Rite of Passage (Honest Hearts)

Rite of Passage is a side quest .
==Quick walkthrough==
==Detailed walkthrough==
The quest is triggered by asking Waking Cloud about her yao guai gauntlet when first meeting her during Deliverer of Sorrows. She will also automatically start it (if not asked the first time) when she joins the player character as a companion after completing Deliverer of Sorrows. Either way, she tells them to speak to White Bird, a shaman of the Sorrows and marks White Bird's cave on the map.
Going to speak with White Bird, he asks the player character to return to him with 3 sacred datura roots. The plant can be found along almost any road or riverbank in Zion Canyon even before speaking to White Bird. They can also be bought in small quantities from Joshua Graham at any point after meeting him, and Daniel if he agrees to trade by passing a 50 Barter check or 65 Speech check. Large numbers of datura plants can be found along Route 9 between the Old Rockville Bridge and the North Fork Bridge. It is possible to find some inside White Bird's cave within the various campfire sacks, but their contents are randomized so it is not guaranteed that enough, or any, datura roots will be spawned. Additionally, three datura plants will spawn around the Narrows once this stage of the quest is reached, with objective markers directing the player to them.
After the roots have been collected and brought to him, White Bird will offer to make a tea from them, giving the option of accepting or declining if they are not ready; the quest remains active if declined. Once the tea is consumed, the screen goes blurry and chromatically distorted until the rest of the quest is completed. White Bird then sends the player character to kill the mythical Ghost of She and bring back its paw as a trophy, marking its lair at Ghost Den on the map. If one speaks to White Bird again and asks about the Ghost of She, he says to speak with Waking Cloud for details. Talking to her will get the midwife to tell the tribe's story of the beast.
To reach the site of Ghost Den, one must follow the river to the northeast corner of Zion Canyon. After reaching Caterpillar's Mound out The Narrows, walk along the river heading east. Towards the northeast corner of the map, there is a pathway that leads to the site of the Vault 22 dwellers' guard camp. Reaching the location to find the Ghost of She involves getting past giant spore plants, spore carriers and cazadores that may be found along the way near the camp whereas Ghost Den itself is occupied by several yao guai cubs and/or giant yao guai.
Going towards the point of the narrow valley west of Ghost Den, if Waking Cloud is the current companion, she will speak right before one enters the beast's den. Walking further in will cause the Ghost of She to appear as a giant fiery yao guai, followed by a flash of light that blinds the player character. Once the beast's health has been dropped to 50%, the Ghost of She divides into four copies, though the three fakes are noticeably weaker compared to the original. If the original is killed before any of the copies, they will disappear.
After defeating the beast and looting its corpse for the paw, travel back to White Bird in his cave. Upon speaking with him and handing over the paw, the tea's effects will be removed, and the player character will be rewarded with She's Embrace, a unique yao guai gauntlet, and a level-dependent amount of XP.
==Quest stages==
==Notes== 
* Once the tea is accepted, strange visual effects such as blurring, discoloration, blinding lights and major motion blur will persist until the quest has been completed.
** If Gathering Storms is completed while Rite of Passage is ongoing, the effect will be canceled and the quest failed. However, the normal message telling the player that they have failed a quest does not appear.
* Drinking White Bird's tea made from sacred datura root causes an effect that differs from that of regular datura poison.
* According to Joshua Sawyer, while the creature named the Ghost of She is real, its strange physical characteristics like being perpetually ablaze are potentially a result of the player being under the influence of a datura derived drug.J.E. Sawyer: "Datura's one helluva drug"J.E. Sawyer: "The bear is real, but everything you see about the bear may not be!"
* The quest cannot be completed after the add-on's completion as White Bird, along with all other non-hostile NPCS, will disappear from Zion Canyon.
* If talking to White Bird for the first time with the Wild Wasteland trait, asking what he is talking about will cause him to reply "Take drugs. Kill a bear." This is a reference to the "Advice Animals" internet meme.
==Behind the scenes==
A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's progress from one stage of their life to another, usually the transition to adulthood.
==Gallery==
RoP datura root1.jpg|Sacred datura root near the Half Mouse cave
RoP datura root2.jpg|Near a bridge at the Stone Bones cave
RoP datura root3.jpg|Sorrows camp on a ledge
Rite of Passage datura.jpg|Sacred datura root map locations
Sacred_DR_effect.jpg|Going through the Rite of Passage
Sacred_DR_effect_red.jpg|Visual effect of the Rite of Passage
RoP_yao_guai_blurry.jpg|Fighting yao guai is tough with a blurred vision
GhostofShe.jpg|Ghost of She, kill her and take her paw to White Bird
==References==
Category:Honest Hearts quests
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