The Queen's Domain Holy Sword Endu sits on a pedestal in the centre of a circular structure by the sea, behind the first boss. You cannot reach it without the Endu Shrine Gate Key, the key that opens the barred gate in the tomb hall, and the same key that opens the stone gate up the cliff road.

The road to the pedestal

  1. In the large hall with columns and tombs, the Endu Shrine Gate Key sits in the central tomb. Take it.
  2. Use the key on the barred gate and step through.
  3. Cross the outdoor area full of vegetation, which has more chests. Destroy the crates on the road on the way.
  4. Clear the red bugs and follow the dirt road up the cliff to the open coast.
  5. Defeat the fighting skeletons and clear the winged frog-like enemies in the small square.
  6. Use the same key on the stone gate.
  7. In the circular area overlooking the sea, the Shrine Guardian waits. Kill him and take the stone statuette he drops.
  8. Go through the gate beyond the arch, walk along the pier to the circular structure by the sea, and take the Holy Sword Endu from the pedestal in the centre.

Step 7 is the whole fight of this section, and it is covered in the Shrine Guardian guide. The same arena also holds a secret wall with a fallen brazier that hides the Pandora Blade, so sweep it before you leave.

Queen's Domain Holy Sword Endu and what it changes

The Endu is a traversal weapon first. It flies you between platforms, opens up ledges and islands that cannot be reached otherwise, and its upgrades extend how far you can travel.

Two different dashes are involved and they are easy to confuse:

  • The normal dash button only dashes forward.
  • The sword's own attack button dashes in any direction you want.
  • Wind Dash is a separate ability that works even when the Endu is not equipped, and it drains your Power Meter.

The fully upgraded version lets you dash ten times, which is what the Ancient World pyramids and the Petrified Garden assume you have. How all of this fits together is in the movement tech guide.

Its own attacks

A fully charged Endu swing is an air slash that can hit twice. Its evolved form adds a projectile that lands alongside the blade at close range, and that is what pushes it above the other weapons in raw damage.

The Endu also shares its lunge with the Rusted Short Sword and the Pandora Blade, though the Endu does not keep the demo's dash-jump. Getting the sword to its evolved form is a three-step upgrade path of its own, and it is in the Holy Sword upgrade guide.