The Blood of Dawnwalker Prologue Walkthrough

Before committing early time segments, continue with the Beginner Tips, 30-Day Time Limit and Choices & Consequences.

What the prologue covers

Official and developer material uses “prologue” for the playable Laslea opening. The cited sources do not show a retail chapter screen that labels the entire sequence “Prologue,” so the term is used here as a practical guide label.

The opening moves from Coen’s early training and village routine into the Blood Mass, the silver mine, and then the wider Vale Sangora structure with its 30-day objective. This page keeps later outcomes behind a spoiler warning.

Before the Blood Mass

The launch evidence describes eight time segments before the Blood Mass. Ordinary exploration does not consume those segments, but major actions, selected conversations, and some learned skills can. Look for the sun or moon clock cost before confirming an action; a written route cannot account for every optional detour.

A PC Gamer launch route proposes an efficient eight-slot order. It is editorial guidance, not an official or universally required sequence. Use these priorities instead of assuming a single perfect route:

1. Complete the mandatory opening and combat training.
2. Learn how the clock preview marks time-consuming decisions.
3. Resolve the village tasks you most want before committing the final segments.
4. Keep one manual save before the Blood Mass and another before entering the mine.

Suggested eight-segment route

PC Gamer tested the Laslea opening several times and published the following order. It is designed to preserve a broad set of story results, not to prove there is one canon route.

| Segment | Suggested quest activity | | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 — Morning | Live Bait | | 2 — Morning | Dead Drop and the first part of Withering Away | | 3 — Noon | Optional Page-Turner; use Into the Den later if you skip it | | 4 — Noon | Finish the next Withering Away step | | 5 — Afternoon | Begin Not If a Tree Falls and Deep Down | | 6 — Afternoon | Blasphemy | | 7 — Evening | Disturbed | | 8 — Evening | Like Father, Like Son |

The same route deprioritizes Someone Needs a Lesson and On the Run, while treating Into the Den as content that can be revisited after the prologue. Choose differently if one of those character moments matters more to you than the route's preferred outcomes.

Quest-cost and deadline checklist

The route matters because several objectives have different kinds of pressure. A clock cost spends a segment when you commit; a deadline changes the quest state if you arrive too late.

| Quest or action | Verified pressure | Practical decision | | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Page-Turner | Optional Anca scene that uses one segment | Choose it for character context; skip it if another Laslea outcome matters more. | | Withering Away | Must be resolved before the opening time expires | Use hot water and three spoonfuls of herbs, following the current objective prompt. | | Deep Down | Lazar is alive before evening and dead by evening | Reach the ruins during the afternoon if saving Lazar is a priority. | | Into the Den treasure | Digging uses one segment; the quest is not urgent | Mark it now and return after the prologue if the eight-slot route is already full. | | Disturbed | Normally uses one segment; refilling can add another | Enter with room in the schedule and save before the final interaction. | | Like Father, Like Son | Uses the final evening slot in the tested route | Protect it for the Charge Swordmastery manual; winning is not required. |

This distinction also explains why simply collecting a quest lead is useful: you can inspect the journal and map first, then decide whether the next interaction is worth its displayed cost.

Two easy ways to lose time are getting caught stealing and learning a time-cost skill at a Shrine. The walkthrough reports a four-segment penalty for theft during the prologue, so quicksave before entering private spaces and read the clock cost before buying a perk.

Morning route: family, quests, and Anca

Live Bait begins near Coen's house with Yanna, Lunka, and Mirto. Helping them fish establishes family relationships before the night's crisis. Playing tag consumes time on the published route, so skip it if you intend to fit the full eight-segment plan.

After fishing, collect nearby quest leads before committing to them. Disturbed starts at the graveyard, Blasphemy comes from Gremla in the village, and Deep Down starts with Gavril. Picking up a quest is not the same as paying every later segment, which lets you plan the day before deciding.

For Withering Away, follow the western path to Anca's home. Page-Turner is the optional relationship scene: accepting Anca's invitation uses an additional segment. During the storm, use Focus Mode in the shed and collect the hanging herb bundles before speaking to her again. This scene provides character context and supports the Anca relationship route, but public guides do not prove that it is an absolute romance lock.

Useful early preparation

PC Gamer's walkthrough gives the Withering recipe as hot water and three spoonfuls of herbs. Follow the in-game objective text when preparing it; the cited walkthrough does not support adding further ingredients.

Search optional spaces before advancing a costly objective, but do not turn exploration into a checklist race. The opening teaches that movement, ordinary fights, and observation can be free while decisions carry the real time cost.

Like Father, Like Son is worth protecting if you want the Charge Swordmastery manual. PC Gamer reports that losing the sparring match does not remove that reward. Entering the Blood Mass with a recent manual save is more important than winning every optional exchange.

Silver mine: low-spoiler route

Follow the main mine objectives, use Focus Mode on environmental clues, and read combat prompts before rushing deeper. An evening interaction with Lazar and environmental material involving murals and a coffin are documented parts of the route.

Inspect every mural in the circular room before opening the stone coffin. The launch walkthrough identifies Mireleaf Bracers with +30 armor and a Claw Art there, followed by the Forgotten Guardian and its sword. Because those details come from a launch-version route, use the current game UI as the authority if location or values differ after a patch. The Guardian's double slash is documented as unblockable, so dodge it rather than treating every red or special attack as safely parryable.

The safest mine habits are simple:

• Use Focus Mode whenever an objective asks you to reconstruct or inspect the environment.
• Loot before crossing an obvious one-way drop or starting a cinematic.
• Separate normal directional attacks from unblockable cues; dodge the latter unless the current tutorial says otherwise.
• Preserve a save before major dialogue and before leaving the sequence for the open world.

After the mine

Leaving the opening leads into Vale Sangora and the Court-centered 30-day campaign. At that point, the safest plan is to:

• Read the journal for deadlines and time-of-day requirements.
• Separate free scouting from actions that consume clock segments.
• Build rotating saves before mutually exclusive choices.
• Use daytime human tools and nighttime vampire mobility as complementary routes.

Spoiler warning: route consequences

The opening establishes people and decisions that are referenced later. The cited walkthroughs do not fully map every recovery condition, so this guide does not promise that every missed task can be recovered after the Blood Mass or the mine. If an opening outcome matters to you, preserve a pre-commitment save.

Sources

• PlayStation Blog: time-driven quest system
• PC Gamer prologue quest order
• PowerPyx full quest walkthrough index