The Purged Dragon is a Quest in Divinity: Original Sin II.
Important NPCs
Objectives
- Help Slane by killing the witch and retriving her wand
- Free or kill the Winter Dragon
Walkthrough
At X:575, Y:160, you will find a sunny, sandy area caked in ice. In the centre of it is Slane the Winter Dragon, tethered to the ground by two chains. You cannot interact with him until his chains have been broken. Break them by using Ctrl+Click on the totems the chains are secured to; they have very low hitpoints so this is a quick task. Speaking to Slane reveals that he has been captured body and soul by Radeka the Witch. She used a Purging Wand to steal his Source, and holds him under her command. By retrieving the wand and giving it to him, he can be truly free. He reveals that she has gone into a cave to fetch Blood Roses, but will return shortly. He implores you to either kill him or free him.
Heading South beneath a natural stone arch you will find a waypoint marker and a cave entrance in the shape of a skull. Entering the cave will take you face to face with Mirage Traps, which disappear from sight as you get close and thus cannot be disarmed. Move barrels to cover the vents which will cause massive explosions if the traps are triggered. Moving further into the cavern, you will find Radeka standing over the corpse of Medat.
To obtain the Purging Wand you must either fight Radeka and loot her corpse, or steal it from her with 2 Thievery. If you choose to speak with her, she will end up kissing you, which gives you the Diseased status. This is a big disadvantage for the fight to come, which can be difficult. Radeka will raise Medat as an undead alongside three other undead enemies. She will also summon three Carrion Beetles, which can do 20-30 points of magic damage with their Coagulated Spit skill, which they may use twice each turn. Radeka can also Charm your character, turning them on any other party members and healing/buffing your enemies.
After defeating Radeka and looting her corpse for some valuable loot including the Purging Wand and the Blood Rose (the Beetles' corpses will also contain beetle legs, which are expensive), return to Slane. Here you can decide to give him the wand, or keep it for yourself.
If you give him the wand, he will transform into a blue Lizard and explain that he is a Dragon Knight, able to switch between Lizard and Dragon forms. He will thank you for your help and praise your honour and courage, and promise that when you face a choice between defeat and death, he will help you. Later, during the Call to Arms quest, Slane will destroy the Shriekers for you.
If you decide to keep the wand for yourself, you will be able to kill Slane and receive 6,000 exp.
Tips & Tricks
- The dragon will come in to help when you get to the final Alexander fight, by casting a spell on the shriekers in the front of the entry (ignores the 2 shriekers to the right part that goes to the chest). If these are dead, he will not show up!
- If you want the exp and loot for killing Slane but still wish for the dragon's help with Shriekers, give him Radeka's purging wand and attack Slane whilst he is still in dragon form -- this can be tricky but is accomplished by immediately dealing damage as soon as you select the dialog to give him the wand. You would be rewarded with the exp for saving Slane as well as the rewards and 6,000 exp for killing him.
- If you don't want to fight Radeka for the wand, you can pickpocket it off her as well.
AnonymousDragons are hard to find in this game, more so than BG2 and of course, no matter what type of character I play I will always kill them. I'm power hungry, I absorb their essence and take their loot, tis the only way. Member Firkraag? Yea well the XP and the loot were better than quest rewards. As far as metagaming goes, nah fam unless that's fun for you. No need to get greedy for XP just role play what your char will do and mine always kill dragons for their power, ya know, being a literal god and all. Killing dragons in Skyrim isn't as satisfying though by comparison since they are abundant. It's the rarity that makes them all the sweeter in this game and the older dnd isometric games.
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You can use teleport spell to move Medats body out of the area to have one less enemy to fight.
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Dragon: she used wand on me... Now I'm thinning ok... he is some Op dragon and this wand done this to him so way on the earth would i give OP wand to OP dragon am i insane?
Well there you got your RPG sorted..
Also loot you gain is Lore master 2, so to say 1H got damage of 2H and chest armor got armor rating of your current shield, not to mention modifiers.
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How to get Quest XP, Killing Dragon XP + Loot(Quest reward loot is*****. Killing him loot is better) and Him help you kill all the shriekers After giving him the wand don't end the dialogue. Select another character and attack him until the dragon change posture. After that (Still keep the dialog on don't end it yet) select another character and go to the shriekers and the dragon will come and help u kill them. After this you can end the dialog and kill him.
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Reminder: if you get the purging wand from Radeka the Witch you can use it at least 3 times before giving it to the dragon with no consequences. Including to clear the shriekers. I am unsure if using the last charge will have a negative effect as I didn't test it.
- Anonymous
So after I gave him the wand I stole it back and attacked him, the result was him attacking me in lizard form known as Slane the dragon knight. it was harder to kill him in this form than it was to kill him in dragon form..... idk if it will still give the achievement for slaying the dragon if you do this however, I was just messing around.... It totally breaks immersion for me because the Role play aspect but whatever.
