DragonSword: Awakening Missable Content
Quick answer
The most important missable in DragonSword: Awakening is the Dusty Locket, found in a hidden location beneath the Orbis sewers. If you do not find it before Chapter 4, Castella's final loyalty mission never triggers and the Master of Orbis achievement is permanently locked. There is no New Game Plus, so the only fix is a new save file.
Updated · Verified on Patch 1.0.x · Sources: in-game testing, Steam store page, Hound13 announcements
This is the page to read before you play, not after. DragonSword: Awakening has no New Game Plus, which turns ordinary missables into permanent losses.
The critical one: the Dusty Locket
The Dusty Locket is located in one of the Orbis hidden locations beneath the sewers. If you fail to find it before Chapter 4, Castella's final loyalty mission will never trigger, which permanently locks you out of the Master of Orbis achievement.
Three things make this particularly harsh:
It is in a hidden location. Not on a quest marker, not signposted. You have to explore the sewers deliberately.
The consequence is delayed. Nothing warns you at Chapter 4. You find out much later, when the loyalty mission you expected never appears.
There is no recovery. Without New Game Plus, the only remedy is starting an entirely new save and replaying DragonSword: Awakening from the beginning.
Action: explore beneath the Orbis sewers thoroughly, well before you begin Chapter 4.
Why there is no second chance
Beating the final boss in DragonSword: Awakening places you back in the world just before the final encounter. There is no fresh run carrying your progression forward.
The practical consequences:
- Anything gated behind a story chapter you have passed stays gated
- Companion quests whose prerequisites you missed never trigger
- Difficulty-specific achievements cannot be re-attempted on story content you have completed
- A completionist run has to be planned from the start, not salvaged at the end
The habit that prevents most missables
Exhaust companion dialogue at campsites before advancing your main story markers.
Several quests and rewards key off conversations that are easy to walk past, and story markers move the chapter forward whether or not you have finished talking. Making this a routine — camp, talk to everyone, then advance — costs a few minutes per session and prevents most of what people lose.
Other things worth doing on time
Cerese's Bond Quest. Not strictly missable, but it unlocks the Tower of Trials, which is the only source of Karma materials. Leaving it in the log means playing without your main progression system. See unlock order.
Waypoints and goddess statues. Not missable, but backtracking is tedious. Activate on sight.
Area Quests. Not missable, but they are the best gold source and gold becomes a real bottleneck — the Fragment of Afterimage craft costs 100,000 per unit.
Nightmare difficulty boss fights. If you want the difficulty achievements, set difficulty before the relevant encounters. You cannot retroactively re-fight story bosses at a higher difficulty on a completed save.
Hidden areas generally. Rare recipes, including the Dragon's Breath meal, are found in hidden areas rather than through quest markers. See cooking.
A pre-Chapter-4 checklist
Before you start Chapter 4, confirm:
- [ ] You have explored beneath the Orbis sewers and found the Dusty Locket
- [ ] You have exhausted campsite dialogue with all current companions
- [ ] You have taken Cerese's Bond Quest if it has appeared
- [ ] You have activated the waypoints in regions you have opened
- [ ] You have completed Area Quests in regions you are about to leave behind
Our position on completeness
We list the missables we have confirmed on patch 1.0.x. This is deliberately a short list rather than a padded one — a missables page that includes speculative entries is worse than useless, because it sends people hunting for things that were never at risk while diluting attention from the one item that genuinely ends a completionist run.
If you have confirmed a missable we have not listed, please send it with a screenshot via contact and we will verify and credit it.
FAQ
What is missable in DragonSword: Awakening?
The Dusty Locket, which must be found beneath the Orbis sewers before Chapter 4. Without it, Castella's final loyalty mission never triggers and Master of Orbis is permanently locked.
Can I get Master of Orbis after Chapter 4?
No, not if you missed the Dusty Locket. There is no New Game Plus, so the only option is a new save file.
Does DragonSword: Awakening have New Game Plus?
No. After the final boss you are returned to the world just before the final encounter.
How do I avoid missing content in DragonSword: Awakening?
Exhaust companion dialogue at campsites before advancing story markers, explore hidden areas in each region before moving on, and find the Dusty Locket before Chapter 4.