Dante's Inferno: Walkthrough & Boss Guide

This is a story-and-systems overview of Dante's Inferno with notes on the bosses confirmed by Wikipedia and the official trophy list. It is not a complete circle-by-circle walkthrough and does not cover every enemy, relic or soul location. Where a detail could not be verified it is left out.

Dante, a Templar, pursues Beatrice, whom Lucifer has corrupted into a succubus. Through flashbacks the game reveals Dante's childhood, his mother's suicide and his violent conduct in Acre, where he slaughters prisoners and his brother Francesco is hanged in his place. The circles named by Wikipedia include Limbo (overseen by Minos), Lust, Gluttony, Fraud and Treachery, the final circle, where Dante confronts Lucifer at Lake Cocytus.

Dante fights with a scythe in combos and finishing moves, and a Holy Cross that fires an energy volley; magic draws on a mana pool. Souls collected from defeated enemies or soul fountains are spent to unlock combos and abilities. Holy skills use blue orbs, and Holy experience comes from the “Absolve” system, in which Dante spares defeated enemies with the Holy Cross; Wikipedia describes a mini-game for absolving famous figures from The Divine Comedy, where more sins mean more souls and experience. Quick-time events are used to discharge demons from their hosts and during boss fights, where missed prompts lead to counterattacks. Hidden passages contain Biblical relics that can be equipped to improve Dante's abilities.

The trophy list includes: Precious (find one Beatrice stone) and Power of the Cross (find all three Beatrice stones); Relic Hunter (any relic), Light Relics (every Holy relic) and Dark Relics (every Unholy relic); and The Damned (punish or absolve all 27 shades in the Inferno). There are therefore only three Beatrice stones in the whole game.

The boss trophies are: Burning Eyes (drive Charon back into the abyss), Sentence the Judge (beat King Minos), Lovers Torn Asunder (beat Marc Antony), The Great Worm (beat Cerberus), Like Father Like Son (beat Alighiero), Brotherhood (beat Francesco), Slaughter at Acre (face the prisoner at Acre) and Lucifer's Match (beat the Emperor of the Woeful Realm, Lucifer). Death appears at the start of the game, where he tells Dante he is condemned. Phlegyas does not appear in the trophy list or in Wikipedia's article, so this page does not describe a Phlegyas fight.