Valor Mortis Walkthrough: Chapter Routes, Keys and Final Boss
Spoilers for chapter progression. Find the key or tool that opens your next route, then use the linked retail chapter guide for its full pickup map.
Retail chapter route and next objective
Reported. PowerPyx's retail walkthrough supplies the chapter routes below. Each chapter link goes to its detailed guide; this site has not replayed the routes. Chapters and regions are different labels.
| Chapter / source | Region | What opens the next route? |
|---|---|---|
| 1: Revival | The Battlefield | Obtain Saber and Fire; burn gold vines. The first Lothaire encounter is reported as an intended loss, not the Chapter II victory. |
| 2: Regroup | Valley of Ashes | Pick up the Pistol in the bridge-route train car; shoot the lift weak points around The Climb. Continue through Military Camp and Quarry to Lothaire. Fast travel opens after this chapter boss. |
| 3: Rendezvous | Fallen Village | Take the Rapier on the path from Abandoned Church and Blunderbuss from the carriage after the Volunteer. At Marketplace, use the underground Storage Key to reach the barrier weak point; defeat Iron Marshall. |
| 4: Dark Descent | Caverns | After rescuing Louis, ask James for the Cave Grotto Key. Obtain Stasis beyond Weeping Ledge and use it on moving machinery. Continue through Old Mine toward Sphinx. |
| 5: Crime | Vale of Wrath | Get the Outward Pass Key from James. In the fort, defeat the dual-sword Volunteer for the Wagon Key and take the Musket. Follow Ship Graveyard toward Old Windmill and Slaughtermill. |
| 6: Punishment | Cursed Hollow | Defeat Anna the Bride near the start. At Village Church, shoot the two building weak points to open the entrance and obtain Claymore. The altar wreath also starts the Till Death side quest. |
| 7: Witch Hunt | The Outskirts / City of Orphans | Fight Aurelius, then Experiment 83 around the Lighthouse. Cross the city and sewers to meet The Shrike for the Laboratory Key. During Mummy and Daddy, do not shoot the undead prisoner: the guide reports immediate quest failure. |
| 8: Blasphemy | University | Find the Library Key in the side corridor before the elevator; obtain Shield through the library. In the cage room, take the Lift Shaft Key to open the previous lift gate. The chapter ends with Orphan. |
| 9: In Ruins | Fortress | Light both signal fires by Traverse to open the gates. The Captain's Key is in the Chapel route; continue to the Nephtis Superioris encounter. Check optional tasks before entering the following prison stretch. |
| 10: Shackled | Temporary prison / City of Orphans | Use the upper rafters to drop into the kitchen and take the Armoury Key; open the lower-floor armoury to recover equipment. Finish any prison-only Choir steps before escaping through the sewer; the prison cannot be revisited. |
| 11: Reflection | Caverns / Entropy and cleanup | Tell Lucjan you want to go to the cave. From Caverns > Ancient Lair, interact with the stone door at the end to reach Entity. Cleanup is reported as possible before or after the finale. |
Can I return after the ending?
Reported. PowerPyx Chapter 11 returns the player to the world after Entity. Two cleanup examples: revisit Valley of Ashes > The Other Side for The Emissary in the poison area; start The King of Smugglers from the Cargo Manifest near Vale of Wrath > Ship Graveyard, then follow it to The Outskirts > Harbour. The chapter guide supplies the remaining steps.
Three things a return trip cannot guarantee
Reported. The prison chapter excludes the temporary jail from later visits. The sewer route documents the prisoner-killing failure condition. The material guide finds only two final Transmutation materials and requires Shield level 5 for Abyssal Eviction; reserve one if pursuing that achievement.
These specific restrictions take precedence over broad "nothing missable" wording in collection guides. Region access does not reverse a failed quest or a spent upgrade material. Check Steam's current conditions; no universal minimum-run guarantee is made here.
Why the demo is not this route
Confirmed. The September 4 announcement identifies bespoke demo versions of Chapters I and VII and puts the full-game Lothaire boss at the end of Chapter II.
A wiki edit date alone does not prove its old demo route was rewritten for retail. The routes above use current retail chapter coverage. Read the reported finale separately from progression instructions.
Sources and evidence
Checked on October 14, 2026. Confirmed identifies primary-source facts; Reported identifies attributed secondary coverage; Inference identifies editorial advice. This is an unofficial fan resource, not a hands-on review.
