Pāhowane

Pāhowane
Main floor
Underground
Details
Game	Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Type	Ruin
Locations
Part of	Neketaka Island
People
Inhabitants	Kuaru Trader Badema
Enemies	Xaurip plaguestriker Xaurip wildgard Xaurip grubmaster Grub companion Eoten
Quests
Skipping Ahead
Miscellaneous
Expected level	13
Exploration XP	65
Critical path
Allow resting?
Technical
Zone ID	zn_23_vtc_between
Area ID	AR_2303_Cliffside_Temple_01 AR_2304_Cliffside_Temple_02
Guid	79a61bfc-18f7-47bb-a7bb-eb30402b7023 59c59925-1f6d-45cc-a3fe-32f4f071a843

Pāhowane is a location in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

Background

This is a large, ruined temple on the western edge of Neketaka island. Once it was a shrine to Ngati, but the priests left for Neketaka, and left the temple long since abandoned. Currently, the ruins are filled with xaurips afflicted by some sort of pestilence. Remains of aumaua captured as food - or ready for preparation - litter the hallways together with grisly effigies devoted to the eoten leading this tribe.

Points of interest

Upper

• The upper level is fairly simple, with a centrally-located throne room, holding cages to the southeast, and exit to the lower floor to the southwest. You can get to the southeast area via the walkway behind the throne, or via the corridor to the south.
• In the throne room is an Eoten. Having made friends with the xaurips in the temple, he commands them to attack you on sight. When killed he drops a cell key, which you can use to open Badema's cage.
• Kuaru Trader is held here, waiting to be cooked on the spit. Untie him to learn that he, Tumau and Badema are merchants from Neketaka. Their wagon was surrounded on the road by the Xaurips, before they were dragged to Pāhowane, wagon and all. He'll tell you that Badema is still being held to the southeast, but Tamau seems to be done for.
• The plaguestrikers are quite nasty, and deal big damage with their stealth attacks. Positioning is important here, since it's easy to get your party members stuck between the broken walls. Initiating combat at the extremes of the level will also avoid agro'ing too many enemies at once.

Lower

• This area contains the xaurip hoard and a massive shrine to Ngati. To access the area, you need to start Skipping Ahead and enter the portal, where you'll be teleported right to the shrine.

Characters

• Kuaru Trader: A captive, on the upper level.
• Badema: A captive, in a cage to the southeast.

Enemies

Upper

• Wilder
  • Xaurip plaguestriker (x6)
  • Xaurip wildgard (x3)
  • Xaurip grubmaster (x2)
  • Eoten
• Beasts
  • Grub companion (x2)

Lower

Loot

• Acolyte's Frostbite: Near the eoten's throne.
• Bone Setter's Torc: Lower level, near the shrine to Ngati.

Trivia

• Some of the enemies in this area drop Kith Meat and Forbidden Flesh Pies, as well as Kith consumables like Rice, and Hardtack, even though they wouldn't usually be apart of their loot tables. You can assume that the consumables were pilfered from the wagons they stole - and the meat from the kith they've killed in the process.