Holy oil of everlasting anointment?

[Toyz]

I got this item and I do not know whats its use. I'm stuck in 99% map completion and I was wondering if this might be the reason. Pls help

[quintonhoffert]

It's a quest item for Yerma's quest. When you encounter her outside of the boss arena for the Two Moons zone she says she's looking for an item to enhance her spear since it's incomplete and won't be able to withstand the fight. If you continue on and kill the boss without getting the Holy Oil of Everlasting Anointment then she dies in the fight and her corpse can be found in the boss room. If you go find it for her and give it to her before the fight then she will help you fight the boss, you'll get a bit of extra dialogue, and you'll get a new quick chant as your reward for finishing her questline.

[sethiroth - Fayt]

for me she was never outside the boss room and was already dead.

[Cat]

What happens if I keep telling her not to help? Am I missing out?

[Sgt.JESUS]

Yeah same here, she was never outside the boss area, she died before i was able to deliver the oil, when i went in her corpse was already in there. I thought i had to deny her help, like that woman in the first game, but her quest seens tied to how many times she helps you, i dont know.

[WTFlo]

Same here. She wasn't anywhere in Two Moons and when I entered the boss room, she was already dead. There goes 100% I guess...

[Vulkax]

You have to get the oil before you break the mirror to access the boss fight, once you break the mirror and you haven’t given her the oil she dies.

[Savager]

Thats so dumb, i saw her kneeling so i did not talk to her, went for the oil and when i came back she was dead. Great.

[LemurThemepark]

Originally posted by Sunricer:

What happens if I keep telling her not to help? Am I missing out?

Wondering the same; I refused her help through the whole game and have the two items that were meant for her in my inventory.

[VOID]

You don't lose ANY items in this game. There's a store in Street of the Wakes (the room with a merchant behind bars, surrounded by dead plants) that sells items and chants that you might've missed.

I had the same issue with Yerma, I broke the mirror before speaking with her, and so found her dead in the boss room. She drops her items once you defeat the boss.

I refused her help throughout expecting her to work like Viridiana in the first game (can help you a limited number of times) but doesn't seem to be the case. Will see what happens if she helps on my next playthrough.

[FurgleMcDurgle]

Dunno if this is helpful, but I had the holy oil and didn't see her at all in Two Moons

However, while doing some clean up, I found her still alive waiting for me outside the Sentinel fight. It seems likely that if you ignore her at any point, she'll never spawn and ask for the oil in Two Moons

[Mojo's Bizarre Adventure]

I just posted about this. I actually found her in front of the Two Moons bossfight, but thought the oil would be in the same area. But if you go into a certain dark room in that area, the one with the screaming woman, it instantly kills Yerma. Not a fan of that.

[WTFlo]

Originally posted by Vulkax:

You have to get the oil before you break the mirror to access the boss fight, once you break the mirror and you haven’t given her the oil she dies.

Honestly, that's stupid. I thought they had learned from their mistakes. Everyone hated those "time sensitive quests" in B1 (e.g. Gemino), yet here we go again...

Also, there was no way I could have given her the oil, She wasn't anywhere in Two Moons, I only found her dead inside the boss arena... which, of course, you have to break the mirror to enter... :/

Being punished for not letting her help you in boss fights also doesn't feel right. Some people want a challenge, you know?

[Ashe]

I see this happening to a lot of people, but I actually found the oil before I met her there. I've been making it a habit to not get near the boss room, since there's a big ! indicator on the map for it, and have been exploring in all other directions first before approaching it.

[Lightbearer]

Totally weird, but I went into the "mirrored" boss room, saw the scene, and Yerma was still alive when I was ready to defeat the boss. I also asked for her help every time I ran into her. However, she never actually showed up during the boss fight and was dead when it was over. I'm wondering if there is some sort of sequencing bug that needs to be addressed in a future patch.

[unsweetened]

As far as I can tell, Yerma's quest is the opposite of the helper in the first game. You have to listen to her story AND accept her help for her to appear outside the boss room in Two Moons. If you refuse her help, she will automatically not show up and will just be dead inside the boss room. Huge L to those of us that had the opposite experience in the first game. Would be nice if they fixed it so she shows up and you can give her the oil regardless of if you ask her for help or not. At least it's not tied to any achievements though.