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Not to be confused with Rite of Passage (Far Harbor). |
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Rite of Passage is a side quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.
Quick walkthrough[]
| Side Quest: Rite of Passage | |||||
| During Deliverer of Sorrows, ask Waking Cloud about her yao guai gauntlet or complete Deliverer of Sorrows and receive the summons to meet White Bird from Waking Cloud. | |||||
| Reach White Bird's cave in the Narrows and speak with White Bird; agree to collect ingredients to make the special tea. | |||||
| Collect 3 sacred datura roots. | |||||
| Return to White Bird. | |||||
| Reach the Ghost Den west of the Vault 22 dwellers' guard camp. | |||||
| Kill the unique yao guai, Ghost of She. | |||||
| Obtain Ghost of She's paw. | |||||
| Return to White Bird. | |||||
| Reward: Variable XP She's Embrace | |||||
Detailed walkthrough[]
Meet the shaman[]
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. In both cases, she tells them to speak to White Bird, a shaman of the Sorrows in his cave found in the northeastern side of the Narrows.
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 Barter 50 or Speech 65 skill 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 itself 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, found in its lair at the Ghost Den east of the Narrows. 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.
Cleanse the angry spirit[]
To reach the Ghost Den, one must follow the river to the northeast corner of Zion Canyon. After reaching the Caterpillar's Mound out of 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 the 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 XP amount.
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.
- The effect of drinking White Bird's tea, explicitly said to be made with 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.[1][2]
- The quest cannot be completed after completing the Honest Hearts storyline as White Bird, along with all other non-hostile NPCS, will disappear from Zion Canyon.
 | The following is based on the Wild Wasteland trait. |
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- When talking to White Bird for the first time, 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.
| End of information based on the Wild Wasteland trait |
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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 into the cultural equivalent of adulthood.
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