How to Acquire Hylea's Talon in Avowed

Hylea's Talon is a crucial and rare upgrading material in *Avowed*, essential for crafting builds that can tackle the game's more challenging areas. Knowing where to find it can significantly enhance your gameplay experience. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to quickly acquire Hylea's Talon, along with tips for finding more.

How To Find Hylea’s Talon in Avowed

In *Avowed*, you can efficiently obtain Hylea’s Talon through several methods: purchasing from merchants like Lluisa Melcer and Abritt Porrya, exploring the wilds and cities, breaking down equipment, completing side quests, crafting with Paradisan Ladder, and downgrading Admeth’s Wyrt.

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Lluisa Melcer & Abritt Porrya the Merchants

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Visiting Lluisa Melcer at the Farmer’s Market and Abritt Porrya in Piaza Mez Vidarro is the quickest and most straightforward way to acquire Hylea’s Talon in *Avowed*. These merchants, located in the early sections of Emerald Stair, 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 obtain more of this valuable material.

Exploring

Similar to finding Paradisan Ladder in Dawnshore, you can discover Hylea’s Talon in *Avowed* by exploring Emerald Stair. Look for the plant icon on your mini-map, as shown in the image above. By actively participating in the Emerald Stair missions and wandering around, you'll encounter plenty of these upgrade material herbs.

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Crafting & Downgrading

Avowed crafting Hylea’s Talon

If you have an excess of Paradisan Ladder, you can craft one Hylea’s Talon at your party camp workbench using four units of Paradisan Ladder. Alternatively, if you possess plenty of Admeth’s Wyrt, you can convert it into Hylea’s Talon through the "Downgrade" option next to "Upgrade Materials" in your crafting menu.

Breaking Down Items

Upgraded items you no longer need can be a source of extra Hylea’s Talon. Whether you’ve upgraded them yourself or purchased them, you can break them down in your inventory menu. This method is available only for "Exceptional" quality or higher weapons and armor, so always check the "Break Down" section of their item description to see what materials you can obtain.

Now that you're equipped with the knowledge to easily acquire Hylea’s Talon in *Avowed*, consider exploring more with guides on where to find the Painter’s Regret Map or the complete list of achievements for the game.

*Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.*