Chapter 17 | Chapters walkthrough for The Banner Saga 3 The Banner Saga 3 Guide and Walkthrough

Last update: 03 August 2018

This page contains the description of the seventeenth chapter in The Banner Saga 3 - Raising High Their Shining Light. This is the first chapter where you follow Iver, Juno and Eyvind. This party, accompanied by the Ravens, is moving towards Strand.

• The journey to Strand
• The main battle of this chapter

The journey to Strand

This chapter opens with a conversation between all the main characters - Iver, Juno and Eyvind. The choice regarding the mind of Folka won't affect the future events.

In Strand, the game plays a cut-scene from the inspection of the destroyed main hall. Here, your party with have their first fight with the Warped. In this battle you have to use Alfrun, Eirik and Valgard. You can choose the other three heroes. When the battle starts Alfrun, Eirik and Valgard will be placed in the middle of the map. They are close to each other and you can't choose their positions. The other party members can choose their starting spots. The best way is to place all of them either on the left or on the right, depending on which group of monsters you want to attack first.

The bigger Warped are your biggest threat here. They are much more resistant and one of their attacks can steal Willpower points. You also need to know that every defeated Warped leaves their ashes - touching them costs you 1 Willpower point. Remember about that and avoid walking on fields where one of the Warped has died. The fire hole in the middle of the map is also dangerous - touching it costs you 1 Strength point. Try to walk around it either from the north or the south.

During this battle and every other fight that involves Iver, Juno and Eyvind you can use Valka Spear which casts Arc Lightning. You can charge the Spear by killing opponents. The maximum number of charges is 3. Use it to attack foes who stand next to each other.

After that the game will play a conversation between all the main characters. By joining Alfrun automatically to your party you receive Which Witch achievement (Eirik and Valgard will also join you).

The main battle of this chapter

Shortly after leaving Strand you can watch a cut-scene during which Folka frees her mind. Your decision won't affect this chapter. All of the variants lead to a larger battle.

The final battle of this chapter has a few unique features:

1. You can't choose your party - you must play as Folka, Oli, Sparr, Iver, Eyvind and Juno. However, the party doesn't have to stay in this line-up until the end of the battle.
2. You can't place your characters before the battle. The heroes start the fight in the middle of the map and they stand close to each other. You can defend yourself there, split the party into two smaller groups or order the entire party to attack one of the groups of the Warped.
3. Besides the information about the order of the actions, the timeline at the bottom of the screen contains information on the number of turns left for the reinforcements to arrive. They won't arrive if you manage to kill all the Warped before the time runs out -the time limit for the first battle is 40 turns. This should be enough for you to win.

1. Monsters attack in waves - you can defend from all the waves or run away before you defeat all the Warped. You can't escape whenever you want to. You can do that after defeating all enemies from a given wave. Escaping is only good when all your available heroes are gravely injured By choosing this option you get less renown points and you lose a chance to get a rare artifact. Note - The option to flee never costs you a hero or any other unit.
2. If you decide to stay, you can switch party members before starting the next wave. Remember about that and retreat those heroes who has received the biggest amount of damage. Switch them with heroes who have full health. Before the second wave you can choose heroes who are more to your liking.
3. Red arrows on the edges of the map inform you about the direction of the upcoming wave. Remember about that when you are placing your characters. Don't place them too close to those spots and don't let the monsters to flank your heroes.
4. This battle requires you to defeat two waves of the Warped. If you don't run away and stay, you will receive Waywright's Amulet (a level 9 item; -1 to generated threat; +2 to movement; +3 to rank of effort talents).

After that you have to speak with Folka. This conversation is linear. It gets interrupted when the characters notice Bolverk. The chapter ends here.