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Enter the shattered realm of Arsilthus, master fast stamina-free attacks, equip powerful Relics, unlock weapon skill trees, and defeat tragic bosses across a dark semi-open world.

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Getting Started

The Relic First Guardian Beginner Guide

Learn the core combat, equipment, relic, healing, and exploration systems. Follow this route to build a reliable character before facing the first difficult bosses.

The Relic: First Guardian does not use a traditional character-level system. Progress comes from finding equipment, unlocking skills, collecting relics, improving combat efficiency, and learning when to attack, defend, heal, or retreat.

1

Choose a Starting Weapon Style

Test each available weapon style before committing resources. Sword and Shield emphasizes defense, Daggers favor speed, Battle Staff provides flexible spacing, Longswords offer balanced reach, and Two-Handed Weapons trade speed for heavy damage.

Recommended Action

Use the opening enemies to compare attack speed, reach, stamina use, defensive options, and skill cooldowns.

Common Mistake

Selecting a weapon only for its displayed damage while ignoring stamina cost, recovery time, and defensive compatibility.

2

Learn the Stamina Rhythm

Attacks are stamina-free, but dodging, blocking, and other defensive actions depend on defensive stamina management. Keep enough stamina available to escape after completing an attack sequence.

Recommended Action

End normal attack combinations early and preserve part of the stamina bar for one defensive response.

Common Mistake

Emptying the stamina bar during an aggressive combo and becoming unable to block or dodge the counterattack.

3

Use Skills Around Cooldowns

Combat skills are limited by cooldowns rather than a traditional mana-focused system. Skills should create openings, interrupt pressure, increase damage, or provide a safe way to disengage.

Recommended Action

Use one skill to begin an engagement and keep another available for a dangerous attack or stagger opportunity.

Common Mistake

Activating every skill immediately and having no ability ready during the enemy's most dangerous phase.

4

Equip Relics That Support One Plan

Relics modify attacks, defense, skill behavior, and combat tempo. Early builds work best when several effects support the same weapon style instead of providing unrelated bonuses.

Recommended Action

Combine attack bonuses with effects that improve the same attack type, skill pattern, defensive action, or status strategy.

Common Mistake

Equipping individually strong relics that do not interact with the selected weapon or skills.

5

Treat Healing as a Limited Opening

Healing requires enough distance or a clear recovery window. Bosses and aggressive enemies can punish healing attempted directly in front of them.

Recommended Action

Heal after avoiding a long enemy combination, creating distance, or forcing the enemy into a lengthy recovery animation.

Common Mistake

Healing immediately after taking damage without first confirming that the enemy's attack sequence has ended.

6

Explore Side Paths Before Bosses

Exploration provides equipment, relics, resources, and alternative opportunities to strengthen a build. Optional routes can make the next major encounter considerably easier.

Recommended Action

Check branching paths, elevated areas, hidden corners, structures, and routes located behind groups of enemies.

Common Mistake

Following only the most obvious path and reaching a boss with too few equipment and relic options.

7

Upgrade a Small Equipment Set

Early resources are more useful when concentrated on equipment that matches the current build. Maintaining several partially developed weapons slows progression.

Recommended Action

Focus on one primary weapon style, one dependable defensive setup, and a small group of compatible relics.

Common Mistake

Spending limited materials across every newly discovered weapon before testing whether it fits the chosen playstyle.

8

Prepare a Separate Boss Setup

Exploration builds often prioritize speed and crowd control, while boss builds benefit from dependable single-target damage, defense, and efficient skill rotations.

Recommended Action

Before entering a boss arena, review weapon reach, defensive stamina, skill cooldowns, healing readiness, and relic synergy.

Common Mistake

Entering every boss encounter with an unchanged exploration setup.

9

Study Before Committing

The safest first attempt is used to observe attack chains, delayed strikes, area attacks, phase changes, and recovery windows.

Recommended Action

Limit attacks during the opening minute and identify one reliable punish window before increasing aggression.

Common Mistake

Trying to finish the boss quickly before learning which attacks have delayed timing or follow-up strikes.

Weapon Rankings

The Relic First Guardian Weapons Tier List

Compare the main weapon styles for boss fights, exploration, defense, and aggressive combat. Rankings consider consistency, safety, stamina efficiency, reach, and build flexibility.

