Devil May Cry 5 – FAQ/Walkthrough

Blue/Purple Orb Fragments

Throughout the game, there are a total of 32 Blue Orb Fragments (12 of which come from the 12 Secret Missions), 8 Purple Orb Fragments, and a single collectible weapon (the Kalina Ann) found on Mission 11. You will find all of that here, though if you need help with how to complete Secret Missions, please see that section.

NOTE: There are no collectibles in the Prologue or Missions 6, 7, 13, 17, 19, or 20.

Mission 01 - Nero

Mission 01 only has one fragment.

Blue Fragment #1 - During Mission 01, you’ll come across your first Red Empusa. A cutscene will play during which it is introduced before scurrying under the bridge you’re standing on. After the cutscene, drop off the bridge and chase after it. Just behind it on a platform will be this Blue Orb Fragment on the left-hand side.

Mission 02 - Qliphoth

There are three Blue Orb Fragments in this mission.

Blue Fragment #2 – About halfway through the mission, you’ll come to a balcony that is blocked by a Qliphoth root. From here, you’ll turn right and enter a room that’s actually two bedrooms connected together. In one half of the room will be the Nidhogg Hatchling that you need to progress (which will trigger a fight). In the other half of the room will be a huge section of charred floor. Hit the floor with your sword a few times to make it cave in. Go through the hole and you’ll find this fragment out in the open.

Blue Fragment #3 – This fragment is found as part of Secret Mission 01, which you’ll find just by progressing in the game. You'll engage in a tutorial to unlock this. The glowing spot is in the corner of the room behind the bed. Please see the section on Secret Missions for more information.

Blue Fragment #4 – After leaving the hotel and returning to the streets, you’ll be forced up a street to the right after the left path closes off. After defeating some Empusa, you’ll go up a street with an alley blocked by a Qliphoth Root on your left. This is also the street where, later, you’ll be introduced to the Hell Antenora.

At the end of this street will be two Empusa with an alley on the left leading to a Nidhogg Hatchling. At this intersection, before heading left, turn right. There’s a sidewalk that’s been raised and above that will be a hole in the wall. Jump up to it to find this fragment.

Mission 03 - Flying Hunter

Mission 03 has three fragments.

Blue Fragment #5 – This one is pretty sneaky but not hard to get to. From the start of the mission, you’ll use a Grim Grip to launch onto the first rooftop where you’ll be introduced to the Pyrobat. After defeating these enemies, you’ll use another Grim Grip to land on another rooftop. When you’ll land, a cutscene will trigger where Nero looks up at a Qliphoth Tree.

After it ends, hop onto the upper section of the roof and drop down on the other side. Run to the edge, turn around, and you’ll find this nestled between the two large fan vents.

Blue Fragment #6 – After entering the sewers, you’ll eventually come to a large stairwell. Climb the stairs to the very top (past the crack in the wall the game wants you to enter). At the top, you’ll run out of stairs, but there’s a platform one more story up. Face the wall, jump, and at the apex, jump again while pushing left to land on the platform.

From here, use the Grim Platform to launch through a hole in the ceiling. The orb fragment will be out in the open in this room.

Blue Fragment #7 – This fragment is earned after completing Secret Mission 02, which is found at the bottom of the stairwell. Stick yourself in the little blocked off hallway and look up to unlock this. Please see the section on Secret Missions for more information.

Mission 04 - V

You'll find 1 Purple Orb Fragment and 3 Blue Orb Fragments in Mission 04.

Purple Fragment #1 - This fragment can be found on the main path. After crossing the crumbling bridge, you'll come to a dead-end in the tracks with a Nidhogg Hatchling in between. Grab it and a fight will ensue. The only path forward after the fight is to enter a small door to the right of the Nidhogg Hatchling. Just inside the doorway will be this fragment

Blue Fragment #8 - You need to destroy a wall to get this. After coming out of the building in which you found the last fragment, you'll enter an alley. In a larger section of the alley, you'll fight several Caina and Antenora (on Devil Hunter). There will be two large dumpsters against the wall to the right and a huge mural on a nearby wall. Summon Nightmare and he'll break the wall when he arrives. Enter and go up the stairs to get this fragment. This will also lead to a small back alley that has a Nidhogg Hatchling.

