A Candle in the Storm is a side quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the A Candle in the Storm side mission.
- Starting Location: Agamen Volcanic Island – Volcanic Island Camp
- Quest Giver: Menella
- Requirement: Complete Shadowed Prayers side quest
- Reward: 4800 XP, 25,000 G, Ring of Amplification
- Quest Description: As the empress performed her supplications to the Lambent Flame, an assassin’s dagger took aim at her back. Though the brigand was caught, the true mastermind is still at large.
Objectives:
- Speak with the gaoled brigand
- Report back to Ser Menella
- Leak information to the Coral Snakes
- Report back to Ser Menella
- Unmask the mastermind
Starting Location: A Candle in the Storm
To start this quest, you need to head to Volcanic Island Camp to find Menella after completing Shadowed Prayers. She will be somewhere in the camp or hot springs, and will automatically approach you when you get near, triggering the quest.
Speak with the gaoled brigand
To continue the quest you’ll need to make your way back to Bakbattahl, then head to the gaol entrance. This can be reached by taking the path through the Dye Stores and then to the end. You will be greeted by a guard who lets you enter the area without being bothered.
If you try to question the man he just tells you to leave him alone, so you need to pay 5000 G to get him to give you any information.
Report back to Ser Menella
After bribing the man he reveals he was instructed by the Coral Snakes. Return to the Volcanic Island Camp to report this to Menella.
Leak information to the Coral Snakes
Menella now asks that you leak information about a false location of the Mepress to the Coral Snakes. Go back to the gaol and speak with Ashe, who is located further down in the gaol.
Report back to Ser Menella
After leaking the info, you can meet Menella on the west side of Bakbattahl.
As you approach she will automatically speak with you, then run off. Make your way out of the city to the west to the new marked spot and enter the building.
You can then opt to either support the empress or oppose it. If you support then she will come with and you will need to protect her.
Unmask the mastermind
Speak with Menella again when you are ready to continue. When the person arrives outside speak with them, then follow back inside. They’ll ask for you to kill the Empress, but you just need to attack in her direction before they stop you. After the following dialogue, you will complete the quest.
This finishes the A Candle in the Storm side quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2.
For all other Quests refer to Dragon’s Dogma 2 Walkthrough.
Xire says
Just to clarify the “her” in the last part of the guide.
You have two choices, when the mastermind enters the house and wants you to kill the Empress
1. Attack the mastermind – solves the quest, but not the best ending
2. Attack the Empress – better solution, you get more gold and a ring along with further info about the motives of the attack.
George says
Bro i freed the snake dude from gaol ? what can i do now?
anon says
or the best outcome, just unsheathe your weapon next to the empress when you’re asked to kill her and simply wait, you’ll get 25k + the ring
anon says
there’s a third choice, when they ask you to kill the empress, unsheathe your weapon, then simply wait.
I don’t know what are the rewards for killing her, but this outcome is better than to tackle them, you’ll get more gold + a ring.
Z says
There was a seeker coin in the cell with him, so I opened the cell long before I even started the quest chain. There is no brigand anymore.
Schiro says
You might have wanted to include that the quest gets a bad end if you oppose the Empress.
Humandred says
If anybody is looking for help bc they released the prisoner before the quest had started just know that he will be in the tavern in bakbattahl.
Krow says
Whenever I try to enter the Gaol the guards immediately attack me to arrest me. No idea how I’m supposed to complete this quest currently.
WAF says
Had the same thing happen to me. I killed them, and then went to the Battahl Morgue and revived them.