A Lone Wolf's Hunt is the solo Greifberg finale. It begins when Coen enters Greifberg Castle without Lacra or Crake as his finale ally. If you continue through the castle and defeat Brencis on your own, you reach The Folk Hero. Brencis can still offer deal or betrayal outcomes during the quest, so entering the castle alone does not lock every possible resolution.
Recommended: make a manual save before you enter Greifberg Castle. The Brencis conversation is the point of no return for several resolutions.
How it starts
Enter Greifberg Castle alone
Final boss
Brencis — solo route
The Folk Hero
Defeat Brencis yourself
Can the route change?
Yes — the Brencis conversation can change the resolution
Enter Greifberg Castle without Lacra or Crake accompanying you on their finale routes. The journal frames it exactly that way: confronting Brencis without anyone’s help is risky, but not impossible.
You do not need to have committed to The Folk Hero. This is the solo finale quest; the resolution you pick in front of Brencis is what decides the actual ending. Entering alone is the entry condition, not the ending.
What actually starts the quest
Keep one thing separate in your head: entering the castle alone is the trigger, and the way you got inside is only the entry method. Father Florin, the side gate key, and a night crossing over the wall all reach the same quest.
The journal lists the side entrance as an objective, but it is marked optional — which is the game telling you that the castle can be entered another way. Here are the known routes, and what to do if one of them is unavailable.
The journal path is not every valid path. Because the side entrance objective is optional, a wall crossing is a legitimate solo entry rather than a missed objective.
Side entrance — side gate key
The side gate key opens the quiet way into Greifberg without fighting through the front. The key once belonged to a robber baron who served at the castle, and the baron connected to it is Gheorghe Racovitza, the bandit-camp leader under Xanthe’s protection.
Side entrance — Father Florin’s line
Working with Father Florin gives you a second way to reach the side entrance. His chain runs through In the Name of the Father and A Hero’s End, where he asks you to undergo a trial before he helps you against Brencis.
Over the wall at night
At night, vampiric traversal lets you cross the castle wall instead of using the gate at all. The journal never lists this as its own objective, so treat it as an alternate route rather than a step you missed.
The side gate key is a quest item. Its in-game description ties it to a robber baron who served at the castle under Knyaz Skender, and the baron named in the connected bandit-camp record is Gheorghe Racovitza. If you have already dealt with his camp and the key is in your inventory, this is your cleanest way in.
Recorded source
Gheorghe Racovitza, the robber baron whose key this once was
The map marker shows the quest objective’s target area, not the exact door or the baron’s current position.
Yes. A night approach with vampiric traversal gives you another solo way into Greifberg Castle, and the quest does not require the side entrance objective to be completed first.
If the side gate will not open and Father Florin’s chain is behind you, wait for night and cross the wall. Review the journal afterwards: the castle objectives continue from the courtyard.
Pick the situation that matches your save. This only changes how you get inside, never which ending you can reach.
Your current situation
Open the side entrance on the map first. The objective marker shows the area, and the item page explains the key.
Father Florin is not required. The side gate key is not required. Neither is the wall crossing. You need one of them.
Once you are inside, the quest is a castle run. The objectives below mirror the journal order, and the ones that depend on earlier choices are marked as conditional.
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Conditional objective
The quest adapts. Boyars you left alive may appear during your Greifberg assault rather than blocking A Lone Wolf’s Hunt entirely, because their objectives are added into the castle flow instead of gating it.
Defeating all three Boyars beforehand is recommended preparation, never a quest requirement. A Lone Wolf’s Hunt is deliberately reachable without clearing them.
| Boyar | Earlier state | Greifberg effect |
|---|---|---|
| ambrus | Still alive | Can be added as a fight inside the inner keep. |
| bakir | Still alive | Can be added on the dungeon leg, standing between you and Brencis. |
| xanthe | Alive or unknown | Can change the throne-room encounter and add her nightmare loop objective. |
Earlier Boyar outcomes can also alter parts of the final Brencis encounter, so a Boyar you left standing is a fight you are choosing to have later.
The castle objectives can send you to more than one place before you find him. Follow the current objective rather than guessing a fixed room: the journal moves between the throne room, the dungeons and the underground sanctuary.
The conversation is the real decision point of this quest, and it splits into two directions. This is also where solo entry stops being the whole story.
Four recorded lines appear in this conversation. Two record a betrayal immediately, and two only start one. They matter to the epilogue, so they kept their own page — the summary below is here so you recognise them.
| Visible line | Target | Reads as | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| I killed Lacra. | Lacra | Direct | Records the strongest Lacra betrayal straight away. |
| I can lead you to your sworn enemy – Lacra. | Lacra | Starts a route | Starts the Lacra betrayal, and can still escalate later. |
| The rebels failed because of me. | Crake (Marat) / Manumits | Direct | Records the strongest Manumit betrayal straight away. |
| I know where the rebels are hiding. | Crake (Marat) / Manumits | Starts a route | Starts the Manumit betrayal, and can still escalate later. |
Lacra · Direct
I killed Lacra.
Records the strongest Lacra betrayal straight away.
Lacra · Starts a route
I can lead you to your sworn enemy – Lacra.
Starts the Lacra betrayal, and can still escalate later.
Crake (Marat) / Manumits · Direct
The rebels failed because of me.
Records the strongest Manumit betrayal straight away.
