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The Animancy Method Walkthrough: Giatta, the Adragan Heart, and Companion Recruitment

Complete The Animancy Method in Avowed with the contact locations, Delemgan Queen encounter options, and steps to recruit Giatta.
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This spoiler-bearing walkthrough covers The Animancy Method in Avowed: how to reach Giatta’s contacts, obtain the Adragan Heart, retrieve the Phantasmal Focus, and recruit Giatta. The three contact objectives can be completed in any order. The main encounter choice is whether to approach the Delemgan Queen outside combat for the peaceful exchange described by Game8, or fight her.

How to start The Animancy Method

The main quest investigates the Dreamscourge and takes you through Emerald Stair to Fior mes Ivèrno, a settlement associated with animancers. Game8’s walkthrough begins by entering Emerald Stair through its gatehouse, continuing to Fior mes Ivèrno, and speaking with Governor Ignasi Vidarro. Then find and speak with Giatta. Obsidian identifies Giatta Castell as an animancer from Fior mes Ivèrno who is pursuing her parents’ research.

Game8’s walkthrough was last updated February 18, 2025; its route and encounter details below are guide-reported rather than independently tested.

Complete Giatta’s three consultations

Giatta directs you to three contacts. Game8 says their objectives can be completed in any order; it recommends starting with Elia as a smoother route, but that is advice, not a quest requirement.

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Ivette and Remi Fior mes Ivèrno Docks Speak with them to get their information.
Monto Animancy Workshop He asks you to bring him an Adragan Heart from the Delemgan Glade.

Get the Adragan Heart from the Delemgan Queen

From Fior mes Ivèrno, travel west toward the Delemgan Glade and follow the route to the Delemgan Queen. Your approach can affect this encounter. Game8 reports that reaching the Queen while you are not engaged in combat can allow a peaceful conversation and an exchange for the heart. If you arrive while combat is active, the Queen becomes a boss fight instead.

  • Want to try the peaceful exchange? Avoid entering the Queen’s area while fighting. The guide describes this as a conditional opportunity, not a guaranteed outcome.
  • Expecting a fight? Prepare before approaching. Game8 recommends getting ready for the boss encounter and reports that defeating the Queen can drop a Ring of Minor Deflection.

The walkthrough does not establish that this encounter choice changes the wider quest outcome. After obtaining the heart, return to the Animancy Workshop, place it in the Animancy Device, and speak with Monto.

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Retrieve the Phantasmal Focus and recruit Giatta

Once the consultations are complete, return to Giatta. Game8’s walkthrough says she gives you a key to the basement of the Castell Family Lab. Enter the lab, retrieve the Phantasmal Focus, and bring it back to her. The quest then completes, and Giatta joins as a companion.

Obsidian’s official Avowed page describes Giatta as an animancer from Fior mes Ivèrno pursuing her parents’ research.

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