The Blood of Dawnwalker Hive and Seek Walkthrough

Keep Lacra’s cave route in context with the Lacra Quest & Romance, Best Quest Order, Patch Notes and Romance Guide.

Where Hive and Seek starts

Hive and Seek is a Lacra side quest that begins after Song of the Mountain. The checked launch walkthrough places the start at Uriash Village, with Lacra waiting for Coen after the previous quest is complete.

The quest is part of Lacra's longer chain:

A Friend Like This → Song of the Mountain → Hive and Seek → Our Rotten Roots → The Night of Horrors → Midnight Reckoning.

The checked walkthrough lists no fail state, a reward of 1,000 XP and 1 Skill Point, and a total cost of 4 time segments. Because that is a meaningful chunk of the campaign clock, it is worth entering the cave prepared rather than treating it like a quick detour.

For the larger route, see the Best Quest Order and Lacra Quest & Romance Guide.

Step 1: talk to Lacra in Uriash Village

After Song of the Mountain, return to Lacra and tell her you are ready. She leads Coen toward the nearby cave where Isbrand is being held.

The quest's purpose is to find Isbrand, Brencis's maker, and question him about information that could help against Brencis. Optional dialogue with Lacra adds context, but the checked walkthrough does not identify those early conversation choices as route-changing decisions.

Once Lacra opens the blocked cave entrance, follow her inside.

Step 2: cross the silver-water cave safely

The first large cave chamber is dangerous because the water contains silver. Standing in it damages Coen over time, so avoid using the flooded floor as a normal route.

The cave reuses the kind of traversal the game taught earlier. Use Shadowstep and phase-shifting movement to move between platforms, walls, and elevated routes instead of wading through the water.

A safe approach is:

1. Stay on the raised stone where possible.
2. Use traversal abilities rather than dropping into the water.
3. Work toward the north side of the chamber.
4. Continue through the more linear tunnels once you are past the flooded section.

If you fall into the water, get back to dry ground rather than trying to run through the whole chamber from below.

Step 3: deal with the corrupted kobolds

Deeper in the cave, you encounter stronger corrupted kobolds. The checked walkthrough describes them as tougher versions of normal kobolds whose attacks can also inflict poison damage.

Do not rush the group if your health is already low from the silver water. Clear the enemies, heal if needed, then look for the continuation along the right-side wall.

A second group appears farther ahead. After that fight, the speaking kobolds can offer to guide you toward Isbrand if you help deal with the corrupted members of the hive.

Should you accept the kobolds' guidance?

Accepting the guidance is the simpler route through the next part of the cave.

If you agree, one of the kobolds emerges and leads you through the tunnels. Follow the guide instead of trying to memorize the cave layout yourself.

The walkthrough notes that refusing does not necessarily end the quest, but it leaves you to navigate the next cave section without that guidance. For a first playthrough, accepting the offer is the cleaner route.

This is especially important after Hotfix 1.0.4 because the official notes say the patch fixed one possible solution for Hive and Seek ending prematurely. The notes do not identify every affected branch, so an old launch-week workaround should not be treated as current behavior.

Step 4: follow the guide and clear the next group

Follow the kobold down the indicated path. You will reach another group of corrupted kobolds that must be defeated before the route continues.

This part is straightforward compared with the silver-water traversal. The main goal is to avoid burning too many healing resources before the miniboss encounter that follows.

After the fight, continue following the guide until you reach an opening overlooking the next combat area.

Step 5: ambush Chonk the Insatiable

The guide eventually leads you to a secret route above the next room. Drop down to begin the ambush.

You first face another enemy group and then Chonk the Insatiable, the miniboss for this section. The checked walkthrough describes Chonk as a larger, tougher version of the corrupted kobolds rather than a completely different combat system.

Practical preparation:

• enter with enough health to survive poison pressure;
• avoid spending every resource on the first enemies in the room;
• create space instead of letting several kobolds surround Coen;
• use the same defensive rhythm that works against the corrupted kobolds, but expect Chonk to take longer to bring down.

There is no need to invent a specific level, HP total, or damage threshold for this fight. The sourced walkthrough does not provide a reliable universal requirement.

Step 6: stop the hive from turning on Isbrand

After Chonk and the other enemies are defeated, the kobolds begin arguing about feeding on Isbrand.

The launch walkthrough documents a peaceful dialogue route. The sequence is:

1. “Calm down and think for a moment.”
2. “You can’t all eat at once.”
3. “You will lose your bond if you eat it.”

Those choices talk the hive down instead of turning the scene into another fight.

If you are playing on an older unpatched build and this part behaves incorrectly, update the game before relying on complicated workaround steps. Hotfix 1.0.4 explicitly targeted a Hive and Seek branch that could finish prematurely.

Step 7: loot Isbrand's Plate before finishing

Before talking to Isbrand, check the chest on the right side of the room.

The checked walkthrough identifies the reward there as Isbrand's Plate, a Legendary Medium Chestpiece. This is easy to miss if you immediately interact with Isbrand and advance the quest.

A simple habit for quest finales is useful here: before triggering the final conversation, scan the room for a chest, unique pickup, or interactable that may no longer be available after the scene changes.

Step 8: talk to Isbrand and finish the quest

Interact with Isbrand after you are done looting the chamber. The conversation advances the story around Brencis and then moves Coen and Lacra out of the cave sequence.

The quest completes after the final interaction. The next Lacra quest in the checked chain is Our Rotten Roots.

At this point, keep a fresh manual save if you are pursuing Lacra's full companion route. Her later quests feed into relationship and ending content, so it is better not to rely on a single rolling save for the entire chain.

Hive and Seek stuck or ending early

Official Hotfix 1.0.4, released September 9, 2026, includes a specific Hive and Seek fix:

• one possible solution could end the quest prematurely;
• the patch corrects that progression problem.

If Hive and Seek does not progress normally:

1. Verify you are on Hotfix 1.0.4 or newer for your platform.
2. Confirm Song of the Mountain is complete.
3. Recheck the current objective before wandering deeper into the cave.
4. If the issue began around the kobold solution branch, reload a save from before that conversation after updating.
5. Do not rely on an old launch-week workaround until you confirm it still applies to the current patch.

For other fixed blockers, see the Patch Notes and Quests & Quest Order Hub.

Hive and Seek quick checklist

Use this short version if you only need the route:

1. Finish Song of the Mountain.
2. Talk to Lacra in Uriash Village.
3. Follow her to the cave.
4. Avoid the silver water and traverse the platforms.
5. Defeat the corrupted kobolds.
6. Accept the kobolds' guidance for the easier route.
7. Follow the guide and clear the next group.
8. Use the secret route to ambush Chonk the Insatiable.
9. Calm the hive after the fight.
10. Loot Isbrand's Plate before the final conversation.
11. Talk to Isbrand to complete the quest.

Sources

• PowerPyx: Blood of Dawnwalker Hive and Seek Walkthrough
• Official Hotfix 1.0.4 notes
• PowerPyx: The Blood of Dawnwalker Walkthrough — All Quests