Welcome to our walkthrough for Styx: Blades of Greed. In this part of the walkthrough, we complete Helledryn’s Score I and get the first shard of Quartz at the Empire Wall at the same time.
Table of contents
Act 1 starts after the prologue, so watch the cutscenes play out.
Talk to Helledryn
Once that’s done go speak to Helledryn. You can also upgrade any of your tool kit with a blueprint here. Once you talk to Helledryn you can pick up the crew quest: Helledryn’s Score I from her.
Helledryn’s Score I
Steal the ambassador’s gold bust somewhere in the Wall Gangs den, not far from the market
Go up to the bridge and use the map to fast travel to Helledryn’s hideout in the Wall.
The Gangmark Fix
Reach the Gang’s den
Check your quartz compass and select the Gang’s den for your waypoint.
Use the tunnels in the logging area to get past the guards. Get height by climbing up to the balconies and keep going up till you reach the area near the waterfall. You can’t approach the den directly as there is a ballista up on the roof shooting bolts.
There is a small opening on the left, under the boxes. Double jump across the gap and go through.
Two smugglers will emerge and ask for the ballista to be halted. Hang off the side and go through to the door and enter it. Inside, you will find two smugglers near the tables.
Roll behind the barrels and tables and you will find a stairs on the far left of the room. Go up the stairs and you will see a door and another set of stairs leading up. Lockpick the door on the right first – inside, you will find a book lever on the shelf to lead you to a hidden room.
Pick up all the loot inside and the gold bust to complete Helledryn’s Score I.
Go back out and up the stairs. Upstairs you will find a smuggler hammering away and a standing guard.
Sneak around the back of the room and you will find a tunnel leading to under the tables and to the stairs. The gate is locked at the top of the stairs. Look to the left and you can see handholds to climb up and over. Once you are in you will see a cutscene of someone stealing the quartz shard.
Follow the thief to his lair
Follow the thief through the city.
Get down from the balcony and cross over to the other balcony. Sneak past everyone here – its not very hard. Go past the large enemy who’s sleeping and double jump across. Here, you should trigger a cutscene between Harlow and Helldryne.
Ending the cutscene will complete this quest and one part of a larger quest called Whispers of Quartz. There are 7 shards – 3 at the Empire Wall, 1 at Akenash Ruins, 3 at Turquoise Dawn.
That concludes the third part of our walkthrough from Styx: Blades of Greed.
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