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The extra 10k XP from giving the ring again in the method outlined below still works if you use mask of the shapeshifter on your character and Wylvia is still alive.

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For any person who wants a piece of carver stew, just use a summon to kill him from far away and ignore bellworm(jester tag)

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Never liked this quest, why not have an option where you can team up with the elf cook to get more magisters, like Carver? Maybe learn more about Bellworth the Cutie and change her mind about being a magister? This quest feels like lost potential.

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Alternate ending does not work on DE.

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So I've seen people mentioning their methods, but I couldn't really replicate them, mostly the part where you return the ring to Carver for the second time for 10k xp, so I'm providing the path that definitely works and seems to provide the most XP:
1. Steal the ring from the loose plank (or eat stew as an Elf) - 2k xp
2. Tell Magister Carver about the cook. He sends Magister Bellworth to check the killer. Stay outside the kitchen and the moment Bellworth starts the fight with the Wyvlia - attack Bellworth from range (equip a bow or use a scroll) - 2k xp Bellworth bounty when Wyvlia kills her
3. Kill Wyvlia - 4k xp
4. Tell Stewart you'll keep an eye on disappearances - 1k xp
5. Kill Stewart - 2k xp
6. Tell Magister Carver you killed the cook - 5k xp + reward
7. Kill Magister Carver - 2.8k xp
- 18.8k total xp

No clue how people return the ring to Carver for 10k xp. I've tried switching characters, doing things in different orders - nothing works. You just tell him about the ring and he's like "yeah yeah cool" and you just keep it, you can reuse this dialogue option forever. Would really love anyone to prove me wrong with a recording of doing this quest for more XP, but currently I'm pretty sure this doesn't work anymore.

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there's another method. walk into carver's office and kill him without even talking to him. you get 2800xp for his life and 6000xp for completing the mission instead of 5000. the journal reads, "magister carver is dead, his investigation is over." for me, his body dropped 3 pieces of epic loot, some money, a potion, and grenades. a real time saver. the grenade lady and her son, if you saved her already, did not interfere.

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I know it gives less exp but I prefer to side with her.

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About Method 4: to get 10k exp reward for The Missing Magisters on DE, first you must find the ring on the kitchen to get 2k exp (same portion of experience that is given for eating the Meaty Stew by an elf character). Next, you shall give the ring to magister Carver and by doing so, sacrifice magister Bellworth - Bellwither or whatever her name - to Wyvlia (keep in mind, Bellworth is optional source of exp in the early stages of Powerful Awakening quest, would be wise to finish that part first) ofcourse you can get extra 2k exp for Bellworth's death by stabbing her in a back with range attack from outside the kitchen, shortly after she start the fight (keep in mind - Wyvlia must stay alive untill you finish this method). After that, character who spoke to the magister becomes attached to murder the cook and is not suitable for the final dialogue with Carver. Now, you shall speak to Stewart and let him take the glory to himself (to not let him get away, just spill some oil under his feet during dialogue and simply hit him once he stand from the table - should trigger the fight immediately, for the extra 2k exp). Also, by this time you shall steal back the ring from Carver (actually at any time). Once you tell Stewart about the killer (and get 1k exp for the dialogue with him in the process), new option become available to any different character in your party - except the one who gave the ring to Carver in the first time - by simply pick the option to give him the ring as a souvenir and you will get that sweet 10k experience. Now you can safely kill Wyvlia on the kitchen for 4k exp.
In the end you get 23800 exp in total, or 19000 if you let Carver and Stewart to live (the latter one will dessappear).
Tested on DoS 2 DE version of a game.

TL;DR make sure Bellworth is alive, give evidence to magister Carver, steal the ring back, tell Stewart about killer, approach Carver with a different character.

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Option 4. Find ring in kitchen, buy and eat stews (all 3) 2k exp, hand ring to Carver, steal ring back, sends magister (gets killed), talk to Stewart, get 1k exp, talk again, give ring, steal ring back, he runs of to Carver, talk to Carver, go through all dialogues, give ring again back to Carver to bury with magisters, get 10k exp no items (ends quest), kill Carver for exp 2.8k, 2 rares, 1 epic, 1 skillbook, talk to cook, all dialogues leads to fight, kill cook for 4k exp, eat foot to find out her child died in deathfog.

Total Exp = 19.8k 2 rares 1 epic 1 skillbook (and few other misc items), seems total exp more than prev 3 options.

