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Once you move beyond the opening sequence of High On Life 2, your main mission is to defeat several members of the Rhea Foundation to weaken their strength and prevent humans from losing an important court case. During your journey, you’ll encounter James Stevenson, the company’s financial expert, who will become one of your toughest targets. His bounty involves a continuous series of puzzles and combat challenges. To beat James Stevenson, you’ll need to find a way to access his penthouse and navigate through an entirely new world with a little helper.
How to Reach James Stevenson’s Penthouse
After starting James’s bounty, head to Arcadia and use the tracker to locate his penthouse. You won’t be allowed entry at first. Exit the penthouse area and notice a nearby large truck. Use Travis and Jan’s levitate abilities to send the truck up, then jump onto the mattress next to it. Continue by using your skateboard and the tracker to follow the path until you’re stopped again, where a large structure in the middle gets highlighted through your tracker. Activate these structures to progress past certain obstacles.
For the first structure, jump onto a shed between benches near the highlighted structure and press the button above it to activate a bridge. Cross the bridge to reach another puzzle — activate a green flower by shooting it to spawn a platform, which you can use to jump across. Next, hit the green flower in front of the fan, slow it down with Sweezy’s ability, and pass through. Use the activated buttons and flowers to ascend higher through the area until you reach the next puzzle where you’ll need to shoot a flower to spawn a platform and activate a bridge.
In the subsequent puzzle, hit the green flower high above to open a nearby door, then inside, activate the switch to the right. Use Sweezy’s ability to slow the fan to get through, then activate another platform and use it to surround the created bridge. Continue to use flowers to ascend until you arrive at the final segment. In this part, connect the start of a generator with two cells and a blob, then jump onto the blob and hit the flower inside to activate the last relay. This opens the exit below, allowing you to activate two bridges and access the penthouse.
What to Do in James Stevenson’s Penthouse
Inside, the main puzzle involves two large paintings. If you want some background lore, go to the right side of the room and interact with the phone on the table. Enter each painting to teleport into different scenes: one takes you to a washroom where you can grab a book from a nearby shelf, and the other leads to the main room where you can pick up another book after the dialogue finishes. Place these books on the bookshelf next to the firepit, which reveals a third painting leading back to this main area.
How to Reach James Stevenson
Passing through the final painting, follow the straight path until you find a dark cave. Proceed through it while holding forward. You’ll reach an area where you’ll fight some enemies and save a small friend, Apples. After defeating the enemies, talk to Apples for lore insights, and he will assist you in navigating the maze. When the dialogue ends, Apples will stand near the dark exit. Continue forward through the darkness, following a specific route: first take the path directly ahead, then turn left near Apples to find the next exit, and finally choose the right path to continue.
Moving forward, you’ll reach another painting scene. Once inside, cross the river of drifting logs by slowing them down with Sweezy, then use the blob to reach the higher platform, find a Luglox, and jump across. Use Sheath’s ability to cross part of the waterfall and Gus’ ability in the orange zone to climb higher, progressing through subsequent areas of the level.
Finally, reach the Blue Wizard’s Castle, where he questions you. Ignore his quiz and instead use Bowie’s ability on the strange markings near the top sides of the gate to unlock the entrance and approach the final combat scenario.
How to Defeat James Stevenson
The boss fight occurs in a chamber where James Stevenson is just sitting and taunting you, making him difficult to hit directly. Use Bowie’s ability while aiming at his location to reveal a hidden mark. Striking this mark begins the battle. Throughout the fight, use Bowie’s ability to reveal his weak spots and target them; hitting these spots will expose an orb inside him. Shooting the orb diminishes his health. While it’s possible to hit these weak points without Bowie’s help, doing so is much harder. Use the pillars in the arena to dodge most of his attacks.
Once Stevenson is defeated, all hisworld’s inhabitants will come to confront you. If you trusted Apples earlier, he will reappear to assist. You then have the option to shoulder the blame or let Apples take responsibility to complete the bounty.
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