Vambrace: Cold Soul
54 Achievements
GOG
The Hero of Icenaire
Go the middle way. Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the The Hero of Icenaire achievement in Vambrace: Cold Soul - Definitive Guide
Phyrexian Z
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There are 3 endings that depend of your choices during key events and specific dialogue options. Tied to each one of them is an achievement and a costume. As far as I know you need to do 3 different playthroughs to get them all.
Light Ending - Achievement The Augur of Edena
Dark Ending - Achievement The Queen of Shades
Neutral Ending - Achievement The Hero of Icenaire
Light Ending - Achievement The Augur of Edena
Dark Ending - Achievement The Queen of Shades
Neutral Ending - Achievement The Hero of Icenaire
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I understand what you mean. For benefit and future reference of others who might come here for a solution, yet another example of why you don't need to follow these as a recipe: this time, in my latest and probably last playthrough of this game, I: 1- Favored the ghost trader, 2- Brought the king back, 3- installed the golem heart, 4- Executed the traitor in Chapter Six. As a result, on the cutscene when entering the Tower in Chapter Seven the factions that supported me were: the ghost Warden, the dwarf craftsman and his Golem son, the dwarves with their King/"Prince" and the dark elves. No support from the Guardians, since I had executed the traitor. No support from the healing elves either, apparently. However, none of this mattered. In the end, I was still able to join the Guardians order and got the blue/good ending. Therefore the 1 choice that I think that matters the most when deciding which end you will get in this game is what you tell the Archon brothers when they bump into you at the beginning of Chapter Seven. Do you care to be just? Or perhaps instead of justice, you are inclined to change the world, rule it or find your own way?
By togethawiistand on 07 Sep 2020 21:52
I don't think some of this is right. I just finished the game, playing at my own leisure, making the choices that I wanted, I unlocked the Light Ending. For starters, I did NOT bring the king back since the game stated that there was a chance he wouldn't make it and shouldn't be moved. Later, I DID choose, a dream of peace and spared the traitor, however, I did NOT choose "trapped with a hostile being". Finally, I DID choose "to bring justice to this realm". So, since our answers match only partially, I would think that only a few of these choices are key to the light ending and not all of the ones you're pointing out need to be made that way.
By togethawiistand on 04 Sep 2020 11:58
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First of all: play the game for the first time making the choices you'd like, do NOT worry about the multiple endings. Rest easy, you WON'T have to play the whole thing multiple times NOR worry about choosing this or that. There is a SECRET chapter selection saved for later that will make things for you achievement hunters and completionists a lot easier.
This game's lore is rich, and I've found its myths very, very interesting, but it will only make a whole sense in the end after you have collected most of the missing pages of the journal and then read it. There are no achievement for collecting all the pages, so thank goodness for that.
By the time you've finish it for the 1st time you'll have unlocked one of the 3 different achievements for going "Light", "Dark" or choosing the "middle way". Now, after beating it for the 1st time, you can find the chapter selection's location revealed to you at the final scene, post credits, by interacting with a map on a wall.
Start a new game and after talking to Lanvil and leaving the prison at the very beginning of the story, go to the place where it was marked a "x 1" in that map. It is located by the middle/south left side of the screen, down after a pair of stairs, above the Naziri camp. Hug the corner walls and press and hold the A button.
You will be taken to a secret screen. Scroll right. Each person with a mark represents a chapter of the story. Select none, just keep scrolling right until you reach 3 statues, 1 with a blue crystal, another green and the other red. Each statue represents one of the final endings. If, like me, you did the Light one first, skip the blue one. Select either the green or the red one.
You will be placed in the final chapter, outside the tower. Not much to do here, except to choose 3 companions and then go to sleep, proceeding to finish the game as you did normally the 1st time. You won't have any equipment on you, but you have 7 skill points to spend and by my experience it is very possible to get to and defeat the final boss with that. Before you reach him you will also encounter a few resting camp sites and the merchant, so you can try to buy potions or gear. You may also find for free a bunch of healing herbs and potions right before the final rest site, so if the merchant has good gear that boosts Health and Vigor, I'd sell my junk to him and buy that instead of healing stuff.
Doing this method of chapter selection, you will also automatically unlock other achievements related to the other choices you would have to make to reach this point of the story in this Light, Dark or middle playthrough, such as sparing or killing the traitor, bringing or leaving the king, supporting one or the other merchant.
Finally, if you are struggling with the boss, remember you only have to focus and kill him twice, not his followers. Focus on him and protect your main char, basic stuff you did the whole game before. Having companions with long range or that hit multiple targets at once helps. I was able to defeat him with Lyric and only two companions left, it was not very hard. If Lyric has taken too much damage in the front row you can also protect her by making her switch places with another companion during their turn.
