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The Cycle of Love
The Cycle of Love is the boss quest for the boyar Xanthe, unlocked once her anger is maxed through court activities. You get into her mansion with a lantern and face her in a locked room.
- Type
- Side
- Rewards
- 500 XP, Blood Surge if you drink her blood
Good to know
- It takes place partly in a building with a balcony and a locked room.
- Xanthe's anger fills after nine of her court activities. Disrupt one more and a guard brings you her lantern.
- Blue lanterns placed on statues burn away the red vines that block passages.
- A legendary amulet, the Relic of St. Dasius, sits on a table in the left balcony room.
- The Dark Mistress trophy does not need you to kill her.
What you do
Wait for the opening, go to the mansion and give the lantern to the first statue. From there you keep moving lanterns between statues to clear vines and open new rooms. Witch enemies roam the halls.
Objectives
1. Wait for an opportunity. 2. Get to the mansion. 3. Give the lantern to the statue. 4. Find Xanthe. 5. Find a way into the locked room. 6. Enter the locked room. 7. Kill Xanthe.
Tips
Dodge her ground attacks and block her red tentacles, since perfect blocks stun her. When she teleports at her red health marks, smash the blood orbs fast or she heals. The Cycle of Ruin and Dirty Trick manuals and a key to the kennels are easy to miss.
BossSpoilerShow
Coen fights Xanthe during this quest. Afterwards she offers to work with you if you spare her. Sparing her means fewer supernatural enemies in Greifberg later. Draining her gives Blood Surge.
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