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Deep Down is a Prologue side quest where you look for the missing farmhand Lazar and end up in ancient ruins. Do it before Sacred Covenant: the ruins hold the Mireleaf Bracers and a boss.
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Find Lazar's cart at the peat bogs and follow his tracks with Focus Mode. Get past two wolves and drop into a cave. Follow the underground river, then climb south into the ruins and find a way out. Report back to Gavril.
Lazar is dead when you find him, and the wound shows he was killed with a blade. Some players say he can still be found alive if you go in before evening, but that is not confirmed.
It has an unblockable two-sword attack, signalled when its blades glow. Dodge that one. Parry everything else, hit once, then go back to blocking.
You get 250 XP and 25 denarii. The Mireleaf Bracers are in a sarcophagus in the ruins. They cut block stamina cost by 7% and add 2% critical chance.
Ancient UndeadAncient undead are old warriors who still guard the sealed tombs and ruins of Vale Sangora. Expect them whenever you go grave robbing underground, and fight them patiently.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoForge It Anew
In this quest Coen reforges a broken sword from three scattered shards and its hilt. The result, the Imbued Sword of St. Mihai, is one of the strongest weapons in the game and worth the long chase.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoSomeone Needs a Lesson
This prologue quest has you chase down Vasil after he insults Coen. It is a quick 250 XP, and the talk at the end shows a sadder side of the village troublemaker.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoA Deal with the Devil
A Deal with the Devil is the final main quest, where Brencis asks you to parley at Shrike's Crag. Your choices here decide which ending you get, so make a manual save before you go.
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoAll Good Things
All Good Things is the opening quest, where you chase Lunka through a canyon and learn the basics of combat. It teaches parrying, vampire form and Shadowstep before the story proper begins.