Side Quests

''Every map has its unique side quests that usually serve as throwbacks to the past. They can be divided into 5 categories:''


 * 1) Those that can be completed only after defeating a boss of a certain map;
 * 2) Those that can be completed only before defeating a boss;
 * 3) Timewise non-related to boss battles.

A. After completing quests you get the materials for crafting trophies. Other needed materials drop from bosses. Or you get a trophy; B. Completely unrelated to bosses.

Also it’s worth mentioning that some quests can be completed only after finishing previous quest(s).

''Speaking about rewards you can get after completing a quest, there’re quests with no variations and quests with multiple possible outcomes (sometimes to get another ending you need to leave the quest unfinished. Technically it’s not considered an alternative ending, but I’ll include those as well). There’s also some amount of so-called ‘hidden quests’, which progress can’t be tracked through the “Tales” page.''

''Here I’ll talk about maps in the order in which they can appear in the game (but I’ll include Ichthyosauria in the very end). If a quest needs a player to explore multiple maps in order to be completed, I’ll include it in the list of a map where it technically started. I won’t talk about events related to the main story line, only about those mentioned in side quest chains or those explaining the story further but which aren’t parts of the story quests.''

'After the name of every quest I’m going to leave a number and a letter of categories it falls under. If it’s one of those weird quests that need another quest to be completed, I’ll mark it with *. As hidden quests have no names, they will be marked as “Hidden”.'

Heggem
The Woman Looking for Her Child (3B)

This quest continues the story of a woman who stole the Crystal. Terrence meets her near a bonfire and she asks him to find Jerry - her son, a playful child who slipped out of the mine to find the John brothers and has been missing since then. While investigating the village, Terrence comes across the John brothers who already became Marred and murdered the boy.

After defeating 3 Marred near the mine and returning the Gore-stained Coat to her, the mother decides to give up on her life and stay where she is. She gives Terrence the Crystal Debris.

Interesting fact: if you return to Heggem once again later you’ll see that that woman has turned into a monster.

The Tear of Heggem (3A)

There’s a strange egg ona tree in Heggem. A voice inside tells Terrence that it is a Heggem Disciple. Lord Ramones gave this Disciple his ring to seek out help, but the Disciple was trapped here. He promises Terrence to tell more about the red-haired witch and asks him to enter the mine and obtain the Tearstone: “A rare ore, that is said to be made from the congealed tears of the Statue [of a Bearer]. It is soft and easy to melt, while also being able to dissolve some hard materials”.

The stone is guarded by a Church Knight. After killing him and getting the stone, Terrence returns and breaks the egg. Unfortunately, the Disciple inside the egg has already become a Marred.

Adamina
Mother and Daughter (2A or 1B - depends on the trophy you want to get in the end)

After reaching the Place of Newborn, among others Terrence notices a woman in a black robe, who is clearly a mother of the girl he was tricked by before. She begs him to return a puppet to her daughter. There Terrence also finds and defeats Elmar.

2A (Father’s Love): Terrence returns to the dungeon and tells the girl her mother’s whereabouts (talk to the girl twice). Desperate to finally meet her, the girl hurries to the Place of Newborn, but before that she, as promised, gives the courier the Oracle Crystal. At this time a woman gives birth to a squid-like monster. Terrence manages to kill the creature but the mother dies. The girl eventually returns to her cage where Terrence met her the 1st time.

1B (Adamina’s Protection): Terrence returns to the dungeon and tells the girl her mother’s whereabouts (talk to the girl once). As promised, she gives him the Oracle Crystal which allows the courier to enter the Oracle Site. After leaving the girl, Terrence kills Dharam and Virgo and then goes to talk to the girl before leaving Adamina. She gives him the Adamina’s Protection and refuses to leave, promising to take care of the people.

''After the death of the Holy Father, all the women in the Place of Newborn also die. With the light of Adamina starting to shed, sendrils gradually began to take over Disciples.''

The Pain of Newborn (3B)

On his way to the Oracle Site, Terrence meets a woman who’s preparing something in her cauldron. She explains that this liquid is some kind of a painkiller made out of Adamina herbs and sendrils and that it is for women who’re expecting children from the Holy Father. She asks Terrence to bring both materials to craft more potions.

Hidden* 1B

After Terrence kills Dharam, the woman from the previous quest will become extremely hostile towards him. Kill her too and you’ll get the formula of the Elixir of Hallucination.

Exilium
Headless Knight (1A)

A sad love story. A lady from the Blessedland, Jenny, and a Church Knight, Patrick, fell in love and were about to marry each other when the Scarlet Meteor fell from the sky. On their wedding night, Jenny chopped off Patrick’s head, pierced his heart and nailed him to a wall, cursing him. She did it to save Patrick from contamination, as we see from her Unsent Letter: “... finally found a way to dispel sendrils… Jenny will go through the Dark Mist and come back to you soon”. Unfortunately, on her way back Jenny got contaminated herself.

