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Outer Worlds 2
Should You Spare or Kill Seer Wiley?
During the On the Trail of the Traitor main quest, it is best to spare Seer Wiley in The Outer Worlds 2. Learn the story outcome that you'll get should you spare or kill Seer Wiley!
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Spare or Kill Seer Wiley Outcomes
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| Choice | Result |
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| Spare Seer Wiley |
Seer Wiley stands down and allows you to access the terminal without any combat. The Abbot will also give you the Abbot's Universal Key.
In a future meeting, de Vries will be easier to convince not to kill the Delegates and spare. Seer Wiley will have two different endings depending on whether you assist Auntie's Choice or The Order. |
| Kill Seer Wiley | Seer Wiley dies and his body will have the Abbot's Universal Key. The Abbot will admit to his faults and grieve over his friend.
In a future meeting, de Vries will comment on Seer Wiley's death. Seer Wiley will have no endings. |
The choice to spare or kill Seer Wiley happens near the end of the On the Trail of the Traitor Walkthrough main quest. This choice defines how de Vries will understand your words and influences an ending screen.
If you spare Seer Wiley, he will let you access the terminal without any combat that holds de Vries' message regarding her plans, the Abbot will give you his key, and will actively try to reform and help in practical ways during his ending.
If you killed Seer Wiley, you can loot the Abbot's Universal Key instead of a reward from the Abbot. However, it will be a little harder to stop de Vries from killing the Delegates.
How to Get Abbot's Universal Key
Should You Spare or Kill Seer Wiley?
Better to Spare Seer Wiley to Easily Convince de Vries
The best decision would be to spare Seer Wiley as choosing to do so allows you to easily convince de Vries during the Fiends in High Places main quest. Furthermore, he is repentant of his ways and aims to, which will be reflective of his ending screen if you go down this path.
Fiends in High Places Walkthrough
How to Spare Seer Wiley
To convince Seer Wiley to stand down, having Speech 5 is the pre-requisite. Having less than 5 will always result in you having to fight him. Furthermore, bringing Marisol guarantees the encounter.
| How to Spare Seer Wiley | |
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| 1 | What were you trying to do with Ortiz and the others? |
| 2 |  Speech 5: Your faith in de Vries is misplaced. She's just using you. |
| 3 | [Let Marisol work.] |
| 4 | [Required Info from checking Wiley's terminal.] Marisol's right. Even the Abbot no longer has faith in you. |
| 5 | [Required Info from getting the confession from Wiley] The Abbot's been hinting at your incompetence to anyone who will listen. |
| 6 | It's true. He told me himself. |
| 7 | Required Info from Abbot | Speech 5: Your calculations are falling apart. Stand down or I'll have to take you apart, too. |
| 8 | You became lost the moment you decided to value ideals over people's lives. |
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