Destroyed Shrines — All 20 Locations & Brencis's Anti-Shr...

There are 20 destroyed shrines scattered across Vale Sangora. They were smashed on Brencis’s orders because he sees them as false idols competing with the Blood Covenant, his vampiric religion. Restoring them gives you back fast-travel points and the stash + skill trainer functions that come with each wayside shrine.

The quest type is officially called “Destroyed Shrines: A Hidden Shrine” in the journal, and each restoration costs 1 time segment. Some shrines are caught mid-destruction (you see guards in the act); others are already destroyed and need only inspection + restoration.

Why Restoring Shrines Matters

Each wayside shrine is fast travel, stash, wait bench, and skill trainer rolled into one. Destroyed shrines lose all four functions. Once restored, you get:

Fast travel between the shrine and any other previously discovered shrine.
Stash access — transfer items between your inventory and the central storage chest at that shrine.
Wait bench — skip the time of day, useful for syncing Volk visits, the Night of Horrors trigger, or any quest that requires a specific phase.
Skill trainer — spend Skill Points on perks. This is the main reason you need shrines restored: there is no other place to spend Skill Points in the game.

Restoration is also a lore beat — the villages consider shrines important, and a restored shrine represents a small victory against Brencis’s anti-religious campaign.

Source: GameSpot “over a hundred Shrines that dot the countryside” + GameGuides shrine overview (2026-09-04).

How To Find And Restore A Destroyed Shrine

Each destroyed shrine has the same flow:

Travel to the marked region (the world map shows a “Destroyed Shrine” question mark).
Inspect the shrine in focus mode. The interaction prompt reads “Inspect destroyed shrine.”
Restore the shrine. The interaction prompt reads “Restore shrine.” This costs 1 time segment.
The shrine joins your fast-travel network immediately. No further cost.

Some shrines are caught in the act — you arrive to see Brencis’s soldiers smashing the shrine. Fight the soldiers, inspect the shrine, restore. Other shrines are pre-destroyed and only need inspection + restoration.

The shrine’s icon on the map changes from a destroyed icon (broken stone) to an active icon (intact shrine with a small flame).

Source: IGN “All Destroyed Shrines” + map screenshot (2026-09-11).

All 20 Locations

The launch build has 20 destroyed shrines. Below is the region-by-region breakdown based on IGN’s 2026-09-11 update. Use the IGN interactive map link below for the exact coordinates.

#	Region	Approximate biome	Notes
1	Laslea outskirts	Forest edge	First destroyed shrine most players encounter
2	Svartrau city walls	Urban	Caught mid-destruction — Brencis soldiers active
3	Westridge Outpost approach	Open plains	Restoring unlocks Westridge fast travel
4	Briar Sloughs north	Marsh	Pairs with the Wisp Treasure Hunt: Watermill Hills area
5	Briar Sloughs south	Marsh	Sloughside Mill region
6	Greifberg approach	Highland	Required for late-game access
7	Greifberg Castle outer wall	Highland	Caught mid-destruction
8	Tantari Woods west	Dense forest	Pairs with the Scavenger’s Lair area
9	Tantari Woods east	Dense forest	Far from any other shrine — restoration saves travel time
10	Maragir Crossroads approach	Village edge	Near the merchant who starts the Buried Past quest
11	Maragir Monastery path	Hilltop	Pairs with the monastery visit in Buried Past
12	Parlita outskirts	Rural	On the way to the Secret Glade
13	Giant’s Pawns plateau	Mountain	High elevation, requires Shapeshift or Mercurial Fervour to reach
14	Howling Keep approach	Moorland	Required for the Howling Keep quest chain
15	Howling Keep keep walls	Moorland	Caught mid-destruction — guard fight
16	Shrike’s Crag base	Rocky cliffs	Required for the Shrike’s Crag climb
17	Shrike’s Crag summit	Rocky cliffs	Late-game unlock
18	Anca’s Hut path	Forest	Pairs with the Anca healer questline
19	St. Tyna’s Grove	Forest	On the way to the Ruined Hut (Volk’s hut)
20	Svartrau industrial quarter	Urban	Final shrine, unlocks late-game Svartrau traversal

Note on coordinates: This list gives region + biome context, not the exact (x, y) world coordinates. The IGN interactive map (linked in sources) is the authoritative source for exact placement. We will update this list with the exact coordinates once the wiki’s own interactive map layer ships.

Source: IGN “All Destroyed Shrines” map view (2026-09-11).

Recommended Restoration Order

Not all shrines are equally valuable early. The community-tested priority order is:

Priority 1 (restore immediately, week 1):

Laslea outskirts (#1)
Maragir Crossroads approach (#10)
Maragir Monastery path (#11)
Parlita outskirts (#12)
St. Tyna’s Grove (#19)

These five unlock fast travel for the entire Buried Past quest chain (Pieter’s treasure, Volk’s hut, monastery visit). Without them, the quest takes 2-3 extra segments of walking.

Priority 2 (restore before week 2):

Briar Sloughs north (#4)
Briar Sloughs south (#5)
Tantari Woods west (#8)
Tantari Woods east (#9)
Anca’s Hut path (#18)

These unlock the Wisp Treasure Hunts and the mid-game Witchcraft / Vampirism quest chain.

Priority 3 (restore as you explore):

The remaining 10 shrines, restored as you naturally pass through their regions.

Source: derived from quest chain mapping in PowerPyx (2026-09-04), Game8 (2026-09-04), and IGN’s region overview (2026-09-11).

Time Cost

1 time segment per shrine. Restoring all 20 costs 20 segments total if you do them back-to-back. Realistically, you restore them as you explore, so the time cost blends into your natural traversal.

Time-efficient strategy: Plan a restoration loop per region — pick up all the destroyed shrines in one area in a single visit, then fast-travel to the next. The 20-segment cost drops to ~10-12 segments of “real” time cost because some shrines are on the way to other quests.

Source: Gamer Guides “Time Cost 1 Time Segment(s)” (2026-09-04).

Common Mistakes

Restoring shrines without unlocking fast travel first. A restored shrine only joins the network once you have inspected it AND fast-traveled to it once. If you restore it but never fast-travel to it, you cannot use it as a fast-travel destination.
Fighting the soldiers instead of bypassing them. For the shrines that are caught mid-destruction, the soldiers are 3-5 enemies. You can sneak past them with a Witchcraft invisibility spell or a Vampirism Shadowstep, save the fight for after the shrine is restored.
Forgetting to inspect in focus mode. The “Inspect” prompt only appears in focus mode. Outside focus mode, the destroyed shrine looks like terrain.
Restoring during the wrong time of day. Some shrine quests have a day-only or night-only trigger. Check the journal entry before restoring — if it says “Day only,” wait at a shrine until day.

All Endings and Secret Epilogue - How shrine restoration ties into the late-game endings.
First 30 Days Survival Guide - When in the 30-day calendar to schedule restoration runs.
Buried Past Quest Walkthrough - One of the quest chains that benefits most from Priority 1 restoration.