Blood of Dawnwalker The Night of Horrors Walkthrough

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

• Starting Location: Westridge Outpost Tower
• Quest Giver: Lacra
• Requirement: Complete Our Rotten Roots
• Fail State: None
• Reward: 1000 XP, 2 Skill Points, Mandrake Ward Vampiric Perk (if you consume the mandrake), Mesmerize Vampiric Ability (if you follow through with the romance scene with Lacra), Misery Loves Company trophy/achievement
• Time Required: 6-7 time segments (dependent on whether you complete the romance scene)
• Questline: A Friend Like This > Song of the Mountain > Hive and Seek > Our Rotten Roots > The Night of Horrors ( Misery Loves Company) > Midnight Reckoning (Ending)
• Quest Description: Lacra wants to discuss a mysterious matter with me – supposedly, she knows of something more that could help our fight against Brencis.

Objectives:

1. Wait one day
2. Talk to Lacra
3. Uncover Kallias’s secrets
4. Reach the roadside shrine
5. Follow the wisps
6. Investigate the stone slab
7. Follow the wisps
8. Defeat the lizards
9. Investigate the area
10. Defeat the hellhounds
11. Follow the wisps
12. Investigate the rockslide
13. Explore the sunken crypt
14. Defeat the undead
15. Inspect the sarcophagus
16. Defeat the spirits
17. Explore the hidden cave
18. Check in with Lacra

Starting Location: The Night of Horrors

Wait one day

After completing Our Rotten Roots, you will need to wait at least one full in-game day (16 time segments) before you can continue this quest.

Talk to Lacra

Head back and speak to Lacra at the tower near Westridge Outpost Shrine and ask “You had some idea to talk through?” and then confirm further that you are interested in what she suggests.

Uncover Kallias’s secrets

Lacra’s goal is to uncover anything related to the ancient battle between Mihai and Kallias. You automatically move to a swap on the southern part of the map.

Reach the roadside shrine

Progress forward down the path until you reach the shrine.

You are baiting the wisps to lead you to the location you want to go, so this next section includes a bunch of conversations between Lacra and Coen about the emotional experiences they have been through. In this first interaction, you can respond with “I dream of freedom too.” > “Only when I didn’t know better.”

Follow the wisps

The wisps will now appear, and you can follow them through the swamp area.

Investigate the stone slab

Once the wisps lead you to an open area, inspect the stone slab in the middle.

You have another set of dialogue choices to make.

You can respond with:

• I used to have dreams and other plans.
• I’ll thank his corpse.
• I would never abandon my siblings.
• That they’re right.
• He couldn’t cope with losing her.

Follow the wisps

You can now keep following the wisps again. Along the way some enemies will start to appear, defeat them so you can continue following the wisps.

Defeat the lizards

After progressing past two groups of zombies you’ll encounter a smaller area with a group of tatzelwurms, defeat these as well.

Investigate the area

After defeating the lizards, crouch under the branches to find the wisps by some plants. Inspect them to pick up and inspect a severed arm.

Defeat the hellhounds

After inspecting the arm a group of hellhounds will spawn, defeat these to continue.

One more dialogue section to make the wisps direct you forward.

You can respond with:

• You sure this pain is worth it?
• I’m glad you found a way to survive.
• What happened?

After that you can ask Lacra for more info if you want, but it isn’t required to continue with the wisps.

Follow the wisps

You can follow the wisps one more time to the final area.

Investigate the rockslide

At the cave wall, inspect the rock surrounded by the red roots.

Explore the sunken crypt

You can then progress into the crypt. In the first main room there are a bunch of items that you can highlight and inspect with Focus Mode (L2/LT).

Defeat the undead

Continue down the linear path and you will encounter a room full of undead. These enemies look different but fight the same as the zombies you’ve encountered previously.

Continue forward and in the hallway you need to jump around the left side across the gap in the floor.

At the intersection, interact with the body twice to pick up the Legendary Sword “The Vrakhir”.

Then use Shadowstep and Phaseshift to progress across the larger gap in the hallway. You can teleport to the ledge on the left, then across to the opposite side to continue.

Inspect the sarcophagus

In the next room, inspect the sarcophagus in the middle.

Defeat the spirits

More enemies will then spawn in the room, defeat them to continue.

After the enemies are defeated, you will have one more dialogue to make the wisps help you out.

You can respond with:

• I didn’t take you for a quitter.
• It’s about my brother, Alin.
• I was irresponsible.
• It’s hard.

Explore the hidden cave

Lacra will break down the wall after you inspect it, revealing a hidden area. You can inspect some items in this first room, then progress into the next area.

Check in with Lacra

Walk over into the next room to automatically interact with Lacra. Here you find what you came for, and have a bunch of dialogue options to progress through.

The first bit of dialogue is about the mandrake. Lacra offers for you to eat it, which when you do unlocks the Vampirism perk “Mandrake Ward”. This perk allows you a single death prevention once per night, and this is the only way to obtain that perk during the playthrough. There is effectively no downside to accepting it, so you should take her up on the offer to eat it.

The second bit of dialogue leads into the romance scene with Lacra. Engaging in this isn’t required for any progression and doesn’t further affect the ending or other quests in significant ways, so accepting or rejecting her is personal preference. If you do follow through you drink her blood, which also unlocks the “Mesmerise” Vampiric ability.

If you wish to follow through with the romance scene, you can choose the following dialogue options:

• Can vrakhiri get drunk?
• [follow Lacra]
• Yeah, I’m all over all of it. / Who says I’m not.
• [drink]
• [kiss her]

Whatever happens after this dialogue, you will complete the quest. You can choose to stay in the ruins if you want to look around some more, or leave to be immediately taken outside.

This finishes The Night of Horrors side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker.

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