Blue Fragment #9 - After collecting the previous fragment, you'll eventually rejoin the main path past a blown out building. After you beat the Antenora and Pyrobats there, continue along the road. At the intersection, take a left to find a Qliphoth Root blocking your path. Use the first Nidhogg Hatchling to destroy this, revealing this fragment just beyond.

Blue Fragment #10 - This fragment is part of Secret Mission 03. You'll have to have used the first Nidhogg hatchling to open the way to the previous fragment. To the left of that fragment is another root blocking your path. You'll need to use the Nidhogg Hatchling that you can obtain in the back alley just beyond Blue Fragment #8. This will get you into the building. Climb the stairs, jump through the hole in the ceiling in the next room and look out the busted window. Please see the section on Secret Missions for more information.

Mission 05 - The Devil Sword Sparda

There are two Blue Orb Fragments and one Purple Orb Fragment in Mission 05

Blue Orb Fragment #11 - This Orb is part of Secret Mission 04. After your second encounter with the giant leg (during a battle with Caina, Antenora, and Pyrobats on an elevated platform), you'll drop into an area with boarded-up scaffolding ahead and a white dumpster to your left. Summon Nightmare and he'll destroy the scaffolding when he arrives. Ahead and to the right will be a very tall set of yellow stairs. Take them to the top and look to the left to find the mission. Please see the section on Secret Missions for more information.

Blue Orb Fragment #12 - From the previous fragment, drop off the yellow stairs and turn left. You'll be able to see a Blood Clot to the left and on the right is a small doorway leading under the platform where you had your second encounter with the giant leg. Go through that doorway and you'll find this fragment tucked in a little room.

Purple Orb Fragment #2 - After your encounter with the Empusa Queen, go through the recently unsealed doorway. After a small hallway, it will open into a room with pallets on the left that have an explosive barrel on them. Jump up on them but not onto the white shipping container just past them. Turn around and double jump to the platform jutting out of the wall. From this platform, double jump once more to land on the platform with this fragment.

Mission 08 - Demon King

In this mission, you'll find three Blue Orb Fragments

Blue Orb Fragment #13 - Halfway through the mission, you'll come to a Divinity Statue at which you can make purchases. Just beyond that is an enclosed bridge. Follow it to the top but don't drop into the pit. The best way to cross the gap is to use Gerbera (change your load-out at the statue). Run towards the edge and repeatedly hit O/B to rocket yourself across the gap.

If that isn't an option (it's worth the orbs to buy one, trust me), you can try to use Streak to shoot across the gap and Air Hike to it. It is theoretically possible to finish the fight in the pit fast enough that the platform moves upward to a spot where you can get the orb, but if you miss the first two options, I would just hit "Last Checkpoint" (costs you 30% of your level-end score) and try again.

Blue Orb Fragment #14 - This is earned by completing Secret Mission 05. After taking the third Bloodstream elevator, you'll see the second lava elevator in this level. After fighting two Baphomet and two Riots, take the elevator to the top and hop off on the left. Turn and face the middle of the room to spot a hole in the wall just beyond a Red Orb Cluster. Use the Red Orb Cluster to line up your jump and use Streak to launch off of the platform. Use Air Hike or Gerbera to correct in the air towards the end of the launch and land in the hole.

After landing in the hole, walk through and drop into the room beyond. In the middle of this room is the glowing light. Turn around and look up at the hole you came through to find the sigil. Please see the section on Secret Missions for more information.

Blue Orb Fragment #15 - The last Orb Fragment for the level can be found by Bloodstream #4. After taking the second lava elevator and potentially finding the secret mission, you'll come across the fourth and final Bloodstream terminal. DO NOT GO UP YET. Instead, go around the back and kill the Tentacle there. When you return to the front of the terminal, you'll find this fragment sitting right in front.

Mission 09 - Genesis

In Genesis, you'll find three Blue Orb Fragments and one Purple Orb Fragment.

Blue Orb Fragment #16 - Towards the beginning of the mission, you'll find a crumbled wall with a Gold Orb that you can destroy with Nightmare, or you can opt to go a very long route around the wall. You'll arrive in a large area with a wall of arches on the left. In this area, you'll fight two Proto Angelos, two Pyrobats, and a Baphomet (on Devil Hunter).

If you follow the row of arches, they'll end by a large boulder with a White Orb next to it. Wrap around the boulder to the left and you'll find a large archway blocked by vines. Summon Nightmare to get rid of the vines. You'll find the fragment right in the middle of the room beyond these vines.

