Graveyard

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Graveyard
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Stage Name	Grave
Stage Number	st18a
Connecting Areas	Drawbridge Dark Room Sunbeams
Designer	Kazuhiro Numata
Save Sofa	Yes

The Graveyard is a location in ICO.

Walkthrough

When you get out to the open area, there is a sofa, so take a breather. After descending the stairs, four black portals will appear and shadows will attack. There are no stone statues here, so the only way is to steadily defeat them one by one. The entrance to the Dark Room at the bottom of the stairs in the graveyard can only be opened by pressing both of the square switches on either side of it. Put the box on one side and Yorda on the other to open the door. Then, only Ico goes through the door first.

Once you enter the Dark Room, climb the ladder right next to it and jump over to the chain to get to the upper floor. If you don't hurry, a shadow will appear and take Yorda, who is waiting outside, so you don't have time to explore the room slowly. When you go out from the upper floor of the Dark Room to the balcony outside, there will be a box in front of you. Drop it down, and go to the bottom and place the box on the hollow switch instead of Yorda. This will allow both Ico and Yorda to enter the Dark Room together. Note, however, that more shadows will spawn.

Shadows

• PAL
• NTSC-U

PAL

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
FIRST FIGHT
USHI_HANE A SET	Ushi_hane	Ushi_hane	Tubasa	NG HP: 300 NG+ HP: 450 Body Scale: 1.2 Dodge Range: 350 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
ONI_HANE SET	Oni_hane	Tubasa	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 350 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
ONI_HONE SET	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.1 Dodge Range: 400 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Pushy	Yes (1 time)
SPIDER SET Group 1 Follows: Ushi_hane A Set Group 2 Follows: Oni_hane Set Amount: 6 (divided into 2 groups of 3)	Tubasa	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 350 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	No
SECOND FIGHT
TUBASA SET	Tubasa	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 350 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	No
ONI_HONE SET	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.1 Dodge Range: 400 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Pushy	No
ONI_HANE SET	Oni_hane	Tubasa	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 350 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	No

NTSC-U

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
FIRST FIGHT
USHI_HANE A SET	Ushi_hane	Ushi_hane	Tubasa	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.2 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
ONI_HANE SET	Oni_hane	Tubasa	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.0 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	Yes (1 time)
ONI_HONE SET	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.1 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Pushy	Yes (1 time)
SPIDER SET Group 1 Follows: Ushi_hane A Set Group 2 Follows: Oni_hane Set Amount: 6 (divided into 2 groups of 3) Behavior: Pushy	Tubasa	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.0 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	No
SECOND FIGHT
TUBASA SET	Tubasa	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.0 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	No
ONI_HONE SET	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.1 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Pushy	No
ONI_HANE SET	Oni_hane	Tubasa	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.0 Type: Flying Grabber Behavior: Shy	No

Trivia

• The stage's designer (Kazuhiro Numata) has spoken in a Twitter post from 2011 about originally intending to include a passage (and a warehouse) beyond the catacomb-esque door in the Graveyard, which eventually led to the underground of the Chandelier stage. If one looks into the stage's model (or use the debug free cam in-game), what appears to be the beginning of a path can be seen beyond the door.

Gallery

The Graveyard.

The Graveyard stairs.

Ico and Yorda on the stairs.

The save sofa.

Dark Room entrance #1.

Entrance #2.

Entrance #3.

Sunbeams overlook.

The outside of the Chandelier stage.

Alleyway leading back into the Drawbridge stage.

Catacomb-esque door.

Inaccessible doors.

Above view of the Graveyard stage.

Concept art of Graveyard.

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