Beginning to Gibea

1. Begin in the town of Etruria in the Ghoul Realm
2. Go to the house in the southeast corner (Training Center) and enter the whirlpool on the right side of the room
3. Obtain the Argob's Pot by jumping up the tree and making way back and forth across white blocks
4. By leaving the Training Center you will now enter a new world that mysteriously appears between the King's palace and the Training Center
5. Kill 2 Ghosts then hop onto building wall to get onto white block
6. Jump onto roof and jump back to pick up vial X 3
7. Wait for Bird to fly away (you may need to hop a bit) and jump to bottom right of chimney; kill Ghost and get vial X 3
8. Fly onto lantern to get onto roof
9. Fall down and kill Birdegg to get vial X 3
10. Jump up tree and wait for first Bird to fly, then kill second Bird
11. Disregard this vial: It is hard to get without landing on spikes
12. Jump straight across to roof, avoid Bird and kill Bug on wall
13. Jump to wall-to block-to lantern to reach roof
14. Dispatch 2 Ghosts and 2 Birds and jump down onto the right side of the building
15. Enter black area and go all the way to the left to get a life level up:
16. Fall to bottom of building and jump onto a ledge to kill the Brown Jumper; proceed across spike pit and then head up, avoiding or killing 2 more Brown Jumpers
17. Kill Flames and make way down chasm, picking up Heart in bottom left
18. Enter door on right to fight the boss, Nagus
19. Nagus is not too difficult: make sure not to get trapped against either wall. Just take open shot when you have them and try to stay on the opposite side of the room from him
20. After killing Nagus, enjoy the awkward silence then leave through the door
21. Enter palace and talk to King Morock to receive the Spectre's Fingernail
22. Leave Etruria and on world map head west, collect vial X 6 and fight Ghosts on bridge
23. Kill 3 Ghosts to get 3 vials and continue
24. Cross bridge by jumping back and forth across rocks, et cetera, get 2 vials X 3
25. Enter Gibea, head north and speak to King Barr (who won't be much help) then talk to the attendant in the southeast corner of the palace