Endless Paths of Od Nua Level 2

Endless Paths of Od Nua Level 2
Details
Game	Pillars of Eternity
Type	Dungeon
Locations
Part of	Endless Paths of Od Nua
Exits to	Endless Paths of Od Nua Lvl I Endless Paths of Od Nua Lvl III Sacrificial Pit
People
Monsters	Drakes Xaurips
Quests
The Blade of the Endless Paths
Technical
Map	🗺️ Endless Paths of Od Nua Level 2
Location ID	AR_1002_Od_Nua_Xaurip_Base

Endless Paths of Od Nua Level 2 is an area in Pillars of Eternity.
It's the second floor of the Endless Paths of Od Nua.

Background

Ruins start right below the lowest point of Caed Nua. This level once served as a burial ground, judging by the recesses, and was recently taken over by xaurips, seeking to serve the wyrms and drakes populating the lower levels.

Points of interest

• This is a xaurip-infested area, as the name suggests and an introduction to what waits below: lots and lots of enemies. The effigy by the entrance marks xaurip territory, but that won't dissuade you from invading it.
• Following the northeastern corridor you'll reach a room with a dying xaurip with strange discoloration on its scales. You can put it out of its misery (Hiravias will remark it's merciful). In the adjacent corridor, once you clear it of reptiles, you can save a freshly hatched Tiny White Wurm (inspect the broken egg). Further down the corridor, in the north-eastern corner, are stairs to level 3.
• The small room next to the stairs, with a dead body, contains a trap in the doorframe, the unique breastplate "Hand and Key", and a note: Faramund's curse.
• The center of the level contains a xaurip sacrificial pit, where the high priest is in the middle of conducting a sacrifice. Blood-spattered xaurips fill the room, dabbing themselves with blood before joining the rites. The xaurip high priest, wearing the long skull of a young drake, leads the ceremony. They attack immediately.
• The Xaurip High Priest and her honor guard stand around a pit, which provides a one-way passage to the Endless Paths of Od Nua Level 5, which contains much higher level monsters than those in level 2, so be warned. To the left of the pit, on a hidden corpse, is the unique rapier "Measured Restraint".
• The room in the south-western corner contains the high priest's camp. The trapped tent contains the Broken Blade (upper half), part of The Blade of the Endless Paths quest.

Enemies

Beasts:

• Drakes
  • Wurm

Wilder:

• Xaurips
  • Xaurip
  • Xaurip Priest
  • Xaurip Skirmisher
  • Xaurip High Priest
  • Xaurip Champion

Notable loot

Vase:

• 2x Goldrot Chew
• 1x Random Drug

Table:

• 1x Lockpick

Shelf:

• Random Loot

Shelf:

• Random Loot

Broken Shell:

• 1x Tiny White Wurm

Bone Pile: [Hidden stash near the drake shell's]

• 1x Fine Club
• 1x Camping Supplies

Corpse:

• 1x Hand and Key
• 1x Faramund's Curse

Shelf:

• Random Loot

Shelf:

• 1x Oil
• Random Loot

Shelf:

• 1x Fine Leather Armor
• Random Loot

Vase:

• 1x Potion of Minor Regeneration
• Random Currency

Tent: (Trapped Lvl 1)

• 1x Broken Blade (upper half)

Vase:

• 1x Potion of Fleet Feet
• Random Loot

Skeleton: [Hidden stash next to the Sacrificial Pit]

• 1x Measured Restraint

Secrets

• Broken blade, a part of the quest to remake a sword, is in the south west of the map inside a tent.

Gallery

• Xaurips chanting a sacrifice ritual.png

  Xaurips chanting a sacrifice ritual

• The Sacrificial Pit.png

  The Sacrificial Pit

Behind the scenes

• Level 2 was part of the vertical slice for the Endless Paths, containing all of its distinctive elements, such as varied combat encounters for all difficulties, unique scenery, and design that fed into the overall narrative of the Endless Paths.