Crake (Marat) / Manumits · Starts a route
I know where the rebels are hiding.
Starts the Manumit betrayal, and can still escalate later.
A dialogue line reporting a death is not proof that it caused one, and Lacra and the Manumits stay separate — never add them into one betrayal score.
The journal records four possible endings to this quest. Use this table to translate what the journal told you into the ending name a player actually recognises.
Quest resolution is not the same thing as the main ending name. The resolution is what happened at Greifberg; the ending is the conclusion the whole finale resolves to.
| Quest resolution | Main ending | Family |
|---|---|---|
| The Folk Hero | Saved | |
| The Folk Hero | Dead, then avenged | |
| The Turncoat | Released | |
| The Turncoat | Released | |
| Quest still open | Depends on the Brencis resolution | Unknown |
The Folk Hero
Brencis is dead and the family is saved
Family: Saved
The Folk Hero
Brencis is dead and the family is avenged
Family: Dead, then avenged
The Turncoat
Agreement after sharing Manumit information
Family: Released
The Turncoat
Agreement after sharing Lacra information
Family: Released
Quest resolution is not the same thing as the main ending name. The resolution is what happened at Greifberg; the ending is the conclusion the whole finale resolves to.
No. Starting A Lone Wolf’s Hunt only means you entered the Greifberg finale alone. To get The Folk Hero you must actually defeat Brencis on your own. The conversation in front of him can resolve the quest by agreement before that happens, and an agreement does not award this ending.
Yes, but family survival is a separate state from The Folk Hero ending itself. The quest records solo-Brencis outcomes where the family is saved and others where Coen avenges a family that is already dead — and both of those are still The Folk Hero.
Family saved
The journal says you freed Vale Sangora and saved your family, though not everyone came through untouched.
Family avenged
The journal says Brencis is dead and the family is avenged instead of saved. The ending name does not change; the epilogue does.
Family state never chooses the ending. It only changes what the epilogue shows, which is why the ending calculator asks about it on a separate layer.
Yes. Defeat Brencis rather than accepting an agreement, and the solo victory satisfies the condition. This is the classic way to reach it, though the parley in A Deal with the Devil can also produce a solo kill.
You fight the normal encounter alone, and there is no ally to split his attention.
Pick the problem that matches you, then run the checks.
These answers are stored on this device and shared with the ending calculator. Add them before you leave the page and the calculator can tell you which ending you are heading toward, which are still available, and what would have to change.
Solo Greifberg entry
Entry method not recorded — the solo finale is still active
Brencis resolution
Quest still open
Family state
Unknown
0 facts saved
Nothing saved yet — pick your entry route and resolution above.
| type | Ending Quest |
|---|---|
| finaleRoute | Solo finale |
| location | Greifberg Castle |
| giver | None — the objective is created by entering alone |
| trigger | Enter Greifberg Castle without Lacra or Crake as your finale ally |
| timeCost | 0 — the journal records no deadline |
| mainEnding | The Folk Hero, if Brencis is defeated alone |
| alternates | Agreements resolve into The Turncoat |
| family | Varies — saved or avenged |
| impact | Very high |
These are the journal entries and objective names as the game records them. The journal lists the side entrance as optional, which is why other solo entries still work.
Confronting and defeating Brencis without anyone's help will be risky, but not impossible. With a bit of luck, I may be able to surprise the vrakhir – and finally make him answer for everything he's done to us.
Enter Greifberg Castle alone, without Lacra or Crake as your finale ally.
No. Their absence is the whole point of the solo route. Bringing either of them moves the finale onto a different ending.
No. Father Florin provides one way to use the side entrance, but the side gate key provides another route and a night wall crossing provides a third.
It is linked to Gheorghe Racovitza, the robber baron whose key it once was. The item description ties it to a baron who served at the castle under Knyaz Skender.
Yes. At night, vampiric traversal can put you inside without using the side entrance at all. The side entrance objective is optional, so this is a real route.
No. Ambrus, Bakir and Xanthe can join the assault as dynamic encounters. Clearing them first is preparation, not a requirement.
No. The quest only means you entered the finale alone. The ending needs Brencis defeated by you.
Defeat Brencis rather than accepting an agreement. The solo victory is what the ending checks.
Yes. The quest has two agreement resolutions, one built on Lacra and one built on the Manumits, and both resolve the finale into The Turncoat.
Yes, in some resolutions. Family survival is a separate outcome from the ending name.
Yes. The quest records a solo-Brencis resolution where the family is avenged instead of saved, and it still resolves as The Folk Hero.
The journal records no time-sensitive objectives for this quest, so it does not spend days on its own.
Before you enter Greifberg Castle, and again before the Brencis conversation, because that conversation decides between a kill and an agreement.
Brencis betrayal choices
Compare all four recorded lines and what each one writes.
The Folk Hero
The ending behind a solo Brencis kill, and what does not unlock it.
The Turncoat
Where an agreement with Brencis during this quest leads.
A Deal with the Devil
The parley that can also produce a solo kill.
Brencis
Who he is, and what he wants from Coen.
All endings
The seven endings and how they are decided.
Ending calculator
Turn your saved facts into an ending name.
Fall Before Dusk
The Manumit finale route, if you brought Crake instead.
Side Gate Key to Greifberg Castle
The map marker shows the quest objective’s target area, not the exact door or the baron’s current position.