The Relic: First Guardian Wiki

The Relic: First Guardian features up to 80 bosses, known as brutals, each carrying its own tragic story. Fifteen have been named through the showcase series, and patch notes have named more since.

The Relic: First Guardian features five weapon types, each designed around an emotional theme and able to be imbued with abilities.

In The Relic: First Guardian every weapon and armour piece exists only once, each a unique artifact with its own story.

Pricing, the permanent August price drop, the paid add-on pack, and the physical and collector editions of The Relic: First Guardian.

Relics drive character growth in The Relic: First Guardian, and Runes are a separate equippable layer alongside them. Each Relic carries one of over 70 unique passive effects.

Published PC system requirements for The Relic: First Guardian. Processor and memory are confirmed; graphics and storage are still unlisted.

Overview of The Relic: First Guardian, a dark fantasy action RPG with soulslike combat set in the ruined land of Arsilthus.

Arsilthus is the ruined land where The Relic: First Guardian takes place, an apocalyptic world shaped by the destruction of the great relic.

Named quests, events, and the villagers who give them in The Relic: First Guardian, drawn from the post-launch patch record.

Release dates, platforms, pricing and age ratings for The Relic: First Guardian: out on PC and PlayStation 5, boxed on PlayStation 5 in Europe since 4 September 2026, with Xbox Series X|S due 25 September and Nintendo Switch 2 due 9 October 2026.

The Relic: First Guardian offers twelve exclusive skill trees that players blend together to build a custom class.

Post-launch patch history for The Relic: First Guardian, covering all eighteen updates to 18 September 2026, the developers' statement on the launch, and the August and September platform and pricing news.

The premise of The Relic: First Guardian: the fall of Arsilthus, the lingering Relics, and the First Guardian’s quest to restore the world.

A beginner’s orientation to The Relic: First Guardian, covering the systems worth understanding before your first hour.

The First Guardian is the player character in The Relic: First Guardian, the last hope of the ruined land of Arsilthus.

Common questions about The Relic: First Guardian answered against the current build, as of Patch 18 on 18 September 2026.

The enemies of The Relic: First Guardian, the corrupted inhabitants of the fallen land of Arsilthus.

The combat system of The Relic: First Guardian: stamina reserved for defence, cooldown-based skills, and freedom in attacks.

All 37 achievements in The Relic: First Guardian with their PC global unlock rates, plus the progressive trophy At the End of All Memory and the six trophies it tracks.

Official trailers and showcase appearances for The Relic: First Guardian, including its release date trailer.

How stamina works in The Relic: First Guardian: reserved for dodging and defence, never spent on attacks.

Lena, a boss in The Relic: First Guardian whose defeat opens the barrier at Hillsbrad Castle, with the spawn workaround and every patch fix to her encounter.

Hillsbrad Castle in The Relic: First Guardian: its garrison, the nearby encampment, the crossroads gate added in Patch 16 and the barrier that opens after defeating Lena.

Harlan the Elder, Mentor of Looters, a brutal in The Relic: First Guardian: his showcase entry, the Looter wave before his fight, and every patch fix to the encounter.