All Quest List In The Blood of Dawnwalker – Main Quests, Side Quests & More

TL;DR

• The Blood of Dawnwalker has one main goal: save your family from Brencis within 30 in-game days.
• There are Prologue quests, 41 Court Activities, and dozens of side quests spread across multiple regions.
• Time only moves when you do quests or take certain actions — it does not tick on its own.
• Prologue quests are missable — complete them before the Blood Mass.
• Recommended boss order is Ambrus → Bakir → Xanthe before facing Brencis.
• The game has 7 different endings — keep a manual save before the final quest.

The All Quest List in The Blood of Dawnwalker is something every player needs to check early. This game from Rebel Wolves does not hand you a tidy checklist. You have one overarching goal: save your family from Brencis, the vampire lord. The main quest is marked by a day countdown because you have 30 days to rescue Coen’s family. Within that window, there are prologue quests, side quests, Court Activities, and character questlines to handle across many regions. Some are missable. Some affect the ending you get. This guide gives you the full picture — every quest category, every region, and what you should not skip. If you want to check out how the story begins, read our Prologue Walkthrough for The Blood of Dawnwalker first. For a bigger picture look at the game before diving in, our Blood of Dawnwalker review covering the time limit mechanic and open world is worth a read too.

How Quests Work In The Blood of Dawnwalker

After the prologue, you reach the open world and can do quests in any order. The story goal is to work through the Court Activities menu and provoke the three vampiric vassals — Ambrus, Bakir, and Xanthe — into duels. Defeat all three to draw out Brencis.

Time only moves forward when you actually do things, whether that is quests, side activities, or taking down Brencis’s lieutenants. This means you can explore freely without panic. A focused run reaches Brencis in 7 to 10 days, so there is more than enough time for side content.

Time-sensitive quests are marked with a clock icon in your quest log. There are eight time segments each day and eight each night. Quests that use time show an hourglass symbol and a number to indicate how many segments they consume.

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Prologue Quests (Missable – Do These First)

The prologue takes place in Laslea Glen. Every prologue quest is missable and gone the moment the prologue ends, so clear the side content you care about first. The main story quests here are:

Prologue Main Quests

• All Good Things
• Withering Away — craft the correct medicine for Esme using hot water and three spoonfuls of herbs or she will die
• Page-Turner
• Like Father, Like Son
• Sacred Covenant
• Bad Blood
• Smoke and Ashes

For help making the medicine, check our guide on how to make mother’s medicine in the Withering Away quest. You can also find out more about how to improve Coen’s mother’s condition during this section.

Prologue Side Quests

• Live Bait
• Someone Needs A Lesson
• Dead Drop
• Disturbed
• Deep Down
• Enter Not
• Blasphemy
• On the Run
• If a Tree Falls in a Forest…
• Bandit’s Treasure Map: Laslea Glen

Court Activities – The Main Progression System

There are 41 Court Activities in total — 14 for Ambrus, 12 for Bakir, and 15 for Xanthe. These function as the main progression system after the prologue. They are short combat encounters that raise the anger level of each vampire vassal. Once a vassal reaches max anger, you can challenge them to a duel. For all Infamy Edicts tied to this system, see our All Infamy Edicts guide for Blood of Dawnwalker.

Ambrus Court Activities (Level 1+)

Ambrus controls the lowland region. His activities cover blood transports, prisoner camps, leech collectors, and dungeons.

• Blood Transports: Bloody Business, Roadside Surprise
• Prisoner Processing Camp: Under Watchful Eyes
• Leech Collectors: Bounty of the Mire, Wetland Helpers, Unsavoury Solutions
• Prisoner Transports: Lucky Crossing, Fate’s Mercy
• Blood Cellars: Seeing Red, Uninvited, Trouble Brewing
• Ambrus’s Dungeons: Judge and Executioner, Evil and Convenience, Twists and Turns

For the dungeon activity Evil and Convenience, our detailed walkthrough on Ambrus’s Dungeons is very useful. The Under Watchful Eyes quest doubles as both a Court Activity and a side quest linked to The Firebrand.

Ambrus Main Boss Quests

• The Gilded Gauntlet
• The Bittersweet Toast

Bakir Court Activities (Level 20+)

Bakir runs the mid-region around Svartrau City. His activities include rebel hunters, transports, distilleries, and pillories.

• Rebel Hunters: Matter of Honour, Silent to the Grave, Smoke Them Out
• Payoff Transports: Curious Shipment, Fool’s Gold
• Distilleries: Ends and Means, Coercion and Duress, Offshoot
• Pillories: Out of Love, Familiar Face, Old Hand
• Uriash Village Activity: A Mother’s Plea (hidden and time-sensitive — requires completing A Friend Like This → Song of the Mountain first)

Bakir Main Boss Quests

• The Lunar Game
• The Ring

Xanthe Court Activities (Level 25+)

Xanthe is the hardest of the three vassals. Her activities involve blood guard recruiters, ancient digsites, transport interceptions, and a hidden memory sequence.

• Blood Guard Recruiters: Taste of Power, Just a Bit More, Come Home
• Ancient Digsites: Unsealed Secrets, Malevolent Presence, Bloodied Dagger
• Abducted Girls Transports: Fair Maiden, Chosen One
• Artefact Transports: Past Glory, When Two Dogs…
• Blood Guard Mentors: Unquenchable Thirst, Teach with Pain, Loophole
• Gargoyle Manufacture: Home Sweet Home (hidden quest, found in Silts Tower)

If you want to ally with Xanthe rather than fight her, see our guide on how to ally with Xanthe in Blood of Dawnwalker.

