Pillars of Eternity quests

The quest-tracking journal.

This page lists all quests in Pillars of Eternity and its expansions.

For a general discussion of experience earned, see Experience and Advancement.

The Hollowing of the Dyrwood

The Hollowing of the Dyrwood is the main quest line in the game, centering on Waidwen's Legacy, its impact on the people of the Free Palatinate of Dyrwood, and the protagonists' struggle to come to terms with their status as a Watcher.

Act I

• A Moment's Respite
• The Ruins of Cilant Lîs
• The Gilded Vale
• Visions and Whispers
• The Old Watcher

Act II

• Never Far from the Queen
• The Man Who Waits
• Undying Heritage
• Through Death's Gate
• The Hermit of Hadret House

Act III

• The Assassin at Large
• Council of Stars
• Court of the Penitents

Act IV

• Memories of the Ancients

End

See: Endings

The White March

The White March is an additional main quest line added by the expansion The White March - Part I and continued by the expansion The White March - Part II. It is integrated into the main campaign, so you don't have to start a separate game.

Part 1

• Durgan's Battery
• The Ogre Matron
• The Recluse of the White March
• The White Forge

Part 2

• The Forgotten Army
• The Iron Flail
• The Rising Tide
• Lair of the Eyeless

Companion quests

Every scripted companion has a personal side-quest that you can complete together with them:

Quest	Companion	Start location	Notes
Fragments of a Scattered Faith	Edér	Gilded Vale	Requires completion of Visions and Whispers.
Two-Sided	Aloth	-	Requires completion of The Old Watcher.
The Trials of Durance	Durance	Magran's Fork	Appears not before starting The Old Watcher
Time and Tide	Kana Rua	Caed Nua
The Long Hunt	Sagani	Woodend Plains
The Child of Five Suns	Pallegina	First Fires – Vailian Embassy	Requires completion of At All Costs.
True to Form	Hiravias	-	Talk to him after he joins party.
Dream and Memory	Grieving Mother	Dyrford Village
The One that Got Away [WM1]	Devil of Caroc	Durgan's Battery
The Burden of Memory [WM2]	Maneha	Stalwart Village
Secrets of the Tacan [WM2]	Zahua	-	Talk to him after entering WM2.

Side quests

These are miscellaneous quests which are not vital to the main storyline.

Quest	Given by	Start location	Notes
A Farmer's Plight	Rumbald	Dyrford Village
A Good Haul [WM1]	Feara	Stalwart
A Lovely Drop [WM1]	Reyfald	Stalwart
A Mother's Plea	Aufra	Gilded Vale
A Return to Court	Messenger	Caed Nua
A Two Story Job	Abrecan Doemenel	Copperlane Brackenbury – House Doemenel	Can be received directly from Abrecan Doemenel or by finding the thieves in Copperlane independently.
A Voice from the Past	Dalton	Copperlane
A Servant of Death	Berath	Elms' Reach – Teir Evron
At All Costs	Verzano	Ondra's Gift – Vailian Trading Company
At the Mercy of the Tribes	Cwineth	Hearthsong - The Celestial Sapling
Blood Legacy	Lord Harond	Dyrford Village – Dracogen Inn
Built to Last	Commander Clyver	First Fires – Crucible Keep
Buried Secrets	Wirtan	Gilded Vale – Temple of Eothas
Cinders of Faith	Fyrga	First Fires – Ducal Palace
Far from Home	Thristwn	Brackenbury – The Charred Barrel
His Better Half [WM1]	Ygadr	Longwatch Falls
His Old Self	Kaenra	Copperlane – Goose and Fox
Hunter, Brother	Rîdaî	Hearthsong – Passage of the Six
Into the White Void	Rymrgand	Elms' Reach – Teir Evron
Iron and Flame [WM2]	Masca	Stalwart Village – Temple of Abydon
Lord of a Barren Land	Kolsc	Gilded Vale
Overstaying His Welcome [WM1]	Haeferic	Stalwart - Gréf's Rest
Prison of Ice	Larha	Oldsong – Galawain's Maw
Ready the Cannons [WM2]	Deryan	Stalwart	Requires starting the WM2 portion of the game first.
Regrets Worth Trading [WM1]	Okrun	Stalwart
Rogue Knight	Osric	Copperlane – Admeth's Den
Sacrificial Bloodlines	Simoc	Elms' Reach – Hall of Warriors
Siege of Crägholdt [WM1]	Steward	Caed Nua
Supply and Demand	Maea	Ondra's Gift – The Salty Mast
The Battle of Yenwood Field	Marshal Forwyn	Caed Nua
The Bronze Beneath the Lake	Wenan	Copperlane – Admeth's Den	Requires completion of Rogue Knight, refused if you've accepted The Changing of the Guard or Winds of Steel.
The Champion of Berath	Frightened Villager	Hearthsong – The Celestial Sapling	Requires completion of Lord of a Barren Land.
The Changing of the Guard	Gedmar Doemenel	Brackenbury – House Doemenel	Requires completion of A Two Story Job, refused if you've accepted The Bronze Beneath the Lake or Winds of Steel.
The Final Act	Kurren	Brackenbury – Hadret House	No longer available after completing Act 2
The Grey Sleeper [WM1]	-	Longwatch Falls	pull out The Grey Sleeper to start the quest
The Hunter's Favor [WM1]	Thyrsc	Stalwart
The Master Below	Steward	Caed Nua – Main Keep	Requires completion of The Old Watcher.
The Master's Tools	Tcharek	Endless Paths of Od Nua – Level 12
The Nest Above the Clouds	Hylea or Casfath and Onŵen	Elms' Reach – Teir Evron or Oldsong	Can be received either from Hylea directly or from Casfath and Onŵen in Oldsong (at Hylea's Shrine).
The Old Queen and the New King	Galawain or Desthwn	Elms' Reach – Teir Evron Oldsong – Galawain's Maw	Can be received either from Galawain directly or from Desthwn.
The Phylactery's Promise [WM2]	Guards next to the assassin's body	Stalwart Village	Quest won't be available before getting back from Iron Flail Fort.
The Smith's Shipment	Tuatanu	Gilded Vale – Black Hammer Smithery
The Theorems of Pandgram	Nedyn	Brackenbury
The Wailing Banshee	Niah	Ondra's Gift
Winds of Steel	Commander Clyver	First Fires – Crucible Keep	Requires completion of Built to Last, refused if you've accepted The Bronze Beneath the Lake or The Changing of the Guard.
Whispers in the Dark [WM2]	Foreman Ismey	Stalwart Mines	Requires starting the WM2 portion of the game first.

