Guide to Dragon Age II's 'Cave Crawling' and 'Cavern of Dead' optional quests. Learn where to find deathroot, loot chests, and defeat spiders and undead.
Alright, let's dive into some optional quests in The Bone Pit. First up is ‘Cave Crawling’. You'll need to grab some deathroot from The Bone Pit, then head over to Jansen to kick things off.
Once you start the quest, you'll be looking for a few specific items. Search the chest - complex, the crate, and the bag of bones. You should find a Petrified Human Finger among them. If you were on good terms with Sabin earlier, keep an eye out for Sabin’s Stash just south of that bag. Moving further east, you'll spot two barrels, and a bit north of those, another crate and some glitterdust. Don't forget to grab the sack right before you enter the Bone Pit Mines.
Inside the mines, head up the stairs to your right to find some corrupted lyrium and a crate. Now, head back down and prepare for a fight. You'll need to take down the Queen Spider and her minions. After the battle, be sure to loot the pile of bones. Once you've done all that, head back to Jansen to wrap up the ‘Cave Crawling’ quest.
After that, leave The Bone Pit and come back. Jansen will have run into more trouble, kicking off the ‘Cavern of Dead’ quest. This time, enter the Bone Pit Mines from the northeast and head east. Right after the door, disarm the trap - standard and deal with a swarm of undead. Then, backtrack and go north. You'll need to disarm another trap and clear out more undead. Continue to the middle area where a tougher fight awaits: a Revenant and an Arcane Horror. Focus on the Horror first, then take down the Revenant. Don't miss the loot in the two chests and the chest - complex – you'll find the Helm of the Emerald Knights and an item called Persuasion.
Finally, return to The Bone Pit and report back to Jansen to complete the ‘Cavern of Dead’ quest.
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