Xanthe Main Boss Quest

• The Cycle of Love

All Side Quests By Region

Side quests appear all across the open world. Most stay available until you start them. Once started, some have time-sensitive objectives marked with a blue clock icon in the journal.

Laslea Glen Side Quests

• Crake Questline: The Firebrand → Under Watchful Eyes → Taking Back What’s Mine → Shadows in the Woods → Where Loyalty Lies → Old Friends, New Friends → What Hunts the Night → What Moves the Dead → Who Pulls the Strings → Distant Shadows → A Closer Look → Rise at Dawn (Ending) → Fall Before Dusk (Ending)
• A Pilgrimage for Power: Bear Trouble
• From Above (sync the watchtower at the mill south of the starting village)
• Laslea Glen Shrine locations for fast travel and exploration

Briar Sloughs Side Quests

• The Cursed Chasm
• Finders Keepers
• Forge It Anew (includes sub-quests: Do Not Disturb, Hostile Takeover, Executive Order)
• Bandit’s Treasure Map: Briar Sloughs

Maragir Wealds Side Quests

• Star-Crossed Lovers
• Buried Past

Boar’s Back Side Quests

• The Beast of Balaur
• Bandit’s Treasure Map: Boar’s Back

Svartrau Outskirts Side Quests

• Sanzhani Questline: Good Home → Come Hither → Burrow Sorrows → Pearly and Precious → Tiny Dancer → Letters to Lunka
• Bandit’s Treasure Map: Riverbank

Svartrau City Side Quests

• St. Mihai Questline: Night Terrors → A Monk and a Saint
• Lacra Questline: A Friend Like This → Song of the Mountain → Hive and Seek → Our Rotten Roots → The Night of Horrors → Midnight Reckoning (Ending)
• Vicho Questline: A Study in Crimson → The Good Samaritan
• The Heart Wants What It Wants
• Trouble with Silver
• Working Her Magic
• In the Name of the Father
• A Hero’s End
• Weaves of Rebellion
• Faith and Punishment

For the romance side of things in the city, our guides on romancing Lacra and romancing Anca walk you through every step.

Rockfalls Side Quests

• A Pilgrimage for Power: Dark-Thing
• The Highland Grave
• A Mother’s Plea
• Bandit’s Treasure Map: Rockfalls – Pond Islet
• Bandit’s Treasure Map: Rockfalls – Split Rock

St. Tyna’s Grove Side Quests

• Anca Questline: Echoes of Silenced Bells → Most Precious Thing → Between the Words → Where Old Devils Lie → Stronger Than Achilles
• A Bulwark Against Darkness
• A Pilgrimage for Power: Fanatics
• Lost Blood

The Silts Side Quests

• Home Sweet Home (hidden — found at Silts Tower, triggers a secret ending path)
• The Hedgehog Herb
• The Price of Magic

Tantari Woods Side Quests

• Don’t Kill the Messenger
• Bandit’s Treasure Map: Tantari Woods

Cathedral and City Locations

• For the hidden loot stash in the cathedral, see our guide on the Svartrau Cathedral Treasury location.
• If you are stuck behind a locked door, check our Cathedral Complex locked door key guide.
• There is also a Wisp Treasure Hunt in Watermill Hills worth tracking down.
• The Mysterious Instruction quest is an easy one to miss if you skip reading notes.

Hidden and Notable Quests Worth Flagging

A few quests are not listed in any obvious place in the journal. Here are the key ones to know about.

Home Sweet Home

This quest is found inside Silts Tower in the south-west corner of the map. Enter the tower and go to the top floor. Interacting with the door triggers a flashback sequence. Playing through it four times unlocks a secret ending path. Most players miss this entirely.

A Mother’s Plea

This hidden Bakir activity requires you to complete A Friend Like This and Song of the Mountain first. It is time-sensitive and tied to the Lacra and Osha character storylines. If you skip those two quests, A Mother’s Plea never appears.

The Night of Horrors

This is optional inside the Lacra questline but it comes with a perk reward. Our Night of Horrors and the Mandrake Ward perk guide covers exactly how to get it.

The Ending Quests

Once you defeat all three vassals and reach maximum infamy, Brencis sends a message. The final quest is called A Deal with the Devil. From there, you can set up each of the seven endings. Save manually before starting it. After each ending you return to the title screen with no free roam. Reload your pre-final-quest save to try a different ending.

For the full breakdown, see our guide on The Blood of Dawnwalker platforms, editions, and release details and check how long it takes to beat The Blood of Dawnwalker depending on how much you explore.

Quick Tips For Managing All These Quests

• Climb all 11 Towers early. They mark every activity on your map as white “?” icons — this saves a lot of wandering.
• Buy Shapeshift (Vampirism) and Mercurial Fervor (Witchcraft) first. These make you much faster when moving around the world.
• You are stronger at night. Use Shadowstep to climb buildings and use claws instead of a sword against enemies in the dark.
• Make a manual save every few quests. The game gives you 54 save slots — use them. Keep one save before the final quest for all endings.
• Do not kill quest givers or non-hostile NPCs. This locks you out of content with no warning.
• If you want to expand your build during all this content, our guide on getting more ability slots and best skills to level up are very helpful.

Where To Buy The Blood of Dawnwalker

The game is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. You can pick it up from:

• PlayStation Store
• Xbox Store
• Steam

If you are on PC, check our guide on The Blood of Dawnwalker PC requirements before buying to make sure your system can handle it. Also, if you purchased the Eclipse Edition, here is how to unlock the Eclipse Edition DLC content.

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