Sturdy Battlesword Location in The Blood of Dawnwalker (Secret Chest)

The prologue of The Blood of Dawnwalker hands Coen a Training Sword and a common blade in the mines, and neither is worth much once real fights start. There is a far better option sitting in an unmarked chest a short run from home, and nothing in the story points you toward it.

Quick answer: Head northeast out of the village in Lesko Glen along the dirt path until you reach the wooden archway of the outcast’s burial ground, climb the stone ledge on the left, and open the chest inside the green-lit cave to take the Sturdy Battlesword.

Sturdy Battlesword stats and passive

This is a Superior Greatsword at Level 1, so there is no level gate keeping you out of it during the prologue. It swings slowly, but the damage per hit is far above anything else you are carrying at this point.

Attribute	Value
Type	Superior Greatsword
Level	1
DPS	50 (+50)
Damage	33–47
Attack Speed	Slow
Passive	+6% Activation Charge Restoration from Perfect Block
Value	2.10
Weight	21

The +50 in the DPS field is the comparison against what Coen has equipped at that moment, which means the sword roughly doubles your output the second you swap to it. The Perfect Block passive matters more than it looks, since blocking well feeds your activation charge back and lets you use abilities more often in the fights that follow.

Take care of it and it shall take care of you.

Route to the outcast’s burial ground cave

The cleanest window is right after you pick up the errand to fetch medicine for Esme, while you still have free movement around Lesko Glen. The whole detour is a straight run on foot with no combat in the way.

Open the map while you are in Lesko Glen and look at the area northeast of the village. Drop a custom marker there so you have something to follow, because the chest has no icon of its own.

Leave the village on the dirt path heading northeast and stay on it. The trail climbs away from the houses and keeps going for a while, so ignore the side turns and follow the track.

Coen running the dirt path northeast with the medicinal herbs objective active in the tracker — The herb errand stays active in the quest tracker while you run the path northeast out of the village. Image: Rebel Wolves

Keep going until a wooden archway appears across the path. That marks the entrance to the outcast’s burial ground, and Coen will note the place as you arrive.

Coen passing through the wooden gate into the outcast's burial ground in the forest — The wooden archway in the woods is the entrance to the outcast’s burial ground. Image: Rebel Wolves

Move through the burial ground and look to your left for a stone ledge you can climb. Pull yourself up and follow the gap into a small cave lit with a green glow, which is the tell that you are in the right spot.

Approach to the small green-lit cave hidden past the burial ground stone ledge — The green light inside the rocks confirms you have found the hidden cave. Image: Rebel Wolves

Open the chest at the back of the cave and take everything. Use Loot All rather than picking items one by one so nothing is left behind.

Everything inside the secret chest

The sword is the reason to make the trip, but the chest is not empty otherwise. The 35 Denarius alone is more coin than Coen has on hand for most of the prologue.

Item	Amount
Sturdy Battlesword	1
Denarius	35
Minor Revitalizing Tonic	1
Golden Tableware	1

Chest loot window with Denarius selected and the Loot All prompt visible — The loot window with the chest contents, including the Denarius stack. Take everything with Loot All. Image: Rebel Wolves

Once the chest is emptied, sweep the rest of the cave. The bodies and containers around it hold Torn Trousers, Dog Hide, and a Broken Spoon, which are junk to wear but still sell.

Loot prompt appearing over a body near the chest inside the cave — Watch for the Loot prompt on the remains scattered around the chest. Image: Rebel Wolves

Equip the sword and confirm it worked

Looting the chest does not equip anything. Open the character menu, go to the inventory, and place the Sturdy Battlesword in your weapon slot to replace the Training Sword.

You know it worked when the weapon card reads Superior Greatsword, Level 1, with 50 DPS and a 33–47 damage range. If the green +50 comparison figure has disappeared, that simply means the sword is already the one Coen is holding.

Note: the greatsword is heavy at 21 weight. If you have been hoarding scrap from every barrel in the village, drop or sell the junk before the mass so carrying it does not slow you down.

Prologue timing: Grab it before sundown

The prologue runs on a clock. Actions such as collecting the herbs from Anca or lingering to practice Latin push the day forward by time segments, and every quest still in progress fails the moment time passes sundown and the blood mass begins.

That makes the burial ground detour something to handle early in the day, while you still have segments in hand. Waiting until you are one step away from the church is how players end up walking into the mass with the Training Sword still equipped.

After the mass, Coen wakes up wounded in the mines and the first thing the game asks is that you open the inventory and equip your gear before pushing deeper. The Sturdy Battlesword carries you through that stretch comfortably, and because weapons can be upgraded later, it stays useful well past the point where the prologue lets go of you.