The Guide

Everything about playing Bloodline Chronicles, from your first character to the last act of the Founder's Oath. In the game itself, the Chronicle shows you what your house needs next.

1. Chapter IGetting startedHow Bloodline Chronicles works, your first steps and The Chronicle.
2. Chapter IIDeath & heirsWhat happens when your character dies, how you choose an heir and how traits are inherited.
3. Chapter IIIHeirloomsHow gear carried by your family becomes a named heirloom that grows stronger.
4. Chapter IVDuties & renownThe duties every death leaves behind, and how your house earns renown.
5. Chapter VThe Founder's OathThe house's main quest: three oaths of four acts each, ending in a legendary trait.
6. Chapter VIThe SacrificeGiving a life for the house: when it is possible, how to do it and what it brings.
7. Chapter VIIInns & the stewardVillage and roadside inns, the jobs on their quest boards, and the steward who keeps the family vault.
8. Chapter VIIIWayside shrinesWayside shrines: light the altar candles for an ancestor's blessing, and earn renown for every shrine your house visits.
9. Chapter IXThe Fallen ManorThe Fallen Manor: drive out the Usurper, find the four pages of the last will, and claim the manor as your family seat, with a graveyard for your ancestors.
10. Chapter XBarrow cryptsBarrow crypts: half dungeon, half puzzle. Read the epitaphs, light the braziers, find the sigil and lay the Barrow-Lord to rest.
11. Chapter XIFamily eventsSickness, rival houses, weddings, long-lost cousins and the restless dead: what happens to your house between quests.
12. Chapter XIIPlaying togetherJoining a house with friends: what is shared, what is your own and who leads.
13. Chapter XIIIQuestionsFrequently asked questions about Bloodline Chronicles.