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The White Tailed Lizards
At each temple where you can save your game and heal yourself, look around for a
lizard with a white tail. If you kill them, you can eat their tail by pressing
the R1 Button while standing next to them. Doing so will cause your strength
meter to glow. In the demo, these made your strength go up. However, now it is
much easier to just continue fighting the Colossi to make your strength
increase. You can always find one in or around a save point. As you can see from
the map, they are not only limited to the save shrines.



Hard Time Attack Rewards
These items can be acquired through the Hard Time Attack Mode. You receive one
item for every 2 Colossi you defeat in Hard Time Attack Mode.
Unlockable How to Unlock
Harpoon of Thunder (Long range projectile weapon) Defeat 2 Colossi in Hard
Time Attack Mode
Sword of the Sun (Reflects light even when in the dark) Defeat 4 Colossi
in Hard Time Attack Mode
Fruit Tree Map Defeat 6 Colossi in Hard Time Attack Mode
Shaman's Cloak (Decreases damage taken) Defeat 8 Colossi in Hard Time
Attack Mode
Lizard Detection Stone Defeat 10 Colossi in Hard Time Attack Mode
Shaman's Mask (Decrease damage taken) Defeat 12 Colossi in Hard Time
Attack Mode
Cloth of Desperation ("Parachute") Defeat 14 Colossi in Hard Time Attack
Mode
Queen's Sword (From ICO) Defeat 16 Colossi in Hard Time Attack Mode

The Fruit of the Dead
Each time you beat a Colossus, your strength meter will increase. If you make it
large enough, you will be able to climb up the back of the temple you 1st start
in. Up top, you will find the courtyard from the end of the game and the bridge
that you entered on. There isn't much to do here, but you will find some fruit
in the trees. Shoot it down and eat it and you will decrease your health and
strength meters. The only reason you might want to do this is if your strength
meter is getting so big it is taking up too much of your field of view.




To get there, run around behind your begining shrine. There is a patch of ivy
that you can climb up. When you're climbing, jumping in a diagonal or sideways
direction causes your strength meter to decrease less than a straight climb or
jump. Make your way up and then around the scaffolding up to the top.



SecretsIco Symbol
If you use a memory card with an Ico save-game on it, your horse Aggro will have
the Ico "I" logo on its forehead as opposed to the usual mark.
Increase health and stamina with Lizards and Fruit.
The white lizards crawling around in many areas of the game can be eaten to
increase Stamina. Equip the bow and shoot the lizard, then press the Circle
button to pick up and eat it.
Many of the trees within the game carry Fruit that can be used to restore and
increase your Maximum Health slightly.
Equip the bow and shoot at the Fruit hanging in the tree, once it drops go over
and press the Circle button to eat it.

The Short Way to the Secret Garden
You do not need to win the game 4 times to reach the secret garden. All you
have to do is familiarize yourself with the diagonal jump. When you grab a
climbable wall (usually listed by the moss growing on it), you have to hold
jump and the left analog stick diagonally up until your character swings his
arm, depending on what direction you tilted the analog stick. Once he does this,
let go of jump and you will scale the wall diagonally without using a large
amount of stamina.
Before you decide to reach the secret garden, it is advisable to complete about
7 colossi for the sole reason of acquiring enough stamina to take on this task.
You could also search for white-tailed lizards as an alternative to gain
stamina.
To reach the secret garden, you have to locate the wall of ivy on the northeast
side of the temple shrine. If you use your horse and jump off of him towards the
wall of ivy, you will save even more stamina. Now, follow it all the way up
until you reach a ledge on the right. Go around it while still using the
diagonal jump to save stamina. On the opposite side, leap across to the visible
moss and keep going around the 2nd ledge above. Once you get to other side,
you have to go around yet another ledge, which is a little bit below your
position. You will reach a circular pillar that you have to jump onto. This is
easily done by situating yourself directly opposite of it and then jumping
across. Hold on and keep going up. The moss will lead you a little bit towards
the left to a small walkway. Follow the stairs to the secret garden. Enjoy, but
do not eat the fruit, as it will decrease your health permanently.

Time Attack Rewards
You must 1st win the game once to unlock Time Attack mode.
To begin a challenge, walk up to a statue in the temple and pray (circle).
Unlockable How to Unlock
Whistling Arrow Defeat 2 Colossi in Time Attack mode.
Cloak of Force Defeat 4 Colossi in Time Attack mode.
Mask of Strength Defeat 6 Colossi in Time Attack mode.
Lizard Detection Stone Defeat 8 Colossi in Time Attack mode.
Fruit Tree Map Defeat 10 Colossi in Time Attack mode.
Mask of Power Defeat 12 Colossi in Time Attack mode.
Cloak of Deception Defeat 14 Colossi in Time Attack mode.
Flash Arrow/Brown Agro Defeat all Colossi in Time Attack mode.

Unlock Hard Mode
Win the game and save your data at the end of the credits. You can now start a
new game on Hard Mode from the Main Menu.

Glitches
Unlock White Agro without beating Hard Time
Attack
Beat the 16 colossi in normal time attack mode to unlock Brown Agro, do not save
however. Do something to kill your character and retry when asked. You'll be
standing infront of the final colossus, however it did not save your time.
Defeat the colossus again and White Agro will be unlocked.


Brown Agro
Get all items in Normal Time Attack mode.
Hold down Square button at Title Screen
Unlockable How to Unlock
Brown Agro Get all items in Normal Time Attack mode

ItemDescription
Whistling ArrowDistracts a Colossus when you fire it.
Cloak of ForceIncreases the amount of damage your sword will do to a
Colossus

Mask of StrengthAllows you to inflict deeper wounds into a Colossus.
Lizard Detection StoneAllows you to find the white tailed lizards
throughout the land.
Fruit Tree MapAllows you to find the Fruit Trees around the map more
easily

Mask of PowerAllows you to inflict more grievous wounds on a Colossus
Cloak of DeceptionMakes you invisible to the Colossus
Flash ArrowExplodes and can damage a Colossus without hitting its vitals
Brown HorseYou can ride on a Brown colored horse instead of Black (press
the Square Button at the Main Menu).

Secrets
Time Attack Mode
Win the game and save your game at the end of the credits. You can now enter
Time Attack Mode by pressing the Circle Button to pray in front of a Colossus
statue. By beating the Colossus under the required time limit in Time Attack
mode, you can unlock new weapons and items. Read below for the rewards, in the
order that you will receive them.

Reminiscence Mode
After killinga Colossus, you can go back to their petrified bodies and by
pressing Circle, your character will kneel down and pray. This opens
Reminiscence Mode, a mode where you can find the Colossus again as though it
were a flashback.

Unlock Hard Mode and Time Attack mode
After beating the main game, watch all the credits all the way through. After
they are finished you have the option to save your game. Save it and you will
unlock both Hard and Time Attack Mode.
Unlockable How to Unlock
Time Attack Mode Load your save data after completing the game. Pray
infront of any Colossus Statue by pressing the "O" button to enter Time
Attack Mode.
Hard Mode After beating the game, you have the option to start a new game
in Hard Mode on the title screen.
Time Attack Hard Mode Win the game in Hard Mode

Fruit Trees
Eating fruit will increase your Life Bar. Fruit only grows on specific trees. To
collect it, you will have to climb the tree and knock the fruit down. Then press
the R1 Button next to the fruit to eat it.



UnlockablesWhite Agro
Get all items in Hard Time Attack mode. Hold down the circle button at the Title
screen.
Unlockable How to Unlock
White Agro Get all items in Hard Time Attack mode

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