Spiral Stairs

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Spiral Stairs
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Internal Name	Cage / Jail
Stage Number	st13c
Connecting Areas	Warehouse Old Bridge
Designer	Kazuhiro Numata
Save Sofa	No

The Spiral Stairs (螺旋階段 Rasen Kaidan) is a location from ICO.

Walkthrough

Cage and windows.

The stage is a tower of a huge atrium structure, and a spiral staircase extends upward as if tracing the inner wall. There are two ladders on the bottom floor, but head to the ladder on the left side of the screen first. As you continue the path along spiral staircase, a cutscene of Yorda trapped inside the cage will begin after climbing the chain. The platform ahead is crumbled and you can't move forward, so you must climb up the inner wall of the tower and go out through the broken window.

When you are outside, climb the window at the back returning to the inside, and proceed to the end of the collapsed platform. There is a lever at the end of the spiral staircase. When you pull the lever, Yorda's cage is lowered down. After that, go to the bottom. For returning, it is faster to fall down the crumbled pathway. At this height, Ico will not die, remember that.

Yorda's cage after being lowered.

When you return to the bottom of the spiral staircase, go straight ahead and climb the ladder opposite the one that you came down. After that, when you jump to the top of the cage that Yorda is trapped in, the cage will fall, and its door will open with the impact. When Yorda comes out, an eerie black shadow appears and begins carrying Yorda away, so when the cutscene is over and you can move, pick up the wooden stick that fell right next to you and drive away the shadow.

Yorda opens the first Idol Gates.

If Yorda gets sucked into the black portal, hurry up and hold the button to save her or the game will be over. Once you have dispatched the shadow, use the button to take Yorda's hand to the stone statues shaped like totem poles, which will be the exit gate. When close to them, a light is emitted from Yorda, and the seal is broken. The stone statues are move, clearing the way forward. Take Yorda's hand, go out the gate and climb the platform to proceed.

Shadows

• PAL
• NTSC-U
• PAL Demo
• US Preview (August 7th 2001)
• US Demo (August 2nd 2001)
• June 26th 2001 Demo
• June 8th 2001 Demo

PAL

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
IMOMUSHI SET	Imomushi	Ushi	Oni	NG HP: 100 NG+ HP: 150 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 700 Flyable: ✘ Battle Type: Negative (High)	No

NTSC-U

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
IMOMUSHI SET	Imomushi	Ushi	Oni	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✘ Battle Type: Negative (High)	No

PAL Demo

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
YAKITORI SET	Yakitori	Hiyoko	Oni_hand10	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	No
ONI_HAND10 SET	Oni_hand10	Oni_hand0	Tuno	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 350 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	No

NTSC-U

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
IMOMUSHI SET	Imomushi	Ushi	Oni	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✘ Battle Type: Negative (High)	No

US Demo (August 2nd 2001)

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Respawns?
YAKITORI SET	Yakitori	Hiyoko	Oni_hand10	No
	Parameters
	HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	HP: 400 Body Scale: 1.2 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	HP: 400 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)
ONI_HAND10 SET	Oni_hand10	Oni_hand0	Tuno	No
	Parameters
	HP: 400 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	HP: 400 Body Scale: 1.1 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)

June 26th 2001 Demo

Shadow	Parameters	Respawns?
Inu	HP: 200 Body Scale: ?? Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	No, even if returning to portal by itself
Toge	HP: 200 Body Scale: ?? Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Negative (High)	No, even if returning to portal by itself

June 8th 2001 Demo

Shadow	Parameters	Respawns?
Hit07	HP: 100 Body Scale: ?? Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Positive (High)	No
Hit07	HP: 100 Body Scale: ?? Flyable: ✔ Battle Type: Positive (High)	No

Trivia

• This area's stage name in the files, "Cage", shares its name with another area.
• This area is called "Jail" in the stage data.
• The model of the big unopenable door at the top of Spiral Stairs is the same one that was present in the E3 2000 version of the Chandelier stage. The file path of the model is: "object/sdf/e3/e3_2000/st07a/model/7_door2.p2o".

Gallery

The top part of the area, as seen in the Official Guide Book.

The bottom floor, blocked by Idols.

Ladder to the spiral stairs.

Ico walking on the stairs.

Broken stairs.

Yorda, sleeping.

Queen's door.

Exit to the Old Bridge.

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