Walkthrough
How the opening sequence communicates urgency, time costs and competing priorities.
PC Gamer reports that the quest log marks time-sensitive objectives with a clock, while an hourglass and number show how many time segments an action consumes. Its guide describes eight segments in each day and eight in each night. Read the cost before confirming an activity.
The source’s suggested route is designed to reduce the opening Blood Mass consequences when there is not enough time for everything. It also warns that being caught stealing costs four time segments and that some shrine skill unlocks use time during the prologue.
Keep a manual save before an irreversible-looking choice, check the active objective state, and let your intended story outcomes determine the route. This article should link to the source walkthrough for the full step-by-step sequence rather than reproducing its entire route verbatim.
