This Avowed guide has everything you need to navigate the Living Lands

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The Basics
Character creation and building
General guides
Choices
Collectibles

This Avowed guide is building up to provide a complete overview of everything you need to know, as you take on the role of the Envoy of Aedyr and journey across the Living Lands within the Pillars of Eternity universe in the world of Eora. A mysterious plague known as the "Dream Scourge" is spreading through the population, so it's up to you to investigate what's happening and find a way to stop it before it's too late. Below we have Avowed guides covering the basics to set you on your way, along with explainers for the main mechanics, locations for significant collectibles, and a lot more – so choose a section to get started.

Note that although they are kept to a minimum, there may be minor spoilers for certain aspects of Avowed contained in the guide descriptions that follow.

Avowed basics guides

If you're just starting out or yet to even start there are several useful Avowed guides that you can look at to prepare for what's to come:

Avowed character creation and building guides

The first thing you'll do in Avowed is use the character creator to decide the look, skills and background for your very own Envoy of Aedyr. The choices you make here can have lasting consequences and carry across your entire playthrough, so here are some pointers for the best way of setting up your character and levelling them up:

While setting up your character it's useful to know how Avowed attributes and backgrounds work so you can steer your build in the direction you want.
The background you choose will also determine which of the Avowed starting weapons you get, so you'll want to know how that works and whether you're getting a sword, a spear, or something else.
If you want to change appearance in Avowed then we can explain how to use transmogrify to alter the look of your clothing, as well as assigning new outfits to your companions. However, once you've left the character creator you won't be able to change your physical appearance, so make sure you're happy before you're done there.
As you level up your character different Avowed skill trees will come into play, and we have a breakdown on the Fighter, Ranger, Wizard, and Godlike branches.

Avowed general guides

These general Avowed guides will help you get to grips with the basic mechanics and features you'll encounter in your adventure. These will help you travel efficiently and get the best out of the companions who join you along the way:

Don't worry about spending too much time walking around the Living Lands - Avowed fast travel will let you jump between beacons in an instant.
You can set up an Avowed Party Camp wherever you see a large Adra Waystones, providing another fast travel point as well as a base of operations where you can heal yourself and upgrade items in Avowed.
You'll unlock various Avowed companions to travel and fight alongside you, so we've got the lowdown on all of them – as well as details on how to set up an Avowed romance with one in particular.

Avowed choices

There are plenty of choices you'll encounter in Avowed, which can shape your playthrough and the development of your character. It's also not always obvious during conversations that you're actually making important decisions. So these are a few early ones to look out for:

Early in your journey, you'll have the choice to free Ilora in Avowed or leave her in the Northreach Jail cell.
Once you arrive in Paradis, speaking to Dehengen near the docks will start the Avowed Cabin Fever side quest, where you need to decide how she solves her xaurip problem.
While investigating the Strangleroot, you'll have to choose whether to help The Voice in Avowed or reject the deal, which has a significant consequence for your Godlike Abilities.

Avowed collectibles

Avowed Totem of Rightful Rulership in camp — (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)

There are collectibles in Avowed strewn all across the Living Lands, which can be highly beneficial if you track them down. Whether you're assembling totems or following treasure maps, here's where to look:

The Avowed Fort Northreach storage key is stashed on a body in the first area you investigate, and it opens a locked room for some early armor.
There are several totems you can piece together to receive significant buffs once you've found all of the component pieces, and the first available is the Avowed Totem of Rightful Rulership.
You can also acquire treasure maps that lead you to hidden rewards when you figure them out, so we've got guides on how to solve the Avowed Woedica's Inheritance and Avowed Intimidating Feline Codpiece maps.