How to Complete Fillmore Questline and Unlock the Blacksmith in No Rest for the Wicked

Here’s a complete step-by-step guide to completing the Fillmore questline in No Rest for the Wicked and unlocking the Blacksmith.

No Rest for the Wicked finally got its Early Access release, and it’s available on Steam for all players to try out. Is the game the perfect ARPG/top-down soulslike experience that we were hoping for? Well, No. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a solid game with plenty of quests, mechanics, and lore. 

While the game does have an Objective tab that shows what you need to do to complete it, the steps are often convoluted. You need to explore the world and find the solutions to your problems on your own. Besides, exploration is often rewarded in this game, with plenty of goodies hidden behind every nook and cranny.

Fillmore is the Blacksmith NPC in No Rest for the Wicked, and you can find him in Mariner’s Keep. You need to help him and finish his quest line before you can get access to the Blacksmith once you get to Sacrament, but some players are having trouble locating him.

In this guide, we’ll give you a complete walkthrough on how to finish his quest line and unlock the Blacksmith so that you can buy his weapons and upgrades later on. 

No Rest for the Wicked Fillmore Questline Walkthrough 

Completing the Fillmore quest line involves several steps that you need to finish in order to progress. Don’t worry, it’s part of the main story, so you don’t have to worry about missing him during your playthrough.

Once you complete the Prologue section of the game you’ll wash up on The Shallows region. This is when the game truly picks up. Proceed through the region killing enemies as they show up. You’ll soon come across a Campfire that you can use to cook food and restock on your healing supplies if you want.

 Just to the right of the Campfire, you’ll see a road through the broken walls. Head through it to get to Mariner’s Keep. You’ll run into a couple of enemies. Take them out and run up the stairs to get to a large courtyard with a burning carriage. 

Below the courtyard, you’ll notice a building. When you get near it, you’ll be able to peek inside where you’ll see three enemies talking to an NPC. This is Fillmore, and you need to rescue him. However, the door is locked, and you need the Mess Hall Key to open it. To get to the mess Hall Key.

To Find the Mess Hall Key, you need to travel further East. You’ll run into more enemies so kill them or run past them as you see fit until you reach a locked gate. From here, travel down and you’ll see a crack in the wall. Go through it and there’ll be a corpse with an item glowing. Pick it up and you’ll get the Key item.

With the Item in your possession, head back to the door and unlock it. The three enemies that you saw earlier will engage you and you need to kill them. Afterwards talk to Fillmore, and you’ll get access to his wares. He has a couple of useful items in the buy. But more importantly, he can Repair your weapons and armor when their durability runs low. 

To sweeten the deal, the repair costs, at this point, are zero. So even if your item durability reaches zero, you can easily repair them from Fillmore. 

From this point, proceed through the level as usual and you’ll eventually run into the first boss. If you’re struggling with him, check out our Warrick, the Torn boss guide where we discussed strategies to take him down easily.

Once you get to Sacrament, head to the Rookery, and rest. Afterwards, Fillmore will relocate to the Smithy in the Market where you can access his services anytime you want it. You can even upgrade his Smithy in Sacrament to get better wares and forge better crafting materials from this location.

And there you have it. With this walkthrough, you should have no  trouble wrapping up Fillmore’s quest line and getting access to the Blacksmith in No Rest for the Wicked.

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