QUEST ORDER · TIME · MISSABLES
Prioritize timed quests, character routes and ending-impact decisions without following one rigid checklist.
Do now(1)
Time-sensitive or route-critical.
Time-sensitive · Ending impact
Do now
Vicho · Side quest
Why now
This quest has a confirmed timer and day-phase failure condition.
Watch the blood-delivery timer and any day/night phase window. No invented day count.
Do next(5)
Important for the selected character / route.
Romance · Ending impact
Do next
Marat · Side quest
Why now
This quest contains a missable romance commitment.
The romance commit is [kiss him back], not the first kiss.
Character death · Conditional · Ending impact
Do next
Marat · Main quest
Why now
This quest can change character survival.
“No! Stop!” keeps Catalin alive in this decision. Stay Silent is conditional.
Check first(2)
Outcome depends on a condition we cannot safely infer from the information entered.
Early exit · Ending impact
Check first
Early exit ending
Why now
This ending is available after the prologue and before the main finale lock.
Choose [leave the valley forever] to start the early ending. [stay in the valley] continues the run.
Conditional · Ending impact
Check first
Lacra · Main quest
Why now
One visible accept-offer line is not treated as an automatic betrayal. Exact public rules stay unpublished.
Do not treat a single visible accept-offer line as a guaranteed Brencis Pact.
No verified time pressure(1)
No currently verified urgent lockout.
Romance · Ending impact · Character death
No verified time pressure
Anca · Side quest
Why now
This quest sets Anca-related Font and survival states.
Font lines: “If it’s alright with you – I’ll use it.” / “Go ahead. Make what you will with it.” / “We should just destroy it.” Font-use is not the Anca romance commit.
This is a priority route, not the only valid quest order.
01 — Time first
Time-sensitive
02 — Protect character routes
Romance · Survival
03 — Review major decisions
Ending impact
04 — Then advance the story
Main story
Sometimes only one timer, dialogue or character state needs attention now. Resolve the risky state first, then return later if the rest has no verified urgency.
A Study in Crimson has verified blood-delivery timer and day-phase failure states. Treat those objectives as urgent when the quest is active.
A Closer Look is the missable Marat commitment quest. The first kiss is not the commit.
Fall Before Dusk includes the throne-room survival split for Marat and Catalin.
A Deal with the Devil can commit the Brencis route. A Lone Wolf’s Hunt records betrayals used later.
Early
Mid
Late
Finale
Finish prologue
Check timed quests
Pick character priority
Resolve romance / survival
Review route-changing choices
Advance main story
Run missable check again
A Study in Crimson
Time-sensitiveDo now
Risk
Timer / day phase
Why
This quest has a confirmed timer and day-phase failure condition.
Open GuideA Closer Look
MissableDo next
Risk
Romance opportunity
Why
This quest contains a missable romance commitment.
Open GuideFall Before Dusk
Major choiceCheck before continuing
Risk
Character survival
Why
This quest can change character survival.
Open GuideWorth checking during confirmed day states
Worth checking during confirmed night states
This list only marks verified phase ties. It is not an order to finish every night quest tonight.
Result
empty
We need to know your current quest / time state.
There is no single mandatory order. Prioritize confirmed time-sensitive objectives and the character or ending routes you care about.
Start with quests carrying verified time, missable, romance or character-survival risks.
Some quest states can fail through timers or day/night conditions.
Not necessarily. The important part is resolving confirmed time-sensitive or route-locking states before pushing beyond their window.
The branching and time systems mean some outcomes compete with each other. Plan around the quests and character states you care about most.
It can indirectly matter when order changes which timed, romance, survival or route-related states you resolve before progressing.