Blue Orb Fragment #17 - After getting the previous piece, look to the back wall to see a slightly elevated section. Jump up on the wall and run to this raised part to find the glowing section for Secret Mission 06. Turn around and face the archway to find the sigil and start the mission. You'll get this fragment from completing the Secret Mission. Please see the section on Secret Missions for more information.

Purple Orb Fragment #3 - After crossing a waterway, you'll come to a crypt. Enter the crypt and in the first room, you'll find a pit. Drop into the pit, defeat the enemies, and make sure you finish the battle with enough DT to summon Nightmare (there's a White Orb in this room just in case). Once the fight is over, find the giant boarded up doorway, stand in front of it, and summon Nightmare to destroy it.

Run quickly into the next room to trigger a battle with a Tentacle, three Caina, and two Antenora. You should still have Nightmare at your disposal here if you're lucky, and Nightmare will tear this place up. Get out of the way and do some reading in the corner while having your other two companions help out with the Antenora (leave the Caina to collateral for now).

Once they are defeated, this fragment will appear in front of an open doorway.

Blue Orb Fragment #18 - After grabbing the previous fragment, go back into the previous room.

From the doorway leading outside, jump across to the small platform with the Red Orb on it. Turn left and scale the small platforms. When you reach the top one (with the Red Orb Cluster on it), jump up, and then perform a double jump to the right to land on the next floor up. There's not much accessible space here, but you'll find the fragment up here.

Mission 10 - Awaken

There are two Blue Orb Fragments and one Purple Orb Fragment in this mission.

Blue Orb Fragment #19 - Partway into the mission, you'll come across your second toothy, pulsating door and fight Riots, Caina, and Antenora (on Devil Hunter). Defeat these enemies before the door closes, rush through and follow the tunnel up. At the top, step onto the ledge, turn left, and jump to the next platform to collect this fragment.

Purple Orb Fragment #4 - From the last fragment, hop off the platform and turn left. You'll walk down a hallway with Red Crystals on either wall and a White Crystal at a fork in the road. From here, go right to enter a green room. Defeat the Red Empusa before it flees, then the three Empusa and Empusa Queen to make this fragment appear in the room.

Blue Orb Fragment #20 - This fragment is part of Secret Mission 07. Late in Mission 10, you'll come to a long room where you're introduced to the Hellbat. There are two pulsating doors in this room. Defeat all of the enemies in this room quickly. When they are gone, look at the stairs leading out and then turn right. Walk through the door to find a long hallway sloping upwards. If you found a room with Red Orbs and a Gold Orb, you went through the wrong door.

Climb the slope and the walls beyond. At the top, you'll find a large room with a platform in the middle. Stand on that and look up to find the sigil. See the Secret Mission section for more information.

Mission 11 - Reason

You'll find two Blue Orb Fragments and one Purple Orb Fragment in Mission 11.

Blue Orb Fragment #21 - This fragment is part of Secret Mission 08. During Mission 11, you'll go through a gate and enter a ruined mansion. Jump through the hole in the nearby tower and drop into the tiled room beyond. There will be a small, shallow pit on the left side. Destroy the Blood Clot here and then return to the tower you just jump through. Jump up to the hole in the wall above you (not on your current level). In this room, you'll find the glowing spot on the left and the sigil directly ahead. For more information, please see the Secret Mission section.

Blue Orb Fragment #22 - After getting the previous fragment, head back to the tile floor. Drop into the pit where you found the first Blood Clot and go through the crack in the side of the pit to drop to the lower level. Find the Blood Clot on the far side of the room. Destroy it and the next building over will fall resulting in a cutscene revealing the exit out of this building. When it returns, this fragment will be right in front of you. Jump up to that floor to grab it, but beware it will start a battle with two Nobodies (on Devil Hunter) when you grab it.

Kalina Ann - This isn't really a Fragment, but it's pretty much the only collectible that isn't. After dropping all sections of the building into place, return to the tower near the middle. On the top floor, there will be a Gold Orb. On the bottom floor, one of the windows has been blown out. Go through the hole and you'll find a room. Towards the back of the room will be a prompt ("???") that will allow you to pick this up. It will not be visible on the floor. It's the only weapon in the game not collected through the main story.