After arriving at Exilium, Terrence encounters Patrick. The knight is completely unaware of Jenny’s fate. He tells us about the curse and asks to find the wedding ring, as he’s still determined to marry Jenny after all. In a Chapel Terrence encounters Albert - a man who came to Exilium with Jenny. He gives us her ring.

''A curious detail: Albert in his Penitent’s Note recalls a woman named Kassandra whom he abandoned outside in order to protect himself. He calls her his closest friend. Kassandra also says that she is sorry for letting Lord Vincent down. Vincent turns out to be an old man from the Candle side quest in Edith. However it’s still unclear how they both ended up here. As I get it, they escorted Jenny to get married, but that brings up the question: who is Jenny to Vincent?''

As Terrence kills Jenny and returns the head to its owner, the knight sees no purpose in his life anymore and asks the courier to end his meaningless life in a fight at the same place where Jenny died.

Katib
The Wandering Courier (2A or 1A)

At the bridge outside Katib, Terrence meets a courier called Drake. It turns out that he was originally sent here by the Church to find the Seal of Yekub under the Sacred Tower. However, he lost his sandglass and now asks Terrence to help find it. Later, Terrence will meet him a couple of times (in the village and near the Tower) and every time he’ll be more anxious and will even threaten Terrence if he doesn't return the sandglass.

2A (The Eternity): After exploring underground ruins that can be accesed through a small door on the top of the Sacred Tower that leads to the village, Terrence finds the hourglass (in a chest surrounded by sunflowers) and returns it to Sprenger (4 encounters with this man in total). Johann is grateful and clearly relieved.

1A (The Broken Eternity): Terrence didn’t manage to find the hourglass (3 encounters in total) and, after the bossfight, picks up a broken one instead.

Edith
Find Andrew (1B)

While exploring Edith, Terrence can talk to a woman in one hut. 2 of her sons joined the rebel army and rushed to the frontlines. The youngest son though, has run away from home since the elder brothers left and has never returned. The old woman is worried and asks Terrence to help her find Andrew.

Killing Edith unlocks the path to the shore with a stele. On it, among others, we can read the names of all 3 brothers: Conrad, Albert and Andrew. They all voluntarily joined the revolt and no one of them is now seemingly to return. Terrence tells the woman about his discovery and she promises to wait for all 3 sons to return soon.

''Before talking to Frollo for the 2nd time, we can hear him whispering “Conrad, Andrew, Albert… we will meet again. Here, or on the other side”, and before the 3rd tower conversation he says : “They were all comrades in my arms, but their lives were completely ruined because of a lie.”''

Old Man and the Candle (3B)

Terrence talks to an old man hiding in the room. He’s cold and asks Terrence to bring him a candle. The candle can be bought from a Sifler. After doing so Terrence gives it to the man, he thanks Terrence and mentions his name - Vincent.

He will also complain about Albertus and Kassandra not coming back (see the Headless Knight quest).

Hidden* 3B

Terrence and the team get to the Blessedland amid the Demiurge revolt. He runs into a Demiurge girl, already contaminated by the Sendril. After killing her, he gets the Blood-stained Will with the following description: “Eleanor -  brilliant and glaring, is the name you gave me… I will not marry a Knight I have never met like my mother, nor will I be the bargaining chip of your betrayal… To my father: Vincent”.

As we can tell from this, Eleanor is indeed the daughter of the man from the Candle quest. After giving this item to him, the player obtains the Anti-Sendril Elixir formula.

In the 3rd tower at Edith, the player can find the Double-Star Brooch that also refers to Eleanor: “May the Lord bless my daughter, Eleanor Fogg...”

The Blessedland
The Secret of the 4 Holy Pillars (2B)

In the Blessedland, Terrence encounters an old blind man. He tells Terrence about the weakening of the 4 Holy Pillars and contamination of the current Proxy. He also promises to tell more details if Terrence investigates the Pillars and meets with him in the Chamber.

The 4 Holy Pillars are on the forbidden grounds of the Church. Their names represent 4 incarnations of God’s Will: YOG - Time and Space, SHUB - Life, XADA - Chaos, NYA - God’s Word (Library Documents). “Their keys were kept safely, only could be accessed by the Proxy or a few Overseers. Since the light… started to shade, the Proxy has banned everyone from getting the keys…” (the Xada’s Key’s description).

