This page lists all quests in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.
The Hunt for Eothas
Following the destruction of Caed Nua by Eothas, who occupied the adra statue devoted to Maros Nua, the Watcher ends up with a maimed soul and a desperate need to find the god to save his soul and himself. However, they will find out more than they bargained with, as with their hunt for Thaos.
- Prologue: After Eothas awakens in Maros Nua's titan and destroys Caed Nua, the Watcher awakens in the Beyond.
- Stranded: The storm hurls you against Vilario's Rest and you need to figure out how to get off the island to hunt the god of light.
- To Hunt a God: You need to figure out how to hunt the god as well.
- The Veins of Eora: Luminous adra matters to Eothas - and to you. Find a way to locate them, so that you can commune with Eothas.
- A Distant Light: Investigate Hasongo, which recently witnessed the god's passing.
- He Waits in Fire: Follow Eothas up Ashen Maw in Magran's Teeth and confront him.
- The Coming Storm: Find a way to navigate through Ondra's Mortar.
- The City Lost to Time
End
Side quests
These are miscellaneous quests which are not vital to the main storyline.
Faction quests
Huana questline
| Quest | Given by | Start location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade Secrets | Prince Aruihi | Kahanga Palace | |
| From the Wreckage | Automatic | World map | |
| The Shadow Under Neketaka | Queen Onekaza II | Kahanga Palace | |
| Fruitful Alliance | |||
| Taking Out the Traders | |||
| The Last Sanctuary | Atēpu | Kahanga Palace |
Principi questline
| Quest | Given by | Start location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blow the Man Down | Captain Furrante | World map | |
| Symbols of Death | Dunnage | ||
| A Shrewd Proposition | |||
| Honor Among Thieves | |||
| A Dance with Death | Captain Aeldys / Captain Furrante | ||
| Aeldys' quest line | |||
| Goods and Services | Captain Mad Morena / Captain Aeldys | Undercroft / Fort Deadlight | |
Royal Deadfire Company questline
| Quest | Given by | Start location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brass Empire | Automatic | Kahanga Palace | |
| Dim Prospects | Atsura | Imperial Command | |
| A Matter of Import | Hazanui Karū | ||
| Overgrowth | Fleet Master Okaya | Sayuka | |
| Clearing Out Crookspur | Atsura | Imperial Command | |
| The Final Maneuver |
Vailian Trading Company questline
| Quest | Given by | Start location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terms of Trade | Lueva Alvari | Vailian Trading Company Headquarters | |
| Dirty Laundry | Ignato Castol | ||
| Of Like Minds | |||
| A Vote of No Confidence | |||
| Sabotage at the Brass Citadel | |||
| For the Republics! |
Companion quests
Every scripted companion has a personal side-quest that you can complete together with them. Tekehu is technically the exception, although he is heavily featured in The Shadow Under Neketaka.
- The Painted Masks (Aloth)
- The Lighted Path (Eder)
- The Courier's Calling (Maia)
- The Man of Chimes (Pallegina)
- A Sorcerer and a Gentleman (Serafen)
- The Lantern of Gaun (Xoti)
Tasks
Tasks tend to be less complex and significant than full-fledged side quests.
Bounties
Bounties are particularly difficult combat quests that serve to provide a late game challenge - and a good source of coin.
Beast of Winter
Main quests:
Side quests:
Seeker, Slayer, Survivor
Main quests:
Face quests:
The Forgotten Sanctum
Main quests:
Complementary quests:
- Wasting Minds
- A Rising Star
- Out of Eternal Horizons
- Under Observation
- A Shout in the Dark
- Root and Branch
Quest experience
All quests grant a fixed and predetermined amount of experience to each party member. Each time the party completes a quest objective, a weighted portion of the total quest experience is granted. This total experience is divided (usually equally, though some objectives are weighted differently) between all objectives, as well as a final "end state" objective. So if a quest has 4 objectives, the experience is split into 5 portions.
On quest completion, no additional experience is earned (other than that of the "end state" objective), however if there are objectives that have not been completed, the party will be granted experience equal to the value of these remaining objectives. As such, the amount of objectives completed does not influence the amount of experience granted throughout the quest.
The predetermined total quest experience has two multipliers applied to it - a per quest multiplier (always 1), and a global multiplier of 1.35. In addition, the party receives a number of experience multipliers each time they receive experience - though this is not unique to quests.
Quests that do not have this "predetermined" amount instead calculate the granted XP using the quest's level and weighting - though currently there are very few quests that need to do this. For all quests that do not, there is no correlation between the quest's "XP level", "XP type" and the amount of experience gained. These values and any code that references them only exist as remnants from how experience was calculated in Pillars of Eternity.
The only quests that calculate their XP amount with their experience level and type are:
Objective experience
Upon completion of a quest objective, the exact amount of experience gained is calculated using:
totalObjectiveWeight- The sum of the experience weights of all objectives in the quest, plus one for the end state. Most experience weights are 1, so this is commonly just the amount of objectives in the quest plus one.objectiveWeight- The experience weight of the completed objective in question, which is used as a multiplier for the objective experience.experienceAmount- The amount of experience granted by the quest. This refers to theExperienceAmountin "global.gamedatabundle", and is shown on the wiki page as "Experience amount". Remember that this is then multiplied by a global "QuestXPMultiplier" of 1.35.
The objective experience is then:
xp = (experienceAmount / totalObjectiveWeight) * objectiveWeight
- If a quest has 4 objectives with an experience weight of 1, completing any objective would grant a 1/5 of the total quest experience. Using the above formula, and a total quest experience of 1000 (including QuestXPMultiplier), each objective would grant a base 200 XP.
- If one of the objectives has a higher weighting, it is granted more "portions" of objective experience, and the experience granted to other objectives is reduced to make up for the fact. Using the same example of 1000 total quest experience, and a weight of 3 for one of the objectives, the singular weighted objective would grant 428.5... XP (3 portions), and the others (and end state) would grant 142.8... XP each.
Upon quest completion, the end state XP is granted, and each party member will have earned the experienceAmount, not counting the below bonuses, which are applied on every experience gain.
Party size bonus
After this initial amount is determined, a party-size bonus is applied, which gives more experience the fewer characters there are in the party. A bonus of +25% experience is granted per missing party member under 5. The bonus is calculated with the formula: 0.25 * (5 - numPartyMembers).
| Party size | Bonus XP |
|---|---|
| 5 | - |
| 4 | +25% |
| 3 | +50% |
| 2 | +75% |
| 1 | +100% |
Player–companion adjusted experience
The amount of experience given to each party member is adjusted individually based on the difference between the player and the companion's level (this adjustment is not applied to the player). The adjustment multiplier is calculated with:
((playerLevel - companionLevel) * 0.2) + 1
For example, if the player's level is 7, and the companion's is 5, the companion will be granted an additional 40% experience. Note that the difference between levels is limited to a range of -5 to 5.
| Level difference | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| 0 | - |
| ±1 | ±20% |
| ±2 | ±40% |
| ±3 | ±60% |
| ±4 | ±80% |
| ±5 (and beyond) | ±100% |