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Chapter |
The Midnight Isles |
Start |
Colyphyr Mines |
Location |
Colyphyr Mines |
Type |
Main quest |
Reward |
Perilous Shade (Optional) Profane Ascension (Optional) Fresh Nahyndrian Crystal |
Previous Quest |
Walking on Corpses |
Next Quest |
The Way Back |
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Strike Back is a main quest in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Journal
| “ | Throughout history, generals have always known that no matter how perfect one's defense, it is impossible to win a war through defense alone. The crusaders have withstood many blows from the demonic hordes, becoming a living shield for Golarion, but now it is time for a counterattack. In the depths of the island called Colyphyr, Hepzamirah, daughter of Baphomet himself, is creating a new army of mythic demons, and the Commander must stop her before it is too late. | „ |
| Thwart Hepzamirah's plans | +1296xp | Obj1_DestroyMines (f04f3fb286872ec42a575f3c231302cf) |
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Hepzamirah's lair is hidden somewhere in the depths of Colyphyr. There are many slaves toiling in the mines, supervised by vigilant guards. Surely they will not allow the Commander to reach Hepzamirah without a fight. However, there is no other choice but to go deep into the caves, to the very place where Hepzamirah endows her soldiers with mythic power.
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| Remove the barrier from the gate | +1296xp | Obj2_BreakTheSeal (b35919991b637a84b8201e63d940febc) |
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Even those who like to boast of their might rarely neglect to protect their possessions from unexpected visitors. The gate leading to Hepzamirah's cave is sealed by a demonic barrier. It is similar to those the Commander has encountered before, but this one is charmed in a different way. The right tool will be required to remove it. Perhaps something suitable could be found in the mines — it is unlikely that Hepzamirah was so paranoid as to lock herself away even from her own slaves.
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| Destroy the demons' lair | +4320xp | Obj3_DestroyDemonsBase (419f0f0ad936d3b4b842e94a4ced2902) |
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The last line of defense has fallen. The Commander has to strike one last and most important blow by destroying the nest of Baphomites on the Midnight Isles and killing their leader.
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| “ | Hepzamirah is dead, and her father, Baphomet, Lord of the Labyrinth, has been shamefully banished from the Midnight Isles. And even though Hepzamirah's army had time to depart for Golarion, mortals can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that they need no longer fear new hordes of demons with mythic powers arriving from the Worldwound. | „ |
Walkthrough
- This quest begins when you arrive at Colyphyr Mines.
Thwart Hepzamirah's plans
- If you have raised the alarm, then few encounters on lower floor will change. They will also change if you raised the alarm after clearing the whole lower level, resulting in more enemies to kill and loot. Alarm will be raised if:
- You failed to deal with umbral dragon on your way to Colyphyr Mines.
- Killed the dragon Melazmera.
- Let the patrolling Babau alarmer to escape.
- Got captured by Kestoglyr on your way to Colyphyr Mines, see Stolen Equipment errand.
- This objective completes when you examine or open the Magical Barrier on the lower level of Colyphyr Mines.
Remove the barrier from the gate
- This objective beings when you examine the Magical Barrier to Hepzamirah's quarters.
- To remove the barrier you need to get Mutasafen's Master Key from Mutasafen who can be found on the lower level of Colyphyr Mines.
- By talking to him you can pass Intimidate DC 40 check (+648xp) to get the key and +20736xp, but he will leave.
- If you fight then you will get the same +20736xp for killing him, but you also get to loot his corpse for some valuable items.
- You will also get Cascade of Fire quest for Act 5.
Removing the seal without examining the barrier first will cause you to miss out on this objective. (Last Version bug was seen:2.7.0w) (Wrath of the Righteous)
Destroy the demons' lair
- Once the seal is open, you can go and meet Hepzamirah in that room. The short dialogue with her will end in combat.
- If you have Sister's Surprise Gift errand as Mythic Demon then you have to select [Release the canary from the box] "I have a present for you from your sister." as your [attack] option, otherwise the errand will fail.
- Defeating Hepzamirah will cause the surviving enemies to run away.
- After that Baphomet appears and you get a short talk with him.
- You can try to strike a deal with him as (Evil) action.
- Mythic Angel have a (Good) option, if Devastation is completed you will get an immediate Mythic Level and the fight with Baphomet will change.
- [Attack] him normally or with Mythic Demon choice.
- You will have to fight Baphomet in either case.
- If you have autosaves enabled, there will be one at the start of the fight.
- Baphomet starts combat with Baphomet's Word, a mass dispel spell that will remove nearly all your buffs.
- You can use Midnight Bolt on him for extra interactions after he is defeated.
- You don't have to kill him, just survive for 3 rounds and you get Mythic Level, Nocticula will appear and take him down.
- But if you have made a Mythic Angel response, then you will have to kill him. To help you with that Baphomet gets debuffed with Angelic Wrath. You will receive +98304xp for this.
- Angelic Wrath (Baphomet is slowed down. Whenever he is hit by a creature with a good alignment, the attack deals additional 15 holy damage. For all attacks, saving throws and checks to overcome spell resistance Baphomet rolls twice and choses the worst result.)
- But if you have made a Mythic Angel response, then you will have to kill him. To help you with that Baphomet gets debuffed with Angelic Wrath. You will receive +98304xp for this.
- After the battle you get to talk with Nocticula:
- You get an opportunity to complete Dangerous Knowledge and Ember's The Wicked quests if you haven't done so already.
- "How did you get here?" gives you an (Good/Lawful/Chaotic/Evil/None) alignment choice, unless you have made a Mythic Angel choice.
- Select "Enough about the past. Let's talk about the future." to proceed with dialogue and receive Perilous Shade.
- She will offer you a profane gift, unless you have had it before. You are free to refuse.
- If you have struck Baphomet with Midnight Bolt then you get an additional dialogue option "Why did Baphomet's blood turn into a Nahyndrian crystal?"
- You can take Fresh Nahyndrian Crystal for yourself.
- Mythic Angel gets a small talk with their angelic team afterwards.
Side Activities
- On the south part of upper level you can find Fulsome Queen with her Fulsome Queen's Request and Fulsome Queen's Order errands.
- On the lower level you can find Xuneki in the kitchen:
- "Who are you?" gives (Good/Lawful/Chaotic/Evil/None).
- You can kill or spare it, if spared he will try to ambush you later.
- Asking "What can you give me in exchange for your life?" will reveal a hidden cache with Elemental Protector and some trash loot. The loot can also be found with perception check.
- An Athletics check will appear north of where you fought Baphomet. Activating it will transport you to a lower spot, where you can fight an Abyssal Salamander and loot a skeleton. You can teleport across the lava to a small island to fight Scorcher of Souls, who drops Manual of Gainful Exercise +2 (+2 to Strength), as well as some mid-tier accessories.
- Inevitable Excess rift reward for defeating Inevitable Darkness on Hard+ is also found here: Flawless Headband of Mental Perfection +8, with extra Flawless Cloak of Resistance +7 if killed on Unfair.