Purple Orb Fragment #5 - After leaving the mansion and making your way through the streets, you'll climb through a hollowed out building (after your first encounter with the Hell Judecca). Climb up through the building and at the top, you'll battle Hellbats, Scudo Angelos, and a Proto Angelo in a round arena on a round rooftop. Defeat these enemies and follow the path beyond. Climb up the rubble and make sure NOT to drop off the hole in the wall to the left. Climb to the top of the rubble to find this fragment.

Mission 12 - Yamato

There are two Blue Orb Fragments and one Purple Orb Fragment in this mission.

Purple Orb Fragment #6 - At the beginning of the mission, you'll come across a fountain with a statue in the middle. Next to the door you entered from, climb the rubble to reach a new level. Enter here and go to the next room to find a Nidhogg Hatchling.

Take that back to the courtyard and find the stairs behind the statue and just to the left. Climb them, use the Nidhogg Hatchling on the Qliphoth Root to open a path. Proceed along this path and, after a large fight with Antenora and Caina, you'll find this fragment right at the top of the ramp on the main path.

Blue Orb Fragment #23 - After finding the fragment above, you'll eventually come to an intersection where Dante makes a comment about "crossroads." There will be tentacles here and three different paths (though only one actually goes anywhere). Take the path to the left for a fight with a Caina, an Antenora, a Behemoth, and a Riot Nest.

After the fight, continue on to find a Blood Clot. Break it and go through the hole in the wall. Just on the other side, look up and right to see a small gap by the ceiling with a Red Crystal. Jump up and go through the hole to enter a small room with this fragment.

Blue Orb Fragment #24 - This fragment is part of Secret Mission 09. After completing the puzzle with the statue and dropping into the secret passage, go down the stairs, through the archway, and climb some rubble on the other side. When you reach the top, turn around. You can either cross by using the Trickster style's mid-air dash (O/B in mid-air) or use Stinger (R1/RB + Forward + Triangle/Y) to launch yourself off of the ledge and then wall jump onto the platform. Once there, turn around to find the sigil. For more information, please see the Secret Missions section.

Mission 14 - Diverging Point: V

There are two Blue Orb Fragment and One Purple Orb Fragment in Mission 14.

Blue Orb Fragment #25 - In the dream world, there will be two large, craggy spires off to one side. If you're looking at the three purple doors, they are to your right and if you're facing the large locked door, they are to your left. Turn and face them.

On top of the one on the right (closest to the large door) is an Orb Fragment, but we're going to have to get there by climbing the spire on the left. From here, just run up to it and jump up the small flat surfaces until you reach the top with the Red Orbs. Turn and face the other spire.

Unfortunately, there's a rock floating in the way and it's pretty far. Turn and aim slightly to the left of the floating rock. You're going to jump forward, use Gambit (R1/RB + Forward + O/B) to teleport forward. This will put you next to or just beyond the rock, so turn to the right and double jump/glide to the other spire. When you land on top, you'll collect this fragment.

Purple Orb Fragment #7 - After escaping the dream world, proceed lower. You'll enter a much large space with narrow paths leading down. When the path forks, go to the right and you'll find a Blood Clot. Destroy the clot and head back to the fork. Take the other fork and watch on the right side. As you proceed down, you'll a small gap in the wall that allows you to drop off the side. Drop off and collect this fragment. On the left side will be stairs leading back up to the top.

Blue Orb Fragment #26 - This fragment is part of Secret Mission 10. After the last fragment, keep moving down this path. You'll come to a section where you can fall off the ramp to the left. Do so and you'll find a Blood Clot against the wall. Bust that open. This will open the path below you, but there's actually a small space behind where the clot was. Walk forward to find the glowing spot for the secret mission. Step on the glow, turn around and look up to find the sigil.

For more information, please see the Secret Missions section.

Mission 15 - Diverging Point: Nero

There are three Blue Orb Fragments in Mission 15.

Blue Orb Fragment #27 - Partway through the mission, you'll come to your first Divinity Statue. Equip a Gerbera and walk behind it. You'll come to a cliff where you'll get a tutorial about surfing on your Punch Line, which is cool but much more difficult than using Gerbera to do the same thing.

Use Gerbera to cross this first gap and then use it to scale the ramps as you scale this mountain clockwise. After climbing a particularly large ramp with rocks jutting out to block you, you'll land at the top with a huge wall to your left.

