The short answer
A Second Chance opens with Garek awakening in the Undercity. Follow Anya, learn the Revival Altar and finish the guard-training circuit. The quest completes at Fiona’s supply stall; continue with Anya afterward to meet Sylvanas and receive Rescue the Forsaken.
Before you start
- Open the Forsaken Kingdom main campaign and match the quest name A Second Chance.
- This guide reveals the opening after the prologue. It covers the first quest and the next assignment, not the whole act.
Where this guide starts and ends
Use this walkthrough when your main quest says A Second Chance. If you are still patrolling the living city with Garek and Landen, use Homecoming in the prologue index instead.
The steps follow visible game objectives and tutorial hints in Video Game News’s recording. Combat preparation and recovery suggestions are Kingy editorial advice. Kingy inspected the footage and did not independently play-test the route.
1. Gather your senses and follow Anya Reveal solution / story details
The opening objective at 1:45 asks Garek to gather his senses. At 2:00 Anya introduces herself and tells him to follow.
- Let the opening conversation finish, select Garek and follow Anya out of the starting chamber.
- Stay with her through the stone corridors. If you lose the route, check her position before exploring a different passage.
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2. Learn the Revival Altar Reveal solution / story details
Anya stops at a Revival Altar. The game introduces it as help after falling in battle and explicitly says it heals nearby units. The inspected footage does not establish a healing rate or revival cost.
- Approach the altar with Garek and let Anya’s explanation finish. Remember its position before continuing to the training area.
- If health becomes low during training, returning close to the altar is an editorial recovery suggestion based on the healing hint. Check your health bar before leaving again.
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3. Finish the guard-training circuit Reveal solution / story details
Anya next tells Garek to train with the guards. A counter tracks the guards left to train with. It falls as the recorded party moves through the connected training areas and fights the guards; Anya acknowledges the finished training at 6:26–6:30.
- Move through the training area with Anya and engage the guards assigned to the exercise. Watch the remaining-guards counter after each encounter.
- Continue across the connected walkways to guards you have not trained with. If the counter remains above zero, check the areas you passed before looking for a different quest.
- Monitor Garek’s health and mana. Read the abilities available in your own game and use recovery supplies when needed; this guide does not prescribe a tested build.
- When the counter clears and Anya acknowledges the training, follow her onward into the city.
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4. Reach Fiona and complete A Second Chance Reveal solution / story details
The group reaches a circular market platform at 7:36. At 7:46 Anya points out Fiona’s supplies and gives Garek some spending coin. The game explicitly marks A Second Chance complete beside the stall.
- Follow Anya to the market platform and approach Fiona’s supply stall. Let the handoff finish and check for the A Second Chance completion message.
- Review Fiona’s stock if you need supplies. Completion is already visible in the inspected shop frame; this guide does not require a particular purchase.
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5. Meet Sylvanas and read the next assignment Reveal solution / story details
After the first quest completes, Anya asks Garek to come with her to meet someone. The following sequence introduces Sylvanas. At 10:30 the new main quest is Rescue the Forsaken.
- Continue with Anya after browsing supplies and allow the Sylvanas conversation to finish.
- Read the new objectives: travel to the Capital City Ruins, then find and rescue new Forsaken. Continue with the Rescue the Forsaken walkthrough linked below for the four encounters and Sylvanas turn-in.
If the opening will not advance Reveal solution / story details
| Problem | Check next |
|---|---|
| The opening still says to gather your senses | Let the conversation finish and follow Anya from the starting chamber. |
| The training counter has not cleared | Look for untrained guards along the connected route. The counter, not the number of fights you remember, shows what remains. |
| Garek is low on health | The altar tutorial explicitly confirms nearby healing. Return toward the altar and check your supplies before another fight. |
| Training is done but the quest remains active | Continue with Anya to Fiona’s market stall. The recorded completion appears there. |
| A Second Chance is complete, but you have no next objective | Follow Anya to the Sylvanas conversation. Rescue the Forsaken appears afterward. |
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Footage and coverage limits
Key checkpoints are 1:45 for the first quest, 2:50 for the altar healing hint, 3:00 for training, 6:30 for Anya’s training acknowledgment, 7:46 for explicit completion and 10:30 for the next assignment.
The recording is titled City of the Dead part 1. This guide verifies the opening quest, not an entire act or every possible route. Exact client build and difficulty are not established. All loot, hidden routes, revival values, optimal builds and difficulty differences remain unverified.
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Research checked 2026-09-12. This is a source-based guide; Kingy has not independently play-tested these steps. Evidence and coverage.


