Lacra is not the easiest romance in The Blood of Dawnwalker. She's a vrakhiri with a complicated history tied directly to Brencis, and she keeps her cards close until you've earned her trust across five separate quests. The arc spans the entire Svartrau City section of the game, mixes combat with some genuinely tense dialogue decisions, and pays off in the optional Night of Horrors quest. Get the choices wrong and you'll still finish the quests, but the intimate scene won't trigger. Here's every step.
What you need to know before starting Lacra's questline
Lacra's missions are tied to nighttime. Because she's a vampire, you cannot initiate any of her quests during the day. Plan your in-game schedule accordingly, especially later in the arc when the 30-day limit starts pressing.
Unlike Anca, Lacra cannot die accidentally before you reach the romance. That said, certain dialogue choices will leave her irritated, which can affect the tone of later scenes. The general rule: pick the calm, measured responses when things get tense, and the honest, emotionally open ones when she's being vulnerable.
If you're still getting started with the game's systems, the beginner's guide covering combat basics, fast travel, and time management is worth reading before you sink time into companion questlines.
The Blood of Dawnwalker Guide: All Dialogue & Choices to Romance Lacra
How to trigger A Friend Like This
This is the quest that introduces Lacra. There are multiple ways to start it. The most reliable path runs through Vicho's Study In Crimson questline: complete enough of it and Vicho mentions another vrakhiri operating in Svartrau City. That conversation kicks off A Friend Like This automatically.
Alternately, you can find her organically by exploring the northern part of the city. Look for blood spatters and destroyed roof tiles. Following the trail leads to a house where Lacra is interrogating an uriashi prisoner.
You'll fight Lacra here. Don't stress about the outcome: she survives regardless. After the brawl, you can spare the prisoner. The dialogue choices that keep Lacra on side:
- "Gladly, but we will actually talk."
- "I need to know how to get to your village."
- "You have my word."
- "I promise."
- "You're not killing him."
The Blood of Dawnwalker Guide: All Dialogue & Choices to Romance Lacra
Song of the Mountain quest walkthrough
This quest follows immediately after A Friend Like This. Coen and Lacra travel through snowy mountain terrain searching for the Uriashi Village. There are no major romance-critical dialogue choices here. The quest is mostly about building the relationship through shared experience rather than explicit flirting.
At Crown Rock, Lacra asks Coen to feed on a shepherd. Do it, then reply with "An excellent one." when she comments.
Further up, you'll encounter the uriashi matriarch and her people, who start throwing rocks. This is where staying calm matters. Use these responses in order:
- "All right, fine."
- "Lacra, calm down."
- "Nobody needs to die."
- "Can we stop the hostilities."
- "We've already proven it."
- "What more proof do you need?"
After that, choose "do nothing" and let the uriashi stand down on their own. Lacra is more aggressive by nature, but she accepts the de-escalation.
The Blood of Dawnwalker Guide: All Dialogue & Choices to Romance Lacra
Hive and Seek
Hive and Seek is the least romance-relevant quest in the chain. You're heading underground to fight kobolds and recover the carcass of Isbrand, an ancient vampire who sired Brencis. There are no meaningful flirting opportunities here. Complete it, grab Isbrand's remains, and move on.
Our Rotten Roots and the Anachora detour
This is the most emotionally loaded quest before the finale. Coen and Lacra enter Anachora, a hellish realm tied to vampire memory, to witness Isbrand's past.
At one point you hit a fork: right leads toward Svartrau City's castle, left leads to a pit Lacra explicitly tells you to avoid. Here's the thing: the left path shows you a memory involving Lacra, Brencis, and Isbrand. Going there makes Lacra temporarily leave. The better play is to skip it entirely. She'll tell you what happened herself when she's ready.
If you do go left (testing the game's limits, as one does), you'll need to apologize afterward:
- "I'm sorry for going there."
- "I needed to know what you were hiding."
- "I'm still sorry."
After defeating Isbrand, you decide what happens to his essence. Absorbing it yourself works: "I'll do it. I invite you in, Isbrand."
The Blood of Dawnwalker Guide: All Dialogue & Choices to Romance Lacra
How to complete Night of Horrors and trigger the romance
Night of Horrors and Midnight Reckoning both unlock at the same time. Ignore Midnight Reckoning for now.
The quest opens with a cutscene in the swamps. When it ends, you may find yourself near a patrol of hostile soldiers. These are part of a boyar activity, not the quest itself. Killing them advances time. If dawn is close, Night of Horrors will fail automatically. Run past them without engaging.
From there, follow the will-o'-the-wisps through the swamp. As you track them, Coen and Lacra open up about grief, regret, and anger. Pick the empathetic, conciliatory options throughout. The game is nudging you toward emotional honesty here, and Lacra responds to that.
You'll eventually reach a cavern containing the remains of an ancient vrakhir.
What dialogue choices unlock the romance scene?
Once inside the cavern, the sequence is specific. Make these choices exactly:
- [Eat the mandrake] when Lacra points to the plant
- [Follow Lacra]
- "Who says I'm not?"
- When Lacra offers her blood: choose [Drink]
- Choose to kiss her
That triggers the intimate scene. The game carries a Mature 17+ rating and the content with Lacra is explicitly adult, with the scene incorporating elements that reflect her darker nature as a vrakhiri.
After the scene, Lacra is honest about her feelings: she tells Coen something along the lines that thinking about the future only leads to heartbreak. It's a bleak, fitting note for a vampire who's been running from her past the entire questline.
Does romancing Lacra affect the ending?
Lacra can play a role in the final battle against Brencis if you complete her full questline. The romance itself doesn't gate that outcome, but finishing all five quests does. Completing her arc before triggering Midnight Reckoning keeps all options open.
For players chasing the full completion run, the complete trophy and achievement list covers which companion-related trophies are tied to questline completion versus specific choices.
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