{"version":1,"locale":"en","articles":{"/romance/anca":{"version":1,"id":"/romance/anca","locale":"en","path":"/romance/anca","title":"Anca | Dawnwalker Wiki","description":"Starts in the prologue if you stay in the rain. Closes after Stronger Than Achilles, back at the inn.","heading":"Anca","bodyHtml":"<article data-page-title=\"Anca | Dawnwalker Wiki\" data-page-description=\"Starts in the prologue if you stay in the rain. Closes after Stronger Than Achilles, back at the inn.\" class=\"mx-auto max-w-3xl px-4 py-12 sm:py-16\"><a class=\"text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-sm active\" href=\"/romance/\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-arrow-left size-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"m12 19-7-7 7-7\"></path><path d=\"M19 12H5\"></path></svg>Back to romance</a><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-8 text-xs tracking-wide uppercase\">Village scholar / former convent</p><h1 class=\"mt-2 font-serif text-4xl\">Anca</h1><nav class=\"text-sm\" aria-label=\"Related story\"><a href=\"/story/anca-font-of-life/\">Read the character context and later story →</a></nav><figure class=\"my-6\"><div class=\"border-border relative overflow-hidden border\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"block w-full text-left\"><img src=\"/media/assets/imgs/method/anca-romance.webp\" alt=\"Anca and Coen\" width=\"1200\" height=\"350\" srcSet=\"/media/assets/imgs/method/anca-romance-640.webp 640w, /media/assets/imgs/method/anca-romance-960.webp 960w, /media/assets/imgs/method/anca-romance.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"max-h-[28rem] w-full object-cover\"/></button><button type=\"button\" class=\"group/button inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center border bg-clip-padding font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all outline-none select-none focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-3 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 active:not-aria-[haspopup]:translate-y-px disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-3 aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:border-destructive/50 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 [&amp;_svg]:pointer-events-none [&amp;_svg]:shrink-0 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underline-offset-2\">Banner via Method.gg Anca romance guide</a></figcaption></figure><figure class=\"my-6\"><div class=\"border-border relative overflow-hidden border\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"block w-full text-left\"><img src=\"/media/assets/imgs/ign/withering-away-1.webp\" alt=\"Withering Away — Anca and the herbs\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcSet=\"/media/assets/imgs/ign/withering-away-1-640.webp 640w, /media/assets/imgs/ign/withering-away-1-960.webp 960w, /media/assets/imgs/ign/withering-away-1.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"max-h-[28rem] w-full object-cover\"/></button><button type=\"button\" class=\"group/button inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center border bg-clip-padding font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all outline-none select-none focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-3 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 active:not-aria-[haspopup]:translate-y-px disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-3 aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:border-destructive/50 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 [&amp;_svg]:pointer-events-none [&amp;_svg]:shrink-0 border-border hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground aria-expanded:bg-muted aria-expanded:text-foreground dark:border-input dark:bg-input/30 dark:hover:bg-input/50 h-7 gap-1 px-2.5 text-[0.8rem] in-data-[slot=button-group]:rounded-lg has-data-[icon=inline-end]:pr-1.5 has-data-[icon=inline-start]:pl-1.5 [&amp;_svg:not([class*=&#x27;size-&#x27;])]:size-3.5 bg-background/90 absolute right-2 bottom-2 rounded-sm\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 mr-1 size-3.5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M15 3h6v6\"></path><path d=\"m21 3-7 7\"></path><path d=\"m3 21 7-7\"></path><path d=\"M9 21H3v-6\"></path></svg>Enlarge</button></div><figcaption class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-2 text-xs\"><a href=\"https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-blood-of-dawnwalker/Prologue_Walkthrough\" class=\"underline underline-offset-2\">Screenshot via IGN Prologue Walkthrough</a></figcaption></figure><p class=\"mt-6 leading-relaxed\">Starts in the prologue if you stay in the rain. Closes after Stronger Than Achilles, back at the inn.</p><details class=\"dw-spoiler\" data-dw-spoiler=\"romance\"><summary><span class=\"text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed\">This page names kisses, deaths, and finale quests. The teaser above is safe.</span><br/><span>Show dialogue and fail states</span></summary><div class=\"dw-spoiler-content\"><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">How it breaks</h2><p class=\"mt-3 leading-relaxed\">GameSpot: Anca can die if Coen speaks to her in vampire form while low on health. Do not test hunger on her.</p><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">How to get there</h2><ol class=\"mt-3 list-decimal space-y-3 pl-5\"><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">Prologue: Withering Away. Ask about her scars. Pay 50 denarii for Esme&#x27;s herbs. Stay when it rains (Page-Turner, extra segments). Pick the red-cover book and insist on Catullus.</li><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">Fextralife: grab all 11 herbs from the storm before you go back in.</li><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">After the Mass: Echoes of Silenced Bells at the inn near St. Tyna&#x27;s. Between the Words: offer tea, &quot;It&#x27;s my pleasure,&quot; then &quot;Always? What do you mean?