Every weapon style can complete The Relic: First Guardian when supported by suitable skills and relics. Higher placements favor weapons that remain dependable across more encounters, while lower placements require stricter timing, positioning, or specialized build support.

S
Tier SMost Consistent

Sword and Shield

Best For
First playthroughsBoss learningDefensive builds
Strengths
  • Reliable protection
  • Balanced attack speed
  • Strong control over combat tempo
  • Forgiving against unfamiliar enemies
Weaknesses
  • Lower burst damage than heavier options
  • Blocking can drain stamina quickly when overused
Recommended Skills
  • Defensive counters
  • Guard-supporting skills
  • Fast recovery attacks
Why This Tier

Its combination of defense, manageable stamina use, and steady damage makes it the safest all-purpose weapon style in The Relic: First Guardian.

Longswords

Best For
General explorationBalanced buildsSingle-target combat
Strengths
  • Good reach
  • Balanced speed and damage
  • Flexible attack patterns
  • Works with many relic combinations
Weaknesses
  • Does not specialize as strongly as faster or heavier weapons
  • Requires spacing to use its reach effectively
Recommended Skills
  • Gap-closing attacks
  • Wide slashes
  • Single-target damage skills
Why This Tier

Longswords perform reliably in nearly every situation without requiring an extreme build.

A
Tier APowerful

Daggers

Best For
Aggressive playFast-attack buildsApplying repeated hit effects
Strengths
  • Very fast attacks
  • Quick recovery
  • Strong synergy with effects triggered by repeated hits
  • Easy to reposition between attacks
Weaknesses
  • Short reach
  • Requires staying close to dangerous enemies
  • Individual hits deal less damage
Recommended Skills
  • Rapid multi-hit skills
  • Mobility skills
  • Attack-speed or repeated-hit effects
Why This Tier

Daggers become extremely effective with the correct relics, but their short range makes mistakes more dangerous.

Battle Staff

Best For
SpacingCrowd controlFlexible exploration
Strengths
  • Useful reach
  • Broad attack coverage
  • Comfortable against groups
  • Good control of medium distance
Weaknesses
  • Some attacks require careful positioning
  • Less immediate protection than Sword and Shield
Recommended Skills
  • Sweeping attacks
  • Area-control skills
  • Stagger-focused abilities
Why This Tier

The Battle Staff is highly effective in exploration and group encounters while remaining useful against large bosses.

B
Tier BStrong but Demanding

Two-Handed Weapons

Best For
Heavy-damage buildsStaggering enemiesPunishing long boss openings
Strengths
  • High damage per hit
  • Strong stagger potential
  • Excellent punishment during large openings
  • Effective against slower enemies
Weaknesses
  • Slow startup and recovery
  • High stamina commitment
  • Missed attacks are easily punished
Recommended Skills
  • Charged attacks
  • Stagger-enhancing skills
  • Damage reduction or interruption resistance
Why This Tier

Two-Handed Weapons deliver exceptional damage but require accurate knowledge of enemy recovery windows.

Specialist
Tier SpecialistBuild-Dependent

Individual Relic-Synergy Weapons

Best For
Specialized buildsExperienced playersEncounter-specific strategies
Strengths
  • Can outperform general weapon styles with matching relics
  • Supports unique skill rotations
  • Allows highly focused damage or defensive setups
Weaknesses
  • Performance depends on obtaining compatible effects
  • May be weaker outside its intended build
  • Requires more equipment testing
Recommended Skills
  • Skills matching the weapon's strongest attack type
  • Cooldown support
  • Relic-triggering multi-hit or heavy attacks
Why This Tier

Notable individual weapons in The Relic: First Guardian should be ranked by their complete build rather than their base statistics alone.

Build Crafting

The Relic First Guardian Relics and Best Builds

Build around the game's 70-plus relic effects instead of traditional character levels. Combine weapon behavior, skill cooldowns, defense, and attack tempo into one focused setup.

Relics are central to progression in The Relic: First Guardian. The strongest builds do not simply equip the largest individual bonuses; they combine several effects that repeatedly activate during the same attack pattern, defensive action, or skill rotation.

