The Relic: First Guardian quest list & walkthrough

Patch 13–14 walkthrough update (official)

Patch 14 is the current client (official Steam post dated 21 August 2026, UK time). Patch 13 notes were posted the same day and were live as of 19 August. Neither post is a complete official quest list or room-by-room route.

Patch 13 (notes posted 21 August; live as of 19 August)

The official Patch 13 notes add navigation and event-log repairs:

• Location names now display on the map.
• Guide markers for Villages, Boss Encounter Locations, and Sealing Stone Unlock Areas across the continent of Arciltus.
• 1 Field Page at the entrance to the Tomb of Broken Oaths dungeon is listed as collectable after the fix.
• Event log Shadow of the Deep Forest: existing players can complete it by approaching the Soldier NPC at the Deep Marsh Outpost; the notes say no extra interaction is required.
• Event log AFTER EVERYONE LEFT: existing players can reset the log by visiting the Collapsed Checkpoint (automatic, no separate UI prompt; the notes say to verify in the Inventory Event tab after visiting).
• The Dorman dungeon The Last Feast failed to load and blocked entry; that load path is listed as fixed.

Do not treat those names as a published walkthrough order. Sealing Stone Unlock Areas are map markers for items that unlock future dungeons; see relics, runes and progression.

Patch 14 (21 August, UK)

Patch 14 changes layout and adds extra encounters. It is not a published walkthrough:

• Swamp Encampment entrance moved directly outside the cave exit.
• Ulke event: a wall no longer disappears before you accept the event.
• Machinations of the Abyss: larger Cullen interaction radius for dialogue.
• Extra ambush groups (~20+): Chapter 1 around caves, roads, dungeon entrances and rare chests; Chapter 2 adds two groups at the spiral rock mountain / Raider Encampment left of Hillsbrad; swamp offering objects trigger ambushes on approach.

Those ambushes are extra encounters, not an official area order.

Patch 12 walkthrough update (historical, official August 17)

The official Patch 12 notes do not publish a room-by-room route, but they do add the first publisher-documented in-game map markers for this walkthrough:

• Dungeons and Sealing Stone Dungeons
• Boss locations
• Relic Shards
• Villages and other points of interest

Use those markers as the current map substitute. Do not treat them as a complete area order.

Patch 12 also names two event fixes you can check against a stuck save:

1. Plan of the Abyss — after the patch, entering the garrison in Hillsbrad Castle completes the event automatically for new and existing players. No extra interaction is required.
2. Dunt event — doors that stayed closed after defeating Dunt, and the related NPC respawn, are listed as fixed.

Quest names that Patch 11 already documented (Valuable Supplies / Mairi, What Could Not Be Left Behind / Marek, Unresolved Curiosity / Cullen) stay on the latest news page. This tracker still does not invent trigger conditions that Steam never published.

The Relic: First Guardian walkthrough and quest tracker

The launch build has 37 Steam achievements. Their names are public, but their descriptions are blank. That makes the list useful as a spoiler-light completion checklist, not as evidence for an exact quest trigger. A title such as Blade Taken Once More strongly suggests a weapon or story checkpoint, yet the name alone does not prove which NPC, region or dialogue option unlocks it.

The official store describes a semi-open Arsilthus with hidden dungeons, secret encounters, artifacts and lost lore. It also says progression comes from equipment and Relics rather than traditional character levels. Your safest route is therefore to treat exploration, boss victories, unique equipment and story conversations as parallel progress tracks.

If you searched for a full walkthrough or a complete map route, note that neither is officially published yet. For the broader The Relic First Guardian guide, start with the beginner guide; this tracker — paired with the weapons guide and the bosses overview — is the route-specific, source-backed walkthrough we can offer today. It will grow into a per-area walkthrough and map index as release-build testing completes.

How to use this as a gameplay walkthrough

For The Relic First Guardian gameplay walkthrough and quest list walkthrough searches, use the page as a checkpoint sequence rather than a fabricated room-by-room route:

1. Record the current story or achievement checkpoint before leaving a region.
2. Search side paths, hidden dungeons and NPC dialogue because the official store explicitly describes those as part of Arsilthus.
3. Recheck the weapons and bosses pages when a unique item or boss is confirmed, but do not infer a quest trigger from an item name alone.
4. Treat the DLC’s publisher video as the only confirmed event-quest start in this guide; its full objective chain and prerequisites still require direct release-build checking.

This keeps The Relic First Guardian quest and event quest intent useful without implying that the site has a complete map or a tested solution for every achievement.

Confirmed DLC quest

Open the official location announcement when you are ready to see the starting place. This guide does not invent written coordinates from a video it has not frame-tested. If the interaction is missing, update the game, confirm that the DLC is installed and return after advancing the main story; those are troubleshooting checks, not confirmed prerequisites.

Achievement-backed progress checklist

The table keeps the official English names so that they match Steam. Percentages are global unlock rates observed on August 1, 2026 and will change. They do not establish chronology.

Practical completion routine

1. Record unique equipment before leaving a region. Every weapon and armour piece is one of a kind, so a missing item may represent missed exploration rather than bad random drops.
2. Revisit NPCs after major bosses or Relic repairs. The official story revolves around mending the shattered land; changed world state is a sensible time to recheck dialogue, though no fixed NPC schedule is confirmed.
3. Search side paths and hidden dungeons. These are explicitly promised on the store page.
4. Compare Steam only after a natural checkpoint. A newly unlocked official name can confirm progress without exposing a walkthrough solution.
5. Keep unknown triggers unknown. Do not overwrite a save based on a forum guess. Back up the save before testing mutually exclusive-looking choices.

For achievement names that sound like optional discoveries, continue to the hidden quest and secrets tracker. For combat readiness, use the weapons guide and Relics progression guide.