‘Hidden faces’ are a type of collectible in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. Well, they actually bar the way from the true collectible, a small tree that offers a bit of lore. The hidden faces are tough to spot in Hellblade 2, but we have all the locations below.
Hellblade 2: All hidden faces and their locations
There are 17 hidden faces locations throughout Hellblade 2. Believe it or not, they appear as stone faces carved into walls. Crazy, right? Focusing on them causes them to ‘disappear’, opening a path to a small tree — akin to Yggdrasil, the Nordic world tree — beyond, along with a bit of narration. It’s kind of a cool effect with the faces melting into the environment, but I digress. Let’s look for some trees.
Freyslaug (Chapter 2) – 2 Hidden faces
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The first hidden face shows up in chapter two of Hellblade 2, Freyslaug. Once you get Senua’s mirror and return to the real world, cross the bridge and make your way through the dilapidated house. After exiting, look for the house with the torch next to it. Senua’s ‘voices’ will start saying “something is hidden,” indicating you’re on the right path. Find the hidden face on the wall to the left of the house.
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The next hidden face won’t appear until after you leave the Draugr camp with a filthy vagrant in tow. Sorry, I shouldn’t be rude to my boy Fargrimr. Follow him until you reach a wooden trail marker next to a broken bridge. Take the path to the left to find the hidden face in the rock wall nearby.
Raudholar (Chapter 3) – 5 Hidden faces
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Things are finally cracking off in the third chapter Raudholar, where you need to hunt down five hidden faces. The first is found not long after the start of Raudholar. Follow Fargrimr and Thorgrestr until you reach a wooden trail marker (it looks like a branch standing next to a rock with a Nordic compass). Take a left and hug the wall. After you pass a ruined house, look for the face beyond, surrounded by rocks.
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Return to the trail marker and go right instead. You’ll find the next hidden face against a rock wall by a clearing with a stone in the center.
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The next hidden face is an easy grab. After you speak with Fargrimr and leave him at his village, head into the valley and watch for the hidden face on your left-hand side. My capture wasn’t working, so I couldn’t get a screen grab of the place until later. Below is a professionally edited shot, and I’m confident you won’t even spot the difference.
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After finishing the first Hiddenfolk trial, continue down the path while carefully looking for the hidden face to your right.
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Once you complete the second Hiddenfolk trial, continue along the path. After dropping down two ledges, keep moving while looking toward your right. When you spot two ledges leading up, take them to find the next hidden face.
Huldufolk (Chapter 4) – 4 Hidden faces
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Huldufolk is a tough chapter for hidden collectibles, as you’re crawling through a dark cave. Most jagged chunks of rock may look like hidden faces, but only four are the real deal. The first hidden face is right at the start. Progress in the cave until Senua starts crouching. Scan the wall to the left until you spot a hidden face.
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After finding and extinguishing the second brazier with the blue fire, turn around to find the hidden face. It was behind a Hiddenfolk multi-color wall. Man, I don’t know what those are called.
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Keep moving until Senua has to drop into a large hole with water below. Look behind you for the next hidden face.
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The next hidden face can be found after the part where Senua (who sacrificed her sword) is hunted by Draugr through the cave. Look for the face on the wall to the left of a room with floating rocks just hanging about. It’s the first room of two with floating rocks. If you’ve found the second room, you’ve gone too far.
Bardarvik (Chapter 5) – 6 Hidden faces
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We’ve almost made it to the end, so don’t give up now! The fifth chapter of the game includes the most amount of hidden faces with six. Thankfully, the first one is thrown your way immediately. After the chapter starts, walk forward until you come across a narrow, solitary waterfall to your right. The face is just behind it.
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After meeting with Astridr, find the next hidden face to the right just before she enters the narrow passageway. Okay, so my capture messed up again. I know I don’t need to mention it; you can’t tell the difference as is.
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Once you complete the chapter’s first rune puzzle, make your way through the newly unlocked door to find the hidden face to the right.
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The next hidden face isn’t available until much later when you make it to a rune puzzle on the beach. Activate the wobbly sphere to give you access to the beach’s right side. Progress until you see a ruined ship with blue mist just beyond, hiding a cave. Enter the cave and walk until you nearly reach the exit. Turn around to see the hidden face.
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After learning the giant’s name, you’ll find yourself in an abandoned town. Enter the town and progress until the short scene with the giant. After the third torch, hang a right and walk to the torch you see a short distance away. To its right is the fifth hidden face of the chapter.
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At last, the final hidden face of the game! Return to the main path after the last hidden face. Walk until you see a house on top of a hill with a torch just outside. Instead of heading up the trail, take a left and follow the snaking path until you reach a yard with a lone Lorestangir standing by. To the right is a house and further down is either a smaller house or a storage building. Walk past the storage building and look for a torch. Behind the building just beyond the torch is the last hidden face.
What you get for finding all the hidden faces in Hellblade 2
Once you find all the hidden faces in Hellblade 2, you unlock an option in the ‘Extras’ menu to listen to the entire Yggdrasil story. It’s basically the story that was told to you piecemeal while collecting the hidden faces, but complete.
Published: May 30, 2024 02:48 pm