Dragon Slayer walkthrough
Use the active journal objective as the route checkpoint.
| Journal stage | What to do | Check before moving on |
|---|---|---|
| Shelter and antlers | After First Steps, speak with the Wise Old Man in Bramblemead Village. Build and claim a covered bed, then hunt a deer and bring its antlers to him. | The Wise Old Man gives the next search objective. |
| Cathan’s Journal | Follow the marked objective to the Keep of Blue Flames in Bramblemead Valley. Reach the upper level and read Cathan’s Journal to advance the objective. | The journal points the trail toward the swamp’s blue-flame vault. |
| Spitfoot | Enter the Vertentis Kara vault at the blue-flame door in Whispering Swamp. Work through the vault and speak to Spitfoot near its end, then return to the Wise Old Man. | Make sure the Spitfoot conversation has registered in the journal. |
| Cathan’s ghost and recipe | Follow the next journal marker to Velgar’s Rise in Fractured Plains and speak to Cathan’s ghost. | Learn the Challenge Horn recipe before starting the material trip. |
| Challenge Horn materials | Bring 1 Dragon Tooth, 1 Bloodwood Sap, and 5 Bronze Bars. Mine the tooth from dragon remains in Stormtouched Highlands with an Iron Pickaxe. Gather sap from the Bloodwood tree in the castle in Bloodblight Swamp with an Iron Logging Axe. Smelt Copper Ore and Tin Ore into Bronze Bars at a Furnace. | The horn recipe needs the bars themselves, not unprocessed ore. |
| Velgar and hand-in | Craft the horn at a Blacksmith’s Bench, place it on the altar at Velgar’s Rise, and defeat Velgar. Move clear of marked aerial barrage circles, sidestep the ground spikes and poison-breath path, and keep stamina for dodging. Take his head to the Wise Old Man outside the tower and finish the conversation. | Reopen the journal and confirm the hand-in advances the quest; the boss defeat alone is not the final step. |
Bring food and poison recovery for the swamp and material route, and repaired gear for the boss trip. These are preparation recommendations from the two walkthroughs, not additional quest requirements.
If a step does not advance, compare the active journal text and carried quest items before repeating a long route. Optional deeper references: resource locations, combat choices and boss preparation.