The Blood of Dawnwalker shipped with a full achievement list on day one rather than adding it after release. The developers published the visible portion of that list ahead of launch, and because each entry names a specific system, ability, or place, the list doubles as one of the clearest confirmations of what the finished game contains.
Overview
There are 46 achievements on PC, all available since launch day, September 3, 2026. The developers' pre-launch breakdown was 25 visible and 21 hidden. The Steam achievement page, as captured on October 13, 2026, shows descriptions for 23 of them and hides the other 23, and one entry that was published with its condition before launch, Better Safe than Sorry, now appears there without it.
Detail | Value |
|---|---|
Total achievements (PC) | 46 |
Descriptions shown on Steam | 23, as of October 13, 2026 |
Hidden on Steam | 23, as of October 13, 2026 |
Pre-launch developer breakdown | 25 visible, 21 hidden |
Names known | All 46 |
PlayStation 5 trophies | 47 reported: the same 46 plus a platinum |
Available from | Launch day, September 3, 2026 |
Twenty-one of the visible achievements were published with their unlock conditions before launch. All 46 names now appear on the Steam achievement page, along with global unlock rates. On PlayStation 5 the list is reported as 47 trophies: the same 46 plus a platinum, Every Last Drop, for collecting all the others. One guide gives the split as 1 platinum, 3 gold, 5 silver and 38 bronze, with none tied to online play. The Xbox Series X|S list has not been captured as of September 23, 2026.
Achievement Categories
The developers group the achievements around seven kinds of activity, which between them touch most of the game's core systems.
Combat mastery
Vampiric progression
Witchcraft abilities
Exploration and discovery
Story progression
Character development
Inventory
Design Approach
The list is described as designed to complement the narrative sandbox experience, encouraging exploration and experimentation without requiring players to follow an exhaustive checklist. That framing matters in a game built on a hard time limit: the achievements are meant to reward the routes a player was already taking rather than pull them into a completion grind that fights the 30-Day Cycle.
The developers have also stated plainly that one single run will not make it possible for a full unlock. Because The Blood of Dawnwalker is built around choices and consequences, some conditions are mutually exclusive within a playthrough, so a complete list requires more than one run. A developer interview has separately indicated that some achievements are tied to how the story ends, and the hidden list bears that out: six of them are named after endings.
Visible Achievements
The visible achievements and their unlock conditions are listed below. The first 21 were published before launch and are grouped the same way the developers grouped them; the last three were added from the Steam achievement page and were never grouped. Better Safe than Sorry keeps its pre-launch condition here, although the Steam page now hides it.
Achievement | Category | Unlock Condition |
|---|---|---|
The Blood of Dawnwalker | General | Finish the story. |
Throne of Thorns | General | Reach peak Infamy in Vale Sangora. |
Better Safe than Sorry | Combat | Behead an enemy with Artery Strike while they are also hexed with Burning Blood. |
Make It Rain | Combat | Cause an enemy to explode using an Active Ability. |
Absolutely Insatiable | Combat | Have 3 Passive Abilities equipped at the same time. |
Untouchable | Combat | Perform 5 Perfect Blocks in a row. |
Capture the Flag | Exploration | Tear down all of Brencis's flags. |
Bird's-Eye View | Exploration | Climb all the towers and scout the surrounding areas. |
Big-City Living | Exploration | Visit the City of Svartrau. |
Tour Guide Training | Exploration | Visit all of Vale Sangora's villages. |
Delivery Delay | Exploration | Destroy 8 vrakhiri transports. |
Glass Ceiling | Character Development | Reach Level 50. |
Mastery | Character Development | Level up one Swordmastery, Witchcraft, or Vampiric Ability to its full potential. |
Master of Arms | Character Development | Unlock an Ultimate Perk in the Swordmastery tree. |
Arch Warlock | Character Development | Unlock an Ultimate Perk in the Witchcraft tree. |
Creature of the Night | Character Development | Unlock an Ultimate Perk in the Vampirism tree. |
Dead Man Talkin' | Abilities | Speak with a dead person using the Compel Soul Witchcraft ability. |
Shadow Roamer | Abilities | Travel 1000 metres using Vampiric Abilities. |
Balanced Diet | Abilities | Quench your thirst by drinking 10 animals, humans, or monsters. |
Smuggler | Inventory | Earn 1000 denarii selling silver. |
Miser | Inventory | Accumulate 5000 denarii. |
Arbiter's Blade | Not grouped | Restore St Mihai's sword to its former glory. |
Arbiter's Regalia | Not grouped | Gather all the parts of the Arbiter's set of armour and unlock their full potential. |
Uphill Battle | Not grouped | Complete the entire game by saving people of Laslea on Duelist Difficulty preset. |
Hidden Achievements
The other 23 achievements are hidden on the Steam page, which shows their names and unlock rates but not their conditions. The conditions below are the hidden descriptions as reported in a published trophy list, paraphrased rather than quoted, and should be read as reported. Six are named after the game's endings. Better Safe than Sorry, the 23rd, is listed above with its pre-launch condition.
