We're going into the Pyramid, Windows 10 be damned!
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Pyramid
Open the door to the lower level by placing The Boy on the switch. Switch to The Dog and go in, then press A to jump over the water. There are four switches in this room, and you'll have to press all of them as The Dog to get The Boy around the pyramid so that you can re-unite with The Dog and ultimate get the Diamond Eye that is here.
Go back to the jar room at the top of the pyramid, then go north and step on the ankh plate. You'll be able to go down to the lower level.
Once you go down the stairs to the lower level, you'll find yourself with some more choices to make. You'll be near the switch room, but you won't be able to free The Dog yet. Instead, take down all the enemies, then switch to The Dog. The upper-right switch on the floor should open the door nearby. You'll eventually enter a hallway full of Stone Cobras. The first Stone Cobra will come to life no matter what. Be sure to stand on the Ankh symbols for the first two. Otherwise, the Stone Cobras will come to life...and they hurt like hell, with the ability to take down a good fraction of your HP in addition to Poisoning you.
At the southwest corner of the lower level, take care on the bridges, as the spot to the north with the jars can only be accessed once. One of the jars contains absolutely nothing and cannot be opened, and triggers a Stone Cobra. Once you leave this area, you can't return.
Go further to the east and take the bridge. Move The Dog to the upper-right switch and go through the door that opens, and take the stuff you find in the jars. From there, leave the room and move The Dog to the lower-left switch. Go through the door that opens. Follow the path, and you'll face the Sons of Anhur, who are more powerful than the Sons of Sett and can cast Storm. Hit them with Level 3 Bronze Spear shots. You'll get the Bronze Axe, which can break some walls in the Pyramid that look like doorways that cannot be opened. One of them leads to a couple of jars as well as an old man who can save your progress.
At the southeast corner of the lower levels, there is another Stone Cobras hallway. It is possible to end up here first if you don't take the "ingredients of the future room" path, and if that happens, you'll have to change how you get around the Pyramid accordingly. Have The Dog stand on the lower-right stand. Be sure to stand on the Ankh symbols for the first two, and the right symbol for the last one, in order to get through unscathed.
You can get a Call Bead in a jar around here, and since you can break those stone walls down, you can get everything around here. One of the walls you can break contains a jar that holds Horace's Regenerate Magic, which allows you to revive either character when you select a Call Bead, choose Horace and go through his list of spells. If you accidentally missed Horace's Call Bead spells (which is possible), you won't be able to open this. There's another hidden spell that he has, but we won't have to worry about it just yet. Don't worry, it's not in Antiqua.
Once you've found everything you need, break the wall with the Bronze Axe near The Dog to reunite with The Dog. When you take the nearby bridges, they will collapse, and you'll never be able to explore the lower level again. You'll have no choice but to go back to the upper level and make your way to the roof.
From here, you'll have to have The Boy stand on one switch next to the nearby door and have The Dog stand on the other. You'll open the door and take on Rimsala.
Boss: Eye Of Rimsala
Take care of the statues. They cast Flash, but they usually target it at The Dog. Nevertheless, they're annoying. Get rid of them.
As for the Eye of Rimsala, take it down with leveled-up Bronze Spear attacks and the Crush spell. If you've leveled up Fireball, this spell will also work wonders. Just don't let the Eye get near you or The Dog.
The best way to take care of the Eye of Rimsala is to get it on screen, target it with Crush, then keep hitting it with spells. If it returns to the gold statue, Level 3 Dog Attacks and Level 3 Bronze Spear attacks can deal a good amount of damage, if you can keep The Dog alive.
When you beat Rimsala, you'll get 1000 Jewels and the other Diamond Eye. You'll also leave the Pyramid and end up near the entrance at the bottom. There's nothing else to do here, so drop down the pit leading to the Pyramid as a shortcut to Horace's Camp. When you talk to Madronius, he will tell you that Horace is gone and that you may find him on the west bank of the river. Head west back to the nearby forest.
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