Kill Ygwulf in Avowed for the Blackwing Armor or let him go for the most peaceful resolution. See what you should do with the assassin Ygwulf in this guide as well as a list of all endings that you can get depending on your choice!

All Ygwulf Outcomes

Choice	Result
Confess to the Steel Garrote. Maybe they'll show mercy.	Ygwulf is handed over to authorities, where he later is executed. Garryck is killed by the rebels as revenge. Choice affects one of the ending "epilogue" screens you get.
Take your people and leave, before I change my mind.	Ygwulf and his rebels are let go and no one dies. Choice affects one of the ending "epilogue" screens you get.
[Attack] You killed me. Now allow me to return the favor.	You will battle Ygwulf in a boss fight and you can get the Blackwing Armor from his corpse afterward. Garryck is killed by the rebels as revenge. Choice affects one of the ending "epilogue" screens you get.

During the An Untimely End main quest, you will confront your assassin, Ygwulf. You can choose whether to kill him or spare his life.

Gameplay wise, the choice only immediately affects whether or not this part of the quest ends in a boss battle or not. However, this choice impacts the story of Avowed as well as the ending you receive.

An Untimely End Walkthrough

Should You Kill Ygwulf or Spare Him?

Ygwulf Choice
Gameplay: You Gain More From Killing Ygwulf Skip the Boss Fight via Letting Ygwulf Go or Confess to the Steel Garote Choice Affects the Ending Epilogue

Gameplay Wise: You Gain More From Killing Ygwulf

Killing Ygwulf is the only choice that has an effect on gameplay, as you get more XP from the subsequent boss battle and you can loot the Blackwing Armor from his corpse. Letting Ygwulf go or giving him to the authorities locks you out from ever receiving that armor. Though, the armor really is more geared towards a stealth build, so it's not a major loss if you're not prioritizing stealth.

Skip the Boss Fight via Letting Ygwulf Go / Confess to the Steel Garote

Having Ygwulf confess to the Steel Garote or letting him and his rebels go will skip the boss fight at the end of this dungeon. It's the easy way out, so you can choose either of these options if you're feeling exhausted at the end of this dungeon and don't want to deal with a boss fight, or if you feel sympathetic towards the rebels’ cause.

The difference between these two choices occur off-screen, as you never encounter Ygwulf again in the story either way. If he's handed to the Steel Garote, Ygwulf is executed off screen and the rebels retaliate by killing Garryck, your ally from the 1st quest On Strange Shores. If Ygwulf and his rebels are let go, then you just plainly never encounter them again.

Garryck Location

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For those curious: Garryck's hanging is located at the Southern Embrace.

Choice Affects the Ending Epilogue

During the game's ending, there will be epilogue screens that show the outcome of certain decisions you made throughout the story, with the Ygwulf choice being one of them. The choice you make here impacts one of those epilogue screens.

However, the epilogue outcome of the choice you make here is also determined by what choice you make right before the final boss, between making the Living Lands an official colony of Aedyr, attempting a grefram, or fighting for a united Living Lands.

Ygwulf Ending Outcomes

8 Different Ygwulf Endings

Ygwulf Endings	Choices
	① Kill Ygwulf in An Untimely End. ② Have the Living Lands become a colony of Aedyr. / Attempt a grefram.
	① Kill Ygwulf in An Untimely End. ② Fight for a united Living Lands.
	① Kill Ygwulf in An Untimely End. ② Stand with Lodwyn and the Steel Garrote but don't renounce Sapadal.
	① Let Ygwulf go in An Untimely End. ② Have the Living Lands become a colony of Aedyr. / Attempt a grefram.
	Best Outcome: ① Let Ygwulf go in An Untimely End. ② Fight for a united Living Lands.
	① Let Ygwulf go in An Untimely End. ② Stand with Lodwyn and the Steel Garrote but don't renounce Sapadal.
	① Have Ygwulf confess to Steel Garrote in An Untimely End. ② Any of the choices where you don't fight for a united Living Lands.
	① Have Ygwulf confess to Steel Garrote in An Untimely End. ② Fight for a united Living Lands.

The choice you can make regarding Ygwulf that results in the best ending is to let Ygwulf go. Then for the last major choice towards the end of the story, you must choose to fight for a united Living Lands.

This gives the rebels of Paradis the opportunity to have peaceful, fulfilling lives. They no longer have to fight nor be hunted down.

List of All Endings

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