Reaching Max Level 50: The 14 Critical Mistakes to Avoid in The Blood of Dawnwalker
🚨 MAX LEVEL 50 REGRETS: THE 14 MASSIVE MISTAKES RUINING YOUR RUN IN THE BLOOD OF DAWNWALKER! 🚨
Did you rush out to loot every single piece of legendary gear at level 10, only to realize you’re completely broke trying to upgrade it? Or worse, did you accidentally bite and kill an innocent NPC during a midnight conversation because Coen was starving for blood?
Players who have already hit max level 50 are exposing the brutal early-game traps that are quietly sabotaging entire campaigns. From permanently ruining the open world by over-leveling your Infamy too fast, to wasting precious time segments on useless shrine repairs and court sabotage, the community is in total shock over what the developers didn’t tell you. Did you know there’s a sneaky chest-looting trick to freeze time, or that heavy armor penalties will actually make Coen weaker unless you spec into the right Second Skin perks?
The forums are burning up, and players who missed these 14 essential rules are being forced to restart from scratch.
👇 Click here to uncover the 14 critical mistakes before they ruin your playthrough:
As players push into the late game and reach max level 50 in Rebel Wolves’ dark fantasy open-world action RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker, a harsh reality is setting in. Early-game choices in Vale Sangora—published by Bandai Namco—echo all the way to the end credits. Between managing Coen’s dual human-vampire states, navigating strict time segments, and handling rare legendary gear scaling, avoiding foundational missteps is essential.
Based on comprehensive endgame testing and community insights, here are 14 vital mistakes every player must avoid to optimize their playthrough.
1. Looting All Legendary Gear Too Early
The gear you find scales directly to Coen’s level upon acquisition. If you rush out to collect every piece of legendary equipment at level 10, those items will remain locked at level 10, requiring an immense amount of coins to constantly upgrade at a blacksmith.
The Strategy: Pick up one favorite legendary sword early to scale with your level for consistent damage, but leave unique legendary armors for the mid-to-late game to avoid draining your treasury on endless upgrade costs. Remember that every 10 levels, gear not only gains raw damage/armor stats but also scales up its inherent passive buffs.
2. Failing to Use the Chest-Looting Time Exploit
Time is your primary currency, with most looting actions consuming precious time segments. However, leaving a single useless item unlooted inside a chest prevents the game from registering it as fully cleared—meaning it doesn’t trigger the time-segment penalty. While you miss out on quest-related experience, you can easily compensate by grinding a few wilderness mobs.
3. Wasting Time on Useless Open-World Activities
Not all map markers are created equal:
Shrines: With so many functional shrines scattered across Vale Sangora serving as fast-travel and storage points, repairing broken shrines (which costs a 1-hour time slot plus a mini-mission) is generally a waste of time unless specifically needed to advance the clock.
Ancient Circles: These reward witchcraft manuals and random loot, but if you aren’t building into witchcraft, skipping them saves valuable time.
4. Ignoring NPC Merchant Inventory Refreshes
Unlike many RPGs where merchants remain static, Dawnwalker’s vendors refresh their stock as you level up. Regularly revisit merchants—especially manual and recipe sellers—to pick up vital progression items before certain NPCs meet untimely ends during unfolding quests.
5. Over-Sabotaging the Court
While gold diamond map markers point toward court sabotage activities against Brentus’s underlings (costing three time segments each), you do not need to clear them all. Once a court member is fully angered (tracked via the bottom-right indicator on their profile), stop sabotaging them and proceed directly to their hidden confrontation quest.
6. Pushing Infamy Too High Too Soon
Raising your infamy bar permanently alters the open world for the worse. High infamy introduces hostile soldier patrols, annoying checkpoints, inflated merchant prices, locked city gates, and relentless headhunters carrying high-tier gear. Prioritize side quests and companion missions early, keeping your head down until you are truly ready for war.
7. Relying on Raw Food Instead of Proper Healing
Eating raw food like onions provides slow, negligible healing over time that won’t save you in combat. Craft Minor Mending Ointments immediately using ribwort (highlighted via your focus sight) and a canteen of water to secure an instant 30% health restoration. Make sure to manually assign healing items to your quick slots before entering battle.
8. Blindly Equipping Heavy Armor Without Perks
Heavier armor sets carry inherent stat penalties if you lack the proper support. To negate these drawbacks, you must invest in the Second Skin perks within the Swordmastery skill tree. However, on higher difficulties, mastering directional dodging and parrying makes raw armor defense largely secondary.
9. Spreading Perk Points Too Thinly
Dawnwalker features no respec system, and investing perk points costs valuable time segments. Furthermore, trees like Witchcraft and Swordmastery require 35 invested points just to unlock their ultimate abilities. Focus early on universal stats like health and stamina, and save your points until you have specific build goals in mind.
10. Starving for Blood During NPC Conversations
At nighttime, when Coen is operating in his vampire form, entering conversations while your health is critically low in the final segment can cause him to lose control. You may accidentally bite and instantly kill the NPC, permanently breaking their related questline. Always heal up after nocturnal combat before interacting with civilians.
11. Neglecting the Nighttime Scouting Towers
Climbing scouting towers costs zero time segments, but they must be done at night. Scaling these towers clears the fog of war, reveals nearby activities and collectibles, and grants bonus experience, transforming the map from guesswork into an organized checklist.
12. Forgetting to Quick-Slot Your Torch
Constantly opening your inventory in dark caves or nocturnal explorations is tedious. Quick-slotting your torch allows you to whip it out instantly whenever darkness falls.
13. Letting Manuals and Recipes Gather Dust in Inventory
Finding skill manuals, books, and recipes is only half the battle; you must manually open your inventory and “use” them to actually unlock the ability to purchase perks or trigger hidden quests. Check your inventory periodically for unread literature.
14. Mismanaging Inventory and Currency Weight
With a fixed 200 carry weight limit, you never need to waste perks on capacity. Shrines act as convenient storage chests, and inventory management features quick options to sort and instantly sell junk. However, trade items like gold and silver must be physically carried to the fence in Spartra to trade for hard currency and elite legendary gear.
