the north for Ice Cream. The button just south of it opens a shortcut back to the Oubliettes.
- Go back over the bridge, down the stairs and up the next set to reach the top of town. The exit is to the north, but first go right, down and up the stairs. Take the Milk from the bottle.
- Skip the tent on the right; you can’t use it yet (it hides a puzzle for later). Keep going right to the last chest in town, a Milkshake.
- Now go back west and north. This is the train station lobby, with no train in it yet. Walk on north to the world map.
Bounty Basin
- Back on the world map, head north. The pond off to the east is Bounty Basin, first of the DLC’s three fishing spots.
- Open the chest by the entrance for Ice Cream. There’s Butter and Milk further north.
- In the DLC’s ponds you reel in goodie bags rather than fish. Here there are two new ones: the Small Goodie Bag and the Medium Goodie Bag.
- When you’re done, return to the world map and keep heading north to the Rail Forest: DLC chapter 3.