Head to The Docks and speak with The Arishok. Agree to hunt the thief, Javaris then check out the Docks shops before heading to Darktown.

Shady Merchandise

Bonny Lem’s Wares

Around the corner from Bonny’s is a crate containing the Seal of the Old God Dumat . North of Bonny’s you can find a sack with Waxler’s Hat inside, an item that also starts a quest. Once you are finished with the Docks head to Darktown. Observe The Enigma of Kirkwall as you enter from the west entrance. Find the Coterie Barker and get information on Javaris, then head to Smuggler’s Cut.

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Enter the Smuggler’s Cut and fight your way through the spiders inside.

Head into the opening and defeat the Carta then go west. Loot a pile of bones and continue north to find some Spiders. At the end of this path is a chest and a crate, now backtrack to the entrance. Go north through a small doorway to find a barrel and sack to the south, a corpse to the northeast. Follow the path west to another pile of bones and then into more Carta. Defeat them and open the crate then the chest - standard before moving north via the eastern path.

As you enter battle again you will find some silverite , don’t miss it. Past the Silverite is a pile of bones and past that to the southwest is more Carta members. Kill them to find a crate and deep mushroom in the unoccupied room. On the higher tier of the room is a chest containing Design: Rune of Nature Warding and a pile of bones . Backtrack and go north, looting the chest containing a Ship in a Bottle on the way to a new area.

Defeat the Mercenaries and talk to Javaris. You can kill him or let him live but afterwards head to the Side Alley in Kirkwall. The elf seems to have let the poison go loose already, grab a latch and plug one of the Gas Barrels.

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During the fight, kill the enemies until one drops a latch. Grab it, locate a gas barrel and interact with it. Rinse and repeat four times!

Repeat this process and defeat the enemies that spawn each time until all four barrels are locked. After the scene defeat the fanatic and loot her corpse for Formula: Arcane Poison and The Brothers’ End . Loot the few crates that lie around then head to The Arishok.

After talking to the Arishok head to Viscount’s Keep and find the Viscount. The quest will complete and with grave news comes a new quest, ‘Offered and Lost’ .