Blood of Dawnwalker Cycle of Love: How to get through Xanthe’s castle
In The Blood of Dawnwalker 's 30-day time limit, you'll have many important tasks to complete, but perhaps none are as important as taking out the members of Brencis' Court. They are his strongest allies and the ones who will make your life the most difficult if they're still alive come the final confrontation.
Xanthe is one of the trickiest, as she mixed vampirism with a twisted form of witchcraft that makes her difficult to confront, which is clear when you enter her castle. The strange red vines will cover doors in her castle, only clearing when special lanterns are placed nearby, but they are in limited supply.
We'll explain how to navigate her castle and the exact series of steps to take to reach the end and confront Xanthe.
Xanthe's castle puzzle solution – Cycle of Love
Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Use the lantern given to you at the start of the quest to enter through the main gate. Fight the enemies that spawn to clear the path.
In this first chamber, there are many doors, but only one is uncovered, at the top of the stairs as you look straight on from the main entrance.
Go through this door, and you'll find a lantern on the other side that is keeping several doors clear. Leave this lantern where it is and head through the door on your right. Inside is a woman who seems to have gone mad, but next to her is a lantern that you can take.
Go back out into the main courtyard and give a lantern to the statue at the bottom of the room, clearing that door so you can go through to the second courtyard. Prepare for another combat encounter.
Once cleared, head into the shack at the head of the courtyard; inside is a statue with a lantern and a trapdoor on the floor. Open the trapdoor, then take the lantern; you'll need it later.
Go through the dungeons, clearing out hellhounds as you go. In the final chamber, pick the key off of the corpse and head up the stairs. You'll come out in the main courtyard once more.
Retrieve the lantern from the statue at the bottom – you should now have two lanterns in your inventory – then go back up the stairs and through that first door.
This time, go straight on through the house, and you'll find two statues guarding the final door. Give one lantern to each, and it will clear. Stepping through will take you into a cutscene and begin your fight against Xanthe.
