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Crossroads Overview
To 100% complete the Crossroads area, you’ll need to find the following collectibles:
- 10 Chests
- 6 Timelost Hoards
- 4 Evanuris Altars
- 5 Fen’Harel Altars
You’ll need to visit this area multiple times throughout the story as new areas will unlock, allowing you to retrieve more collectibles!
| Area | Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Converged City | Upon reaching the Crossroads |
| Elvhenan’s Haven | Complete the Sea of Blood or The Smuggled Relic Case main quests |
| Heights of Athim | During A Warden’s Best Friend main quest |
| Mountainside Eluvians | During A Warden’s Best Friend main quest |
| Nest of the Ancients | During the Regrets of the Dread Wolf quest |
As you explore the Crossroads, you’ll come across the following quests:
- Disrupt and Conquer
- Gate of Deep Sorrows
- Gate of Faded Glories
- Gate of Lost Ages
- Gate of Pale Reflections
- Gate of Parched Hopes
- Regrets of the Dread Wolf
- The Heart of Corruption
- The Labs Below
- The Wolf’s Call
Crossroad Collectibles
Chests
Chest #1 – Converged City
This chest can be found on Map Level 2 of the Converged City. It is located slightly northeast of the Beacon in the southern part of the area.
Chest #2 – Elvhenan’s Haven
This chest can be found in Elvhenan’s Haven southwest of the northwestern Beacon.
Chest #3 – Elvhenan’s Haven
This chest can be found just north of the above chest.
Chest #4 – Elvhenan’s Haven
This chest can be found near the northwestern Beacon. To reach it, point the three statues towards the structure to form a bridge.
Chest #5 – Elvhenan’s Haven
This chest can be found in the temple behind the northwestern beacon. Work your way through this temple until you reach a broken wall. Head outside and go down the ramp. At the bottom, reenter the temple and take a right to find this chest behind a column.
Chest #6 – Converged City
You must complete the Gate of Lost Ages quest to reach this area!
To reach the chest, you’ll need to climb up on the northern cliff. From there use Spite’s Reach to create platforms that you can use to reach the chest.
Chest #7 – Converged City
You must complete the Gate of Lost Ages quest to reach this area!
Facing the device that you’ll need to disrupt, head to the right of it and go to the end of the path. Look to the left to find a rift use can use Spite’s Reach on. Do so to reach the chest!
Chest #8 – Converged City
You must complete the Gate of Lost Ages quest to reach this area!
After disrupting the second ritual, take the ladder on the left side up.
Defeat the two enemies there then loot the chest.
Chest #9 – Converged City
You must complete the Gate of Deep Sorrows quest to reach this area!
To reach this chest, you must put a stop to the skeletons being reanimated by slaying the general behind the gate. You can lower the gate by bringing a nearby wisp to the pedestal. Facing the gate, head left up the stairs and follow that path around to the south where you’ll find a Blight Cyst. Destroy it to reach the room with the chest.
Chest #10 – Elvhenan’s Haven
You must complete the Gate of Faded Glories quest to reach this area.
This chest can be found along the northern edge of the area.
Timelost Hoards
Timelost Hoard #1 – Converged City
You must complete the Gate of Deep Sorrows quest to reach this area!
To reach this chest, you must put a stop to the skeletons being reanimated by slaying the general behind the gate. You can lower the gate by bringing a nearby wisp to the pedestal.
Facing the gate, head left up the stairs and follow that path around to the south, where you’ll find a Blight Cyst. Destroy it to reach a room. Inside this room, head through the door and take on the Level 32 Betrayal of Felassan boss.
After taking down this boss, you’ll be able to loot this Timelost Hoard.
Timelost Hoard #2 – Heights of Athim
You’ll come to this area during A Warden’s Best Friend main quest.
You can find the Timelost Hoard in the southeastern corner of the Heights of Athim. It will be located inside a nasty tree.
In order to reach this chest, you’ll need to kill 50 Darkspawn. If you leave Crossroads and return, the Darkspawn will respawn in the Heights of Athim.
Timelost Hoard #3 – Elvhenan’s Haven
You must complete the Gate of Parched Hopes quest to reach this area!
This Crossroads Timelost Hoard can be found just after beating the boss for The Heart of Corruption quest.
Timelost Hoard #4 – Heights of Athim
You must complete the Gate of Pale Reflections quest to reach this area!
This chest can be found just after beating the boss for The Heart of Corruption quest.
Timelost Hoard #5 – Beacon Island
This area will unlock during The Heart of Corruption quest.
This chest can be found just after beating the boss for The Heart of Corruption quest.
Timelost Hoard #6 – Nest of the Ancients
You must complete the Regrets of the Dread Wolf quest to reach this chest.
This chest can be found on the southeastern side of the area.
Evanuris Altars
After completing an Evanuris Altar, you’ll receive 100 Health!
Evanuris Altar #1 – Elvhenan’s Haven
You’ll find this statue at the bottom of the temple.
When you interact with it, light beams will come out of the statue. Follow them to the end and destroy the object they’re tethered to.
Evanuris Altar #2 – Converged City
You must complete the Gate of Lost Ages quest to reach this area!
To reach this statue, you’ll need to disrupt the ritual that is going on by destroying the crystals powering the ancient device. This will cause the gate to open, allowing you to interact with the altar.
Evanuris Altar #3 – Heights of Athim
You’ll come to this area during A Warden’s Best Friend main quest.
This altar can be found on the southern side of the Heights of Athim area.
Evanuris Altar #4 – Elvhenan’s Haven
You must complete the Gate of Faded Glories quest to reach this area.
This altar can be found on the northeastern side of the area.
Fen’Harel Altars
Fen’Harel Altar #1 – Converged City
This wolf statuette can be found on Map Level 3 of the Converged City.
From the southern Beacon, head southeast and climb up a couple of ledges. At the top, swing right to find the altar. Activate the altar, causing the statue to turn towards a chest. From the statue, head north. When you reach the green brazier, take a right and jump to the higher ledge containing the little statue.
Upon interacting with the small statue, you’ll receive one skill point!
Fen’Harel Altar #2 – Converged City
You must complete the Gate of Lost Ages quest to reach this area!
After disrupting the second ritual in this area, destroy the red crystals to drop the barrier guarding the altar. With your back to the roof, look across the way to spot a rift on the cliffside to use Spite’s Reach.
After doing this, quickly head to the ladder on the left side and climb up, then jump across the platforms before time runs out. The wolf statue will be on the other side of the platforms.
Fen’Harel Altar #3 – Heights of Athim
You’ll come to this area during A Warden’s Best Friend main quest.
You can find this altar east of the Spirit Dock. After activating the altar, the wolf will face north. Head northwest and look to the left to spot a zipline atop a rock. Ride this zipline to the wolf statuette.
Fen’Harel Altar #4 – Heights of Athim
You’ll come to this area during A Warden’s Best Friend main quest.
This altar can be found on the southeastern side of the Heights of Athim area. Activate the wolf then head to the structure north of the wolf. You’ll find the wolf statuette next to the zipline.
Fen’Harel Altar #5 – Elvhenan’s Haven
You must complete the Gate of Faded Glories quest to reach this area.
This wolf altar can be found on a ledge under the wooden beam that you must knock down to continue forward.
To find the wolf statuette, travel to the northern tip of the area next to a chest.
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