Rebel Wolves · Bandai Namco · Out 3 September 2026
The Blood of Dawnwalker Wiki
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG from Rebel Wolves, the Warsaw studio led by Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz. You play Coen, a silver-country villager who becomes a Dawnwalker: human by day, vampire by night, with thirty days to pull his family out of a coronation sacrifice in Vale Sangora.
The game is out. Reviews sat in the mid-80s (OpenCritic 85, IGN 9/10, PC Gamer 83). This wiki is built for the questions players actually search in week one: how the clock works, how day and night change a quest, which skill trees to open first, which ending you are walking toward, and whether your PC can hold 60 fps. Every module below points to a full page — not a dump of links, a map of the problems this game creates.
Release, platforms, editions
The game went gold in mid-July 2026 and is out 3 September 2026 (PC unlocks 2 September afternoon in the Americas) on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S (plus Xbox Cloud and Play Anywhere), and PC through Steam, Xbox on PC, and GOG. GeForce NOW is day one. A launch patch adds 60 fps Performance on PS5, PS5 Pro, and Series X. There is no co-op and no Denuvo. Launch-week critics: OpenCritic 85, IGN 9/10, PC Gamer 83. Expect 50–70 hours if you chase the open world rather than a single ending.
Launch review: who the game is for
The clock as a feature, the combat taste test, and whether to buy this week.
Critic scores (IGN, PC Gamer, OpenCritic)
Launch-week 85 on OpenCritic, a 9 from IGN, an 83 from PC Gamer, and the knocks.
Release times by region
Why Steam says 2 September and when consoles actually unlock.
Standard, Eclipse, Day 1, Collector
Soundtrack, comic, steelbook, figurine, and the Sangoran Wayfarer armor early unlock.
PC system requirements (August 2026 sheet)
GTX 1060 floor, RTX 4060 1440p target, SSD only, 16 GB RAM on every tier.
60 FPS Performance Mode and GeForce NOW
Day-one patch on PS5 / Pro / Series X. Series S stays at 30. Cloud on day one.
Guides that match the clock
Most RPGs punish you for missing loot. Dawnwalker punishes you for spending a day on the wrong person. The hourglass on a quest is the real UI. Read these before you treat Vale Sangora like a checklist.
How to play The Blood of Dawnwalker
Dual loop, activation charges, shrines, and the first evening after the Blood Mass.
30-day time system explained
Eight segments per day and night. Exploration is free. Quests and leveling are not.
Day and night — two games in one valley
Hexes and conversation by sun. Shadowstep, Planeshift, and hunger after dusk.
How to manage bloodthirst
Feed on animals or enemies, or Coen will kill the nearest human — including quest givers.
Beginner tips before you start
Omniattack vs manual directions, Infamy, and why you should skip some quests on purpose.
Prologue walkthrough: Deep Down and Laslea
Silver mine, Forgotten Guardian, and the night that turns Coen into a Dawnwalker.
Quests: optional hourglasses and dual paths
Every job is optional. Secrets, pigs, Anca’s lesson, and why you cannot 100% the valley.
46 Steam achievements
25 visible, 21 hidden. Infamy, flags, transports, Ultimates — not one-file platinum.
Seven endings
Who stands with Coen, the deal, the early doors, and the calendar fail state.
Companions and romance
Anca, Lacra, Crake — mornings you buy, people hunger can delete.
Story, Fair, Challenging, Duelist
Four rungs. The 30-day clock does not shrink on Story.
Combat, controls, abilities
Daytime swordplay is four-direction offense and defense in the Kingdom Come family, with an optional omniattack/omniblock assist. Night combat swaps the steel for claws, bites, and short teleports. Activation charges — not a mana bar — gate hexes and executions.
Combat overview
Lock-on cameras, stamina, and why a good parry is also a spell resource.
PC, DualSense, and Xbox controls
Attack, parry, dodge, Shadowstep, bite, map, and ability slots on every platform.
