Walkthrough for the quest Harsh Medicine in the game Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. 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: Side Quests
Start location: Neketaka
Several Roparu in the Gullet have fallen ill with drowner's lung, a deadly and contagious disease. Pitli, a priestess from the Children of the Dawnstars, is caring for them in secret and needs medicine.
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Pitli thinks I could find the medicine she needs on Delver's Row.
Pitli doesn't know how to reach Delver's Row, but the people that hang around the tavern might.
Delver's Row is bustling with shops and suspicious characters. One of them is bound to have the medicine Pitli needs.
Ernezzo is rumored to have the medicine.
Ernezzo promised to give me the medicine if I kill the Spindle Man, another Delver's Row merchant.
Some of Ernezzo's gang leave his shop at night to go drink. It will be lightly guarded then.
The Spindle Man proposed that I kill Ernezzo instead. It promised me lower prices in return.
The Spindle Man mentioned a secret entrance to Ernezzo's storeroom. I can sneak in from the wooden catwalk east of his shop.
The Spindle Man is no more.
Rust will eliminate Ernezzo for me.
I've hired Rust to kill the Spindle Man.
Ernezzo is dead.
I have the medicine Pitli needs. She and the sick Roparu are waiting for it at her home in the Gullet.
I stole the medicine from Ernezzo.
I killed Ernezzo and took the medicine.
I informed on the sick Roparu. Pitli and her charges were banished to the Old City.
I gave the medicine to Pitli. She and the sick Roparu are recovering.
Someone critical to this quest has died.