"Guide to Acquiring Hylea’s Talon in Avowed"

Hylea's Talon is a crucial and rare upgrading material in *Avowed*, essential for optimizing your build to tackle the game's more challenging areas. Fortunately, there are several efficient methods to acquire Hylea's Talon, ensuring you can quickly enhance your gear and prepare for the tougher encounters ahead.

How to Find Hylea's Talon in Avowed

In *Avowed*, you can secure Hylea's Talon through various methods: purchasing it from merchants like Lluisa Melcer and Abritt Porrya, exploring the wilds and cities, dismantling equipment, completing side quests, crafting it using Paradisan Ladder, and downgrading Admeth's Wyrt.

Lluisa Melcer & Abritt Porrya: The Merchants

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For an immediate supply of Hylea's Talon, visit Lluisa Melcer at the Farmer's Market and Abritt Porrya in Piazza Mez Vidarro. Located in the early sections of Emerald Stair, these merchants offer up to 5 units of Hylea's Talon for 450 coins each. Additionally, you can break down unique weapons and armor at your party camp's workbench to extract more of this valuable material.

Exploring

Similar to finding Paradisan Ladder in Dawnshore, you can discover Hylea's Talon by exploring Emerald Stair. Keep an eye out for plant icons on your mini-map, as these indicate where you can harvest Hylea's Talon. Actively engaging in the Emerald Stair missions will naturally lead you to numerous locations where this upgrade material is available.

Crafting & Downgrading

Avowed crafting Hylea’s Talon

If you have 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 the "Upgrade Materials" tab.

Breaking Down Items

For upgraded items you no longer need, whether self-upgraded or purchased, you can gain additional Hylea's Talon by breaking them down in your inventory menu. This method is applicable only to "Exceptional" quality or higher weapons and armor, so be sure to review the potential materials in the "Break Down" section of their item descriptions.

Now that you're equipped with the knowledge to obtain Hylea's Talon in *Avowed*, consider exploring other guides like finding the Painter's Regret Map or reviewing the complete list of achievements for the game.

*Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.*