Short answer
After Smoke and Ashes, use the Court menu to progress toward the three vassals. If you want an ally-focused first objective, follow Anca to St. Tyna's. There is no single compulsory order for every side quest. The route below separates story progress from optional equipment detours.
Source: PowerPyx — story progression and quest order
Need the exact medicine recipe or the banner catalyst? Use the prologue quest steps.
Prologue order and the medicine check
- All Good Things
- Withering Away
- Like Father, Like Son
- Sacred Covenant
- Bad Blood
- Smoke and Ashes
Source: PowerPyx — story progression and quest order
In Withering Away, find Anca at the river behind her house and bring her herbs home. Prepare three scoops in hot, not boiling, water and give the medicine to Esme before Sacred Covenant. PowerPyx identifies incorrect preparation or missing that deadline as a failure that causes her death.
If you lack the requested payment, the guide describes a promise-to-pay option; you do not need to abandon the medicine task to grind money. Page-Turner is an optional extra time commitment during the visit. Prioritize the remedy if your remaining daylight is low.
Source: PowerPyx — Withering Away
Smoke and Ashes: leave Laslea
- Search the family home.Follow Anca into the village. Inspect the house, including the moved bed in the last room, then return to her.
- Question the dead soldier.Use Compel Soul. If he gives no useful answer, collect Brencis's Banner near the bodies and use it as the catalyst when speaking to him again.
- Clear the gate.Follow Anca to the village exit and remove the rubble. PowerPyx records one time segment for returning to Anca and seven for clearing the gate.
Source: PowerPyx — Smoke and Ashes
What to do after the prologue
Our suggested priority is one immediate goal at a time, not a compulsory shopping list. Choose the row that matches why you are stuck:
| Your goal | Next step | Follow this route |
|---|---|---|
| Continue the story | Work on a vassal's Court activities. | Court progression |
| Follow Anca | Meet her at the old inn near St. Tyna's convent. | Echoes of Silenced Bells |
| Add a combat ability | Pick a named book route near your current region. | Manual locations |
| Replace your weapon | Compare a pickup, a purchase and a longer quest reward. | Weapon routes |
If a fight is stopping you, keep a save before it and pursue an equipment or skill objective instead of repeating a route that your current build cannot handle. This is a planning recommendation, not a tested fastest-completion route.
Echoes of Silenced Bells: the convent route
After the prologue, meet Anca at the old inn. The following condenses PowerPyx's bell route; it does not cover every optional outcome.
- Enter with Anca.Cross the fog, open the gates, fight the undead nun and inspect her. Follow Anca through the refectory.
- Get the keys and bell instructions.The key ring is in the wooden shack beside the chapel, in the north corner. Read the bell guide inside the western dormitory.
- Make a safe passage.Use the bell tower's Church signal to move the nuns out of the courtyard. The Infirmary signal instead kills the soldiers inside and raises infamy; it is not an interchangeable choice.
- Return to Anca.Continue to the library, move the bookcase, search the catacombs for the forbidden books, defeat Leonica and speak to Anca.
PowerPyx budgets six core time segments plus two optional segments. Check the cost displayed in your own save before committing.
Source: PowerPyx — Echoes of Silenced Bells
Main story: how to reach the vassals
Complete Court activities to raise each vassal's anger until their confrontation unlocks. You do not need to clear every activity. PowerPyx suggests Ambrus → Bakir → Xanthe as a level-oriented order, not a mandatory sequence.
| Vassal | Quest chain |
|---|---|
| Ambrus | The Gilded Gauntlet → The Bittersweet Toast |
| Bakir | The Lunar Game → The Ring |
| Xanthe | The Cycle of Love |
Source: PowerPyx — story progression and quest order · PowerPyx — Court activities and objectives
Camp cleared, but the objective is not complete?
Check the activity's actual completion action rather than counting enemies. For example:
- Bloody Business: loot the transport leader for the note after the fight.
- Roadside Surprise: interact with the barrels after defeating the guards.
- Under Watchful Eyes: release the Miller from his cell as well as dealing with the camp.
PowerPyx records three time segments for each of these activities. Those examples do not establish the cost of every Court objective. Use the linked location guide to find a named activity, then check the journal before leaving it.
Source: PowerPyx — Court activities and objectives
Time limits, missables and the pre-ending save
The prologue's side quests are a separate missable window. Afterward, watch for blue-clock objectives once a quest starts; do not assume every active task will wait indefinitely. PowerPyx reports no free roam after the ending, so keep a separate manual save before the finale if you want to return to unfinished content.
Source: PowerPyx — side quests and timed objectives
On the three-vassal route, the final invitation leads to A Deal with the Devil. If it has not arrived after the confrontations, PowerPyx advises allowing the next-day edict event to occur. Preserve a save before advancing into the finale; see the ending notes only when you want story spoilers.
Source: PowerPyx — story progression and quest order
Walkthrough FAQ
Does this walkthrough cover every ending and side quest?
No. It covers the opening checks, a selected Anca route and the three-vassal story progression. Optional outcomes and full completion require the linked specialist guides.
Do I have to finish every Court activity?
No. Progress the relevant anger meter until the confrontation unlocks. Recheck the activity's final interaction if defeating its enemies did not complete the objective.
What if my quest state is different?
Keep the current save, compare the exact journal objective with the relevant section, and check earlier choices. The source review date is not a claim of testing your platform or patch.
Before your next encounter: find an ability manual or choose a weapon route.