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While the stages found in mission 9 are generally some of the most brutal in the game, the hiding places for the gifts feel a little more whimsical. That isn’t to say that Neon White won’t make you work for them, we are still playing Neon White, but they are generally more cleverly concealed then they are a matter of pure finger dexterity.
So, join us as we point you in the direction of gifts hidden behind platforms, in hidden rooms, and generally concealed in every conceivable manner. As a bonus, the lone gift found in mission 10 is also included in this guide. Don’t say we never spoil you!
Mission 9: Apocrypha
Escalation
Make your way through the stage as you typically would, but try to preserve your handguns. The most important example of this is when you burst through a red door on an angle with your shotgun’s fireball ability: make sure you get the angle right so that you don’t need to use a handgun discard. After you take out the two tripwire demons attached to the blue demon, and burst through the red door behind it, you will be in a courtyard that has canals running along its perimeter.
Get to the top floor of this room by exploding the red barrels to propel you upward. There should be a demonic head up here with a blue demon looking down on you. Take out the demonic head and then turn your back to the blue demon and make your way across the room to the roof of where you have been previously. You should now be able to see the present in the distance. Now, use your handguns, and your shotgun, to hop across the way and grab the present.
Bolt
Once you get the rocket launcher, take out the three ammo-supplying demons that will be in front of you. Two of these demons are glued to the side of a building. As you are taking those demons out, climb the building via rocket jumps. Once you are on the roof, look up and across the way and you should see the present behind a giant window.
There will be a destructible red door as well. Scale the rooftops until you are under that red door. Destroy it with rocket and then use the zipline to hop up and enter that room. Presto, you are now the owner of a Lucky Cat Statue.
Godstreak
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There will be a section where you will dash through a blue demon guarding a door, then encounter a canal that hooks around a wide-open room that has another blue demon beside a demonic head and a red barrel. This will lead to another canal higher up that will have a blue demon paired with a yellow demon. This section is right after this stage's shortcut, if that helps.
Well, once you take out that last pair of demons, turn around and look up. You should see a gift. You will be able to get pretty close to it by just running and jumping across the building tops. Then, once you are under it, discard the handgun you just got from that yellow demon to cross the gap to the building that is on its level (make sure to jump on the object on top of the roof for a little more height), then use the sniper rifle you got from the blue demon to dash across. You will now be able to claim your Six Pack.
Plunge
With this gift, we have the return of the sneaky present. Once you slam down into the canal near the end of the stage, instead of continuing down the path, turn around and look up. This stage's gift has been wedged in under the platform to your right. Just hop up there discarding you assault rifle for a bomb jump and discarding your handgun to get the double jump. You will grab the Tattletail Toy.
Mayhem
When you hit the final stretch of canal (the section that leads into the balloon demon platforming section at the very end of the stage), turn around and go to the railing. Look down; you should be able to see the present behind a pane of glass. Jump down while angling your body towards the building with the present in it.
Once you are below that building, you will see a red trapdoor. Discard your shotgun to blast through the trapdoor, and you will be with the present. Grab the present to get the Cigars.
Barrage
This stage's gift is sitting on the roof of the first building you encounter at the very beginning of the stage. Getting it isn't a big deal, just stockpile the nearby handguns and assault rifles.
Then, from the raised part of the canal, do a bomb jump and then switch to your handguns. Discard them to hop up to the present. Congratulations, you are now the proud owner of a Six Pack.
Estate
Once you reach the room that leads to the rooftop outside, that has an exit blocked by a giant, malformed balloon demon, look up. There is a present wedged in the top corner of this room. As long as you have a couple of shotguns on you, this is an easy present to grab. So, during the stage, just make sure to hold onto your shotguns whenever possible.
There is a shotgun vending machine at one point, so make sure to grab some refills from there, too. Once you dash up onto that room's top corner, you will be rewarded with a Lucky Cat Statue.
Tripwire
Work your way through the stage as you normally would, but do your best to conserve your shotguns. Once you hit the canal section, shooting tripwire demons opens doors that reveal those sharpshooting demonic heads. Once you take out the demonic head on your right, a vent will be revealed behind them.
Now, climb the vent, using the shotgun's discard ability. You will eventually be dropped into a room with the gift. You will be rewarded with a Tattletail Toy.
Ricochet
Once you have finished with the landmine demon section of the stage, you will be shot into the sky. Now, slam down on the red barrel nearby. This will, naturally, send you even further into the sky. Now, to your left, you should be able to see the present sitting on the edge of a building's roof.
While you are flying through the air, aim yourself at that present. Midway, bomb jump off one of the building's roofs, then finish your pursuit of the present with your sniper rifle's dash ability. If you have done everything right, you should now have the bottle of Perfume in your possession.
Fortress
Once you finish the section where you climb a spiraling line of balloon demons up a tower, you will exit into the wide-open stage. Now, drop down and grab the rocker launcher below.
Stay on the ledge with the rocket launcher and search for a red door. Once you find it, blow it down, enter the room, and rocket jump up to the present. Just like that you will now have the Tattletail Toy.
Mission 10: The Third Temple
Holy Ground
Very early in the stage you will find yourself in a section that has three canals running parallel with each other. You can actually see the gift in the distance from here. Travel to your left, grab the sniper rifle, then backtrack.
Go to where the canals start, and look across the gap. You should see a large canal leading to something green. There are huge crosses jutting out around it. It's hard to miss. Now, jump towards that lone canal in the distance. Use your sniper rifle's discard ability to get a little more distance.
You should be able to just make it. Once you arrive at the canal, jump into the green hand. You will, once again, be teleported to another dimension. Now all you need to do is chase the specter, and you will be rewarded with another Strange Coin. That's it!