Tasks

Tasks tend to be less complex & significant than full-fledged side quests.

Task	Given by	Start location	Notes
A Call to Court	Messenger	Caed Nua	Started by a messenger coming to Caed Nua to summon you
Against the Grain	Trumbel	Gilded Vale
All Hands on Deck	Marceno	Ondra's Gift
Bleak Oath [WM2]	Kern	Stalwart Village – Gréf's Rest	Requires starting the WM2 portion of the game first.
Bogged Down [WM2]	Herla	Mowrghek Îen	Requires starting the WM2 portion of the game first.
Bounty: Brynlod [WM2]	Asca	Stalwart	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Captain Muārumi	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 3 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Daroth Grimault	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Devŵen	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 3 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Disciples of the True Flame [WM1]	Tealdor	Stalwart	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Foemyna	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 3 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Galen Dalgard	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 3 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Glasdial	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: High Arcanist Ysly	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 4 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Laenric [WM1]	Tealdor	Stalwart	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Magran's Faithful [WM2]	Asca	Stalwart	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Meztla [WM1]	Tealdor	Stalwart	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Nalrend the Wise	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Naroc the Prophet	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 4 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Redwater Lagufaeth [WM2]	Asca	Stalwart	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Sly Cyrdel	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Songsmith Roska	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Sserkal	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 4 (see Bounties)
Bounty: The Dweller	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Bounty: The Gleaming Society [WM1]	Tealdor	Stalwart	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Bounty: The Terror of Whitestone Hollow [WM2]	Asca	Stalwart	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Thorfen	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 2 (see Bounties)
Bounty: Warchief Iklak	Warden Fyrgen	Caed Nua - Warden's Lodge	batch 1 (see Bounties)
Brave Derrin	Odda	Ondra's Gift	Can also be started by finding Derrin
Cat and Mouse	Nyfre or Medreth	Dyrford Village
Desperate Measures	Thulgar	Endless Paths of Od Nua	Started by talking to the ogre Thulgar on Level 3
Clandestine Cargo	Imatl	Ondra's Gift
Ferry Flotsam	Peregund	Madhmr Bridge
Garodh's Chorus [WM1]	N/A	Flames-That-Whisper	loot the horn from the chest in the center-north chamber of the lower level, to start the quest
Hard Bargain	Rinatto	Hearthsong
Hard Feelings	Bricanta Doemenel	Brackenbury	Requires A Two Story Job to be completed in favor of House Doemenel
Late for Dinner	Pasca	Gilded Vale	Can also be started by rescuing Tenfrith in Valewood
Missing Sentries	Wyla	Crucible Keep
Nest Egg	Hendyna	Dyrford Village
Risk Tolerance [WM2]	Tarfos	Stalwart	Requires starting the WM2 portion of the game first.
Sacred Instruments [WM1]	Ista	Stalwart
Safe Haven	N/A	Heritage Hill - Valtas Manor	Started when encountering undead in Valtas Manor
Seals of the Endless Paths	N/A	Endless Paths of Od Nua	Started by finding any of three seals on Level 4 or 6
Something Secret	Gordy	Copperlane
Songs of the Wild	Delem	Oldsong
The Blade of the Endless Paths	N/A	Endless Paths of Od Nua	Started by finding any of the blade's pieces on Level 2, 5, 9 or 12
The Fisherman's Penance [WM1]	Galvino	Durgan's Battery
The Forgotten	Vicent Agosti	First Fires – Vailian Embassy
The Parable of Wael	Grimda	Copperlane
The Sealed Missive	Dying Monk	Elmshore
The Thermal Pearl [WM1]	Tealdor	Stalwart
Unwanted	Edict of Arrest	Crucible Keep	Can also be started by finding Eorn in the Copperlane Catacombs
Vengeance from the Grave	Perly	Valewood
Wild Mylla [WM2]	Royse	Stalwart	Requires starting the WM2 portion of the game first.

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