More than Nothing [SPOILER] Comments and Helpful Tips

[Feminism]

Forewarning: This is by far the most in-depth companion quest of all the companions, in terms of assets and time spent. It is also by far the most mind-numbing, unfun, and tedious hellscape of a quest.
Without the use of online help, I would have had to reload a save 2-3 hours back in gameplay to simply kill Nenio and fail the quest. In fact, for the rest of my reruns I will consider doing just that so I can bypass this portion of the game.
Disclaimer: I'm not much of a puzzle-person but i give it my best shot until it impairs my ability to progress through the game.

1. To finish this entire quest, from the beginning of the Nameless Ruins, it will require you to complete puzzles; one in the Ineluctable Prison, one in Pulura's Fall, puzzles from the Heart of mystery quest, and one found in the Ivory Sanctum. Then once you progress throughout the main story until ACT IV and place all masks on the statues, you are tasked with completing a network of puzzles to pass from room to room in an area slightly smaller than the size of Drezen.
2. The puzzles alone would be fine if you didn't have to drag you and your party back and forth to fetch one thing or click a button. The solutions to the puzzles have little to no hints how to complete them without resulting to trial-and-error for an extended period of time. There are only a set amount of blue and red crystals so you are constantly running back to pick of ones you used on previous puzzles or dried- up magic springs. If you are not aware of this earlier, you are in for a day's worth of time to finish one companion's quest. There are 8 puzzles in the Enigma in total, not counting the energy manipulation grooves or center one.
3. There are mummies and some demons blocking your way whenever you enter a new area and there is always 6+ enemies- not that they're especially hard. (one chain lighting and poof!). However when descending into the "Pyramid depths", make sure you have LOOTING WHILE IN COMBAT TURNED ON and YOUR TURN-BASED COMBAT OFF. This will prevent some serious headaches from occurring when trying to grab the first couple of blue crystals as the enemy infinitely spawns mummies and you have to grab all three from their bases to reach and kill him. You will have to wait after you kill the entire first pack until you can loot (see hand loot icon) the bases with the crystals and then move to the next area, repeat, until you reach the third base at the top. This is annoying because some enemies will cast rift of ruin and if you get stuck, have fun reloading a save to before you entered -cuz you're not getting out of combat.
4. IF YOU ARE AZATA AND HAVE YOUR CHAOS DRAGON WITH YOU or HAVE FRIGHTFUL PRESENCE, lots of enemies have low will saves and will simply flee from you with Haste spells on them. And then they flee into more enemies... who flee into traps... who your summons or animal companions will trigger... and you will simply wish to die. Accept your fate, and keep turn-based combat off -this is a time saver trust me.
5. When you deal with Areshkagal, if you refuse/attack her and want the secret ending you must shoot a midnight bolt into the right version of her.] I found this out recently that the one that tests you upon completing the center puzzle does not count. When you hit her and get her to 50%, that does not count (She will split into four after than plus adds). Only the one that appears on the first electrified surface square will count towards "hitting her with a Midnight bolt" and getting a Nahydrian Crystal.
6. The loot you might get here also is NOT worth the time sink. You get a Robe of Air, Robe of Water and a scorpion stinger (dagger) that's not very good if you got good ones from Nocticula's place and then a mask.

In essence, I love this game so much and have spent many hours in it. This was the only absolutely nonredeemable experience I've had with a quest or mechanic.
If you want to do this:
Follow this guide (not Fextralife) https://rusgameah.com/en/posts/2021091612659 and look at this video when confused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0BuRWGf24

[esumiwa]

I appreciated the depth of the story; but hated the choices at the end. Bad rng my party died several times, so i went with the join her path to not fight. Elysium no! rolling back to a save and never doing that again.