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I arranged my characters in a line leading from the barracks exit (pub side) to the broken bridge at the edge of town, then did netherswap twice on Carver to get him on the other side of the bridge. A single fireball took him out and no one else was agrro'd. Less EXP this way I suppose and no items, but the sweet satisfaction of making sure more magisters are turned to meat pie and that jerk Carver is a sizzling corpse are worth more.

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Engaged in dialogue with Magister Bellsworth with 1 character, killed Carver with another character who did instafreeze on first hit, loot, and run. Bellsworth is alive and not aggroed. I don't know if this is an edge case, but it's one way to save Bellsworth from that. °

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If you teleport Carver's chair near the kitchen door and give him the ring as he is sits there, he'll send his magister to her death. He'll falsely start combat during death scene, but as it ends he will start combat normally with Wylvia and lose badly.

It's a waste of exp but funny af.

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Confronted the cook, then with a separate character told stewart about the murder, started the fight with the cook before he reached the kitchen and killed her before she could kill stewart.

stewart accuses me of the murder of the cook

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only getting 5000 exp for finishing regardless, i've tried multiple different ways but they all amount to the same in the end, don't let stewart know about the evidence or you lose your item rewards. probably more exp killing him and bellworth than letting it go to waste

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Talking to Stewart and not giving him any information but learning about the investigation gave 1000 EXP. Free EXP basically. DE.

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I want to save Magister Bellwhatever, what a poor girl.

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Method 3: rewards 5.000 xp not 10.000

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Method 3 only gave me 5000 xp

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The way it went for me was: 2k EXP from eating the stew with an Elf, then 4k EXP from killing the Cook, then I talked to Carver for the 2k EXP but didn't tell him about the evidence yet. Went to Steward and got 1k EXP for letting him know, and finally 10k EXP for giving Carver the ring. So in total i got 19k EXP for this quest on DE.

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If you kill Carver before getting anywhere near the kitchen and report to the guy outside the tavern, he rushes in and she kills him.

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If you want Carver out of the room, just move his chair without him in it with telekinesis. Once he goes to sit back down, he will go to it where ever you put it. I moved it down towards the outhouses.

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10/25/20 Definitive Edition: reporting to Stewart awards 5000 xp when returning to Carver, not 10000 xp

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Ifan told Caryl he'd pay up, then he shook the bag and laughed in her face. This prompted an immediate battle, but then the entire townfolk of Driftwood fought with us. Everyone survived except the Magisters and servants. It pretty much played out itself with a lot of XP. Feels good man?

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"high enough Wits", cool, cool.


HOW MUCH????????????

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In DE; Steal the note from the cook or find the ring in the kitchen, tell her you'll keep your mouth shut if she pays you. This will make a fight start between you and the cook. Kill her for 4k Exp, then report back to the magister for another 5k exp. Total of 9k.

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I got 5k xp for showing the note/ring from the cook in the definitive edition

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Report to stewart first while the culprit is still alive to get him killed, then kill carver alone by teleporting him out of his house with far out man character. Gives 2200 less exp but at least the murderer, the jerk, and the naive fool/credit stealer is dead.

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I let Stuart take the credit and I got 5k xp, not 10k. this website gets all the numbers wrong...claiming 2-3 times higher xp awards than i get for most quests. unless DE nerfed xp awards? I dunno.

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Carver's racist! As an elf, he gave me about 50 gold and 3 meh items to choose from- I think special arrows and a cheap skillbook. He was also rude. Out of curiosity I reloaded the save and approached him as Lohse- he gave her about 130 gold, 3 rare items to choose from + a higher value skill book!

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For some reason, when I show her either piece of evidence she just attacks me with no further dialogue choices.

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Silence of the la...elves - you can report her, get the loot, vent your frustration for ratting out someone and attack the magister and his assistant for telling you're a ****** elf. Mari pruitt and her boy will not join the fight, not tell anyone and the magisters in town won't care. job done

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When Carver sends Bellsworth to her doom, you can save Bellsworth if you run ahead of her and kill the cook, use after you save her, use Red prince to get the hidden dialogue. Her expression is lol...