Balanced Early-Game Build

Longsword or Sword and Shield
Relic Priorities
  • General attack improvement
  • Stamina efficiency
  • Healing support
  • Skill cooldown reduction
Recommended Skills
  • One fast offensive skill
  • One defensive or counter skill
  • One reliable gap-closing skill
Combat Rotation
  • Open with a safe skill
  • Use a short normal attack chain
  • Reserve stamina for defense
  • Repeat after cooldowns recover
Strengths
  • Works with commonly useful effects
  • Safe against unfamiliar enemies
  • Easy to adjust when new relics are found
Weaknesses
  • Lower specialized damage
  • Does not maximize one particular mechanic

Boss-Killing Heavy Build

Two-Handed Weapon
Relic Priorities
  • Heavy attack damage
  • Stagger improvement
  • Damage after a successful defense
  • Skill damage
Recommended Skills
  • High-impact attack skill
  • Stagger-focused skill
  • Defensive skill that creates a counterattack window
Combat Rotation
  • Wait for a long boss recovery animation
  • Use the highest-impact skill
  • Follow with one heavy attack
  • Disengage before stamina is exhausted
Strengths
  • High damage during short openings
  • Strong stagger potential
  • Efficient against slower bosses
Weaknesses
  • Punishing when attacks miss
  • Requires accurate knowledge of boss timing

Fast-Attack Relic Build

Daggers
Relic Priorities
  • Bonuses triggered by repeated hits
  • Attack-speed improvement
  • Effects activated by consecutive attacks
  • Mobility or stamina recovery
Recommended Skills
  • Multi-hit skill
  • Fast movement skill
  • Short-cooldown offensive skill
Combat Rotation
  • Close distance with a mobility skill
  • Apply a rapid attack sequence
  • Trigger repeated-hit relic effects
  • Retreat before the enemy begins a counterattack
Strengths
  • Rapid activation of hit-based effects
  • High combat mobility
  • Strong sustained pressure
Weaknesses
  • Very short range
  • Requires continuous exposure to enemy attacks

Defensive Guardian Build

Sword and Shield
Relic Priorities
  • Guard efficiency
  • Reduced stamina consumption
  • Bonuses after blocking or countering
  • Defensive recovery
Recommended Skills
  • Counterattack skill
  • Guard-enhancing skill
  • Safe single-target attack
Combat Rotation
  • Block or avoid the opening attack
  • Respond with a counter skill
  • Use a short attack sequence
  • Reset before stamina becomes low
Strengths
  • Excellent survivability
  • Reliable for learning bosses
  • Creates predictable counterattack windows
Weaknesses
  • Slower encounter completion
  • Stamina can collapse when blocking entire combinations

Skill-Cooldown Build

Battle Staff or Longsword
Relic Priorities
  • Cooldown reduction
  • Skill damage
  • Bonuses after skill activation
  • Stamina recovery between skill uses
Recommended Skills
  • Low-cooldown attack skill
  • Area-control skill
  • High-damage finishing skill
Combat Rotation
  • Use the low-cooldown skill to start combat
  • Control nearby enemies with an area skill
  • Use normal attacks while cooldowns recover
  • Finish with the strongest available skill
Strengths
  • Frequent access to powerful abilities
  • Strong against groups
  • Less dependent on long normal attack chains
Weaknesses
  • Loses efficiency when all skills are used at once
  • Requires careful cooldown sequencing

Exploration and Crowd-Control Build

Battle Staff
Relic Priorities
  • Area attack improvement
  • Stamina efficiency
  • Effects activated by hitting multiple enemies
  • Healing or recovery support
Recommended Skills
  • Wide sweeping skill
  • Area interruption skill
  • Movement or repositioning skill
Combat Rotation
  • Group enemies without becoming surrounded
  • Use a wide attack or area skill
  • Move outside the group
  • Repeat from a safer angle
Strengths
  • Efficient during exploration
  • Strong against enemy groups
  • Maintains useful distance
Weaknesses
  • Less focused single-target burst
  • Requires positioning to hit multiple targets

Aggressive Longsword Build

Longsword
Relic Priorities
  • Normal attack damage
  • Bonuses after consecutive attacks
  • Skill-to-attack synergy
  • Stamina recovery
Recommended Skills
  • Gap-closing skill
  • Fast combo extension
  • High-damage single-target skill
Combat Rotation
  • Enter with a gap-closing skill
  • Use a controlled normal attack chain
  • Extend pressure with a fast skill
  • Retreat before the enemy's next full combination
Strengths
  • Balanced reach and speed
  • Smooth skill and attack transitions
  • Useful in both exploration and boss fights
Weaknesses
  • Requires discipline to avoid overextending
  • Less defensive than shield-focused setups
Boss Strategies

The Relic First Guardian Bosses Guide

Prepare for major story encounters and optional bosses with practical advice on positioning, stamina, weapon choice, defensive timing, and phase changes.

