Wishful Thinking is a Quest in Divinity: Original Sin II,Act II. Coming across a lamp on the beach, you are afforded the opportunity to be granted a wish. But how lucky will you be?
Important NPCs
- Djinn
Wishful ThinkingObjectives
- Talk to the Djinn.
- Kill the Djinn, orattain one of his wishes.
- Pass the speech check and get a good wish.
Wishful Thinking Walkthrough
On a beach southwest of Driftwood, you will find an Ancient Lamp lying on the ground. Using it will give you the option to rub the lamp or destroy it. Rubbing the lamp will release the Djinn within, where you can engage in lengthy conversation with it.Destroying it willunleash the Djinn from the lamp and immediately initiate combat.
Simple Solution:Based on multiple reports, the Djinn doesn't really offerany significant enough rewardworthspending the time to consider,so just kill him and take the EXP.The only thing to keep in mind is that the Djinn's level scales based on yours, which means that youcangain more EXP if you choose to hold onto the lamp for now and fight the Djinn at a later time.
Long Solution:Youmustpass a hybrid speech and Persuasion check, whereby depending on whether you pick the right combination or not, you might end up fighting him or begranted a choice between a variety of rewards thatcan be either good or bad. Be sure to save before initiating this quest.
| Choice | Result (Persuasion Success) | Result (Persuasion Failure) |
| Strength OR Finesse | BadReward | |
| Intelligence OR Finesse (with Mystic) | GoodReward | |
| Wits | Reward Denied.Trying again leads to Combat | |
| Combat | Experience Only | |
Warning: Do not be misled by the "Persuasion Success!" message. High Persuasion will allow you to "pass" this initial check even if the choice is actually bad.
| Choice | Bad Reward | Good Reward |
| Power | Zapped by lightning which attempts to Knock Down | Djinn's Scimitar |
| Wealth |
Stolen Djinn's Gift Magisters will constantly want to inspect you |
Djinn's Gift (Intended to be Sold) |
| Knowledge | Children's Tales Book
| Random Level 3 Skillbook |
| Destruction | Entire Party isBlinded(Able tocureby skill) | Hail Storm Scroll |
| Character Specific | Nothing happens; youwill be prompted to make a different choice instead | |
Tips & Tricks
- If you kill the Djinn, you willobtain a Hollow Lamp worth 2,000 Gold and EXP that is dependent on your current level, as the Djinn's level scales with yours. For example, you will gain 5,575 EXP at level 10, 7,725 EXP at level 11, 10,775 EXP at level 12 and 55,800 EXP at level 17.
- Choosing any wish (good or bad) will always leaves the character with the Hollow Lamp 9,750 EXP (or 6,950 in DE).
- You can hold the lamp in yourinventory and summon the Djinn in a more public place such as theDriftwood Marketplace to make the battle significantly easier.
- Alternatively. the Djinn can be easily defeated by bringing his lamp at Jahan's cabin in Cloisterwood. Jahan will be able to defeat the Djinn by himself in his very first turn.
- If you choose to destroy the lamp, a fight automatically ensues. You will gain the EXP from killing the Djinn, but you will NOT get a Hollow Lamp.
- Saving the lamp fight till Arx or even as far as the “post-game” will not different extra dialogues, they remain the same whenever and wherever you trigger them. This may provide some plot holes regarding decisions that have already been made or characters that may no longer be relevant.
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