Quests
Hourglass jobs in Vale Sangora, organized by route, phase, cost, and the rewards worth planning around.
Spend the clock with a plan
Exploration is free, but marked jobs consume segments. Group nearby errands, leave room for night travel, and keep a save before a major choice.
Quest Planner →Prologue
- Withering Away2 ⌛ · day · Laslea GlenAutomatic family thread from Coen's father. PC Gamer's tested route spends 2 morning/noon segments on it, including the second beat after Live Bait and Dead Drop.
- Live Bait1 ⌛ · day · Laslea GlenYanna asks Coen to help fish between the house and Laslea Centre. Base cost 1 hourglass. Playing tag raises it to 2.
- Dead Drop1 ⌛ · day · Laslea GlenPrologue errand. IGN lists 100 XP, a Ring of Purging, and 24 Denarii. Pair it with Withering Away in the morning.
- Blasphemy1 ⌛ · day · Laslea CentreHelp Gremla find a stolen tapestry. 1 segment. IGN XP range is wide (75-850) depending on how the beat resolves.
- Deep Down1 ⌛ · day · Laslea Gate fieldsHighest-value prologue combat errand: 250 XP, 25-50 Denarii, Master Light Braces, Superior Shortsword. IGN flags it as the one quest whose hour actually changes the outcome.
- Enter Not0 ⌛ · any · Northwest forest houseAbandoned house northwest of Laslea. PC Gamer lists 0 hourglass: look, loot, leave. Still disappears at sundown if unfinished.
- On the Run2 ⌛ · day · South of Laslea CentreIorgu south of the centre. 2 segments. Easy to miss if you dump the afternoon into Deep Down and Blasphemy.
- Someone Needs a Lesson1 ⌛ · day · LasleaVasil running around town. 1 segment. Polygon covers it as a cruel abuse tale; it is skippable for the Mass route.
- Like Father, Like Son1 ⌛ · day · LasleaEvening closer on PC Gamer's route (slot 8). IGN: 100 XP and a Charge Skill Manual.
- If a Tree Falls in a Forest1 ⌛ · day · Laslea woodsAfternoon beat on the tested route. IGN: 100 XP, 2 Regenerative Salves, Witch's Pendant.
- Into the Den1 ⌛ · day · LasleaFistfight a Ravenous Bear. PC Gamer offers it as a noon substitute if you skip Page-Turner.
- Page-Turner1 ⌛ · day · LasleaOptional extra time with Anca during Withering Away if you stay when it rains. Romance-relevant later.
- All Good Things0 ⌛ · day · Laslea GlenIGN prologue opener. Dress, wood, check on Esme. The clock lesson starts here.
- Sacred Covenant1 ⌛ · day · LasleaIGN: 250 XP. On the prologue table next to Bad Blood.
- Bad Blood2 ⌛ · night · Laslea / MassIGN: 700 XP. The night that turns Coen. Smoke and Ashes starts when you wake.
- Disturbed1 ⌛ · day · Laslea churchIGN: outside the church. 100 XP and 25 denarii. Easy to skip on the tight Mass route.
Main
- Smoke and Ashes2 ⌛ · day · Laslea / valleyDay 1 spine after the prologue. IGN: 150 XP plus Burning Blood and Astral Communication spells. This is the first retail-month hex unlock most players see.
- A Lone Wolf's Hunt4 ⌛ · any · Greifberg CastleFace Brencis without allies. Designer Rafał Jankowski said you can walk to Greifberg after the prologue. Allowed. Not kind. 12 objectives, 5 outcomes.
- A Monk and a Saint4 ⌛ · any · The Middens / SvartrauHunt Saint Mihai's sword. Anca points to monk Albertus outside Svartrau gates. Method.gg documents the dialogue picks and the crypt boss. 31 objectives.
- A Friend Like This3 ⌛ · day · SvartrauSomething unusual in Svartrau that could spell trouble for Brencis. 21 objectives. Long city thread.
- A Dubious Gift2 ⌛ · day · Svartrau CathedralFind cathedral caretaker Radu for library access. Cathedral is walk-in by day, hostile climb by night.
- Echoes of Silenced Bells3 ⌛ · day · Inn near St. Tyna'sAnca's post-Mass opener. Nuns from the convent she left. Method.gg: required before Stronger Than Achilles. Also unlocks A Monk and a Saint via Albertus.
- Between the Words2 ⌛ · day · Anca's booksReading with Anca. Fextralife: offer to make tea, "It's my pleasure," then push the faith/feeling line.
