The Blood of Dawnwalker — Step-by-Step Platinum Walkthrough

Three minutes here saves you a second playthrough.

This game is built around a clock. Every day has 16 time segments and you get 30 days (480 segments) to finish the story. Exploring, climbing, looting and fighting cost nothing. Quests, big decisions, waiting and some objectives do. Every quest below lists its time cost so you can plan.

Six story quests plus ten side quests that disappear at the Blood Mass. The prologue has its own deadline, sunset on the day of the Blood Mass; the 30-day countdown is only revealed at its end.

Before you go to the Blood Mass, clear the village. These side quests fail forever once ‘Sacred Covenant’ starts, and each costs about one segment. They're free XP and a couple of good early items:

Trophy · Bronze

Antique Aficionado — Discover ancient ruins — available as early as the prologue's ‘Deep Down’ quest, or during Xanthe's excavation court activities.

Main

Smoke and Ashes

Anca's hut → Laslea8 segments

1. Wake at Anca's; walk with her to the empty village and search your house (door, fire marks, Lunka's doll, cloth scrap, footprints). No bodies means your family was taken alive.
2. Go back to Anca (1 segment) to learn Compel Soul, and use it on the dead soldier.
3. It needs a catalyst: grab Brencis's Banner from the banner stand by the pile of bodies, then question the corpse again. Your family is at the castle and will be drained in 30 days.
4. Clear the rubble at the village gate (7 segments; night falls). The prologue ends and the valley opens.

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Dead Man Talkin' — Use the Compel Soul witchcraft ability for the first time — the game walks you through it during the main quest ‘Smoke and Ashes’. Story-required, can't be missed.

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A Dawnwalker is Born — Finish the prologue and reach the open world during ‘Smoke and Ashes’. Automatic story unlock.

Towers, location trophies and the questlines in this region.

The valley is open and the 30-day clock is running. For the first few days, do housekeeping that costs almost no time and makes everything else faster.

Climb all 11 towers. Each one clears the fog and drops fast-travel points and activities on the map. Shadowstep or Planeshift up the walls instead of looking for stairs.

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Bird's-Eye View — Climb all 11 towers across the map — use Shadowstep and Planeshift at night to scale them, and each climb reveals nearby map points of interest. Full list in our tower-locations guide.

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Big-City Living — Visit Svartrau City for the first time — travel to the central city and it registers automatically.

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Tour Guide Training — Visit all 8 villages/settlements — each is its own map marker, so just travel to each to register it.

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Shadow Roamer — Travel 1,000 m total using Shadowstep, Planeshift or wolf-form Shapeshift. Shapeshift covers ground fastest; this racks up naturally as you explore.

While you roam, destroy Vrakhiri transports (the blood-cart convoys, unmarked until you're about 100 m away) and tear down Brencis's 5 flags. Both feed your Infamy.

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Delivery Delay — Destroy 8 of the 10 Vrakhiri Transports (enemy supply groups). They appear during certain Court Activities and stay unmarked until you're close, so watch for them as you roam.

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Capture the Flag — Tear down all 5 of Brencis's banners across Vale Sangora — exact positions are in our collectibles guide.

Nine easy trophies to get while you level.

Knock these out on trash mobs and roadside camps while you level. None are missable, but setting them up deliberately beats waiting for them to happen.

Combat is directional: attacks and blocks come from four directions and you match the enemy's to parry. For Untouchable, pick a slow single enemy and chain five perfect blocks.

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Untouchable — Land 5 perfect blocks in a row. On Duelist, read the enemy's swing direction; on Story a shield indicator shows the timing. (Don't drop difficulty if you're on an Uphill Battle run.)

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Better Safe than Sorry — Behead an enemy with Artery Strike while they're hexed with Burning Blood. Unlock/upgrade Artery Strike from its manuals, build 3 ability charges, then apply Burning Blood and follow with Artery Strike.

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Absolutely Insatiable — Have 3 passive abilities equipped at once. Mercurial Fervour and Shapeshift take passive slots — unlock one more passive to hit three.

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Balanced Diet — Drink blood to heal 10 times (only counts while you're missing health). Use Voracious Bite in combat, or bite animals at night, to build the count.

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Feral Hunger — At night with health critically low (one segment or less), lose control and drain an NPC outside combat — keep talking to innkeepers/tavern NPCs until the involuntary drain triggers. Don't unlock the Closing Wounds perk first: it heals you back to a full health segment and makes the drain very unlikely.

