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Joys of Motherhood

Joys of Motherhood

Horpyna: received fired baby clayborn.

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How to unlock the Joys of Motherhood achievement in Moonscars - Definitive Guide

Doing this achievement will lock you out of the Cruel Queen achievement. The Cruel Queen takes you to end game to complete, while this achievement can be done at about 75% complete. So if you do not want to play through a second time entirely, do Cruel Queen first. If you have planned ahead (and not run into any bugs), this is the only achievement that requires a second playthrough.

In the Earth Bowels, between Lajos' Rest and Abyssal Warmth mirrors, you can find Horpyna (the old had missing her eyes). If you have found both eyes, you can give them to her upon first meeting her (THIS IS REQUIRED). Afterwards, further on in the Earth Bowels, you will come upon the Holy Silence mirror. On the same floor, all the way to the west of the mirror, is a key item "Incomplete Mould". If you have already talked to the Gargoyles at the Kiln, you will need to return to them. If you haven't, start exploring downward until you find them (you will fight Lajos a second time just before reaching the Kiln). Exhaust their dialogue to reach a point where you bribe them with 10,000 bone dust to use the kiln for you. This gives you the "fired baby clayborn" in the achievement description. Return to Horpyna and exhaust her dialogue to give her the baby clayborn and unlock the achievement.

If you need her eye locations, you can find the right eye just east of the locked gate you need Wanda's key for in the Depths. The left eye is west of The Nursery mirror, past the elevator, in the tiny room on the west side of the pit.

It is required to give Horpyna her eyes back to complete this achievement. Tested on second playthrough, only one NPC can receive the eyes. So again, Cruel Queen is best done before this to save time.
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06 Nov 2022 18:20

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I did the cloud save trick, as Dave Bodom said. It worked flawlessly.

You can, indeed, get both Joys of Motherhood and Cruel Queen achievements in one playthrough.
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By ecesar on 03 Apr 2023 02:13
This guide didn't work for me. I gave the eyes to Horpyna when I first met her, killed Lajos, went to the Great Kiln, talked to the gargoyles, got the Incomplete Mould, came back to the gargoyles, paid the required amount of bone dust (10,000), went back to Horpyna to give her the Newborn Clay, but nothing happened. She keeps repeating the last line after I gave her eyes: "You're defiling the queen's presence! Leave now!".
I believe you need to talk to her before getting the Incomplete Mould, in order to trigger her request. So, if you skip this step, you'll get stuck on this quest.
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By vhsodre on 09 Aug 2023 19:01
^-- I never talked to her before having both eyes and the completed baby, and unlocked this fine
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By BeJeckle on 21 Sep 2023 23:51
it works! But I do believe you need to speak to her once like vhsodre said. Did not need a second playthrought.
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By Nit0rin on 22 Sep 2023 02:41
If like me Horpyna kept telling you "You're defiling the queen's presence! Leave now!". Then all you have to do is make sure the moon is red/hungry. That way she thinks you are red irma and will talk to you. The red moon should happen automatically after the Lajos fight (2nd round). but for whatever reason that might glitch out and you will need to make the moon red on your own.
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By War on 24 Jan 2024 03:48
You can get this with Cruel Queen in the same playthrough via cloud save trick. Don't give her the eyes when you first meet her, Kill Lajos the second time, go back and save near her at a mirror, quit game and reload, give her the eyes, give the gargoyles the 20k for the baby and return to her, delete local save and reload then continue on as normal.
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By Dave Bodom on 04 Dec 2022 03:29
Can confirm, used Dave Bodom’s method. Quit the game to get a current cloud save, loaded back into the game, then WITHOUT SAVING: gave the hag her eye’s, went to the gargoyles & paid 10k & incomplete mould, got the newborn mould, went back to the hag and gave her the newborn mould and got the achievement. Then DO NOT FORCE CLOSE THE GAME, go into Manage Game and delete your local save, reload the game, it will sync with your cloud save, and you will be back to your last save before giving the hag her eyes, saving you a 2nd playthrough.
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By xNeo21x on 24 Mar 2023 07:21
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Missable trophy. Blocks The Cruel Queen achievement
To complete it, you need to find two eyes and give them to Horpyna in the Earth Bowels: East location, after the first murder of The Cruel Lajos. It's hard to miss her. After that, she will ask you to find the Incomplete Mold.
Located in the same location, higher. Hidden in the shadows, you might not notice.
Once found, we go down to the very bottom in The Great Kiln to two gargoyles. We exchange them for 10,000 local currency for Newborn Clay. We return to Horpyna and the trophy is yours.
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05 Dec 2022 10:01