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There's a hidden chests to the left behind the.. dirt lava stuff right after Hallow man and before windego. Walk out on the wood and teleport it. I scored a rare necro spell anyways.. last rites I think

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Teleport em into the lava from the top. Loot by Teleporting bodies out after. Reward 380k exp (23k DE)...

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And 300k exp (100k DE) and also another 120k exp (4k DE) .....

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Apparently he can be teleported while in dialogue without consequences. At least as long as he's not at the last line, where you press (continue) and the fight starts. I teleported him across the lava in two steps, first to the base of the scaffold there, then on the rock across. Finished the dialogue, the fight started, his cronies attacked, but he was too far to engage.

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Just fought him and accidentally turned Deflective Barrier against him in a hilarious way. I was going duo with Sebille and Fane (non-LW). Sebille stripped his physical armour, then teleported away and went invisible. Fane used Shackles of Pain and followed up with Bouncing Shield. It did damage, then Sallow deflected the shield back to Fane, which damaged Fane, which copied over to Sallow due to Shackles, and then the shield... bounced back to Sallow. It bounces to a nearby enemy, and normally it can't bounce back onto the same target, but Sallow had deflected it back to Fane after all... triple damage Bouncing Shield.

He then ran away up to right behind where Sebille was hiding, so he didn't have a good day.

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Sallow man is one of the few enemies in the game with Deflective Barrier. Rather unfortunate as you have such a great elevated position to shoot on him. So I cast Living on the Edge on my Ranger before I used Ballistic Missile to do massive damage on him. It dropped my health to 1 so I could then use Death Wish to double my damage.

He cast Plague on all my party members which was a pain to deal with as I had no Bless memorized but I did have a source orb. It turns out I could place a source orb into a vacant armor slot for zero AP. Then I could use the orb to cast Mass Cleansing to rid myself of the Plague.

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Idk if this quest was changed but I was not given any option other than fighting him. And he doesn't give you a staff. Also, unchain lohse before you walk up to him. Otherwise he will start combat with you before you can give him alexander's head.

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Easier way to cheese the fight. Leave your ranged units and Lohse on the upper platform. Move closer to sallow man with two remaining. Equip one of the two characters approaching with Terran transmutation skill. While one is initiating conversation, teleport some lava to upper level. After giving Sallow man tge head for xp, initiate combat and put some lava under sallow man. At the same time start teleporting minions to that same lava patch. Easy win

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*Sallow Man prepares for a big fight with all his power and ability to return from death*
*Teleports him into the lava. He dies instantly. He respawns..... he dies instantly again.*
*Teleport body back and loot* xD

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Providing you haven’t wiped out the camps of Forktongue and Wordless, one of the black glass mirrors in the Sallow Man’s camp will allow you to speak with Forktongue and instruct him to attack the Wordless.

When you exit Sallow Man’s cave, go to the Black Ring Encampment to find the battle in progress. They will all be labeled as neutral. Force attack one of them and everyone will then be labeled as hostile. Turn invisible, stand aside, and watch the two groups annihilate each other, all the while gaining XP for the any kills. Wait until the end is close and join in to mop up the remainder.

A rather easy way to get a buttload of XP and loot for little effort. What an ingenious little treat Larian snuck in to the game.

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You can eat Alexander's head and still hand it over to complete the quest if you engage with The Sallow Man first, then eat the head with a different character, then select the dialogue option to hand it over.

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Use teleport and nether swap to cheese the fight. Teleport the nearest one to the lava. Then teleport the second closest one as close to the lava then immediately netherswap with the corpse. Rinse and repeat.

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DE on PC and quest XP is greatly nerfed. Give Alexander only rewards 5,0150 XP now.
And Sallow Man will not give you the staff unless your main character is Undead (or Fane). Talking to Sallow with main character will be forced to fight him if your main is not Undead.

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He reminds me of the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth.

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ON DE, didn't get the "staff that can destroy corpses and prevent them from resurrecting." I given the option to turn on my allies or kill him, easy choice that one.

easy fight with no cheese, al my characters were lv 17

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Warning, neither The Sallow man nor Windego are undead so healing will NOT work.

