The Secrets of Bloodmoon Island is a Quest in Divinity: Original Sin II. Entering Bloodmoon Island, there is blood everywhere and carnage. What secrets do this island hold?
Important NPCs
- The Advocate
- The Ancestor Tree
- The Archivist
The Secrets of Bloodmoon Island Objectives
- Learn how the Black Ring attempted to get past the Death Fog that surrounds Bloodmoon Island.
- Speak to the Advocate.
- Find the entrance to the Archive.
- Discover and awaken the Ancestor Tree's spirit, Eleanessa.
- Tell Jahan the name of the Arch-demon, Adramahlikh.
The Secrets of Bloodmoon Island Walkthrough
This quest can be acquired after learning about the Black Ring's attempt to get past the death fog surrounding Bloodmoon Island. Information can be found on Black Ring corpses on the island. After entering Bloodmoon Island, go to the place listed in the picture below; it is the entrance to the Archives. You will need at least 22 wits to spot the dirt mound. If you don't have enough wits, Peace of Mind can assist you.
Once inside the Archives, you will immediately gain 50,575XP. You can also cast Spirit Vision and speak to the spirit of the Archivist here. No matter what dialogue option you pick, you will gain 14,450XP. Search around the Archives for the Archivist's Journal and read it to find out the name of the Ancestor Tree is Eleanessa.
Walk forward and you will find that the wall ahead is actually a hidden door (you will need some wits to spot it). Pick up the Unusual Blade here for 50,000XP. If you interact with it as a Lizard, you will be able to understand the blade's words. There is also a locked Tenebrium chest here that will sap 1 Source Point from your character with every interaction. If you lockpick it, you will find a Green Teleporter Pyramid inside the chest. Note that merely left-clicking the chest to interact with it will only drain a Source point and produce a remark from your character.
Secret: There is actually a chest hidden in the map which you can teleport out to loot. If you refer to the screenshot below, you will see exactly what orientation the camera needs to be in order to successfully select the chest. Apportation can also help with this, as it can be quite difficult to pinpoint the exact spot needed to teleport the chest.
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The Ancestor Tree can be located at the center of Bloodmoon Island, but it is surrounded by Black Ring magisters who will attack you on sight if you do not pass the speech check. Going too close to the tree will cause them to attack. It is recommended to start The Advocate quest and kill them all for massive amounts of XP.
You cannot speak to the Ancestor Tree unless the Advocate has been killed. Killing him is also part of the quest, "A Hunter of Wicked Things", doing this in conjunction with this quest is recommended.
Kill The Advocate, and cast Spirit Vision in order to speak with the Ancestor Tree. Invoke its name (Eleanessa) and it will begin speaking with you in earnest, thanking you for easing its pain. You will gain 66200XP for invoking the name of the tree. The tree then asks you to kill Doctor Daeva, who is possessed by a powerful Arch-demon called Adramahlikh (this quest starts another: Doctor's Orders).
After you speak with the Tree, return to the Spirit of an Elven Pilgrim (x194,y413) and tell him you know the name of the tree. You will receive XP for closing this quest ("The Druid").
This quest will close upon going to the square in Arx after defeating the doctor.
Rewards:
- 14,450XP for speaking with the spirit of Brother Kaylan.
- 50,575XP for entering the Archives.
- 14,450XP for speaking with the spirit of the Archivist.
- Pick up the Unusual Blade for 50,000XP. [note: some report that in recent (5/2020) builds, the XP granted is significantly lower]
- A Green Teleporter Pyramid is located in the Tenebrium chest next to the Unusual Blade.
- 66,200XP for invoking the name of the Ancestor Tree.
AnonymousIf anyone has done anything but cant speak with the tree, make sure you have Ghost vision on ;)
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Wiki wont let me post links to the image but
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heres a screenshot of where you need youre mouse and position - please upload into the wiki if you can admins
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https://i.imgur.com/fu9HMcz.jpeg heres a screenshot of where you need youre mouse and position
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https://i.imgur.com/fu9HMcz.jpeg heres a screenshot on where u need exactly to have ur mouse and camera position hope it helps :)
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DE on PC. Speaking to Brother Kaylan gives NO exp and will NOT start this quest. This quest only starts when entering archive room.
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I don't think the chest is there in Definitive Edition anymore, I'm there and used Apparition a few times, no chest in that area lol
Entering the Archives only gained 14,450XP - PC, Definitive Edition
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Killing The Advocate is not required to speak with the Ancestor Tree. Simply use a teleport spell on The Advocate and teleport him away from the tree. If you wait too long to talk to the Ancestor Tree, then he'll return, begin his whining again, and prevent you from talking to it. However, that said, as stated in the guide above, it's probably best to kill The Advocate; he's a jerk, and, more importantly, killing him is required for completing "A Hunter of Wicked Things" quest.
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Um. So I'm in Arx, just killed Daeva, and I still have the secrets of bloodmoon island quest. And It wants me to find Eleanessa. In Arx. Help.
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Despite using Clear-Minded to bring my Wits all the way up to 28, the hatch for the Archives still won't appear. Am I missing something? Advocate is dead, hymnal decoded, I have done pretty much everything here I can but still can't get into the Archive.
