Blood of Dawnwalker A Bulwark Against Darkness Walkthrough

A Bulwark Against Darkness is a side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the A Bulwark Against Darkness side mission.

• Starting Location: Random, someone will appear to give you a letter at some point after reaching Infamy Level 4
• Quest Giver: Random
• Requirement: Reach Infamy Level 4 and wait for someone to give you the letter
• Fail State: None
• Reward: Enhanced Arbiter’s Armour Set,  Arbiter’s Regalia trophy/achievement
• Time Required: 5 time segments + time to acquire the materials
• Quest Description: Looks like someone is watching my struggle against Brencis very closely. They’ve sent me a schematic describing how to create a unique set of armour.

Objectives:

1. Read the mysterious letter
2. Read the list of armour components
3. Find the relic of a saint
4. Find a bundle of silk threads
5. Find a flask of quicksilver
6. Find the moult of a large lizard
7. Return to the uriashi blacksmith
8. Start the ritual
9. Survive the ritural

Starting Location: A Bulwark Against Darkness

This quest has multiple initial start points where you are prompted to find the armour materials. During a playthrough you will eventually be prompted to find the armour regardless of story progression by being given a letter if you aren’t told about it by a character such as Anca.

At some point after reaching Infamy Level 4, a character will randomly spawn and give you a letter to start this quest. It’s a bit random when you get the letter but you are guaranteed to get it automatically on your way to finishing the story.

Read the mysterious letter

Once you are given the letter, read it from your inventory under “Books & Notes”. It will have an orange background in the inventory like all other quest items.

Read the list of armour components

Also from your inventory read the “List of Armour Components”.

You are provided a list of items required to create the Arbiter’s Armour set. The list of items is always the same, and can be collected at any time even if you haven’t acquired the quest yet.

Find the relic of a saint

The relic of a saint can be one of two items, the “Relic of St. Tyna” or “Relic of St. Dasius”.

Relic of St. Tyna can be obtained during the Anca quest “Echoes of Silenced Bells” when you are inside St. Tyna’s Convent. It is possible to give away this relic during the optional quest “Most Precious Thing“, in which case you will need to use the Relic of St. Dasius. You can obtain multiple of these in the game, but you can obtain a guaranteed one inside Xanthe’s mansion Howling Keep. This is first accessible during Xanthe’s main quest “The Cycle of Love” (the boss quest where you go to fight her). In one of the rooms that you can open with a lantern. From where you first enter Xanthe’s manor it’s the room in the top right of the courtyard, accessible after getting the lanterns from the other rooms.

Find a bundle of silk threads

The bundle of silk threads first requires completing the Sanzhani related quest Pearly and Precious to allow you to access the Sanzhani Merchant. You can then purchase the Silk Threads from her for 6,500 coins.

Find a flask of quicksilver

The flask of quicksilver can be obtained at the top of Silts Tower, after completing the quest “Home Sweet Home“. Go through the inside of the tower and reach the top floor, interact with the door and open it (costs 4 time segments). Then you’re in a flashback of the prologue. Fight through the enemies and beat the Gargoyle boss at the end. Then you respawn in your house again. At the second group of enemies inspect the well in Focus Mode (L2), then escape through the cave to enter the church. Here you must help the priest remember what happened by interacting with the people in correct order in Focus Mode: Alin > Esme > Coen > the locked door in church opens, leading to another portal. Then inspect the red glowing tree stump, clawride down to the river and finish the conversation. After this you respawn in the bottom of the tower. Go into the room at the top of the tower that you were stopped from entering by being forced into the dream, and the item is on a table inside.

Find the moult of a large lizard

The large lizard moult is found in a cave along the line between Briar Sloughs and Maragir Wealds, directly south of the Witchcraft Vendor (the entrance is the blue circle in the second map image).

Return to the uriashi blacksmith

Once you acquire all four of the armour materials, you can travel to the uriashi blacksmith at the Uriash Hermitage Shrine in the northwest corner of the map.

Start the ritual

Speak with the uriashi hermit and tell her that you have all of the pieces of the armour to have her start forging it. If you have both “The Relic of St Tyna” and “The Relic of St. Dasius” in your inventory you can pick which you want to use. It doesn’t matter overall, but if you have both it it is recommended to use “The Relic of St. Tyna” as it is only a purple rarity item so is less useful.

After providing the materials you can commit to completing the armour.

Survive the ritural

You will then need to fight a large group of enemies in the area to finish creating the armour. After all enemies are defeated you will receive the complete Enhanced Arbiter Armour set, along with the trophy/achievement Arbiter’s Regalia.

The same Uriashi Blacksmith can also help you forge a legendary sword in questline Forge It Anew for  Arbiter’s Blade.

This finishes A Bulwark Against Darkness side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker.

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