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Chapter 4 of 8

Split Fiction: Final Dawn walkthrough

Back in Mio's sci-fi, the two suit up with colour-coded blasters and fight through a toxin factory.

  • About 102–124 min in the videos
  • 15 parts · 29 steps
  • 2 bosses

Compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 9 guides · checked Oct 18, 2026

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Video: Global Gaming on YouTube. Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

What each player can do here

P1 · Mio
  • Both wear armour and carry a blaster that sets off triggers of their own colour; a Shield Buster for breaking energy shields comes later.
P2 · Zoe
  • Both wear armour and carry a blaster that sets off triggers of their own colour; a Shield Buster for breaking energy shields comes later.
  • Dual energy pistols have unlimited ammo; a heat gauge replaces reloading

If your skill levels differ: If one player keeps getting stuck, the accessibility menu can skip to the next checkpoint, and camera assistance can be switched on for each player separately. How to split the roles

The Dropship

Part 1 of 15. Skydive into the base and open the metal door together

  1. BothAfter the drop, dive through water and open the massive metal door together

Infiltration

Part 2 of 15. Match color-coded gauges and beat the lawnmower miniboss

  1. BothZoe shoots blue panels and Mio shoots red; color-matched gauges open the route
  2. BothLocked doors need both gauges filled at the same time
  3. BothMiniboss: after its shield is popped, Mio opens the matching core and Zoe shoots it, reversed for red

Gun Upgrade

Part 3 of 15. Use sticky grenades to punch shield holes and survive the bowling-bomb mech

  1. BothGrenade sticks only to shields matching your color; press again to detonate
  2. BothBowling-bomb mech: pop forcefields to dump bombs; alternate who shoots panels and who dumps bombs

Toxic Tumblers

Part 4 of 15. Platform through grenade-opened forcefields and acid bubbles

  1. BothAcid rain changes bubble colors; alternate who detonates grenades to enter each bubble
  2. BothShoot panels to reveal forcefields during the wall-run, then pop them with grenades

Kites (side story)

Part 5 of 15. Race through rings with your partner; both must reach the exit

  1. BothMio and Zoe gain flight about 25% in; missing one ring restarts the attempt
  2. BothThe side story ends when both of you reach its exit portal.

Factory Entrance

Part 6 of 15. Open grenade-locked forcefields and lock nodes to reach the factory

  1. BothZoe detonates her grenade on the first forcefield while Mio opens the next
  2. BothLock with three shielded nodes: grenade on the yellow nub drops all three; six must drop at once

Factory Exterior

Part 7 of 15. Box-routing grenade puzzle through two force fields

  1. BothZoe sticks a grenade in a box; Mio opens the red field before the box reaches the blue field
  2. BothPlant a grenade on the yellow dot, shoot panels upward, then detonate to lift

Test Chamber

Part 8 of 15. Launch-pad puzzle, then the Factory Warden boss fight

  1. BothBlow a hole in the far box and launch your partner into it to shoot the inside panels
  2. BothKnitted fish plushies on the left lead to the Moon Market side story

Moon Market (side story)

Part 9 of 15. Track down three stray cats and deliver them to the gate

  1. BothThe pink cat runs west, the green northeast, and the blue southeast
  2. BothTrophies: Chair The Load (turn your partner into a chair) and Potion Chef (four or five potions)

Run and Gun

Part 10 of 15. Side-scroller with a rotating laser, pendulum gate, and portal shifts

  1. BothShoot both buttons to swing the pendulum; detonate grenades close to the three nodes
  2. BothRotating green blade: jump over it, then go under it

The Overseer

Part 11 of 15. Overseer boss fight in the arena

    Soaring Desperados

    Part 12 of 15. Jetpack traversal and a timed grenade unlock

    1. BothDetonate both grenades at the same time to unlock the mechanism; time the bar between moving boxes
    2. BothPassing through energy fields of your color refills jetpack fuel
    3. BothSitting on the third bench here unlocks the bench achievement 'A Tale of Two Besties'.

    Notebook (side story)

    Part 13 of 15. Pencil-drawn side-scroller with a riddle troll and boss choice

    1. BothMio is transformed into a steed after the storybook drops to the bottom
    2. BothPick the Demon, Crab, or Duck boss; then shoot the padlock to free the prince

    The Escape

    Part 14 of 15. Jet ski escape from the crumbling factory

    1. BothFollow the creature through the facility and dive while holding the button

    System Fail Safe Mode

    Part 15 of 15. Tethered puzzles to reach the glitch and Chapter 5

    1. BothTether: you die if you are too far apart or if one of you dies
    2. BothOne player stands on a plate to lift the other; the second plate lowers the first again.
    3. BothRide the rising block to reunite, then touch the glitch to enter Chapter 5

    Boss

    Factory Wardenspider tank

    1. Phase 1: legs: Shoot the leg panels to cripple it; each leg down stuns it and spawns drones
    2. Phase 2: magnets: Launch each other to the magnets, destroy the force fields, then shoot panels in slow motion
    3. Phase 3: floating head: Grapple onto its head, mash the prompts to pop the hatch, then shoot the core inside.
    4. Phase 4: acid flood: Keep moving on platforms; watch its shield color before it pops out
    5. Finish: press: Shoot the hydraulic press to crush the boss on the conveyor

    The Overseeroversized mech

    1. Phase 1: face and shields: Keep dodging acid balls and the spiked ball while shooting its face; pop the drone shields
    2. Phase 2: acid flood: Acid rises at a third health; use portals and shoot colored blocks to climb
    3. Phase 3: barrels: Shoot barrels until they spark, then throw them at the boss's head
    4. Phase 4: chase: At half health, shoot the matching-color missiles to escape the fiery walls
    5. Finish: doors: Shoot the wheels to close the doors on the boss, then keep shooting its face

    Achievements and extras

    • Side story: Kites, found at the far end of the toxin tube after the Shield Buster upgrade.
    • Side story: Moon Market, reached after beating the Factory Warden and moving on to the crane section.
    • Side story: Notebook, on a ledge to the left of the huge spinning wheel after the jetpack part.
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    Steps compiled from 2 playthrough videos and 9 text guides, checked Oct 18, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide.