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Deep Down: route, deadline and cave exit

Quick answer

Speak with Gavril in Laslea’s fields and follow the northwest peat-bog trail early, before evening. Pack healing and keep a save before entering the hole. Check Hotfix 1.0.4 if the cave exit is blocked.

Checked 12 Sep 2026 · before patch 1.1 (22 Oct 2026)What changed

How this guide was checked

Coverage: Released · Update 1.1 (October 22, PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S) latest detailed patch · October 26 award-vote notice · official sources checked October 27, 2026 UTC · installed console build unknown. Research checked 12 Sep 2026. Updated 12 Sep 2026

This guide uses the linked sources and any attributed demonstrations. Platform differences and limitations are noted with the advice they affect.

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Before you start

  • Complete All Good Things
  • Visit the peat bogs before evening for the early-arrival branch
  • Equip your best available weapon and healing supplies
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Follow the trail into the cave

  1. Find the abandoned cart by the peat bogs northwest of Laslea, using the nearby shrine as a landmark.
  2. Use Focus Mode to follow the tracks past stacked peat, then the basket or bucket with blood nearby. Continue west towards the wolves.
  3. Deal with the wolves and locate the hole behind them. Enter the cave, follow the path and squeeze through the narrow gap.
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What arrival time changes

Reveal solution / story details

Early-arrival walkthroughs find Lazar alive. PC Gamer reports that waiting until evening produces the dead-Lazar branch. PowerPyx’s main route describes the latter outcome, so its wording should not be read as an unavoidable death.

If you have arrived late and want the earlier outcome, a save from before that time change is the relevant recovery point. Completing the same late route again does not establish a different outcome.

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Loot the sarcophagus and reach the exit

Reveal solution / story details

Sources disagree on the bracers’ armour value. We retain the location and omit a fixed stat claim; compare the item shown in your current save.

  1. Continue up into the underground ruins. In the sarcophagus chamber, inspect the wall paintings before opening the coffin.
  2. Collect and inspect the Mireleaf Bracers. Equip useful upgrades before moving into the hall towards the surface.
  3. The Forgotten Guardian guards the route out. Dodge the glowing double-blade attack; the walkthrough recommends creating openings with a perfect block, then using a short counterattack.
  4. Loot the defeated guardian, take the route back outside and return to Gavril to finish the quest.
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If you cannot leave the cave

Rebel Wolves lists a Deep Down cave-stuck fix in Hotfix 1.0.4. Check whether that update is installed on your platform. If the problem remains, retain the affected save and report the exact objective and build; the notes do not guarantee repair of every existing save state.

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Sources · 4Official · Walkthrough · checked 8 Oct 2026 · Research checked 12 Sep 2026
Hotfix 1.0.4 ↗September 9 rollout on PC, PS5 and Xbox; quest, saving and controller fixes. This announcement does not establish the latest installed console build or guarantee recovery of every save.Official ·
Prologue walkthrough and quest order ↗Reported early-rescue branch, clock icons and suggested route. Quest totals conflict with other reports; no fixed global schedule copied. Manual review: the live article falls beyond the automated monitor’s bounded response size; the truncated response does not contain the quest evidence.Walkthrough ·
Deep Down walkthrough ↗Cave route, boss responses and exit. Describes the late-arrival branch; do not infer Lazar must die. Equipment values conflict.Walkthrough ·
Deep Down early-arrival route ↗Independently finds Lazar alive; corroborates landmarks and sarcophagus. No media reused. Equipment numbers differ from other sources.Walkthrough ·

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