The Princess and the Dragon Road Guide

The Princess and the Dragon is a way in Kill the princess which was added to the game with the release of the Pristine Cut upgrade. To access this route, players must reach the Spectre, a princess who may appear in Chapter 2, and then choose some specific options. This guide is here to elaborate the process, and it will help fans reach the Princess and the Dragon route in Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut.

While this guide tries to minimize spoilers, it contains details of events that occur along the way to the Princess and the Dragon route in
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Slay the Princess: The Princess and the Dragon Route Guide

Get Spectre

The first step towards accessing the Princess and the Dragon route is to do Specter appears in Chapter 2. To manifest that particular princess in the Kill the princessplayers must carefully follow the narrator's instructions in chapter 1 and then refuse his reward. For complete clarity, here are the options fans should choose during Chapter 1 to reach Spectre:

• [Silently continue to the cabin.]
• [Proceed into the cabin.]
• (Explore) [Take the blade.]
• [Enter the basement.]
• [Continue down the stairs.]
• [Steel your nerves and step forward.]
• [Slay the Princess.]
• Of course it is. She is dead.
• [Leave.]
• I kind of hoped that I would get a better ending to save the world.
• No, no, do you have any idea how to get us out of here?
• Anything to get out of this hell.

Get possessed and kill the princess

Players will now have reached The Spectre, and the goal of this second chapter is to get possessed and then kill the princess. That being said, it's important to note that the choices visual novel fans make along the way to becoming possessed affect how the Dragon and the Princess route unfolds. Players are therefore advised to save at the beginning of Chapter 2: The Spectre, and then use it to explore the various paths leading to the Princess and the Dragon route.

Once a save has been made, Kill the princess players should choose the following options to get the blade and enter the basement:

• [Proceed to the cabin.]
• [Proceed into the cabin.]
• (Explore) [Take the blade.]
• [Enter the basement.]

Players must now make a choice that will have a significant impact on the Dragon and the Princess route. Specifically, fans of horror games must try to kill the princess once before becoming possessed, or they must jump straight to possession. Here are the options that should be selected for both of these paths:

Hostile road

• [Slay the Princess.]
• (Explore) What do you want from me?
• No complaints here. Do it. [Let the Princess possess you.]
• [Slay the Princess.]

Gentle road

• [Wait and see how things play out.]
• (Explore) Okay, clearly killing you isn't going to work. What do you want?
• Sounds good. Do it. [Let the Princess possess you.]
• [Slay the Princess.]

The Princess and the Dragon

Players have now reached the Princess and the Dragon route, and the tone of the chapter, and the achievements available, are dependent on the path taken in Chapter 2: The Spectre. While it's recommended that indie game fans save and explore the route themselves, players who want to make sure they see all of the Princess and the Dragon route content should follow these paths:

Either way

• Before the title card, select (Explore) What shall we do? Just waiting for something to happen? Then select (Explore) There must be something for us to do other than wait. Select that option repeatedly to trigger an achievement.

Hostile road

• Select options until the main character is returned to his body, then select “Wait wait wait I'm back in my body! Getting stabbed brought me back!”
• Select options until the protagonist is returned to his body, then select “I'm back here, but you should. Kill me. End this and save yourself.”

The way of the heathen

• Select options until the main character returns to his body, then select [Drop the blade.]”We're doing it right this time. We're going together. Hand in hand.”, and [Give her the blade.].
• Select options until the main character returns to his body, then select [Turn around and leave.].
• Select options until the main character returns to his body, then select Good to be back boys. [Finish the job.].