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RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN BOSS GUIDE
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Version 1.5
Date created: January 15, 2002
Last updated: April 12th, 2002
Written by Haja Maideen Abdul Hamid aka disket
E-mail: evil_kairi@yahoo.com
DALnet nick: disket
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Table of Contents
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1. Updates
2. Introduction
3. Boss Guide
i. Helga von Bulow
ii. Uber Soldat
iii. Heinrich I
4. Reader Tips
i. Helga von Bulow
ii. Uber Soldat
iii. Heinrich I
5. Credits
6. Legal Stuff
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(1) UPDATES
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Version 1.0 - January 15th, 2002
---> Started writing the boss guide.
The shortest of all the versions.
Was not submitted to any site.
Version 1.1 - January 16th, 2002
---> Added some more details on Uber Soldat.
Was not posted on any site too.
Version 1.2 - January 19th, 2002
---> Added some more details on Heinrich I and Uber Soldat.
Minor update on Helga.
Posted on GameFAQs.
Version 1.3 - February 7th, 2002
---> Major revamp on writing style, now easier to read.
Added Reader's Tips section.
Added Introduction section.
Added Updates section.
Version 1.33 - February 26th, 2002
---> Updated Reader's Tips section.
Updated site list.
Minor updates in some sections.
Version 1.4 - March 25th, 2002
---> Updated Reader's Tips section.
Version 1.4 - April 12th, 2002
---> Updated Reader's Tips section.
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(2) INTRODUCTION
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein is the long-awaited sequel to the game
that was widely recognized as the grand-daddy of all FPS (First Person
Shooter) games, Wolfenstein 3D. In the game, you play as agent B.J.
Blazkowicz and you get the chance to blow up everything from Nazis and
zombies to robot soldiers and babes in tight leather. In short. this
game is excellent.
This FAQ provides the reader with in-depth strategy and tactics on how
to take out the three main bosses in the game, namely Helga von Bulow,
the Uber Soldat and Heinrich I. Apart from these, I'd be glad to answer
any questions from readers regarding anything other than how to beat
the bosses in a new section that I will add in the future.
This is the very first time I've written a FAQ for a game and I hope
everyone who is reading this find it useful. I am not a pro in video
games and I am still a newbie to FPS. The guide is quite short but oh
well, at least some people have found it very useful. You can send me
any critics, tips, suggestions or whatever to
Now, on to the guide. Happy fragging!
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(3) BOSS GUIDE
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i.
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|FIRST BOSS = HELGA von BULOW|
| Mission 2 - Part 4 |
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This one's pretty hard if you don't have enough ammunition early in the
game, so stock up on those before entering the level and with those
given to you just before the boss fight.
While you walk at the sides, the floor will break revealing zombies,
and there are MANY of them. Kill as many as you can before going to the
other side. When you get there, Helga will appear with more zombies.
Just circle-strafe around her with everything you've got. Watch out for
the flying skulls, if they hit you, you'll be temporarily blinded.
You have to be very careful not to waste your ammunition as this boss
comes pretty early in the game and you don't have any good weapons yet.
You just can't afford to run out of bullets when Helga is about to die.
Keep firing the MP40 towards Helga's head while watching out for the
flying skulls.
When your health becomes low, run back to where you started for more
health and ammo. Helga won't follow you past the broken wall. After
beating her, just proceed to the exit.
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ii.
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|SECOND BOSS = UBER SOLDAT|
| Mission 5 - Part 3 |
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Man, did I have a hard time figuring out how to beat this guy. There
are two ways of beating him. The first one is a tip from my friend and
the second is the one I used. With both ways, make sure you got full
health and preferably full armor before entering the fight.
FIRST WAY - Just after Deathshed's short speech, crouch immediately
while pressing backwards (S). Use the Mauser Rifle to shoot the boss's
head, his helmet will fall off. You should continue shooting until his
body armor are worn out too, then take out your Venom Gun and shoot
like hell killing him.
NOTE - This way was not confirmed to work as I have yet to succeed in
using this way. But one of the readers of this FAQ has verified that
this works too. A big shout out for Freddie! You can read what he said
at the Reader's Tip section.
OR you can use the one I used to beat him here
SECOND WAY - As soon as the cut scene with Deathshed is over, jump
downstairs as quickly as you can and head to the little room on your
right. Use it as your cover, the glass is bullet-proof and the Uber-
Soldat's Tesla and Panzerfaust firings cannot penetrate through it. You
have to get out of there to shoot him and go back inside the room as
quickly as you can. I recommend using the Panzerfaust first. This
should wear out his armor with about 3 shots. After that, use Venom to
stop the weakened so-called Super Soldier.