Achievement | Reported Condition |
|---|---|
A Dawnwalker is Born | Complete the prologue and head out into the open world. |
Antique Aficionado | Discover ancient ruins. |
Realmwalker | Visit Anachora for the first time. |
Feral Hunger | Lose control and drain someone outside combat. |
Selfish | Sell fish to a fishmonger. |
Gear of the Gods | Fill every equipment slot with legendary items. |
The Right Fist of the Knyaz | Kill Ambrus in the duel. |
The Mad Khan | Kill Bakir during the games. |
The Dark Mistress | Neutralise the threat posed by Xanthe. |
Sins of the Past | Accompany Anca on her adventure to the Font of Life. |
Misery Loves Company | Follow Lacra and find the mandrake. |
The Manumit | Learn all of Crake's secrets. |
The Unquenchable Thirst | Find out the truth about Vicho. |
The Outcast | Help Ocha find her new destiny. |
The Tsarina's Favourite Human | Complete every task given by the sanzhani. |
In the Nick of Time | Rescue the family before time runs out. |
The Turncoat | Betray Coen's allies to strike a deal with Brencis and get the family back. |
The Folk Hero | Defeat Brencis alone. |
The Patricide | Defeat Brencis together with Lacra. |
The Knyazmaker | Defeat Brencis together with Crake. |
A Hero They Deserve | Escape Vale Sangora, and responsibility with it. |
Together Forever | Stay with the family, forever. |
The global unlock rates on the Steam page give a rough sense of how players have moved through the game. Three weeks after launch, A Dawnwalker is Born, for leaving the prologue, stood above 80 percent, while Together Forever and Uphill Battle, the Duelist-difficulty completion, sat at about 3 and 2 percent, among the rarest on the list.
What the Achievement List Confirms
Several of the unlock conditions name mechanics, places, and values that had not been spelled out elsewhere in official material. The table below reads the list as a source of confirmed detail.
Achievement Text | What It Confirms |
|---|---|
Reach Level 50 | Level 50 is the cap. Walkthroughs of the shipped game report it as the maximum level, and the game's own experience table stops there. |
Earn 1000 denarii selling silver; Accumulate 5000 denarii | The valley's currency is the denarius, and the silver that the mines produce can be sold for it. |
Behead an enemy with Artery Strike while they are also hexed with Burning Blood | Artery Strike is a beheading finisher, Burning Blood is a hex, and hexes and finishers can be combined in the same kill. See Hex Magic and Combat. |
Cause an enemy to explode using an Active Ability | Active Abilities exist as a distinct category and at least one produces a lethal burst effect. |
Have 3 Passive Abilities equipped at the same time | Passive Abilities are equipped rather than permanently owned, and at least three can be slotted simultaneously. |
Perform 5 Perfect Blocks in a row | Perfect Block is a discrete timed defensive input that the game tracks in sequence, consistent with the tactical branch of Directional Combat. |
Unlock an Ultimate Perk in the Swordmastery, Witchcraft, and Vampirism trees | The three Skill Trees are officially named Swordmastery, Witchcraft, and Vampirism, and each one ends in an Ultimate Perk. |
Speak with a dead person using the Compel Soul Witchcraft Ability | Compel Soul is a Witchcraft ability whose function is conversation with the dead, confirming magic has investigative uses alongside combat ones. |
Travel 1000 metres using Vampiric Abilities | Night traversal is measured as distance covered by ability rather than by a single movement mode, matching the night toolkit. |
Quench your thirst by drinking 10 animals, humans, or monsters | Monsters are a valid feeding target alongside animals and humans, which widens the options for managing Blood Craving. |
Reach peak Infamy in Vale Sangora | Infamy has a defined peak state rather than an open-ended counter. See the Notoriety System. |
Destroy 8 vrakhiri transports | Vrakhiri transports are destructible world objects that appear in sufficient number to allow at least eight kills. |
Tear down all of Brencis's flags | Brencis's flags are a finite, fully clearable collectible set placed around the valley. |
Climb all the towers and scout the surrounding areas | Towers are a finite set, and climbing one scouts its surroundings. Tower climbing is night-gated because it needs the vampiric wall-walk. |
Visit the City of Svartrau; Visit all of Vale Sangora's villages | Svartrau is treated as a city distinct from the valley's villages, and there are multiple villages to find, so Exploration covers more than the capital. |
Restore St Mihai's sword to its former glory; Gather all the parts of the Arbiter's set of armour | The sword of Saint Mihai and the Arbiter armour are both tracked quest chains, and the achievement names tie the two together under the Arbiter. See Equipment and Crafting. |
Complete the entire game by saving people of Laslea on Duelist Difficulty preset | Duelist is a named difficulty preset, and the hardest completion also requires an ending that saves Laslea. See Difficulty Settings. |
Notes
The first-party list is the PC one on Steam. As of October 13, 2026 neither console storefront publishes a trophy or achievement list: the PlayStation 5 figure of 47 trophies comes from guide coverage rather than from Sony or the studio, and the Xbox Series X|S list has not been captured.