After defeating the boss, you can wait for the short credits to end and then see the consequences of this playthrough. Rinse and repeat this process one more time (selecting either the blue, green or red statue, according to your need) and you'll have finished the game thrice without having replayed the whole thing once.
Last, you will also unlock a number of outfits doing these endings. Any outfit unlocked carries on to the next playthrough, no matter what save slot you use and they are all needed for the corresponding achievement to collect them all.
If this solution was helpful to you, you can also read my review and thoughts about this game. Cheers!
This game's lore is rich, and I've found its myths very, very interesting, but it will only make a whole sense in the end after you have collected most of the missing pages of the journal and then read it. There are no achievement for collecting all the pages, so thank goodness for that.
By the time you've finish it for the 1st time you'll have unlocked one of the 3 different achievements for going "Light", "Dark" or choosing the "middle way". Now, after beating it for the 1st time, you can find the chapter selection's location revealed to you at the final scene, post credits, by interacting with a map on a wall.
Start a new game and after talking to Lanvil and leaving the prison at the very beginning of the story, go to the place where it was marked a "x 1" in that map. It is located by the middle/south left side of the screen, down after a pair of stairs, above the Naziri camp. Hug the corner walls and press and hold the A button.
You will be taken to a secret screen. Scroll right. Each person with a mark represents a chapter of the story. Select none, just keep scrolling right until you reach 3 statues, 1 with a blue crystal, another green and the other red. Each statue represents one of the final endings. If, like me, you did the Light one first, skip the blue one. Select either the green or the red one.
You will be placed in the final chapter, outside the tower. Not much to do here, except to choose 3 companions and then go to sleep, proceeding to finish the game as you did normally the 1st time. You won't have any equipment on you, but you have 7 skill points to spend and by my experience it is very possible to get to and defeat the final boss with that. Before you reach him you will also encounter a few resting camp sites and the merchant, so you can try to buy potions or gear. You may also find for free a bunch of healing herbs and potions right before the final rest site, so if the merchant has good gear that boosts Health and Vigor, I'd sell my junk to him and buy that instead of healing stuff.
Doing this method of chapter selection, you will also automatically unlock other achievements related to the other choices you would have to make to reach this point of the story in this Light, Dark or middle playthrough, such as sparing or killing the traitor, bringing or leaving the king, supporting one or the other merchant.
Finally, if you are struggling with the boss, remember you only have to focus and kill him twice, not his followers. Focus on him and protect your main char, basic stuff you did the whole game before. Having companions with long range or that hit multiple targets at once helps. I was able to defeat him with Lyric and only two companions left, it was not very hard. If Lyric has taken too much damage in the front row you can also protect her by making her switch places with another companion during their turn.
After defeating the boss, you can wait for the short credits to end and then see the consequences of this playthrough. Rinse and repeat this process one more time (selecting either the blue, green or red statue, according to your need) and you'll have finished the game thrice without having replayed the whole thing once.
Last, you will also unlock a number of outfits doing these endings. Any outfit unlocked carries on to the next playthrough, no matter what save slot you use and they are all needed for the corresponding achievement to collect them all.
If this solution was helpful to you, you can also read my review and thoughts about this game. Cheers!
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For this playthrough, we can skip directly to the final dungeon in Chapter 7. Once again, be sure to use a separate save slot from your good and bad endings, you will now have three separate saves. Skip the tutorial and head to the spot on this map and hold 
to enter stage select. Pick the RED gem all the way to the right which signifies that you will be put at the end of the game with all neutral choices made.
Now, because we have just skipped playing the entire game, you will be woefully underprepared to take on this chapter. Choose the same party members you always would, and with your paltry 500 hellion, try to buy an item or two. Run through the Chapter 7 dungeon and hope you find some good stuff. If you fail to complete the game, you'll retain all your items and can sell these back in the hub to try and purchase better equipment for your new party members. You might get lucky and win on your first try, but it took me two runs before I managed it.
Regardless, upon completing the game you will unlock The Hero of Icenaire (50G) for the neutral ending and the Hero's Garb for the final costume to also unlock Magnificent Collection (100G). Congrats!
to enter stage select. Pick the RED gem all the way to the right which signifies that you will be put at the end of the game with all neutral choices made.Now, because we have just skipped playing the entire game, you will be woefully underprepared to take on this chapter. Choose the same party members you always would, and with your paltry 500 hellion, try to buy an item or two. Run through the Chapter 7 dungeon and hope you find some good stuff. If you fail to complete the game, you'll retain all your items and can sell these back in the hub to try and purchase better equipment for your new party members. You might get lucky and win on your first try, but it took me two runs before I managed it.
Regardless, upon completing the game you will unlock The Hero of Icenaire (50G) for the neutral ending and the Hero's Garb for the final costume to also unlock Magnificent Collection (100G). Congrats!