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Witchcraft
Witchcraft is blood magic cast by carving runes into your skin and drawing your own blood. It is Coen's daytime spell tree, unlocked through Anca and grown with magic manuals.
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Good to know
- Spells include raising crows, setting people alight, draining life and boosting speed.
- It is forbidden, and the Inquisition jails people for it.
- Vampires can't use it because their skin heals before runes can be carved.
- Compel Soul, taught by Anca, is the first hex Coen learns.
- New spells and upgrades need magic manuals from ruins, haunted places or witchcraft vendors.
- Users often see visions of a red realm, which links blood magic to Anachora.
How to unlock it
Anca introduces Coen to hexes after Laslea falls, starting with Compel Soul. Further spells come from manuals, then skill points at a road shrine.
Day or night
Because vampire skin heals too fast to hold the runes, Witchcraft belongs to Coen's human side.
Worth knowing
Anca warns that blood magic invites something dark into the caster. The game treats that risk seriously in Coen's visions.
Related collectibles
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoAbilitiesBlood Surge
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Compel Soul
Compel Soul is the first Witchcraft hex Coen learns, from Anca, after Laslea is sacked. It makes the recently dead replay the moments before they died, which is how you crack many investigations.
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Crimson Rush
Crimson Rush is a Vampirism power that makes your active abilities hit harder the healthier you are. It is open from the start, so you only need Corruption and skill points to learn it.
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Mesmerise
Mesmerise is a Vampirism power that lets you take control of an enemy's mind. You unlock it with Lacra's blood during The Night of Horrors, so it comes from story progress.