Conviction Points and Where to Find Them
Work in Progress
LEX IMPERIALIS: I have not done an exhaustive sweep for points in the new content added with Lex, however, I have done a full run of Lex and ended with a spread of 720/135/80, which is 935 points. You only need 590 to fully max a 5/2/2 spread. So rather than the original release of the game where you had to be precise in order to hit rank 5, there is now almost double the points that you'll need so this guide is less necessary than ever! Which is also why I was slow to update for Lex content...
NOTICE: Some of these values are from before the [12/10/24 PATCH] which altered the values of some of the conviction rewards, particularly in chapter 4, by increasing the amount given. I have updated some but others may still be using the older values. In general the old +20 rewards FROM THE BASE GAME give +30 now (the +20 from DLC segments are still +20) and the planet upgrades give 40 rather than 20.
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This guide is a work in progress based on notes I was keeping in a .txt file. I've tried to explore as many options as I could at places where I know conviction points are given out and check if there is an available option for every conviction, but sometimes the requirements for being given a choice are not always easy to find (can be based on past decisions, your chosen origin, your triumph or darkest hour, etc.).
Any input or corrections are appreciated.
I have added a section at the end of the guide for conviction choices that do not provide points but do provide some other benefit (even if it just skipping a skill check), although some may not have an immediately noticeable result so I'm unable to mark down the benefit for certain. I should probably install ToyBox so that I can have it display the etude trackers on each choice.
I previously tried to "total up" how much was available in each section but these are very inaccurate for now because of the addition of new choices and the altering of point values. Suffice to say that you can hit rank 2 shortly into chapter 2, and can hit rank 3 shortly before chapter 3, and if you're really maximizing you can hit rank 4 shortly before chapter 4 (before they added the first DLC you would not hit rank 4 until partway into chapter 4). You can hit rank 5 before going to Euphretes II and end up with almost plenty of extra points at the end, but most of these are big drops from core story segments that require rank 3 or 4 anyway, so it's not like you could take the other choice (but you could take a no-conviction option).
I've chosen to break this list down into sections based on progress in the game, and subsections based on location of the checks. Generally they will be listed in order from earliest to latest, but some sections will give you the option when to go to certain areas.
I will also be breaking the lists up into "1 of 3" in which choosing one locks you out of the other two options, "1 of 2" which gives you a choice between two options but doesn't include the third conviction in a related check, and "solo points" which are free to pick up and don't lock you out of other options.
The tables will show the number of points gained, the in-game description for the choice made (from the biography screen), "RR" meaning Rank Required (0 through 4 - None, Follower, Adherent, Votary, Fanatic, and excluding Zealot since points above 500 no longer matter), and any notes that I have regarding that check.
Prologue (Mutiny)
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 15 (any)
Chapter 1 (Rykad System - Part 1)
Choose 1 of 2
Solo Points
Choose 1 of 3
Chapter 1 (Rykad System - Part 2)
Solo Points
Choose 1 of 2
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 32 (any)
Choose 1 of 2: 3 (Iconoclast), 3 (Heretical)
Solo Points: 3+? (Iconoclast), 3 (Heretical)
Chapter 2 (Footfall and Colony Development)
Choose 1 of 2
Solo Points
Choose 1 of 3
Chapter 2 (Janus and Dargonus)
Choose 1 of 2
Solo Points
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 31 (Dogmatic), 35 (Iconoclast), 35 (Heretical)
Choose 1 of 2: 4 (Dogmatic), 4 (Iconoclast)
Solo Points: 8+? (Dogmatic)
Chapter 2 (Kiava Gamma, Vheabos VI and Raid)
Choose 1 of 2
Solo Points
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 28-31 (Dogmatic), 35 (Iconoclast), 35 (Heretical)
Choose 1 of 2: 8 (Dogmatic), 10 (Iconoclast)
Solo Points: 17 (Heretical)
Chapter 2 (Voidship Events and Planet Exploration)
Choose 1 of 2
Solo Points
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 6 (Dogmatic), 7 (Iconoclast), 7 (Heretical)
Choose 1 of 2: 9-?? (Dogmatic), 5 (Iconoclast), 10 (Heretical)
Solo Points: 5 (Iconoclast), 8 (Heretical)
Chapter 2 (Thassera)
Chapter 2 (Corrupted Blood, Magnae Accessio)
Choose 1 of 2
Solo Points
Solo Points
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 15 (Dogmatic), 15 (Iconoclast), 20 (Heretical)
Choose 1 of 2: 6 (Dogmatic), ?? (Iconoclast)
Solo Points: ? (Dogmatic), 10 (Heretical)
Chapter 3 (Commorragh, Decision Points)
If you have Yrliet in your retinue at the start of Act 3 you CANNOT remove her from your retinue or drop her quest and she MUST come with you to Commorragh.
Choose 1 of 3Choose 1 of 2
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 25 (Dogmatic), 27 (Iconoclast), 25 (Heretical)
Choose 1 of 2: 7 (Iconoclast), 5 (Heretical)
Solo Points: 35 (Dogmatic), 35 (Iconoclast), 10 (Heretical)
Chapter 3 (Commorragh, Solo Points)
Solo Points
Chapter 4 (Footfall and Euphretes II)
Solo Points
Chapter 4 (Voidship Events, Planet Exploration, and Colony Development)
Choose 1 of 3
Solo Points
Solo Points
It seems that Chapter 4 projects become available at Rank 4.