How to make each boss angry, every activity by name, and the boss quests step by step with the choices that matter.

The story is three boss questlines you can do in any order. Each boss gets angry as you clear his or her Court Activities (every activity costs about 3 segments). You need roughly 75% of a court's activities before the boss quest arrives. Check the anger meter in the Court menu. The usual order is Ambrus → Bakir → Xanthe.

Ambrus's court: Blood Transports (Bloody Business, Roadside Surprise), the Prisoner Processing Camp (Under Watchful Eyes), Leech Collectors (Bounty of the Mire, Wetland Helpers, Unsavoury Solutions), Prisoner Transports (Lucky Crossing, Fate's Mercy), Blood Cellars (Seeing Red, Uninvited, Trouble Brewing) and Dungeons (Judge and Executioner, Evil and Convenience, Twists and Turns).

Boss

The Gilded Gauntlet + The Bittersweet Toast

Southern Maragir~12 segments totalLevel 15+

1. Find the crucified peasant with Ambrus's duel challenge in southern Maragir.
2. Optional but recommended: meet Iulian Codrin at his hunting lodge (1 segment) to start ‘The Bittersweet Toast’. It poisons Ambrus before the duel.
3. Follow Iulian, read Vera's house and track her through the swamp to recover the ritual scroll. Optionally kill the Pale Ravager for its gland: dodge its spit sideways and its slam backwards.
4. Brew the poison with the salamander skins, adding the gland in secret if you want Iulian to live. Light the five pillars with Astral Communion, beating the skeletons after pillar 3 and the witch after pillar 5.
5. Make Iulian finish the brew and cast the hex. You now have 3 days to show up to the duel.
6. Ring the bell at night (2 segments) and fight Ambrus.

If you…	What happens
Let Ambrus drink the poison	He weakens all fight, and can even die to the poison alone.
Drink it yourself too	Both of you are poisoned; yours lasts about 10 segments after the quest.
Drain Ambrus at the end	You learn Scarlet Shield, get pulled into Anachora (Realmwalker), and his soul can help you against Brencis.
Kill him outright	No ability and no ally.

Ambrus's moves: spinning shadowstep plus overhead slash → dodge back; leaning shadowstep plus upward slice → dodge sideways; the advancing figure-8 spin → dodge several times in a row. Perfect-block, riposte, then claw. When he raises Scarlet Shield (grey diamond), stop attacking, because hits heal him. At the second break he glows red and teleports; turtle up.

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The Right Fist of the Knyaz — Defeat Ambrus in his duel — the first of the three main bosses. Full patterns in our boss guide; beating the trio drives your Infamy toward Throne of Thorns.

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Realmwalker — Enter Anachora for the first time. Earliest reliable way: drain Ambrus at the end of ‘The Gilded Gauntlet’ — his blood drags you into Anachora. Otherwise it's guaranteed in phase 2 of the final Brencis fight.

Bakir's court: Headhunters (Matter of Honour, Silent to the Grave, Smoke Them Out), Payoff Transports (Curious Shipment, Fool's Gold), Distilleries (Ends and Means, Coercion and Duress, Offshoot) and Pillories (Out of Love, Familiar Face — rescue Vasil in Parlita, Old Hand). When the meter is full, clear one more activity and his servant Farkas finds you.

Boss

The Lunar Game + The Ring

Lunar Manor6 segments (+1–3)Level 20+

1. Meet Farkas outside Lunar Manor and wait until the afternoon.
2. The games: talk to the Porcupine first so you don't have to fight him; in the trap-box riddle pick the left one; poison the Cockroach's liquor earlier so he drops instantly.
3. Get through the maze, take a coin from the competitors' bodies, and confront Bakir in his treasure room. The right dialogue gets him alone, away from his guards.
4. Beat Bakir with sword and Swordmastery: side-step his blood-line attacks and the bird projectiles.
5. ‘The Ring’: take the purple-gem ring from the small chest on the treasury's north shelf. Don't give it to Farkas; show it to Anca instead for an Epic Quick Fighter's Ring.

If you…	What happens
Kill Bakir	You loot Bakir's Armour, a Legendary chestpiece (useful for Gear of the Gods).
Drain him	You learn Shadowstorm, and he can be invited in as an ally.
Take the treasure deal instead	You fight him again later at Greifberg Castle.

Duelist tip: quicksave between every stage of the games, because one mistake can cost you the whole run of fights.

