Secret Choices Guide: 10 Hidden Decisions & Consequences

How Hidden Decisions Shape Vale Sangora

Beyond high-profile branching narrative climaxes and companion romance commitments, The Blood of Dawnwalker is replete with subtle, non-telegraphed moral choices. These secret decisions rarely display prompt warnings or moral alignment meters on screen.

Instead, they depend upon player restraint, acute environmental awareness, and voluntary actions such as refusing execution orders, sparing frightened thralls, or sheathing weapons during heated standoffs.

Making the compassionate or tactful choice often requires defying dominant faction demands, but invariably yields exclusive items, permanent stat trinkets, and unexpected guardian allies in late-game trials.

Subtle Early-Game Choices: Days 1 Through 10

In the opening ten days of the campaign, several key hidden choices arise in the vicinity of Laslea and Blackford. At the Laslea Stockades [Grid B-2], choosing to break out the condemned thrall with silver wire rather than following official interrogation protocol rewards the Amulet of the Resolute and unlocks permanent mercantile discounts.

Similarly, when exploring the Chapel Belfry [Grid C-2], Father Florin instructs Coen to execute an apostate monk. Choosing restraint allows the monk to escape, who later returns on Day 18 to guide Coen to an underground relic chamber holding the legendary Saint's Reliquary Rapier.

Clandestine Encounters and Unconventional Alliances

During mid-game explorations across the Weeping Bog [Grid D-2] and Bleeding Grotto [Grid C-3], Coen will encounter supernatural beings that initial combat instincts suggest slaying immediately.

In the Bleeding Grotto vault, players who choose not to desecrate the newborn vampire cradle appease the vampire brood mother, neutralizing dozens of lethal grotto predators and awarding the life-regenerating Mother's Blessing Talisman.

Likewise, respecting the sacred flora of the Weeping Bog Hermit without harvesting his glowing medicinal roots convinces the elder to surrender the ancient Bough of the Old Gods catalyst.

Long-Term Repercussions on Final Endings and NG+

The cumulative effect of these ten secret choices extends far beyond immediate loot tables. Sparing enemy deserters and aiding oppressed townsfolk steadily builds an invisible wellspring of civic goodwill.

During the Day 25 Point of No Return and the subsequent assault on Castle Laslea, NPCs you spared appear dynamically on the battlefield: the marsh deserter assassinates sniper outposts, and Laslea's grateful blacksmith equips your frontline militia with masterwork shields.

In New Game+, all unlocked secret trinkets and tempering bonuses carry forward, empowering Coen to experiment with alternative choices while retaining unmatched combat utility.