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So if you speak to the advocate and teleport him away with someone else (out of the trees sight) you can talk to the tree :)
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Я нашел остатки кристального клинка в покоях архивариуса, там на постаменте, че мне дальше делать? Ну типа куда идти дальше то?
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I'm at the ''wake the ancestor tree'' yet, I can't interact with the tree and the archivist's spirit isn't there. I got his book, but I can't do anything else. The advocate is dead, everyone on the island is dead.
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I think you can get the archive location by using the map that's with the possesed guys that welcome you to the island.
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I see that most of those successfully teleporting that Hidden archives chest are on PC. Im on console currently and the teleportation cursor works differently as it also moves the camera unlike a mouse cursor. Is there a way for folks on a console to get it lined up to work?
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How do you actually start this quest? I've talked to every ghost I can find on the island and got nothing. The only thing I can think of is that I Source-Vamped a Black Ring corpse in the Advocate's camp before checking with Spirit Vision and I'm concerned that I may have eaten the one ghost that can actually start this quest.
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How are you supposed to unlock the tenebrium chest? theres no key and all it does is drain source, which isn't even a big deal because of the source fountain.
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Playing DOS2 DE Found the map of the island which showed 3 statues - sung the Hymnals found in the archives to blast the statues reveal hatches.
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Is there a way to convince the Advocate to let you speak to the tree or is killing him mandatory for this? I really want to have a run at some point where I do not kill him but if he's in the way of this it seems like he's unsalvageable unless you don't mind missing out on a monumental chunk of XP.
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For anyone trying to get the secret chest: 1) Use the Apportation spell, it’ll save you a lifetime of effort 2) The chest only contains a gold cup, Peace of Mind scroll, and a large wits potion (I have a loot skill of 0, so I think this is the base of what you’ll usually get, I can’t say for certain though)
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You are able to find it with high enough wits even if the advocate doesn't tell you about it. It may have been patched since previous comments, but I was able to find it from the screenshot even after the advocate was dead.
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Slight problem... I killed the Advocate... before he could tell me about the vault... what do I do now??
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You have to be told about the hatch/archives to be able to detect it!
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You can't find the hatch until you are told about it!! Same as the treasure chests of the four heroes!
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How do I travel to Arx? The north route is destroyed and no ships go there. If I go to Where Malady wants to go I cant finish three of my quests that take place in Arx.
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Is the hidden chest worth the effort? Because buggered if I can find the right spot to teleport it from.
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I only get 14450 XP from entering the vault and picking up the unusual blade. Is this a bug or is the wiki just wrong?
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Is the secret chest still in the archives room? I'm not seeing it.
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Once you kill the Advocate, don't forget about his 3 servants at the gate by the broken bridge who might've greeted you when you arrived. They'll be hostile and needing a dirtnap.
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You get an achievement for speaking the tree's name called "What's in a name?"
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Malqg the Stalker will remain at the Advocate's original position, so be sure to go over and kill him too. Also, I got all of Basatan and the Advocate's vendor loot (or most of it) including over 50k gold in total.
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The quest closed for me when moving to nameless isle,l even though I talked to the tree, got the name of the demon,l told it to Jahan and did everything according to this page.
What did I do wrong?
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Get the book from off the desk that is surrounded by the bookshelves, Read it, that gives you the name
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Sooo... Got a Problem... I consumed the ghost of the Archivist earlier in game ... now I can´t talk to the tree ... possible to get his name anywhere? Also don´t have a elf in party...
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Well I did everything,found the archive,read Archivist's Journal and i still can't talk with the Tree,what the hell am I doing wrong ? I mean,I did kill the black ring people and the demon lizard befre finding this archive,but mustn't be it,right ?
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When you reach Bloodmoon Isle through invisible bridge, a loyal servant greets you. There is a map right in front of him that reveals location of Archive, Ancient Forge and Sculptures.
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I spent 10 hours on this island going over every square inch of it. How in the hell is anyone supposed to know to use a shovel to dig in that exact spot to reveal the hatch? There is no in-game indication of either the location or that digging is required. It's the first time in the game a shovel needed to be used manually and the first time I had to use a search engine to find an answer on how to progress.
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This quest will not close and will continue on in Arx. It's intended, not a bug.
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how do i get to arx without the quest closing when i start nameless isle?
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i don't know how i got the quest and now i can't seem to finish it (i met The Advocate before Jahan and other source masters)
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22 wits succeeded in finding the hidden vault. 21 failed to find it.
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I closed out this quest when I teleported to the Arx square. The tree's spirit showed up to give me a reward and ended the quest.
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to close this quest, u need to slay the Doctor without weak him, an elf sprit will find u in ARX after u killed the doctor, and give u the reward.
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How to communicate with the tree ? It only talks gibberish to me...
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This quest would not close for me. I did everything listed here and talked to the tree and got the Doctor quest but it's still showing as active in my quest log.
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For the vault to appear you need really hit Wits.
Either use a potion or use the fire spell "peace of mind" to increase Wits enough to detect the hatch.
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Um, he vault hatch isn't appearing, and I've killed the advocate already so. If I could get an explainatuon for that I'd be grateful.
You can speak to the treat without killing the Advocate. I just did it.
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