Onward to Discovery
This page provides an overview of how to complete the Onward to Discovery Optional Quest.
Unlock Conditions
This quest unlocks once you have completed the “Blood from the Stones” subquest and received 
The Collar and Compass, which is part of the 
Onward Main Scenario Quest.
Quest Giver and Location
You can find Jachym, the Scholar, sitting on a bench in the center of Boklad.
Quest Details
Jachym will ask you to serve as his bodyguard during some of his upcoming travels, and then will immediately disappear, leaving you to track him down at each of the locations that he visits.
Activate your multi-target 
Eikonic Ability Set and travel to the first location just outside the front gate near the Analect. Jachym has been ambushed by a few “Ne’er-do-wells” that include some spellcasters, but they are easy to defeat.
Follow Jachym to the next location, which is up near “Laetny’s Hoard.” Defeat the group of “Goblin Roughhousers” and “Goblin Rabblerousers” that have trapped him up on the rock.
The third and final location is the set of ruins that you passed through on your way to the Steps of the Forgotten, called “The Vaults.” Switch to your single-target abilities and follow the pathway along.
This next group of enemies includes a group of “Fallen Echoes.” It also includes a larger “Wailing Echo” enemy, which is similar to the 
Severian Notorious Mark that you may have fought earlier.
This battle can prove to be more challenging. Dealing with the onslaught of attacks from the Wailing Echo while also trying not to get hit by the smaller enemies is difficult. Try to use your single-target abilities that also hit nearby enemies, while allowing Jill and Torgal to distract at least two of the enemies.
Jachym will automatically return you to the Boklad Markets once the quest is complete.
Rewards
The Breath of Earth (Upheaval)
Wyrrite (x20)- 900
Experience Points - 280
Ability Points - 30
Renown
Next Steps
There are three Optional Quests that are available after completing the “Blood from the Stones” subquest. The other two are:
Bearer of Good News
Optional Quest
“An innkeeper in Boklad asks Clive to deliver the good news to three of his friends about a particularly fine bottle of wine he’s managed to get his hands on.”
Live and Let Live
Optional Quest
“A porter in Boklad has had her packs ransacked and seeks someone to go after the sellsword whose help she enlisted to track down the culprits.”
Otherwise, you can use the following link to return to the walkthrough page:
Onward
Walkthrough Guide
“Only a single Mothercrystal remains in Storm—Drake’s Tail, in the Crystalline Dominion. Clive and Jill set out to breach the borders of the Dominion and infiltrate its capital, Twinside—now the besieged seat of the Holy Empire of Sanbreque.”