The Eclipse Edition of The Blood of Dawnwalker is the $79.99 tier that ships with the same base game as the $69.99 Standard Edition, plus a bundle of digital extras and one in-game armor set. For launch-day players who pre-ordered, the unlock path is the same one Rebel Wolves walked through in pre-launch marketing: finish the prologue, and the Eclipse content appears automatically. The actual mechanics were documented by Game Rant’s guide (gamerant.com/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-how-unlock-eclipse-edition-dlc-content/) the day before launch, September 2, 2026.
The Eclipse Edition includes:
- Digital World Compendium. A digital art book accessed from the title screen’s Extra menu. It contains character designs, building concepts, and additional region lore for Vale Sangora. Some entries contain mid-to-late-game spoilers — Game Rant’s guide flags this explicitly, and the wiki recommends reading it after clearing at least the Svartrau, the Capital region.
- Digital Soundtrack. 38 tracks composed for the game. Available as a separate listen-through on the title screen, independent of in-game audio.
- Digital Comic Book. A side-story comic that expands the backstories of Brencis and Xanthe. Useful context for the opening chapters and for the vampire-court framing that runs through the Day and Night Duality guide.
- Sangoran Wayfarer’s Armor Set. An early-game armor set awarded for completing the prologue. The set is themed around a nameless smith who traveled across the continent in pursuit of inspiration — the emblem on the chest piece is the giveaway.
The armor set is the only part of the Eclipse Edition that lives inside the game world. The Digital World Compendium, Soundtrack, and Comic Book are accessed from the Extra menu on the title screen, not from any in-game inventory screen. Once the prologue is cleared, the Extra menu entries appear automatically and the armor set drops into the player’s inventory or stash.
The prologue itself runs longer than most players expect. It includes helping Anca clear the rubble blocking Laslea’s gate — helping villagers during the daytime, attending the mass, getting trapped in the mines, and the first major boss encounter after the mine collapse. The moment Coen clears the rubble, a thank-you message appears on screen and the Sangoran Wayfarer’s armor set unlocks. The whole sequence typically takes three to five hours depending on how many side conversations the player engages with, but it sits inside the 30-Day Time Mechanic Explained structure — most of the prologue takes place in the first few in-game days, so the unlock lines up with the player’s first vampire transformation cycle.
There is one caveat Game Rant’s guide flagged, and it matters for build planning. The Sangoran Wayfarer’s armor set is not immediately usable at full strength:
- The pants are medium armor.
- The breastplate and boots are heavy armor.
Coen does not start proficient in either armor class. He needs the correct manuals from a Witchcraft Shrine to unlock the armor perks. The set can be equipped immediately, but doing so lowers his stats by 30% until the relevant manuals are read. The set is also split across day and night armor pieces:
- The breastplate offers an advantage when Coen is in his Vrakhir vampire form.
- The pants offer an advantage for the human side, specifically tied to witchcraft.
This means a player can mix and match — wear the breastplate at night and the pants during the day, for example — without losing the set bonus. The boots and any other Eclipse Edition gear do not carry the day/night split, so they swap freely.
For the wiki, the practical implication is that the Eclipse Edition armor set is best understood as a hybrid build enabler, not a full-set bonus. A player building toward Three Skill Trees Builds can use the breastplate to lean into the vampire side at night and the pants to lean into the witchcraft side during the day, treating the set as a four-piece modular loadout rather than a single identity.
The Eclipse Edition was available for pre-order alongside the Standard Edition from April 2026 onward, with the Sangoran Wayfarer’s Armor Set advertised as the pre-order bonus for both editions. The Digital Compendium, Soundtrack, and Comic Book are Eclipse-exclusive. Pre-orders placed through the Bandai Namco store, Steam, and the PlayStation Store all unlocked the same in-game armor; the digital extras are tied to the player’s Bandai Namco or platform account, depending on where the pre-order was placed.
For Standard Edition owners who want the Eclipse content after launch, Rebel Wolves has not announced a stand-alone upgrade path. The studio has publicly committed to free post-launch DLC (small outfits, weapons, and a New Game+ mode), but a paid upgrade from Standard to Eclipse has not been confirmed.