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The Mad Khan — Defeat Bakir during the games — the second main boss. Tactics in our boss guide.

Xanthe's court: Blood Guard Recruiters (Taste of Power, Just a Bit More, Come Home), Ancient Digsites (Unsealed Secrets, Malevolent Presence, Bloodied Dagger), Abducted Girls transports (Fair Maiden, Chosen One), Artefact Transports (Past Glory, When Two Dogs…), Blood Guard Mentors (Unquenchable Thirst, Teach with Pain, Loophole), the Gargoyle Manufacture (Home Sweet Home in Silts Tower) and the Cathedral Ritual (A Dubious Gift).

Boss

The Cycle of Love

Howling Keep (south)4 segmentsLevel 25+

1. Two soldiers bring you Xanthe's Lantern. Go to Howling Keep in the south, clear the entrance and place the lantern on the statue.
2. Mansion puzzle: carry the blue lanterns to the statues to make the red vines vanish, one room at a time.
3. Get the Key to the Kennels from underground, free Chariklea, and face Xanthe in the Kennels.
4. Grab the Relic of St. Dasius while you're in the keep. It's the guaranteed relic for the Arbiter's armour.

If you…	What happens
Drain her	You learn Blood Surge, needed for Make It Rain. She can join you against Brencis.
Spare her and take her deal	Her supernatural guards leave the castle finale. You can still get Blood Surge from the phial in the cathedral treasury.
Either way	The Dark Mistress pops.

Xanthe's fight: dodge her ground AoEs, and block the red tentacles, which only come from three directions. It has three health bars. Twice, as she passes a red marker, she summons blood orbs; smash them before they heal her.

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The Dark Mistress — Neutralise Xanthe, the third main boss. Beating her (and drinking her blood) also grants the Blood Surge used for Make It Rain — see the boss guide.

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Make It Rain — Trigger the Blood Surge active ability on a non-boss enemy for the explosion effect. You get Blood Surge by consuming Xanthe's blood (during/after her fight) or from the cathedral treasury.

The chains behind 7 trophies and three endings, with the exact dialogue that keeps them on track.

Side quests we found on the map

An Available Quest pin (“A new story starts here”) marks each side-quest giver. These are the ones we picked up, zoomed out and in. Scan the map for these icons after each story beat, because new ones keep appearing.

Follow the lights

These character chains are where most of the missable trophies are. Do them between court activities. Several have waiting periods (“come back tomorrow”) that cost nothing if you spend the time on courts.

Crake 7–8

Distant Shadows → A Closer Look

Tantari (day) → woods south of Svartrau3 + 1 segmentsMissable

1. Go to Tantari by day and find Ascar's hut (listen for bees in Focus Mode). Watch through the window, then tail him unseen: behind the cart by the hives (optionally use the bee smoker for 25 coins), behind the barrels, the second cart, then a tree when soldiers show up. Stepping in or not ends the same way.
2. Report to Marat. When Drogos appears, answer “I'll go talk to him”, or the chain stops here.
3. Find Marat alone in the forest south of Svartrau. Pick, in order: “May I join you, then?” → “I'm worried about you. What's wrong?” → “I know what this is about.” → “Ascar is your father.” → “Why?” → “Hey. Nothing you say can change the way I see you.”

A Closer Look fails if you wait 16 segments without talking to Marat. Go straight there.

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The Manumit — MISSABLE — In Crake's questline, finish the optional ‘Distant Shadows’ and ‘A Closer Look’ before his ending quest ‘Rise at Dawn’. Start the chain with ‘The Firebrand’.

Lacra 5

The Night of Horrors

Southern swamp shrine6–7 segmentsMissable trophy

1. Wait another day, talk to Lacra, then follow the wisps from the roadside shrine in the southern swamp.
2. Fight tatzelwurms, hellhounds and undead, and platform to the sarcophagus and the hidden cave.
3. Eat the mandrake when offered. It gives the Mandrake Ward perk (cheat death once a night) and this is the only way to get it. The romance scene is optional and gives Mesmerise.

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Misery Loves Company — MISSABLE — In Lacra's questline, complete the optional ‘The Night of Horrors’ before her ending quest ‘Midnight Reckoning’. Her chain starts with ‘A Friend Like This’ (a note near Svartrau's northeast wall).

Anca 4

Stronger Than Achilles

The ruins, straight after6 segments

1. Put your hand in the idol's mouth and choose [keep still], beat the miniboss, and open the stone door with Anca.
2. Use Astral Communion on the inscribed pillar and survive the statue waves, then decide at the Font.

