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Pillars of Eternity 2 Online Walkthrough by David Milward

INTRO & ABOUT | CHARACTERS | COMBAT AND RULES | ITEMS | SHIPS
Quests | Areas | Mega Bosses
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Main Game: Main Quests | Character Quests | Side Quests | Tasks | Bounties
Faction Quests: Huana | Principi | Royal Deadfire Company | Vailian Trading Company
Expansions: Beast of Winter | Forgotten Sanctum | Seeker, Slayer, Survivor

Beast of Winter Main Quests: An Honored Guest | To Rise And Decline | Death's Depthless Dominion | The Bridge Ablaze | The Drowned Kingdom | The Endless Queries
Beast of Winter Side Quests: Toasting the Dead | The Higher-Ups | The Last Pilgrimage

The Bridge Ablaze

The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Before


  1. The Quest starts at #1 on the map of The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Before.

  2. St. WaidwenGo to #3, where you'll witness St. Waiden marching with his forces across the bridge. Clicking on him means the Godhammer goes off. That event teleports the party to #1 on the map of The Bridge Ablaze, Moment After.

    *Note* Coming back after that first time means Waidwen will stay frozen, but shows an awareness that his soul is trapped in the memories of his death.
  3. The Bridge Ablaze, Moment After

  4. The party will have to fight several Burning spirits on arrival the first time around. You'll also get two items with are helpful for the Quest. One is a Trinket called Waidwen's Sundial, which you get directly from Waidwen on your arrival at #1. This item can also be helpful in other areas of the game, like The Shattered Passage and The Endless Queries.

    The other is the Evon Dewr Tower Key, which you can get from the dead body at #3.

    Eothas will speak to you afterwards, and advise that you can use the Sundial to transport through different moments surrounding the explosion of the Godhammer and then piece Waidwen's soul back together.

  5. There's a very narrow pathway just to the southwest. It continues southwest and then bends northwest.

    There will be a soldier falling down at #4. You can click on him from the pathway, and then obtain a Plate Armor called One Dozen Stood.

    You will find one of the soul fragments that you'll need at #5.

  6. A natural way to progress the Quest is to go through the Void Gate at #6 to arrive at the Void Gate at #7. Use Waidwen's Sundial at the beam of light portal at #8 and choose "Noon" to arrive in The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Of at #1.
  7. The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Of

  8. Click on #2 of the map of The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Of to obtain one of the fragments of Waidwen's soul that you will need.

  9. Use Waidwen's Sundial at the beam of light portal at #3 and choose "Dawn" to arrive in The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Before at #7.
  10. The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Before

  11. There will be a Magranite Priestess at #6. You can learn a few things from her, like for example that the Godhammer contains a piece of Waidwen's soul. She has also forgotten the spell needed to conceal the Godhammer, and you won't be able to help her remember it, at least for now.

  12. This door at #7 leads to the door that now appears at #8.

  13. There will now be a door at #9, which you can open with the Evon Dewr Tower Key. It leads to #10.

    A barrel at #11 has the Memory of Magranite Incantations.

  14. Now return to the Priestess at #6, and give her the Memory of Magranite Incantations. The Godhammer itself will now be revealed at #12.

  15. There are a few options for disarming the Godhammer if that's what you want to do.

    A Priest of Magran can disarm it, as can a Sleight of Hand check of 15. If you obtained Betrayal from the The Endless Queries, you can pretend to be Durance to the Priestess and convince her to reveal the schematics of the Godhammer.

    Disarming the bomb means obtaining another fragment of Waidwen's soul that you will need, as well as a Trinket called the Detonator Shard.

    Alternatively, you can simply detonate the Godhammer. Doing so will mean you can still obtain the piece of Waidwen's soul but not right away, and you won't get the Detonator Shard. What happens is you will be brought to the beam of light portal at #8 in The Bridge Ablaze, Moment After. You can then get the Soul Fragment at #9.

  16. If you disarmed the Godhammer, then use the "Noon" option at the beam of light portal at #4 on the map of The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Before. If you detonated the Godhammer, then use the "Noon" option at the beam of light portal at #2 on the map of The Bridge Ablaze, Moment After. Either will bring you to #4 on the map of The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Of.
  17. The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Of

  18. Go west. You'll first have to fight a pair of Soul Collectors and a Warden of Decay at #7.

    After that, you'll have to fight a group of Shambled Souls at #8.

  19. Use Waidwen's Sundial at the beam of light portal at #9 and choose "Dusk" to arrive in The Bridge Ablaze, Moment After at #10.
  20. The Bridge Ablaze, Moment After

  21. Fight the Burning spirits at #13.

    The last of Waidwen's soul fragments will be at #14.

  22. Use the beam of light portal at #11, and use the "Dawn" option to return to The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Before at #2.
  23. The Bridge Ablaze, Moment Before

  24. Go east and click on Waidwen at #3 to restore him. Note that there are other versions of Waidwen at similar points in the Moment Of (at #4) and the Moment After, but Waidwen's body will be too broken in those areas to be of any help.

    It is only the Waidwen here at #3 in the Moment Before that you can use your fragments to restore him.

    Speaking to him completes the Quest, along with an 8,000xp bonus. You have the options of having him joining you as an ally against Neriscyrlas, having him join your trail of souls following you, or letting him dissolve in the White Void.

  25. Head west. You'll have to fight several Burning spirits, along with a Warden of Decay and a pair of Scourges, at #13.

  26. Go through the portal at #1 to return to The Shattered Passage.

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