Take note though, DO NOT IGNORE the scientists who are shooting you
from upstairs, taking down whenever you can would make your job a whole
lot easier because although they only use the Luger, you'll get wasted
in no time, trust me.
Also, if you run low on health, dash for the health packs at the back
and back to the little room.
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|FINAL BOSS = HEINRICH I|
| Mission 7 - Part 3 |
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Once again, make sure you stock up on your health, armor and ammunition
before facing this monster. You won't get armor before the fight, so
just remember not to get hit very much in the levels before this.
This battle is going to be hard if you don't have enough ammunition,
just circle-strafe around Heinrich with the Tesla gun, it will hit him
AND the zombies around him. Plus, you don't have to worry about where
you're aiming your gun. When you're shooting, always make sure that the
tesla you're shooting always hits Heinrich, and if you could, try to
get it to hit Heinrich and his minions. The more you hit at the same
time, the better. ALWAYS, keep your distance from Heinrich. He would
constantly swing his sword to the ground that would make rocks fly all
over and hit you. If you're close enough when he does that, you will
bounce towards him, and that means serious trouble. One swing from his
sword hits you, it will claim more than half of your health.
When your Tesla ammo runs out, quickly switch to the Panzerfaust and
hit Heinrich with all the rockets you have. After that, switch to your
Venom gun and blast off. When it gets too hot, switch to the
Flamethrower and then use a clip of the Paratrooper Rifle. Finally
switch back to the Venom gun; it should be cool enough for you to
finish off Heinrich. Hopefully, he'd die before you run out ammunition.
If he doesn't, take out the next best weapon you have and waste him.
Actually, he should be dead while you were using the Venom, but just in
case.
Take note though that after your Tesla ammo runs out, you'd have to be
extra careful when shooting the zombies that are holding shields with
the Venom. This will be VERY dangerous if you don't aim carefully when
shooting them as the shields bounce back the bullets that you are
shooting. So, you have to aim at their heads or strafe around them and
aim at their bodies. Also watch out for the flying skulls, you'll be
temporarily blinded if they hit you.
However you beat him, be proud of yourself and enjoy the cut scene that
follows because you just beat one of the beat games ever made.
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(4) READER'S TIPS
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i.
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|FIRST BOSS = HELGA von BULOW|
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---> From Macewind
Helga can easily be beaten by running back down the trench you enter
the level from. Then simply run forward, lure her to follow you and
drop down the trench whilst firing. She'll turn back and walk into the
center again without firing. Keep doing this until she dies.
---> John DeVol
First of all, you go around and kill ALL the undead peoples. You then go
visit the gate that she's behind and lure her out. She comes out on her
own as soon as she sees you. You go back to your little area and wait
for her protected because she can't get through. After a little while
she will be pretty close. Take out your grenades and you better have 15.
All you do is throw them at her and run back over and over and over. Just
aim a little high. Not too high, just at her chest.
ii.
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|SECOND BOSS = UBER SOLDAT|
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---> From Freddie
Your first suggestion for beating the UBER SOLDAT works. The first few
rounds were pretty frustrating until I stumbled in to
what you wrote. From where you are at the start of the duel, the super
soldier will step back after a few rounds thrown at you. Obviously your
health should as such to absorb a few hits.When the super soldier steps
back, infront of the door where he came out from, start shooting the
robot with the sniper rifle and aim for the head. The super soldier
will not fire anymore! Just keep on shooting and be mindful of the
scientists that will occassionally come out and shoot at you as well.
Pause to shoot at these as well then continue on shooting at the Super
Soldier. I managed to defeat the super soldier by just using the sniper
rifle.
---> From Lightning
The method for ducking and sniping works but an important part was left
out, you must move to the left or right side along the wall. Once the
railing on the sides of the extended portion of the platform is between
you and Uber Soldat, it will try to walk backwards and continue trying
to be able to get into range to shoot you. As a result, it never shoots
at you. I ducked the whole time so I don't know what it would do if you
stood up.
---> From Rockn-Roll
I approached this as I do most bosses, keep moving and duck after
firing. You are right to keep an eye on the scientists cause they do
some damage with their Lugers. I also found that exploding the tanks
when the uber soldier was near them helped out a lot, they are worth
like about 5 Panzerfausts or something like that.
---> FiresDestiny
I was kinda lost fighting this guy (i didn't notice the little room
down below. So instead after Deathshed finished his spiel, I fired one
Panzerfaust into the super soldier and then ran to the right behind
that little lab that Deathshed is in. I jumped up on the rail with the
Venom out and started it spinning. As soon as the Super soldier came
around the corner, I just unloaded point blank into his head/upper
torso. Plus being behind that lab I didn't have to worry about the
scientists at all. After killing the Super Soldier, I just took them
down with the Mauser.