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Stewart is a creep! Worse, he’s a credit stealing, mopey whiney little self-loathing *****. He deserves the Magisters, and they him. So, not wanting to loose out on the reward I accomplished both. While having a conversation using Fane reporting the criminal, I simultaneously told Stewart who the culprit was. Right before telling Stewart if I took credit, I did and took the reward. Before finishing out of the conversation with Carver I finished telling Stewart I didn’t take credit. This allows Stewart to take credit, be a blight to the Magisters and I still get the reward! lol

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I was wondering if there was a way to frame someone else for the murders. I've discovered it was the cook who's been killing the magisters and making her special stew, but i was not exactly opposed to magisters dying, despite the disgusting method. Stewart struck me as a bit of a patriot (and a chode), and I noticed there was a dialogue option with him about himself potentially appearing suspicious. Would it be possible to frame Stewart for the murders, clearing the name of the suspect, the cook and getting rid of a patriot all in one swoop?

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what if ive already killed carver? its closed, right? no exp for this?

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5000xp for reporting the cook in definitive edition.

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Method 5: You can simply steal a list from her, confront her and make a decision about letting her go or killing her. Only option that let's you keep her alive is to agree to keep it a secret and want nothing in return.

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Method 4:

Simply have an Elf eat the Meat Stew, than confront Wyvlia, and say her that her secret is safe, you will be prompted with a skill test, if you pass, you'll be free to go without a fight.

Now you simply have to go to the Magisters HQ, sneak behind Carver and kill him,
If you did al in the right way you'll get your XP, Wyvlia will be safe, less Magisters, and Bellworth will stop complaining about her boss.

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Not sure if someone else explained this in the comics but in my kill all (most) magister playthrough I killed carver instead of turning in Wylvia. I got 5k quest exp and I don't remember how much exp from the kill but I want to say 1k. I "reported" back to Wylvia and she makes a snarky remark about how the magisters who were investigating her have passed. It allows you to "side" with her more or less versus having to kill her yourself. As an elf, and a magister hater and having a disdain for most humans in general. Being chaotic good. I have no problem with it. Magisters are basically Nazi's and I have no pity for a murdered Nazi. Plus making magisters eat their own kin is hilarious. It's a bit of poetic justice for humanity mocking elvish cannibalism AND the fact that the divine order coerced the elves to use their memory absorption skills during the war with the black ring, AND got thanked by having a bioweapon released in their land.

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Ate the stew. Figured out what's happening. Bought a dozen more helpings of stew and dropped them all over the place in the barracks, hoping the magisters will eat some.

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I found the ring not knowing what it was. Cook attacked me after caught using his stove and failed the check lol. Killed him thought I was going to get in trouble. Got paid instead

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I ate the meaty stew and didn't get the xp. Also I noticed that if I kill the cook my rewards are bad, but if I let that other magister die the rewards are a bit better

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Saving Higba by teleporting back to the Lady Vengeance for the reward and then destroying the barrel he hides in resulted in him blowing himself up and I got an additional 4k exp

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Wish you could complete the quest by allowing the cook to keep on killing magisters.

The world is better off without them.

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If you give the blood ring in the kitchen to stewart, he will run to the cook and try to kill her. But she would kill him with 1 single blow

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I don't mind the cook killing the magisters, but feeding them to everyone else is just too much.

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there should be a reward for NOT turning in the cook. she's doing the world a favor.

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oh man, that magister wannabe elf is a joke lol

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If you want to solve this quest that the ghost of Magister Harrick rest and save Magister Bellworth from certain death, u shud do as follow : take the magister ring but dont confront the cook or inform Mgister Carver yet because that either will cause Bellworth death or the cook will take the ring from you make you unable to give the ring to Carver, so the ghost cant rest. Instead after u get the ring, pickpocket the note from the cook then confront and kill her. This way u both save the cook and let the ghost have her rest

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If you report the cook to Magister Carver as an Elf, you only get common items to choose from as your reward. As Fane, I tuned in this quest using human form and the reward items were rare instead. I didn't try any other races, and I don't recall whether or not the gold value differed.

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Cant find Higba, which barrel is he hiding in?

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If you speak to Stewart (the elf outside the tavern) you get 3,000 exp,
if you report to him after killing Wyvlia and say that you haven't reported it Magister Carver yet, he will go and report it instead.
When you talk to magister carver afterwards you will get 10,000 exp but no reward.
If you talk to Stewart and tell him you've already reported it and got the reward then he'll just become depressed
(not tested but letting Stewart take credit might have some benefits later on)

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in the same kitchen in a secrect spot u need wits to find him

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Where is the ring I can't find it

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