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If you consume Sallow's source after killing him it will give you the villain tag, this doesn't overwrite the hero tag if you have it (don't know if this is abnormal, just figured it was worth mentioning)

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For some reason, the source spell Circle of Protection removes the plague for any character its cast on. For 1 AP & 1 source, it is a really cheap way to make this fight easier

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In DE, you get more XP for turning in Alexandar's head to the Sallow Man (50,150 XP) than killing the Sallow Man for Alexandar (20,075 XP). Essentially, you gain 30,075 more XP for completing the quest, 'The Sallow Man', versus completing the quest, 'An Unlikely Patron'. Kill the Sallow Man and his followers after completing his quest to maximize XP.

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Lava cheese

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I just blocked the pallisade gate with boxes and stood on top of the ledge nuking them all and casting summons to keep them in line of sight. Sallow Man did end up teleporting up once the other 3 black ring members died.

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Sallowman wants me to kill all my godwoken companions. Is Lohse godwoken or something?

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Alexander drops the Cowl of True Sight . If you allready had the elf eat Alexanders Head you can use this items ability on the wall behind the Altar in the cave to pass .

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I really just teleported enemies on lava you got to hit that sweet spot where the range is applicable for teleportation

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If you're having trouble killing the troll: you can teleport him into the lava and instakill him.

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Killed the Shadow Prince, no hood. Convinced Gareth to not kill Alexandar and left without talking to Alex and now he's in the Archives and I can't get to the Sallow Man. WAT.

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Oh yeah, I like this quest a lot: destroyed Alexandar (by helping Gareth), for his "I didn't know bohoo" (doubt it) does not change the fact of slaughtering of all the mages and innocent by his "order", then, took his head to Sally, talked as Sebille and made her, HA, Noble/Scholar! Hell yeah. No more "outlaw" sht, as I am Chaotic Good. Then, destroyed Sally in his true, chicken, form, twice. Nice. And Purged his spirit. But wait, you can talk to the black mirror (do this before casting spirit vision) and say that "boss is busy but he said that the "Wordless" (from the Black Ring Camp) should be wiped out, obey", what the hell, awesome. Then, if you have Red Prince with you, you can see his loved Princess in other mirror. And in other two you see dude in shining armour (Paladins? Some King or knight?) and noble rich woman dwarf (the Queen of Dwarves?), dude, I love this game for little details. And then, loot the hell out of the place, finding the Swornbreaker part (and some proof about dwarf Queen). For the extra XP you can both talk with Sallow Man's spirit for the combination and then eat his arm as an elf.

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If you took the shortcut and met Alexandar directly at the Academy, you can still pass the wall by dropping a teleportation pyramid behind it. The tunnel to the encampment remains dark (a glitch, I suppose), but you can safely cross it.

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i think i *****ed up i wanted to help the sallow man but all of the black ring forces are hostile towards me. i went into this cave and the sallow man was hostile towards me here as well. looks like ill become the divine..

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how do i learn about sallow man?? cant get past step 1, everything else seem easy, but step one does not work, black mirror does not give quest, can i use console to add code to add quest ?

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TELEPORT THEM ALL INTO THE LAVA AND THEN TELEPORT THE BODIES BACK. LAVA INSTANT KILLS I'M DYING LAUGHING RIGHT NOW!

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Both Sallow Man and Alexander are an easy fights, provided your team is positioned correctly. Sallow man is a formidable opponent, but he can be killed almost immediately (twice as he revives). You have the high ground after entering the cave, and the sallow man is not hostile at the beginning. Position your ranged characters high up, and while initiating conversation with him, use the character with polymorph ability to move lava next to him. Then a simple teleport him into lava twice (second time after he revives).

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you can cheese the hell out of this. start convo with sallow with one character and have a long range character pick off the mobs from the cliff. they don't aggro if you're far enough away but better yet even if they do aggro, it doesn't aggro sallow or any of the other mobs.

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When fighting the troll at the cave entrance, I kept hearing a child voice, "hey, you! Come heah!(here)" Who or what is it? I saw a rabbit at the top-never looked any deeper...

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The only reward this quest has to offer is the title change. Wether you accept it or deny it he will try to kill you. I even tried completing the quest with Fane (since he is already dead) and he doesn't try to kill you but you still do not get the reward for bringing him the head.

