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[happy_daiz]

Is this in the Hissing Wastes? Or the Oasis? She holds a key if it's the Oasis.

 

No, it's the Hissing Wastes. I just found it on the wiki: it's how you get the bow, Perseverance.

 

Apparently, there's more than one of them, and you have to talk to three to get it.

 

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In the Hissing Wastes you can find beings that resemble Chantry sisters, found in seemingly random places of the area. Speak to three of them (there are no dialogue options). The last one will make a comment about the Inquisitor finding them, saying, "Take this gift. Do not falter. In the absence of light, shadows thrive.", after which she mystically disappears, leaving behind some loot including the bow.

[Han Yolo]

I also like what Sera has to say about the wastes. 'Wow, that's so much nowhere!' in that awestruck voice. And Solas 'well, it doesn't want for sand.'

 

Oh, and I love to put on my cowboy hat, mount my trusty steed and ride aimlessly through the dunes.

[robertmarilyn]

Another thing about Cole is that when he's in his stealth mode, he will teleport to in front of you as you run around the map. It was esp scary at night, because he's so glow-y, before I knew it was him doing it.   

 

edit to add: Cole will comment on the stars when you are in the Hissing Wastes. 

[happy_daiz]

Lol he did that to me when I was lighting the torches in the tomb. I thought I did it wrong and it was a monster so I attacked him!

 

I actually did that a couple of days ago, to Varric. Oopsie. We were in the Hinterlands, near the Avvar blades area, with all the super sneaky rogues. He seemed like a threat.   

 

Ooh, you know what else I like in the HW? Lurkers. Much love for Lurker skins, for crafting.

[Ecol-i]

I love the Hissing Wastes, love the vasteness, the moonlight, the enemies and the sense of forbodding; the dwarven tombs side quest that ends with a dragon fight is one of the coolest and most informative side quest in the game (love taking Varric on that one); as big and vast as it is, it's also quite easy to navigate, and there are plenty of tier 3 high quality materials and plants to harvest (wyverns and lurkers drop some particulary good ones).

[CuriousArtemis]

I loooove Hissing Wastes. It may be my favorite map. I personally find it to just be beautiful, in a dark, ethereal, silent kind of way. It's so eerily empty. Very atmospheric. Is it also our only map that takes place at night? 

 

It's also one of the harder (possibly hardest) map, and that sense of trepidation only adds to the atmosphere. What kind of baddie will you encounter in the dark??

[Basement Cat]

One of the things I like the most in the Hissing Wastes is the oasis zone where wyverns spawn like mad. Great place for tier 3 leather farming.

[happy_daiz]

Did you fight the legendary beast? I got some nice loot from that too, and my mage got a lovely new outfit from the Inquisition soldiers hanging around the desert where it gets so windy you are told to turn back. 

 
Oh, yeah! I do that every time. I kill all the secondary wyverns first, then the legendary one last. I end up with a huge bounty of skins and poison glands for runes. Huzzah!
 
I'm not sure I've seen those Inquisition soldiers. I'll have to look for them!
 

I took Iron Bull and he had a lot to say about dwarves. I should try both him and Varric next time!

YES. Taking Iron Bull to the Wastes was what inspired me to romance him in my latest (new) playthrough. He's so much more intelligent and observant than I ever realized. I haven't taken him + Varric yet, though. With my new character being a Dwarf, hopefully she's not totally derped to Dwarven history.

[coldwetn0se]

There are a couple of really silly things I like about the Hissing Wastes. The materials. Armor made with Hardened Gurn Hide and Nevarrite is pretty darn swank. Purple! My first set of Masterwork Dual Blades were made with Nevarrite, and I named them "Pain" and "Suffering".
 
I also like all the little camps. it probably sounds weird, but it's kinda cool to see lights in the darkness, to make it seem a little less...lonely. Though typically, there are some creepy red templars hanging out.
 
