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Slane the Winter DragonIcey Beach - Near Witch's CavernSlane the Winter Dragon is a in Divinity: Original Sin 2.Slane the Winter Dragon information. Upon first encountering Slane you will find him bound to the ground by a set of chains, which can be destroyed through attacking them. The dragon will not be able to speak with you until you do this. After some dialogue you will be asked to retrieve the Witch's purging wand, as it is the only way to free the dragon of it's souls captivity. Radeka the Witch wields the Purging Wand, and must be found in the beachside cave to the South of Slane's location. Kill her and the extra enemies summons to loot the wand from her corpse. Upon returning to Slane with the wand in inventory, you may speak with him again and either offer to give him the Purging Wand or decide to keep it for yourself.
(NOTE NEXT TWO BULLETINS). Handing the wand over results in his gratitude, and now immediate rewards, although he will be of use later as he will destroy the pair of shriekers North of The Abandoned Camp upon your avatar approaching them. It's very possible to die while standing in range of the Shrieker's waiting for Slane to fly over, so watch the 'tendrils' connecting to you, they indicate you're in the instant death zone. If the Shriekers are already dead, you instead get 50 turns of Encouraged and 10 turns of Chilled for the fight with Alexander. Go straight in or the Encouraged will wear off and be wasted.
Refusing to give Slane the Purging Wand results in combat.Slane the Winter Dragon location. Slane the Winter Dragon first appears in southeast area of the island, not far from. It will be on the beachside, with frozen surfaces surrounding the area.Notes and Tips. Killing Slane the Winter Dragon drops probably the best one-handed weapon in Act 1;. Defeating Slane the Winter Dragon is currently an achievement on the Steam Community. If Slane is given the Purging Wand, he will briefly turn back into a lizard (his original form). Also tends to drop unidentified Epic and Rare gear.
If you wish to cheese Slane incredibly easily, all you have to do is have one party member lure Slane to the ramp leading up to the Abandoned Camp, and up that hill is a stone platform you can have Archers, mages, Summoners, ect all stand on. It helps keep your squishy targets further from him, so he needs to waste time getting there.
Another thing, positioning a summon correctly on that platform will allow for an incredibly long sight range for abilities like Mosquito Swarm, which can be used repeatedly on Slane while he is waiting for your character to make their move. It's incredibly cheesy, but if people struggle with the fight, the option is always there. This is what I found.
Not killing; - He kills two Shreiker's for you. He gives you not much more than 2k exp and some loot, one of which you can pick.
You generally just feel like a good person. Killing; - You save a purging wand. Upon death you gain 6k exp and much better loot then what he offers as thanks. Unsure if it's a bug, just a thing in the definitive edition, or normal, but I gained +5 attitude for all party members including The Red Prince and Sir Lora. (Looked by right clicking and clicking 'examine') I checked if perhaps I gained more attitude if I went with freeing him but I actually got nothing for anyone. The fact you also never see him again in the game nor does he actually do anything for you or the story other than kill things that aren't that big of a problem, assuming you're not dumb with the wands, the devs really made it not feel worth just letting him go. Plus there's even a steam achievement for killing him.
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Even if he was just an NPC you could chat with again, romance, or simply have a shop would be nice but no. You could argue that the loot becomes useless later down the line so why bother killing but then you could just sell it, plus he gives you more than double the exp than saving him which is tasty.