Bosses in The Relic: First Guardian are built around observation and controlled punishment. Use the opening attempts to identify complete attack chains, delayed strikes, area effects, phase transitions, and the safest moments to heal or activate long-recovery skills.

The first major encounters test stamina control, defensive timing, healing discipline, and the ability to stop attacking before an enemy counterattack.

Opening Guardian Encounter

Attack Patterns
  • Short melee combinations
  • Delayed finishing strikes
  • Forward pressure after the player retreats
  • Punishes against unsafe healing
Recommended Weapons
  • Sword and Shield
  • Longsword
Defensive Timing

Defend against the opening attacks, wait for the delayed final strike, and respond only after the complete sequence ends.

Quick Strategy

Use short attack chains and keep enough stamina for one emergency dodge or block.

Rewards: Early progression rewards, equipment access, and advancement into the next exploration area.

World Guide

The Relic First Guardian Walkthrough and Map

Follow the main progression route while locating campsites, dungeons, equipment, relics, hidden encounters, and optional bosses. Each section also explains when to return to previously explored areas.

The world of The Relic: First Guardian is built around connected regions with main routes, branching paths, dungeons, campsites, and optional encounters. Progress one objective at a time, activate every campsite you find, and revisit blocked or dangerous branches after improving your equipment and combat skills.

Main Objective: Complete the opening sequence, learn the core combat systems, choose a starting weapon style, and reach the first major campsite.

Route
  1. 1Follow the introductory path and collect every visible equipment pickup.
  2. 2Use the early enemies to practice light attacks, heavy attacks, blocking, dodging, and defensive stamina management.
  3. 3Activate the first campsite before exploring nearby side paths.
  4. 4Return to the main route after checking short branches for consumables and early equipment.
Important Rewards
  • Starting weapon and defensive equipment
  • Early healing resources
  • First skill and equipment upgrade opportunities
Optional Content

Search behind structures, dead ends, and elevated paths for small reward caches and early hidden encounters.

Navigation Tip: Do not rush past the first campsite. It acts as the safest point for testing weapon styles and learning how enemy attacks affect defensive stamina.

Combat Builds

The Relic First Guardian Combat and Skill Trees

Learn how attacking, blocking, dodging, defensive stamina, magic, cooldown skills, passives, and ultimate abilities work together. Use the weapon-specific rotations to build a clear and efficient playstyle.

Combat in The Relic: First Guardian rewards controlled aggression rather than constant attacking. Watch enemy animations, protect defensive stamina, use cooldown abilities at safe moments, and invest in the skill-tree options that directly support your preferred weapon style.

Core Combat

Basic Attack Flow

Light attacks provide fast and reliable pressure, while heavy attacks create stronger damage and commitment. Mix them instead of repeating the same chain into an enemy counterattack.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Wait for an enemy attack
  2. 2Block or dodge
  3. 3Use a short light-attack chain
  4. 4Finish with a heavy attack or cooldown skill
  5. 5Disengage before defensive stamina becomes unsafe
Upgrade Priority
  • Primary weapon damage
  • Frequently used attack-chain improvements
  • Stamina efficiency
  • Reliable finishing abilities
Defense

Blocking and Shields

Blocking reduces immediate danger but consumes defensive stamina. Strong shields improve defensive play, although repeated blocking without a pause can leave the Guardian exposed.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Raise the shield shortly before impact
  2. 2Absorb the attack
  3. 3Release the block to recover defensive stamina
  4. 4Counter with one or two safe attacks
  5. 5Reset before the next enemy sequence
Upgrade Priority
  • Shield effectiveness
  • Defensive stamina capacity
  • Defensive stamina recovery
  • Counterattack bonuses
Defense

