The Blood of Dawnwalker: How to Get Your Clothes From the Storage Chest

Coen starts The Blood of Dawnwalker half-dressed. The second main quest, Withering Away, opens with Pieter waking you up in the family house in Laslea Glen and immediately listing chores, and tucked into that list is an optional objective that a lot of players walk straight past: taking your clothes out of the storage chest in your bedroom.

Quick answer: In Coen’s bedroom, walk up to the storage chest beside the bed, press F (or the interact button on controller) to open it, choose LOOT ALL, then open your inventory and press Enter on the Comfortable Tunic, Trousers with Wrappings, and Grey Loafers to equip them.

Where the storage chest is in Coen’s house

The chest sits in the corner of Coen’s bedroom, right next to the bed you just woke up in. You do not need to leave the building or travel anywhere for it. The objective appears in your quest log as “(Optional): Take your clothes out of the storage chest” underneath the Withering Away header, alongside the first real chore, “Split logs for firewood”.

Withering Away quest tracker showing the Split logs for firewood objective inside Coen's dark house — The Withering Away objective list appears in the corner of the HUD as soon as Coen gets out of bed. Image: Rebel Wolves

Handle this before you head out to the chopping block. Once you go outside for the axe and then move on to the stove, the errand chain pulls you toward breakfast, your sword, and the walk to Anca’s hut, and it is easy to forget the chest is still sitting there.

How to loot the chest and equip the clothes

Walk over to the chest beside the bed until the on-screen prompt reads “Pick up your clothes by approaching the chest and pressing F”. That prompt is your confirmation you are standing in the right spot.

On-screen prompt telling the player to approach the chest and press F to pick up Coen's clothes — The game spells the interaction out with a “Pick up your clothes” prompt at the bottom of the screen. Image: Rebel Wolves

Press F to open the loot window. The contents are laid out in a short list with LOOT ALL and CANCEL at the bottom.

Coen standing in front of the bedroom storage chest during the Withering Away quest — The storage chest sits in the corner of the bedroom, a few steps from where Coen wakes up. Image: Rebel Wolves

Select LOOT ALL rather than grabbing pieces one at a time. That pulls the tunic, trousers, loafers, the Excerpts from Fabulae book, and the crafting recipe into your inventory in one action.

Open the inventory menu. The clothing lands in your gear list rather than being worn automatically, which is why the objective stays on screen after you close the chest. A note in the menu reminds you that clothes can be equipped in the inventory.

Highlight each garment and press Enter to equip it. The item card shows what you are putting on before you commit, listing the Comfortable Tunic as a Common Light Chestpiece at Level 1 with 34 Armour (+34). Slot all three into the Day Set.

Inventory screen previewing the Comfortable Tunic on Coen with its armour value shown — The inventory preview shows each garment on Coen, along with its armour rating, before you press Enter to equip it. Image: Rebel Wolves

Everything inside the storage chest

Item	What it is
Comfortable Tunic	Common Light Chestpiece, Level 1, 34 Armour (+34)
Trousers with Wrappings	Leg armour for the Day Set
Grey Loafers	Footwear for the Day Set
Excerpts from Fabulae	Readable book
Recipe for Minor Mending Ointment	Crafting recipe, unlocked on pickup

The recipe is the part worth caring about beyond the armour. Looting the chest triggers a “NEW RECIPE UNLOCKED” banner for Minor Mending Ointment, plus a “NEW GLOSSARY ENTRY ADDED” notification. That is a healing consumable you can craft later, and skipping the chest means skipping the recipe.

How to confirm the objective is done

The optional line in the Withering Away tracker clears once the clothes are equipped, not merely looted. Coen also visibly changes: leave the house and he is dressed instead of walking around in his sleepwear. If the objective is still listed after you emptied the chest, you skipped the equip step in the inventory.

Note: this is the only reason the objective commonly fails to complete. There is no timer on it, no cost in time segments, and no dialogue requirement. Withering Away itself is time-sensitive, but the chest is not the part that consumes any of it.

What to grab in the same room before you move on

Since you are already in the inventory, it is worth clearing the rest of the house’s free pickups in the same pass. There is a second chest inside the house holding a Parasol Mushroom, a Clay Cup, and Fruit Juice. On the opposite side of the dining room, leaning against the wall, is Coen’s Training Sword, which is a separate quest objective and also needs equipping from the inventory to count.

None of that costs time segments either. The clock in The Blood of Dawnwalker only advances on specific quest beats, so poking around the family home is free. Once you have the clothes on and the sword in hand, head outside for the axe, split the logs, and get the firewood into the stove to push Withering Away forward.