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Look for the entrance to the secret Steel Warband hideout. Reach the edge of the basin. (Search the bottom of the basin for evidence of a secret hideout.) Search for evidence of a secret hideout. Evidence Discovered Reach the entrance to the hideout. Infiltrate and take control of the Steel Warband hideout. Meet with your party at the entrance to the hideout. Work with Malice to avoid detection and push further into the hideout. Search the main hall for a key to the war room. Open the gate to the war room. Defeat any remaining enemies inside the hideout. Enemies Defeated Defeat Cinder Steeltemper. Finish Cinder Steeltemper — or spare her. Speak with Crecia and the others.
If the quest marker doesn't appear on the mini map, head to Breakroot Basin, between the mastery point and vista. Look for and interact with: the Barely Legible Note hidden in a large hollowed out log jutting out from the stream the Rock Carving south-east of the Note the Dirt Scribbling north-west of the Carving (obscured by some plants with purple flowers) The cave entrance can be found south-east of the Scribbling, directly below the Petraj's Rest point of interest. This is a stealth mission. Your goal is to avoid enemy contact while searching for intel (green scrolls lying on the ground). You start the mission with the Stealth effect, which is lost when you enter the white cone-shaped AoE in front of the foes. You are granted special action skill which can be used five times to remove individual guards, but it is possible to finish the mission without ever using it. As you enter, you are faced with a circular corridor. The pathway to the right is densely overlaid with guards, while the pathway to the left has a patrolling guard that will make staying hidden difficult. In many cases you can proceed stealthily by walking behind stationary guards or jumping up on and passing over elevated terrain. The circular corridor connects to a straight corridor that ends in a large gate. After examining the gate, you will need to locate a key to open it. Several objects will now be labeled as potential hiding places. The one you want is in a room off of the straight corridor with a guard posted directly in front of the door. Carefully approach the door until you get an Interact prompt, then open the door and squeeze in behind the guard. The key is in a bag in this room, and there is also a bit of intel here as well. Once you have the key, return to the door and interact with it to open it. This ends the stealth portion of the mission. Head inside and collect the remaining intel before rejoining your friends outside in mopping up the enemy soldiers. Once they are defeated, return to the locked room for the final showdown with Cinder Steeltemper.