Quests

Playtime from a 42h first playthrough (no co-op, excessive side tracking). Spoiler-light: summaries only, no cutscene details.

  1. 1

    The Beached Ship Lampfall Harbor

    Lv.1–5 ~3h

    You wash ashore, meet Mirelle, and get dragged into harbor politics. Onette joins at the end of the chapter — she is free and meta, so just breathe easy.

    💡 Do NOT sell the water-logged charm from the ship. It becomes the waterbreathing charm upgrade material in Chapter 5. The game never warns you.
  2. 2

    Lamps in the Fog Lampfall → Greenreach

    Lv.5–12 ~4h

    Lantern routes, the wind temple, and the first real difficulty check (the fog stalker mini-boss). Linnea joins here and quietly becomes your Tide battery.

    💡 The fog stalker is weak to Dawn. If you are stuck, kite it toward the lantern posts — they pulse Dawn damage.
  3. 3

    Roots of the Hollow The Hollow Marsh

    Lv.12–20 ~5h

    The church of Dawn, the marsh corruption, and the hooded stranger (Nyx recruitment — see the Secrets page, it is genuinely missable).

    💡 Nyx's quest flag: talk to the hooded NPC THREE separate times across the chapter. One chat is not enough. Multiple people (me) missed her on the first run.
  4. 4

    Ashes, Then Questions Cinderpeak

    Lv.20–28 ~6h

    Volcano politics and the Ashen Colossus gate fight. Aldric joins. This is where the game stops babysitting you with i-frames.

    💡 Buy the heat-resist soup in camp. Cheaper than the deaths. Trust the save file that knows.
  5. 5

    The Sunken Vault The Sunken Shelf

    Lv.28–35 ~6h

    The waterbreathing charm unlocks the whole shelf. Underwater combat is floaty and divisive — half the community calls it the best part of the game, the other half calls it "swimming homework".

    💡 Dodge DOWNSWIMS toward attack tells; up-dodges eat hits constantly. Muscle memory from land combat will betray you for two hours.
  6. 6

    Stairways to Nowhere Skyway Ruins

    Lv.35–42 ~5h

    Floating ruins, astronomy puzzles, and Vespera. The plot finally explains the title. Sort of. There is a dragon involved. That is all you get without spoilers.

    💡 The constellation puzzle answer changes per playthrough. Align the brightest star with the broken arch — the game checks position, not the pretty picture.
  7. 7

    The Dragon's Wake Dragonwake Wastes

    Lv.42–48 ~7h

    The difficulty wall. THE wall. Chapter 7 is where under-leveled gear goes to die, and where half the playerbase re-added Mirelle to the party out of desperation.

    💡 If you hit the wall: stop pushing, go do 10 commissions, +9 your gear, come back. The chapter does not scale down. It will not apologize.
  8. 8

    Sword of Dawn Orbis — all regions

    Lv.48–50 ~6h

    The finale tour across every region, three-phase last boss, and the title drop. Bring your best-geared team and tissues. Post-credits unlocks the true endgame farm loop.

    💡 Phase 2 hates melee. Keep a bow or catalyst character in the back pocket for the pivot window.

Region Commissions (repeatable)

[Based on open-world action RPG conventions and early community reports. Subject to change.]

⚔️ Hunt

Kill a specific elite. Best merits/hour once you know spawn routes. Cinderpeak hunts pay best but hurt most.

🛡️ Escort

Walk an NPC somewhere. Slow, boring, extremely good merits. Everyone does them while listening to podcasts.

🌿 Gather

Grab N materials. Pairs perfectly with Sylse taxi build. Boring on purpose.

📜 Rumor Board

Random rotating bounty. Sometimes hides map clues for buried chests (see Secrets). Read the flavor text!

💬 Editor's note: Chapter 7 wall complaints keep arriving. Yes it is steep. No, the wiki cannot lower it for you. Go do commissions, +9 your gear, come back angrier.
⚠️ Community dispute:Chapter 5 underwater chapter: the "best chapter" / "swimming homework" split again. The devs publicly called it "divisive by design". Bold.
“"Main story: 6/8 chapters bangers. Chapter 6 puzzle pacing drags, Chapter 7 demands gear you do not have yet. Overall: worth it."”
— Bilibili 40h deep-dive video (paraphrased), Aug 2026

[Based on Bilibili community videos, Aug 2026]

📌 Chapter 6 astronomy puzzle: all 3 constellation solutions are not screenshotted yet. Waiting for a bigger contributor.