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Character Progression
Coen has three ability paths: Swordmastery, Witchcraft, and Vampiric powers. They share experience and skill points, but each path also has its own knowledge or corruption gates.
Short answer. Skill points earned by day can buy night abilities. The real constraints are not where points came from, but manuals, learning time, corruption, and other path-specific requirements.
01 / Context
What this means in the valley
Experience comes from defeating enemies and powerful creatures, completing quests and objectives, finding hidden places and secrets, and overcoming special encounters or bosses.
02 / Requirements
Limits to keep in mind
- 01
Swordmastery: find or buy the relevant manuals.
- 02
Witchcraft: locate magical manuals, ruins, or spellcasters.
- 03
Vampiric powers: feed to raise corruption and reach higher tiers.
03 / Core facts
At a glance
- XP bar
- Shared across all three paths
- Skill points
- Shared across all three paths
- Paths
- Swordmastery, Witchcraft, Vampiric
- Peak goal
- Ultimate traits in each tree
04 / Field notes
Details that affect interpretation and routing
Unlocking and improving abilities takes skill points and time, while some paths also require a source of knowledge.
Visible Steam achievements separately track the ultimate trait in each tree and maximizing a single ability.
05 / Sources
Evidence for this page
06 / Keep reading
Related entries and guides
Swordmastery
Swordmastery emphasizes reading attacks, positioning, timing, and commitment. Players can use automatically directed omnidirectional attacks and blocks or select directions manually.
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Witchcraft
Witchcraft is Coen's supernatural daytime path. Power enters his body through runes cut into the skin; at night the wounds close and the runes stop working.
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Vampiric Abilities
Vampiric abilities awaken at night, giving Coen claws, heightened senses, and vertical movement. Deeper corruption opens stronger powers, but most demand a sacrifice.
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Coen
Coen is the playable Dawnwalker: human by day and empowered by his vampiric nature at night. His immediate goal is to rescue his family from the vampires ruling the vale.
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