Navigate the Realm of Piercing Winds in Death Howl. Discover side quests like Reap or Weep and The Laughing Face of Death, and find hidden secrets in The Breathing Chasm and The Hidden Vale.
Welcome to the second part of our walkthrough for Death Howl.
After completing the first zone and defeating Cantharsis, the Great Spirit, we’ve managed to unlock the path to The Howling Mountain. However, Ro is still not strong enough to brave the dangers that await her in the mountain. On her quest to save her son, she must turn her gaze towards the Realm of Piercing Winds.
This is part of our Death Howl Walkthrough & Guides Hub, so we suggest starting there if you haven’t already.
Realm of Piercing Winds Overview
Similar to the Realm of Distorted Hollows, the Realm of Piercing Winds is split up into three zones:
- The Breathing Chasm
- The Hidden Vale
- The Glacial Maw
You can enter the realm through either The Breathing Chasm or The Hidden Vale. Both of these locations can be accessed via The Meadows of Delusions. For this walkthrough, we’ll enter through The Breathing Chasm. So fast travel back to the northern Sacred Grove in the Meadows of Delusion.
From here, continue heading north till you see the terrain change, and the region text will appear above your screen.
The Breathing Chasm
Unlocking the First Sacred Grove and Map
Similar to the previous zone, you’ll have to activate the first Sacred Grove in the region before the map opens up. The closest Sacred Grove to you is in the northeast.
Go east for your first Spirit encounter in the region.
NOTE: Make sure you’ve got some Death Howl saved up to unlock the cards and Teardrop upgrades in the region. It’s a good idea to grind some Death Howl before you enter the zone.
Continue onward after defeating the Spirits. There’s a cave door up ahead that you can open by clicking on the rock. This leads to some crafting materials that you can collect for free.
Exit the cave and continue heading north to spot the Sacred Grove. Activate it to reveal the map of this zone.
How to Complete the Reap or Weep Side Quest
Take a moment to look at the map and note down the location of the next Sacred Groves. There’s an upper path and a lower path that you can take. The upper path leads through only two encounters, but both of them are Elder Spirits, while the lower path has more Spirit encounters.
When you’re ready, head northeast to the small empty section. We’ve marked it with an X in the image above.
A large creature will appear. Exhaust his dialogues, and he’ll ask you to retrieve his lost eyes. This triggers the Reap or Weep side quest in the game.
To complete this quest, you’ll have to find the creature’s lost eyes. The eyes are in a hidden cave near the northwestern Sacred Grove. Take the upper path from the quest giver and make your way to the next Sacred Grove.
You’ll have to get past two Elder Spirit encounters. There’s also a nest along the way that you can loot for the Bear Skull Totem.
| Bear Skull (Totem) | Kill: Gain 3 Block |
Talk to the Moose spirit, who you’ll find standing near the Sacred Grove. This will give you a free Teardrop point.
Once he’s gone, go down the passage next to the Moose (shown in the image above) and click on the rock to reveal a cave entrance. Head inside.
Continue heading through the cave to spot the eyes.
Go up to it and grab it to get the quest item: Reaping Eye. As you’re about to leave the cave, you’ll get ambushed by a group of enemies.
This is a tough battle, so if you’re not prepared, you’ll have a hard time getting past them.
NOTE: If you’re having trouble, discard the quest card and fast travel out of the cave so that you can return later when you’re stronger.
After defeating the monsters, you can exit the cave and return to the quest giver to complete the quest. You’ll get the Opal Totem as a reward for completing this side quest.
| Opal (Totem) | Each Turn: Reduce the Mana cost of a random card by 1 this turn. |
How to Complete the Two-Headed Spear Hidden Side Quest
There’s a hidden side quest in this zone that you’ll want to complete before you move on to The Hidden Vale. To unlock this, first make your way to the third Sacred Grove in the southwest part of the map.
You can either take the bottom path from the entrance of the zone, or go down from the second Sacred Grove near where you talked to the Moose.
From the Sacred Grove, go up and read the inscription on the rock on your left. It says something about two pieces of a spear. Now you have to find two Spear Head quest cards. These are pretty easy to find.
The first one can be found near the Nest at the entrance of the zone when coming from the Meadows of Delusion.
The second one is located just below the northwestern Sacred Grove.
When you gather both pieces of the Spear Head, enter a battle. It doesn’t matter which one.
On your first turn, you’ll have the two Spear Heads in your inventory. Use either one of them and then combine them with the other one to create the Two-Headed Spear.
Complete the battle. Then go back to the rock with the inscription and interact with it. A hole will open up, and you’ll fall into an underground cave.
This will trigger an Elder Spirit encounter against two enemies. Defeat the enemies to get transported back outside the cave. The Two-Headed Spear will break and disappear from your inventory. As a reward for completing the quest, you’ll get three Teardrop upgrade points.
The Hidden Vale
Unlocking the First Sacred Grove and Map
When you’re ready to move on to the next zone, return to the Sacred Grove in the southwest section of The Breathing Chasm. From here, head left, and you’ll soon find yourself in the steps of The Hidden Vale.
From here, continue along the lower path and defeat the first set of Spirits that come up.
Continue past the encounter, and you’ll spot another group of enemies. This is an Elder Spirit encounter, so we suggest avoiding it for now.
Instead, continue along the path on the left to find another Spirit encounter to the north with only two enemies. Defeat the spirits.
The Sacred Grove is just beyond this encounter. You’ll also see a fallen Spirit on the rocks next to the Sacred Grove.
Activate the Sacred Grove to reveal the map.
How to Complete The Laughing Face of Death Side Quest
After resting at the Sacred Grove, Ro will notice that it also revived the Spirit. But before you can do anything, the Spirit jumps off the cliff and falls to its death. Rest at the Sacred Grove again. This time, when the Spirit comes back to life, you can talk to it. After a brief conversation, it jumps off again.
Rest at the Sacred Grove one last time. Exhaust the dialogues, and the Spirit
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