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While you explore Wictor’s homeland inThe Thaumaturge, you can soon discover The Art Of Dying side quest. This quest activates when you arrive in the Powisle area and immediately go west down the wooden staircase. You’ll get a cutscene where Morana is standing in the water, then she’ll disappear.
After the cutscene plays, you’re left standing on the beach, with the new quest in hand. This requires you to find the person associated with Morana and the Flaw. The quest requires multiple steps and defeating various enemies, which can be challenging, so use this guide to help you get everything you need while knowing where you should go.
Where To Find The Person With The Flaw Morana Seeks
Once you have the quest, travel north, past the dock, andexamine Kajetan’s Easelto get the corresponding Observation. After looking at his Easel, talk with the man sitting in front of it.
You’ll want tochoose the following optionsto getThe Corpse Painter and The Suicide observations.
You can continue the conversation before you leave, butany further talking won’t get you anything. The same applies to all other instances in this guide.
Gonortheast to speak with the Junior Policeman, who’s standing next to the corpse, giving you The Fisherman observation. Simplychoose option one, ask about details.
Doing this willgive you a new trail.
Talk With The Anglers
Before you follow the Perception trail,travel south and go to the first dockyou passed earlier, where you’ll discover theSnuffed Candles observationat the end of the dock. Continue south to the next dock, where you’llfind two men fishing.
Strike a conversation with the two anglers, andchoose the following options to gain the Prime Suspect and The Hovel Observations.
Throughout the game, you may make choices of whether to feed your Pride or not.Feeding your Pride will impact future events, so the choice is up to you.
Follow Commissioner Pelevin’s Thoughts
Leave the dock andtake the first path west, going up the wooden staircase. Once you reach the carriage with bags in it, travel south, past the lamppost, and take the first path west, going below the outdoor dining porch.
If you reach a stairway leading down to a locked door, you’re heading the right way. Continue west,past the groups of people, and enter a side yard, where you’ll discover theCrumpled Message Observationon the ground.
If you set Follow Commissioner Pelevin’s Thoughts as your quest, you’re able to activate your Perception, which willgive you a red trail leadingto the objective.
Upon leaving the area, you’ll talk with a group of local anglers, andno matter what you pick, you must fight them. You can choose Option One: Tell them to get out of your way, tofeed your Pride.
Angler Fight
The fight consists of three Anglers, with thefollowing stats from left to right.
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you’re able to follow thisrecommended setup regarding your Skills and Passives.
Bloody Rejuvenation: You’llrestore Health for every Suffering enemy.
Influences
Thief of Thought: The enemyloses an additional Focuswhen they’re in the Suffering state.
Concussion
Adrenaline Rush: Yourattack will deal 50 percent more damage.
You should start by havingWictor use Old Wound on Angler 3in preparation for lowering their Focus. You should then haveUpyr use Bloody Penance on Angler 1to remove their Passive and deal maximum damage.
Then, have Upyr or Bukavac use powerful moves to finish off Angler 1, and if they happen to have a few points left over, use Wictor’s Quick Attack to finish him off. You shoulduse Wictor’s second turn to apply Agony to Angler 2.
Switch to Bukavac and have ituse Bloody Wedding on Angler 2to remove his Passive, and have Wictor attack Angler 2 until he goes down.
You canuse Influences with Wictor to remove two Focusfrom Angler 3 and if they’re about to run out of Suffering, use Bukavac’s Howl. Otherwise, use Influences and Upyr’s Liberum Veto until Angler 3 is out of Focus, then finish him off with Strong Attacks.
If you get low on health at any point,use Old Wound into Agony and Upyr’s Eerie Intoxicationto restore Health.
Find Kajetan’s Hovel
Once you complete the fight, you’llgain the Local Moods Observation. Set your quest to Find the Person With the Flaw That Morana Seeks totrack the location.
Return to the outdoor eating area you encountered earlier and travel south. Continue that way until you come acrosstwo men standing outside of Kajetan’s Hovel.
Don’t approach them yet: instead,grab the Brochure Observation just north of them. Once you approach them, a cutscene will begin, and you’ll have to fight the two Drunkards, no matter what option you choose.
Defeat The Drunkards
For this fight you’ll use a similar Passive and Action setup with Wictor, except you shouldadd the Focus heal Passive to either your Planned Attack or Old Wound.
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Invulnerability: Immune to new negative status ailments.
Since you only have two foes, you’ll want to work on both of them at once. Start by havingBukavac use Howl on Drunkard 1 while Wictor uses Quick Attack on Drunkard 2.
Let Wictor spamInfluences on Drunkard 1until they run out of Focus while you haveUpyr or Bukavac use their most powerful moves on Drunkard 2. If you run low on Health, rely on Upyr’s Eerie Intoxication, since this fight doesn’t make Suffering consistent.
Investigate The Artist’s Hovel And Confront Kajetan
Once you defeat them, you may enter the Artist’s home. Upon entering the Hovel, you’ll need tointeract with four items, unlocking Observations and automatically drawing two Conclusions: The Freak From Powisle and The Fisherman Case.
Once you collect these Observations, you have enough information to confront Kajetan. He’ll be in the same spot as before, so make your way back to where you started the quest.
You canuse your Perception to create a trail leading back to himif you’re able to’t remember where he is.
Once youtalk with Kajetan, you need toselect the following options.
This will give you The Flaw Observation, which will unlockthe Queen of the Depths Conclusion. No matter what options you choose at this point, you’ll get thesame cutscene with an opportunity to feed your Pride.
Once the cutscene ends, you’ll complete the quest,unlock the Disappointment Observation, and start the Horses In The Sky quest.
