Beacons in the Dark

Beacons in the Dark is a side quest in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
== Acquisition ==
The quest is triggered by simply approaching one of the beacons in the Fallow Mire.
== Walkthrough ==
* Light each beacon. A mage is required to light the beacons, interact with the veilfire on each of the beacons to light them. 
* Defeat all demons and corpses. The beacon will be marked as cleared on the map.
* Beacons cleared 4/4.
* Activating the four beacons and defeating all enemies completes the quest.
Lighting the first (northernmost) beacon reveals a small blue wisp that will move out from the beacon and dive to the ground. This will spawn one elite rank lesser terror demon at that spot and several normal rank corpses start coming towards the beacon. Focusing on taking down the terror demon is the best strategy, since all the corpses will die after that (they will still drop loot and give xp if killed this way). Terror demons will teleport under your party members and knock them down constantly, which can be very annoying, so spread your party out somewhat so that not everyone gets hit by this at the same time. They are vulnerable to stuns, knockdowns, paralyze and freeze. Keep it indisposed with abilities like shield bash, pommel strike, static cage, winter's grasp and kill it quickly. Once the enemies are defeated, the party remarks there may be other beacons nearby.
After lighting the beacon, examine the rune on the reverse side of the pillar with veilfire to trigger Beneath the Mire. Also note that once the enemies have been defeated the beacon will turn into a Quick Travel point.
The second beacon spawns one elite rank lesser terror demon (Spawns on the southwest pier. Remember, watch the wisp.) and several normal rank corpses, same as the first. The terror demon will spawn much closer than the other enemies, so you can actually kill it before the other enemies reach you if you are quick.
The third beacon spawns two elite rank lesser terror demons (they spawn on the south and southwest slopes close to the beacon) and several normal rank corpses. Again, focus on the demons. If you have a rogue, take one of them out for 20 seconds with upgraded Full Draw, Knockout Powder or Knockout Bomb. Keep the other indisposed while you kill it quickly. Kill the other demon after that. If for whatever reason you have no rogue, you can use static cage to keep the demons from teleporting too much.
The fourth beacon spawns two elite rank lesser terror demons (they spawn on the southwest and east sides of the beacon, somewhat further away this time) and several normal rank corpses. repeat above strategy.
Activate all four beacons and defeat all demons that spawn to complete the quest.
== Rewards ==
Lighting the beacons yields:
* 967 XP
* Influence 200
* Power 2
Completing the quest yields:
* 128 XP
* Influence 80
== Trivia ==
* The veilfire runes were created by Widris.
Category:Dragon Age: Inquisition side quests
Category:Fallow Mire side quests
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