@Coldy - I do that same thing. As soon as I'm able to unlock HW, I go there. And die. Umm, sometimes.  I also have that same reaction to the Western Approach. I really had a different visual in mind, after reading Asunder. It's nothing like I'd imagined. And just...blah. I way prefer the Oasis and Wastes to the Approach.
 
I'm curious, and it's probably been talked about to death already (but I've been gone a few months), but who is that pilgrim I keep bumping into? I never have the patience to try to figure it out.

LOL. Love the Dual Dagger names. And yes, YES! to everything purply-blueish.

The "Pilgrim" appears as a Chantry Sister, and she will potentially speak to you on three different occasions (at different spots around the Waste). If she does, the following will happen:

Spoiler

She says something cryptic (again), disappears before your very eyes, and leaves you a bow. I think it was a bow...??

Cole, Sera, Solas and IB, will make a few comments regarding her. I have never personally heard anything from the others, but then that doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't dialogue that "can" trigger from them.

[coldwetn0se]

LOL...ninja'd by ALL! (including @happy who first asked the question)

Doh!

[happy_daiz]

I hated killing that sleeping dragon. I know I didn't have to, but... I had to.
 
This was one of my first dragon fights, in my first playthrough. Thank goodness Blackwall was there, because...as you can see, it didn't go well.
 

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LOL...ninja'd by ALL! (including @happy who first asked the question)

Doh!

I'm sorry, Coldy! I decided I had to know, right then, and...well...dang it, google, for being so convenient.

 

Cassandra commented on the Chantry sister, a couple of times. She seemed really perplexed by it. 

[coldwetn0se]

That's right! I forgot that Cassandra also comments. I love Cass to bits and pieces, but I guess it has been a while since I have taken her to the Wastes. S'all good though, my new(ish) M!Lavellan, will take her for a nice romantic stroll there, BEFORE BEING CRUSHED BY STAMPEDING GURNS, MINCED BY RED TEMPLAR SHADOWS, AND POISONED BY EVERY SPIDER BW HAS EVER MADE....EVAR!!



Good times.

[Forsythia77]

I think the Hissing Wastes is pretty.  Giant moon, sky full of stars.  Amber glow of Venatori and Red Templar campfires in the distance.  Oh, and lots of good loot and metals for crafting.  And since it is so big you can go awhile without running into something or someone who is trying to kill you. 

[happy_daiz]

That's right! I forgot that Cassandra also comments. I love Cass to bits and pieces, but I guess it has been a while since I have taken her to the Wastes. S'all good though, my new(ish) M!Lavellan, will take her for a nice romantic stroll there, BEFORE BEING CRUSHED BY STAMPEDING GURNS, MINCED BY RED TEMPLAR SHADOWS, AND POISONED BY EVERY SPIDER BW HAS EVER MADE....EVAR!!



Good times.

 

You know, I had a tough time finding Gurns in my second playthrough. I scoured the Wastes, looking for them, and they were nowhere. I kept leaving and coming back later, and DOH! I was so sad. I made it up to my character, by taking out more Lurkers. Didn't really have that problem in the third playthrough.

 

Gawd, those spiders. Any time I go to the merchant, I find myself running at breakneck speed, to kill the spiders off, so they don't hurt the pooch. Wut. 

 

Oh, the Hissing Wastes will be a very romantic setting to showcase your M!Lavellan's Elven Glory to Cassandra. 

[veeia]

I love the Hissing Wastes so much. Just had a lot of fun taking action shots there, have a picdump.

 

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[themikefest]

I like the Hissing Wastes. Walking around the dragon while it sleeps listening to the music play. A nice night for a walk. Hahaha

[Lynas]

I like this area, it's beautiful at night   i'll try to make screenies later !

[Dobby]

It was surprisingly one of my favorite areas. I think it was the fact that it was nigh time and seeing the glow of camp fires off in the distance, made it seem different from most of the other areas. It was also fun trying to find that weird person who would appear out of nowhere. 

[KaiserShep]

I really like the Hissing Wastes. I prefer deserts to forests.