Whoever wrote the quest "Find the Blood of Lathander" must be a sadist.

[Trespasser07]

If not for a walkthru, there was no way for me to even begin initiating the quest. That Monastery is huge w/ a lot of doors. Thank God i'm outta there. Completed.

[felmari]

There are subtle clues.

A book suggesting you may need oil at some point for something
Ceremonial weapons and one already placed where it needs to be.
The quest has many parts but at least they are all in that area.

Being thorough is key but some things might be easy to miss. Some of the areas are somewhat hard to navigate as it is in ruins.

[Trespasser07]

Originally posted by felmari:

There are subtle clues.

A book suggesting you may need oil at some point for something
Ceremonial weapons and one already placed where it needs to be.
The quest has many parts but at least they are all in that area.

Being thorough is key but some things might be easy to miss. Some of the areas are somewhat hard to navigate as it is in ruins.

it takes extra patience to do what u say, unfortunately my patience has limits.

[RhodosGuard]

If you're not interested in exploration, then dont complain about quests that require exploration.

Here is how it went for me:
"Oh a glowing Longsword"
"Hey it stopped glowing when I picked it up"
"Oh it glows when you put it there"
"I Wonder what this window tells me"
Window: "These people were pretty important, and here is what items they wielded"
"Oh cool, let's find those"
"Oh hi Big Bird, this Bluejay said you stole it's nest"
*accidental murder of a big bird and slightly smaller big bird*
"Ohooo, Ceremonial Hammer"
"Oh a Gravestone"
Gravestone "Here lies one of the bros the window mentioned"
"Oh nice, gimme Mace"
*I put down the Mace and Hammer*
"This also seems to work with just normal weapons!"
*try any other weapon from my inventory, take like 10 damage or so from placing the wrong ones*
*finally works with axe*
"HOORAY"
*play the rest of the dungeon*
*find a section that says, that Lathander looked like 2 directions*
*realize you can turn the statues*
*Turn them until it tells me I was a good boy*
"Oh this thing with crystals is called "Power source""
*make it go boom*
*disarm some traps, find the other Power Sources*
*Legend of Zelde Item-Get sound*
Legendary Mace Acquired! Your cleric can now basically cast Lightnign Bolt!

[Zef]

That quest is completely bugged out for me.

I dopped the ceremonial hammer because i wanted to "move " it on the altar but i couldn't find it anywhere, it's like it vanished in a black hole.

EDIT: wait you can use regular weapons aswell? I'll try it if i go back to the mountain pass.

[Trespasser07]

Originally posted by RhodosGuard:

If you're not interested in exploration, then dont complain about quests that require exploration.

Here is how it went for me:
"Oh a glowing Longsword"
"Hey it stopped glowing when I picked it up"
"Oh it glows when you put it there"
"I Wonder what this window tells me"
Window: "These people were pretty important, and here is what items they wielded"
"Oh cool, let's find those"
"Oh hi Big Bird, this Bluejay said you stole it's nest"
*accidental murder of a big bird and slightly smaller big bird*
"Ohooo, Ceremonial Hammer"
"Oh a Gravestone"
Gravestone "Here lies one of the bros the window mentioned"
"Oh nice, gimme Mace"
*I put down the Mace and Hammer*
"This also seems to work with just normal weapons!"
*try any other weapon from my inventory, take like 10 damage or so from placing the wrong ones*
*finally works with axe*
"HOORAY"
*play the rest of the dungeon*
*find a section that says, that Lathander looked like 2 directions*
*realize you can turn the statues*
*Turn them until it tells me I was a good boy*
"Oh this thing with crystals is called "Power source""
*make it go boom*
*disarm some traps, find the other Power Sources*
*Legend of Zelde Item-Get sound*
Legendary Mace Acquired! Your cleric can now basically cast Lightnign Bolt!

i'm not an explorer, im a tactician. We dont that kinda stuff. Hehe

[doublejesus]

I did the quest without a walkthrough, I didn't stop the laser(I escaped lol) but I got distracted looking for the ceremonial weapons when I came across the githyanki compound and disguised myself and ended up sneaking around stealing stuff from the inquisitor when I came across the hidden temple of doom.

[.Master Jiren, The Strongest]

i actually had no idea until i looked it up on youtube. i got all the way to the secret door and it goes oh you need the shard and im like uh...what? see, you're supposed to have already gotten the shard in order to find the door but I somehow did it backwards so I had to go back through the entire place looking for a shard only to find out, nope, you're looking for magic weapons lol.

[Astraeos]

Cool but putting Grease on the statue does nothing. The quest is broken.

[Astraeos]

Originally posted by RhodosGuard:

If you're not interested in exploration, then dont complain about quests that require exploration.

Here is how it went for me:
"Oh a glowing Longsword"
"Hey it stopped glowing when I picked it up"
"Oh it glows when you put it there"
"I Wonder what this window tells me"
Window: "These people were pretty important, and here is what items they wielded"
"Oh cool, let's find those"
"Oh hi Big Bird, this Bluejay said you stole it's nest"
*accidental murder of a big bird and slightly smaller big bird*
"Ohooo, Ceremonial Hammer"
"Oh a Gravestone"
Gravestone "Here lies one of the bros the window mentioned"
"Oh nice, gimme Mace"
*I put down the Mace and Hammer*
"This also seems to work with just normal weapons!"
*try any other weapon from my inventory, take like 10 damage or so from placing the wrong ones*
*finally works with axe*
"HOORAY"
*play the rest of the dungeon*
*find a section that says, that Lathander looked like 2 directions*
*realize you can turn the statues*
*Turn them until it tells me I was a good boy*
"Oh this thing with crystals is called "Power source""
*make it go boom*
*disarm some traps, find the other Power Sources*
*Legend of Zelde Item-Get sound*
Legendary Mace Acquired! Your cleric can now basically cast Lightnign Bolt!

