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Misericorde Side quest · City of Orphans

Side quest2 endings
Journal steps
3
Endings
2
Items & letters
0
Methodology
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Author
Dakota Chinnick

Misericorde is a Valor Mortis side quest that starts in City of Orphans. It has 3 journal steps, involves no quest items and no letters, and rewards Remnant's Return, 3,000 Catalysts (depends on your choices).

Starts in
City of OrphansChapter VIII Blasphemy
Journal steps
32 possible endings
Reward
Remnant's ReturnDepends on your choices
Items & letters
0
Related guideValor Mortis Side Quests: All 24 Rewards & Choices

How to complete Misericorde

Game data

A step-by-step walkthrough built from the quest's journal entries, clue letters and reward data.

Missable: The reward depends on the ending or choice — read the outcomes before you decide.

  1. While crossing the City of Orphans you find a soldier crying in agony.
  2. Choose: 'End his suffering.' or 'Do nothing.'
  3. Reward: 'End his suffering.' pays a Remnant's Return and 3,000 Catalysts; 'Do nothing.' pays only the Remnant's Return.

Choices & outcomes

Every consequential dialogue option in Misericorde, with what it pays and the story flag it sets in the game files.

SpoilerShow the endings and which choice pays
Choices & outcomes — Misericorde
OptionRewardMice friendshipStory flag (game files)
End his suffering.Remnant's Return, 3,000 Catalysts—SideQuests.L08.Miserycord.Reward=2
Do nothing.Remnant's Return—No flag

Where Misericorde starts

Calculated

The region it belongs to.

Misericorde steps

Game data

Every journal step in order, including the 2 alternative endings. Hidden until you open them.

SpoilerShow all 3 steps
  1. 1

    While crossing the city, I came upon a soldier crying in agony. I am now confronted with a dreadful question: should I grant him mercy and bring an end to his suffering?

  2. 2
    Possible ending

    I have resolved to end the poor man's life. May he rest in peace.

  3. 3
    Possible ending

    I have resolved to spare the poor man. He might be experiencing unimaginable suffering, but that does not give me the right to take his life.

Misericorde reward

Game data

What the quest can grant; the outcome depends on your choices.

  • Remnant's Return · Use this to automatically absorb Catalysts lost upon death.
  • Catalysts: 3,000 Catalysts

Items and letters in Misericorde

Game data

This quest uses no quest items or letters of its own.

Data: Steam build 25907482 (1.0 launch). How we source this

City of Orphans map

Game data

None of this quest's letters or items has a fixed position here; the region's map is shown for orientation.

City of Orphans
Full map
Map drawn from the region's own level geometry in the game files (terrain, buildings, water); every marker sits at the exact position of a placed object.

Everything placed in City of Orphans

Chests: 13 (Distilled Transmutation Material, Masterwork Firearm Parts, Ferrofluid Flask Power Upgrade, Life Diverted, Superior Firearm Parts, Exquisite Firearm Parts, Sewers Key, Distilled Blade Material, Sixth Sense)

Keys: 1 (Sewers Master Key)

Lanterns: 3 (Sewers, Shamble Street, Tribunal Square)

Mouse holes: 7

Letters: 16 (City Offensive — Ambushes, City Offensive — Infection, Search for the Shrike — Broken Defences, City Offensive — Quarantine, Search for the Shrike — Vanishing Soldiers, City Offensive — Winter, City Offensive — Wooden Fort, Search for the Shrike — Plea to Withdraw, Dead Soldier's Letter, Bark Bread Recipe, Rebel's Note — Plea for Reinforcements, Letters to Amelie — Losing Faith, Letters to Amelie — Believing in the Empire, Subject: Warning, Scribbled Page, A Letter from Bastien Beaufort)

More side quests in City of Orphans

Other quests that begin in the same region.

More side quests in City of Orphans
Side questJournal stepsReward
Afraid of the Dark2—
Bedtime Stories4Tiny Whisker Gift (depends on your choices)
Monster Hunt19—
Mummy and Daddy6Tiny Whisker Gift, 3,000 Catalysts

Misericorde is side quest 3 of 5 in City of Orphans and runs over 3 journal steps. Its reward depends on the choices you make: Remnant's Return, 3,000 Catalysts. Only 1 of the 24 side quests pays more Catalysts. Other quests in City of Orphans: Afraid of the Dark, Bedtime Stories, Monster Hunt, Mummy and Daddy.

See Also

Side QuestsCity of OrphansChapter VIII BlasphemyAfraid of the DarkBedtime StoriesMonster HuntWalkthroughAchievements
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Misericorde FAQ

How do you complete Misericorde in Valor Mortis?

Misericorde starts in City of Orphans and has 3 journal steps; the full journal is on this page behind a spoiler tag. It has 2 possible endings, so the outcome depends on your choices.

What is the reward for Misericorde?

Remnant's Return, 3,000 Catalysts (depends on your choices).

Where does Misericorde start?

In City of Orphans. The quest data does not pin its first clue to a world position, so check the region's map and letters.

How many steps does Misericorde have?

3 journal steps, including 2 alternative endings.

How do you complete Misericorde in Valor Mortis?

While crossing the City of Orphans you find a soldier crying in agony. Choose: 'End his suffering.' or 'Do nothing.' Reward: 'End his suffering.' pays a Remnant's Return and 3,000 Catalysts; 'Do nothing.' pays only the Remnant's Return.

Which choice is best in Misericorde?

'End his suffering' pays Remnant's Return, 3,000 Catalysts. 'Do nothing' pays Remnant's Return.

Is Misericorde missable?

The reward depends on the ending or choice — read the outcomes before you decide.

What other side quests are in City of Orphans?

Afraid of the Dark, Bedtime Stories, Monster Hunt, Mummy and Daddy.