Dodging and Defensive Stamina

Dodging avoids attacks and creates better positioning, but careless repeated dodges can exhaust defensive stamina. Keep enough stamina available to escape a second attack or an unexpected follow-up.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Dodge through or away from the first attack
  2. 2Move toward the enemy's side or rear
  3. 3Use a short punish
  4. 4Stop attacking while defensive stamina recovers
  5. 5Repeat after confirming the next animation
Upgrade Priority
  • Defensive stamina recovery
  • Dodge efficiency
  • Mobility-related passives
  • Damage after successful evasion
Resource System

Magic Meter Management

Magic-powered abilities should be used when they create a clear advantage, such as interrupting pressure, extending a damage window, or controlling several enemies.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Build or preserve the magic meter during normal combat
  2. 2Create an opening with a block or dodge
  3. 3Use a magic ability
  4. 4Follow with weapon attacks
  5. 5Return to normal attacks while rebuilding the meter
Upgrade Priority
  • Magic generation
  • Cost efficiency
  • Damage or control of the primary magic ability
  • Meter capacity after the core build is established
Active Skills

Cooldown Skills

Cooldown skills do not need to be saved for the entire fight. Use them regularly when the enemy is vulnerable, but keep an escape or control option ready for dangerous phases.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Open with a safe cooldown skill
  2. 2Use normal attacks while it recharges
  3. 3Block or dodge the enemy response
  4. 4Use the next skill during the punish window
  5. 5Save the strongest cooldown for staggered or exposed targets
Upgrade Priority
  • Main damage skill
  • Cooldown reduction
  • Area control or defensive skill
  • Secondary utility abilities
Advanced Skills

Passives and Ultimate Abilities

Passives improve the actions used throughout every fight, while ultimate abilities provide a powerful answer to bosses, elite enemies, or crowded encounters.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Trigger passive bonuses through normal weapon actions
  2. 2Build the required ultimate resource
  3. 3Create a safe damage window
  4. 4Activate the ultimate
  5. 5Use cooldown skills before the enemy fully recovers
Upgrade Priority
  • Passives that affect every normal rotation
  • Ultimate damage or duration
  • Resource generation
  • Conditional bonuses used only in specialized builds
Weapon Style

Sword and Shield Skill Tree

A balanced defensive style built around blocking, controlled counterattacks, and steady damage. Its twelve skill-tree choices should prioritize shield stability, defensive stamina, and reliable punish attacks.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Block the opening attack
  2. 2Release the shield to preserve stamina
  3. 3Counter with a light chain
  4. 4Use a cooldown skill
  5. 5Return to guard before the enemy recovers
Upgrade Priority
  • Block and shield improvements
  • Defensive stamina recovery
  • Counterattack damage
  • Cooldown skills used after blocking
  • Ultimate upgrades
Weapon Style

Battle Staff Skill Tree

A flexible style that combines staff attacks with magic-focused abilities. Its twelve skill-tree choices work best when they improve meter generation, ability efficiency, crowd control, and sustained casting.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Use staff attacks to establish pressure
  2. 2Create distance with movement or control
  3. 3Spend magic on an active ability
  4. 4Follow with another staff chain
  5. 5Use the ultimate during a large opening
Upgrade Priority
  • Magic generation
  • Primary active ability
  • Area control
  • Cooldown efficiency
  • Ultimate strength
Weapon Style

Daggers Skill Tree

A fast aggressive style focused on mobility, repeated hits, and short burst windows. Its twelve skill-tree choices should strengthen attack speed, evasion, burst damage, and bonuses gained from good positioning.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Dodge toward the enemy's side
  2. 2Use a fast light-attack chain
  3. 3Activate a burst cooldown
  4. 4Finish with a heavy attack
  5. 5Disengage before the enemy counterattacks
Upgrade Priority
  • Fast-chain damage
  • Dodge efficiency
  • Burst cooldown skills
  • Positioning bonuses
  • Ultimate damage
Weapon Style

Two-Handed Weapon Skill Tree

A high-impact style with slower attacks and stronger commitment. Its twelve skill-tree choices should improve heavy attacks, stagger pressure, stamina efficiency, and damage during large openings.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Bait a committed enemy attack
  2. 2Dodge or block the sequence
  3. 3Use a charged or heavy punish
  4. 4Add a high-damage cooldown skill
  5. 5Reset instead of forcing another slow attack
Upgrade Priority
  • Heavy-attack damage
  • Stagger effectiveness
  • Stamina efficiency
  • High-damage cooldowns
  • Ultimate burst
Weapon Style

