Iron Blight Wiki and Survival Guide

Find the route, puzzle answer or recovery check you need in Iron Blight. Start with the problem below, then use the detailed guide for the pickup order and version notes.

Choose your next step

• First campaign: start with the beginner guide or follow the full walkthrough.
• Area route: use St. Toma Dormitory for the opening or Prasnova for the later districts.
• Apartments: set the dials to 2-1-3-1 and collect the A.96/B.95 keys.
• Factory code: enter 45107 and collect the Punch Card.
• Boat objective: follow the boat repair checklist.
• Loaded gun will not fire: check reload versus next-round controls.
• Missing a tool or collecting the MP5: use key items or the MP5 pickup checklist.
• Timed or challenge run: practice Red Express, choose difficulty and modes, or review the achievement checklist.

October update: controls and saves

The October 17 update released gamepad support and removed accidental quick save/load in Prasnova. Follow the controller setup checks before a longer run, and use Save & Quit and checkpoint guidance rather than an older quicksave routine. For a blocked interaction or unexpected save state, use known-issues troubleshooting.

The October 17 developer announcement was rechecked October 21, 2026. Apartment, puzzle and timed-route details retain the verification dates and test limits shown in their linked guides; this announcement review did not replay the earlier full walkthrough. Future features remain in the separate roadmap.

What kind of game is Iron Blight?

Iron Blight is a first-person survival horror game about crossing Prasnova to find Valeria with limited ammunition, health, food and inventory space. It was developed by Ronesans Interactive and published by Rock Paper Publisher for Windows on Steam on August 24, 2026. The store listing checked September 25 listed single-player play, 22 achievements and 12 interface/subtitle languages.

The design is intentionally physical. There is no conventional always-visible health or ammunition display, magazines are checked manually, reloads happen through deliberate actions, and carried equipment occupies a limited grid. Gunfire can attract more danger, so a weapon solves one problem while potentially creating the next one. For current enemy behavior without invented weakness claims, see the enemy guide.

Where should a new player begin?

Start by learning how Iron Blight communicates information. Check a magazine before entering a new room, observe the character rather than waiting for a HUD warning, and keep at least one practical healing option accessible. Open the inventory only in a defensible place; reorganizing a backpack while an enemy is close is rarely worth the extra box of ammunition.

The opening route moves from the Dimitrov Residence into St. Toma Dormitory, where the first major set of weapons, tools, and progression gates appears. The OTs-48K and TT-33 are available very early, followed by the Lead Pipe, TOZ-34, Medium Backpack, Hammer, TT-33 Laser Sight, Bolt Cutter, a gate key, and the Car Battery. The Dormitory guide puts those pickups in route order so you can avoid repeated trips through already cleared rooms.

How progression works

Iron Blight uses keys and physical tools instead of a simple objective marker for every locked path. The Bolt Cutter, Car Battery, Crowbar, Spade, Circuit Board, Connector Key, Workshop Alley Key, Punch Card, Blowtorch, construction-site Gauge/Belt/fuel, and the boat Air Filter/Toolbox/Key all appear along the complete route. Some are mandatory progression objects; others share a room with optional weapons, attachments, or backpack upgrades.

When a route appears closed, re-read the current objective and inspect nearby interactable surfaces before assuming the game expects combat. A tool may be used automatically at a valid target, while a named key normally belongs to a specific district or door. If an interaction still fails, update the game and check whether an existing checkpoint predates the problem. Reload it only if your current mode permits. The early patches addressed several puzzle and progression blockers, but that does not establish that every current fault is fixed.

Weapons and combat essentials

The observed full-game arsenal includes the OTs-48K, TT-33, TOZ-34, PP-91 Kedr, RMB-93, OTs-20 Gnom, and SR-3M, plus melee options such as the Lead Pipe and Club. The weapon guide explains acquisition order and practical roles without pretending that every firearm should be carried at once. Limited inventory space makes ammunition compatibility and the next area more important than collecting a large armory.

Iron Blight rewards controlled shots and safe exits. Confirm a target is still dangerous before spending another round, remember that a downed enemy may not be permanently neutralized, and avoid firing only to create space when a door or corridor offers a clean retreat. Manual reloads are part of encounter planning, not an animation to begin after an enemy reaches you.

Inventory and backpack priorities

The grid-based inventory turns every pickup into a tradeoff. A long weapon, spare magazine, healing item, food, and progression tool all compete for the same finite space, so the most useful loadout changes with the objective. The inventory guide explains how Medium and Large Backpacks change that calculation and how to keep a compact emergency kit.

Do not discard a named progression object merely because it has not been used immediately. First return optional ammunition or duplicate supplies to storage, then make room for the route item. Once a tool has clearly completed its only marked task, reassess it at the next safe point rather than carrying every object to the ending.

Puzzles and the Punch Card

The Punch Card is found late in the Prasnova workshop sequence, on a green workbench in a brick industrial room. It appears after the PP-91 Kedr Extended Mag and before the Blowtorch in a complete all-weapons route. The Punch Card guide shows the room, the approach, the next pickups, and the recovery steps if the interaction appears stuck.

The community-documented factory code is 45107. Enter it at the machine, collect the physical card and keep it available for the matching machinery. Patch 1.01 included a fix for a Punch Card puzzle issue, so an unresponsive sequence on an older build should be tested again after Steam finishes updating.

How long does a run take?

Three publicly available full-game videos checked on August 31, 2026 run for 2:35:31, 2:39:51, and 3:00:32. Those are efficient, recorded routes rather than a reliable average for a first blind playthrough. Expect roughly 2.5–3 hours when following a route closely, about 4–6 hours when exploring and solving puzzles independently, and longer if you pursue missed equipment or replay on a harder setting.

The How Long to Beat guide explains the evidence and the limits of that estimate.

Verification dates

Steam store facts and the Patch 1.05 announcement were checked on September 25, 2026; the October announcement review above does not recheck the store listing or replay the campaign. Route order rests on earlier completed-run evidence, and each detailed guide retains its own verification date. For buying or installation questions, use the review, gameplay overview or download guide.

This is an independent fan project, not an official Ronesans Interactive or Rock Paper Publisher publication. Use support@ironblightgame.wiki to report a route error, mislabeled item or version-specific difference, and include the game version plus the objective shown in your save.