How to Complete Till Death in Valor Mortis (Chapter 6 Walkthrough)

In Valor Mortis, the side quest Till Death spans all of Chapter 6, Punishment, in the drowned village of Cursed Hollow. It starts at a wedding altar after you defeat the bride, while the quest-ending item, a Red Ribbon, is waiting in the church graveyard at the chapter’s very end. Delivering the ribbon still leaves one task: wait for the wreath to bloom, then make another trip back.

Quick answer: Beat Anna, inspect the wilted wreath on the altar, take the Red Ribbon from the candlelit grave right of the church exit, weave it into the wreath, rest at a lantern, then interact with the bloomed wreath.

Till Death requirements and quest flow

Two story beats in Cursed Hollow gate the quest. Neither is optional, so you hit both by playing the chapter normally. What you can miss is the ribbon itself, because it sits off to the side right when the chapter-complete screen invites you to move on.

Reach the village wedding and defeat Anna, the Bride Drowned in Tears, to open up the altar.
Push on to the Village Church, pull the Claymore from the body inside, and survive the wave of enemies.
Leave the church into the graveyard, where the ribbon is waiting.
Have a lantern nearby to rest at once the ribbon is placed.

Valor Mortis has no in-game map, so the lantern names (Eerie View and Village Church) are your only real landmarks for this quest.

Start Till Death at the Eerie View wedding altar

From the start of Chapter 6, work through the flooded village toward the wedding. The route runs along raised wooden walkways and has fleshy barriers and barricades you need to break or bypass. Light the Eerie View lantern on the way, since it sits close to the boss arena and you will use it again.

Run to Boss Anna — The raised walkways over the flooded village lead toward the wedding and the bride fight. Shown at 00:48 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: One More Level

Go through the archway past the wedding setup and defeat Anna, the Bride Drowned in Tears, in the flooded courtyard. She leans on close-range combos and calls in Shambling Civilians mid-fight, so thin out the adds before they surround you. Her glowing red jump attack can’t be parried, so dodge it.

Defeating Anna — Anna has to go down before the altar in her arena becomes usable. Shown at 02:57 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: One More Level

Stay in the arena and walk to the stone altar at the far end, the one covered in lit candles. Interact with the wilted wreath next to the candles. William remarks that it seems to be missing a ribbon, and the game flags Till Death as a new side quest.

Interacting with the Altar — Inspecting the wreath on the candlelit altar adds Till Death to your side quest log. Shown at 03:10 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: One More Level

View the blue memory beside the altar. It shows Anna talking with her mother. Anna says she has lost her red ribbon, her lucky charm, and admits she had been praying in the chapel. This clue sends you to the church for the next stage.

“It’s my lucky charm, mother! I shan’t be wed without it.”

Red Ribbon location in the Village Church graveyard

The chapel is a long way from the altar, and you reach it at the end of the chapter. Keep playing until the path to the church opens up.

Push through the toxic swamp in the chapel’s direction. On the way, fire at a glowing red nephtoglobin bulb; this unlocks a shortcut back to the lantern beside the bride’s arena. Once there, take the left-hand route to reach the chapel entrance.

Shoot the two red nephtoglobin bulbs that block the chapel. One is on the right side near a tree. The other is on the left side of the chapel, high up, so you need to look up to spot it.

Inside the church, pull the Claymore out of the body and defeat the wave of enemies that follows. Clearing the fight ends the chapter, and the Punishment “Chapter Completed” screen appears outside by the graveyard.

Don’t leave the area yet. Exit through the back of the church and follow the path around the outside until it splits. Take the right branch and follow the glowing blue trail on the ground. The right path dead-ends, but that dead end is where you want to be.

Step into the blue memory circle at the end of the path. You’ll hear the bride praying to a young man who had already died, telling him he would always be the truest song of her heart even though she was marrying someone else.

Take the Red Ribbon from the grave right beside the memory. The grave is decorated with yellow and white flowers and has candles burning around it. The ribbon goes into your inventory as a key item and the quest log updates.

End of Chapter & Locating Red Ribbon — The ribbon rests on the flower-covered grave at the end of the right-hand graveyard path. Shown at 04:14 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: One More Level

The game describes the quest item Red Ribbon as red fabric worn with age. Its former owner was the man she lost before her engagement, and she wished to have it braided into her wedding wreath.

Getting the Red Ribbon back to the wreath

There are three ways back to the altar. Pick whichever is closest to where you are standing.

Starting point	Route to the altar
Village Church lantern	Walk forward, take the second left
Eerie View lantern	Ladder shortcut over the rooftops, drop to the street
Graveyard, on foot	Back through the chapel, then the village walkway

Fast travel works from any lantern through its Travel option. The route from Eerie View involves climbing a ladder, crossing the rooftops, and dropping back into the village street just short of the altar.

