{"id":377115,"date":"2026-09-07T03:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=377115"},"modified":"2026-09-08T08:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:50:42","slug":"the-blood-of-dawnwalker-gets-a-new-mod-to-ease-its-30-day-story-timer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-gets-a-new-mod-to-ease-its-30-day-story-timer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blood of Dawnwalker gets a new mod to ease its 30-day story timer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better Story Timer, a newly released mod for <a href=\"https:\/\/the-blood-of-dawnwalker.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blood of Dawnwalker<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/nexus-mods.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Nexus Mods<\/a>, is already catching on with players who feel boxed in by the game\u2019s <strong>30-day, 30-night<\/strong> story clock. According to its Nexus Mods page, it has already cleared 115,000 downloads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Vortex: mod manager\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/70e60485-1d38-4426-b9eb-343b09cf708e\/2710772892\/vortex-mod-manager-logo.svg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Vortex: mod manager<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/vortex-mod-manager.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/vortex-mod-manager.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By default, Better Story Timer stretches the main story limit out to <strong>90 days<\/strong>, adds more time segments to each day, and gives you an ini file you can edit if you want to fine-tune the timer rather than just shut it off. It can also remove the time costs tied to learning active and passive skills while keeping the rest of the calendar events intact, which leaves more room to explore, mess around, and spend time on side content.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re into The Blood of Dawnwalker\u2019s world but not the constant pressure hanging over it, this mod is an easy one to pick up. That said, some players and critics argue the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-reveals-its-30-day-clock-you-cannot-see-everything-in-one-run\" rel=\"noopener\">countdown<\/a><\/strong> is the whole point, since it forces meaningful trade-offs, even if that kind of risky design just isn\u2019t going to work for everyone.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download Better Story Timer from Nexus Mods. The creator says it works during the <strong>prologue<\/strong>, is being kept current with patches, has already helped some players finish the game, and should be removed before the epilogue. It\u2019s landing at a moment when Rebel Wolves\u2019 hit, made by former CD Projekt Red developers, has already sold more than 1 million copies in three days and turned in strong numbers on <a href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better Story Timer, a newly released mod for The Blood of Dawnwalker on Nexus Mods, is already catching on with players who feel boxed in by the game\u2019s 30-day, 30-night story clock. According to its Nexus Mods page, it has already cleared 115,000 downloads. By default, Better Story Timer stretches the main story limit out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-blood-of-dawnwalker-gets-a-new-mod-to-ease-its-30-day-story-timer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Blood of Dawnwalker gets a new mod to ease its 30-day story timer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":377114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-377115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377116,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377115\/revisions\/377116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377115"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=377115"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=377115"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=377115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}