Valor Mortis: Misericorde Quest Walkthrough (Shamble Street)

Misericorde is a short side quest in the City of Orphans in Valor Mortis. It hinges on one decision. A soldier lies impaled and wrapped in biomass on Shamble Street, and William has to choose whether to end his life. Before that choice appears, you have to destroy a fleshy weak point hidden in the attic of the ruined house across the road.

Quick answer: Destroy the glowing red weak point in the attic of the building opposite the soldier. Then return to him, press E, and press F to choose “End his suffering.”

Where the Misericorde quest starts

The quest starts on Shamble Street, right after you leave the big house there. Go down the stone stairs into the courtyard below. The soldier is pinned in place by biomass and crying out. Looking at him adds Misericorde to your side quests. The journal entry describes William finding a soldier in agony and wondering whether to grant him mercy.

You can confirm the quest is active from the inventory. Open the Side Quests list and look for Misericorde among your active entries.

Checking Side Quest Log — Misericorde shows up in the Side Quests list as soon as you spot the trapped soldier. Shown at 00:31 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: One More Level

How to complete Misericorde

Leave the soldier and cross the street to the badly damaged house opposite him. Go inside and start climbing the interior staircases.

Keep going up through the broken floors. In places you have to walk along exposed ceiling beams and planks to reach the next set of stairs.

Navigating Ruined Building — Inside the ruined house, narrow planks and broken stairs lead up toward the attic. Shown at 00:54 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: One More Level

Step out onto the exterior balcony on the upper level. Follow the walkway along the outside of the building until it brings you back in near the roof.

Crossing Upper Walkways — The outside balcony route takes you around the building to the broken attic. Shown at 01:23 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: One More Level

Climb into the attic under the broken roof. A pulsing, glowing red biomass node is attached to the wall. Hit it with a melee attack until it is destroyed.

Jump down from the high ledge to the street and run back to the soldier. On the way, William wonders aloud whether it worked and says he should go down and check.

Approach the soldier and press E to interact. William decides the man won’t survive, and you get two prompts: [E] Do nothing. or [F] End his suffering.

Press F to end his suffering. William says “Forgive me” and stabs the soldier, which closes the quest.

Ending Soldier's Suffering & Quest Completion — Come back to the soldier after the attic node is gone to make the final choice. Shown at 02:19 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: One More Level

Misericorde rewards and how to confirm completion

Ending the soldier’s suffering brings up a “QUEST COMPLETE” banner for Misericorde. It also gives you +3,000 Catalysts and one Remnant’s Return. The quest then moves from active to completed in your Side Quests list. Its journal ends on a final line saying William chose to end the man’s life.

Quest log menu listing side quests, with In the Name of Art selected and its description beside a forest landscape card. — The Quests tab of the journal shows the Side Quests list, with In the Name of Art active and The Deserter and The Lost Boy completed.

The journal also has a separate closing stage for sparing him. In that version, William decides that the man’s suffering doesn’t give him the right to take his life. That is the path behind the “Do nothing.” prompt.

Remnant’s Return and City of Orphans reference

Remnant’s Return is a consumable. When you use it, you automatically recover the Catalysts you dropped when you died. That’s useful in the City of Orphans, which has a long enemy roster. One copy comes from Misericorde. The rest can be bought, looted or farmed.

Remnant’s Return	Value
Type	Consumable
Max carried	99
Price	1000
Sell price	500
Sold by	Louis’s Laboratoire (4 in stock), from chapter 5 (Crime)
Dropped by	Eternal Guardsman (4%)
Chests	Fortress, Napoleon’s Prison
Lying in the world	City of Orphans (3), Caverns, Vale of Wrath, Cursed Hollow, University, Fortress
Given in conversation	4 conversations

Three more Remnant’s Return are lying around the City of Orphans itself. That makes the region worth searching while you’re on Shamble Street. These are the region’s key figures.

City of Orphans	Value
Region numeral	VIII
Lanterns	Tribunal Square, Shamble Street, Sewers
Chests	13
Notes placed	16
Enemy types	14

The enemy types you can meet there are Shambling Civilians, Carrion, Howler, Risen Musketeer, Spewer, Risen Soldier, Swarm Mother, Volunteers, Eternal Guardsman, Risen Lancer, Risen Sapeur, Risen Grenadier, Risen Duellist and Remnants of the Iron Regiment. Eternal Guardsman is the one that can drop a Remnant’s Return. The Shamble Street Lantern is the nearest one to rest at before you start the quest.