---> William Chau
Immediately after the cut scene with Deathshed is over, jump downstairs
as quickly as you can and head towards the little room on your right.
Use it as your cover, the glass is bullet-proof and the Uber-Soldat's
Tesla and Panzerfaust firings cannot penetrate through it. As you look
out the glass window, wait till Ulber moves pass your front towards the
left entrance of the room. At this juncture (timing is critical), dash
through the right entrance towards the health packs, jump up to the first
health pack on the bench and crouch. At this angle, your position will be
aligned directly against where Ulber is standing, with the wall of the
room in BETWEEN YOU BOTH! Ulber will be standing still, not knowing where
you are (maybe the wall is blocking his view) or undecided as to which
direction to take (left or right). Take out your muscle rifle and shoot
at his arm (you should be able to see only his arm, swinging up and down
at this angle). Similarly, the scientists upstairs will not be able to
detect you.
---> Shahar
I have a new way of killing the second boss, I think it's easier than
all the other ways. You need full health to do it. When the fight against
him starts, run directly to him while using the Venom, and stand as close
as you can to it. Apparently the Tesla gun isn't so dangerous when you're
too close. He will die fast, and you can kill the scientists with the
Mauser.
*Author's Note: Anyone who succeeded in doing this, please tell me.
--->
When fighting the 'Super Soldier' when you are in the little room at the
bottom with the bullet proof glass. The Super Soldier will be patroling
up and down the other side of the glass trying to get to you but for some
reason if you run up the machines up against the glass he stops moving and
looks around. If you then get down again you can pop out and get the first
shot at him before he sees you are their. Repeat this process and you can
kill him without losing a drop of health. It is tricky and a bit
repetative but if you are going for perfection or are having trouble with
the other techniques give it a try.
---> Lord Rat
I just beat it on ‘I am Death Incarnate’ and found that the only way *I*
was able to beat the Super Soldier boss was to jump off the rail to the
left, keeping the pole between me and him. As he got to the front of the
pole, I blew the tanks right next to him, then jumped on the left table
for the flak jacket and the helmet. Then, I circle strafed around both
the pole and him, keeping the pole where I could duck behind it. When
scientists came running out, I would quickly switch to the flame thrower
and blast the bottom of the shelf, thus killing them without the need to
really aim, then switch back to me venom to keep nailing the super
soldier.
Between the venom and the Panzer, he died relatively quickly and I still
had 50 life.
---> LOOPUSTHEFLYING DOG
On the uber-soldier a good tactic to use is to give him a quick blast
with the panzerfaust, then run like a bat outta hell to the place with
the armour then to the place with the health, jump on the table with the
health packs and save. Then strafe and fire the **** outta him with the
Panzerfaust, retreat before he hits you. You should NEVER get a direct
hit with the Panzerfaust this way, when you run out of ammo fire with
the Venom, but get the rotor started before firing, also a good way to
kill the engineers.
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|FINAL BOSS = HEINRICH I|
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---> From Elise Cisneros
The way I defeated Helga von Bulow was to run around the pylons keeping
helga on the other side. When the skulls shoot out, run around the
pylon. The skulls dont go around and follow you. It took me SEVERAL
tries before I figured this one out.
---> From Tony
When you first see Heinrich, he is REALLY far away, and really tiny.
One trick that I used was firing my Panzerfaust as I ran to fight him.
That way, before I was even in his range I had already smacked him with
at least 2 rockets. Circle strafing is the key. After I ran out of
rockets (I hit him with 4 I think), I switched to the Flamethrower,
emptied that and used the Venom on him till it overheated, then I
switched to Tesla, and that killed him. It's important to save up your
ammo.
---> Rockn-Roll
I took out the girl right away with the Tesla, a few of the others went
with her. Take note that if you step off the platform you will be
attacked by ghosts flying in from outside the map, so STAY ON THE
PLATFORM. I mostly ignored the other enemies and concentrated on
Heinrich because even if you kill one then Heinrich somehow calls one
up from hell, or at least from the ground in the center where he came
from.
After using up the tesla and Panzerfaust on Heinrich I switched to the
Mauser and would run to the other end of the platform and snipe in on
Heinrich and get about 2 or three shots at his head. Then, I would
sprint (speed key) away from him before he started to run up to me. It
doesn't take but about 50 rounds of head shots and upper body shots from
the Mauser to take him out, then I finished off the shield and sword
warriors with my knife.