Choose 1 of 3
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 65 (Dogmatic), 68 (Iconoclast), 65 (Heretical)
Solo Points: 8 (Iconoclast), 38-43 (Heretical)
Chapter 4 (DLC Finales)
Solo Points
Chapter 5 (The Finale)
Solo Points
Total points available:
Choose 1 of 3: 20 (any?)
Solo Points: 0-24 (Dogmatic)
Non-Point Conviction Choices (All Game)
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
I didn't find any conviction choices in Commorragh that didn't award conviction points.
Chapter 4
All the conviction choices I found in chapter 4 awarded points.
Chapter 5
There aren't really any conviction choices in chapter 5 (the only one I'm aware of is a Marazhai romance scene, but others may exist).
Companion Index
[Planned] This section is intended to be a summary of all companion-related choices so you can quickly look up what points you can grab from dragging them through their quests or choosing to have them killed...
Also going to write down what the "enemy version" of each companion is built as, seeing as they seem to have pre-set archetypes, talents, and equipment as enemies. It's curious to see what the designers "intended" their build to be.
- Yrliet (Quetza Temer)
Homeworld: Voidborn
Origin: Children of Asuryan
Archetypes: Operative / Bounty Hunter
Weapon: Eye of Hecaton (Aeldari sniper rifle), Shuriken Catapult
Armor: Aeldari Ranger Armour
Other Equipment: Ranger's Visor, Sniper Gloves, Wraithbone Necklace, Combi-Tool, Blessed Cape, Frag Grenade - Merciful Reflection (Epitaph)
Origin: None?
Archetypes: Operative / Bounty Hunter + Biomancer
Weapon: Solar Staff
Armor: Light Carapace Scale Armor (medium)
Unique Talent: Guide of Souls (navigator talent)
Conviction: Iconoclast 5 - Abelard the Virtuous (Epitaph)
Origin: Navy Officer
Archetypes: Warrior / Vanguard
Weapon: Bonebreaker Maul
Armor: Karskin Armor
Unique Talent: None
Conviction: Iconoclast 3 - Righteous Reflection (Epitaph)
Origin: None?
Archetypes: Soldier / Bounty Hunter
Weapon: Improved Heavy Bolter
Armor: [Hive World Origin] Voidsmen Armour (medium)
Unique Talent: Good Hunting (every 3rd critical hit restores +1 charge of Hunt Down the Prey)
Conviction: Dogmatic 5 - Argenta the Scourge (Epitaph)
Origin: unique Ministorum Priest
Archetypes: Soldier / Master Tactician
Weapon: Imperial Pride
Armor: Sororitas Power Armour
Unique Talent: Throng Buster (no description)
Conviction: Dogmatic 3 - Cursed Reflection (Epitaph)
Origin: None?
Archetypes: Warrior / Assassin
Weapon: Life-Draining Sword / Eruption (heavy melta)
Armor: [Daemon World Origin] Chaos Enforcer Carapace (medium)
Unique Talent: Second Skin (normally a Soldier talent)
Conviction: Heretical 5 - Idira the Insidious (Epitaph)
Origin: Unsanctioned Psyker (Divination, Telepathy, Pyromancy)
Archetypes: Operative / Bounty Hunter
Weapon: Staff of Shock and Awe
Armor: [Armoury World Origin] Malleous Bodyglove
Unique Talent: Never Surprised (begins combat first in initiative order, seems to not overcome any of your characters that always act first), Tarot of Swords (any applied effect that reduces enemy's dodge also reduces enemy's parry)
Conviction: Heretical 3 - Glorious Reflection (Epitaph)
Origin: None?
Archetypes: Warrior / Arch-Militant
Weapon: Anti-Vehicle Revolver / Auto-Striking Power Sword
Armor: Panoply of the Assassin (light)
Unique Talent: None
Conviction: Dogmatic 2, Heretical 2, Iconoclast 2 - Argenta (Epitaph - the Yoke)
Origin: unique Ministorum Priest
Archetypes: Soldier / Bounty Hunter
Weapon: Imperial Pride
Armor: (cannot check, cannot be looted after this battle)
Other Equipment: Ranger's Visor (determined from stat bonuses)
Unique Talent: Imperial World - Military Traditions (no description), Field Medic (normally a Warrior talent)
Conviction: Dogmatic 3 - Heinrix (Epitaph - the Yoke)
Origin: Sanctioned Psyker (Biomancy, Divination, Telekinesis)
Archetypes: Warrior / Assassin
Weapon: Ancient Force Sword / Blast Pistol
Armor: Psyker's Breastplate (determined from buff provided)
Other Equipment: Knuckle Guard (determined from stat bonuses), Augmented Gloves (determined by stat bonuses),
Unique Ability: Assail (telekinetic aoe damage + prone), [draft] Telekinetic Shield (obviously a leftover ability from telekinetic psyker beta, grants armor to ally)
Unique Talent: Imperial World - Military Traditions (no description)
Conviction: Dogmatic 2 - Ulfar (Epitaph - the Yoke)
Origin: Death World
Archetypes: Soldier / Arch-Militant
Weapon: Astartes Bolt Pistol / Singer of Fearsome Sagas
Armor: Wolfskin (determined from stat bonuses)
Other Equipment: Knuckle Guard (determined from stat bonuses)
Unique Ability: Go for the Throat (playable version has this)
Unique Talent: Black Carapace (playable version has this), Eternal Warrior (playable version has this)
Conviction: Dogmatic 3
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