If you…	What happens
Drink from the Font	Font of Life perk: passive health regen in daylight. Only available here.
Let Anca drink	Only changes the epilogue.
Destroy it	Ancient Greaves, Legendary trousers.

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Sins of the Past — MISSABLE — Complete all of Anca's quests — ‘Echoes of Silenced Bells’, ‘Between the Words’, ‘Where Old Devils Lie’, ‘Stronger Than Achilles’. Available right after the prologue at the Crossroads Inn.

Vicho 2

The Good Samaritan

Svartrau medic (daytime)1–2 segments

1. After A Study in Crimson, take the medicaments from the medic to the farm south of Svartrau.
2. Search the farm, deal with the two wolves in the south field, and inspect the body. The trophy pops right there.

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The Unquenchable Thirst — MISSABLE — Complete Vicho's quests: ‘A Study in Crimson’ (at his house or via Lacra), then ‘The Good Samaritan’. Pops after the second.

Ocha

The Heart Wants What It Wants

West-side tavern, Svartrau4 segments

1. Talk to Ocha, then break into Andrei's hideout (north Svartrau) at night and take Andrei's Ring from the desk chest.
2. Free the pigs to distract the guard and cast the spell at Andrei's window (or just kill him, which Ocha dislikes).
3. Meet her by the river outside the city. Catching three crayfish together is optional.

Both endings (she stays or goes home) give the trophy, as long as you didn't massacre the Uriash village.

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The Outcast — MISSABLE — Complete ‘The Heart Wants What It Wants’ by speaking to Ocha at the corner table of the tavern in the middle of Svartrau City — unlocks regardless of the outcome.

Sanzhani 2–5

The other Sanzhani jobs

After Good Home~7 segments total

1. Come Hither: north of Verda Marsh Guardpost Shrine. Follow the sound to the burrow and kill the murohn.
2. Burrow Sorrows: north of Boarback Trail Shrine. Clear the kobold burrow, take the charm, and loot Fear of the Wilds (Legendary amulet) from the chest.
3. Pearly and Precious: south of Small Bridge Shrine. Track the bandits and kill them. This unlocks the Sanzhana vendor who sells Silk Threads (6,500) for the Arbiter's armour.
4. Tiny Dancer: a marked building in central Svartrau. Take the Storekeep's Letter, ‘play’ the lute for the Merchant's Key, free the caged sanzhana, then loot Coat of Darkened Scales (Legendary chest) and the silver under the floorboards.

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The Tsarina's Favourite Human — MISSABLE — Complete all 5 Sanzhani quests — ‘Good Home’ (must be first), then ‘Come Hither’, ‘Burrow Sorrows’, ‘Pearly and Precious’ and ‘Tiny Dancer’.

Three trophies that chain together. Start collecting the materials mid-game.

Trophy chain

Forge It Anew

Uriash Hermitage Shrine blacksmith (Briar Sloughs)~14 segments

1. Shard 1 ‘Do Not Disturb’: Maragir Wealds. Follow the yellow marks into a kobold cave; it's on a broken altar.
2. Shard 2 ‘Hostile Takeover’: the cave marked with a white X. Kill the boss and take it from the nest.
3. Shard 3 ‘Executive Order’: a cave in St. Tyna's Grove. Follow the yellow clues to an enemy camp (level 25+) and take it from the tent.
4. Give the smith the three shards and the Broken Sword, then go to the cave northwest, touch the red orb in the ritual room and survive the waves.

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Arbiter's Blade — Complete the ‘Forge It Anew’ chain: finish ‘Night Terrors’ and ‘A Monk and a Saint’ to get the Broken Sword + 3 Sword Shards, take them to the Briar Sloughs blacksmith, then temper the sword in a cave for the legendary greatsword.

Trophy chain

A Bulwark Against Darkness

Letter after Infamy 4 · same blacksmith5 segments + materials

1. Relic of a Saint: St. Tyna's (Echoes of Silenced Bells) or St. Dasius's (guaranteed at Howling Keep in The Cycle of Love).
2. Bundle of Silk Threads: buy it from the Sanzhana vendor for 6,500 after Pearly and Precious.
3. Flask of Quicksilver: top floor of Silts Tower, after Home Sweet Home (gargoyle and puzzles).
4. Large Lizard Moult: the cave directly south of the Witchcraft vendor, between Briar Sloughs and Maragir Wealds.
5. Bring everything to the Uriash Hermitage smith, start the ritual and beat the waves.