---> FiresDestiny
Basically just circle-strafe and avoid the skeletons. Kill the zombie
woman first. Then while you're Tesla-ing Heinrich to get in some extra
damage whenever he does the raise the spirits thing he does three raise
motions. Run up next to him and kick him. You should be able to get one
more kick in than he has raise motions before he's ready to go in. Also
pretty much anytime he swings his sword or stomps on the ground you have
a second or two to run up and give him another swift kick. Not only is
beating him in this way still fun, it's also quite amusing that you can
actually kick the big baddy of the game. Another fun thing that just
sort of randomly happened while i was fighting was when i kicked the
zombie woman, that must've been the last bit of health she had because
she exploded.
---> Lou
Not exactly a tip, but a funny thing that happened on the last level.
I'm in the tunnel and looking out at Heinrich I and his undead minions.
Of course, they spot me and make their way toward me. I waiteed where
they can't see me, but of course when they do round the corner, all hell
breaks loose. In sheer terror, I bolt out of the cave and run straight
for the extra ammo and health. After I power up, I notice that, well, I'm
still alive and nothing is coming after me. It takes me a while to
realize that the cave-in (that was triggered when I left the cave, and
which is supposed to prevent the unlucky player from hiding from Heinrich
et al.) has trapped EVERYONE inside the cave! Unfortunately, they are
impervious to anything I can throw at them, including grenades, which just
bounce back toward me. So finishing the level from here was quite
impossible. I was thinking, however, if there was a way to trap everyone
except Heinrich inside, maybe it would make killing him a whole lot
easier. But I'm sure that duplicating that first accident is much tougher
than it sounds.
*Author's Note: Anyone who succeeded in doing this, please tell me.
---> William Chau
When you first see Heinrich after exiting the door to the open field
entrance, he is REALLY far away, and really tiny. Don't enter the open
field. Instead, take out your Mauder rifle and kill the girl. The rest
of the pack, the undeads and Heinrich will be closing-in fast at this
time. Dash back through the door and wait. Once you're sure there aren't
any homing skulls , go back out through the door around the corner to
check Heinrich's position. Again, don't enter the open field. If he's
still far away, you'll have to LURE him towards the open field entrance.
Use the same technique, shoot at him and dash back through the door. Once
Heinrich is at the open field entrance, bolt out of the cave (sprint!)
PASS Heinrich into the open field. There will be a cave-in at the
entrance, and if the position is right, the rocks actually CRUSH HEINRICH
TO DEATH!
*Author's Note: I have tried to do this many times but failed. The flying
skulls come into the room and kill me even before Heinrich
is inside it. D. R. Angel has verified this but with his
own style below.
---> D. R. Angel
My soulution is similar to that of William Chau, mentioned on the Boss
guide, except that it's far easier. In fact, I found this boss to be
the easiest to kill of all the bad guys in the game.
As you know there is a small cave just before the open area where
Heinrich is. When you first open the wooden door that leads to this
cave run straight to the far wall then into the corner on the right and
turn to face the cave opening. You should see a boulder hanging from a
rope, in the distance, and a spotlight to the right of the cave
opening. Wait here with Tesla in hand and fire when the zombies show
up. Keep firing until Heinrich stands in the cave opening, and the
zombies in the opening are dead, then run out past him, while still
firing the Tesla. This causes a cave in and crushes Heinrich.
Now avoid the remaining zombies until Heinrich yells out and dies,
ending the game. It only takes one weapon and about 15 seconds to finish
the game.
Note: As you pass through the wooden door and across the cave, DO NOT
pause to look out. If you do then Heinrich will send the ghosts which
will quickly kill you. Just run straight to the far wall and backup to
the corner. The bad guys will come for you soon enough.
The last time I did this I did not lose ANY health or armor and it only
takes about 80 on the Tesla. I've repeated this at least 10 times: 5 times
pausing to look out, in which case the ghosts killed me each time; and 5
times not pausing to look out, in which case I won easily.
---> LOOPUSTHEFLYING DOG
Keep in the centre area and use the telsa to off the woman (if she falls
shoot her with the paratrooper rifle) (no skulls unless you go out near
the edge), then use up all your Venom ammo on Heinrich then Telsa the
heck outta him.
*****
Please send me any other ways of how to beat the bosses in this game; I
will add them to my later revisions of this guide.
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(5) CREDITS
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Firstly, kudos to id Software and Gray Matter for making this wonderful
game! Without them, this FAQ won't exist :). GameFAQs and all the other
sites for posting this FAQ on their site. A big thank you to those who
have emailed me saying thanks and most of all to those who submitted
tips to me because that's what makes this FAQ more complete. Finally,
to YOU for reading this!
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(6) LEGAL STUFF
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You can post this guide at your website, given that you ask me first
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document in any form without my consent.
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You can always get the most updated version of this guide at GameFAQs.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is (c)2001 id Software
This document is (c)2002 Haja Maideen Abdul Hamid.
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