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PROLOGUE · LOW-SPOILER WALKTHROUGH

The Blood of Dawnwalker Prologue Walkthrough

Follow the opening step by step without spoiling what comes later. Choices, missables and progression warnings only appear when they matter.

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Spoilers: Progression only

Spoilers
  1. Morning chores
  2. Find Anca
  3. Bring the herbs back
  4. Train with Pieter
  5. Pass time until sunset
  6. Blood Mass
  7. Prologue Complete

These steps follow the journal order of Withering Away, then sword practice, then Blood Mass. The site has not verified a unique hard lock between those quests.

The valley around the opening village, used to place the prologue before the map opens up.

Where are you stuck?

Do before sunset

What Should You Do Before Sunset?

Finish Withering Away before deliberately advancing to sunset. The herb chain is daytime and time-sensitive. If Anca is not home, keep following the active “Look for Anca” objective, then return with her herbs and read the recipe before moving on.

  1. Obtain the medicinal herbs from Anca
  2. Find Anca if she isn't at home
  3. Follow her back
  4. Return the herbs to Pieter
  5. Read Anca's recipe
  6. Only then advance the main story to sunset

The exact mixing steps for Anca’s recipe are not confirmed, so this walkthrough does not invent spoon counts or water temperature.

If Anca is missing, stay on the journal objectives “Look for Anca” and “Follow Anca”. A street-by-street path is not published here until it is captured in-game.

Withering Away

Step 1·Withering Away

Morning chores

Your father has a list of chores ready.

Do thisSplit logs for firewood, add the firewood to the stove, then pick up your sword.

Show important choices

What matters hereThe journal treats the firewood and sword as required before the morning continues.

Optional before continuing

Take your clothes out of the storage chest if you want them. This is marked optional.

Before continuingNo verified missable warning for this step.No verified missable warning for this step.

Look for

  • the house stove
  • the woodpile
  • the storage chest
  • your sword

Step 2·Withering Away

Find Anca

Obtain medicinal herbs from Anca.

Do thisLook for Anca at her home. If she is not there, keep the “Look for Anca” objective active and follow her until you can take the herbs.

Show important choices

What matters hereThe herbs are the required item for the next objective. This chain is daytime and time-sensitive.

Before continuingNo verified missable warning for this step.This decision matters later.The journal records two later states: the herbs reach Pieter in time, or they do not and your mother faces Brencis at her weakest.

Look for

  • Anca's home
  • the follow path
  • the herb handoff

Step 3·Withering Away

Bring the herbs back

Bring the herbs back to Pieter and read the recipe from Anca.

Do thisReturn to Pieter with the herbs and read Anca’s recipe before you pass time until sunset.

Show important choices

What matters hereThis closes the required herb objective on Withering Away. Do not advance to sunset until the recipe has been read.

Before continuingNo verified missable warning for this step.This decision matters later.If the herbs are given, the journal hopes your mother stays safe. If they are not in time, she faces Brencis at her weakest.

Look for

  • Pieter
  • the herb delivery
  • Anca’s recipe

Like Father, Like Son

Step 4·Like Father, Like Son

Train with Pieter

Follow Pieter, then train with him.

Do thisFollow Pieter to the practice spot and complete the sword training.

Show important choices

What matters hereThe journal treats the follow and train objectives as the required path for this quest.

Before continuingNo verified missable warning for this step.No verified missable warning for this step.One journal ending records that there was no time to cross blades and that Father was not pleased. The site has not mapped that state to a later lockout.

Look for

  • Pieter
  • the practice clearing

Sacred Covenant

Step 5·Sacred Covenant

Pass time until sunset

Blood Mass is tonight. Pass time until sunset.

Do thisAdvance the opening day until sunset. The journal marks this as a Day objective.

Show important choices

What matters hereThe opening day is divided into eight parts. Some prologue objectives spend that opening-day time. This walkthrough does not treat a 30-day start node as verified.

Optional before continuing

Go back to Pieter to wait till the Mass. This is marked optional.

Before continuingNo verified missable warning for this step.No verified missable warning for this step.

