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Time has trapped many warriors on Mount Oaf since Simurgh disappeared inPrince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, and many of them have been left in a terrible state. Minutes turned to days, and days turned to years in the blink of an eye, and one warrior can’t bear to leave his men in such a state.
Nojan is one of several characters whose last hope for peace is Sargon, and at his request, you’ll need to search across Mount Qaf for his fellow warriors. You’ll need to travel to dank sewers, across sandy ruins, and many other places if you want to find them.
How To Start The Lost Warriors Side Quest
You can start the Lost Warrior’s side quest byfinding a dying man named Nojan, located in asmall transitional roomon thepath towards the Hyrcanian Forest.
From theWak-Wak tree at The Haven, headdownwards past all the archersand various enemies, and down to thebottom of the area, past the cage door on the ceiling. Take theright path, and you’ll findNojan lying against a pillar.
Speak to Nojan, and he’ll tell you that minutes after he and his warriors entered Mount Qaf, they werelost to the corrupted time, andthey’ve gone mad.
Before he dies, he’ll ask you todefeat them in battle and take their insigniasto give them peace before dying himself.
How To Find Khosrow’s Insignia
Khosrow’s insignia is one of theearliest and easiest to locate, since youdon’t need any particular powersyet to acquire it.
Head to theHyrcanian Forest, andstart off at the Wak-Wak Treein theroom eastof the largesection marked by a water wheeland two platforms. Follow the pathdownward and to the leftuntil you see abody hanging by ropefrom the ceiling.
If you’veacquired the side quest, The Deserter, you’ll need tocut this man’s body downin orderto progress in it.
Keep going left, then use acharged attack to break down the vinesblocking the doorway. Inside, you’ll find the warrior Khosrow.
He wields alarge spear and shield, and has amoveset similarto thesmaller spear-and-shield enemiesyou’ll find in several areas.
How To Find Bijan’s Insignia
Thesecond-easiest insigniato get is Bijan’s, but you’ll need to eithernavigate downto the largeroom in the Depths marked by a falling personon your own, orget to this areadirectlyby way of story progression.
Starting from theWak-Wak treelocated in a small areasouth of the falling-person room, make your wayup and into the thin hallwaysitting slightly to the east. You’llfind Bijanhere, and you’llneed to fight himlike the others.
He also uses aspear-and-shield movesetlike several of the other warriors, and once he’s defeated, you’ll be able topick up his insignia.
How To Find Koorosh’s Insignia
For this insignia, you’ll need to have progressed through the story enough togain access to the Sacred Archives, and you’ll also need to havebeaten the jailerandreceived the Holy Scholarship Keyfrom him.
Thejailer is locatedin a roomwest of theTemple of Knowledge fast travel pointin theSacred Archives, but you’llneed three different time powersto get to and beat him:Dash of Simurgh,Shadow of Simurgh, andClairvoyance.
Once you’ve gotten theHoly Scholarship Key, all the pathways blocked bydoors with a blue eyeballcan be unlocked, and you’llneed topass through several of themfor this insignia.
Start from theSacred Archives fast travel point, and navigate down to thejail room in the bottom right-hand cornerof the same area, marked by alarge, mid-open eyeball. Take the path down to thecorner room with three pathways, and a platform to thetop doorway.
Open the doorwith the key, and you’llfind Koorosh, as well astwo ceiling-based enemiesthat spit poison on you. Use yourbow to kill the ceiling enemies, thenfocus on Koorosh.
He uses amoveset similarto thelarge sword-wielding enemies, but alsooccasionally tosses axesat you anduses a ground slamwith a large attack radius.
Be careful when youkill the ceiling-based enemies, as they have achance to spawn a poison-spitting wasp.
How To Find Morteza’s Insignia
To get Morteza’s Insignia, you’ll need to return to theOld Royal Roadwhere youbegan the game, but he onlyspawns afteryou’veobtained the Dash of Simurgh,Shadow of Simurgh, andClairvoyance, which occurs duringThe Path to the Sand Prison.
Once you’ve hit the requirements, navigate back to theOld Royal Road, andgo past all the enemiesand through the archwayback to the very beginning.
You can get bothhis and Koorosh’s insignias at the same timeby firstobtaining Koorosh’s, then goingback to the eyeball room, and finally following thepath left and down to the Lower City. You’ll end up right next to the Old Royal Road.
You’ll find Mortezahalfway through the area, and he has amoveset like the spear-and-shield enemies, but withadditional abilitiessuch asthrowing axesand calling downa line of lightning bolts.
How To Find Saman’s Insignia
Saman can be found once you’vegained access to the Pit of Eternal Sands, and you’ll alsoneed several time powersto do so,particularly Dimensional ClawandClairvoyance.
Go down into the Pit of Eternal Sands, andstarting from the large room you drop into, head into theroom past the first Wak-Wak treeto the right.
You’ll end up in amassive, interconnected roomwith some Naga enemies and warriors in green. Navigate this room andhead towards the right, then when you come to asection where you can go up or down, wall-jump up and into the room above.
Saman will be there, and he’ll again use aspear-and-shield moveset, but this time withice-based powers. He can either use ashield bash or a volley or arrowstofreeze you in place.
