There are several side quests that take Eve to the Wasteland inStellar Blade, and with so many enemies swarming around her, you’ll want to be able to rest and recover too. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to use them when you first arrive. They will be out of power, so you’ll need tohead to the Solar Towerto turn them all on. Here, we’ll talk you through how to reach the Solar Tower and how to activate it when you get there.
Activating the Solar Tower is a quest in and of itself, but it’s important to know that none of the other quests in the area require you to fix the tower. They can all be completed in any order you wish, but since several of them involve combat - or will see Eve dragged into combat as she heads from marker to marker - having the ability to rest up and heal for free is vital. That’s where the Solar Tower comes in.
Where To Find The Solar Tower In The Wasteland
The Solar Tower is on theleft-hand side of the map. As you enter the Wasteland, you shouldtake a right as you enterthe area just before the first camp, thenjump across the cliff columns. Once you are across to the other side,keep going until you hit a fork in the roadthenhead leftwhere you will see the tower reaching up into the sky.
How To Activate The Solar Tower In The Wasteland
Once you reach the Solar Tower, you’ll see that there’s no easy switch to flick. There is a droid at the bottom of the tower, but it will be of little use. Lacking a supervisor and malfunctioning, the droid can neither activate the tower nor assist you in the task. Thankfully, the solution isn’t too difficult.
There is a moveable orange box nearby which seems like it holds the answer, but this is needed to open a locked chest instead. Headbehind the corrugated ironto the right of the tower and activate the two ORCA switches, thenmove the box to the shipping cratein the middle of the area. Climb up, activate the third ORCA switch, andopen the locked chest up here too.
Go inside the tower and climb the stairs as far as you can, then head outside. From here,jump to the flying platformand let it raise you up.Jump to the next platformfloating here, thenleap to the towerto grab the ledges. Be careful when jumping between platforms as it’s easy for Eve to overshoot and fall to her death.
Follow the ledges jumpingright, up, right, up. At this point you will see a floating platform, but ignore it - it is there to catch you if you fail the next part. From here,jump up again three more timesuntil you see a ladder.Jump to the ladder, and if you miss, start again from the platform. Once you grab ahold, climb to the top.
Run around the balconyagain here, and once moreignore the floating platform- this is to take you down to the ground once the tower is activated. Skip past it to the edge of the balcony tosee a yellow ledgeon the tower itself. Jump to it and keep jumping up until you canreach the next balcony. Head around the corner (do cylinders have corners?) andjump to the two floating platformsout in the gap. Again, keep in mind how easy it is for Eve to overshoot this jump.
Tilt the camera so it isdirectly above Eve’s headto give you a better perspective on where she’s jumping to.
From the second podium,jump to the ledgeson the tower and up to the next balcony. Keep going until there’s a step up thenjump to the ladder- the floating podium will catch you if you don’t make it, so it’s a safe leap. Climb the ladder, thenshoot the dart board to unleash a ropethat will make getting down easier. If you are out of ammo, you can still take the slow way down.
There is a switch here, butignore it for nowas it will not work. But do open the case next to it for aCamouflage-Type Exospine. Keep going along the balcony and jump across the gap to seea droid trapped by debris. Hold R2 to free it, and it will thank you and fly off. Now that switch back around the corner - again, whatever corners are called in circles - will be active, sohold R2 to activate the Solar Tower. Slide down the rope (or backtrack your steps) to the floating podium that will lower you to the first set of stairs. Head down them and talk to the broken droid at the bottom (who will now be fixed) and Eve will be free torest at any camp in the Wastelands.
