“Cabin Fever” is the first Avowed side quest you can pick up in Paradis early in the game. You’ll meet the questgiver, Dehengen, almost immediately after you reach the docks of Claviger’s Landing.
Our Avowed guide will will you give a full “Cabin Fever” walkthrough, including where to start the quest, how to find and explore the cabin, and what you should tell Dehengen to do.
How to start the ‘Cabin Fever’ side quest in Avowed
Once you complete Avowed’s first quest, “On Strange Shores,” and start the second, “Message from Afar,” you’ll be in Claviger’s Landing outside of Paradis.
After you check in with Cynric and pick up Kai, your first companion, you’ll continue toward Paradis. Just up the stairs from the docks, you’ll find Dehengen. Talk to her, and you’ll learn that a pack of xaurips have invaded her house.
Where to find to Dehengen’s cabin
The cabin is to the northwest of the town. As you get closer, you’ll run into some xaurips. Deal with them, and then cross the wooden bridge.
The cabin is less a cabin and more a large house. One of the Dawnshore fast travel beacons, named Dehengen’s Cottage, right out front.
As you approach, head around to the right and keep working your way back. Against the back wall, you’ll find the On Soul Twins: A Treatise book.
Cut across the back of the house until you find a wooden crate blocking a low entrance. Smash through it and check out the room. You’ll find Dehengen’s Journal on a table against the far wall.
After you talk to Kai about the journal, head through the door on the left. You’ll find a pair of xaurips waiting for you.
Once they’re cleared out, loot the chest in the far right corner and then examine the crude wall painting on the left wall. After another conversation with Kai, you can return to the Claviger’s Landing beacon fast travel point.
‘Cabin Fever’ side quest outcomes and rewards
When you return to Dehengen, you’ll talk to her for a bit. Ultimately, you’ll have to choose what to tell her to do: either ignore the xaurip or spend time with the xaurip. The end of this side quest doesn’t have larger implications for your game, but it does impact what reward you get.
Tell her to ignore the xaurip
If you decide the xaurip isn’t worth her time, you can give one of the dismissive dialogue options and convince her there’s nothing special happening. If you do that, you’ll get your XP and the side quest will end.
The other option will get a nice reward, though.
Tell her to spend time with the xaurip
If you tell her to spend time with the xaurip and explore the soul twin connection they share, she’ll give you the Vindictive Band ring as a reward (and you’ll get the XP).
The ring adds poison to your critical hits when you have it equipped.
For more Avowed guides, see our full Avowed walkthroughs or our walkthroughs for the “Dawntreader” and “Mapping the Living Lands: Dawnshore.”
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