Overview
The Church of Hernand is a Solumen Order church located in the City of Hernand and operated under the Hernandian Parish of Solumen. It is a gathering place for priests dedicated to charitable acts and spiritual guidance, most notably the regular distribution of bread to residents of the nearby slums and hovels. Beyond its religious role, the church functions as an important waypoint for travelers, offering access to a vendor, a Confessional, and a key item required for a major Chapter 3 main story quest.
Location
The Church of Hernand sits on the eastern side of the City of Hernand, near both Hillside Manor and Hernand Castle. Its position makes it one of the first landmarks most travelers pass when approaching the upper city from the commercial districts. The building's front doors lead into the main hall, while a side door opens into the Confessional where the priest and vendor Alfred conducts his duties.
Solumen Order Connection
The church is one of five holy sites controlled by the Hernandian Parish of Solumen, alongside the Church of Calphade, Church of Vellua, the village of Senia, and Deepwoods. The Hernandian Parish was founded as an independent religious order intended to bridge the historic tensions between Hernand and Demeniss, uniting their shared Solumen faith above regional politics. Believers from both territories attend services here on Sundays. As a faction-controlled site, the Church of Hernand can be subject to faction blockades by hostile forces and may offer community-oriented assistance quests to players.
Sub-Areas
Sub-Area | Description |
|---|---|
Main Hall | Entry area with cabinets and altar space; the priest who greets visitors hands Kliff the Wisdom between Donation and Fruition note. |
Confessional | Accessed through the side door near the entrance; houses the vendor Alfred, who hears confessions from the people of Hernand. |
NPCs and Vendors
NPC | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Priest and vendor | Oversees the Confessional; sells the St. Halssius Visitor Pass and Holy Water | |
Parish member | Listed as affiliated NPC of the parish | |
Parish member | Listed as affiliated NPC of the parish |
Items Found
Item | Type | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Key Item | Purchase from Alfred | Costs 10 Silver | |
Recovery | Purchase from Alfred | Costs 3 Silver | |
Note | Given by priest at entrance | Handed to the player on entering the main hall | |
Small Box | Container | Steal from cabinet inside the church | Can be looted or stolen |
St. Halssius Visitor Pass
The St. Halssius Visitor Pass is a key item sold exclusively by Alfred at the Confessional for 10 Silver. Its in-game description calls it a costly visitor pass with limited use, but in practice the pass lets Kliff pass the guards at the House of Healing gate freely, even on repeat visits. Presenting it at the main gate of the House of Healing (sometimes called Halssius's House of Healing) allows the player to walk in without confrontation.
It is the most straightforward of three entry methods to the monastery, the others being sneaking across the rooftops through an open window or purchasing the St. Halssius Priest Outfit from a bribable guard outside the building for another 10 Silver.
Quests
Quest | Chapter | Role of Church |
|---|---|---|
Chapter 3 | Players visit Alfred at the Church of Hernand to purchase the St. Halssius Visitor Pass, which grants legal entry to the House of Healing to locate Yann, a member of the Greymane faction, on the second floor. |
Tips
Stock up on Holy Water while visiting. At 3 Silver each, it is one of the cheaper recovery options in Hernand.
Buy the St. Halssius Visitor Pass before attempting the Familiar Curses quest. It removes the need for stealth or combat at the House of Healing gate.
Read Wisdom between Donation and Fruition after the priest hands it to you.
The Small Box inside the church can be stolen from a cabinet. Be mindful of witnesses if you are maintaining a clean reputation in Hernand.
If you do not have 10 Silver for the pass, you can pickpocket a guard outside the House of Healing for a free St. Halssius Priest Outfit, or climb to the roof and enter through an open window.
Related Articles
Hernand, Solumen Order, The Greymanes, Faction Quests.
Donation Box and Regional Blessings
Inside the Church of Hernand is a donation box that works the same way as the church donation boxes in Demeniss, Delesyia, and other major settlements. Depositing silver into the Hernand box raises the Hernand region's blessing level, which starts at zero and climbs past nine with repeated donations. Each blessing level is a permanent bonus that affects every dispatch mission run in the Hernand region for the rest of the playthrough.
The Hernand blessing stacks with the other dispatch multipliers: the comrade bonus (capped at 40 percent), the skill bonus (capped at 100 percent), and the camp's armory conversion rate. The blessing itself has no known hard ceiling, which makes it one of the highest-leverage silver sinks in the mid game. A single 50,000 silver donation can add several blessing levels at once early on, and the gains stay meaningful well past level nine.
Because the blessing is region-specific, it only boosts dispatch missions run out of the Hernand region, such as the repeatable Hillside Manor estate security and the early escort and harvest rotations. Silver donated here does not help dispatches in Demeniss or Delesyia; for those regions, use the donation box inside their respective churches. Demeniss is the strongest region for gold yield and Delesyia is the strongest for equipment, but the Hernand donation box is the first one Kliff will encounter, so donating here early pays off over the entire Hernand dispatch economy. See Dispatch Missions and Camp Expansion Guide for the full blessing and bonus math.
Donation tips: Donate in large chunks (around 50,000 silver at a time) to avoid any per-deposit diminishing returns and to get multiple blessing levels in a single interaction. Check the mission bonus panel before and after a donation to see the conversion percentage move. Keep silver flowing by running repeatable escort dispatches, then funnel the profits right back into the donation box to build a self-sustaining cycle.