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Outer Worlds 2
Stabbing at Shadows Walkthrough
Stabbing at Shadows is the second companion quest for Aza in the Outer Worlds 2. Read on for a full walkthrough of the companion quest, including info on how to unlock it and its rewards.
| Previous Quest | Next Quest |
|---|---|
| The Dawn of a Glorious Betrayal | - |
List of Contents
How to Unlock Stabbing at Shadows
Speak with Aza After Completing Certain Quests
After completing The Dawn of a Glorious Betrayal and An Instrument to Unfold Space & Time, talk to Aza. However, before starting the quest, make sure to talk to Aza about the report you obtained from the Interstitial Reconfiguration Center to unlock additional dialogue options.
Note: Your dialogue choices in this quest can lead to different Aza endings.
Stabbing at Shadows Walkthrough
| Companion Quest Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Search Glorious Dawn Camps for Messages to Aza |
| 2 | Rendezvous with Aza's Old Friend from the Glorious Dawn |
| 3 | Kill or Spare Severin |
| 4 | Talk to Aza |
| 5 | Locate Dagmar |
| 6 | Confront Dagmar |
| 7 | Help Aza Get Her Revenge |
Click on a step to jump to its section in the walkthrough!
Search Glorious Dawn Camps for Messages to Aza
| Step-by-step Walkthrough | |
|---|---|
| 1 |  When you talk to Aza, she'll mention a friend within the Dawn that could have left a message for her. Accept her request to clear out Dawn camps around Praetor to search for it. |
| 2 |  After the dialogue, head for the camp marked in your map and look for a communication device. The camp is located between Central Control and the Interstitial Reconfiguration Center. Fast travel to the Reconfiguration Center, or to Central Control if you have already previously discovered it. Don't cross the fallen bridge towards the verachnid drones. Instead, use the path near the Control Center. |
| 3 |  You can find the communication device under a shed close to the wall near a campfire. Ignore the rift if you want to avoid combat, opening it will rephase back the cultists in the area which you'll have to fight. Otherwise, feel free to open it and clear the enemies. |
| 4 |  Examine the device and exhaust Aza's dialogue. She plans to meet up with her old friend in Cloister. |
Rendezvous with Aza's Old Friend from the Glorious Dawn
| Step-by-step Walkthrough | |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Return to the Incognito and head to Cloister. From the landing pad, you can fast travel to Laplace's Garden if you have discovered it. If not, run southward. Then, go past Laplace's Garden and through a tunnel. |
| 2 |  Keep going forward until you see a structure that looks like a large gun with a Rift Anomaly beside it. Turn left and follow the small path. |
| 3 |  Proceed until you reach an alcove where you can find Aza's old friend, Severin. |
Kill or Spare Severin
Speak with Severin. Depending on your dialogue choices and if you pass the skill checks, you can either make Aza kill or spare Severin.
Kill Severin
If you do not convince Severin to help you and fail to make Aza spare him, he will signal the Protectorate guards to attack you, eventually killing him as well.
Spare Severin
To spare Severin, you need to convince Aza with a Speech 11 skill. Even if you convince Severin to help you, if you do not pass the Aza Speech skill check, she will still kill him. Sparing Severin will help you avoid fighting the enemies hiding in ambush, as well as affect what ending Aza will get.
Talk to Aza
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| Choices | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Any Background: Listen to Aza's worries Listen to what Aza has to say. Reply changes based on background. |
| 2 |  Speech Level 4: "Good thing you don't need her anymore then since you have me now."Convince Aza that you are on her side |
| 3 | Speech Level 7: "Maybe not, but what we found does. You're intelligent, Aza, just think about it." Convince Aza to think about the data you found |
| 4 | Speech Level 7: "I think you're using violence to distract you from your pain" Talk to Aza about her coping mechanisms |
On your way to Dagmar, make sure to talk to Aza inside the Incognito or while exploring with her in your party. You may need to talk to her multiple times to exhaust all possible conversations. While this is optional, we highly recommend doing it if you want to get Aza's good ending.
To encounter these Speech checks, find the Glorious Dawn Report in Dr. Hurley's terminal in the Interstitial Reconfiguration Center during the quest An Instrument to Unfold Space & Time.
Locate Dagmar
| Step-by-step Walkthrough | |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Head back to the Incognito and travel to Central Control in Praetor. |
| 2 | Upon arriving in the Central Control Courtyard, go to the jail building to the right, marked by a sun symbol above its entrance. |
| 3 |  Use the terminal and read the message from Dagmar with Aza's pass code. |
| 4 |  When you've finished reading the message, a scene will play out. After the scene, you will be ambushed by Protectorate soldiers sent by Dagmar. |
| 5 |  Kill all the enemies in the courtyard and the main building, then proceed to the lower floor. |
| 6 |  After defeating the guards on the lower floor, enter the clinic. |
| 7 |  Proceed to the hatch and enter the door on the other side, where you will find Dagmar. |
Confront Dagmar
Once inside Dagmar's room, interrogate her or let Aza talk to her to know more about the cultists. You can then attack and kill Dagmar with Aza, allowing her to take her revenge. Alternatively, you can also try convincing Aza to spare Dagmar, which requires numerous skill checks.
