
Is It Over Yet?
Journey into the sanctuary. Meet up with Koss and Braham. Follow Koss. Use a mount to leap across the chasm, and raise the drawbridge. Find the entrance to the inner chamber. Instruct Kossan to burn the webbing. Defeat the spiders blocking your way. Spiders remaining: 7 Proceed into the cavern. Instruct Kossan to light the center brazier. Defeat the spiders swarming the center brazier. Investigate the other braziers with Braham. Light all braziers and clear out the hall within x:xx (starts with 7:00) to make Braham look good. (Clear out the egg sacs near the brazier before they hatch.) Egg sacs destroyed: x/3 (Defeat the spider broodmother.) Colossal Broodmother Cover Braham while he burns the webbing covering the brazier. (When Broodmother reaches 75%, 50%, and 25%) Return to the center brazier. Use a torch to reignite the the sanctuary's center brazier. Check in with Taimi and the others. Determine the team's next steps. Discuss your findings with the group. Hold off the Branded attack outside the chamber. (Defeat the Branded.) Defeat Branded to destabilize the Mist rift. Mist Rift Stability (Defeat the Branded Riftstalker to close the rift.) Branded Riftstalker Escort Eir and Snaff to Aurene inside Sun's Refuge. Listen to Eir and Snaff as they deliver their message to Aurene. Listen to Blish's idea. Speak with Blish.
Clearing the Sanctuary Enter the story instance just south of Venta Pass Waypoint in Venta Pass. Meet up with Braham, Kossan, and Koss inside the instance. Use your raptor to leap across the bridge, then interact with the Drawbridge Mechanism to allow your allies to cross. Make your way south until you reach a corridor blocked by spider webs, and instruct Kossan to destroy them. Several spiders will spawn, freaking out Braham and hinting at how your next ten minutes are going to go. Kossan will attempt to light the brazier inside the Sanctuary, spawning more spiders. After killing a few, Kossan will instruct you to take Braham and clear out the other braziers of webs. A timer will appear, but aside from an achievement, there's no mission penalty for letting it run out. Follow one of the arrows on the map to one of the three braziers and clear out the three Egg Sacs, causing the Colossal Broodmother to spawn. Take her down to 75% and she will burrow away. Braham will start clearing the webs, but his arachnophobia will keep getting the better of him: use your special action skill to snap him back to his senses. When he's finished clearing the webs, the Broodmother will return to gobble you both up. This cannot be prevented, and you cannot escape her clutches until she's ready to put you down. will pop up on your skill bar at random; failure to press it before it moves again will result in you taking damage. The Broodmother will carry you off to one of the other braziers. Bring her down by another 25% and continue as before. When all three braziers have been cleared, the Broodmother will carry you back to the Dejarins. Finish her off along with the rest of the spiders, then light the Center Brazier. Fending off the Branded After your allies have had a chance to chat, head north into the Old Command Post to find a large rift belching Branded enemies into the area. Clear them out and a cutscene will play, spawning a Legendary Branded Riftstalker and two new allies: Eir and Snaff. The Riftstalker telegraphs its attacks clearly. A storm of AoE will litter the arena; try to avoid these, as they will add stacks of — at ten stacks, you will be encased in a Branded crystal. At 66% and 33% the Riftstalker will turn invulnerable and spawn several Branded Pods: destroy these, and any Branded Riftcrawlers that pop out of them if you're not fast enough, to make the Riftstalker vulnerable again. Once it's dead, follow your allies back into the Refuge to discuss your options and watch another cutscene.
The spiders gain while out of range of the lit braziers.