- Where Old Devils Lie3 ⌛ · any · Anca's secretGameRant: Anca confesses. GameSpot lists it on the Anca arc before Stronger Than Achilles.
- Stronger Than Achilles4 ⌛ · any · Ancient ruins / Font of LifeAnca's close. Tell her you love her at the chasm. Font choice: she drinks (happiest close), you drink (Font of Life skill), or destroy it (Ancient Greaves). Romance scene is back at the inn.
- Song of the Mountain3 ⌛ · any · Lacra / mountainsSecond Lacra beat after A Friend Like This. GameSpot also names Heart of the Mountain in the same sequence.
- Hive and Seek3 ⌛ · any · LacraThird Lacra beat. PowerPyx and GameSpot both list it between Song of the Mountain and Our Rotten Roots.
- Our Rotten Roots4 ⌛ · any · Lacra / IsbrantDefeat Isbrant. Fextralife: start saying you want to keep helping. GameRant: give Lacra a day.
- The Night of Horrors3 ⌛ · night · Ancient vrakhiri lairOptional for The Patricide. Required for the Lacra romance and Misery Loves Company. Eat the mandrake. Drink. Kiss.
- Midnight Reckoning4 ⌛ · night · Greifberg approachLacra's ending quest. Speak to her to start The Patricide. Point of no return for her path.
- The Firebrand2 ⌛ · any · Briar Sloughs military campCrake chain opener. PowerPyx: starts in the Briar Sloughs military camp. GameSpot covers saving Mert as Under Watchful Eyes on the same rebellion door.
- Shadows in the Woods3 ⌛ · any · Manumit woodsAuto-starts after Firebrand. Second of three jobs that earn the hideout invite.
- Where Loyalty Lies3 ⌛ · any · Manumit hideoutInvitation into the hideout. Night door interaction is the Turncoat trigger if you already sold them to Brencis.
- What Hunts the Night3 ⌛ · night · ManumitSportskeeda / PowerPyx Crake list after the hideout invite.
- What Moves the Dead3 ⌛ · any · ManumitMid Crake chain. Keep going; Rise at Dawn is the door, not this.
- Who Pulls the Strings3 ⌛ · any · ManumitLast required Crake beat before the optional pair and Rise at Dawn.
- Rise at Dawn4 ⌛ · any · Greifberg / ManumitCrake's ending quest. Speak to him to start The Knyazmaker. PC Gamer: this is what puts him in the epilogue.
- Fall Before Dusk3 ⌛ · any · GreifbergPowerPyx lists this as Crake's second ending quest after Rise at Dawn.
- Forge It Anew4 ⌛ · any · Maragir / uriash smithThree sword shards, then the smith, then a 3-segment undead ritual. RPS: Kingslayer drops at the Wealds camp. Imbued Sword of St. Mihai is the close. Hotfix 1.0.2 fixed the smith.
- A Bulwark Against Darkness4 ⌛ · any · Arbiter armourPowerPyx: Enhanced Arbiter chest, greaves, boots, bracers. Trophy Arbiter's Regalia.
Court
- A Deal with the Devil3 ⌛ · any · Shrike's CragAfter enough trouble, Brencis invites a parley where Skender once quelled an uprising. DawnwalkerDB: 6 objectives, 7 outcomes. Fextralife ties a Folk Hero path to fighting him after the three officers fall.
- The Guilded Gauntlet3 ⌛ · any · Ambrus operationsFill Ambrus's anger by hitting camps and blood drives. Method.gg: 12 of 15 possible Ambrus quests unlocks a duel. Drinking his blood can grant Scarlet Shield.
- Defeat Bakir's Headhunters3 ⌛ · any · Bakir campsPolygon's clock example: a 3-segment camp clear on day 11 night with 4 pips left leaves 1 pip before day 12. Bakir is the Warmonger officer.
- A Hero's End2 ⌛ · any · Svartrau Carpenter RowAbandoned building on Carpenter Row, ancient ruins underneath. DawnwalkerDB: 6 objectives. GameSpot also has a Father Florin "Hero's End" guide.
- A Mother's Plea2 ⌛ · any · Uriash / Bakr clanThe Bakr clan elder asks Coen to look into private affairs. Ties to Ocha (Bakr-Ocha), an uriash who would rather brawl than inherit.
- Home Sweet Home3 ⌛ · any · Silts TowerXanthe court activity. Top-floor door in Silts Tower. Looping dream. Four clears + stay = Together Forever. Well escape = Astrologer's Ring.
