House of the Dead

Start the Quest: Complete 'The Siege of Weisshaupt' and 'The Cobbled Swan Case' main quests. Return to The Lighthouse and speak with Emmrich. He will use death magic on a corpse, revealing the name "Blackthorne Manor" and unlocking the 'House of the Dead' quest and the manor as an explorable area.

Explore the Tomb: Gather your party, including Emmrich, and travel to Blackthorne Manor. Head upstairs to the north to reach the Blackthorne Courtyard. Ignore the manor entrance for now and turn left (west) to find a tomb. Enter the tomb, climb down a ladder, and proceed north and west to a chamber.

Defeat The Grounds Keeper: In the tomb's chamber, you will face The Grounds Keeper (a Despair Demon) and two Protected Shades. The Grounds Keeper uses familiar Despair Demon attacks, including creating a chilling field and summoning more shades when its health is low. The Protected Shades are melee shades with a barrier. Defeat them.

Loot and Exit the Tomb: After defeating the enemies, exit the room to the west, loot a chest, climb a ladder, follow a wooden platform south and east, and continue upstairs. You will find yourself on a ledge overlooking the tomb entrance. Loot a chest to the north, then drop east, climb a ladder, and exit the tomb.

Enter the Manor and Find Points of Suffering: Return to the front of the manor and enter. Initially, only the eastern wing is accessible. Turn right from the entrance and destroy a barricade. In the room beyond, destroy crates and barrels, loot a small chest, and climb a ledge to find another small chest.

Locate the Library: Exit this room, head north, then ascend a second flight of stairs south, and continue west on the upper floor to reach a library.

Find the Sealed Door and Skeleton Key: In the library, drop off a ledge to the east to reach a sealed door. Emmrich will explain that you need to find "points of suffering" to break the wards on this door. Grab the Skeleton Key from a small table near the sealed door. You can find additional tiny chests in a glass case to the south and in a small alcove upstairs to the south.

Explore the North-East Wing: Loot the small room north of the library. Head down a hallway and up stairs east and north to reach the "North-East Wing." Pass west through a room lined with urns and statues. Go upstairs to a fork.

Find a Small Chest: At the fork, go south, up some stairs, and turn west at a long table to find a small chest behind pillars.

Navigate Collapsed Floor: Continue south and east to reach the upper floor of the room north of the library, where the floor has collapsed. Cross exposed beams and scaffolding to the eastern side, then cross a beam west to find a small chest. Work your way back down to the fork.

Enter the Master Bedroom: From the fork, head north. Ignore stairs to the west as they lead nowhere. Press on to the Master Bedroom.

Free the Tormented Spirit in the Master Bedroom: In the Master Bedroom, you will find a tormented spirit amidst corpses. Approach it, and four Frenzied Shades will appear. Defeat the Frenzied Shades, and Emmrich will deal with the tormented spirit. Dialogue during this encounter reveals the spirit is a powerful practitioner of death magic.