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Withering Away: Anca, the herbs and the medicine

Quick answer

Follow the chores at Coen’s house, find Anca near her hut’s river path, then return with the herbs and prepare the medicine before Sacred Covenant. The exact recipe and its consequence are below the reveal control.

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

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Before you start

  • Complete All Good Things
  • Collect and equip the Training Sword
  • Keep a save before preparing the brew
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From the family home to Anca

  1. Take clothing from the bedroom chest if needed. Split the firewood in the yard and add it to the stove. After breakfast, collect the sword from the next room.
  2. Go to Anca’s hut. If nobody answers, use Focus Mode on the half-watered vegetable patch and empty barrel. Follow the nearby path to the river.
  3. Speak with Anca and follow her inside. Obtain both the herbs and her written instructions; keep the recipe available for the return trip.
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Payment and the optional lesson

Anca asks for 50 Denarius. The reported alternatives let you offer 25 or promise payment later, so lack of the full asking price does not require abandoning the medicine.

Staying for the Latin lesson leads into Page-Turner. Read the displayed time cost before choosing to stay. Published whole-quest totals differ; this page does not promise a single total that covers every branch.

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Prepare the brew and understand the outcome

Reveal solution / story details

Completing the correct medicine before Sacred Covenant is the reported route that keeps Esme alive through the mass. If you want to change the preparation, use a save from before the brew choice.

  1. Return to Pieter and complete the conversation outside the house. Prepare the herbs at the stove.
  2. Choose hot water and three spoonfuls of herbs. Boiling water is a different option; follow the recipe precisely.
  3. Finish administering the medicine. The move into Like Father, Like Son confirms the quest has advanced.
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Sources · 2Walkthrough · checked 8 Oct 2026 · Research checked 12 Sep 2026
Withering Away walkthrough ↗Objective sequence, payment choices and medicine. Its whole-quest time total is not treated as authoritative.Walkthrough ·
Withering Away: medicine and consequences ↗Corroborates recipe, location clues and delayed story consequence; time totals remain disputed.Walkthrough ·

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