"Dealing with bandits"

[Dat Boi Barlos?]

I'm on the quest Dealing with Bandits, and I'm reading a lot of people saying there are 4 options, when I only see 2. Kill oak or don't kill Oak. Where are these other options, like Alira? Do I have to find her in the camp and talk to her?

I can't try it for myself and see because I can't connect to the servers atm for some reason, would like an answer before I hop back on, though. Thanks all.

[ᑐᑌᑎᕮ Gᑌᑎᕮ]

There are 3 bandit lords you can choose to help, and you can also choose to kill all 3 and get reward by the NPC in town.

[Kamiyama]

If all you have left is kill oak it may be because you already killed kraityn and alira.

Kraityn is at the broken bridge and Alira is in the woods that connects to the spider den.

Most people chose to help alira because she gives an elemental resist bonus, which is a big deal because later in the game you get permanent elemental resist penalties.

The fourth option is killing all of them, which gives you two extra passive skill points.

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Deal_with_the_Bandits

[Reifam]

Option 1: Spare Alira, kill other two
Option 2: Spare Oak, kill other two
Option 3: Spare Kraityn, kill other two
Option 4: Kill all, turn in the quest at town

[Dat Boi Barlos?]

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

If all you have left is kill oak it may be because you already killed kraityn and alira.

Kraityn is at the broken bridge and Alira is in the woods that connects to the spider den.

Most people chose to help alira because she gives an elemental resist bonus, which is a big deal because later in the game you get permanent elemental resist penalties.

The fourth option is killing all of them, which gives you two extra passive skill points.

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Deal_with_the_Bandits

Okay, gotcha. This was the info I needed. My problem was that, if I remember correctly, it just said Eramir wanted me to kill Oak. It never mentioned the other two, I only found out about the other options upon googling the quest.

Either way, thanks for the help!

[jmido8]

The quest by default wants you to kill all the bandits and the first part will tell you to go kill Oak, although you can kill them in any order you want.

When you find the bandit though, it doesn't start off as a hostile battle, you have a chance to talk to them and after you talk to them you'll have a choice to help or kill. If you choose to help, then you have to go kill the other 2 bandits.

Others have already posted the details about the rewards/quests above.

[Dat Boi Barlos?]

Originally posted by jmido8:

The quest by default wants you to kill all the bandits and the first part will tell you to go kill Oak, although you can kill them in any order you want.

When you find the bandit though, it doesn't start off as a hostile battle, you have a chance to talk to them and after you talk to them you'll have a choice to help or kill. If you choose to help, then you have to go kill the other 2 bandits.

Others have already posted the details about the rewards/quests above.

Okay, that confirms my suspicions. Kamiyama gave me the info I needed (the locations), but your info was helpful too. I think the reason I didn't see the other options was because I went straight to Oak. I didn't encounter (personally) any other bandits on the way to Oak. I just gotta keep a better eye out, I suppose.

I appreciate the help, though. Hopefully this thread answers all the questions about this quest, since all the info is in one place. The other threads I found weren't nearly as informative.