Longsword Skill Tree

A versatile offensive style with balanced reach, speed, and combo flexibility. Its twelve skill-tree choices can support sustained attacks, mixed light-heavy chains, cooldown damage, or a more defensive setup.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Open with a light attack
  2. 2Continue into a mixed light-heavy chain
  3. 3Block or dodge the enemy response
  4. 4Use a cooldown skill during the opening
  5. 5Finish with an ultimate when the target is vulnerable
Upgrade Priority
  • Core combo improvements
  • Weapon damage
  • Defensive stamina support
  • Primary cooldown skill
  • Ultimate upgrades
Build Planning

Recommended Upgrade Order

A focused build becomes effective faster than a build that spends resources across every weapon and ability.

Simple Rotation
  1. 1Choose one primary weapon style
  2. 2Upgrade the normal attacks used in every fight
  3. 3Improve defensive stamina or shield performance
  4. 4Strengthen one main cooldown skill
  5. 5Add passives and ultimate upgrades
  6. 6Invest in secondary styles only after the primary build is stable
Upgrade Priority
  • Primary weapon
  • Core defense
  • Main cooldown skill
  • Universal passives
  • Ultimate ability
  • Secondary weapon options
Bonus Content

The Relic First Guardian DLC Guide

Start The Night of the Unextinguished Flame, enter the Sanctuary of the Forgotten Light, and complete its additional encounters. The guide also separates this DLC from The Black Banquet and other bonus content.

DLC content in The Relic: First Guardian is accessed through the main game after its required progression conditions have been completed. Use an existing save, confirm the additional content is installed, and prepare a developed weapon build before entering its more demanding encounters.

1

Confirm the DLC Is Installed

Check that The Night of the Unextinguished Flame is included with your edition or installed as additional content before loading your main save.

Requirements
  • The Relic: First Guardian base game
  • The Night of the Unextinguished Flame content installed
  • A valid main-game save
Completion Check

The additional content is shown as installed and available for the same platform account used by the base game.

2

Complete the Required Main-Game Progress

Continue the opening progression until DLC access becomes available. The additional route is designed for a character that has already unlocked normal exploration, equipment, relics, and skill upgrades.

Requirements
  • Opening progression completed
  • Access to the interconnected world and campsite travel
  • A usable weapon, shield or defensive setup, and healing supply
Completion Check

The DLC-related route or objective becomes available from the main game.

Rewards
  • Access to the DLC starting route
3

Start The Night of the Unextinguished Flame

Load the prepared save and travel to the DLC entry associated with The Night of the Unextinguished Flame. Follow the new objective instead of beginning a separate character.

Requirements
  • Required story progress
  • DLC installed
  • Main save loaded
Completion Check

The Night of the Unextinguished Flame objective appears and the new route can be entered.

Rewards
  • New DLC questline
  • Access to additional encounters
4

Enter the Sanctuary of the Forgotten Light

Follow the DLC route into the Sanctuary of the Forgotten Light. Activate available checkpoints and inspect side paths before moving deeper into the area.

Requirements
  • The Night of the Unextinguished Flame started
  • Prepared combat build
  • Sufficient healing resources
Completion Check

The Sanctuary of the Forgotten Light is reached and its first progression point is activated.

Rewards
  • Sanctuary exploration access
  • New enemies and encounter areas
  • Additional equipment opportunities
5

Clear the Sanctuary Encounters

Progress through the Sanctuary one section at a time, opening shortcuts and checking optional branches for exclusive rewards. Preserve major cooldowns and ultimate abilities for elite encounters.

Requirements
  • DLC area entered
  • Primary weapon upgraded
  • Defensive stamina and healing prepared
Completion Check

Required Sanctuary encounters and objective stages are completed.

Rewards
  • Exclusive DLC rewards
  • Bonus equipment
  • Additional progression resources
6

Collect Exclusive Equipment

Review the equipment, relics, and other bonuses obtained during the questline. Equip rewards that match the weapon style and combat rotation already used by the character.

Requirements
  • DLC encounters completed
  • Reward areas and optional branches explored
Completion Check

Exclusive rewards have been collected and added to the character's available equipment.

