MOTORSLICE: How to Clear Canal and Falls – Chapters 2-3

The fast answer: in MOTORSLICE, Chapters 2 and 3 are much easier once you stop treating them like pure jump tests. Canal wants you to use side-wall runs, deploy orbs as soon as you have them, and beat the moving boss by getting ahead of its path instead of chasing it. Falls builds on that same logic with steeper vertical routes, more enemy pressure, and environmental pieces you need to move before the platforming feels reliable. If you are stuck, the problem usually is not damage or speed; it is route order. Take the right branch first in Canal, return your orbs to the hub immediately, then clear the left branch and use a motorslice finish on the boss only after you have predicted where it will go.

What matters before you start Canal

These two chapters work more like movement puzzles than traditional combat stages. A lot of failed attempts come from trying to force long jumps that the game does not actually expect you to make. In Canal especially, some platforms look reachable in a straight line but are meant to be approached from the wall surfaces beside them. The route is also the same in practical terms on PC and console, since the challenge is environmental rather than menu- or platform-specific.

• Keep your flashlight on in Canal’s darker stretches so you can see the next wall-run surface.
• When you pick up orbs, backtrack to the glowing hub quickly instead of carrying them deep into the next section.
• If a gap feels impossible, look left and right for a wall-run lane before trying the jump again.
• Use parry for clean, readable attacks, but do not turn every encounter into a duel on a narrow ledge.
• For the Chapter 2 boss, move ahead of the target and finish with a motorslice jump attack.

Chapter 2 Canal walkthrough

To enter Canal, keep advancing through the parkour section until you reach the orange door. Opening it triggers the brief snack-break or “slack off” scene with P, which is basically your cue that the chapter is shifting into an orb-routing section. Once you move into Canal, do not commit to direct jumps across the first awkward-looking platforms. The safer route is to use the side walls to climb. That is the first big check the chapter gives you: if you understand the wall-run lane, the rest of the area starts making sense immediately.

Take the right side first and grab the first two orbs

From the Canal hub, go right first. This branch is straightforward once you stay disciplined with movement. Use the wall-run surfaces instead of trying to clear gaps from a standstill, and in the darker stretch keep the flashlight active so you do not overshoot the next landing. There is also a tighter section on the right path where staying low helps; if your line feels off, a short forward attack can help you re-center before the next move rather than trying to salvage the jump late.

Collect the two orbs on this side, then resist the urge to keep pushing forward. Turn around and bring them back to the glowing deployment point. That backtrack feels slower, but it prevents the most common Canal mistake: carrying key orbs too far, missing the unlock, then having to repeat an already-cleared climb because a door stayed shut behind you.

Then go left, unlock the red door, and finish the orb set

After depositing the first two, head left from the hub. This route gives you the next progression chain. Push forward, collect the next orb, and watch for the final red door unlocking with another orb behind it. The level flow here is easy to misread because it looks like you should keep climbing immediately, but one of the required pickups comes from dropping or sliding down first before using your motorslice movement to get back up.

The practical sequence is: move left, take the orb that advances the route, open access to the red door’s pickup, then slide down for the third orb in that subsection and motorslice back upward to recover height. Once you have the set, return to the hub and deploy them all before proceeding. Different players sometimes report slightly different total orb counts for Canal depending on how they count intermediate pickups, but the useful rule is simple: if a hub or door is still inactive, the orb you missed is almost always in the branch you just cleared, not somewhere much farther ahead.

How to beat the Chapter 2 boss

The Chapter 2 boss is a scripted movement encounter, and the easiest way to lose is to treat it like a normal melee target. When the event starts, do not immediately chase from behind. Watch its route, predict the next platform it is moving toward, and dash to a position slightly ahead of it. You are trying to intercept, not race.

Once you are in front of the path, use the opening to land a motorslice jump attack. That is the reliable finish condition the encounter is built around. If you keep swinging from the wrong side, the boss just drifts away and the arena starts feeling unfair, even though the real issue is positioning. If you miss once, reset your eyes to the route instead of panic-jumping after it. The moment you re-establish the path and get ahead again, the fight becomes much more controlled.

If regular enemies are bothering you in the lead-up sections, parry only the attacks that give you a clean, readable windup. On the narrow Canal platforms, forcing a parry at bad spacing is riskier than backing up, letting the enemy commit, and using motorslice pressure after the opening. Canal teaches a pattern the rest of the game keeps using: movement creates your damage window.

Chapter 3 Falls walkthrough

Falls is where the game starts asking you to read vertical space quickly. Canal is mostly about learning the right lane; Falls is about keeping that lane in mind while you climb, drop, and recover around water hazards. If Canal punished greedy jumps, Falls punishes poor camera control and rushed descents. You will also run into more enemy waves and environmental pieces described as white objects that need to be moved to make the route work cleanly.

How to route Falls without losing momentum

In Falls, pause for half a second whenever you enter a new vertical room and read it from top to bottom, then bottom to top. The route is usually there, but it is easy to miss because the waterfall theme makes every ledge look similar at first glance. If you see a movable white object, handle it before you commit to a long climb. These objects are there to stabilize the route, and skipping them often means you can reach a platform once but cannot return cleanly after picking up an orb or after an enemy knockback.

The other big adjustment is how you use motorslice. In Canal, it often feels like a recovery tool after a slide or a missed line. In Falls, it is more of a momentum bridge between vertical actions. Use it to carry yourself through the climb rather than saving it for panic correction every time. If a drop ends in water or a low foothold, let the camera settle before the next wall-run. A lot of Falls deaths come from inputting the correct move on the wrong visual angle.

Combat and parry priorities in Falls

Falls adds more pressure through enemy placement than through completely new mechanics. The safest habit is to clear enemies that control your landing zones before attempting the next climb. If one enemy is parked near the only stable ledge in a room, deal with it first so the platforming section stays clean. Parry is still valuable, but use it where the floor is stable and the tell is obvious. On wet, narrow, or sloped terrain, forcing perfect timing is often worse than baiting one swing, dodging or repositioning, and answering with a fast punish or a stagger into motorslice.

If you are ever unsure whether the chapter wants combat or movement first, the answer is usually: remove the enemy that interferes with your route, then continue climbing. That priority keeps Falls from turning into a series of messy resets.

Common mistakes that slow down both chapters

• Trying to raw-jump everything: if a platform looks just barely too far, it probably is. Check for a side wall, crack, pole, or drop route first.
• Holding onto orbs too long: deploy them at the nearest active hub as soon as the route loops back. Most progression locks come from missed deposits, not hidden mechanics.
• Ignoring the flashlight in Canal: the dark sections become much easier when you can clearly read the next wall-run angle.
• Chasing the boss from behind: Canal’s boss is built around interception. Beat the path, then strike.
• Parrying on bad terrain: if the arena is narrow or uneven, prioritize spacing and cleaner punishes over stubborn timing attempts.
• Rushing vertical rooms in Falls: scan the room, move the white object if needed, then commit to the climb.

If these chapters still feel inconsistent, simplify the goal in each room. In Canal, the room asks for route order: right branch, hub, left branch, hub, boss interception. In Falls, the room asks for route control: read vertical space, secure the landing zone, move the environmental piece, then keep momentum. Once you start reading them that way, the parkour stops feeling random and the boss and orb sections line up much more cleanly.