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You can't turn away, you're stuck with one of the new labels. He also wants you to swear to God King or you don't get anything, and then when you do, he says you must be dead and they all attack. Plus, he only tells you half of the councils signs? Alexander at least gave all of them.

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If you're playing as Lohse, the Sallow Man will address your demon and start a fight.... So leave Lohse behind if you don't want to immediately fight the Sallow Man.

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I was able to terrain transmutation over lava under Sallow man before starting the fight. If you start the fight while he's on top of the lava it kills him twice instantly.

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Definitive Edition: If Lohse is your main char, it is still worth to start the conversation/give him the head without her. U gain 45k more XP that way. Couldnt find/get the staff that way but i guess u cant get it in the first place when Lohse is main.

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The full fight can be cheesed. Just put two rangers at the hill, before you go through the wooden gate. Use one physical ranger (Bow/crossbow) to kill the "Black ring" at the middle of the room, after he transforms the reflect deals too much damage to burn it down. So you just need to send a tank and start the fight, the same rangers that were on the top of the hill can attack the sallow man without entering combat, and his armor won't regen anymore.

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"After that, he will give you a staff that can destroy corpses and prevent them from resurrecting. At this point, you can turn on your party members..." What does this mean? Turn on your companions as in attack them?

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make sure you look at the mirrors, some good laughs there. also if you have red prince in your party, he sees his special lady friend in the mirror & it continues his quest

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So, Sallow Man won't give the reward to other character except party leader, and if i speak using Lohse, it will start combat, so wtf now?

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Maybe I missed out on some XP, but I had my whole group at the top of the hill inside the cave, before going through the gate the gate. I used my archer to take the black ring reaver down to a sliver of health, fired on him thrice before combat began, bled to death immediately there after. Sallow man took off running toward my party. Summoned creature in front of a second black ring, lept rouge behind him to make a death sandwhich. Leapt my executioner onto the pain weaver. By the time sallow man got through the gate to my archer and summoner, he was all alone and got teleported back into the shark tank below. Second play through. I remember this fight being really hard first go round. Not this time...

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While talking to him (don't exit the conversation) if you teleport him far away near the entrance he will stay in conversation and not attack. Meanwhile you can burn down his minions with your remaining party and he will not get involved until exiting the conversation. Only drawback is you will be short one party member as they will be locked in the convo

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Is the tag change really random? Doesn’t it just change the first tag in the tag list?

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This wiki is wrong about hundreds of things! I only received a little over 50,000 for giving him Alexander's head. I received 41,000 for killing each of his Black Ring followers...it's almost like they haven't even played the damn game!

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Each black ring member around the sallow man rewarded ~41,850xp, and Sallow man still rewarded 97k

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Kinda lame how all the fights at this stage of the game are easy. I'm level 18 and every enemy is level 16.

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Also look at every mirror funneh shit!

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After killing Sallow man and windego go deep inside the cave to get additional quests by picking some letters and papers (may be 3 additional quests)

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Burn the Troll to ashes by using Teleportation on Troll and teleport him onto lava. EZZZZ
Just find the good placement for your party member with TP near the lava.
Also if you have Terrain Transmutation, it can be used to kill Troll and also can be use during fight with The Sallow Man.

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i have this weird bug where i dont have any dialogue at all they all just attack me suddenly .. even windego

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What a shitty reward.

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If you bring Lohse with you to Sallow Man he will attack immediately, he and her demon are not good friends.

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Regarding mirros one of the lizard mirrors talked to me (had red prince in party), notifying and updating the quest log that Sadha (red princess) is in Arx one of the mirrors is "vacant or busy" with no one responding, though I believe this to be where Roost Alan (leader of Lone Wolves) would communicate with you if you had NOT killed him. i killed him in all my playthroughs

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Simply use Polymorph's Terrain Transmutation to get some Lava up to the fighting area before the fight. Then drop it on him with the same skill. Can't get easier.

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so this guide is sort of poorly worded. Turning away will always result in you fighting him regardless weather you chose to be swarn or not. If you choose a reward (ie a new tag) however the quest finishes an you can claim the rewards.