The Large Lizard Moult cave

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Arbiter's Regalia — Complete ‘A Bulwark Against Darkness’ (after Infamy Level 4). Gather Large Lizard Moult (cave south of the Witchcraft vendor), an Amulet Relic (St. Tyna or St. Dasius), Flask of Quicksilver (top of Silts Tower after ‘Home Sweet Home’) and Silk Threads (6,500 coins from the Sanzhani Merchant after ‘Pearly and Precious’), then return to the Briar Sloughs blacksmith.

Gear of the Gods needs 8 legendary pieces at once: head, chest, hands, legs, feet, two rings and an amulet. Legendary sources from this walkthrough: the Arbiter's set (4 armour pieces); chests Isbrand's Plate, Coat of Darkened Scales and Bakir's Armour; the Ancient Greaves legs; the amulets Vicho's Cross and Fear of the Wilds. Blacksmiths can upgrade rarity, which is the easy way to finish the rings.

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Gear of the Gods — Equip all 8 legendary (gold-rarity) gear slots at once. The Arbiter's Blade and Regalia cover most; fill the rest with 2 legendary rings and a legendary amulet from drops/locations.

The two gold/timer trophies and the two city trophies that lock at Infamy 9.

Two things have to happen inside the 30 days, and two shops close when Infamy maxes out, so plan around both.

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Selfish — MISSABLE — Sell a Dried Fish to the fishmonger (the ‘Food Vendor’ in Svartrau City market) — buy one and resell it immediately. Must be done before Infamy Level 9 locks the city.

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Smuggler — MISSABLE — Cumulatively earn 1,000 denarii selling SILVER items to the sole silver trader in Svartrau City (needs Infamy ‘Notorious’/Level 4+). Do it before Infamy Level 9 seals the city gates.

Trophy · Gold

In the Nick of Time — MISSABLE — Reach any of the four main endings within 30 in-game days. Main quests only need ~7–10 days, so prioritise the story and you'll have a big buffer.

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Throne of Thorns — Reach Infamy Level 9 (max) — builds automatically through Court Activities and defeating the three main bosses (Ambrus, Bakir, Xanthe).

The save plan, the castle, the Brencis fight and the exact dialogue for every ending.

Once all three bosses are down, skip to the next day. The Infamy Edicts cutscene plays and Brencis sends his message: ‘A Deal with the Devil’. Make a manual save right here and never overwrite it. Every ending below comes from this save (or the saves before ‘Rise at Dawn’ / ‘Midnight Reckoning’).

Ending

The Turncoat — do this first, on Duelist

Shrike's Crag, nightNo final boss

1. Make sure you've reached the manumit hideout (Crake chain up to ‘Where Loyalty Lies’).
2. Light the signal fire at the tower brazier on Shrike's Crag at night.
3. Answer “I just want my family back” → “That sounds reasonable” → “I'll do it” → “It is what it is”. Any sword option starts a fight instead.
4. Fight the undead alongside Brencis to reach Pieter, then mark the hideout door at night.
5. Play the epilogue to the credits. The trophies pop at the end, not at the choice.

Trophy · Silver

The Turncoat — MISSABLE — An ending. You must already know where the manumit hideout is (Crake's questline up to ‘Where Loyalty Lies’). In ‘A Deal with the Devil’ at Shrike's Crag pick “I just want my family back” → “That sounds reasonable” → “I'll do it” → “It is what it is”, save Pieter, then mark the hideout door at night. Skips the Brencis fight — ideal for the Duelist run. The trophy pops after the credits.

Trophy · Gold

Uphill Battle — MISSABLE — Finish the game (saving the people of Laslea) on the Duelist difficulty preset without ever changing a difficulty setting — any tweak turns it into ‘Custom’ and voids the trophy. Start on Duelist and never touch the sliders.

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The Blood of Dawnwalker — Finish the story with any ending — pops the moment your first ending sequence completes.

There are four ways in: Planeshift up the walls at night (starts ‘A Lone Wolf's Hunt’), the Side Gate Key from the miniboss Gheorghe, Father Florin's secret knock (‘In the Name of the Father’: the house north of Svartrau's West Gate, drop into the ruins and hear his offer), or marching in with an ally (Lacra or Crake). Inside you meet a gargoyle in the courtyard, then whichever of Ambrus, Xanthe or Bakir you didn't finish for good. Xanthe's library needs you to find three corruption shafts behind the red banners.

