Can You Do Everything in One Playthrough in The Blood of Dawnwalker?
Can you see all of The Blood of Dawnwalker in one run? No — four mutually exclusive endings, optional generals and one romance per run lock content out.
FAQ
Why can't you see 100% of the game in one playthrough?
Is there a New Game+ mode?
Can you get the Platinum trophy in one playthrough?
Can You 100% The Blood of Dawnwalker In One Run?
The short answer is no. Rebel Wolves built The Blood of Dawnwalker around replay and consequence: a single run is designed to show you only a portion of the total content. Community write-ups often put that figure near 80%, but the exact percentage is a fan estimate rather than a published spec, so treat the number as approximate (pending manual review).
The real reason one run cannot hold everything is structural, and it comes down to three things: the /guides/30-day-time-system/ budget, the three optional generals, and above all the four mutually exclusive endings detailed in /guides/all-endings/.
What Is Actually Mutually Exclusive?
Here is what genuinely locks content out of a single run:
| Decision | Locks You Into | Locks You Out Of |
|---|---|---|
| Ally with Crake (final assault) | The Knyazmaker route and Crake’s rebellion | The other three ending trophies |
| Ally with Lacra | The Patricide route (and her mandrake survival fork) | The other three ending trophies |
| Storm the castle alone | The Folk Hero | The alliance routes and their epilogues |
| Deal with Brencis (Turncoat) | Trading loyalty to buy your family back | The three defeat-Brencis trophies and your allies’ outcomes |
| Romance one companion | One committed route (Anca / Lacra / Crake) | The other romances, treated as exclusive |
| Skip a general entirely | Saved time segments | That general’s branch, quests and trophies |
The romances and companion chains are broken out in /guides/companions/ and /guides/romance-options/.
How To Get The Most Out Of One Run
If you want to see the maximum amount of story, gear and trophies on a first playthrough:
- Finish the prologue and companion chains first. The Laslea Glen prologue (Bad Blood) and Anca’s questline start early and run long — do not burn past them; see /guides/prologue-missable-quests/.
- Choose a general deliberately. You do not need all three; each confrontation is optional and in any order. Study /bosses/ambrus/, /bosses/bakir/ and /bosses/xanthe/ before committing segments.
- Respect the time-segment budget. Court Activities spend segments; walking and ordinary combat do not. /guides/30-day-time-system/ has the full ledger.
- Build for versatility. A loadout that works by day and by night keeps every boss route open — see /guides/skill-trees/ and /guides/best-builds/.
Collecting Every Ending Without A New Game+
Because there is no documented New Game+ for 1.0.0, the practical way to see all four endings is manual-save branching, not a second-mode carryover:
- Make a manual save immediately before the final assault on Brencis’s castle, when the alliance/ending choice is presented, and another right before any boss.
- Clear the run to one ending, then reload the pre-ending save to take a different route.
- For trophies you cannot branch into (content gated behind a skipped general or a different romance), plan a separate playthrough.
Does reloading a manual save break trophies?
Whether the platform disables trophies after loading a manual save is pending manual review — no primary source documents it for 1.0.0. The save-before-the-choice advice itself is standard and safe; verify the platform behaviour on your own system before relying on it for a Platinum run. Difficulty-based trophies are covered in /guides/difficulty-settings/ and /guides/trophy-guide/.
Sources & Verification
The “not everything fits in one run” premise, the four-ending mutual exclusivity, the optional generals, and the 47-trophy count were cross-checked against the Bandai Namco official product site, PlayStation Blog launch coverage, IGN and GameSpot features, and the PowerPyx / psnine trophy lists. The precise single-run content percentage and all New Game+ behaviour are pending manual review and are not asserted here as fact.
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