Game Progress Route for Vigil: The Longest Night presents a recommended progression path for the main campaign of the game, it aims to provide important points of the game to avoid any missing important aspects such as relevant Locations, NPCs, Items, as well as involved boss encounters. For guides on quests, click here, if you want to check a detailed guide for each location, you may visit our Walkthrough page.
Vigil: The Longest Night Game Progress Route
- Colored optional objectives indicate steps required to get one of endings. All endings can be obtained in the same playthrough.
- There are major and minor points of no return tied to beating story bosses. Subsequent and optional visits to areas are structured in a way to minimize backtracking without failing any side quests and missing rewards. If you don't care about those then skip locations marked as optional. See Quests and NPCs for detailed information.
Mountain Pass (Prologue)
- Get the Owl's Feather
- Kill The Craving Terror to obtain Withered Flower Ring
- Proceed to the Maye Bridge (Prologue)
Optional Steps:
- None
Maye Bridge (Prologue)
- Speak to Randall and Duran
- Proceed to Maye Town (Prologue)
Maye Town (Prologue)
- Speak to Captain Carl
- Proceed to the Outskirts of Maye (Prologue).
Optional Steps:
- Speak to the Vice Captain to start a side quest Inform the Captain.
- Speak to Captain Carl to obtain Iron Halberd and close Inform the Captain.
- Speak to Steve and exchange Stinky Helmet for the Collection of Duran's Letters to start a side quest called Glorious Guard.
- Speak to Mukddars to obtain Hand of Shadow and start a side quest Best Audience.
- Enter Home and pick up Daisy's To-Do List to start a side quest Sister Daisy.
- Speak to Thurber W. Sungi to start a side quest Royal Detective.
Outskirts of Maye (Prologue)
- Speak to Shabbir to start his side quest Addict.
- (Optional) Visit to the Church Plaza (Prologue) for a timed encounter.
- Proceed to the Village (Prologue).
Church Plaza (Prologue) - optional
- None.
Optional Steps:
- Speak to the Professor in the Empty Library (timed event)
- Get the Ceremonial Bell from Sister Jasmine
- Collect the Jade Ring in the Empty Library
- Read The Advent Prophecy - Legend in the Empty Library to obain Mysterious Manuscript x2
Village (Prologue)
- Proceed to the Valley (Prologue)
Optional Steps:
- Speak to Mahrez three times to obtain the Small Folded Note.
- Get the Hexagonal Candle from Bruna’s Home.
Valley (Prologue)
- Proceed to the Secret Trail (Prologue)
Optional Steps:
- Climb to the top of the waterfall and speak to the Professor to obtain Wooden Hanging Shaft from him.
- Find Mukddars on a platform below the bridge to progress his quest.
- Collect A Corner of Cloth Scrap.
Secret Trail (Prologue)
- Find the missing Elevator Lever which operates the lift, descend into the depths of the cavern and enter the Secret Cave.
- Navigate the Secret Cave and find another exit back to the Secret Trail.
- Unlock shortcut to the Owl Statue.
- Defeat the Brood Mother and obtain the Double Jump ability
- Speak to the The Ghost to obtain the Cemetery Key and the Ruby Necklace.
- Proceed back to the Valley (Prologue).
Optional Steps:
- Pick up Bruna's Diary, Part 1 and Bruna's Diary, Part 2 (Secret Cave)
- Read Sloppily Written Note - 1 and Sloppily Written Note - 3 in the Secret Cave to obtain Mysterious Manuscript x2.
- Collect the Braided Rope of Bitter Vines (Secret Cave)
- Collect Percival's Coat and Percival's Boots (Secret Trail)
- Find the second Elevator Lever in the Secret Cave to re-activate the lift, then ride it to the top to get Percival's Gloves from a secret room above the elevator shaft.
- Get Cave Key to unlock the door in the Secret Cave to collect the Emerald Ring.
Valley (Prologue) - revisited, optional
- Proceed to the Church Plaza (Prologue)
Church Plaza (Prologue) - revisited
- Use the Cemetery Key to unlock the Cemetery (Prologue)
- Proceed to the Cemetery.
