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Between boss fights, The Relic: First Guardian moves the player through named events and side quests scattered across Arsilthus. None of them have been documented in a published guide by the developers. What is known comes from post-launch patch notes, which name each quest, event and the villager attached to it while fixing whatever had gone wrong with it. That makes this page a partial map of the content rather than a walkthrough, and it grows with every update.

How Events Work

Events are the main non-combat progression layer. Completing narrative events during exploration rewards sealing stones, which in turn open hidden dungeons, so advancing is tied to what you find rather than to experience points. That loop is covered in more detail on the Relics and Runes System page. Events were also the system worst affected by the launch problems: large dungeons staying resident in memory stopped some event and boss triggers from firing at all, and the developers listed progression-blocking event fixes among the first improvements they shipped.

Named Events

These events have been named in official patch notes. Most entries below record the fix rather than the content, because the fix is what has been published.

Side Quests and the Villagers Who Give Them

Three side quests have been named, each tied to a specific villager. Patch 11 fixed all three in one pass, which is the only reason their names are public.

One more character is named in the patch notes without an attached quest: Alyssa, met at a cliff edge in Chapter 3. Patch 9 added invisible walls blocking the path through that part of the chapter until the meeting happens, which suggests she is a story gate rather than an optional encounter.

Field Pages and Lore

Field pages, also called lore pages, are the collectible layer that carries much of the written story. Reading one plays its voice-over, and a change made in response to player feedback now pauses the game while it plays instead of leaving you exposed. Collecting every field page generates bookmarks, a completion reward that was not working until Patch 10. Since Patch 12 field pages can be read while combat mode is active, so lore no longer has to wait until a fight is fully over.

Sealing Stone Dungeons

Sealing stones open dungeons that are not on the main path. They are treated as a distinct content type in the game itself: since Patch 12 the map lists sealing stone dungeons as their own marker category, separate from ordinary dungeons, boss locations and villages. The paid add-on supplies one named example, the Sealstone of the Undying Ember, which opens the Sanctuary of the Forgotten Light. A second was announced on 17 August 2026 for players who bought the game before 26 August, opening a dungeon with its own storyline and boss fight. Both are covered on the Editions and Pre-Order Bonus page.

Tracking Progress

An in-game Status Board records how many bosses have been put down. It miscounted when the player faced two or more bosses at once until Patch 11, which also made existing saves refresh the count correctly on load. Alongside the map markers added through Patch 12, it is the closest thing the game offers to a completion checklist. Individual patch entries are listed on the Updates and Patches page.