Walkthrough for the quest The Mother Tree in the game Divinity: Original Sin 2. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the quest smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.
Quest Group: Chapter 5 - The Nameless Isle
Starting Map: The Nameless Isle
This quest can be started in different ways, such as talking to The Shadow Prince or talking to Elven High Priestess. You have to choose who you want to help.
The Shadow Prince
The Nameless Isle
Saheila
The Nameless Isle
Elven High Priestess
The Nameless Isle
Talk to The Shadow Prince. He will give you Deathfog Bomb.
The Shadow Prince has bid us to find the Heart of the Mother Tree, somewhere within the Elf Temple. We are then to place the Deathfog Bomb inside of it. Once this is completed, we must return to him.
Talk to Elven High Priestess.
A priestess of the Elven Temple has bid us to seek out the Elven Scion. We should proceed to the top of the tree.
Talk to Elven Scion (lvl 17).
The Elven Scion has bid us to kill the Shadow Prince, and bring his heart back to the Mother Tree.
You will meet Saheila after you leave the Heart of the Mother Tree. (Sebille must be in your party?)
Saheila wants the Mother Tree dead, in order to liberate the elves.
We destroyed the Mother Tree with the power of a Scion.
If you decide to help The Mother Tree, you must kill The Shadow Prince.
The Shadow Prince is dead.
We have informed the Elven Scion of the Shadow Prince's demise.
We admitted to the Elven Scion that one of us ate the heart of the Shadow Prince. The Scion thanked us for killing him, but offered no reward in return.
If you decide to help The Shadow Prince then you have to kill Elven Scion (lvl 17) and then place the bomb.
We have placed the Deathfog Bomb where the Shadow Prince bid me to. Now we ought to leave before anyone notices.
Report back to The Shadow Prince.
The Shadow Prince has detonated the Deathfog Bomb. The Elf Temple is now a grave for all inside it.
The Shadow Prince thanked us for our service, and left a reward for us by his pavillion.
We have departed from the Nameless Isle without resolving the conflict between the Mother Tree and the Shadow Prince.