Look for

  • sunset / pass-time
  • Pieter if you wait with him

Step 6·Sacred Covenant

Blood Mass

Sit in the pew next to Pieter and Esme.

Do thisGo to the church at night and sit in the pew next to Pieter and Esme.

Show important choices

What matters hereThis is the required night objective for Sacred Covenant.

Optional before continuing

Talk with other villagers. This is marked optional and is not treated as a major choice.

Before continuingNo verified missable warning for this step.This decision matters later.The journal records two Mass endings: if the herbs reached Pieter, your mother made it through Mass; if they did not, she is dead by Brencis’s hand.

Look for

  • the church
  • the pew beside Pieter and Esme
Show important choices

Important Choices

Flavour dialogue is not highlighted. Only confirmed later-relevant states are listed here.

Major choice ahead

Get the herbs to Pieter before Blood Mass

Herbs deliveredThe recipe is read and the herb objective closes.

Herbs not in timeThe journal keeps the failed delivery state into Mass.

Show consequences

If the herbs arrive, the journal hopes your mother stays safe and later records that she made it through Mass. If they do not, she faces Brencis at her weakest and is dead by his hand.

Major choice ahead

Enter Not — where the figurine goes

FlorinThe figurine is taken to Florin.

Laslea churchThe figurine is taken to the Laslea church.

Show consequences

The journal records the two destinations. A later lockout from this choice is not treated as verified here.

Do You Need to Explore Everything During the Prologue?

Required objectives move the opening forward. Optional content is listed separately so a first run can stay on the journal path.

Required

Must do to progress

  • Withering Away required chores, herbs and return
  • Like Father, Like Son follow and train
  • Sacred Covenant sunset and pew

Optional

Useful but not required

Missable

Check before moving on

  • The herb delivery before Blood Mass is the only verified character-state warning in this opening.

Can You Miss Anything in the Prologue?

Only production-supported risks are listed. Unverified pickups are not treated as missables.

Character state

Withering Away records whether the herbs reach Pieter in time. That state is visible again at Blood Mass.

Enter Not sends the figurine to Florin or the Laslea church. That is a destination choice, not a verified later lockout.

Before You Leave the Prologue

  • Main required objectives complete
  • Important choice reviewed
  • Missable warning checked
  • Optional content reviewed
  • Ready for post-prologue progression
The same valley after the opening sequence — use this as the handoff into post-prologue planning.

Prologue Complete

Prologue Complete

The game opens up from here. Before spending more time, check the quests and character routes that matter to your playthrough.

What Should You Do Next?

  1. 1Check how the time system works
  2. 2Review current missable / timed quests
  3. 3Choose the character or route you care about
  4. 4Build your first quest priority list
What Should I Do Next?Understand the clockCheck what can be missedDecide what to do first

What matters most in this run?

This is an entry into Quest Order, not a second planner.

Prologue Not Progressing?

These checks are quest conditions, not crash or save-repair steps.

Objective won't update

  • The previous objective is still open
  • The required interaction has not been used
  • The relevant NPC is not in the required state

NPC isn't there

  • The current stage matches the NPC you are looking for
  • Day or night matches the journal line when it specifies one
  • The previous dialogue or follow step is finished

Can't interact

  • The active objective matches this interaction
  • The required item or state is present

Don't know where to go

  • Use the current journal objective text
  • Match the landmark listed on that step
  • If Anca is missing, the journal first sends you to look for her, then follow her

FAQ

What should you do first?
Follow the required prologue objectives first; optional content and important warnings are separated in the walkthrough so you can decide how much to explore.
What should you do before sunset?
Finish Withering Away: obtain Anca’s herbs, follow her if she is not home, return them to Pieter, and read the recipe. Only then pass time until sunset.
Can you miss anything in the prologue?
The walkthrough flags only verified missable or irreversible states at the step where they matter.
Are there important choices in the prologue?
Any confirmed consequential decision is marked separately from normal dialogue.
What should you do after the prologue?
Check the time system and current missables, then use the quest-order guide to prioritize the route you care about.
Does time pass during the prologue?
The opening day is divided into eight parts, and some prologue objectives spend that opening-day time. Whether the 30-day run starts at a specific prologue moment is not treated as verified here.

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