&quot; and &quot;Your feelings towards me — it&#x27;s more than just faith.&quot;</li><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">Stronger Than Achilles: at the chasm tell her you love her. PC Gamer: &quot;I&#x27;d do anything for you&quot; then &quot;I love you.&quot; Letting Anca use the Font changes her epilogue; this is a character choice, not a verified best ending. Method.gg: drinking it yourself unlocks Font of Life; destroying it reveals Ancient Greaves. Romance still available either way.</li><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">Back at the inn: &quot;I meant what I said&quot; / &quot;I beg to differ&quot; → &quot;Screw decency, I want you too&quot; → after the kiss &quot;Not sure I got that. One more time?&quot;</li></ol><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">The scene</h2><p class=\"mt-3 leading-relaxed\">The inn conversation after Stronger Than Achilles is the romance scene. If you skipped &quot;I love you&quot; in the ruins, Method.gg says the inn gives a second chance.</p><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-6 text-sm leading-relaxed\">PCGamesN: romances do not lock each other. Anca is not required for a Brencis ending.</p><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">Quest chain</h2><ul class=\"mt-3 divide-y border-y\"><li><a href=\"/quests/withering-away/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Withering Away<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">2 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/page-turner/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Page-Turner<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">1 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/echoes-of-silenced-bells/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Echoes of Silenced Bells<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/between-the-words/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Between the Words<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">2 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/where-old-devils-lie/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Where Old Devils Lie<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/stronger-than-achilles/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Stronger Than Achilles<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">Cost unverified</span></a><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-1 text-xs\">Cost unverified: the earlier catalog lists 4 segments; PowerPyx lists 6. Quest boundaries and optional actions need a save replay before either total can be used as a budget.</p></li></ul><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-6 text-xs\">Source: GameSpot, PC Gamer, Method.gg, Fextralife — Sep 2–4 2026</p></div></details><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-6 text-xs\" data-dw-correction-source>Reviewed 2026-09-12; external guides, not a local save replay. <a href=\"https://www.powerpyx.com/blood-of-dawnwalker-stronger-than-achilles-walkthrough/\">PowerPyx — Stronger Than Achilles</a></p></article>\n"},"/romance/crake":{"version":1,"id":"/romance/crake","locale":"en","path":"/romance/crake","title":"Crake | Dawnwalker Wiki","description":"Raise Infamy, join the rebellion, then take the kiss when he offers it.","heading":"Crake","bodyHtml":"<article data-page-title=\"Crake | Dawnwalker Wiki\" data-page-description=\"Raise Infamy, join the rebellion, then take the kiss when he offers it.\" class=\"mx-auto max-w-3xl px-4 py-12 sm:py-16\"><a class=\"text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-sm active\" href=\"/romance/\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-arrow-left size-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"m12 19-7-7 7-7\"></path><path d=\"M19 12H5\"></path></svg>Back to romance</a><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-8 text-xs tracking-wide uppercase\">Manumit</p><h1 class=\"mt-2 font-serif text-4xl\">Crake</h1><p class=\"mt-6 leading-relaxed\">Raise Infamy, join the rebellion, then take the kiss when he offers it.</p><details class=\"dw-spoiler\" data-dw-spoiler=\"romance\"><summary><span class=\"text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed\">This page names kisses, deaths, and finale quests. The teaser above is safe.</span><br/><span>Show dialogue and fail states</span></summary><div class=\"dw-spoiler-content\"><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">How it breaks</h2><p class=\"mt-3 leading-relaxed\">PC Gamer: Crake in the epilogue is tied to Rise at Dawn. Missing the Manumit chain misses both the romance beat and The Knyazmaker.</p><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">How to get there</h2><ol class=\"mt-3 list-decimal space-y-3 pl-5\"><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">The Firebrand starts in the military camp in Briar Sloughs (GameSpot also covers saving Mert as Under Watchful Eyes). Each quest auto-starts the next until Where Loyalty Lies invites you into the hideout.</li><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">PC Gamer: meet him, then &quot;Hey. Nothing you say can change the way I see you.&quot; He tries to kiss; back off, then kiss back.</li></ol><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">The scene</h2><p class=\"mt-3 leading-relaxed\">The kiss is a scene on the Manumit chain, not on Rise at Dawn. Rise at Dawn is the ending door. Distant Shadows → A Closer Look are optional before that door (The Manumit trophy).</p><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-6 text-sm leading-relaxed\">PCGamesN lists Anca, Lacra, and Crake as the three romance options, and they do not lock each other.