Deep Down is a side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Deep Down side mission.
- Starting Location: Laslea Glen / Gavril’s Farm
- Quest Giver: Gavril
- Requirement: Complete “All Good Things“
- Fail State: Must be completed before Sacred Covenant
- Reward: 250XP, 25 Denarius
- Time Required: 1 Time Segment
- Quest Description: Even though I lived in Laslea my whole life, the area around it still held many secrets. Some of them buried deeper than others.
Objectives:
- Search for Lazar by the peat bogs
- Follow Lazar’s tracks using Focus Mode
- Look for Lazar underground
- Find a way out
- Find a way out of the ruins
- Return to Gavril
Starting Location: Deep Down
Gavril is worried about his brother Lazar who has been gone too long in the bogs looking for peat. He tells you that Lazar had a two wheeled cart with him, which should help you track him down.
Search for Lazar by the Peat Bogs
Follow the road to the northwest, across the bridge and all the way to the bogs. Just past the shrine you’ll find the first sign of trouble in Lazar’s abandoned cart. A little ways further up, you’ll see more signs of where he was working but no sign of him.
Follow Lazar’s Tracks Using Focus Mode
Keep following his footprints until you find a dropped basket, with blood and wolf tracks all around. Keep following them as his prints become further apart, showing he was running for his life, and eventually you will run right into the two wolves that were chasing him.
They’re sitting next to a deep hope that Lazar’s prints lead straight into. Kill them or avoid them, then follow Lazar down into the hole.
Look for Lazar Underground
At the bottom, you’ll find yourself in a cavern with only one direction to go.
Find a Way Out
Near a guttering torch, you’ll find a sack with some food. Pick everything up and keep moving through the caves following the underground river. It will lead you to a narrow gap you’ll have to squeeze through. Keep following the river in the next cave and you’ll find Lazar’s body. Looks like he wasn’t killed by the fall or by wolves, but was killed with a blade! Discovering the body is the trigger for spending the time segment.
Find a Way Out of the Ruins
Following the cavern to the south, you’ll start travelling uphill until you pass through a hole and emerge into underground ruins. You will also get the 
Antique Aficionado trophy if you haven’t already.
Inside you’ll find a ton of lootable objects, and a set of skeletal footprints.
Continue through the halls until you reach a large circular chamber with a sarcophagus in its center.
There are a number of lootable objects including the sarcophagus, but from a plot perspective the big find is the murals along the left wall that tell the story of a great leader who fought and killed the vrakhiri. It demonstrates previously unknown methods of killing the creatures, including stabbing through the heart and beheading. Coen’s eye is drawn back to the bracers she wears over and over, and in the final mural it shows that she was buried with them.
Looting the sarcophagus, and you’ll find her Mireleaf Bracers, which decrease block stamina cost by 7%, and increase critical hit chances by 2%. You probably don’t have any armor yet in the arm slots, so it will also give you an additional 33 armor for the fight that’s about to come.
When you’re done looting the graves, make sure you have your strongest armor and weapons equipped, and head down the hallway to the east. Follow it till the end and you’ll emerge into a long hall that has an exit at its far end back to the surface! Unfortunately, the way between you and it is guarded by The Forgotten Guardian, an ancient undead swordsman who isn’t happy you’ve been grave robbing.
Watch for his unblockable twin attack, and dodge out of the way when you see the glow on his swords. His defenses are hard to bypass, so rely on perfect blocks to create an opening then counterattack. For safety, only strike once then return to your defense so that you’re ready for its next attack when he recovers.
Once you’ve defeated him, be sure to loot the Undead Warrior’s sword before you head up the ramp and go outside.
Return to Gavril
Head back to Gavril to deliver the bad news about his brother. He asks you to let the elderman know, but it is optional since your quest is complete.
This finishes Deep Down side quest in The Blood of Dawnwalker.
For all other Quests refer to The Blood of Dawnwalker Walkthrough.
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