Blood of Dawnwalker’s first patch offers relief from buggy tutorials and tight-lipped NPCs, but Rebel Wolves are still working on fixes for the stuttering and shader crash problems
The Blood of Dawnwalker, Rebel Wolves' Witcher-inspired vampire RPG, has received its first post-launch patch on PC, addressing several quest-blocking bugs and controller issues. The update matters for players currently working through the game, as it clears progression roadblocks and smooths out early-game annoyances, though more serious technical problems flagged only the previous day remain unresolved.
The patch fixes a tutorial bug that saw companion character Lunka getting stuck while guiding players through the opening sections, and resolves an issue where the jester NPC Farkas would refuse to talk if surrounding characters had been killed, previously blocking a major quest. It also adds a new recipe for a blacksmith character and tweaks controller dead zone and sprint input handling. Rebel Wolves say fixes for ongoing stuttering, PlayStation button-mapping and shader compilation crashes are still in progress, and separately, some players have begun modding the game's main quest timer to reduce time pressure.
In short
- Rebel Wolves patched Blood of Dawnwalker, fixing quest-blocking and tutorial bugs
- Stuttering, shader crashes and PS button-mapping fixes are still pending
- Players are already modding the game's main quest timer
Explained simply
Rebel Wolves is an independent game studio, and The Blood of Dawnwalker is its role-playing game about a vampire navigating a world inspired by medieval fantasy. Players explore, meet characters and complete quests, with some story events shaped by choices and a time limit on the main quest.
Quests can depend on speaking to particular characters or following companions through tutorials, so bugs in those moments can stop players making progress. Controller settings and technical performance also affect how comfortably the game runs, while the quest timer has led some players to make changes using mods.
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