Walkthrough · Mid-game

Court Activities: How to Hunt the Vrakhiri Court

After Smoke and Ashes, the Court Activities menu opens. The loop: disrupt a court member's operations across the map → their anger rises → at max anger, their boss quests unlock → drain them. Defeat all three within your 30 days to reach the endgame.

Recommended order

Ambrus → Bakir → Xanthe. Their territories roughly follow region level bands (Ambrus in the 8–18 zones, Bakir in the 22–32 zones, Xanthe in the late-game zones), so this order keeps fights fair and travel cheap. While you roam, climb every watchtower you pass — all 11 towers reveal POIs and cost no time.

Time segment costs: Most court activities consume 3 time segments; Ambrus's Cellars are the exception at 1 segmenteach — clear those whenever you are nearby, even out of order. Eight segments fill a day or night, so plan a full "activity day" around two big strikes plus one cellar.

Ambrus — Ambrus, the Right Fist of the Knyaz

Territory: Briar Sloughs & Maragir Wealds

Activities	Unlocks	Reward
Ambrus's Cellars: Seeing Red Ambrus's Cellars: Trouble Brewing Ambrus's Cellars: Uninvited Ambrus's Collectors: Bounty of the Mire Ambrus's Collectors: Unsavoury Solutions Ambrus's Collectors: Wetland Helpers Ambrus's Dungeons: Evil and Convenience Ambrus's Dungeons: Judge and Executioner Ambrus's Dungeons: Twists and Turns Ambrus's Prisoners: Fate's Mercy Ambrus's Prisoners: Lucky Crossing Ambrus's Transports: Bloody Business Ambrus's Transports: Roadside Surprise Prison Camp (The Firebrand / Under Watchful Eyes)	The Gilded Gauntlet The Bittersweet Toast	Drain Ambrus's blood to acquire the Scarlet Shield ability

Bakir — Bakir, the Mad Khan

Territory: Boar's Back & Rockfalls

Activities	Unlocks	Reward
Bakir's Distilleries: Coercion and Duress Bakir's Distilleries: Ends and Means Bakir's Distilleries: Offshoot Bakir's Headhunters: Matter of Honour Bakir's Headhunters: Silent to the Grave Bakir's Headhunters: Smoke Them Out Bakir's Pillories: Familiar Face Bakir's Pillories: Old Hand Bakir's Pillories: Out of Love Bakir's Transports: Fools' Gold Bakir's Transports: Curious Shipment Hidden quest: A Mother's Plea	The Lunar Game The Ring	Bakir boss fight unlocks at max anger

Xanthe — Xanthe, the Dark Mistress

Territory: The Silts & Tantari Woods

Activities	Unlocks	Reward
Xanthe's activities (clear out to raise her anger)	The Cycle of Love	Xanthe boss fight unlocks at max anger

Notes that save days

A Mother's Plea (Bakir's hidden quest) only appears after you progress Lacra's questline — see Lacra's guide if it refuses to spawn.
The prison camp in Ambrus's territory is tied to The Firebrand — which also starts Crake's questline. Do it early; it double-counts for court progress and romance.
Night traversal (Shadowstep / Planeshift) reaches most activity markers faster than daytime roads. Time does not pass while you travel — only the activity itself costs segments.
After the third court member falls: make a manual save. All seven endings branch from this point.