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Prophecies are the main form of progression in Heretical. They offer a variety of challenges that the player must overcome to unlock permanent meta-progression in the form of new unique items, new skills, new mechanics and additional currencies across your future runs.

Meta Prophecies[]

Meta prophecies unlock new functionality, additional skill slots, shortcuts, an increase in currencies such as extra starting gold, rerolls, or increases to your darkness limits.

Name Quest Reward Prerequisites Guidance
Beginning of the End You will slay the Undying Champion 1 additional skill slot
Exterminator You will slay the Rat King 1 additional skill slot
Forbidden Knowledge You will slay the Academy Headmaster 1 additional skill slot
Soldier of Light You will slay the Blade of Light 1 additional skill slot
Black Dawn Kill 50 Enemies +5 Darkness Curse Limit
Dark Gates You will enter the College of Sanctora +5 Darkness Curse Limit
Grim Harvest You will find 5 Stray Stars +5 Darkness Curse Limit
Costly Wisdom You will buy 10 skills in a shop 15 Starting Coins
Forbidden Goods You will buy 10 items 15 Starting Coins
Futile Teachings You will remove 3 skills in a single run 30 Starting Coins
Lesson Learned Get played by Mahler -1 Starting Coins
Collector You will have 4 skills from the same skill category +2 Skill Banishes
Currator Level up 2 skills to level 5 in a single run +2 Skill Banishes
Insight You will level up 50 times +1 Skill Rerolls
Scholar You will kill 45 scholars +1 Skill Rerolls
Lost and Found You will discard 50 items +25% Quantity of Items Found
Collector of Hearts You will slay Undying Champion 3 times Cleanse Church of the Forlorn
Graduation You will slay Headmaster 4 times Pathway between Sanctora College and Estate is forever opened
Old Debts You will slay Rat King 4 times College seal is broken forever
Opulence You will equip 50 different items in a single run Gain ability to change armor appearance
Threads of Fate You will win 3 consecutive runs The world can descend into ruin
Repentance You will arrive at the end of your journey Sanctora remains under Abidan's curse...

Skill Prophecies[]

Skill prophecies unlock new skills when completed, allowing those skills to show on subsequent runs.

Name Quest Reward Prerequisites Guidance
Pied Piper You will kill 15 Plague Rats with fire damage Caustic Bomb
Poison the Headmaster You will kill Academy Headmaster while having Caustic Bomb skill Caustic Bomb+ Upgrade
Arrow for Hire You will find Tizian the Lost Ranger Death's Gamble
Profaned Practice You will find Ruvius the Elementalist Ember Trail
Bottled Lightning You will kill 4 Justiciars Thundergod's Wrath
Burning Blood You will endure 250 fire damage Burning Blood
Chilling Presence You will reflect 300 frost or physical damage in a single run Frostbite
Chilling Storm You will kill 25 chilled enemies with lightning damage while having Tornado skill Howling Ice
Fortress of Ice Have total of 80 Armor and 40 Frost Resistance Frozen Armor
Hundred Men Slayer You will slay 100 enemies with Fire or Physical damage while using a Two Handed Sword Berserk
Molten Rock You will deal 1000 fire damage in a single run Meteor
Quick as the Wind You will kill 10 enemies in 60 seconds Cyclone Strike
Quiver Rampage You will kill 3 enemies in 5 seconds while using Bow. You will do this 3 times Ricochet
Raging Winds You will kill 6 enemies in 20 seconds with lightning damage Tornado
Sea of Venom You will deal 1000 decay damage in a single run Venomous Coating
Stars Below You will activate a well of stars in a darkened place Astral Shower Requires player to break the wall in the gutters, using either Boulder Breaker or Tectonic Strike
Ten Thousand Steps You will travel 10000 meters Charge
Windfury You will kill 33 enemies with lightning damage in a single run Windfury
Crushing Blows You will destroy 5 Rats Nests in a single run Trample
Mercy You will kill Rat King while having Execute skill Impact
Retribution You will endure 300 damage in a single run Retribution
A Way Forward You will kill 5 Alpha Rats in a single run Holding Grudges
Arcane Purge You will kill 25 poisoned enemies with Magic damage Soul Harvest
Dark Arts You will find the book of the Forbidden Incantations Soul Decay
Fate Worse Than Death You will confront Matron Amara with your findings as Aelar Thorne Corruption
Whisper of the Dead You will help Aelar Thorne the Warlock Necrosis Aura

Item Prophecies[]

Item prophecies unlock new unique items when completed, allowing those unique items to drop on subsequent runs.

Name Quest Reward Prerequisites Guidance
Seeker of Wisdom You will help Ipius the Archivist FirecallersGazeIcon Firecaller's Gaze
Bane of the Husks You will slay 66 husks while using a Two Handed Sword HuskslayerGreatswordIcon Huskslayer Greatsword
Blinding Rage Deal 2500 fire damage over time to blinded enemies BringerOfFireIcon Bringer of Fire

BearerOfLightIcon Bearer of Light

Buy as many chance to blind upgrades from the vendor as you can find
Boulder Breaker You will slay an enemy in one hit 15 times, while using a Two Handed Mace BoulderBreakerIcon Boulder Breaker
Breaker of Chains You will kill 21 Inquisitors, Justiciars or Overseers StormcallerBladeIcon Stormcaller Blade
Carnage You will kill 80 enemies with Swirling Carnage skill CarnageReaverIcon Carnage Reaver
Coldborn You will deal 200 frost damage in 10 seconds FrostbornWandIcon Frostborn Wand
Deadly Poison You will kill 25 enemies with decay damage in a single run SnakebiteIcon Snakebite
Eye for an Eye You will acquire the Gauged Eye of the Beast GoreEyeIcon Gore Eye
In A Rush Open 10 chests in 75 seconds TreadsOfVoyageIcon Treads Of Voyage
A Lesson in Manners You will kill 21 Scholars, Adepts or Elders while they're burning HeartseekerBowIcon Heartseeker Bow
Palewind You will deal 2000 physical attack damage while using a Bow PalewindIcon Palewind
Porcupine You will kill 12 enemies with Shield Bash skill PorcupineIcon Porcupine
Rosetorn You will kill a Great Enemy while bleeding RosethornIcon Rosethorn You need to kill a boss while bleeding. Bleeding can be started by interacting with the suspicious rosebush in the Academy. Be warned, this starts a long lasting, and painful bleed.
Scorched Earth Cause 30 enemies to burn within 30 seconds CinderstrikeIcon Cinderstrike
Shadow Ritual Apply and sustain the Weak status on enemy for 1 minute AbyssalShroudIcon Abyssal Shroud You'll want Soul Decay and a large amount of Cooldown Reduction (Up to 75%). This allows Soul Decay to retrigger before the debuff ends. Sit near an enemy and let Soul Decay keep recasting until this is complete
The Culling You will kill 50 enemies with the Execute skill TheVerdictIcon The Verdict
Untouchable Kill 30 enemies in succession without taking damage TwistedCrowEffigyIcon Twisted Crow Effigy
Warlord's Lament You will kill 40 enemies while using a One Handed Sword WarlordsLamentIcon Warlord's Lament