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Your first session in Vale Sangora

Quick answer

Equip the opening gear, learn the time-cost symbols and choose which nearby quests matter to you before spending the prologue’s daylight. Keep a separate manual save before a decision you may want to revisit.

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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3 steps

Before you start

  • Check your platform’s installed patch
  • Start a manual save you can recognise
  • Use the game’s current objective text
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Equip before leaving home

  1. Take the clothes from the bedroom chest and equip them. Complete the firewood chore and collect the Training Sword when Pieter directs you to it.
  2. Open combat settings and choose whether you want directional controls or the assisted omni options. Practise a block and a single reply before committing to longer attack strings.
  3. When a quest sends you to a missing person, inspect the area with Focus Mode instead of assuming the marker is the final destination.
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Choose the next job deliberately

Our recommended opening priorities are the family’s medicine, a decision about helping Yanna, and Gavril’s missing-person lead. These are choices for this route, not an exhaustive list or a guaranteed best ending.

Walking around to learn the layout does not continually spend story time. An interaction can still advance an objective: read the displayed cost before confirming it. Keep exploration and commitment separate in your plan.

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If the opening is going wrong

Check the active objective, your last manual save and the installed update before repeating the same interaction. Hotfix 1.0.4 addresses several early progression and saving problems. Our patch guide separates those reported fixes from steps that still need individual investigation.

Reveal video · story setup and gameplay scenes

The publisher introduces the game’s main features and gameplay systems.

Bandai Namco Entertainment America · 0:00 · Full video 6:25

Source & footage context

Official promotional footage. It illustrates the announced game; it does not verify the current build, exact values or the written walkthrough.

Source record ↗ · Checked 2026-09-13

Preview artwork: Rebel Wolves / Bandai Namco · official Steam gallery. This is an illustration beside the video, not a frame from the selected timestamp.

The original creator hosts the recording. If playback is restricted, use the YouTube link.

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You’re ready when…

Your checklist

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Sources · 6Official · Walkthrough · checked 8 Oct 2026 · Research checked 12 Sep 2026
Features overview ↗Time as a resource; exploration, day/night forms and combat options. Prerelease explanation, checked after launch.Official ·
Swordmastery bulletin ↗Directional and omni combat, weapon styles and learning techniques.Official ·
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 ·
Withering Away walkthrough ↗Objective sequence, payment choices and medicine. Its whole-quest time total is not treated as authoritative.Walkthrough ·
Live Bait walkthrough ↗Yanna, objective changes, rods, optional tag and dialogue combat.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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