The Blood of Dawnwalker Walkthrough #2 - Ambrus and The Gilded Gauntlet

After the Bloody Mass and the Smoke and Ashes quest, the open part begins The Blood of Dawnwalker.If you completed the prologue along our route, Lazar was saved from Cohen, Esme received the right medicine, and useful things from the ruins remained in your inventory.Now the main task is not to try to clear the entire map, but to consistently weaken the Brentsis court.

Route for this part: exit Lasleya → open Court → focus on Ambrus's domain → complete his short and convenient Court Activities → get Anger to the required level → go to Maragir → complete The Bittersweet Toast → summon Ambrus at night → defeat him.

Spoilers: Below are the tasks after the prologue, the structure of Ambrus's possessions and the options for the outcome of his duel.

After the Prologue: Open Court first

Don't waste your time immediately after leaving Lasleya.Open the Court tab and look at the three vassals of Brenzis - Ambrus, Bakir and Xanthe.Each has its own Anger scale.To receive a personal task from a vassal and bring him into battle, you need to destroy the Court Activities associated with him.

Normal travel around Vale Sangora does not waste time.Therefore, first explore the roads, discover fast travel points and mark unknown activities.If an hourglass appears next to the action, only then check the price.

In this part we go against Ambrusa.After the prologue, it is most convenient to use it as the first big target.

Step 1. Start with Short Blood Cellars

If Ambrus activities have already appeared on the map, look for Blood Cellars first.They are time-efficient: each of the three known tasks in this category consumes one time period.

Seeing Red

Go down to the cellar, deal with the enemies and do not go outside after the battle.Find blood supplies and destroy the boxes.The activity will be counted only after the cargo is destroyed.

Uninvited

The principle here is the same: go down inside, kill the guard and break up the supplies.If the marker does not disappear, inspect the room again in Focus - almost always an interactive object is missed.

Trouble Brewing

This point is located in Svartrau City.Enter the desired house, destroy the barrels and opponents.After clearing, be sure to go upstairs: there is a room with an NPC.Don't run out of the building immediately after the supplies are destroyed.

Tip: If there is very little time left before filling Anger Ambrus, it is more profitable to close the Blood Cellar in one segment than to start a camp or dungeon that costs three.

Step 2: Intercept Ambrus' prisoners

The next convenient category is Prisoner Transports.On the road you can meet Lucky Crossing and Fate's Mercy.Each activity consumes three time segments.

When approaching the vehicle, first assess the location of the guards.Don't rush into the center of the group.Take down an enemy that can be separated from the rest, then finish off the remaining ones.After the battle, check the cart and prisoners - defeating the guards alone is not enough if a mandatory action remains in place.

If there are several Ambrus activities nearby, explore them first without completing expensive activities.This way you can choose a route and not spend half the day on the first point you come across.

Step 3: Clear one of Ambrus' dungeons

Dungeons provide a good increase in pressure on Ambrus, but require more time.For the route, it is enough to select those that are located next to the current road.

Judge and Executioner

Clear the camp of guards, then go to the cells and talk to the prisoners.Free both of them.If you want to continue their little story, a day later you can meet them again in the camp.

Evil and Convenience

After defeating the guard, turn on Focus and examine all the objects highlighted in yellow.The key to the house is in the barn.Open the door for them and go inside.

There will be a guard at the house.If you let him go, he will give up a treasure map, and when you track the corresponding quest, the solution will appear on the map.To complete the game with the maximum amount of additional content, killing it is not profitable.

Twists and Turns

Deal with the guards, enter the cave and get to the camera.Free the prisoners.Before leaving, inspect the side rooms and containers - after completing the activity, there is no point in returning here on purpose.

Step 4: Watch Anger, Not Card Percentage

You don't need to complete all of Ambrus' activities.After every second or third point, open Court and check its Anger.For a story quest to appear, about three quarters of its network is usually enough.

As soon as Ambrus goes into the Angered state and a new plot marker appears, stop clearing his possessions.The remaining activities can be completed later if you want to explore everything.

Step 5: Start The Gilded Gauntlet in Maragir

Go to Maragir.A new unknown point will appear on the southern side of the settlement.Approach her.