Optional Steps:
- None, if you already completed all optional steps in the previous optional visit.
Cemetery (Prologue)
- Proceed to the Catacombs (Prologue)
Optional Steps:
- Speak to Gram to obtain Ceremonial Blouse
- Collect Cyan Frankincense
- Collect Bloody Bone
- Collect Sauna's Gloves
- Collect Dead Leaf Butterfly Ring
- Collect Rabbit Ring
Catacombs (Prologue)
- Navigate the Catacombs until you reach the entrance to Death's Destination. This is a point of no return, so if you have any unfinished sidequests or something left to collect, do them now.
- (Optional) Revisit other areas before progressing further.
- Play the Scarlet Ocarina to enter Death's Destination.
Optional Steps:
- Collect Ritual Daggers
- Collect Corundum Ring
- Collect Secret Key
- Collect Sauna's Boots
- Collect Sauna's Coat
- Read Intermittently Written Note to obtain Mysterious Manuscript x2.
Mountain Pass (Prologue) - revisited, optional
- None
Maye Bridge (Prologue) - revisited, optional
- None
Optional Steps:
- Find Mukddars below the bridge to obtain Flaming Magpie and close his quest Best Audience.
- Exchange Collection of Duran's Letters with Duran to obtain Rose Ring. Speak to him again to close the sidequest Glorious Guard.
Village (Prologue) - revisited, optional
- None
Optional Steps:
- Give Tangerine the Ruby Necklace to obtain Ruby Ring.
- Use the Double Jump ability to get Crumpled Blank Letter from the School from Bruna’s Home.
- Speak to Chris with the Ceremonial Bell, the Ceremonial Blouse, and the Hexagonal Candle in your inventory to obtain Bruna's Diary, Part 3.
- Use the Double Jump ability to reach a platform in the basement of Gram’s Home to enter the Wasteland. Collect the Blood of the Sacredwood.
Secret Trail (Prologue) - revisited, optional
- None
Optional Steps:
- Give Blood of the Sacredwood to Cole, Mienz, Lite to close the sidequest Addict. While ending the quest this way does not get you any immediate rewards, you get a unique monster encounter in the next act.
Outskirts of Maye (Prologue) - revisited, optional
- None
Optional Steps:
- Give Blood of the Sacredwood to Shabbir to obtain Small Shimmer Stone x3 and close the sidequest Addict. Shimmer stones is all that you get for completing the quest this way.
Maye Town (Prologue) - revisited, optional
- None
Optional Steps:
- Enter Professor’s Home using the Secret Key to obtain Bloody Stamp and Mysterious Manuscript x2.
- Speak to Thurber W. Sungi and hand over the Small Folded Note and the Crumpled Blank Letter from the School. You will get his Slingshot as a reward. This closes his quest Royal Detective.
- Upgrade your equipment in the smithy if you want to.
Death's Destination
- Defeat The Ancient Guard to obtain Eternal Daylight
- Speak to The Lantern Keeper to get teleported to the Mountain Pass.
Optional Steps:
- None
Act 2
Mountain Pass
- Proceed to Maye Bridge
Optional Steps:
- None
Maye Bridge
- Proceed to Maye Town
Maye Town
- Speak to the Doctor in the Asylum to get directions and to close Find the Doctor.
- Proceed to the Outskirts of Maye
Optional Steps:
- Grab a note hanging in front of the eastern entrance to the Asylum to start a quest Mysterious Person.
- Speak to beggar Drew and give him 10 coins.
- Speak to Clay in front of the Tavern to start a sidequest Rescue the Survivors.
- Speak to Noax in the Tavern to start a sidequest The Draft in a Bottle.
- Speak to Daisy in the Asylum to exchange Ceremonial Blouse, Ceremonial Bell, and Hexagonal Candle for Daisy's Headwear. This closes the sidequest Sister Daisy.
- Speak to Daisy again to start a sidequest Errands.
- And again to obtain Daisy's Special Drink and start a sidequest Daisy's Special. Give the drink to Isabella to close the quest.