</p><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">Quest chain</h2><ul class=\"mt-3 divide-y border-y\"><li><a href=\"/quests/the-firebrand/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">The Firebrand<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">2 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/shadows-in-the-woods/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Shadows in the Woods<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/where-loyalty-lies/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Where Loyalty Lies<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/what-hunts-the-night/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">What Hunts the Night<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/what-moves-the-dead/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">What Moves the Dead<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/who-pulls-the-strings/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Who Pulls the Strings<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/rise-at-dawn/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Rise at Dawn<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">4 ⌛</span></a></li></ul><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-6 text-xs\">Source: PC Gamer romance guide, PCGamesN, PowerPyx</p></div></details></article>\n"},"/romance/lacra":{"version":1,"id":"/romance/lacra","locale":"en","path":"/romance/lacra","title":"Lacra | Dawnwalker Wiki","description":"City chain. Optional Night of Horrors is where the romance actually happens.","heading":"Lacra","bodyHtml":"<article data-page-title=\"Lacra | Dawnwalker Wiki\" data-page-description=\"City chain. Optional Night of Horrors is where the romance actually happens.\" class=\"mx-auto max-w-3xl px-4 py-12 sm:py-16\"><a class=\"text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground inline-flex items-center gap-2 text-sm active\" href=\"/romance/\"><svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"lucide lucide-arrow-left size-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"m12 19-7-7 7-7\"></path><path d=\"M19 12H5\"></path></svg>Back to romance</a><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-8 text-xs tracking-wide uppercase\">Vrakhiri in Svartrau</p><h1 class=\"mt-2 font-serif text-4xl\">Lacra</h1><nav class=\"text-sm\" aria-label=\"Related story\"><a href=\"/story/lacra-night-of-horrors/\">Read the character context and later story →</a></nav><p class=\"mt-6 leading-relaxed\">City chain. Optional Night of Horrors is where the romance actually happens.</p><details class=\"dw-spoiler\" data-dw-spoiler=\"romance\"><summary><span class=\"text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed\">This page names kisses, deaths, and finale quests. The teaser above is safe.</span><br/><span>Show dialogue and fail states</span></summary><div class=\"dw-spoiler-content\"><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">How it breaks</h2><p class=\"mt-3 leading-relaxed\">GameSpot: unlike Anca, Lacra is not known to die by accident before the romance. Midnight Reckoning is the point of no return for her ending, not for the kiss.</p><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">How to get there</h2><ol class=\"mt-3 list-decimal space-y-3 pl-5\"><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">Start A Friend Like This in north Svartrau (blood spatters, destroyed roof tiles) or after Ambrus drops a letter. GameSpot also gates it behind Vicho&#x27;s Study in Crimson.</li><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">Song of the Mountain → Hive and Seek → Our Rotten Roots. After Isbrant, keep offering to help. GameRant: &quot;Give Lacra a Day&quot; on Our Rotten Roots.</li><li class=\"leading-relaxed\">Night of Horrors: eat the mandrake, follow Lacra, &quot;Who says I&#x27;m not?&quot;, [Drink] her blood, then kiss.</li></ol><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">The scene</h2><p class=\"mt-3 leading-relaxed\">GameSpot: Night of Horrors is the romance. GameRant: she frames it as for fun — &quot;Thinking of the future leads to heartbreak.&quot; Completing through Midnight Reckoning is what puts her in the epilogue.</p><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-6 text-sm leading-relaxed\">Do Night of Horrors before Midnight Reckoning. The latter is The Patricide door.</p><h2 class=\"mt-8 font-serif text-xl\">Quest chain</h2><ul class=\"mt-3 divide-y border-y\"><li><a href=\"/quests/a-friend-like-this/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">A Friend Like This<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/song-of-the-mountain/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Song of the Mountain<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/hive-and-seek/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Hive and Seek<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">3 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/our-rotten-roots/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Our Rotten Roots<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">4 ⌛</span></a></li><li><a href=\"/quests/night-of-horrors/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">The Night of Horrors<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">Cost unverified</span></a><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-1 text-xs\">Cost unverified: the earlier catalog lists 3 segments; PowerPyx lists 6–7 depending on romance, plus a separate 16-segment wait before continuing. Do not combine waiting and action costs without checking your current objective.</p></li><li><a href=\"/quests/midnight-reckoning/\" class=\"hover:bg-card block px-1 py-3 text-sm\">Midnight Reckoning<span class=\"text-muted-foreground ml-2 text-xs\">4 ⌛</span></a></li></ul><p class=\"text-muted-foreground mt-6 text-xs\">Source: GameSpot Lacra guide, GameRant, PowerPyx, PC Gamer</p></div></details></article>\n"}}}