Side Quest 3: The Widows Ring

Before starting this quest, you will need one of the following skills to complete this quest:

• Black Magic: You will need the explosion spell and enough skill to cast it.
• Druidry: You will need the Telekinesis spell and enough skill to cast it.
• Throwing: You will need enough skill to throw a level 2 explosion potion.

Note: I am considering adding 1 – 2 more solutions to the challenge that you’re presented with which would open this quest to more skills. You can give me feedback if you want on this.

How To Start This Quest

You can pick this quest up from Samantha during or after Q6: The Missing Miner. Shell offer it to you in the dialog during the Q6 dialog when she gives you the key to the second level of the mines or she will ask you if you have time yet to look. I find this easier to do myself after completing Q6… But you can pick up the quest to save you the trip back to Samantha later.

Before heading to the Mines

Depending on the skill you have you will need to do one of the following:

For Druidry, you will need to obtain the telekinesis spell from “The Scroll Rack” shop scribe in Brimstone. He sells many scrolls and telekinesis is one that he carries. Telekinesis allows you to hit switches, move objects far distances, and lift things that might otherwise be to heavy to physically lift.

For Black Magic, You will need to obtain an explosion scroll from the witch if you do not already have it. She carries this spell and will sell it to you.

Be sure for the two solutions above, you buy ample reagents to cast either spell many times and you may want to work at raising your skill with either of these magic skills before proceeding on this quest.

For Throwing, You will need level 2 explosion potions and have enough skill to throw them. You can obtain these from either the witch mentioned above or the alchemist in Brimstone.

On the Second Level of the Mines

You’ll need to first locate where a lot of rocks in the mine have collapsed (This is a different location than the area that Noah mentioned exploding), you can notice that there is a corpse of a man behind the stones (See picture below):

Once there, you will need to clear or move the rocks.

For Druidry, you can cast telekinesis on each rock and then select a location to move the rock to. Repeat the process until you have moved enough rocks out of the way that you can move your character through to reach the body.

For Black Magic or Throwing, you can simply cast explosion on the rocks or throw explosion potions at them. The explosions will clear the rocks… Repeated casts may be necessary until enough rocks have been cleared for you to get past.

After Reaching the Corpse

After you reach the corpse, open it, you will find a letter, a ring and some leather pants. You need to take the letter and the ring; then return to Samantha in town with them. She will not reward you with anything, but you will gain experience for the quest. She will also instruct you to keep the letter and take it to Rorick.

The letter can be used as a source of evidence in the future against Naven. This is in relation to Q7:Collect The Evidence, which as of the time that I am writing this is not complete yet, so hang on to the letter, maybe store it in the bank for the time being.