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if you choose to kill the dragon, he moves around a lot, so open with a rupture tendons
- Anonymous
It seems with at least definitive edition, slane wilkl leave comnbat if you try to attack him after to get his help and his loot. Guess you need to weigh up easy shrieker kills vs the xp and good loot. not a hard choice imo
- Anonymous
I don't know since which updates they changed it, but if you free Slane AFTER having killed every Shrieker in the area Slane will actually come but instead will give you a 50 turn Encouraged buff and also chill you for 6~7 turns from his presence. The journal also says: "Slane appeared and granted us a boon." (I also have screenshots if necessary)
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I didn't kill him for roleplay purposes; it's supposed to be an rpg
- Anonymous
help him and you get 2100xp and some meh loot, kill him and you get 6000xp and a better loot.
- Anonymous
Hi everybody
1) i stole the wand from Radeka without killing her
2) i freed the dragon from stakles and gave him the purging wand, he became a Lizard and offered to help me later.
3) i destroyed myself 4 schriekers of 5 near alexander
3) i defeated Alexander without seeing the dragon (but with the help of Matis and another seeker who now are dead...)
4) i killed Radeka (now i was stronger and the fight was easier)
5) now "the purged dragon" quest say that i have saved the dragon but also that i have to pick up the wand from the dead body of the Witch, the same wand i already gave to Slane...
result: the quest remains open...
any advices ?
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If you need help with Alexander and the void worm. Try using teleport to grab alexander far away from his allies. Beat him until the voidworm arrives, then leave them to fight each other. Most of his allies should rush to aid him against the worm and they will all die. That's what I did on tactician difficulty. Also, it seems if you damage a target enough before the void worm takes them out, you can get experience. Sometimes he will thrash someone and you wont get any exp though. I got over 7k exp when Alexander died, though it wasn't clear if it was exp for killing him or just quest exp.
- Anonymous
Just approached the shriekers, Slane took out all of them (all 5)
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Came here to see how to get his help against Alexander and the Void Worm. Found out he only helps with the Shriekers I already killed. So now I get *****ed out of the quest?
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>make out with creepy psycho thot
>gets disease
>thot still tries to kill you, dies anyway
>realize not many options for getting purge items
>kill dragon cuck
>get phat lewt, 6k xp
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You know when a dragon would be useful? When a giant *****ing void worm springs up from the ground trying to eat you! THAT'S WHEN!
- Anonymous
he only kills the shriekers? well that's fkin useless, i can take care of em myself. i expected him to swoop down and wreck my enemies or something.
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I found the way how to get his loot and make him appear to help at fort (lol).
Give him the wand and while still he's a dragon and chatting with your speaker, attack him with another character.
You will get quest XP, then when he will revert back to non-dragon form fight will occur.
Kill him and get his loot. When you will come to the wall he will appear and kill shriekers anyway.
You ll get loot, double xp and satisfaction ;)
- Anonymous
Poor guy, he just wanted to stick his purging wand inside the witch's blood rose. Can we really blame him?
I still killed him for the loot though, and saved myself from a buggy quest it seems.
- Anonymous
hmm i don't know if this changes things, when i gave the wand to slane i choose the second option that said, "i hope you will make a good ally" or something like that and he come to help. Previously on my first playthrough i chose the first option and he didn't show up, maybe this affect it?
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As much as I wanted toto help him I got more exp and awesome loot + achievement killing him...sadly I couldnt find out if he help you later in the game but I had cleared the shrikers myself so he wouldnt have showed up...maybe he does show up later in game...we'll have toto wait for official guides to see...maybe a second plauthrough
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Decided to kill him... Got 4 epic items and one legendary lmao
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The dragon is a *****. He didn't come to help because I cleared the shriekers myself before saving him. But he couldn't clear the other shriekers on the right then?
What bullshit
- Anonymous
To complete this quest, do not purge the shriekers and just walk up to them until Slane shows up and destroys them. This closes the quest.
- Anonymous
It seems like there's a failure case where you do too many of the objectives at once before starting the fight sequence. It seems like if you get Radeka's purging wand, use it on the dragon, and then get the wand from the Dark Cavern, and then use the second wand to clear the shriekers... this leaves no room to clear Slane?
- Anonymous
to all the people that are saying that slane didnt help them, in my case he destroyed the 3 shriekers that prevent you from progressing right before the fight with a worm that is near the ending of act 1.
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"We have left Fort Joy behind us, and Slane as well. He'll have to save himself."
"We gave Radeka's Purging Wand to Slane, and he transformed into a lizard."
He did not show up for the ship fight. After leaving fort Joy Island I had a lot of quest logs saying I failed (Freed elf, fort joy arena) even though I am 100% sure I actually did.
Feels bad.
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Also he did not appear in the fight against the magisters. This is bullshit.
"We have left Fort Joy behind us, and Slane as well. He'll have to save himself."
"We gave Radeka's Purging Wand to Slane, and he transformed into a lizard."
- Anonymous
He didn't come to help me in the fight against the magisters..
Being forced to be kissed by her is outdated and incorrect information - by speaking with Slane first and offering to help him, where he will then tell you about Radeka and her cave, you will have the option very quickly - if not immediately - inform her you are here about Slane, which will rush her to the combat state without having to start combat with her debuff on the person initiating.
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