Risen 2 Dark Waters Walkthrough Part 7: Grog for the Guards

You will receive this quest automatically after persuading Patty to work in Osorio’s kitchen for the day. Although the game (and Osorio) say “for a day,” they actually mean “until you finish the Grog for the Guards quest,” as the sun’s setting and rising will have no impact at all on Patty’s whereabouts. Because you don’t get your valuable party member back until you have completed this quest, this should immediately become your first priority. Luckily, it’s not too hard as long as you know where to go and what the conversation options later on will lead to.

You will begin in Osorio’s kitchen. He will hand over five bottles of grog and ask you to hand deliver them to a guard named Gilles. If you have explored the island at all, you may recall what looks like a sugar plantation at the northern end of the gulley that takes up the west side of the island. This is where Gilles will be located. If you haven’t found the area yet, don’t fret. It’s pretty easy to get to. Simply leave the town square via the dirt path to the north. Keep heading north, ignoring the path that branches off to the right. This will take you towards the more vegetated area of the island, and you aren’t ready for that yet, especially not without Patty. Keep heading north, and keep to the left branch when the path branches again. The right path, in this case, just leads to a dead end. The correct path will loop around first to the left, and then to the right. Keep following it to find yourself at the sugar plantation.

Speak with Gilles and hand over the grog. This will technically complete your quest, but you will have to go through a conversation with Gilles before you can leave. You will first have the option of either complying with Gilles’ request to tell Thompkins about the grog being here, or tell him to do it yourself. If you tell Gilles to go find Thompkins himself, it’s as simple as that. Gilles will relent and stand up to find Thompkins. If you agree, you will unlock a new quest, called Let Thompkins Know! This quest will get you a little bit of Glory, so it’s probably better to relent and simply accept the request.

Now you just have to return to Osorio and let him know what happened. Keep in mind, though, that there are many different outcomes to this conversation, and you may want to take on an extra quest or two before you head back to let him know of your success. First things first, if you told Gilles to go find Thompkins himself or you accepted the mission but did not complete it, you won’t get anything from Osorio (apparently this is a bug in the game, and might be ironed out soon.) If you did complete the Let Thompkins Know! quest, you will receive 150 gold. If, however, you completed all of the above and also did the Meat for the Cook quest, you will hand over some meat and receive a whopping 200 gold.

After this, Osorio will tell you that Patty is fired. Patty, infuriated and frustrated with her lousy job, will ask you for 100 gold. Hand it over if you have any intention of seeing those provisions; she will give you 5 provisions if you give her the money, but nothing if you don’t. You will receive 50 Glory points for completing the quest. If you want to see strategy for beating the previously mentioned Meat for the Cook and Let Thompkins Know! quests, see the next two guides.