Avowed's "Heart of Valor" quest presents a difficult choice regarding Keipo and the Leviathan Heart. This guide details the optimal dialogue choices to acquire all available loot: Umpara's Spear, the Stormdancer armor set, and the Leviathan Heart itself, without revealing Keipo's secret to Thirdborn.
Should You Give Keipo the Heart?
The recommended strategy is to not give Keipo the Leviathan Heart. This path unlocks all potential rewards. Before making your final decision, locate and read Keipo's Weathered Journal (accessible via a button on a nearby stone structure).
Rewards:
- Giving the Heart: You receive Umpara's Spear, an Exceptional Quality weapon with potent stats and abilities (see table below).
| Physical Damage | 88 |
| Stun | 84 |
| Stamina Cost | 13 |
| Critical Hit Chance | 6% |
| Ability #1 | Deadly Mechanism: Power Attacks launch a poison dart |
| Ability #2 | Strike the Heart: +25% Critical Hit Damage |
- Not Giving the Heart: You obtain the complete Stormdancer armor set (see table below), plus the Leviathan Heart as a unique trinket (+20% Attack Damage, with a health drain). This requires specific dialogue choices with Chiko (detailed later).
| Stormdancer Armor Piece | Quality | Damage Reduction | Additional Damage Reduction | Maximum Stamina | Maximum Essence | Ability #1 | Ability #2 |
| Stormdancer’s Scale | Exceptional (+1/3) | 15% | 35 | -25 | -35 | Sheltering Gale: 5% chance to avoid ranged damage | Shock-Proofed: +30% resistance to Shock Accumulation |
| Stormdancer Gloves | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Item Bonus: +10% Ability Cast Speed | Thundering Blows: Power Attacks deal 5% bonus Shock Damage |
| Stormdancer Boots | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Item Bonus: -10% incoming Fire, Frost, and Shock Damage | Static Charge : +10% Shock Damage for 10 seconds after dodging |
| Stormdancer Ring | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Sky-Mother’s Protection: +10% Shock Damage | N/A |
Dialogue Choices for All Rewards:
To obtain all loot, follow this precise dialogue sequence:
Talking to Keipo:
- “We need to talk. Now.”
- “Come clean. Chiko told me you want to end your life.”
- “We wouldn’t be having this conversation if you had the Dreamscourge.”
- “I’m sorry. I can’t give you the heart.”
- “I respect your choice. But I can’t be a part of it.”
- “Listen. I…I know what happened to Umpara.”
- “And? Why didn’t you tell the truth?”
- “That’s why you really trapped the ruins. So no one would find out.”
- “No. The truth would do more harm than good.”
Talking to Chiko:
- “Don’t worry. It’s right here with me.”
- “He wanted to take his own life with it. Chiko stepped in to prevent that.”
- “Let me hold onto it. I’ll take it far away and keep it safe.”
- “[Lie] No, that was all.”
- “Uh…about that. He’s not just sick. It’s the Dreamscourge.”
- “He wanted to die before he turned. He was trying to keep you safe.”
- “There is one way. We just stopped him from doing it.”
Following this ensures you receive all items while maintaining the most positive outcome for the characters involved. Deviating from this sequence may result in fewer rewards.
