In *Avowed*, Hylea's Talon stands out as a crucial and rare upgrading material essential for optimizing your character build, especially when tackling the game's more challenging regions. Fortunately, we've pinpointed several methods to quickly acquire Hylea's Talon, ensuring you can enhance your gameplay experience without delay.
How To Find Hylea’s Talon in Avowed
In *Avowed*, you can efficiently gather Hylea’s Talon through various means, including purchasing from merchants like Lluisa Melcer and Abritt Porrya, exploring both wilderness and urban areas, dismantling equipment, completing side quests, crafting with Paradisan Ladder, and downgrading Admeth’s Wyrt.
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Lluisa Melcer & Abritt Porrya the Merchants
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Visiting Lluisa Melcer at the Farmer’s Market or Abritt Porrya in Plaza Mez Vidarro is the quickest and most straightforward method to obtain Hylea’s Talon in *Avowed*. Located in the initial sections of Emerald Stair, these merchants offer up to 5 units of Hylea’s Talon for 450 coins each. Additionally, breaking down unique weapons and armor at your party camp's workbench can yield more of this valuable material.
Exploring
Similar to finding Paradisan Ladder in Dawnshore, you can discover Hylea’s Talon in *Avowed* by exploring Emerald Stair. Keep an eye out for plants marked on your mini-map, as depicted in the image above. Actively engaging in the Emerald Stair missions will lead you to numerous opportunities to collect this upgrade material as you explore.
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Crafting & Downgrading
Avowed crafting Hylea’s Talon
With an abundance of Paradisan Ladder, you can craft one Hylea’s Talon at your party camp's workbench using four units. Alternatively, if you possess Admeth’s Wyrt, you can convert it into Hylea’s Talon by selecting the "Downgrade" option next to "Upgrade Materials."
Breaking Down Items
For those upgraded items you no longer need, whether self-crafted or purchased, you can reclaim Hylea’s Talon by breaking them down through your inventory menu. This method is effective only for items of "Exceptional" quality or higher, so always review the potential materials you can retrieve in the "Break Down" section of the item's description.
Now that you're equipped with the knowledge to efficiently gather Hylea’s Talon in *Avowed*, you might also be interested in locating the Painter’s Regret Map or exploring the complete list of achievements for the game.
*Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.*