How To Find Reza’s Insignia
The next available insignia belongs to Reza, and you canfind them in the Depths, but you’llneed to have beaten Azhadaandobtained the Gravity Wings Time Powerthat lets you perform double-jumpsbefore you can reach them.
Starting from theCatacombs fast travel pointin the Depths area,exit the small roomwhere it is andreturn to the vertical roommarked by three facesin circles.
You can alsoreach this areaby way of theScrapper’s Hideout fast travel pointif youhaven’t unlocked the Catacombsfast travel point, andfollow all the paths leading to the rightuntil you reach the area.
Use a combinationof yourDash of Simurghand Gravity Wingspowers tonavigate upthe platformsand up to thelarge room above.
You’ll need to do some platforming acrossplatforms thatdrop after a few seconds, andbelow youis a group oftwo poison-spitting crawlers, and abull-headed man with a hammer.
Take them out firstto avoid falling into danger, thenmake your way across the drop platformsuntil youreach solid groundon theleft side of the room.
Carefully make your way to asolid platform in the center of the room, and you’llfind Reza there, as well as two-spirit enemies.
He also has thestandard spear-and-shield movesetcommon to many of the warriors but with theaddition of causing poison damageif the majority of his attacks hit you andoccasionally summoning more spirits.
Equipping theHorned Viper amuletand upgrading it cangreatly reduce the poison damageyou take from Reza, as well as other enemies in the Depths.
How To Find Pirouz’s Insignia
To get to Pirouz and his insignia, you’ll need to haveobtained every Time Power, especiallyFabric of Time, and completed enough main story missions togain access to the Tower of Silence.
Starting from thesecond Wak-Wak treeyou can unlock in the area, orfrom the Tomb Entrance fast travel point, head to the largeroom marked by two falling boulders.
Get to thecentral platform with a gravekeeperenemy, anduse Fabric of Timetopull yourself up the middle pathwayheading upwards whereice rocks are droppingfrom.
Three rocks drop at a timefrom the space above, andonce they pass, you’llhave a few secondsto go upwards.
Get to thenext room above, and you’ll need to do asection of platformingacross two areaswith falling ice rocks. Utilize acombination of the Dash of Simurgh,Gravity Wings, andFabric of Timeto get past it.
Head across to theplatform at the far end of the room, and you’llcome across Pirouz. He uses themoveset of the large sword-wielding enemies, as well asa bow, andmostly unstoppable attacks.
Defeat Pirouz in battle, and you’llobtain his insignia, leaving you only one more to obtain.
How To Find Masoud’s Insignia
Theeighth and final insigniayou’ll need to find is Masoud’s, and you can find him waiting for battlein the Upper City, but you’ll need theFabric of Time powerto reach him.
Starting from theNight Temple fast travel pointin theUpper Cityarea of the map, navigate down to thebottom middle of the area, and you’llfind Masoud on the ground.
If youhaven’t unlocked the Night Templefast travel point, you can alsostart off at the Day Templefast travel point,take the elevator up, navigate to theroom marked by constellations, andfollow the path up to the massive roomon the right.
Not only will you need todeal with Masoud, but you’ll also need todeal with two fire-wielding archerswith lock-on attacks, andtwo fire-spitting lion creaturesandgoing down to the groundwilllock off the areawith a wall above you.
Defeat the archers firstbefore you go down onto the floor or else you’ll belocked into the bottom sectionwithfive enemies instead of three.
Once the archers are dead,jump down to where Masoud is, andyou’ll betrapped with himand the two lion creatures. He alsouses the large-sword moveset, but with theadditional fire based attacksthatcause damage-over-timeeffects.
Masoud can alsoleave small pools of fire on the groundwhen doing certain attacks andoccasionally tosses exploding potionsat you that leave behind fire as well.
Dodge anddefeat the lions first, so they don’t cause an issue,then focus on Masoud. Defeat him in battle toobtain his insignia and Ardashir’s Mission Orders, and your quest will update.
How To Complete The Lost Warriors Side Quest
With all the insignia in your inventory, head back toThe Haven fast travel pointand leave the room viathe right pathwaypast the Wak-Wak tree.
Head to thebottom of the room, andtake the path downwardsuntil you can fall through the opened trapdoor. On theleft side, you’ll come to a locked gateway:throw your chakramthrough andteleport past the gate.
Interact with the switch, thenfollow the path down and to the left, teleport past another gate using your chakram, anddrop into a small room. Use your chakram toteleport one more time, and you’llfind yourself in a boss fight.
Thelast warrioryou’ll need to fight isArdashir himself, and he fights using thespear-and-shield moveset, as well as acombination of elements and effectsused by the prior warriors you’ve fought andnew abilities.
He’s able tothrow hammersat you,freeze youwith shield bashes,create pools of fireon the ground,throw exploding potions, call downlightning strikes, useteleportation, andpoison youwith a thrown spear.
Once youdefeat Ardashir, all the warriors will finally be able to rest in peace, and you’llobtain both Ardashir’s insigniaand aSoma Tree Petalfor your efforts.
