The Blood of Dawnwalker Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs

Combat and progression

• Healing and Crafting — Compare two already-learned ointment recipes, hold the crafting prompt, and prepare separate human and vampire healing quick slots.
• Permanent health potion — Complete The Hedgehog Herb in Oghasti, grow the Razkovniche Plant and get the elixir for permanent human and vampiric health bonuses.
• PC graphics settings — Use a documented PC graphics starting point, compare daytime and nighttime scenes, and distinguish higher FPS from persistent frame-time stutter.
• Witchcraft manual locations — Find documented routes for eight Witchcraft ability manuals, including Ancient Circles, Bear Trouble, the convent and Life Lock’s quest gate.
• Leveling and progression — Work out whether your next improvement needs XP, a Skill Point, a manual, upgraded equipment or Corruption, then plan and verify the next step.

Quests and choices

• Forge It Anew — Find all three sword shards, recover St. Mihai’s broken sword, reach the Uriashi blacksmith and finish the ritual for the Imbued Sword of St. Mihai.
• Withering Away — Find Anca, choose whether to stay for Page-Turner, prepare the correct medicine for Esme and finish Withering Away before the Blood Mass.
• A Dubious Gift — Follow the daytime deacon and almshouse route in A Dubious Gift, find the blocked wing, and return for the Svartrau Cathedral Library Key.
• Endings — Compare the reported Dawnwalker ending routes, prepare manual saves before committing, and understand the 30-day timeout and early-ending branches.
• Home Sweet Home — Find the well that breaks Home Sweet Home, follow the church memory order, and keep a save if you also want the Together Forever ending.
• Brencis Castle Entry — Compare three ways into Greifberg Castle: nighttime traversal, Father Florin’s side-door access, or the Rabid Duke’s key. Save before entering.
• The Bittersweet Toast — Find Vera’s ritual instructions, decide on the Tatzelwurm Gland, light the five pillars, and track the reported three-day deadline for Ambrus’s duel.
• The Night of Horrors — Follow Lacra’s exploration route after Our Rotten Roots, navigate the sunken crypt and collect The Vrakhir. Romance and Mesmerise unlock conditions remain outside this guide.
• The Heart Wants What It Wants — Find Andrei’s Ring by the night balcony route and hand the correct memento to Ocha. Compare the reported lethal branches without an unverified day-to-night hex sequence.
• Court activities — Find selected Court activities, check their time costs, and finish the barrels, prisoners or documents that combat alone can leave unresolved.
• Bear Trouble — Follow the marked trail, defeat the bear and inspect the sacred stone to finish A Pilgrimage for Power: Bear Trouble and obtain its manual.
• Watermill Hills wisp treasure — Find the wisps above Sloughside Mill, follow the forest route and check the treasure interaction’s time cost before finishing the hunt.
• The Firebrand and Mert — Reach Mert before the deadline, keep your weapons, use the prison back exit and follow Shadows in the Woods to the first Manumit meeting.
• A Monk and a Saint — Solve Albertus’s charcoal conversation, find the chalice and library clues, and open Mihai’s crypt through the daytime cathedral route.
• A Bulwark Against Darkness — Locate the four Arbiter armor materials, clear the named Silk Threads and Quicksilver prerequisites, and check the smith’s final reward.
• A Study in Crimson — Reach Vicho’s house, follow the murder investigation and use a documented dialogue route to spare him in the later confrontation.
• Echoes of Silenced Bells — Find the Monastery Keys and St. Tyna’s necklace, clear a path for Anca, then finish the convent library and catacomb objectives.
• The Champion of Old — At the fresco objective, find the Maragir Wealds entrance, cut through its vines, inspect the chamber murals and collect Erkas’s Sword.

Boss encounters

• Munch-Munch — Read Munch-Munch’s red-skull spray and retreat-to-leap cues, reset your defence, then finish the separate Hostile Takeover nest pickup.
• Mihai — Recognize Mihai’s close-range reappearance, answer his sword indicators and take short counters before continuing the Broken Sword quest.
• Brencis final boss — Recognize Brencis’s two final-fight forms, respond to attack icons and long-range attacks, and identify the transition and combat finish.

Equipment and exploration

• Armor Proficiency — Remove medium and heavy armor penalties in The Blood of Dawnwalker. Find Second Skin manuals, compare rank costs, and check your learning progress.
• The Kingslayer — Find The Kingslayer on the riverbank west of Svartrau, check the buried loot spot, and read its defensive bonuses without assuming fixed item stats.
• Gladius — Reach the Gladius chest above the Beast of Balaur cave at night, find the nearby blood phial, and check the weapon separately from the quest reward.
• Movement and Sprinting — Use Mercurial Fervour by day and Shapeshift by night, trigger Haste from a sprint, and check form, learning state and stamina if it stops.
• Inventory and Storage — Free inventory weight with shrine storage, selling or destruction. Learn why Sell All Junk leaves valuables behind and what to do with silver.
• Equipment Upgrades — Use a vendor’s equipment upgrade preview, compare the target level and Denarii cost, and separate item upgrades from armor proficiency.
• Scouting towers — Locate Dawnwalker’s 11 scouting towers, plan the night climb, and inspect the surrounding landmarks to reveal points of interest.
• Merchants and trading — Choose the right vendor for upgrades, manuals or supplies, and find selected Svartrau and village shops with their known access conditions.
• The Hand of Fate — Find the Treasury Key and Stone Key, then open the hidden Ancient Ruin coffin for The Hand of Fate. The captured sources disagree on its rarity, so the comparison note keeps both labels with their provenance.
• Sangoran Wayfarer set — Claim the Sangoran Wayfarer early-unlock reward after Smoke and Ashes, find its three pieces, and check armour class and proficiency before equipping.