Inside every Pillar, Terrence finds parts of a strange sword which look like they could be put into the statue in the Trinity Yard. After doing so, he gets Basilisk - “a black broken sword surrounded by a faint dark Mist… It doesn’t smell like sendrils, but makes people energetic”, “the symbols on the hilt mean “The End of Reincarnation” in the Marcion language” (from the Basilisk’s Epiphany and the Bloodstained Basilisk’s descriptions).

Die or Become the Sendril (3A or *3A)

Earlier Terrence also meets a Demiurge who’s been completely contaminated by sendrils. She begs Terrence to find the Divine Sword of the Church for her as it’s said that this Sword is a Holy Weapon that can purify the Sendril.

3A (Tristram): after getting to the Trinity Yard and taking the Holy Sword, Terrence stabbed the girl with it and she became a Marred. “Unexpectedly, Tristram’s Mercy couldn’t purify the Sendril. The Church has made up so many lies, Proxy falsely claims to be the Executer of God, the miracles that happen when the Holy bell rings might just be an illusion...” (the Tristram’s Residue’s description).

* 3A (Basilisk): After finishing Eckhart’s quest and obtaining Basilisk, Terrence stabbed the girl with it instead of Tristram. The Sendril is purified and the Demiurge now can rest in peace. “The Broken Sword found within the 4 Pillars purified the Sendril that had begun corrupting Eleanor… It is said that the Divine sword can also purify the Sendril. God must favor the Blessedland especially as there are two Holy Containers here. Divine Sword or Broken Sword, neither can save the dilapidated Blessedland...” (the Basilisk’s Epiphany’s description).

''It’s worth saying that from the Tristram’s Mercy description we discover that “every Proxy has appointed the best blacksmith… to take care of the Divine Sword. When Higgins became the Proxy, he invited his good friend Israel to care for the sword. However, 15 years ago, Israel mysteriously disappeared. Higgins believes that his old friend is still alive as such, he hasn’t appointed a new carer of the sword”. Also with what’s written in the Notes of the Sword Founder and Farewell of the Sword Founder (“Yes, it’s a good sword, but it’s just a belief… real hope lies in the 4 Holy pillars...”). I think we can assume that Israel was the one who put the parts of Basilisk inside the 4 Holy Pillars.''

The Karst Cave
Hunger (3B)

Terrence meets one of those subjects who’s undergoing the transformation into a Colossi-like creature. He asks Terrence to bring him more Glimmering Pink Buds as they help in dealing with the pain and describes his hallucinations about the monkeys in the carriage.

The first bud can be found in the chest near the 1st Sifler. The second but can be obtained from the chest above that cutscene place. To access that area lower the cage, then go down and to the right.

Ichthyosauria
The Soul River (3B)

After defeating Guderian, Terrence and Jerold meet Bravo again and he tells them how to open the Wall of Silence. For that, the player needs to find a lever and a gear. A gear can be found in the chest near Guderian's arena, a lever can be obtained after killing a miniboss (black fat dude). To find him go to your left from the fountain in the winter area and go down the ladder that will be right on your left after the area where a couple of scavengers fight members of the crew (green and purple dudes who throw poisonous things).

With those items Terrence is able to fix the mechanism and open the Wall.

'''After doing so, go to the bridge and get down the ladder. You’ll see that a new way was unlocked there. And in the end there’s a chest with the Night’s Embrace.'''

Hidden* 3B

Near the mechanism Terrence also finds a note from Bravo. He says that the effect of the Soul River Water started to wane so he’s going to return to his shelter.

When the courier goes there, he sees Bravo laying on the floor. He dies and leaves the Azula heart. This heart should be put in the empty armor of a Scavenger inside the Wall of Silence, so Bravo’s soul gets a new home. If a player returns to Bravo’s shelter again, that Scavenger will be there, looking for something in the flowers.

Hidden 1B (after the 1st boss)

In the abandoned village before the Wall of Silence, Terrence and Jerold meet a green slug, who used to be Rochette - a member of the Duke’s crew. She gives them her Saint’s Broken Spear.

Later in the game after defeating Guderian, Terrence also encounters another Ichthyosauria citizen (underground near the 3rd Sifler and a shortcut), who recalls this lady. If a player returns to her after talking to him, Rochette will be dead and the Saint’s Spear trophy will drop nearby.

Kind of Hidden 1A (after the 1st boss)

Satisfy all 5 Heggits in Ichthyosauria and you’ll get 5 Stones: Colossus, Humanity, Treasury, Sifler and Heggie. Use them to open an underground door (an elevator near the 4th Sifler in the winter area) and unlock the secret boss - Treasure Thieves.

''Interesting detail: all the Stones look perfectly fine, except the Heggie Stone. It’s described as “the runes on this gemstone have been thoroughly damaged and unidentifiable”. I wonder if it’s due to Heggies’ fate.''