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A story worth following

Romance, without the wrong turn.

Choose a character. Mark the moments you have completed. Your next required checkpoint is highlighted, while choice details stay tucked away.

Guide research checked September 14, 2026 · Local progress only

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Your next step

Choose your place in the story

Mark completed checkpoints below to find the next required step.

Village healer

Anca

Follow Anca's research, then return to the inn.

Read Anca’s full route

Low-blood vampire conversations can kill Anca. Optional flirting and the Font reward are not hard prerequisites.

Choosing a checkpoint marks earlier required steps complete and clears required marks from here onward. Optional marks are kept.

  1. Optional moment

    Optional: stay with Anca for the prologue reading session.

    Reveal choice details

    Leaving after the medicine lesson still allows romance later.

    Read the steps and conditions

  2. Route checkpoint

    Recover the convent books with Anca; choose a way into the library.

    Reveal choice details

    Either ending allows romance.

    Read the steps and conditions

  3. Route checkpoint

    Read together at the inn.

    Reveal choice details

    Tea and personal questions allow flirting.

    Read the steps and conditions

  4. Route checkpoint

    Solve the map clues, leave before noon, and open the painted doorway.

    Reveal choice details

    Optional: express affection by the lake.

    Read the steps and conditions

  5. Route checkpoint

    Save before choosing at the Font, then finish.

    Reveal choice details

    Either can use the idol; flirting is optional.

    Read the steps and conditions

  6. Optional moment

    Optional: record the reward you chose.

    Permanent reward fork.

    Reveal choice details

    Choose Coen’s daytime regeneration, Anca’s curse removal, or Ancient Greaves. The reward itself does not block the reported romance.

    Read the steps and conditions

  7. Route checkpoint

    Return after the temple.

    Reveal choice details

    Reaffirm interest, suggest time together, then accept.

    Read the steps and conditions
Already made a different choice?

Only mark a condition that actually happened in your game. An unchecked quest is not a failed route.

Reload.

Vampire ally

Lacra

Build the alliance and finish her optional quest before the finale.

Read Lacra’s full route

Complete The Night of Horrors before starting Midnight Reckoning.

Choosing a checkpoint marks earlier required steps complete and clears required marks from here onward. Optional marks are kept.

  1. Route checkpoint

    Investigate the disturbance near Svartrau's cathedral, then form an alliance with Lacra.

    Reveal choice details

    Defeating Ambrus offers another way into the quest.

    Read the steps and conditions

  2. Route checkpoint

    Continue Lacra's questline and finish this chapter.

    Reveal choice details

    Disagreeing with her violence does not automatically end romance access.

    Read the steps and conditions

  3. Route checkpoint

    Complete this quest before continuing to Our Rotten Roots.

    Reveal choice details

    Follow the active objectives in your quest log.

    Read the steps and conditions

  4. Route checkpoint

    Finish this chapter of Lacra's questline.

    Reveal choice details

    The Night of Horrors comes later in the route.

    Read the steps and conditions

  5. Route checkpoint

    Request both quests.

    Reveal choice details

    Do The Night of Horrors first.

    Read the steps and conditions

  6. Route checkpoint

    Follow the wisps and save before the Mandrake decision.

    Reveal choice details

    Keep this save until you have checked the outcome.

    Read the steps and conditions

  7. Route checkpoint

    Continue the conversation at the Mandrakes.

    Refusing the Mandrake ends the quest early.

    Reveal choice details

    Accept the Mandrake, go with Lacra, accept her blood and reciprocate her interest.

    Read the steps and conditions
Already made a different choice?

Only mark a condition that actually happened in your game. An unchecked quest is not a failed route.

Reload before the finale.

The reported romance path needs acceptance. Reload before that choice to retry.

Manumit rebel leader

Crake (Marat)

Join the rebels and follow Crake's personal quest.

Read Crake / Marat’s full route

Prioritize Crake's personal quests. Published guides disagree about some entry conditions. Low blood can kill him.

Choosing a checkpoint marks earlier required steps complete and clears required marks from here onward. Optional marks are kept.

  1. Optional moment

    Optional: complete The Firebrand and Shadows in the Woods.

    Reveal choice details

    A direct Svartrau hideout visit skips these scenes.

    Read the steps and conditions

  2. Route checkpoint

    Complete Court activities until the infamy track reaches Notorious, then answer the Manumits.

    Reveal choice details

    Unlocks quests.

    Read the steps and conditions

  3. Route checkpoint

    Join the rebels.

    Reveal choice details

    Continue their questline.

    Read the steps and conditions

  4. Route checkpoint

    Help Crake escape the Middens.

    Death ends romance.

    Reveal choice details

    Recommended: discuss Sara and shared loss after the escape. Later quest access may depend on these personal conversations.

    Read the steps and conditions

  5. Route checkpoint

    Rescue Crake and lead him out of the ruins.

    Reveal choice details

    Recommended: accompany him home and help with his wound. Published guides disagree about whether these moments can be skipped.

    Read the steps and conditions

  6. Route checkpoint

    Ask Crake about his personal request at the hideout.

    Reveal choice details

    If offered, follow the daytime surveillance, report back and tell Drogos you'll follow Crake. A refused request has no verified repair for the current save.

    Read the steps and conditions

  7. Route checkpoint

    Meet Crake outside Svartrau promptly after he leaves.

    Reveal choice details

    PowerPyx reports a one-day expiry for this quest. Act promptly; this is a walkthrough report, not a countdown read from your save.

    Read the steps and conditions

  8. Route checkpoint

    Hear him out and respond to his personal disclosure.

    Reveal choice details

    Say your opinion is unchanged; return his kiss.

    Read the steps and conditions
Already made a different choice?

Only mark a condition that actually happened in your game. An unchecked quest is not a failed route.

Reload.

You recorded starting Rise at Dawn first. Reports disagree about this order; it does not confirm a failed route. Check the actual quest state. Recording this order alone does not block your next checkpoint.

A clearer route, with room for your choices.

Optional checklist entries are excluded from the progress calculation. That does not guarantee every dialogue variation preserves a route; read the character guide's recommendations. Your marks record your input, without reading a game save. Only confirmed failure conditions stop the next-step card; the disputed quest-order flag is a reminder.

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