After completing Avowed, I explored its various ending options and discovered a multitude of possibilities. The most challenging and hidden ending demands commitment throughout the game, leaving all your companions dissatisfied.
Spoiler Alert for Avowed’s Endings
Throughout the game, players can side with the antagonist Lödwyn and her fervent Steel Garrote paladins. Although you won’t be locked out of this ending due to major choices, inconsistent ideological decisions will make achieving this path more difficult. If you fail to secure Lödwyn’s approval, she could enact a dire fate upon you as the credits roll.
A guide by Big Dan Gaming on YouTube details how to successfully side with Lödwyn without facing the grim outcome, which only 0.2% of players have achieved, marking a significant milestone in the game.
Make sure to follow these key decisions:
- Kill Ygwulf in Paradis.
- Allow the Steel Garrote to burn Fior.
- Permit Kostya to destroy Solace Keep.
- Eliminate Sapadal in the Garden.
Choosing wisely with Lödwyn’s approval grants you knighthood instead of a deadly conclusion—however, your companions will turn against you. The cinematic ending illustrates Lödwyn’s vision of oppression in the Living Lands.
Avowed demonstrates how a player’s choices significantly affect the gameplay experience, paralleling its narrative strength to that of Baldur’s Gate 3. While the writing impresses, the game relies less on systemic interactions compared to its predecessor.
The storytelling, however, resonates profoundly as Avowed offers a fresh perspective on Eora, the universe from Pillars of Eternity. Indeed, the project director, Carrie Patel, has expressed interest in future sequels or DLC expansions.