Ending

The three fight endings

From the pre-finale saveAny difficulty

1. The Folk Hero: get into the castle alone (walls, side gate or Florin) and beat Brencis with no ally. Picking a sword option at the Shrike's Crag parley also leads here.
2. The Patricide: finish Lacra's chain including The Night of Horrors, start Midnight Reckoning at Westridge Outpost Tower, and in the throne room answer “Just draw your blade, Brencis.”
3. The Knyazmaker: finish Crake's chain including A Closer Look, wait two days after ‘Who Pulls the Strings’, tell Marat “I'm ready to march on Brencis's castle” (Rise at Dawn: rope down the cliff, the gargoyle, crank the outer gate), then in ‘Fall Before Dusk’ answer “Try, then, you bald f***”. Saving Catalin keeps Crake alive.

Both ally endings fail every unfinished quest when they start. Keep a save before each.

Our save chain, ending by ending: Save A (before the final quest) → The Turncoat → load A → The Folk Hero → load A → finish Crake's and Lacra's questlines (Anca's too) → new save B before the final quest → The Knyazmaker → load B → The Patricide → load B → Together Forever → load → A Hero They Deserve → load → cleanup.

Trophy · Silver

The Folk Hero — Defeat Brencis entirely solo in the final battle — no ally assistance.

Trophy · Silver

The Patricide — MISSABLE — An ending. Complete Lacra's questline (‘A Friend Like This’ → ‘Midnight Reckoning’), then defeat Brencis alongside her in the final battle.

Trophy · Silver

The Knyazmaker — MISSABLE — An ending. Complete Crake's questline (‘The Firebrand’ → ‘Rise at Dawn’), then beat Brencis with him as your ally.

Ending

The two secret endings

Anytime after the prologueSave first

1. Together Forever: at the top of Silts Tower, open the door (‘Home Sweet Home’, 4 segments). Inside you have no vampire powers. Rescue your mother (4 specters), then your siblings (3 specters), then beat the Keeper of Nightmares (parry, or Burning Blood to ground it). Do the full cycle four times and talk to your family. Save before the 4th boss, and lower the difficulty if the loops are too much.
2. To leave the dream instead, inspect the well during the loop, go through the cave and church, then help the priest remember his sermon (Alin → Esme → Coen in Focus Mode) to escape the dream and claim the Astrologer's Ring.
3. A Hero They Deserve: at night in Briar Sloughs, on the west side of the map, find the broken bridge with the open gate. Planeshift and Shadowstep up the canyon walls to it and choose [leave the valley forever].

Trophy · Bronze

Together Forever — MISSABLE — An ending. In Silts Tower (far south), interact with the top-floor door and choose ‘[open the door]’; clear two enemy groups + a gargoyle boss, repeat the cycle 4 times, then speak to the family on the 5th cycle to trigger it.

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A Hero They Deserve — On the west side of the map in Briar Sloughs, find the broken bridge with an open gate at night; use Planeshift and Shadowstep to climb the canyon walls to it, then pick ‘[leave the valley forever]’.

Level 50, the three Ultimate Perks, Mastery and the money trophy.

Reload a pre-finale save and keep playing past day 30. The valley stays open and there's no clock pressure. Clear every remaining activity and side quest for XP.

Trophy · Silver

Glass Ceiling — Reach character level 50 (max). The story alone won't get you there — keep going past the 30-day mark and clear side content.

Trophy · Bronze

Master of Arms — MISSABLE — Spend at least 35 skill points on Swordmastery PERKS (not Abilities), then buy one of the tree's three Ultimate Perks with 4 more points. Manual-save and reload to allocate efficiently.

Trophy · Bronze

Arch Warlock — MISSABLE — Spend 35+ points on Witchcraft perks, then unlock one Ultimate Perk (4 more points). Same save-and-reload planning trick.

Trophy · Bronze

Creature of the Night — MISSABLE — Reach Corruption level 15 (max) by drinking blood (combat or consumables), then unlock an Ultimate Perk in the Vampirism tree (no 35-point requirement here).

Trophy · Bronze

Mastery — MISSABLE — Fully upgrade any single Ability (Swordmastery, Witchcraft or Vampirism) to max through repeated acquisition.

Trophy · Bronze

Miser — Hold 5,000 denarii at once — sell vendor trash and old gear as you go and this comes naturally.