Collect the Gloombound Flame near the Great Arbiter of Flesh below Widow's Overlook, light the brazier at the top of Marrow Keep, and ask Thestus to Call Forth the Night. Night Mode strengthens enemies and improves kill rewards while revealing night-only clues, encounters, the Mushroom Village Shrine of Sorrows and the three-Gland offering. To return to normal difficulty, speak to Thestus again and choose Seek Daylight.
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- Start from Widow's Overlook Beacon in Fainweald.
- Follow the slope toward the muddy grave area and collect the Gloombound Flame near the Great Arbiter of Flesh.
- Return to the top of Marrow Keep and light the brazier.
- Speak with Thestus and choose Call Forth the Night.
- Look for day-versus-darkness riddles, the Mushroom Village night dungeon and other night-only activity.
- Return to Thestus and choose Seek Daylight whenever you want the standard world state.
What Night Mode changes
Night Mode is a reversible world-state and difficulty change, not a graphics preset. GameSpot reports that enemies gain health and damage, some become faster, and kills return more Gloom and health. Exact percentages published by unofficial guides are test estimates rather than developer-confirmed constants, so this page does not present them as fixed values.
You may not need to defeat the miniboss
The documented route places the Gloombound Flame near the Great Arbiter of Flesh and says the pickup may be collected without defeating it, although clearing the threat makes the approach safer.
How to recognize a night-only secret
GameSpot identifies the recurring clue 'By the light of day, the truth remains sealed' as a marker for content that appears in darkness. A recent specialist walkthrough also documents a Shrine of Sorrows entrance near Mushroom Village, a night merchant, an optional duo encounter and a three-gland turn-in. Use those as exploration leads rather than assuming every cleared daytime dungeon changes at night.
Mushroom Village and the Shrine of Sorrows
The specialist route places the night-only Shrine of Sorrows near Mushroom Village and describes a large glowing mushroom as its entry interaction. This is a separate secret dungeon, not evidence that all existing Mushroom Village rooms reset. If the interaction is absent, confirm Night Mode is active before treating it as a bug.
Glands and Seedbearer's Scripture
The Depleted, Thawed and Faded Glands can be collected during normal exploration, but their Forgotten Tower offering requires Night Mode. The dedicated Gland guide covers all three regional pickups and distinguishes them from Revered Glands, which serve a different Beacon upgrade system.
How to return to daylight
Travel back to the top of Marrow Keep, speak with Thestus and choose Seek Daylight. GameSpot states that the night-to-day switch is reversible, so you do not need to remain in the harder state after collecting or testing a night-only objective.
Before switching
Spend vulnerable currency, remember the route back to Marrow Keep and confirm your active objective. Record the world state when troubleshooting a door, merchant or encounter because a Night-only route can look like missing content during the day.
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Sources checked
External sources are linked for verification. Community reports describe symptoms and are not treated as universal fixes.
ReportingHow to unlock Night ModeGloombound Flame, Marrow Keep brazier and Thestus route.
↗ReportingDifficulty and Night ModeDifficulty effects, riddle marker, reward direction and reversible Seek Daylight path.
↗SpecialistNight Mode secrets and changesRecent specialist cross-check for Mushroom Village, the Shrine of Sorrows and other named Night-only activity.
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