Act 1
Act 1 covers act_1_prologue plus 14 numbered quests (act_1_quest_1 through act_1_quest_14). The prologue forces 'Village - Under Attack' lighting and spawns Masked Assailants (Syndicate Axe and Shortsword variants) and Corrupted Goats around the village, opening the act on an active raid rather than a calm start.
The following quests send the player to defeat waves of Masked Assailants, learn to apply attribute points, equip weapon and magic movesets, talk to NPCs 'Father' and 'Ronan Vale', enter the Village proper, chase the Criminal Leader, and ultimately defeat the act's named boss, Varnas, before opening the resulting boss chest and reporting to the Village Chief.
Varnas ties directly into already-documented gear: the materials looted from Varnas (Varnas's Horn, Varnas's Hide, Varnas's Cloth) are the exact crafting materials used to forge the Handy Shortsword at the Forge, so Act 1's boss fight is also this game's first weapon-crafting gate.
Details
Sub-stage flow
act_1_prologue - Village Under Attack: Masked Assailants and Corrupted Goats spawn around the village as the act opens.
Early quests: defeat Masked Assailants, learn to apply attribute points, talk to Father, equip your weapon and magic movesets.
Mid quests: enter the Village, chase the Criminal Leader, talk to Ronan Vale, more Masked Assailant waves.
Late quests: defeat Varnas (boss), open the boss chest, report to the Village Chief.
Ties to other pages
Varnas's loot (Varnas's Horn, Varnas's Hide, Varnas's Cloth) feeds directly into the Handy Shortsword's crafting recipe - see that weapon's page for the full material list.
None of Mythfall's 18 extracted checkpoints reference an Act 1 sub-stage by stage_id; the closest data-labeled 'Act 1 Save Point' checkpoints actually target Act 2 sub-stages - see the Act 2 stage page for that discrepancy.
FAQ
Who is the Act 1 boss in Mythfall?
Varnas. Defeating it opens a boss chest, and its drops are used to craft the Handy Shortsword.
What NPCs matter in Act 1?
Father, Ronan Vale and the Village Chief are the recurring named NPCs across Act 1's 15 sub-stages.
Does Act 1 have a save-point checkpoint?
None of the 18 extracted checkpoints target an Act 1 stage_id directly - two checkpoints whose hint text says 'Act 1 Save Point' actually point at Act 2 sub-stages in the data.
Other stages
Source-checked
Extracted from Mythfall client data (stages.json Act_1 group). updated · GuideDex staff. Report a correction.