Arcanum Walkthrough -> Island of Despair
This island is a prison for the most horrific murderers and thieves in all of Arcanum. In Ashbury, it was also called "Black Island." You can only visit it once per game, so be careful.
In Search of the Terrible Beast
The guard at the gate will tell you that a terrible beast lives in the vicinity of the camp. There's a ford to the left of the camp—cross it and you'll see the beast's tracks. You'll soon find the creature itself and be able to kill it.
Help Reach the Camp
The woman at the entrance complains about the overabundance of men in the camp and asks you to help her reach the women's camp in the north. Put a white scarf on your head. The leader of the women's camp will give you a pistol, which you'll give to Suncia.
After this, you can give her the pistol and offer to get to the camp on her own, or accompany her with your group. In the first option, Suncia's death is inevitable. You can take her to the camp or bring her with you to the group.
Find artifacts on the beach
The Collector, in the north of the camp, asks you to bring him any surviving item from the shipwreck on the Beach of Shadows. Give him any item from the shipwreck, and he'll give you the frame of an ancient pistol.
If you managed to find all the schematics on the Beach of Shadows and you're a good technologist, all that's left is to find some mithril ore, which will make an excellent flamethrower.
Visit the Hermit Prince
The local liquor distributor, Norian, wants you to bring Maximilian a bottle of potato liquor. After talking with Maximilian, you'll learn that he's the eldest son of King Thoren, from Kumbria. Maximilian will ask you to find Liliana Per Dahl, who lives in Dernholm.
Main Story
There's an Ogre guard at the entrance. He'll tell you that you can only get to the dwarf by fighting in the Pit. Approach the battle organizer, and he'll let you into the Pit. Kill all the enemies and the path to Trovald will be open.
Editor's note: if you have high charisma and a high Persuasion skill, you can simply ask the Ogre to give you the key without any fighting.
Trovald will tell you that the Blackrock clan wasn't here. He recommends heading to the Wheel clan. He also mentions that to reach the Wheel clan, you need special glasses made of Katharine glass.
Editor's note: again, with high charisma and persuasion, you can add Trovald to your group, and you won't have to bother with the glasses at all.
You can steal his glasses, or you can steal the glasses formula (glasses + Katharine crystal) from his chest, which you should already have from various caves:
Or ask the glasses seller Raymond Piers in Ashbury to make them for 1,500 coins, and again, you need to have your own crystal:
Now it's time to sail away from the Island, and with the glasses ready, head to the Clan of the Wheel.
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