Stronger Than Achilles is a side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Stronger Than Achilles side mission.
- Starting Location: Ruins
- Quest Giver: Anca
- Requirement: Complete Anca’s previous side quest Where Old Devils Lie
- Fail State: None
- Reward: 500 XP, 1 Skill Point,
Sins of the Past trophy/achievement, (dependent on ending choice) Witchcraft Perk: Font of Life, Legendary Heavy Trousers: Ancient Greaves - Time Required: 6 time segments
- Questline (Anca): Echoes of Silenced Bells > Most Precious Thing (optional) > Between the Words > Where Old Devils Lie > Stronger Than Achilles (
Sins of the Past) - Quest Description: The Font of Life is deeper down the ruined complex – we know that for sure now. We also know that in order to reach it, we’ll have to pass some sort of trials.
Objectives:
- Complete the trials and exit the ruins
- Investigate the idol
- Withstand the trial
- Find a way forward
- (Optional) Explore the hidden chambers
- Investigate the inscribed tablet
- Activate the runes using Astral Communion Witchcraft Ability
- Survive the trial
- Inspect the chamber with Focus Mode
- Talk to Anca in order to leave
Starting Location: Stronger Than Achilles
This quest starts immediately after Where Old Devils Lie is completed, as you are progressing through the ruins.
Complete the trials and exit the ruins
This quest involves getting through the rest of the ruins area. At the start of this quest you have the new Legendary Light Chestpiece “Runic Enchantment”. You can leave it on if you want, or swap back to your normal armour.
The next section is linear, you can follow the objective marker through the rooms and defeat the enemies that appear in your way.
Investigate the idol
Once you reach the larger circular room, defeat the enemies then inspect the pillar where Anca is standing.
Withstand the trial
You are meant to stick your hand in the mouth to progress. You can choose to not do this and then Anca will do it, but as Coen you can just immediately heal after with food and there are no further negative effects from doing this, so you can just have Coen choose to do it, and then choose “[keep still]” to finish off the requirement to open the door to progress.
Immediately after the door opens you can go down a path to the right to a side room. Inside there is a skeleton you can inspect.
Continue along the path until you reach a room with a miniboss. Defeat it, then crouch through the doorway behind it to continue.
Find a way forward
In the next room Anca will automatically stop and talk to you, you can respond to her however you want. You then need to find a way through the room for her to progress. Go to the right and you can jump across to the middle platform, then across and on the left you can slide along the wall to jump to a path leading to the other side of the room.
Continue following the path around where there is a section of wall you can squeeze through.
Then go to the right where you can open the door at the end of the hallway for Anca.
Interact with the stone door at the other end of the hallway to push it open with Anca.
(Optional) Explore the hidden chambers
In the next room there are a bunch of statues and walls you can inspect for more information.
Investigate the inscribed tablet
Continue forward and in the next room you can inspect the stone pillar in the center.
Activate the runes using Astral Communion Witchcraft Ability
When you are ready to continue, inspect the pillar to use Astral Communion on it.
Survive the trial
This causes waves of enemies to start appearing in the room, from the statues on the sides. Defeat all the enemies to progress.
Inspect the chamber with Focus Mode
Now in the next room you have reached the Font of Life. Inspect the painting on the side and the stone bowl in the center of the room.
Here at the font, you have three choices that determine part of the rewards you get from the quest.
- “If it’s alright with you – I’ll use it” causes Coen to consume what is left in the Font. This unlocks the Witchcraft “Perk Font of Life“, which grants passive health regeneration during the day. This is the only way to obtain this perk, if you don’t obtain it here then you cannot obtain it any other way during the rest of the gam
- “Go ahead. Make what you will with it” causes Anca to consume what is left in the Font. There is no other actual reward for choosing this, it only affects some scenes in the epilogue at the end of the game.
- “We should destroy it” causes Coen and Anca to push over the pillar, destroying the Font of Life. You then receive the Legendary Heavy Trousers: Ancient Greaves.
Talk to Anca in order to leave
Whichever your choice, you can then speak with Anca again to leave the area when you are ready.
Back at the inn, you have one more conversation with Anca to complete the quest. This dialogue leads into the romance scene with Anca. Engaging in this isn’t required for any progression and doesn’t further affect the ending or other quests in significant ways, so pursuing this comes down to personal preference.
If you wish to follow through with the romance scene, you can choose the following dialogue options:
- I meant what I said.
- Screw decency. I want you, too.
Whatever happens after this dialogue, Anca’s questline ends here and you unlock Sins of the Past.
This finishes Stronger Than Achilles side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker.
For all other Quests refer to The Blood of Dawnwalker Walkthrough.
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