Convince Aza to Spare Dagmar
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| Choices | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Any Background: Listen to Aza's worries Listen to what Aza has to say. Reply changes based on background. |
| 2 | Speech Level 11 or Free (Pass Aza conversaion skill checks): "Stand down Aza, let me handle this." Tell Aza to hold back from killing Dagmar for now. |
| 3 | Acquire Info from Interstitial Reconfiguration Center: "You should let Dagmar go. If you don't, your anger towards her will consume you." Convince Aza to spare Dagmar |
| 4 | Speech Level 7 and Info from Interstitial Reconfiguration Center: "The report from the Reconfiguration Center proves the Dawn was a lie. Tell her, Dagmar." Convince Aza to think about the data you found |
To convince Aza to spare Dagmar, you will first need to raise your Speech to at least level 7. This allows you to succeed both the required conversation Speech checks, as well as the Speech checks during the confrontation with Dagmar.
Additionally, you need to have found the data of how Rifts being different compared to the Dawn's vision in Dr. Hurley's terminal inside the Interstitial Reconfiguration Center during the quest An Instrument to Unfold Space & Time.
Help Aza Get Her Revenge
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| Choices | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Speech Level 11 (after killing Dagmar): Dissuade Aza from leading the Glorious Dawn Dissuade Aza from becoming the leader of the Glorious Dawn and continuing its present course |
| 2 | "I think it might be better if we could find a way to use them as a force for good." Convince Aza to change the Glorious Dawn's purpose into something good |
| 3 | We could do that... or maybe there's a way to disband them, keep them from being a threat?" Convince Aza to disband the Glorious Dawn |
After taking Dagmar down, Aza will inform you of her plan to lead the Dawn. You can agree with her or dissuade her from her plan. Take note that trying to dissuade Aza from leading the Glorious Dawn requires you to pass a difficult Speech skill check.
This skill check can be bypassed if you can convince Aza to spare Dagmar. You can then convince Aza to either turn the Glorious Dawn into a force for good or to disband it permanently.
Choosing to lead the Glorious Dawn in any way will unlock Aza's additional skill A New Cause, while choosing to disband it will instead unlock the additional skill No Cause.
Stabbing at the Shadows Choices
Kill or Spare Severin
You can let Aza kill or spare her old friend, Severin. If you spare Severin, you can avoid fighting enemies waiting in ambush. It can also help you reach Aza's good ending.
Kill or Spare Dagmar
You can convince Aza to either spare or kill Dagmar during your confrontation. Sparing Dagmar will help you get Aza's good ending, but will require significant preparation to pull off. Sparing Dagmar will help you get Aza's good ending.
Lead or Disband the Glorious Dawn
| A New Cause | Whenever you spend energy, Aza's combat ability charges a portion of the energy spent. |
|---|---|
| No Cause | After using her combat ability, Aza has a small chance for a charge to immediately be refilled. |
After dealing with Dagmar, you can choose to either have Aza lead or disband the Glorious Dawn. If she becomes the leader of the Glorious Dawn, she will unlock the additional skill A New Cause. This will happen regardles of whether or not the Glorious Dawn's objectives change.
Alternatively, disbanding the Glorious Dawn will unlock the additional skill No Cause.
Stabbing at Shadows Rewards
| Quest Completion Rewards | |
|---|---|
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・4968 XP ・Aza's Advanced Mod Kit |
Stabbing at Shadows Info
| Stabbing at Shadows Info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Aza Companion Quest | ||||
| Location | Praetor | ||||
| How to Start | |||||
| Triggers after completing either An Instrument to Unfold Space & Time or A Complication with the Computronic Cerebrum. | |||||
Outer Worlds 2 Related Guides
All Companion Quests
| Companion | Quests |
|---|---|
 Niles |
・Pressing Cares ・Do More Harm |
 VALERIE |
・A Healthy Improvement ・Better by Factors |
 Inez |
・Better than Nature ・A Most Extraordinary Specimen ┣ Half Truths in Advertising ┗ Full Measures |
 Tristan |
・Arbitrary Measures ・Listening For a Clue ・Casting Off the Veil |
 Marisol |
・Beginning at the Endpoint ・The Midpoint to the Endpoint ・Endpoint's End |
 Aza |
・The Dawn of a Glorious Betrayal ・Stabbing at Shadows |
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Anonymous 20 days
Anonymous 20 daysWhere is the glorious dawn report at in the IRC?
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Hello, dear user, thank you for using our guide as a reference! The Glorious Dawn report, or the study about the nature of rifts, can be found on a terminal inside the room to the right of the Rift Modulator. Any of your companions should comment after you find out the information, and talking to Aza will result in her saying that she does not wish to discuss it. We will edit the wording of the guide, but we hope this comment helps!