How to Complete Bedtime Stories
To complete Bedtime Stories in Valor Mortis, help the children at the burrow near Tribunal Square, retrieve their storybook from the nearby building's basement, and return it. Choose to read them a story during the hand-in to receive 2 Tiny Whisker Gifts instead of 1.
Find the Children Near Tribunal Square
Begin in the City of Orphans, using the Tribunal Square Lantern as your starting point. After passing through the tunnel filled with burning wood, take the stairs immediately ahead to reach the children's burrow. Remember this spot before continuing, because you must bring the storybook back here.
Retrieve the Storybook and Return
- Interact with the burrow above the stairs beyond the burning wooden tunnel. This opens the conversation with the children who need their storybook.
- Choose Offer help to accept their request. This starts Bedtime Stories and adds 1 Mice friendship point.
- Head upstairs in the nearby house with the lantern. The route above leads to a gap you can cross toward the suspicious flooring.
- Cross the gap to reach the suspicious patch of floor. In the larger upstairs room, this flooring is the way down to the basement.
- Step onto the suspicious flooring so it collapses beneath you. You will drop into the wine cellar, where an ambush awaits.
- Shoot the Spitter on the ceiling first during the cellar ambush. Deal with the immediate danger before searching for the book.
- Collect the Bedtime Stories book from the basement shelf near the stairs. This is the storybook the children asked you to retrieve.
- Use the shortcut behind the man strapped to a pile of wood near Shamble Street when you reach him. It provides the return route to the children near Tribunal Square.
- Give the storybook back at the children's original burrow. The hand-in conversation offers you the chance to read them a story.
- Choose to read the children a story. This completes the quest with 2 Tiny Whisker Gifts instead of the 1 awarded without reading.
Choose the Larger Reward
| Hand-in Choice | Reward |
|---|---|
| Return the book without reading a story | 1 Tiny Whisker Gift |
| Return the book and read a story | 2 Tiny Whisker Gifts |
Each Tiny Whisker Gift grants 3,000 Catalysts when used. Reading the story therefore gives you an additional gift to use later. Consider keeping the gifts until you are at a Lantern and ready to spend the Catalysts on levelling.
Achievements and Mice Friendship
Bedtime Stories has no dedicated trophy or achievement. Offering to help contributes 1 Mice friendship point, while reading the story determines how many Tiny Whisker Gifts you receive. For the larger reward, accept the request and choose to read during the final conversation.
Missing Hand-in Prompt After a Crash
- Why can't I give the Bedtime Stories book back after a crash?
- A player reported that the book hand-in prompt disappeared after a crash. Check the children's original burrow above the stairs beyond the burning wooden tunnel near Tribunal Square, which is where the book must be returned. If the interaction remains missing, contact the game's Support Team about the blocked quest; the team can provide replacement chapter saves for softlocked progression.