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If you can't get the door open, because you don't have the item to open the door towards the shallowman. You can just stand next towards the door, drop a pyramide on the other side and teleport through the wall. to the other side.

The cave start will not be defoged tho, but everythign else. easy

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If you have a pair of teleporting pyramids and want to get past the troll without fighting him. Just have one party member split from your party with one of the pyramids and have a ranged character aggro the troll away from the cave and just sneak in the cave and summon everyone after passing a few turns to get the 6 AP needed to use the teleport pyramid in battle. Good Luck!

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Hi guys, I noticed in the same room the mirrors of blackest glass that supposedly the sallow man speaks to his followers through them. But when I peaked it said people were looking then quickly hiding. Does anyone know anything about those?

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If you stand on x:84 and y:249 you can just teleport the sallow man into the lava below

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Easy way to get into the cave without fighting the troll: teleport him into the lava.

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Is there a way to meet the Sallow Man without having to side with Magisters or Black Ring?

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Some things I noted while playing:
Alexander drops Cowl of True Sight (a hat) if you kill him or will give it to you if you help him. The hat has Dispel Illusion spell, which will allow you to open pathway behind altar in cave, as well as open pathway into inner cave area. Key for inner cave can also be found on on a Black Ring Reaver in center of platform.

If you talk to Sallow Man with Lohse, he will outright attack you. This can be avoided if use another char to initiate conversation.

He's not that difficult to kill. Playing in Tactican mode, I have my high Int and crit char cast Thunderstorm on him and managed to include a couple of his cronies in damage field. They die after being striked by lightning for 3 turns. After that I just have my chars focus on killing him a second time and finish off a Black Ring Reaver that was too far away from Thunderstorm's damage field.

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I was able to draw him to the Lava by the torture pits and teleport him in. Not quite a cheat strat, since I had to draw him there and use smoke grenades to prevent the mages from using spells from up on their perch. Was quite effective. Negates his revive and once he stops spreading Plague the others are easy kills.

I want to keep Alaxander alive next time though, how do you get in without his head?

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At lvl 19, I also only got 50,150 for delivering Alexander's head. To avoid the fight I had to talk to him with someone other than leader or Lohse. But doing so, you only get "claim your reward" on that char. Speaking with your leader leads to the fight no matter which options you pick.

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To remove troll blood from any troll and kill them withour cheese strat. Just hit them with a healing spell like "restoration" that remove troll blood

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Small advise, in order to get into cave, you don't have to outgun the troll with source(due to his regen). You can sneak to the left of him and teleport him to lava

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I got 50,150XP for giving alexandar's head :\

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Eh...so much missing out here.
For example, you can also first meet with the Prince of Shadows and get a hood to protect you against the Sallow man - also you can kill him and help Alexander instead. It's not just ONE way to deal with this...

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In the same area there is a small place reacheable by teleport skills and into the same wall there is also an sort of huge tomb/chair looking that can be clicked upon but costantly say "Can't Reach".
It is tied with the Sallow Man's quest?

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I would just like to add a cheese way to level the playing field with the sallow man fight, after giving him alexanders head and progressing into his dialog. He begs the question of if I am sworn or not, before I answered the question, I simply switched characters and attacked his surrounding lackies. Essentially, my tank remained in dialog with the sallow man, while the rest of my party cleared his black ring buddies. I am assuming as long as you do not actually cause any harm to the sallow man, he will never enter combat. Keep in mind that this cheat requires you to sacrafice one of your team to remain in dialog with him. Regardless after killing his minions you can position yourself anyway you want around him and finish the dialog, initiating combat and finishing him off. I hope this helps anyone who may find his fight annoying.

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What a bull*****guide , sallow man attacks no matter what you do , there is no option to become sworn

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For the sake of posterity, if you speak to him as Lohse he will simply attack you after talking to him. He hates the demon in her apparently. If you're looking to hand the quest in do NOT talk to him while using Lohse.

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I follow this..but after i give him alexandar's head, i select turn away option, and no matter what choice i select after that, it is either i choose to fight him, or it ends in a fight with no complete, just closes it out and i don't get the staff, is there a certain something i am missing?

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Very useful..

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