Turn around to face the ramp you just came up. You'll see a narrow curving ramp very high up. From here, use Gerbera to launch yourself forward twice before launching yourself to the right. When you hit the ramp, start launching backward to scale this ramp. At the top, you'll be able to claim this fragment.

Blue Orb Fragment #28 - This fragment is part of Secret Mission 11. From the previous fragment, drop off the ledge and walk straight. You'll see a small section of land sticking out to the right with spines blocking the ledge. Walk onto this section of land to stand on the glowing point. Turn around and look up to find the sigil.

See the Secret Mission section for more details.

Blue Orb Fragment #29 - After a section where you face several Scudo Angelos blocking choke points in a cave, you'll get in a big fight in a large purple room including more Angelos and a Behemoth. Defeat them and carry on. You'll pass a Divinity Statue and then descend into a room with a large raise pedestal in the middle. A Baphomet will spawn on top of it and a few Caina will spawn in the room. Defeat them to cause a Grim Platform to appear.

Use the platform to be flung up to an upper walkway. Run around the outside of this, watching out for Caina and Hellbats on the way. At the end will be a wall to the left. Climb the wall to the top to find this fragment.

Mission 16 - Diverging Point: Dante

There are two Blue Orb Fragments and one Purple Orb Fragment.

Purple Orb Fragment #8 - Partway through Mission 16, you'll come to a battle with two Hellbats and a Behemoth. After killing them, you'll come upon a giant pit. On the far side of the pit will be another ledge leading to different rewards. For the Secret Mission, drop off this ledge all the way to the bottom. There, you'll fight two Chaos and a Fury. Defeat them.

Walk to the edge of this room and hop down onto the platform below. Look down and to the left to find another ledge with a Red Crystal close by. From this platform with the Red Crystal, proceed clockwise to find another platform just below this one. Drop onto that and then reverse directions. Look down to find this fragment just over the edge.

If you've been keeping up with your Purple Orb Fragments and purchased all of the Purple Orbs from the store, this will unlock the achievement The Devil's Own.

Blue Orb Fragment #30 - This fragment is part of Secret Mission 12.

From the last fragment, you have two choices to get to this fragment. The first is to use the Checkpoint function from the start menu and follow the same path but stopping at the Red Crystal platform immediately above where you are.

But it's also possible to get back up to that same platform from here if you purchased Highside for the Cavaliere. Equip the Cavaliere and switch to Trickster. Jump up and then perform Highsides three times (R1/RB + Back + Triangle/Y). At the top of the third one, you could probably just dash to the right and be fine, but you can also wall jump for extra security if you like. Perform this on the next platform and dash left to get back where you need to be.

Regardless of how you got to this platform, turn and face the middle of the giant pit and you'll see a ledge across the gap with a Large Red Crystal. Use Stinger and a Trickster dash to cross the gap. On the other side, cross into the next room.

Jump across the gap to the next platform. From here, look towards the middle of the room again to see a ledge leading to a small alcove. Jump to this ledge and get in the alcove. From here, turn around and look up to find the sigil.

See the Secret Mission section for more info.

Blue Orb Fragment #31 - Unfortunately, this orb is not attainable by following the previous path. You'll either have to reload the checkpoint from the pause menu or come back on another playthrough of the mission.

From the point just after defeating the Hellbats and the Behemoth, you'll find yourself at the edge of a pit with a ledge on the far side. Use the platform on the right to cross the gap. On the far side, go into the tunnel and you'll come out over another pit. Drop to the bottom and go through the hole to enter an arena.

In here, you'll be confronted by two Behemoths. Defeat them and leave the room. In front of you will be a ledge. From here, use Stinger to launch across the gap and then a Trickster Dash to make it just the last little bit. If you need to, wall jump off of the ledge to make sure you make it. When you land, you'll be able to claim this fragment.

Mission 18 - Awakening

There is only one Blue Orb Fragment in this mission.

Blue Orb Fragment #32 - After your first encounter with Shadow, you'll come to a large wall with ledges going up the side. You'll need to jump up across these ledges to get to the next platform. When you get there, three Red Empusa will spawn. You'll need to kill all three before any of them escape in order to get this fragment to spawn. Make sure you save up DT and Sin DT energy to make short work of them.

Once you've collected this final Blue Orb Fragment, assuming you've bought all of the blue orbs from the shop, you'll unlock the Physical Perfection achievement.