Bakir 'The Mad Khan' Boss Guide: The Lunar Game & Joust
Beat Bakir the Mad Khan in The Lunar Game at Lunar Manor: work the joust roster, poison the Cockroach, fight with swords only, then take the south gate.
FAQ
Can I use vampire powers during the Bakir fight?
How do I skip one of the joust opponents?
What happens after Bakir dies?
What does Bakir drop?
Who Is Bakir in The Blood of Dawnwalker?
Bakir, “The Mad Khan” — the epithet is official, carried by both his Bandai Namco character page and his trophy — is one of the three Boyar vassals who hold Vale Sangora for the vampire lord Brencis. His territory is the southwest of the valley, and his portfolio is its violence.
Where Ambrus manages the blood supply and Xanthe chases unnatural power, Bakir handles punishment and population control: handing out rewards to Brencis’s loyalists, putting dissenters in pillories, running distilleries where the alcohol is cut with blood, and occasionally staging atrocities as a grotesque parody of a game show — blood sport as public entertainment.
How Do You Trigger The Lunar Game?
Bakir is unlocked through the Court menu, exactly as the other Boyars are: the tree is centred on Brencis with the three vassals beneath him, and each vassal’s Court Activities push an Anger meter upward.
- Bakir owns 12 of the game’s 41 Court Activities (Ambrus 14, Xanthe 15).
- The vast majority of them cost 3 time segments, drawn from the /guides/30-day-time-system/ clock.
- Fill his Anger — roughly 75% of his activities — and the boss quest The Lunar Game unlocks.
The fight is not a duel in a clearing. The Lunar Game is staged at Lunar Manor in the Lunar Estate as a tournament plus a maze, which changes what “beating the boss” means: you work through a bracket first.
What Are the Rules of the Joust?
This is where Bakir’s fight is genuinely unusual, and where most failed attempts come from. Documented mechanics:
| Encounter element | What the sources document | What you should do |
|---|---|---|
| Opponent bracket | Farkas, the Cockroach, the Porcupine, Marten | Expect a sequence of duels, not one brawl — pace your health |
| Skip mechanic | Toxic leaves grow in the courtyard; dose the Cockroach’s drink with them | Skips his bout outright, no fight required |
| Ability restriction | All vampire abilities and claws are disabled for the whole encounter | Build for Swordmastery; do not rely on your powers |
| Riddle | The documented answer is the left-hand hole | Take the left option |
| The maze | Chests inside the maze spawn gear | Loot it — free upgrades before the Khan himself |
| Bakir’s own attacks | Named attack set not documented by official or wiki sources | Fight him as a pure sword duel, since powers are off anyway |
| After the kill | Leaving via the south gate starts an extra mini-boss | Finish looting first, then go south |
No source we could verify publishes a recommended level for Bakir, and none publishes an HP value for him, so both fields are left unfilled here rather than guessed.
What Does Bakir Drop?
| Reward | Rarity | How you get it |
|---|---|---|
| Phial of Bakir’s Blood | Legendary | Steal his vrakhir blood |
| Bakir’s Armour | Not documented beyond the name | On Bakir after the fight |
Nothing else is named for this boss by the sources checked. For how these sit against the rest of the loot pool see /items/legendary-weapons/ and /items/emberforged-armor-set/.
One bronze trophy belongs to this encounter: “Mad Khan”, awarded for killing Bakir in the joust. Bakir himself is an optional kill, so the trophy requires choosing to fight him at all.
Sources & Verification
- Official Bakir character page — Bandai Namco Europe — the “The Mad Khan” title, his southwestern Vale Sangora domain, and his punishment / rewards / pillory / blood-cut distillery role.
- MapGenie — The Blood of Dawnwalker quest guides — The Lunar Game at Lunar Manor: the Farkas / Cockroach / Porcupine / Marten bracket, the toxic-leaf skip, the sword-only restriction, the left-hole riddle answer, maze chests, and the south-gate mini-boss.
- GameSpot — Edicts, Infamy and the Vampire Court guide — the Court menu, Boyar Anger meters and how a filled meter converts into a boss quest.
- PowerPyx — All Court Activity locations — Bakir’s 12 activities within the 41-total list and their 3-segment cost.
- PSNine trophy list and Gamerch PS5 trophies — the bronze “Mad Khan” for killing Bakir in the joust.
Bakir’s HP, damage percentages, a recommended level and a named attack list are not documented by official or wiki sources and are deliberately absent above. Everything else was verified against the cited official and walkthrough coverage as of gameVersion 1.0.0, last verified 2026-09-12.
More The Blood of Dawnwalker Boss Guides
- The other two Boyars: /bosses/ambrus/ and /bosses/xanthe/
- The Knyaz they serve: /bosses/brencis/
- Full encounter index: /bosses/
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