Daytime combat and hexes
Acrid Dust, Burning Blood, Artery Attack, and the rune scars that heal at night.
Night combat and traversal
Claws, Voracious Bite, Piercing Shriek, wall-walking, and rooftop cathedral routes.
Ability list and charge colors
Red hexes, gold physicals, and vampire powers that skip the charge meter.
Builds and skill trees
Three trees: Witchcraft (day), Swordmastery (always), Vampirism (night). Unlocking a node can cost experience and a time segment, so a “complete the tree” run is a lie the calendar will not fund. Plan a job, not a museum.
Build hub
How to pick a first playthrough identity in a 30-day sandbox.
Witchcraft, Swordmastery, Vampirism
Manuals, hourglasses, and the four-plus-four quick-slot limit.
Swordsman build
Daylight duelist who spends nights feeding and scouting, not claw-spamming.
Predator build
Night-first Coen: wolf form, Shadowstep chains, Infamy on officers.
Hybrid Dawnwalker build
Shared-tree perks and the loadout that works at noon and midnight.
Ability and playstyle tier list
Launch-window ranks: Shadowstep, Artery, and why dip-all is C-tier.
Vale Sangora, people, enemies
The map is a Carpathian pocket kingdom in 1347: silver capital Svartrau, farm village Laslea, Maragir monastery, haunted sites, and wayside shrines that double as fast travel and stash. Brencis carved the valley into three dominions for Ambrus, Bakir, and Xanthe.
World overview
Plague, blood tax, and why the valley is small on purpose.
Map and locations
Shrines, officer territories, and points of interest that do not tick the clock.
Coen, Brencis, and the vampire court
Family hostages, Gallen, and the officers who are not generic raid bosses.
Enemies and bosses
Bandits, Blood Guards, sanzhana pixies, Forgotten Guardian, vrakhiri elites.
Lore of the Dawnwalker saga
Roman-born Brencis, silver in the blood, and later games outside the Middle Ages.
Infamy, edicts, court activities
How tearing flags and wagons makes Brencis offer a parley.
Locations: Svartrau, Howling Keep, Shrike’s Crag
Silver capital, vanishing mansion, haunted quarry, and the gorges that seal the valley.
Weapons, armor, survival items
Day Coen does not passively regenerate. Food, tonics, and whatever you stash at a shrine matter more than another sword skin. Night Coen regenerates partway, then needs blood. Weapon families shown so far: short swords, long swords, great swords, with axes joining the pool.
Items overview
Consumables, key items, stash, and why inventory is a time strategy.
Weapons
Peregrini Aurorae, weight classes, and how swing speed changes directional reads.
Armor sets
Sangoran Wayfarer’s Armor (pre-order / later in-game) and what armor actually does.
Crafting tinctures and recipes
Official bench is consumables — bottles for a body that does not regen in sunlight.
Tools for the month you actually have
A wiki that only explains systems still leaves you staring at thirty empty days. These two tools are for the session you are about to play, not the lore you already read.
Frequently asked questions
When does The Blood of Dawnwalker release?
It is out. Dated launch is 3 September 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam, Xbox on PC, GOG). Steam lists 2 September in the Americas because PC unlocks at midnight CEST. See [release times](/review/release/).
Is The Blood of Dawnwalker a Roblox game?
No. It is a single-player Unreal Engine 5 action RPG from Rebel Wolves, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Does the 30-day limit work like Majora’s Mask?
No. Time is a currency. Walking, looking, and talking do not advance the clock. Plot-relevant actions and many quests consume hourglass segments. The developers have said the game does not simply end when the calendar runs out.
Can Coen walk in sunlight?
Yes. A Dawnwalker is not burned by the sun. Daytime locks vampiric traversal and claws, and opens swordplay, witchcraft, and most social options.
Which languages does the game support?
Full voice and text in English, Polish, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Text-only in Brazilian Portuguese, LatAm Spanish, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Czech, and Hungarian. This wiki covers English plus German, French, and Spanish.