The Stranger
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Walkthrough
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1Find the first book "Chromanin" in the inventory of a skeleton mage inside the Mist Tower (Nebelturm). The cave holds further skeletons - clear them before reading.
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2Read the first book. It points to the next with the line: "The wise man gains a great overview before turning to the next task." The second book sits atop the tower in the old castle (Altes Kastell), reachable only by climbing. At a slope that blocks forward progress, back up to the edge of the ramp the hero just came up, pull yourself up there and continue to the top.
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3Read the second book. Its clue: "What is divided will be rejoined, if only briefly and massively separated." The third book lies on an island in the river before the north gate of the Old Camp, guarded by a cluster of bloodflies.
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4Read the third book. Its clue: "The clever fisherman tries his luck on the other side of the lake too." Before the New Camp lies a lake with several ruined fishing huts; the fourth book sits on the far shore.
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5Read the fourth book. Its clue: "Forgotten are the deeds of those who once stood aboard." Below the Mist Tower a stranded ship rests on the beach, fire-warans patrolling nearby. The fifth book lies near the wreck.
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6Read the fifth book. Its clue: "Where everything began, you will find me." Return to the Mist Tower cave where the skeleton mage fell. A corpse now lies where the mage did; take the sixth book from the body.
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7Read the sixth book. The Stranger addresses the hero directly, and a fresh group of skeletons plus a skeleton mage spawn. Clear them to close the quest. +3350 XP total.
Requires game version 1.08h or later.
A six-part riddle hidden across the Colony, unlocked only from patch 1.08h onwards. It begins with a book called "Chromanin" in the inventory of a skeleton mage in the Mist Tower and ends back where it started, with a body in the same cave and a voice the hero cannot place speaking to him alone. Each volume narrows the next hiding place - a turret in the old castle, an island in the river, the far shore of a sunken lake, the wreck below the Mist Tower. The reward is 3350 XP, and the knowledge that someone out there has been watching.