At the site, Cohen will see the crucified residents.When the crowd disperses, go to the cross and read the message left by Ambrus.The vampire challenges Cohen to a duel to the death in a ruined castle above the city.

Don't run straight to the fight site.Soon, the servant of the former ruler of Maragir, Iulian Codrin, will contact Cohen.Agree to meet with Iulian.This opens a very important additional branch The Bittersweet Toast.

Step 6. The Bittersweet Toast - how to make the duel easier

Julian knows Ambrus's habit: before a fight, he drinks the blood of one of his men.His plan is to take the poison himself so that Ambrus gets poisoned while feeding.

If you agree to the plan, it is better to immediately follow along with Iulian.The “meet me there” option may require additional action before setting up the meeting.

Important: this path makes the battle easier, but the price is high: if Ambrus drinks Iulian's poisoned blood, Iulian will die.If you want to keep it, abandon the plan and fight Ambrus without poison.

Step 7: Don't be alarmed by the time limit icon

The task asks you to show up for a duel at night and shows an urgent icon.Here it denotes a night condition rather than a hidden quest failure.The Gilded Gauntlet itself will not disappear unless you go there immediately.

Therefore, before the battle, sell unnecessary items, restore healing, check armor and make a separate manual save.

Step 8: Go up to the duel site and ring the bell

Come to the ruined castle at night.If you come during the day, it is better to finish a short errand nearby and return in the evening.

When you're ready, interact with the bell.Summoning Ambrus consumes two time segments.

Step 9. How to make Ambrus drink the poison first

If you completed The Bittersweet Toast, Ambrus will offer Cohen a blood drink before the fight.To get the poison to the boss, select a replica «Letting a peasant drink first? What kind of boyar are you?».Ambrus will drink Julian's blood first and poison himself.

Poisoned Ambrus gradually loses health, sometimes interrupts attacks due to pain and recovers worse.Don't choose the option where Cohen drinks the poisoned blood himself if you want the easiest fight possible.

Step 10. How to defeat Ambrus

In a normal duel, don't try to constantly press with fast attacks.Ambrus blocks them well.It is more convenient to deal the main damage after Perfect Block → Perfect Riposte, and then, if your bracers allow, continue Claw Art.

Keep the boss in target lock: Ambrus often uses shadowstep and is able to quickly get to the side or behind.

First dangerous attack

From a distance, Ambrus takes a stance, spins, and disappears.After shadowstep, he appears nearby and slashes from above.Dodge back.

Second dangerous attack

Ambrus disappears without spinning and appears next to the upward strike.Go left or right.After the boss misses, there is a good window for a short combo.

Eight Series

At medium to close range, Ambrus rotates his sword on both sides of his body and moves forward.Don't try to block the entire series.Dodging back a few times and wait for the animation to end.

Scarlet Shield: Don't attack at this point

After the first health threshold, Ambrus begins to cast Scarlet Shield.A diamond-shaped indicator appears under the health bar, and the bar itself turns gray.

Stop attacking. Hitting Ambrus during Scarlet Shield restores his health.Just dodge until the effect wears off.

Last phase of the battle

After the second threshold, Ambrus begins to glow red and quickly teleports around Cohen, delivering a series of strikes from different directions.At this point, forget about damage.Watch your defense and wait out the series.After the boss returns to normal attacks, look for Perfect Riposte again.

If the poison plan worked completely, the battle becomes much easier: Ambrus' health gradually decreases on its own.You can focus almost entirely on dodging and defending.

Step 11. Kill Ambrus or drink his blood

When the boss's health is almost gone, the final scene will begin.Cohen can simply kill Ambrus or drink his blood.

Drinking blood gives Koen a vampire ability. Scarlet Shield and several levels of Corruption.After this, another solution related to Ambrus will appear.If you kill him, the ability will not unlock, but Cohen will still be able to take the boss' weapons and legendary armor;In addition, killing increases Infamy.

After the duel

After completing The Gilded Gauntlet you will receive 500 XP and one skill point.Be sure to search the battle site and collect the rewards.

Check the Court and Journal, sell the excess loot and make a separate save.

This ends walkthrough #2.In the next part we move on to possessions Bakir: let's look at its Court Activities in order, then go through The Lunar Game and the related thread The Ring.