Prologue Walkthrough: Eight Pips Before the Blood Mass
Tested hourglass order for Laslea Glen before sundown. Interactive checklist on the walkthrough page.
The prologue is the only chapter that deletes unfinished jobs at sundown. Later side threads wait until you open them. Treat these eight pips as a closed board.
Use the interactive walkthrough to check jobs as you spend them. The default load is PC Gamer's tested Mass route.
Tested order
| Slot | Quest | Cost | | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | | 1 Morning | Live Bait | 1 (2 if tag) | | 2 Morning | Dead Drop + Withering Away start | 1-2 | | 3-4 Noon | Withering Away part 2, or Page-Turner / Into the Den | 1 | | 5 Afternoon | Enter Not + If a Tree Falls | 0-1 | | 6 Afternoon | Blasphemy | 1 | | 7 | Deep Down | 1 | | 8 Evening | Like Father, Like Son | 1 |
Deep Down is the sword and XP. Skip Page-Turner if you need that weapon more than Anca's rain afternoon.
The force-feed-Esme choice at the farm has no long-term impact (PC Gamer). After that, every hourglass is real.
When night hits you go to church. After that the month opens. Smoke and Ashes is Day 1.
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IGN captured the opening: Esme, herbs, Laslea Glen.
18-minute tested prologue. Pair with the PC Gamer pip table, not instead of it.
Outlaws Gorge after the tutorial, animal feeds, Polished Long Cleaver in the dirt pile.