If you’ve been on yourSea of Starsjourney for any amount of time, you probably know that in order to achieve the secret True Ending you have to complete all of the side quests available to you. Completing these side quests adds depth to the story and also garner your heroes better gear or weapons to help with those final boss fights.

One such side quest is Romaya’s Secret Passage in Sea of Stars and helping Sir Aventry to pass on. Here we will tell you how to start this quest, how to solve the puzzle at the entrance to the passage, and everything you’ll need to know to complete the quest.

Sea Of Stars: Talk to Hortence on the ship

You won’t be able to complete this questuntil you have the Fly ability. If you don’t have it yet, you’ll first need toprogress through to end game.

How To Begin The Sir Aventry Quest

To begin the Sir Aventry quest and find the secret passage, you’llfirst need to talk to Hortenceon your ship.

She’ll tell you about a soul who’s very sad and wants to move on, but there’s something keeping his soul tethered to this world. During the discussion it’s suggested thatRomaya is holding this trinket, and thereby Sir Aventry’s soul, hostage.

Sea Of Stars: Map showing location of the island where Romaya’s Secret Passage is

Next,talk to Yolande, who will tell you about asmall island on the map northeast of Wraith Island. There have been reports of people seeing Romaya visit this island often.

There aretwo waysto get thesolutionto the puzzle ofRomaya’s Secret Passageentrance.

Find Sir Aventry In The Flooded Graveyard

Your first option is to go to theFlooded Graveyard on Wraith Island, and find Sir Aventry. He’ll be in thenorthern part of the graveyard. Head north till you find the raft, and steer it to the northwestern corner.

Sir Aventry will be standing outside a cave entrance. You don’t need to talk to him yet,just go inside the cave.

Sea Of Stars: B’st talking about the runes, runes on top are blue, green, purple, chest behind grate

There will be a few monsters waiting inside. After you deal with them,climb up the wall. Behind some bars is a chest, and along the top of the wall you’ll seethree colored runes. Memorize these runes:the color, the order, and the shapes.

Visit Yomara In The Marsh

Another way to get the solution is tofly to Romaya’s secret passage, and interact with the entrance.

Serai will suggest that Romaya’s sister,Yomara, at the Marsh might know something.

Sea Of Stars: Sir Aventry outside cave entrance where solution is

Head over toMesa Islandand go to the Marsh. When you talk to Yomara, she reminds you that she can’t help you, butin her reminder she mentions looking in her cauldron.

Interact with the cauldron, and you’ll get avision of the wall in the cavein the Flooded Graveyard,showing you the runes.

Sea Of Stars: Visiting Yomara at the marsh to get solution

Solve The Puzzle Of Romaya’s Secret Passage

In front of Romaya’s Secret Passage arefour fan switches: one infront, one on theleft, one on theright, and one in thecenter.

The center fanchanges the colors, while the otherschange the design. The order in which you use the fans doesn’t matter, as long as youmatch the color pattern and the designs. Use the image above as a reference, if you need to.

Sea Of Stars: Showing puzzle solution that opens the entrance to the passage

The color order should be:

Once you’ve entered the correct symbols and colors,the door to the passage will open up, allowing you inside.

How To Find Romaya

Once inside,descend two sets of stairs, then continue to follow the passage till it ends in acircle surrounded by candles. Step on the center panel and interact with it, and it’ll rise up like an elevator that takes youinto the cave in the Flooded Fortress.

Activating the elevator willalso open the grate blocking the chest.

Defeat the enemies in the cave, thenretrieve Romaya’s Journalfrom the chest.

Next, you’ll need to take the journal to Sir Aventry,who’s still waiting outside the cave. After he reads through the journal, he gives you aYellow Flame.

Sea Of Stars: Standing on center platform surrounded by candles in Romaya’s Secret Passage

Give the Yellow Flame to the Ferryman, and he’ll take you to theHalf-Sunken Tower.

Head north till you find a raft. Take it south to a little island, where you’ll fight some enemies. Here you’ll also find apicnic basket holding four maple syrupsand aRainbow Conch chest.

Sea Of Stars: Finding Romaya’s Journal in Romaya’s secret passage

To get to the Rainbow Conch, take the path on the bottom right corner of the island.

When you’re done here,take the raft all the way to the righttill you reach another dock. Climb up, and you’ll find acampfire and save book.

Sea Of Stars: Giving the journal to Sir Aventry outside of the cave

You won’t be able to get into the tower from here just yet. Get back on the raft and take itaround the left side of the tower. Use yourGraplouto reach the climbable wall andclimb up to the platform.

Activate the lever, anda block of wood will drop in front of the tower entrance, allowing you access.

Sea Of Stars: Finding the raft at the half-sunken tower

Defeat the enemies inside,then go up the stairs, across the beam, and up more stairs.

There’ll be more enemies for you to fight up here. Defeat them quickly, grab the peaches from the picnic basket, andactivate the lever to lengthen the ledge.

Jump down through the hole. You’ll land in some water with a whirlpool. Before going underwater,climb up and open the chest to get 2 obsidian ore.

How To Beat Romaya Again

After entering the waterways, you’llemerge in Romaya’s roomwhere you’ll confront her about Sir Aventry. She tells you that the item you’re looking foris a locket, but that she’ll never give it to you.

This triggers aboss battle with her, and you’ll have to defeat her again tofree Sir Aventry.

Though many of her attacks are the same as when you fought her before,she’s going to be a little stronger this time.

As long as youbalance healing and damage really well, and make use of yourcombosandultimate attacks, you should defeat her in no time.

Romaya’s most common strategy is to useNecromancy to spawn enemies to fight you from her piles of bone and flesh. Your best bet in the beginning will be to destroy those, then you may focusall your attacks on Romaya.

Aside from Necromancy, the other attacks she’ll use are:

Once you’ve defeated her,she gives you the Aventry Locket.

Leave through the door to your left, then head back to Sir Aventry in the Flooded Graveyard. This time,he’s waiting in the far western corner of the graveyard.

Give him the locket,which finally frees his spirit to move on. Before he leaves, he gives you thekey to his coffinas a thank you.

To find his coffin,jump in the water to the southand swim west till you find an entrance. Go inside, and use the key to open the coffin. You’ll receiveEclipse Armor, one for Valere and one for Zale, and theAventry Crest, which you’re able to give to Teaks.