Pillars of Eternity: Act II – All Side Quests Guide

#3: Rogue Knight

• Quest Giver: Osric
• Location: Admeth’s Den – Copperlane

 

Note: Before starting the quest you should know that this is first of two side quests that will help you gain the Dozen’s trust. Also you will unlock “The Bronze Beneath the Lake” quest after completing this side quest. On the other hand, you can complete this quest without committing to this faction and other 2 factions that you can choose are Crucible Knights or House Doemenel.

To start this quest, go to the northeastern corner of Copperlane and enter Expedition Hall which is located beyond the marketplace. Now go the training pit at the rear of the chamber to northeast up the great hallway. There you will find Osric and ask him for work and he will give you this quest to complete in-order to start work.

New Objective: Find the Heirloom Breastplate

To find the Heirloom Breastplate you need to enter the Crucible Keep, which is located on the southeastern corner of First Fires. As you enter the keep your quest will be update.

New Objective: Find Penhelm’s Affidavit at Crucible Keep

After talking the guard at entrance, open the unlocked door to enter archives chamber. Here you can find the Penhelm’s Affidavit scroll behind the desk.

You can find Penhelm in the next room on the right side. He will not talk about Osric. However, you can talk about the breastplate, which he considers his own now. Ask him about the affidavit and he claims it’s a forgery. You must have Kurren prove it is not and your quest will update.

New Objective: Bring Penhelm’s affidavit to Kurren

Now go back to Brackenbury and enter the Hadret House on southwest, where you spoke to Lady Webb. You will find Kurren there near a large table and show him Penhelm’s affidavit. She will ask you to speak with Commander Clyver. Quest will update here.

New Objective: Show the Affidavit to Commander Clyver

Now come out the Hadret House and Penhelm will stops you on the street and will to reveal his forgery. Here you can:

• Give Penhelm the affidavit
• OR end this shakedown aggressively and slay Penhelm

After that your quest will update.

New Objective: Retrieve the breastplate from Penhelm’s Corpse

Gather the breastplate from the fallen Penhelm. Then head directly to Osric in Copperlane Expedition Hall and quest will update.

New Objective: Return to Osric with the breastplate

Now go back to Osric in Expedition Hall and ask him about armor you gathered from Penhelm is what he wanted. Osric is astonished that you returned with his armor and asks how you acquired it. You can:

Tell him you brought the breastplate after disgracing Penhelm

• Reward: 2,000 cp
• Reactivity Reputation+:A minor positive Reputation with the Dozens

Tell him you had to kill a few people for it.

• Reward:Osric’s Family Breastplate
• Reactivity Reputation-:A minor negative Reputation with the Dozens

You can tell Osric that Penhelm let you have the armor and he will offer you both reward of monies and breastplate

• Reward:Osric’s Family Breastplate, 2,000 cp
• Reactivity Reputation+:A minor positive Reputation with the Dozens.

#4: The Bronze Beneath the Lake

• Quest Giver: Wenan
• Location: Expedition Hall – Copperlane

After completing the quest “Rogue Knight” you gain the favor of Osric and now you can meet with Wenan at the map table within Admeth’s Den (same room where you meet with Osric) and ask about an invitation to the animancy hearings. He will ask you won’t endear you to the Crucible Knights or the Doemenels. Agree to it, and you’re told of a place called Lle a Rhemen.

Wenan’s brethren a band of adventurers called the Giantslayers were sent to find the weapons, but they’re better fighters than treasure hunters. Your quest will start from here and your task is to meet Giantslayers in Woodend Plains.

New Objective: Meet with the Giantslayers at Woodend Plains

Now travel to Woodend Plains and head to elevated hill in southeast, where the Giantslayers have made camp. There you have to speak with Byne, who has scouted the area near a ruin within Stormwall Gorge, but hasn’t managed to enter the flooded structure.

Here you can:

• Retrieve Engraved Adra Discthrough conversation
• OR Slay Giantslayers and loot the Engraved Adra Disc from Byne after force

After that your quest will update.

New Objective: Enter the Ruins via Stormwall Gorge

Stormwall Gorge is located to east from Woodend Plains. Circular ruins is on the south side of Stromwall Gorge. The ancient ruins they guard are of significant interest to you, but the barrow entrance is flooded. Head to the strange circular carved stone on the outer stonework and examine the circular indentation.

Now insert Adra Disc into this indentation and the water drains away from pool. On the other hand you can wait in Scripted Interaction to pass the time. After that you can go down Engwithan temple through the stairwell in the drained pool area. Here your quest will update.

New Objective: Find the weapons of Lle a Rhemen

Now end the temple, follow the path defeat the Widowmaker; then head north into a curved hallway, continue north and you will reach at Chamber of Transference. Follow the hallway to right east and you will reach in a large chamber filled with Crystal Eater Spiderlings, Ivory Spinners, Crystal Eater and a Widowmaker. Kill the enemies and then inspect large tunnel along the southeast wall of this chamber.

Here you can:

• Break through the webbing, for this you need a character with 16+ Might
• OR Crawl under the webbing

After that you can enter the cleared tunnel and head to southeast corner, kill the Crystal Eater Spider and Widowmaker after that go to west to Artifact Hall. Here you will find Nridek the Vithrack. He seems fearful of you. Here you can:

• Ask what he plans to do with the stone he’s carrying, and then tell him to leave without resorting to combat. But this will fail your quest.
• Tell him, “Go and may there be peace between our kinds”.
• OR you can attack and slay Nridek.

After that, inspect the weapon rack and gather the Ancient Engwithan Weapons and Cladhaliath.

Note: On killing Nridek take his brain and Soul Vessel (Adra). Use the Adra and Cladhaliath to make a special weapon – Cloudsplitter.

After that your quest will update.

New Objective: Bring the weapons to Wenan at the Expedition Hall in Copperlane

Now go back to Copperlane and meet with Wenan, hand over weaponry. Here you can choose positive conversation when speaking with Wenan.

• Reward:An invitation to the meeting at the Ducal Palace (which allows you to return to Lady Webb)
• Reward:Cloudsplitter

Making Cloudsplitter

As told before, if you defeat the Nridek and take Soul Vessel and his brain. Also you will find Cladhaliath, in the same chest where you find Ancient Engwithan Weapons. Go into the forging chamber and interact with the stone. Answer its question and move to second stone, located on the doorway arch to next room. Interact and answer the question. Now you have two symbols that represent your personality.

For Spear: You much have soul vessel in hand with two companions on corresponding symbols they chose in other rooms. The symbol should light up beneath each companion when they step on the pressure plates.

Once both are activated, walk up to the top of the stairs in the Transference Chamber and you will watch a cut-scene. After the second cut-scene, an orb appears over a little podium at bottom of stairs. Interacting with it to bring enchanting window and place spear and vessel into crafting pane and hit enchant to make it special.