Hogwarts Legacy Absconder Encounter Side Quest Walkthrough

Absconder Encounter is one of the side quests that players can complete in Hogwarts Legacy. Edgar Adley needs help in retrieving an heirloom that his late friend wanted to give to his orphaned daughter before he met his end with the Absconder.

Read ahead as we go through the steps on how to complete the Absconder Encounter side quest in Hogwarts Legacy.

How to unlock Absconder Encounter Side Quest

To unlock the Brother’s Keeper side quest, you must first complete the Tomes and Tribulations main quest. It’s recommended to be at level 32 to match up with the Absconder, although you can defeat it with a lower level.

Absconder Encounter Objectives

Talk with Edgar Adley
Find The Absconder’s Cave
Defeat the Absconder
Find the heirloom Milo left behind
Return the heirloom to Edgar

Absconder Encounter side quest Walkthrough

After completing the required quest, you can head to Aranshire where Edgar Adley will be available to talk to.

Talk with Edgar Adley

Talk to Edgar Adley at his stall to learn that his friend Milo has met his fate while trying to get venom from an acromantula. He needs help in getting a heirloom pocketwatch that Milo wanted to give him to hand over to Milo’s daughter, but the pocketwatch is still in the cave with Milo’s body.

Find The Absconder’s Cave

Follow the marker into the Forbidden Forest to find the cave where Milo’s body is in. Then make your way through the maze and spiders to reach the acromantula’s lair.

Defeat the Absconder

The Absconder is the name that Milo gave to the giant acromantula. Once you arrive in its lair, it will start attacking. Look out for these attacks:

Dash – It raises its front legs high and dashes towards your location in a blink of an eye. Prepare your Protego as soona s you see both front legs raised.
Slam – It slams its legs on your when it’s close. It can chain its slams up to three times. Look for the dodge prompt to easily tell if this attack is coming.
Summon spiderlings – It slams its left legs and right legs after one another, summoning a couple of spiderlings that will join the fight.

Other strategies that you can use for the fight is to look for the boulders within the lair and use them to fling towards the Absconder. Make sure that you also have enough potions to heal yourself during the battle.