Overview
The Blood of Dawnwalker features 46 Steam Achievements. This guide provides information on how to unlock them, along with a roadmap for efficient completion.
Difficulty: 5/10
Time to Complete: 40-60 hours
Missable Achievements: 18 (but save management makes all obtainable in one playthrough)
Achievement Roadmap
Step 1: Start on Duelist Difficulty and Complete Prologue
Your first step should be to start on Duelist difficulty and complete the Prologue until you reach the open world. During the Prologue quest Withering Away, make the correct medicine for Esme (your mother) by using hot water and three spoonfuls of herbs. If you don't complete this quest before time runs out, she will die.
Step 2: Visit Towers to Unfog Map Icons
After the Prologue, you will have full access to the open world. First, buy the skills "Shapeshift" (Vampirism) and "Mercurial Fervor" (Witchcraft). They let you run much faster. At night, climb the 11 Towers to mark all points of interest on the map. At night you'll have full access to your vampirism skills, especially Shadowstep which lets you climb up walls.
Step 3: Complete Court Activities, Defeat 3 Main Bosses
The Story goal is to save your family from Brencis within 30 in-game days. You do this by completing the Court Activities from the 3 main bosses (Ambrus, Bakir, Xanthe). After defeating all 3 bosses you receive the ending quest. Each Court Activity advances time by a little bit. You have to do roughly 75% of the Court Activities to raise the anger level of the bosses to the maximum, then you get their boss fight quest.
Step 4: Complete First Ending on Duelist
After defeating the 3 main bosses, you should be at maximum infamy. Skip time until the next day to get the cutscene where the Infamy Edicts are being read out, then you will get a message from Brencis. Make a manual save before the final quest. For your first ending, agree to Brencis's deal for The Turncoat ending. This lets you skip the final boss fight, which is the easiest choice on Duelist difficulty.
Step 5: Complete Other Endings
After the ending, reload the save from before the final quest. Now that you got the Duelist achievement, you can lower the difficulty to Story to make the cleanup easier. Refer to the Endings Guide to trigger all Ending achievements.
Step 6: Reach Level 50, Unlock Ultimate Perks
The main achievement that remains is reaching level 50. Reload your save before the endings and clean up all side content to reach level 50. You can keep playing past the 30 day limit, the side content will remain available.
Missable Achievements
There are 18 missable achievements in The Blood of Dawnwalker. However, with proper save management, nothing is truly missable:
- Keep plenty of manual saves throughout the game (54 save slots available)
- Save in a different manual slot every in-game day
- Use quicksaves before combat encounters
- The most missable requirement is rescuing your family within 30 days for "In the Nick of Time"
Collectibles and Map Markers
- 11 Towers - Unlocks "Bird's-Eye View" achievement
- 5 Brencis's Banners - Unlocks "Capture the Flag" achievement
- 8 Villages (Settlements) - Unlocks "Tour Guide Training" achievement
- 10 Vrakhiri Transports - Unlocks "Delivery Delay" achievement
- 111 Shrines - Fast Travel Points
- 13 Ancient Circles -
- 15 Bandit Camps -
- 6 Curious Houses -
- 4 Haunted Sites -
- 32 Monster Lairs -
- 14 Persons in Danger -
Quick Links
Sources
This page was compiled using information from:
- Powerpyx Achievement Guide
- Fextralife Blood of Dawnwalker Wiki