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Mysterious Instruction

Mysterious Instruction is a word-selection puzzle. Each line names a saint’s biography and tells you which word to take from it. The eight words point to a waterfall by the great bridge north of Svartrau.

My journey
A very pious reading list.

Decode the saints’ reading list

Use the body of each English biography, leaving out its title. Count from the beginning unless the instruction says “from the end”; for those two clues, start with the final word and work backwards. Keep the eight answers in the note’s order.

The words read “North of Svartrau into waterfall by Great bridge.” Head northwest from Svartrau Outskirts toward the large bridge and enter the cave behind the nearby waterfall. The map link below marks the cave area.

Search the skeleton inside for the Arbiter’s Medallion. This amulet is separate from the four armour pieces crafted during A Bulwark Against Darkness; its equipment page explains the stamina and damage-reduction bonuses.

Mysterious Instruction: eight words from the English biographies
BiographyWord to selectAnswer
From Life of St. Cuthbert13thNorth
From Life of St. Tyna9thof
From Life of St. Mihai2nd from the endSvartrau
From Life of St. Tobias12thinto
From Life of St. Teotim22nd from the endwaterfall
From Life of St. Anthony31stby
From Life of St. Gregory7thGreat
From Life of St. Bénézet15thbridge

Mysterious Instruction properties

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Book and note excerpts

Mysterious Instruction
From Life of St. Cuthbert – 13th word From Life of St. Tyna – 9th word From Life of St. Mihai – 2nd word from the end From Life of St. Tobias – 12th word From Life of St. Teotim – 22nd word from the end From Life of St. Anthony – 31st word From Life of St.…

Characters and places mentioned in Mysterious Instruction

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Game reference: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Steam build 25129649, reviewed October 5, 2026. Report a mistake.