Taranis mines and joining the Guardians

[somebody]

Where is the last mine I need to investigate for Magnus to allow me to join the Guardians?

So far I've reported to Magnus about the following mines:
1. The one behind the storehouse in the mages headquarters area.
2. The one where you have to solve gnome problems and can learn prospecting from one of the gnomes.
3. The one on the southern part of the island, not far from the harbor.
4. The one below the well at the center of mages headquarters area.

Did all the mines above and also activated all 3 monoliths, still nothing about joining in Magnus' dialog. :(

EDIT. Found the last mine, it was south-west of the mine #2.

[!llu]

Same problem here ...

[RandalMcdaniel]

For some reason you have to speak with alvarez on (forgot which island) and kill a bunch of bloodhounds for him before magnus will let you join.

[Kenuty]

Originally posted by RandalMcdaniel:

For some reason you have to speak with alvarez on (forgot which island) and kill a bunch of bloodhounds for him before magnus will let you join.

Antigua thats right I forgot, you have to talk to Alvarez to join ANY FACTION in the game because the faction leader will mention wanting to hear his opinion before letting ya join. Scratch the top response from me.

[!llu]

Ah, okay! Thanks a lot!

[Kenuty]

Originally posted by !llu:

Ah, okay! Thanks a lot!

join the fire nation

[gstalley]

Joining the Guardians / Spell casters...

I like Risen 3 but I find the game is very frustrating in places (and not by design).
Some quests can leave you high and dry - unsure of how to continue.
My biggest issues were with joining the spell casters and Erasmus's reactor/monoliths quest.
Hope this helps...


To join collective: Visit Admiral Alvarez in Harbor Town on Antigua
Clear ALL the Hell hounds (Eastern, Warehouse, Outside, Blood Oath)
He tells you that there are three "collectives" from which to seek power/help
To join the Guardians/Spell casters : Go to the island of Taranis and speak to General Magnus
You have to COMPLETE the "Swearing in ceremony" / "the Mine Report" quest
Reporting that you have visited the mines is NOT enough!
You must visit the mines AND complete all 4 quests (Destroyed, Camp, New, Good) until Magnus tells you that you can join the collective.
My problem was that Magnus gives no indication of what more there is to do until you have reported back the 4 times.
(I spent hours completing other quests until I realized I had not actually completed the mine quests)
Erasmus and the ****ing Reactor/Monoliths quest and getting to see Zacharias
Once you get all the Monoliths working, Erasmus says “Good work, now I have to think on the equations for a bit. Come back later.”
No matter what you do you cannot progress until much later in the game so ignore him for now. ***
In addition, when you do join the Guardians as a Cadet, Erasmus does not even speak about the reactor until later (immediately after the start of Chapter 3) . (you CANNOT get through the gate to speak with Zacharias until then).

Other details you can hopefully find by Googling.

P.S. *** I ended up knocking Erasmus unconscious a few times and jumping up and down on his head - That helped!

[lizzz6407]

You can always get to the Mages by going through the well in the center of Town and bypassing the guy at the door. Don't know if this gets you the beginning of the needed quests however.

[UHUF]

1> harbor 2> inside mage camp 3>left side if u face the mage camp 4> same left side but below number 3 mine(path going to the beach lightning )

try tracing them using map they will put an X to it

[Leo]

After hours of completing more quests, turns out I couldn't join for one or more of these reasons:
- Hadn't spoken to Vladmir in the mines to complete the quest (Taranis)
- Hadn't explored the mines in the middle of the island (Taranis)
- Hadn't spoken to Alverez after all the hellhounds (Antigua)
Jheez