Before you start
- Track Where Loyalty Lies and compare its current objective with the route below. A high Infamy meter alone does not establish that the prerequisite story branch is complete.
- Keep a separate manual save before the meeting. Read every time-cost prompt: published whole-quest totals disagree.
- Based on September 2–7 written walkthroughs, with no exact executable build/platform supplied and no Kingy playthrough.
Get the daylight meeting to trigger
If Sara does not appear, record the prerequisite completion, current objective, phase and Infamy before spending more time on unrelated activities. This is a diagnosis checklist, not a confirmed fix for a broken quest.
- Check the Court Infamy track for Notorious IV or higher; a single ruler’s anger is a separate measure.
- If below the threshold, choose a visible Court activity or Soldier Camp, finish its objective and inspect the meter again. PC Gamer recommends combining these activities; the number needed depends on your starting progress.
- With the prerequisite quest complete, approach central Svartrau Plaza by day and follow Sara. Confirm the journal advances to investigating the missing scouts.
Find the trail and the roof entrance Reveal solution / story details
If the trail is unclear, return to the last inspected clue and read the objective before choosing another building. Use the handprint, locked door and roof opening together to identify the destination.
- Go to the pink-fronted house in Neustadt. The reported full investigation examines attic plates, arrows, a crumpled note and the window.
- Outside, inspect the blood beside the cart, then use Focus Mode to follow the trail into the Middens. Check the damaged cart on the way.
- At the building with a bloody handprint beside its locked door, look around the exterior for the climbable crate and roof opening. Enter from above; the reported route does not require finding a door key.
Check the survivors and complete this branch Reveal solution / story details
If your journal instead asks for a way to question a corpse, stop following the surviving-scout sequence. Another report describes that branch, but its trigger, item route and completion are not verified here. Record the objective and preserve the save; do not assume an absent survivor means the quest is irrecoverable.
- Inside, examine the bodies and continue into the courtyard. On the reported surviving-scout route, speak with the wounded man by the barrel.
- After the conversation, defeat the arriving soldiers. Check that Where Loyalty Lies closes and What Hunts the Night appears before leaving.
When your route differs
Time totals, XP and directional details disagree across the inspected guides. This answer gives a reported route with observable stopping checks; it does not promise a minimum-time run, an unmissable outcome or a tested current-build workaround.
| What you see | Next check |
|---|---|
| A time-cost prompt | Read and record that action’s cost before accepting; do not budget from a single whole-quest total. |
| A closed city gate | Retain your position and objective. The walkthroughs are not proof that every Infamy state has the same accessible route. |
| A locked warehouse entrance | Confirm the blood-trail destination and search its exterior for the reported roof access. |
| Quest remains active after the fight | Capture the remaining objective, enemies and version. Compare the branch before trying a recovery or overwriting the earlier save. |
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Sources and how this guide was made
This guide uses the linked sources and any attributed demonstrations. Kingy has not independently play-tested these steps. Platform differences and limitations are noted with the advice they affect.
Coverage: Released · Steam feed checked September 27; hotfix 1.0.5 remains latest detailed note · console build not rechecked. Research checked 2026-09-27. Updated 2026-09-27
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