Well you're a complete liar because both statues don't turn. The statue that needs to face West, does not rotate. No matter what you do to it, you cannot get it to rotate west. It's broken.

[zpc]

Originally posted by Astraeos:

Originally posted by RhodosGuard:

If you're not interested in exploration, then dont complain about quests that require exploration.

Here is how it went for me:
"Oh a glowing Longsword"
"Hey it stopped glowing when I picked it up"
"Oh it glows when you put it there"
"I Wonder what this window tells me"
Window: "These people were pretty important, and here is what items they wielded"
"Oh cool, let's find those"
"Oh hi Big Bird, this Bluejay said you stole it's nest"
*accidental murder of a big bird and slightly smaller big bird*
"Ohooo, Ceremonial Hammer"
"Oh a Gravestone"
Gravestone "Here lies one of the bros the window mentioned"
"Oh nice, gimme Mace"
*I put down the Mace and Hammer*
"This also seems to work with just normal weapons!"
*try any other weapon from my inventory, take like 10 damage or so from placing the wrong ones*
*finally works with axe*
"HOORAY"
*play the rest of the dungeon*
*find a section that says, that Lathander looked like 2 directions*
*realize you can turn the statues*
*Turn them until it tells me I was a good boy*
"Oh this thing with crystals is called "Power source""
*make it go boom*
*disarm some traps, find the other Power Sources*
*Legend of Zelde Item-Get sound*
Legendary Mace Acquired! Your cleric can now basically cast Lightnign Bolt!

Well you're a complete liar because both statues don't turn. The statue that needs to face West, does not rotate. No matter what you do to it, you cannot get it to rotate west. It's broken.

He is not - it's exactly how this works.

Also, all it takes for the statues is a skill check - one for each of them, no grease needed. Karlach did it for me.

[Izuzul]

Originally posted by Astraeos:

Originally posted by RhodosGuard:

If you're not interested in exploration, then dont complain about quests that require exploration.

Here is how it went for me:
"Oh a glowing Longsword"
"Hey it stopped glowing when I picked it up"
"Oh it glows when you put it there"
"I Wonder what this window tells me"
Window: "These people were pretty important, and here is what items they wielded"
"Oh cool, let's find those"
"Oh hi Big Bird, this Bluejay said you stole it's nest"
*accidental murder of a big bird and slightly smaller big bird*
"Ohooo, Ceremonial Hammer"
"Oh a Gravestone"
Gravestone "Here lies one of the bros the window mentioned"
"Oh nice, gimme Mace"
*I put down the Mace and Hammer*
"This also seems to work with just normal weapons!"
*try any other weapon from my inventory, take like 10 damage or so from placing the wrong ones*
*finally works with axe*
"HOORAY"
*play the rest of the dungeon*
*find a section that says, that Lathander looked like 2 directions*
*realize you can turn the statues*
*Turn them until it tells me I was a good boy*
"Oh this thing with crystals is called "Power source""
*make it go boom*
*disarm some traps, find the other Power Sources*
*Legend of Zelde Item-Get sound*
Legendary Mace Acquired! Your cleric can now basically cast Lightnign Bolt!

Well you're a complete liar because both statues don't turn. The statue that needs to face West, does not rotate. No matter what you do to it, you cannot get it to rotate west. It's broken.

You have to pass an athletics check.

[Astraeos]

Originally posted by Reconciler:

Originally posted by Astraeos:

Well you're a complete liar because both statues don't turn. The statue that needs to face West, does not rotate. No matter what you do to it, you cannot get it to rotate west. It's broken.

You have to pass an athletics check.

That athletics check is impossible to pass then, because I've reloaded nearly two dozen times and every single party member fails it every single time.

Also, who the ♥♥♥♥ thought it was a good idea to shelve entire major side quest behind a single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ athletics dice roll? JEsus, that's terrible.

[zpc]

Originally posted by Astraeos:

Originally posted by Reconciler:

You have to pass an athletics check.

That athletics check is impossible to pass then, because I've reloaded nearly two dozen times and every single party member fails it every single time.

There are buffs to skill checks available in the game - use them. (e.g. cleric - Guidance cantrip, also available as item to grant it to any char)

Originally posted by Astraeos:

Also, who the ♥♥♥♥ thought it was a good idea to shelve entire major side quest behind a single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ athletics dice roll? JEsus, that's terrible.

This is an additional sidequest to get an additional item, nothing vital.

[Talia Sendua]

Originally posted by Trespasser07:

If not for a walkthru, there was no way for me to even begin initiating the quest. That Monastery is huge w/ a lot of doors. Thank God i'm outta there. Completed.

You do realize this is meant to be a "secret quests chain", right?

I stumbled onto it by accident, finding the reward FIRST before the actual stuff needed to do the quest the "morally good" way.

Edit: And due to the power of F5 (quicksave) and Strength potions, the statue wasn't an issue either.

[Notasaurus]

Originally posted by Astraeos:

Originally posted by Reconciler:

You have to pass an athletics check.

That athletics check is impossible to pass then, because I've reloaded nearly two dozen times and every single party member fails it every single time.

Also, who the ♥♥♥♥ thought it was a good idea to shelve entire major side quest behind a single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ athletics dice roll? JEsus, that's terrible.

Scroll of grease on the statue worked for me. Failed every single athletics check. I also did not put the weapons on the pedestal. I was missing one. Not too sure what that's supposed to do but I might reload...