Complete the Anubis Figurine
To complete The Deserter in Valor Mortis, collect the Wanted Notice near the Under the Bridge Lantern, investigate the beekeeper's hut, and find the three Anubis Figurine Parts hidden in beehives. Collecting the final part completes the figurine and the quest, rewarding Bountiful Harvest Amber and the Hand in the Jar achievement.
Start at Under the Bridge
The Deserter begins in Chapter 5: Crime, in the Vale of Wrath region. Start from the Under the Bridge Lantern and follow the route across the bridge toward the shack containing the Wanted Notice. Pick up the notice from the ground to begin the quest.
You need grappling to reach the Eternal Guardsman guarding access to the beekeeper's hut. Keep Stasis ready for the bridge gate farther along the route toward the town, where freezing the gears keeps the gate open. If you are approaching from the basement used for In the Name of Art, turn right after leaving it to find the grapple route.
Follow the Route From the Notice to the Final Hive
- Collect the Wanted Notice from the floor of the shack on the route across the bridge from the Lantern. This starts The Deserter before you continue toward the hut.
- Take the right-hand path at the fork with the Howlers. This leads toward the grapple points used to reach the Eternal Guardsman.
- Use the two grapple points along this approach. The area beyond the second grapple point contains the Eternal Guardsman you need to defeat.
- Defeat the Eternal Guardsman to obtain the Beekeeper's Hut Key. This is the key that opens the nearby building.
- Unlock the hut door with the Beekeeper's Hut Key. You can now enter the building and investigate the deserter's hiding place.
- Pick up the Deserter's Diary from the table inside the hut. Read it before continuing outside to search the beehives.
- Collect the Beekeeper's Note from the ground outside the hut. It warns that hives marked with red X symbols are dangerous.
- Interact with the square hive farthest from the house in this group. It contains the first Anubis Figurine Part.
- Interact with the square hive on the right in the next cluster beside the road covered in bodies, before the wooden walls. This gives you another Anubis Figurine Part.
- Defeat the Volunteer wielding dual swords in the fort area farther along the route. The enemy drops the Wagon Key needed to enter the wagon.
- Unlock the wagon in the middle of the fort with the Wagon Key. This opens access to the weapon pickup inside.
- Pick up the Musket from the table inside the wagon. Obtaining it is required to continue through this part of the area.
- Jump across into the roof of the gate building from the top of the bridge farther along the route. Inside are the gears used to keep the gate open.
- Freeze the gate gears with Stasis. This keeps the gate open so you can continue through the area.
- Go through the first house immediately on the right when you reach the town. Its back exit leads to the final group of beehives.
- Interact with the square hive to the left of the group of three. Collecting the last Anubis Figurine Part completes the Anubis Figurine and finishes The Deserter.
Rewards and the Final Pickup
Finishing The Deserter awards Bountiful Harvest Amber and unlocks Hand in the Jar. The achievement requirement is completing the quest, which happens when you collect the final figurine part. You do not need to take the assembled figurine back to the hut for a separate hand-in.
While inside the beekeeper's hut, open the chest at the back for Perfectionism Amber. This is a separate pickup from the Bountiful Harvest Amber awarded for finishing The Deserter. Collect it during your hut visit so you do not need to return for that chest later.
Check These Spots if You Cannot Finish
- If the quest has not started, check the ground inside the shack for the Wanted Notice. Passing through the shack is not the starting action; collecting the notice begins the quest.
- If the hut is locked, return to the Eternal Guardsman beyond the grapple points for the Beekeeper's Hut Key. The key comes from defeating that enemy.
- Avoid hives marked with a red cross. Interacting with those hives causes bees to attack, so use the square-hive positions in the route instead of testing every hive you pass.
- If you still need a figurine part, check the backyard beyond the first house on the right in town. The final hive is reached through that house, rather than beside the road.
Return After the Story if You Missed It
The Deserter can still be started and completed after the story. Return to Vale of Wrath and use Under the Bridge as your starting Lantern. Follow the notice, hut and hive route to collect anything you missed and finish the figurine.