Avowed: Steel Resolve Quest Guide & Walkthrough

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In Avowed, the Steel Resolve side quest has you tracking down a captured ranger, unraveling a potential traitor, and making some tough choices along the way. You will free prisoners, investigate a disappearance, and, if things take a turn, possibly fight someone. Let’s go through this step by step so you can make an informed decision.

Step 1: Free Ranger Verano

Your journey begins with Ranger Verano, who is locked in a cage by the Tranton gang.

Location: Overgrown Homestead, southwest of The Wildwoods

• Find the Tranton Camp. This gang is part of a bounty mission in the Emerald Stair region.

• Defeat the Trantons. It is a standard bandit fight, nothing too difficult.

• Break open the cage using Frost magic on the metal bars.

• Speak with Verano. He will thank you and send you to Captain Acierno at Ranger HQ, east of Fior Mes Iverno.

Step 2: Speak with Captain Acierno

Location: Ranger Headquarters, southeast of the Rolling Crags, northeast of Truffle Farm

• Find Acierno and Massoni outside the headquarters. They are discussing a possible traitor in the ranks.

• Deliver Verano’s message. Acierno will ask what happened, and you can reveal that Verano’s partner fled.

• Learn about Casagrada’s motive. His cousin died on a mission with Verano, which could be important.

• Acierno wants to investigate Monato’s disappearance before making any accusations.

At this point, you can either speak with Ranger Dorso or Ranger Casagrada first.

Step 3A: Speak with Ranger Dorso

Location: Southern Gate of Fior Mes Iverno

• Find Dorso standing to the left outside the settlement.

• Ask about Monato. She insists that Monato was reliable and does not believe there is a conspiracy.

• Learn that Monato had been acting strangely before heading to an ogre camp nearby.

• Get directions to the cave.

Step 3B: Speak with Ranger Casagrada

Location: Fior Mes Iverno Docks, near Maxim’s Claim

• Casagrada is excited to see you, but that does not last long.

• If you press him for answers, he lies about what happened. Call him out by saying, "That’s not exactly how Verano described it."

• Casagrada admits he has never been in a real fight before and panicked.

• You can either reassure him by saying, "Verano doesn’t hold you any ill will. Maybe you should forgive yourself," or be dismissive.

Completing this step grants experience points.

Step 4: Investigate the Ogre Cave

Location: Northwest of Emerald Stair, past the Grim Wetlands

• The entrance is locked, requiring two sigils to be activated.

  • The first sigil is to the right of the door behind a wooden barrier. Break it and hit it with Electricity.

  • The second sigil is overhead. Follow the wire to a receptor further down the path.

• Inside the cave, climb wooden platforms and jump across gaps.

• Find Monato’s remains deeper inside.

Boss Fight: Ulrask the Ogre

• Start the fight with a sneak attack using Divine Thorn for bonus damage.

• Electrify the water in the cavern for extra damage.

• Kill the Skeleton Chanter first, as it keeps summoning minions.

• More skeletons spawn when Ulrask reaches low health, so stay focused.

• If overwhelmed, you can retreat outside. Ulrask is too tall to follow.

Loot Ranger Monato’s Journal from his body.

Step 5: Investigate the Bandit Meeting

Location: Southeast of Lake Lacuna

• Find the Root-Strangled Tree, where the meeting was supposed to take place.

• Defeat the enemies:

  • Delemgan Tempest

  • Two Young Brown Bears

  • One Brown Bear

• Behind the tree, find the Clandestine Note on a rock.

Step 6: Confront the Traitor

Location: Waterfall near the Wildwoods Outskirts Party Camp

The traitor is Dorso. She will try to justify her actions.

Your Choices:

Option 1: Help Dorso Prepare for Aedyran Control

• Agree to help. Dorso asks you to frame Casagrada as the traitor.

• Return to Acierno and lie about Casagrada.

• Acierno believes you and rewards you with One Last Trick +1 and experience points.

Option 2: Spare Dorso, But Exile Her

• She will be angry about exile but accepts it.

• Return to Acierno and tell the truth.

• Acierno and Massoni will search for her.

• You still receive experience points, but no upgraded reward.

Option 3: Kill Dorso

• She fights back and uses grenades.

• After defeating her, loot her body for an Exceptional Dagger, Lockpick, and Essence Potion.

• Report back to Acierno.

• The One Last Trick reward will be the base version, without the +1 upgrade.

Final Thoughts

• Helping Dorso provides the best rewards but requires lying.

• Exiling her is the middle ground. You stay honest but miss out on the best reward.

• Killing her is the justice route, though you lose the upgraded One Last Trick.

No matter the choice, you have solved the conspiracy, dealt with the traitor, and completed the mission.

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