Bones of the Beast is a quest in Bastard's Wound.
Synopsis[ | ]
Jaspos needs the bones of Reef-Talon to sustainably provide water for the Wound. He believes that due to her magical abilities, her bones would allow him to filter water for years instead of mere weeks. He has asked you to locate her retreat deep within the Oldwalls and return with her bones.
Acquisition[ | ]
This is the Jaspos-aligned quest, available after completing Knapping on the Job without offending Jaspos. NB! Accepting this quest locks off Blood of the Beast & History of the Oldwalls: Part I quests.
This path through the depths is unique to this quest line. You won't have to fight Jaspos thugs. Only the Darkened Hollow will be partly under water. You will find the torchkeys in this order: yellow Cymo, green Jadis and blue Lazu. Lexeme will not trust you no matter what you say and will lead you into a trap.
Walkthrough[ | ]
- Obtain the keystone to the depths by talking to Insipid Moniker who will need convincing or killing since she is aligned with Wagstaff. Or you should already have it if you executed her in the side quest Midnight Wanderer. Take the portal in the SE portion of Bastard's Wound where you saw the beastmen kill the bane.
- Start in Fractured Depths in room on east edge of map. Open door using button (already active). Go through, find two corpses, loot to obtain Cymo Torchkey. Use Cymo to raise stairs, head up into a big fight. Continue around, use Cymo to raise stairs, head down into a fight, then go SW. Use Cymo to extend the bridge and cross SW to the central platform. Now head NW to the mural (do not examine to avoid game bug). Cross gap (athletics check). Wagstaff's gang will ambush you from the portal. Loot to get keystone and activate portal. Take portal to Abyss.
- Start in Abyss west of the central platform. Go there to initiate cut scene with Reef-Talon taunting a hunting party. Big fight. Activate the nearby portal but don't go through. Head NW, use Cymo to extend bridge, cross, and take portal to Darkened Hollow.
- Start in Darkened Hollow in a room on the east edge of the map. Use Cymo, fight the Bane, then open the door. Head SE over the bridge then use Cymo to activate the drain. Head NE, then SE down the stairs. Use Cymo to open doors, go through into a fight with Bane. Loot nearby corpse to obtain the Jadis torchkey. Use Jadis to open and clear the last room to the east. Head back to the torch that drained the area, use Jadis to raise stairs. Head up into a fight. Head NW, use Jadis to extend the bridge, cross to cental portal platform, and talk to sleepless woman there who has the keystone to activate the portal, but don't go through. Head back SE and then NE, use Jadis to extend the bridge, cross, fight, raise stairs and continue to last room in the NE. Fight, clear, then take the portal back to Fractured Depths.
- You will arrive back in the Fractured Depths at the central platform. Head NW, back to the gap, jump the gap, then go south and use Jadis to raise the stairs. Head down into a fight. Then loot the area for another fight. Continue SE down the stairs and into the sunken room for another fight. Outside the room will be a sleepless couple. Talk to them to get the Lazu Torchkey. With these three torchkeys in hand you can now clear most of the rest of this level and the Darkened Hollow. When ready, head to the Abyss.
- Back in the Abyss, use Lazu, Jadis and Cymo to activate the torches, then proceed up the stairs to meet Lexeme. No matter your dialogue choices, Lexeme will not trust you and will walk you into a trap where the Havoc, Lullaby, will attack attack you along with a few waves of thugs and Banes. After you defeat it, talk to Lexeme again, and she will give you the Tanza Torchkey which will open the way to meet Reef-Talon. At this point, you have several options: Kill Reef-Talon to make her a source of material, subdue her to make her available for farming water purification material, or encourage her to harness her gift.
- Return.
