If your Blood Hunger gets too low in The Blood of Dawnwalker, Coen can lose control and be forced to feed on someone.
This can become a serious problem if you start a conversation while Coen is extremely hungry, because his normal dialogue choices may be replaced by an option to give in to the hunger.
If that happens around an important NPC, Coen may kill them and change what happens in your playthrough.
What Happens When Coen Gets Too Hungry?
Blood Hunger becomes especially dangerous when you interact with other characters.
When Coen’s hunger reaches a critical point, the game can interfere with your dialogue choices.
Instead of being able to choose a normal response, you may see:
Give in to the hunger
and you may not be able to refuse it.
Coen can then feed on the NPC in front of him. Depending on who that character is, this can affect quests or other parts of your story.
Can Blood Hunger Make You Kill an NPC?
Yes.
This is one of the biggest risks of letting Coen become too hungry.
The NPC does not necessarily have to be an unimportant character. Blood Hunger can become a problem around characters connected to quests as well.
There are already situations in the game where entering a conversation while Coen is too hungry can prevent you from resisting the urge to feed, resulting in the NPC’s death.
So if you are about to speak to someone important at night, it is worth checking Coen’s condition first.
How Do You Stop Coen From Losing Control?
The simple answer is: do not let his Blood Hunger get too low before important conversations.
Feed before approaching an NPC if Coen is already extremely hungry.
You do not always have to feed on an important character. The game provides other opportunities to satisfy Coen’s need for blood, including feeding on animals and other available targets.
Managing Blood Hunger before starting a quest conversation can prevent an unwanted feeding from deciding the outcome for you.
Quick Answer
If Coen’s Blood Hunger gets too low, he can lose control and become unable to choose his normal dialogue responses.
He may instead be forced to give in to the hunger and feed on the NPC in front of him.
Because that NPC can be someone important to a quest or story, letting Blood Hunger fall too low can have consequences beyond simply making Coen weaker.
Before talking to an important NPC at night, make sure Coen is not starving.
