Blood of Dawnwalker What Hunts the Night Walkthrough

What Hunts the Night is a side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the What Hunts the Night side mission.

• Starting Location: Svartrau City
• Quest Giver: Crake
• Requirement: Complete side quest Where Loyalty Lies
• Fail State: None
• Reward: None
• Time Required: 8 time segments
• Questline (Crake): The Firebrand > Under Watchful Eyes (optional) > Taking Back What’s Mine (optional) > Shadows in the Woods > Where Loyalty Lies > Old Friends, New Friends (optional) > What Hunts the Night > What Moves the Dead > Who Pulls the Strings > Distant Shadows (optional) > A Closer Look (optional,  The Manumit) > Rise at Dawn (Ending) > Fall Before Dusk (Ending,  The Knyazmaker)
• Quest Description: Crake wishes to work with me to uncover what sort of monsters Brencis is creating.

Objectives:

1. Report back to Crake
2. Speak with Crake
3. Help Crake investigate the scout’s deaths
4. Meet Crake and Sara in front of St. Teotim’s Church at night
5. Follow Crake and Sara
6. Investigate the churchyard
7. Check the belltower doors
8. Defeat the monster
9. Inspect the monster’s remains
10. Help Crake escape the ambush
11. Open the gate from the other side

Starting Location: What Hunts the Night

Report back to Crake

After the events of the prior quest Where Loyalty Lies, you need to return to Crake and tell him what you found. He will be at the manumit hideout which you can now return to whenever you want.

Speak with Crake

Speak with Crake and tell him about what you discovered about the scouts. When Crake asks about Layos you can choose whichever response you want, it doesn’t have a major effect on any later interactions.

Help Crake investigate the scout’s deaths

Crake wants your help further investigating the scouts’ deaths. You can choose to go with him immediately to the church, but this will advance time to night and use up your time, so it’s recommended you do something else in the meantime and then meet him there.

Meet Crake and Sara in front of St. Teotim’s Church at night

When you are ready, make your way to the center part of The Middens, on the western side of Svartrau.

Follow Crake and Sara

After the discussion, follow Crake and Sara to the churchyard.

Investigate the churchyard

Inside the churchyard, use Focus Mode (L2/LT) to inspect the stains on the ground, and the large wing in the middle of the area.

Check the belltower doors

Inspect the stains leading over to it, then inspect the large door of the belltower.

Defeat the monster

After the scene you will need to defeat the monster that appears. If you have completed the side quest Home Sweet Home already, this is the same type of monster that is fought there, though this one only uses slash attacks on the ground due to its damaged wing.

Inspect the monster’s remains

Once it is defeated, inspect the body of the monster on the ground.

Help Crake escape the ambush

After the scene, follow Crake through The Middens. You will have to defeat groups of enemies along the way, allowing him to keep progressing.

Open the gate from the other side

He’ll eventually reach a gate that is blocked. Use Shadowstep to jump over the top. Then after defeating the enemies you’ll automatically open the gate to allow Crake through.

After escaping, you will be waiting in a shack with Crake until morning.

You should respond to him with the following options to make sure that you can unlock his optional quests later:

• Don’t you want to talk about Sara?
• You sure? You look upset.
• I know what it’s like to lose someone.
• Maybe we could talk about them, instead.

Once day starts, you automatically leave with Crake to find Mevasser, starting the next quest.

NEXT CRAKE QUEST: What Moves the Dead

This finishes What Hunts the Night side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker.

For all other Quests refer to The Blood of Dawnwalker Walkthrough.