ladder in front of cave

[Giray]

in the starting zone theres a drop down ladder high up in front of a cave, i tried using the shield skill springboard but it doesnt fling the npcs high enough, anyone know hoe to get up there?

[IAMHERE]

Did you figure it out? I’m stuck 😂

[Frodon]

So here you goes : You can grab and throw things in the game... Living beings too, get it ?

[MisterSmellies]

Toss dwarf ;)

[Jimtoro]

Originally posted by Frodon:

So here you goes : You can grab and throw things in the game... Living beings too, get it ?

if he's talking about Ancestral Cavern then the ladder is too high to throw anything at. Not sure how to solve this as a fighter with no ranged abilities or attacks...

[Screamo]

Has anyone figured this out? I’ve gotten up there with levitate and let the ladder down but the door is locked. I went through the dungeon from the other side, but the door is locked on that side too.

[Clever Name]

Originally posted by Screamo:

Has anyone figured this out? I’ve gotten up there with levitate and let the ladder down but the door is locked. I went through the dungeon from the other side, but the door is locked on that side too.

I tried to levitate up there but I can't quite make it. Even with a light carry load.

Also wondering about how to open the doors that block the cave. It's a real pain to reach the elven city without that route being open. I've blown most of my travel stone whatevers.

[PhamTrinli]

throw one of your pawns. they'll kick the ladder down

[Wally]

While you could throw your pawn up there, these are generally "exits" on their first use. Explore more.

[wererabbit]

Explore more. You missed something.

[PhamTrinli]

Originally posted by Wally:

While you could throw your pawn up there, these are generally "exits" on their first use. Explore more.

Designing things so you find the exits first is not great game design IMO. But they do have the workarounds (I wonder if that was even intended though)

[Altissima]

Originally posted by Clever Name:

Originally posted by Screamo:

Has anyone figured this out? I’ve gotten up there with levitate and let the ladder down but the door is locked. I went through the dungeon from the other side, but the door is locked on that side too.

I tried to levitate up there but I can't quite make it. Even with a light carry load.

Also wondering about how to open the doors that block the cave. It's a real pain to reach the elven city without that route being open. I've blown most of my travel stone whatevers.

The ladder can be only reached throught the elven side, the ancestral caverns. It didnt let me when the saving the elven girl quest took me there, but I returned after some time and the door which leads there was unlocked.

[Wanda]

You can do 3 things to get upthere :

1 ; Ask to a pawn (saying "Go") who are a warrior with the "Shield jump" move.
2 : Ask to a pawn (saying "Go") who are a champion with the "Sword jump" move.
3 : Use the harpy special item to call one, and catch it to fly.

[Sloth]

Harpy beacon and have bird carry you up there or be, or have pawn with levitate.

Also you can't enter the cave from that side. you can only enter from the other side at night since it's the only way to get enemies to spawn (Skeletons) who will break it trying to get to you. then you go in and break the other door leading to the cliff and ladder.

[Kai]

For long gaps, I used mystic spearhands' aerial lunge to fly over.

[Clever Name]

Originally posted by Kai:

For long gaps, I used mystic spearhands' aerial lunge to fly over.

I have both the forward lunge and the straight-up jump attack (the extended versions too), but without a valid target I can't get the lunge to aim above the ground. The jump attack is worthless because you can't grab anything. I also can't throw a pawn that far up, and being launched by them doesn't help. I'll try the locked door on the other side again. At this point it hardly matters because I've done all the quests in the area and I already have access to better gear than the elven shops offer. It's something that would've been nice to have much earlier.