Sovereign Tower Knight Recruitment Guide
Use this spoiler-heavy Sovereign Tower recruitment checklist for confirmed character names, labeled community routes, and current-release uncertainty notes.
On this page · 10 sections
- Recruitment coverage status
- Focused recruitment guides
- Start with these automatic arrivals
- Act I recruitment routes
- Act II recruitment routes
- Version 1.0.9: retry affected routes on the current build
- Act III recruitment routes
- Before committing to a recruit
- What the achievement list can and cannot confirm
- Watch recruitment moments in the release build
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
- Last verified
- 2026-08-26

Recruitment coverage status
This overview covers every Knight named in the route reports below. Official-confirmed means a patch note directly names at least part of the recruitment condition. Community-reported means the condition comes from the cited community guide and can vary with route state. These reports still need independent confirmation or reproducible current-build footage. Pending means the current sources don't provide a stable condition, so this page doesn't guess.
Community-reportedFull releaseSoldierZoom route guide · checked 2026-08-10
| Knight | Status | Current coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Angelica | Community-reported | Starting Knight |
| Goberto | Community-reported | Day 2 arrival |
| Gwendan | Community-reported | Day 3 arrival |
| Ursula | Community-reported | Day 5 arrival |
| Gideon | Community-reported | Act II arrival |
| Chester | Community-reported | Act I two-quest sequence |
| Wolf | Community-reported | Groveshire branch |
| Rufus | Community-reported | Groveshire branch |
| Silgur | Community-reported | Groveshire branch |
| Brunhilda | Community-reported | Gavault branch |
| Tarcus | Community-reported | Gavault branch |
| Dulahan | Community-reported | After Goberto dies |
| Arron | Community-reported | Defeat the Dragon Knight |
| Alwena | Community-reported | Empty Round Table state |
| Ligia | Community-reported | Save her father |
| Childeric | Community-reported | Almor tournament branch |
| Zolta | Community-reported | Tournament branch with Tarcus |
| Epicrate | Community-reported | Trial or prison route |
| Edith | Community-reported | First Moonvale emissary audience |
| Gothild | Community-reported | Victoria-related branch |
| Victoria | Community-reported | Quest chain |
| Daguez | Community-reported | Low-satisfaction rebellion audience; timing reports differ |
| Oliver | Official-confirmed (partial) | Version 1.0.10 confirms recruitment after choosing mercy at the start; any additional route requirements remain unconfirmed |
| Ari | Pending | No stable condition in the current source |
Focused recruitment guides
Use these pages when you need one decision instead of the full roster checklist:
- Recruit Chester through his two-quest sequence
- Choose Wolf, Rufus, or Silgur in Groveshire
- Choose Brunhilda or Tarcus in the Gavault branch
- Understand the route cost for recruiting Dulahan
- Create the empty Round Table state for Alwena
- Follow the reported tournament condition for Childeric
- Follow the documented Tarcus route for Zolta
- Use the reported Dragon Knight condition for Arron
- Save Ligia's father in the reported Act II branch
- Choose the reported trial or prison route for Epicrate
- Identify Edith's reported Moonvale emissary choice
- Track the reported Victoria branch for Gothild
- Understand the current evidence for Victoria's quest chain
These are focused versions of the same attributed community reports. They don't upgrade a community route into an official or guaranteed trigger.
Start with these automatic arrivals
Community-reportedFull releaseArrival timing from the cited SoldierZoom route guide; not an official guarantee.
| Knight | Community-reported timing | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Angelica | Starting Knight | No recruitment puzzle reported |
| Goberto | Day 2 | Continue the opening route |
| Gwendan | Day 3 | Continue the opening route |
| Ursula | Day 5 | Continue the opening route |
| Gideon | Act II | No special requirement reported by the guide |
The timings are a community report from one full-release guide. A rewind or different route state can change the surrounding scene even when the Knight remains available.
Act I recruitment routes
Community-reportedFull releaseAct I branches from the cited SoldierZoom route guide; official profiles confirm identities only.
Chester
The community guide reports a linked two-quest sequence:
- Accept Chester's first quest and send Angelica.
- Accept the follow-up quest.
- Match the clue shown by the quest: a shiny clue points to Gwendan, an aroma points to a mounted Knight, and a bad smell points to the cheese option.
- Avoid the dismissive "You're Welcome" response when resolving the sequence.
This is one of the more detailed reports in the source, but dialogue state can still matter. If the quest wording differs, follow the clue on your screen rather than forcing the table.
Groveshire branch: Wolf, Rufus, or Silgur
The same incident is reported to lead to different recruits:
| Reported choice | Reported recruit |
|---|---|
| Kill the beast with Angelica involved | Wolf |
| Break the curse | Rufus |
| Kill the beast without Angelica | Silgur |
Treat these as mutually exclusive route targets until a later rewind gives you another attempt. The official profile pages confirm Wolf, Rufus, and Silgur as characters; they do not publish this trigger table.
Gavault branch: Brunhilda or Tarcus
| Target | Community-reported path |
|---|---|
| Brunhilda | Investigate the People/tavern side and follow the branch involving her mother; the guide also reports an alternate invitation in a later timeline |
| Tarcus | Follow the Noble-focused investigation branch |
This branch has more state-dependent wording than the automatic arrivals. Save before choosing an investigation direction.
