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A Friend Like This
A Friend Like This opens Lacra's questline in Svartrau City. You track a rogue vrakhir across the rooftops at night, and how you handle the interrogation at the end can keep it peaceful.
- Type
- Side
- Region
- Svartrau City
- Rewards
- 150 XP
Good to know
- There is no quest giver. Use Focus Mode on the yellow-outlined objects in the alley at the city's north-east edge, below the walls.
- Part of it has to be done at night, so plan for three time segments.
- Broken roof tiles mark the trail, heading south-west across the rooftops.
- The fight with the vrakhir inside starts no matter what you say.
- It only pays 150 XP, but it leads into Song of the Mountain and the rest of Lacra's story.
- Lacra's questline later holds the trophies Misery Loves Company and The Patricide.
How it starts
Go to the alley under the north-east walls of Svartrau City and scan it with Focus Mode. Inspecting the highlighted objects starts the quest. A fallen roof tile just south of the wall corner sends you up top.
What you do
Wait for night so you can use your vrakhiri skills, then follow the broken tiles across the roofs. Drop down where claw marks run along a wall and go into the building through the left doorway, up the steps. A vrakhir attacks you inside.
Talking to Nish
After the fight you question Nish. You can keep it non-violent by letting him explain his side, pointing to Brencis as the shared enemy and promising not to kill him.
Objectives
1. Investigate the rogue vrakhir in Svartrau. 2. Inspect the alley and the fallen roof tile. 3. Follow the rooftop tracks at night. 4. Enter the building and defeat the vrakhir. 5. Question Nish.
LacraLacra is a vampire who says she was sent to get rid of Brencis. She can become one of Coen's closest allies and a romance option, but she follows her own agenda.
NishNish is a vrakhir hiding in Svartrau whom you track down in Lacra's side quest A Friend Like This. You have to win the first fight, but you can talk Nish down instead of killing.- The MatriarchThe Matriarch leads the Bakr clan, the Uriash who live hidden in the mountains. You reach her with Lacra in Song of the Mountain, and afterwards she sells witchcraft skill manuals.
Related missions
Image: Rebel Wolves / Bandai NamcoStorySong of the Mountain
Song of the Mountain is the second quest in Lacra's questline, a night climb to the hidden Uriash village. How you handle the guards at the top matters a lot, so pick your words carefully.
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A Mother's Plea
A Mother's Plea is the Uriash Elder's request to find her daughter Ocha in Svartrau. It only appears if you enter the Uriash village peacefully, and it pays out the Soul Stigma Manual.
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Hive and Seek
Hive and Seek is the Lacra quest where you go into a kobold cave to find Isbrand, the vampire who made Brencis. It pays 1,000 XP and hides the legendary chestpiece Isbrand's Plate.
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A Hero's End
A Hero's End sends you into ancient ruins under Svartrau after you deal with Father Florin. It is worth doing for two legendary items: the shortsword The Hand of Fate and the Ancient Hero's Armour.