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→Best Ending — Goal-Based Comparison
The game does not label one route as the canonical or universally best ending. The best choice depends on the player's desired political outcome, allies, and family result.
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Plan the seven named outcomes, their route requirements, and the world states reflected in each epilogue.
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→Is There a True Ending?
No reviewed official source identifies a single true ending. Launch guides document seven named outcomes and a shared post-credit scene, but a common scene does not make one route canon.
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→Secret Endings
1. A Hero They Deserve: reach Corruption Level 11, unlock Shadow Dweller level two, cross the broken bridge near Cursed Chasm in northwest Briar Sloughs, and choose to leave Vale Sangora. 2. Together Forever: enter the Home Sweet Home/Silts Tower sequence and remain with the repeating family instead of following the escape solution.
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→Good Ending
There is no clean, officially labeled “good ending.” Saving Coen's family before day 30 avoids the clearest failure state, but each political route carries costs.
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→Bad Ending
Time Runs Out is the clearest bad ending. If more than 30 in-game days pass after the prologue before Brencis is defeated, the family sacrifice occurs. There is no trophy for this ending. Free roam remains available and the timer is removed, but the family state changes later epilogue content and blocks the clean In the Nick of Time result.
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→Ending Explained
The finale resolves who defeats or bargains with Brencis, but the epilogue explains what the run meant for Vale Sangora. It reads stored character and world states: family survival, companion quests, romance, faction outcomes, NPC deaths, convent results, and political control.
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→Ending Requirements — Research Matrix
Ending Required preparation Commitment --------- Turncoat Access Manumit hideout; reach Brencis parley Accept deal and mark door Folk Hero Reach castle/finale without ally route Defeat Brencis alone Patricide Complete Lacra line Start Midnight Reckoning and fight with Lacra Knyazmaker Complete Crake/Manumit line Start Rise at Dawn A Hero They Deserve Corruption 11; Shadow Dweller II Cross northwest gap and leave Together Forever Reach Home Sweet Home family loop Remain instead of escaping Time Runs Out None Spend more than 30 days
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→The Turncoat Ending
Defeat Ambrus, Bakir, and Xanthe, trigger maximum-infamy events, and begin A Deal with the Devil. Tell Brencis “I just want my family back,” avoid the sword/attack option, then confirm “I'll do it.”
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→The Folk Hero Ending
The Folk Hero route requires Coen to defeat Brencis without Lacra or Crake as the final ally. Enter Greifberg Castle alone by night with Shadow Step, or use the side door through Father Florin's password or Georghe's key.
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→The Patricide Ending
Complete Lacra's supporting route, including the quests required to unlock Midnight Reckoning, then use that route to assault Brencis with Lacra. Launch guides associate the chain with A Friend Like This, Song of the Mountain, Hive and Seek, Our Rotten Roots, and Midnight Reckoning; optional Night of Horrors content adds context/achievement value.
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→The Knyazmaker Ending
Join the Manumits through The Firebrand, Shadows in the Woods, and Where Loyalty Lies, then continue through Who Pulls the Strings and begin the final route through Rise at Dawn. Coen helps Crake and the Manumits bring Catalin Dragosti and his army into Vale Sangora before attacking Greifberg Castle.
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→A Hero They Deserve — Secret Early Ending
Reach Corruption Level 11 and buy the second level of Shadow Dweller to extend Shadow Step. Travel to Cursed Chasm in northwest Briar Sloughs and follow the road toward the broken bridge/open pass. At night, use the upgraded movement to cross the gap. Choose to leave Vale Sangora forever.
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→Together Forever — Secret Early Ending
This ending is tied to defeating Brencis in the prologue and entering the Home Sweet Home sequence around Silts Tower. Coen experiences a repeating family scenario. Follow the stay/accept branch instead of solving the usual escape route to remain with the family “forever.”
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→Time Runs Out Ending
Take more than 30 in-game days after the prologue without defeating Brencis. A cutscene shows the family sacrifice. The game does not force a reload or end free roam; the deadline disappears and Coen can continue, but the family remains dead and later epilogue material changes.