Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Welcome to my playthrough of Salt and Sanctuary. This is played on the recently added (as of upload date) enhanced mode, which rebalances enemies and weapons. I use an unconventional early-game route to get to my desired creed as quickly as possible but following this video will unlock all achievements for creeds, upgrades, bosses, sidequests, and endings. I highly recommend NOT doing this route on a first playthrough since it is only possible due to an oversight not initially intended by the developers. Mutually exclusive achievements such as creeds and endings can be unlocked by backing up and restoring save files.

Jaret and the Jester's progression will break as a result of this route but they have no achievement tied to them and they do not offer any items. The Vertigo brand is obtained after defeating the Kraeken Wyrm due to a check that runs upon loading a save file to ensure that the player cannot lock themselves out of progressing by breaking the Jester's script. I have confirmed that you are still awarded the "Branded" achievement using this method.

For parts I deemed uninteresting such as stat selection, backtracking, and sanctuary desecrations, I have set the video to 4x speed. I have also mashed through NPC dialogue.

While there is no achievement for this, I also pick up every non-mutually exclusive item in the game. If I happen to forget one, please let me know in the comments.

This playthrough will use a build focused on the Black Widow greatsword, a powerful and versatile weapon that hits nearly every enemy in the game for great damage and synergizes well with caster builds and the Order of the Betrayer creed. Additionally, I stay under 25% equip load for the fastest dodge roll.

Recorded using OBS Studio and edited with Davinci Resolve.

PC SPECS:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4
GPU: Sapphire PULSE AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
MOT: Gigabyte UD X570 AM4 ATX
RAM: 16GB Patriot Viper 4 Blackout DDR4 3200 (2 x 8GB)
Monitor: MSI 34" MP341CQ
OS SSD: Crucial P2 500GB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
Games Library SSD: Inland 1TB SATA SSD
Recording/Storage HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200 RPM
GAMEPAD: 8BitDo Ultimate 2