Rewards
  • DLC-exclusive equipment
  • Bonus combat options
  • Additional build choices
7

Complete Optional Sanctuary Content

Return to unexplored Sanctuary branches, hidden encounters, and reward locations after completing the main DLC objective.

Requirements
  • Main DLC route completed
  • Unexplored branches remaining
Completion Check

Optional encounters and remaining reward routes have been cleared.

Rewards
  • Remaining Sanctuary rewards
  • Optional encounter rewards
  • Additional upgrade resources
8

Track The Black Banquet Separately

Treat The Black Banquet as separate officially announced bonus content for The Relic: First Guardian. Check its ownership and access requirements independently instead of assuming it begins through The Night of the Unextinguished Flame questline.

Requirements
  • Correct edition or bonus-content entitlement
  • Associated content installed when required
Completion Check

The Black Banquet is listed and managed separately from the Sanctuary questline.

Rewards
  • Content and bonuses associated with The Black Banquet
Game Updates

The Relic First Guardian Updates and Patch Notes

Review official updates affecting stability, performance, combat, enemies, exploration, progression, and localization. Each entry identifies the date, platforms, and major gameplay systems involved.

Install the latest available version of The Relic: First Guardian before continuing a difficult encounter or reporting a progression problem. Updates can change performance, combat balance, monster placement, exploration rewards, event behavior, and translated text.

Patch Number 1

2026-07-30PCPS5Released

The first official patch for The Relic: First Guardian focuses on launch stability and gameplay corrections across major systems.

Performance
  • Improved general game performance in affected areas.
  • Addressed performance problems that could interrupt exploration or combat.
Crashes and Stability
  • Fixed reported crash conditions.
  • Improved stability during normal progression and gameplay transitions.
Combat Balance
  • Adjusted combat-related behavior and balance.
  • Improved consistency in affected battle situations.
Monster Placement
  • Revised affected monster locations.
  • Corrected enemy-placement issues that could create unintended encounters.
Exploration Rewards
  • Adjusted affected rewards found during exploration.
  • Corrected reward availability in relevant locations.
Event Progression
  • Fixed issues that could prevent events from progressing correctly.
  • Improved objective and encounter progression in affected sections.
Localization
  • Corrected translated text and localization issues.
  • Improved text presentation in supported languages.

Player Action: Update the game before loading a save affected by crashes, blocked events, misplaced enemies, or missing exploration rewards.

Official Launch Update

2026-07-31PCPS5Live

The launch update confirms the release build of The Relic: First Guardian and the availability of the game's main content and announced bonus content.

Game Availability
  • The Relic: First Guardian launched for PC and PS5.
  • Players can begin the full main-game progression.
Additional Content
  • The Night of the Unextinguished Flame content is part of the official launch-period content lineup.
  • The Black Banquet is tracked separately as announced bonus content.
Launch Support
  • Players should install the latest platform update before starting or continuing a save.
  • Official patch information is used to track subsequent stability and gameplay changes.

Player Action: Confirm the base game, owned bonus content, and the latest update are fully installed before beginning a new save.

PC Update Checklist

OngoingPCTracked

PC updates for The Relic: First Guardian are organized by performance, crashes, controls, progression, balance, and localization so players can quickly identify relevant fixes.

Before Troubleshooting
  • Restart Steam and check for a pending download.
  • Verify that the game is running the newest installed build.
  • Retest the affected encounter or event after updating.
Systems to Review
  • Performance and frame stability
  • Crash fixes
  • Combat and enemy adjustments
  • Event progression
  • Exploration rewards
  • Localization

Player Action: Record the installed version and retest the issue on the latest build before changing save files or reinstalling the game.

PS5 Update Checklist

OngoingPS5Tracked

PS5 updates for The Relic: First Guardian are checked for stability, performance, combat behavior, progression corrections, and content availability.

Before Troubleshooting
  • Use the console update check for the game.
  • Allow the update and any additional content to finish installing.
  • Restart the game before returning to the affected area.
Systems to Review
  • Performance and stability
  • Crash corrections
  • Monster placement
  • Combat balance
  • Event progression
  • Bonus-content access

Player Action: Make sure both the main game and owned additional content are updated before loading the affected save.