Dulahan
The guide reports that Dulahan can appear after Goberto dies, in any act. That's a major route cost, not a recommendation. Decide whether the recruit is worth the story consequence before using this path.
Act II recruitment routes
Community-reportedFull releaseAct II requirements from the cited SoldierZoom route guide; route state may change scenes.
| Knight | Community-reported requirement | Reliability note |
|---|---|---|
| Arron | Defeat the Dragon Knight | Clear report; exact combat setup is not supplied |
| Alwena | Reach an afternoon with all Knights away and the Round Table empty | Clear state report; dispatch timing matters |
| Ligia | Save her father | Clear story choice, but earlier route state may affect the scene |
| Childeric | Win the Almor tournament without Goberto | Clear branch report |
| Zolta | Cheat in the tournament with Tarcus | Reported path; the guide mentions but had not tested another Wolf method |
Don't treat the untested Wolf alternative for Zolta as a confirmed route. Use Tarcus if you want to follow the documented community path.
Version 1.0.8 fixes a Ligia questline bug that could lock the player into the same item-search choice. Update the game before retrying her route if the decision doesn't change after a rewind. The same patch also fixes Gwendan being unable to die; it doesn't change the community-reported Day 3 arrival listed above.
Version 1.0.9: retry affected routes on the current build
The official 1.0.9 notes fix Victoria's trial responses being matched to the wrong quest, problems assigning Alwena to quests, and a route that could skip an Act's antagonist confrontation. These are game fixes, not official confirmation of any recruitment trigger above. Update before retrying a Victoria-related route, an Alwena dispatch, or an affected late-act sequence, since these fixes don't turn the community recruitment conditions on this page into official rules.
Those notes said the assassination on Yorhav wasn't fixed in 1.0.9. Version 1.0.10 later fixed Victoria being able to ambush herself and Yorhav not dying properly after the assassination. The newer patch also fixes NG+ cases where Knights could disappear after being told to return later or after dismissal, lets Oliver be recruited after choosing mercy at the start, and corrects Gideon's NG+ storyline inconsistencies and a related soft lock.
Read the official 1.0.9 patch notes.
Read the official 1.0.10 patch notes.
Act III recruitment routes
Community-reportedFull releaseAct III requirements from the cited SoldierZoom route guide; conditions marked incomplete remain Pending.
Daguez: trigger the neglected-group audience
Two community reports agree on the central route: allow one population group's satisfaction to fall well below the others, then choose the audience option that knights one of the rebels at the Round Table. A detailed August 21 report says the event appeared at the start of Act III when one group was below 20 and the other groups were above 20. An earlier thread describes the rebellion more generally and contains players who could not reproduce it in Act II.
Treat the numerical pattern as a reported setup, not a guaranteed universal threshold. Keep an empty Round Table seat for the following cycle; the detailed report warns that Daguez does not offer a later invitation after a refusal.
Community sources: satisfaction event report and recruitment discussion, rechecked September 18, 2026.
| Knight | Community-reported requirement | What to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Epicrate | Win the trial or break out of prison | Two routes are reported; dialogue can differ by prior choices |
| Edith | Second option when the Moonvale emissary first arrives | The source does not quote the option; identify the audience before choosing |
| Gothild | Follow the Victoria-related branch; the guide reports an alternate later-timeline path | Strong spoilers and timeline dependence |
| Victoria | Complete her quest chain | "Complete" doesn't identify every required dialogue choice |
| Daguez | Knight a rebel during the neglected-group audience | Keep one group much lower than the others and leave a seat open; exact timing varies in reports |
Community-reportedVersion not statedOnly the Edith entry was rechecked in SoldierZoom's guide on September 19, 2026. This source check does not independently verify the route or update the other entries. See the focused Edith guide for rewind notes and missing-recruit checks.
The community source still doesn't provide stable enough conditions for Ari, so Ari remains omitted from the route table instead of filling the gap with guesses. Oliver is also omitted from the community route table because version 1.0.10 confirms only the opening mercy choice, not every later step that may affect his arrival.
Before committing to a recruit
Use this five-point check:
- Confirm the act and scene. A correct choice in the wrong branch won't reproduce the route.
- Check which Knight must be present or absent. Chester, Groveshire, Alwena, and tournament reports all depend on party state.
- Save before the branch. Recruitment choices can exclude another Knight or require a death.
- Read the current dialogue. Translation or patch wording can differ from the community guide.
- Record the result after a rewind. Learned knowledge may unlock a new response, so a later cycle isn't always identical.
What the achievement list can and cannot confirm
Steam's official achievement list includes A Knight's Game for recruiting all available Knights at least once and names several characters in other achievements. This confirms that broad roster collection is intended, but it doesn't reveal the recruitment triggers above; those remain community route reports.
For identity and role summaries, use the illustrated character roster. For route planning across cycles, use the Demon Power guide.
Watch recruitment moments in the release build
Community video · WaddlesThis Might Be One of the Best Games You've Never Heard Of! — Part 1Watch for: An early Knight arrival and the surrounding route state.Useful visual context before following a written recruitment checklist.Watch on the creator's YouTube ↗
Community video · TabelA Tyrant Takes the Throne — Part 1Watch for: An early Knight introduction and their stated preferences.A different route showing why one playthrough should not be treated as a universal script.Watch on the creator's YouTube ↗