Complete Hearing the Dukes Directive in dragons dogma dark arisen. Receive 10,000 XP, 20 Rift Currency, and 20,000 Gold upon hearing the duke's directive.
Walkthrough
- 1Talk to Ser Maximilian and select the option ‘Hear the Duke’s Directive’.
- 2You will surrender your Wyrm Hunt License.
- 3Proceed through the gate into the castle. Pawns are not allowed on castle grounds.
- 4Head up the stairs to the east and enter the large wooden double-doors.
- 5In the antechamber, approach Feste, the dwarf jester.
- 6After a cutscene (a non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically) (a non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically), confront the duke.
- 7The duke will knight you.
- 8Exit the throne room and return to the castle’s porch.
- 9Head north to the gardens to speak with the duchess Aelinore.
- 10Exit the castle grounds to speak with Ser Alvert and the duke’s chamberlain, Aldous. Aldous will now dispense royal orders (quests).
Tips
- To pick up additional side-quests, leave the castle and return. Some members of the court will be more talkative.
- If it is night-time, rest at the Gran Soren Union Inn until morning before returning to the castle to avoid being jailed.
- After returning to the castle, head to the south-eastern corner of the antechamber to find Mirabelle, who has a quest from Aelinore to meet her in the gardens at night.
- Explore the servants' mess hall north of the antechamber for lootable items and a chest.
- Continue east down a tunnel from the servants' mess to find a larger mess hall with more loot and a chest.
- Backtrack to the antechamber and explore a tunnel to the south.
- In the chamber south of the antechamber, head east to find a perpendicular tunnel. Going north leads to the throne room, south to the southern grounds, and east to the treasury (locked and guarded).
- In the square chamber south of the antechamber, find another tunnel in the south-western corner leading to the dungeons.
- Talk to Ser Jakob in the dungeons.
- In the room preceding the cells in the dungeons, find a square chest in the south-eastern corner behind some crates. This chest contains a Skeleton Key.
- Return to the antechamber and proceed into the throne room (Audience Chamber).
Achievement/Trophy: ‘Come Courting’ - Attended an audience with the duke.
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