Daila's Secret Quest
An Ultimate-only Base Game secret event with no normal quest-log objectives or quest reward. Collect Stormheart and three entries of Dravis' Letter in order, then give a Salt Bag to the Bound Spirit to open the Sanctum of the Immortal and, ultimately, the Edge of Reality. It expands the story of Daila Thornsbury and her brother Dravis while serving as an Easter egg honoring the game's early development.
No normal quest-log entry or objective marker appears. Each stage requires the preceding items to remain in your inventory, so keep the regular Stormheart and every letter entry on the character; Mythical Stormheart does not substitute for it. Reserve a Salt Bag as well, because it is consumed near the end.
- 1Collect Stormheart on Ultimate
- ▸Complete Missing Diary in Act 3, then enter the Tomb of Korvaak on Ultimate difficulty.
- ▸Break the urns inside and collect the regular legendary dagger Stormheart. It can be obtained once per character.
- ▸Stormheart must remain in your inventory for every later trigger. Do not sell or stash it. The special dialogue with Daila in Homestead adds flavor but is not required for progression.
- 2Find the First Entry in the Blood Grove
- ▸Keep Stormheart in your inventory and travel to the Weeping Oak in the southwestern Blood Grove, recognizable as a huge tree hung with ropes and corpses.
- ▸Approach the small plume of blue smoke at its base to receive Dravis' Letter to Daila - First Entry automatically.
- ▸The chilling-breeze message confirms the trigger. Keep both Stormheart and the First Entry in your inventory.
- 3Find the Second Entry in the Steps of Torment
- ▸Bring a Skeleton Key and descend the Steps of Torment to Anguish, its fifth and final level.
- ▸Break through the hidden wall in the southeastern corner and approach the skull pile marked by blue smoke.
- ▸Dravis' Letter to Daila - Second Entry is added automatically. Continue carrying the regular Stormheart and both entries.
- 4Find the Third Entry in the Forsaken Wastes
- ▸Enter The Forsaken Wastes through a randomly placed Chthonic Rift in the Plains of Strife.
- ▸Approach the blue smoke inside the ruined house in the northern part of the area to receive Dravis' Letter to Daila - Third Entry automatically.
- ▸The rift entrance can use different spawn points each session. If it is absent, search the other Chthonic Rift locations in the Plains of Strife.
- 5Give a Salt Bag to the Bound Spirit
- ▸Carry the regular Stormheart and Entries 1-3, then head northeast from the Gates of Necropolis Rift. Pass the Aether Crystals and wagon and slip through the gap in the eastern wall into the hidden enclosure.
- ▸Give the Salt Bag amulet to the Bound Spirit beside the strange circle to open a Chthonic Rift.
- ▸Salt Bag is equipped by default on a newly created character. If yours is gone, create another character and transfer its Salt Bag through the shared stash.
- 6Open the Edge of Reality from the Sanctum
- ▸Enter the Sanctum of the Immortal through the Bound Spirit's rift and collect Dravis' Letter to Daila - Final Entry. Restoring the unmarked shrine costs one Skeleton Key.
- ▸Following the Final Entry's clue, inspect the western wall and activate the Loose Torch to open another Chthonic Rift.
- ▸That rift leads to the Edge of Reality. There is no quest reward screen; access to the secret level and its Bourbon Clone encounter is the payoff.
If a trigger fails, confirm that you are on Ultimate and move the regular Stormheart plus every acquired letter back into the character inventory. The order is Stormheart, First Entry in the Blood Grove, Second Entry in Anguish, Third Entry in the Forsaken Wastes, then the Bound Spirit. A missing spirit usually means one of those four items is absent; a spirit without progress means you need the Salt Bag.