Returning to the Altar — The village street on the way back to the altar with the ribbon in your inventory. Shown at 05:10 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: One More Level

Use the altar to interact with the wreath and thread the ribbon through it. William remarks that this is where the bride would have wanted it; you then receive the Tomorrow’s Promise amber and see a +2,000 notification. This does not close the quest. The journal still asks why it feels unfinished and suggests that certain things require time.

Completing Till Death Quest — Placing the ribbon pays out Tomorrow's Promise, but the quest still needs one more visit. Shown at 05:25 in Ghosts of Reykjavik’s video. Image: One More Level

Finish Till Death: rest, then return to the bloomed wreath

The time skip the quest is waiting on is just an area reload. Resting at a lantern is the easiest way to do it.

At the closest lantern, select Rest. The area reloads, and the game treats that as time having passed.

Walk back to the altar. The wreath is no longer wilted. It is now covered in colorful flowers.

Interact with the bloomed wreath. William comments that the ribbon somehow made it look fresh again, and Till Death completes.

You know it worked when three things happen together. The wreath has changed from withered to fully bloomed, a “Quest Complete” banner appears after the interaction, and Remnant’s Return lands in your inventory. If the wreath still looks dead, you haven’t reloaded the area since placing the ribbon. Rest once more and come back. Using the surrender option in the pause menu reloads the zone the same way.

Till Death can’t be missed. The wreath stays on the altar and the ribbon stays on the grave, so you can return to Cursed Hollow later and finish it.

Till Death rewards: Tomorrow’s Promise and Remnant’s Return

Reward	Type	When you get it	Limit
Tomorrow’s Promise	Amber	Placing the ribbon	Rank 3 max
Remnant’s Return	Consumable	Interacting with the bloomed wreath	99 carried

Tomorrow’s Promise amber

Tomorrow’s Promise changes the Ferrofluid Flask so its Health recovery happens gradually over 10 seconds rather than all at once. Its healing factor rises by rank: rank 1 gives 1.1, rank 2 gives 1.2, and rank 3 gives 1.3. Using another flask before the current effect ends won’t add to the effect or extend its duration; it resets the 10-second countdown.

If you already own Tomorrow’s Promise from the Lullaby side quest, Till Death raises it to rank 2 instead of giving you a duplicate. The slower heal suits careful, defensive play and exploration chip damage. It works against you when you need Health back immediately in the middle of a fight.

Remnant’s Return consumable

Remnant’s Return pulls back the Catalysts you dropped on death automatically, so you skip the run back to your corpse. It’s not exclusive to this quest. Louis’s Laboratoire stocks it from Chapter 5, and it also turns up in chests, in the world, and from one enemy type.

Remnant’s Return	Value
Max carried	99
Buy price	1,000
Sell price	500
Shop	Louis’s Laboratoire, 4 in stock from Chapter 5 (Crime)
Chests	Fortress, Napoleon’s Prison
Enemy drop	Eternal Guardsman, 4%
In the world	City of Orphans (3), Caverns, Vale of Wrath, Cursed Hollow, University, Fortress
From conversations	4

Ferrofluid Flask values for a Tomorrow’s Promise build

Tomorrow’s Promise multiplies whatever your flask already heals, so its value depends on how far you’ve upgraded the flask at the lantern (Upgrade Ferrofluid Flask). A base flask heals 50. You can carry up to 5 flasks, and each Empty Ferrofluid Flask you find adds one more charge. Lucjan sells Ferrofluid Flasks later in the story at 1,000 each, with 3 in stock.

Potency upgrade	Healing	Power Upgrades needed
Base	50	—
1	60	1
2	70	2
3	80	2
4	90	2
5	100	3
6	110	3
7	120	3
8	130	4
9	140	4

Each step uses Ferrofluid Flask Power Upgrade materials. They cost $3,000 at Louis’s Laboratoire, which has 1 in stock at the start, another from Chapter 5, and another from Chapter 9. Cursed Hollow chests hold 2 of them, and two conversations also hand them out.

Cursed Hollow pickups along the Till Death route

The run from the chapter start to Anna passes several loot beams worth grabbing, including a Cleansing Vial and Special Ammunition. These are the ones with fixed values in the game.

Item	What it does	Found in Cursed Hollow	Sell price
Legendary Catalyst Clot	Grants 1,000 Catalysts	10	1,000
Pistol Cartridges	Refills 5 Pistol rounds	2	100
Crude Transmutation Material	Upgrades Transmutations	1	—

Legendary Catalyst Clots stack to 99 and are an easy level-up boost if you’re struggling with Anna. You can carry only 3 Pistol Cartridges at a time. Crude Transmutation Material goes toward level 2 of the Fire, Stasis, and Shield Transmutations, two per upgrade.