Burrow Sorrows in The Blood of Dawnwalker (Full Walkthrough)

Burrow Sorrows is a short side quest tucked into the Rockfalls area of the Boarback Trail region, on the western side of the map. A distressed Sanzhana calls out near a cave mouth, asks Coen to drive kobolds out of her home, and sends him after a charm she says is sacred. The fight is straightforward, the loot is better than the quest length suggests, and the ending is a small twist rather than a moral choice.

Quick answer: Speak to the Sanzhana near the burrow entrance, clear both waves of kobolds inside, take the glowing charm from the altar, then hand it back outside — she lets you keep it as the Sunbringer’s Amulet.

Burrow Sorrows quest info and rewards

Nothing about this quest is missable, and it does not lock behind a boss or a story beat. It sits under the Letters to Lunka questline, but failing to save your family will not remove it from your journal. It runs during the day and at night, and it costs 2 time segments in total.

Detail	Value
Type	Side quest
Starting location	Rockfalls, Boarback Trail region (west of the map)
Quest giver	Sanzhana
Missable	No
Time available	Day and night
Time cost	2 segments
Reward	XP and the Sunbringer’s Amulet (Sunbringer’s Pendant)

Where to find the burrow near Rockfall and Wormwood

The quest marker sits in the forest between Wormwood and Rockfall. There is no NPC to prompt it from a village — you have to physically get close to the cave. Shapeshifting into wolf form makes the run over shorter, since the approach is mostly open woodland.

Coen running through forest with a compass marker showing 79 metres to the objective — Running toward the burrow through the woods between Wormwood and Rockfall. Image: Rebel Wolves

As you close in, Coen hears a strange sound and the objective “Investigate the curious sound” appears. Follow it to the burrow entrance and the Sanzhana will be waiting a short distance away.

Full walkthrough: Clearing the kobolds and retrieving the charm

Speak to the Sanzhana outside the cave. She is a winged, blue-skinned creature, and she begs Coen to clear the kobolds out of her burrow and bring back her sacred charm. Accepting starts the quest properly.

Talk with Sanzhana button prompt on screen with the Burrow Sorrows quest active — The interaction prompt to talk with Sanzhana, which starts Burrow Sorrows. Image: Rebel Wolves

Head into the burrow. The cave is dark and narrow, and the objective updates to retrieving the charm from inside.

Kill every kobold you meet. They come at you in two waves, so do not assume the room is clear after the first group drops. Nothing here is a boss fight, but the tight corridors make it easy to get surrounded.

Loot the chest inside the cave. It holds a legendary accessory alongside a Golden Brooch and Vials of Human Blood, and the bodies scattered around the cave are worth looting too for odds and ends like Denarius and crafting herbs.

Loot prompt appearing over a body on the floor of the kobold burrow — Looting bodies and containers inside the burrow after the kobolds are dealt with. Image: Rebel Wolves

Inspect the murals if you want the lore. A glowing green cave painting depicts kobold life, and examining it is purely optional flavour that costs nothing.

Highlighted kobold cave painting being examined during a dialogue scene — The kobold mural inside the burrow, an optional inspection during the quest. Image: Rebel Wolves

Take the glowing yellow charm from the altar deeper in the cave. This is the actual quest item, and picking it up flips the objective to returning it.

Walk back out and speak to the Sanzhana. She admits the burrow was never hers and that she made up the charm’s importance to get someone else to deal with the kobolds. You can answer however you like — the dialogue branches do not change the outcome.

Loot inside the burrow: Slicer’s Ring stats

The chest is the real reason to run this quest. It contains a legendary ring built almost entirely around claw combat, which makes it a night-form item rather than something you swap in for sword fights. Names on legendary accessories can differ between playthroughs, so check the chest contents rather than hunting for one specific label.

Slicer’s Ring	Value
Rarity / level	Legendary Ring, Level 23
Claw Critical Hit Chance	+9%
Claw Critical Hit Damage	+13.5%
Claw Damage	+11.4%
Activation Charge from Attack	+27%
Weight / value	0.10 / 366

Also in the cave are a Golden Brooch, Vials of Human Blood, Denarius, a Broken Sword, a Razor, a Chain, Torn Clothes, and herbs including Ribwort Plantain, St. John’s Wort, and Green Gilded Mushroom.

Sunbringer’s Amulet reward and how to confirm the quest finished

The Sanzhana is guaranteed to let you keep the charm. Once the conversation ends, the “Quest Ended” notification appears for Burrow Sorrows, you gain XP, and the charm converts into an equippable amulet in your inventory. If you do not see the completion banner, the charm was likely handed over before both kobold waves were dealt with — return inside and finish the clear.

Quest Ended notification screen showing Burrow Sorrows as completed — The Quest Ended screen confirming Burrow Sorrows is complete. Image: Rebel Wolves

Sunbringer’s Pendant	Value
Rarity / level	Superior Amulet, Level 23
Damage against Supernatural Enemies	+5.8%
Blood Drinking Restoration	+0%
Weight / value	0.10 / 42

Note: the amulet trades a little defence for that supernatural damage bonus, showing small reductions to magical and physical damage reduction against your baseline. It is worth equipping when you are heading into fights with supernatural enemies and worth swapping out otherwise.

Two time segments for a legendary claw ring, a Superior amulet, and a bit of kobold lore is a reasonable trade in a game where the clock is the real enemy. If you are already sweeping the western side of the map for Court activities, the detour barely registers.