Dawnwalker Bosses

Before the duel

Complete activities marked with Ambrus’s twin-headed dragon to provoke his invitation to The Gilded Gauntlet. The Bittersweet Toast is Iulian’s optional preparation: finish its ritual before ringing the bell above Maragir.

If the drink was poisoned, decline the first offer of Iulian’s blood. Drinking it yourself poisons Coen; allowing Ambrus to drink first preserves the intended advantage.

Attack openings and the reward

Dodge away from his sweeping unblockable attack. When Scarlet Shield appears, conserve resources while it absorbs damage and restores his health. In the final health segment, defend against the copies and wait for the real Ambrus; striking a copy does not damage him.

Defeating and draining him at night grants Scarlet Shield. Draining him after the poisoning also poisons Coen. The later invitation to his soul is a separate choice.

Reach the confrontation

After Bakir’s anger draws his challenge, meet Farkas outside Lunar Manor. Use the preparation window before the afternoon contest to improve your equipment. The maze restricts Vampiric Abilities and provides replacement gear along the route.

Talking to the Porcupine can avoid a fight, and poisoning the liquor can disable the Cockroach encounter. At the prize conversation, the yellow dialogue route can lead to a private meeting; removing the mask immediately starts combat with his guards.

Fight and aftermath

Watch for punches, blood lines and the unblockable bird volley. Move sideways out of the ranged attacks before closing for a short counter.

A kill allows you to take Bakir’s Armour, while draining him unlocks Shadowstorm. If you fought in the courtyard, revisit the body after Farkas takes you to the treasure room. The Ring is a separate follow-up choice.

Prepare for both phases

Finish healing and equip your abilities before entering the final chamber. Keep a separate save before departing for Greifberg if you want to compare ending routes; the family rescue still depends on the campaign deadline.

Sword phase

A red-skull opening can continue into a normal swing and another unblockable strike. Avoid the entire sequence instead of attacking after its middle hit. A normal opening gives a better parry opportunity and space for a brief counter.

Dodge sideways from his leap and blood javelin. The leap’s landing offers a short opening; the low advancing two-handed swipe instead calls for distance backward.

Anachora phase

Leave the line of overhead tentacle strikes and move away from sweeping attacks. Sidestep the Piercing Shriek cone, retreat from airborne slams and leave the large glyph under Coen before its draining attack.

Later ground pounds advance in a sequence. Move out of their path and keep counters short. Manifestations may add Xanthe’s floor glyphs or Ambrus’s copies, so continue watching for their attacks.

Choices after the fight

Bowing in the earlier conversation accepts a bargain; inviting Brencis in after defeating him is a later decision. Use the ending guide to compare those choices with the ally or solo route you brought into the castle.

Follow Lacra’s investigation

Song of the Mountain and Hive and Seek lead through the Uriashi village and the kobold investigation. Our Rotten Roots then follows Lacra into Isbrand’s memories. Use the questline guide for the order, access conditions and choices.

Brencis left Isbrand in a mountain cave, where kobolds kept him alive as a regenerating food source. The named combat profile below has its own health segments and level scaling.

Keep the quest choices in view

Her route runs through the Uriashi village, the kobold search and Anachora. Midnight Reckoning later asks Coen to choose a route toward the final assault. Read the quest warnings before committing if you want her involvement to continue.

The Lacra, the Envoy profile below describes combat values. Her character entry covers her role and relationships; the questline guide carries the complete sequence and consequences.

Get through the convent

The courtyard nuns rise again after defeat. Use the Monastery Keys and Campana Loquitur instructions to ring three bells and gather them in the chapel, clearing Anca’s route. Four bells sends them toward the infirmary; five does not fully clear the courtyard.

Fight and ritual

Track Leonica when she teleports, dodge the crows and back away from the burst of bones around her. When she disappears, defeat her summoned nuns to make her return. These summons can be cleared even though the courtyard nuns revive.

Allowing Anca’s ritual afterward costs two time segments and lifts the curse. Burning the notes leaves it in place. This decision is separate from Anca’s later Font of Life reward.

Search after victory

Check Leonica’s body for her ring, Catacombs Key and an Unholy Vitality Manual. The chest along the chamber’s eastern wall is another manual pickup. Keep the keys distinct: the infirmary, monastery and catacombs have different locks.

Enter the crypt

A Monk and a Saint can follow the Night Terrors investigation or the alternate A Dubious Gift route. Choosing one closes the other route for that playthrough. Use the cathedral records and Mihai’s symbol to reach the crypt.

Fight and collect the sword

Mihai uses sword attacks and has a large health pool. Keep enough stamina to defend between short counters. His timed dialogue after the fight does not change the main reward: Broken Sword of St. Mihai.

Use Focus to find Broken Chains and Worn Sheath in the room as well. Continue Forge It Anew with the other sword pieces and Nareh; restoring the weapon and imbuing it are separate stages.

Reach Chariklea’s room

Progress Xanthe’s Court activities until Leonard brings the lamp for The Cycle of Love. Move the blue lanterns between the keep’s statues to open passages through the red growth. Note which passage each lantern is holding open.

Watch the floor and the orbs

Block ordinary lashes as you approach, then take a short opening. If a glyph forms beneath Xanthe at close range, retreat. When three small glyphs follow Coen, keep moving until the sequence finishes before counterattacking.

At health-segment breaks she rises and creates red orbs. Destroy them to interrupt her recovery: the first break has three orbs and the second has four. Save enough stamina to leave the larger ground glyph.

Blood and separate rewards

Begin at night if you want the draining option. Scarlet Shield can support recovery through successful blocks when it is equipped. A blood phial in the cathedral treasury is another route to Blood Surge.

Chariklea’s fate is decided in a separate conversation. Vrakhir’s Treads are in the chest in her room; they are not the Corrupted Pendant associated with Xanthe.