- Speak to Hugh in the Painter's Cottage to start a sidequest Happy Accident. Give him Portrait of Mr & Mrs. Chandler.
Outskirts of Maye
- Proceed to the Church Plaza (optional) or the Village
Church Plaza - optional
- Proceed to the Cemetery if you want to complete a sidequest, or return to the Outskirts of Maye and go to the Village
Optional Steps:
- Speak to August in the Library to start his quest Descendent of the Guard
- Read a book in the Library to obtain Mysterious Manuscript x2
- Read a note on the doors of the Shimmer Church to start a sidequest Eliminate the Skeletons
Optional Steps:
- Kill some Skulls until you obtain 10 bones, doesn't matter which type
- Collect Ceremonial Sword
- Collect Big Nose Glasses
- Collect Dead Leaf Butterfly Ring
- Collect Life Debt
- Collect the Portrait of Count Leonard
Village
- Proceed to Maye Hall Square through the Mill if you want to complete side quests, or go straight to the Wasted Town
Optional Steps:
- Speak to Hamilton to start his sidequest Hamilton's Jewelry
- Speak to Dawn to obtain Mysterious Powder
Maye Hall Square - optional
- Proceed to Maye Town to complete sidequests
Optional Steps:
- Speak to Carlos in the Maye Hall, then find him again in the Workshop to get a Reused Bottle.
- Read The Advent Prophecy - Legend in the Workshop to obtain Mysterious Manuscript x2
Maye Town - revisited, optional
- None; return to the Village and proceed to the Wasted Town from there
Optional Steps:
- Speak to Atlas in the Guard Outpost to turn in 10 bones and close the sidequest Eliminate the Skeletons. This unlocks the Shimmer Church.
- Give Daisy the Reused Bottle. This closes her quest Errands.
Wasted Town
- Find the entrance to an Antique Shop, it is the last door before a small blockade on the eastern side of the area.
- Use the other door to enter a separate area of the Wasted Town
- Proceed through the leftmost door to enter an Abandoned House, which serves as a pathway to the Flooded Area.
Optional Steps:
- Collect Beaded Night Stones (Abandoned Jewelry Shop)
- Collect Grandfather Clock (Antique Shop)
- Collect Siderite Daggers (Antique Shop)
- Collect Blueprint: Spike Bat (Antique Shop)
- Collect the Portrait of Officer Kao (Village Head's House)
Flooded Area
- You will need to navigate a series of abandoned houses and destroyed ships to reach the boss of this area. The order goes:
- Abandoned Store
- Herb Store
- Hamilton's House
- Wasted Warehouse
- Nordic Warship
- (Optional) Sunken Queen Anne's Revenge
- (Optional) Trading Ship
- (Optional) Sunken Mary Rose - an Owl Statue is in there
- Giant Shipwreck - another Owl Statue
- (Optional) Stranded Cabin
- Defeat Kelpie, Lord of Tide. You will be rewarded with a Cubic Crystal and Dash ability.
Optional Steps:
- Find August in Sunken Queen Anne's Revenge before you fight Kelpie, Lord of Tide. Give him a Healing Potion to progress his quest Descendent of the Guard.
- Reach the bunker on the eastern side of the Flooded Area and throw Noax's Message in a Bottle out of the window.
- Get Jewelry Box in Hamilton's House.
Location Name
- Objective 1
- Objective 2
- Objective 3
- Objective 4
- Objective 5
Optional Steps:
- None
Location Name
- Objective 1
- Objective 2
- Objective 3
- Objective 4
- Objective 5
Optional Steps:
- None
Location Name
- Objective 1
- Objective 2
- Objective 3
- Objective 4
- Objective 5
Optional Steps:
- None
Location Name
- Objective 1
- Objective 2
- Objective 3
- Objective 4
- Objective 5
Optional Steps:
- None
Location Name
- Objective 1
- Objective 2
- Objective 3
- Objective 4
- Objective 5
Optional Steps:
- None
The best idea is to just follow alphabet path: A>B>C>D>E etc. This way you will not mess up story.
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