The Cursed Ring Walkthrough (Band of Braccus)
The Band of Braccus is a ring in Divinity: Original Sin 2 that can be found during Act 1. Players who find the Band of Braccus may be curious about its function. Unlike regular rings, it is a cursed item that inflicts the user with a severely debilitating debuff that makes it almost useless.
Additionally, the Band of Braccus triggers the Cursed Ring quest when obtained for the first time. This guide covers how to get and use the Band of Braccus in great detail as well as its significance in DOS2.
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Band of Braccus Location in DOS2
The Band of Braccus can be found by killing and looting Trompdoy in the Dark Caverns in Divinity: Original Sin 2. The Dark Caverns can be accessed via a hidden entrance on the rocky beach between the Gargoyle’s Maze and Sanctuary of Amadia, south of where you meet the burning pigs (X:513, Y:76).
You’ll be attacked by four Void Salamanders at the beach. There is no way to talk your way out of this encounter, so prepare for combat.
Inside the Dark Cavern, you’ll encounter Trompdoy near the entrance, and he will engage in a conversation with you, warning you to stay away. Next to Trompdoy, you’ll see some wooden crates and an underground river behind them. There is an invisible path that goes over the river that only reveals itself when you walk over it.
Use this path to progress deeper into the Dark Caverns, and you will be ambushed by Trompdoy and his illusions. Defeat all of the illusions here to progress.
As you follow the narrow path leading deeper into the dungeon, you’ll find a stone room with multiple fake doors and a statue in the middle of the room. Talk to the statue and select the following two options to solve the riddle:
- Finish the sentence with ‘very awful, rotten.”
- A hex, a misery, a blight, a curse.
Solving the statue’s riddle will open the locked door behind it, which is the only way to progress further. Here, you’ll be attacked by Trompdoy’s illusions again, only this time, the real Trompdoy will attack with them. The real Trompdoy is the Aeromancer, recognizable by the fact that he has the “Cursed” status on him (visible when hovering over). Killing the real Trompdoy will destroy all of his illusions and win you the fight.
Each time you destroy Trompdoy’ illusions, you get 1200 XP. However, if you kill the real Trompdoy instantly, all the illusions die instantly and you don’t get the extra experience. For maximum gain, it’s best to focus on taking out the illusions first before focusing on Trompdoy.
After Trompdoy is defeated, loot his body to obtain the Band of Braccus.
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The Cursed Ring Guide in DOS2
Whichever character loots the Band of Braccus from Trompdoy’s corpse will get the quest “The Cursed Ring.” So, if Lohse picked it up, the quest would be named “The Cursed Ring – Lohse” in the journal. Here’s how to complete this quest:
- Have the character who looted Trompdoy’s body equip the Band of Braccus. They will be cursed (Accuracy -10%, Dodging -30%, Elemental Resistances -15%).
- Remove the Band of Braccus and place it in your inventory.
- Have a different character wear the Band of Braccus, and the curse will be shifted towards the new wearer.
This will complete the quest. Now, all you need to do is remove the curse from the second character’s body to get out scot-free.
How to Cure Cursed Status from Band of Braccus in DOS2
Traditionally, the main way to remove the Cursed status from a character in Divinity: Original Sin 2 is by using the Bless Source Skill. However, the Band of Braccus’ Curse effect has a unique interaction with the Heart of the Tyrant armor piece (found in the final treasure room in the Dark Caverns) that lets players get rid of the Cursed status without using Bless. The way it works is simple.
- Equip the Band of Braccus.
- Equip the Heart of the Tyrant Chest Armor.
- Remove the Band of Braccus.
- Remove the Heart of the Tyrant Chest Armor.
As long as the ring and the chest piece are equipped and unequipped in the order listed above, your character’s Cursed status will be removed. If you re-equip the Band of Braccus, you will be cursed again. The sequence of events is what is important.
Fortunately, even if you mess it up, there is no permanent damage, as you can retry as many times as you want to get it right.
Bless can be obtained by visiting the Hall of Echoes and meeting your race’s patron, and since it is a Source Skill, it can only be used when you have your Source Collar removed to get rid of the Source-Muted effect.
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How to Use Band of Braccus in Divinity: Original Sin 2
Band of Braccus Function in DOS2
The Band of Braccus provides the following stats:
- 8 Magic Armor
- +1 Intelligence
- +1 Constitution
- Set Cursed
As a regular piece of equipment, the Band of Braccus is useless because every time a user wears it, they are afflicted with the Cursed Status. Although a character’s curse acquired from the Band of Braccus can be removed using the method detailed above, the curse on the ring itself is permanent. There is no way to get a “clean” Band of Braccus in Divinity: Original Sin 2.
The Band of Braccus is not a part of the Tyrant Set, and its cursed status is not removed when all pieces of the set are collected and worn.
The main use of the Band of Braccus is to skip the Gargoyle’s Maze puzzle and reach the end instantly. If a character is wearing it at the time they talk to the Gargoyle statue at the Gargoyle Maze entrance, the statue will think that the character is Braccus Rex and teleport them (and the party) to the middle of the maze in front of the tower. However, doing so will have you miss out on a lot of good loot found inside the Maze. Therefore, it is almost always better not to use the ring and go through the Gargoyle Maze the old-fashioned way.
- Released
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September 14, 2017
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Sexual Themes, Violence