Dawnwalker Forge It Anew: Shards, Hilt & Bug Fixes

Match the objective to the missing piece

Forge It Anew tracks the hilt, three shards, reforging and tempering as separate states. Read the current objective before repeating a cleared cave: the wording usually identifies whether the route is incomplete or the save has reached a reported blocker.

The southeast cave does not contain the final shard. Its note starts Executive Order and moves the real pickup to the main chest in Xanthe's camp. The hilt is separate again and comes from St. Mihai's coffin during A Monk and a Saint.

Start Forge It Anew

Complete A Monk and a Saint in Svartrau and read the note in St. Mihai's coffin after the encounter. This provides the broken hilt and the full restoration objective. Finding a shard cave early can start its subquest, but the final weapon still needs the broken sword.

The three shards are in separate Kobold-related routes. Inspect the cave paintings in a nest to add clues for the other locations.

Avoid locking out A Dubious Gift

A Dubious Gift is an optional daytime branch inside A Monk and a Saint. Start A Monk and a Saint through Albertus, enter Svartrau Cathedral before learning the crypt location by another route, and speak to the Deacon while the cathedral is open. Ask about the crypt, then follow his caretaker request before continuing the crypt investigation.

This branch costs three time segments, rewards the Library Key and completes Xanthe's Cathedral Ritual activity. PowerPyx records two fail states: discovering the crypt first and reaching maximum Infamy, which locks the cathedral during the day. Several independent player reports describe the same missed window. If the Deacon is already unavailable after the crypt route, no reliable way to restore A Dubious Gift in that save has been confirmed; continue A Monk and a Saint through the available crypt route or reload an earlier manual save.

All three Sword Shards

For the Maragir shard, travel northeast of the Upper Maragir Wealds shrine and cross the river. Follow the trail into the Kobold den and take the shard from the broken cross.

The Rockfalls nest sits east of Westridge Outpost and southwest of Giant's Pawns. Enter the cave marked by a large white X, defeat the poisoned Kobold Munch-Munch and loot the shard. For the final route, investigate the nest southeast of Crossroads Inn; the clues redirect you to Xanthe's camp in The Silts, where the shard is inside the main tent chest.

Find the Uriashi blacksmith

Take the broken sword and all three shards to the Uriashi Hermitage shrine in northwest Briar Sloughs. Continue through the forest and uphill to the standing-stone circle. The hornless Uriashi there is the blacksmith who can restore the blade.

Choose the dialogue that makes Coen's intention to fight Brencis clear, then hand over the pieces. The restored sword is not yet its strongest version; the quest continues to an ancient site farther northwest.

Is Forge It Anew actually bugged?

Two common states look like bugs but have normal quest requirements. If the Uriashi blacksmith tells Coen to find the rest of the sword, finish A Monk and a Saint and recover the hilt from St. Mihai's coffin. If the southeast Kobold nest is empty, read the note and follow Executive Order to Xanthe's camp in The Silts.

The dialogue that endlessly repeats “Are you always this friendly?” with no exit is a separately repeated softlock on current player saves. Players also independently report losing the shard interaction after clearing a nest, leaving and returning later. Rebel Wolves' September 9 Hotfix 1.0.4 notes do not list either state, and the September 10 PC Hotfix 1.0.5 lists only a shader-pipeline improvement. There is still no confirmed universal repair.

Avoid the reported failure states

Make separate manual saves before entering each shard nest, before speaking to the Uriashi blacksmith and before starting the final ritual. When a nest offers the three-time-segment shard interaction, collect it before leaving; multiple players report that returning later can remove the prompt.

Restarting, changing day and night, and completing unrelated quests have not consistently released the reported blacksmith dialogue loop. Do not overwrite the last working save, and do not treat a third-party save editor as a safe general fix. Preserve the affected save and game-version details for a support report while waiting for an official patch.

• Save before every nest and before the blacksmith
• Collect a revealed shard before leaving the cleared nest
• Keep a separate save before the final ritual
• Do not overwrite the last save from before the loop
• Avoid unsupported save-file edits

Temper the legendary sword

Follow the new marker into the ruins beyond the hermitage. Clear the spectral enemies, including the Echoing Anger encounter, and reach the supernatural red orb. Interacting with it tempers the restored weapon.

The final reward is the legendary Imbued Sword of St. Mihai, a high-value anti-vampire greatsword and a strong preparation choice for the Brencis route.

• Carry healing and poison protection for Munch-Munch
• Do not leave the third nest when it is empty; follow the clues to The Silts
• Bring the broken hilt as well as all three shards
• Finish the ritual after reforging—the restored sword is not the final form