- Ambrus's Collectors: Wetland Helpers2 ⌛ · any · Eastern swamp campIGN Day 1: 250 XP and 5 Blood Leeches. Court meter food.
- Ambrus's Transports: Roadside Surprise2 ⌛ · any · Road out of StonewardIGN Day 2: 250 XP and a Kobold's Blood potion. Counts for Delivery Delay.
- Ambrus's Dungeons: Evil and Convenience3 ⌛ · any · Ambrus dungeonIGN Day 2: 250 XP, Amulet of Endurance, recipe for Minor Keen Eye Potion, 60 denarii.
- Ambrus's Prisoners: Fate's Mercy2 ⌛ · any · North Briar SloughsIGN: intercept the transport. 250 XP and 1 skill point.
- Ambrus's Collectors: Unsavoury Solutions2 ⌛ · any · Ambrus collectorsIGN Day 3: 250 XP, 11 Blood Leeches, 1 skill point.
- Ambrus's Transports: Bloody Business2 ⌛ · any · Ambrus roadIGN Day 3: 250 XP and 1 skill point.
- The Lunar Game4 ⌛ · any · Lunar ManorBakir's boss quest. PowerPyx: Vrakhiric Bracers in the treasury after the fight. Trophy: The Man Khan.
- The Cycle of Love4 ⌛ · any · Xanthe's manorXanthe boss quest. PowerPyx: Relic of St. Dasius in a lantern room, top-right courtyard after you have the other lanterns. Trophy: The Dark Mistress.
Side
- A Good Deed Is Its Own Reward1 ⌛ · any · SvartrauFree Danylo, a smith's apprentice, from one of Ambrus's transports. He asks you to visit him in Svartrau for a reward.
- Under Watchful Eyes2 ⌛ · any · Stoneward PostFree Mert without alerting all of Stoneward Post. PC Gamer quest hub. GameSpot has a dedicated "How to Save Mert / The Firebrand" guide.
- Distant Shadows2 ⌛ · any · ManumitOptional. PowerPyx: do this and A Closer Look before Rise at Dawn for The Manumit trophy.
- A Closer Look2 ⌛ · any · ManumitOptional closer for The Manumit. Completing it awards the trophy. Must be before Rise at Dawn.
- Champion of Old3 ⌛ · any · Svartrau ruinsGameSpot: mural under Svartrau after Florin work. Kill Erkas the Repenter for Erkas' Sword.
- In the Name of the Father3 ⌛ · any · Curious House, SvartrauPowerPyx: balcony north of Svartrau West Gate into Florin's ruins. Agree to work together for the Greifberg side door. You can refuse first and come back if he is alive.
- Study in Crimson2 ⌛ · day · SvartrauGameSpot: do Vicho's chain until he mentions another vrakhiri in Svartrau. That starts A Friend Like This.
- The Bittersweet Toast2 ⌛ · any · Ambrus operationsMethod.gg: Erdene's invitation on the Ambrus / Guilded Gauntlet path. Optional.
- Taking Back What's Mine1 ⌛ · day · Stoneward PostIGN Day 2: get your weapons back after the Stoneward gate takes them. Method.gg: daytime entry asks you to part with weapons.
- The Cursed Chasm3 ⌛ · any · Chasm / silver cachePowerPyx: Durandal is the quest reward. IGN also lists a silver cache at the bottom (XP, denarii, silver junk).
- The Heart Wants What It Wants3 ⌛ · any · Uriash / OchaPC Gamer quest list: help Ocha and Nora. Trophy The Outcast: help Ocha find her new destiny.
- Tiny Dancer2 ⌛ · any · SanzhanaPowerPyx: Coat of Darkened Scales in a chest on the upper floor. Part of The Tsarina's Favourite Human.
POI
- From Above1 ⌛ · night · Briar SloughsUnlocks Briar Sloughs points of interest. Climbing scouting towers is night-gated: you need Shadowstep / Planeshift.
- A Pilgrimage for Power1 ⌛ · any · Mountains / uriashi glyphsGlyphs at uriashi sacred places. Variants include Bear Trouble, Dark-Thing, Fanatics, The Ritual. IGN Day 1 already points at a Briar Sloughs pilgrimage stone.
- A Pilgrimage for Power: Bear Trouble1 ⌛ · any · West of Laslea Gate ShrineIGN Day 1: 75 XP, Ravenous Flock Manual, Quickcast Amulet. First pilgrimage most players actually loot.