Guides

Where to start and what to do next. The walkthrough follows the main story in four parts; the other guides each take one question and answer it in full.

Walkthrough

1. Opening WalkthroughFrom the prison cell to the first battle, step by step, with what each quest wants and where it tends to stall.
2. Walkthrough II: From the Port to the ElectionFrom the first battle to the village election: the side stories the vote hinges on and a sensible order for them.
3. Walkthrough III: The Portal and the Red EyeElection to Old God: the battles across the river, the first five portal fragments, and what to do with his eye.
4. Walkthrough IV: The Six and the EndingThe six gifts, light and dark paths, the final two fragments, the last battle and how the story ends.

More guides

• Your First WeekStarting kit, the first technologies worth buying, the donkey's timetable and the daily habits that keep you moving.
• How Alchemy Actually WorksRune totals decide everything, flasks must sit on the shelf, and technologies only tell you what's already brewable. The full rules, from the game files.
• Corpses and Organs, Part by PartA body is just its parts added together. The value of each organ and pocket item, the real odds in surgery, and recipes for a perfect grave or a powerful zombie.
• What the Demo Left OutCame from the demo? Here is what it kept locked, what those parts became at release, and what happens to your old save.