In the southeastern corner of Dawnshore, there is a cave with a Strangled Adra you can cleanse to get a piece of Adra, along with a few other valuable items. The other Strangled Adra pillars are far less complicated to reach, so we have those locations at the end.
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Dawnshore Strangled Adra Location
In the Southern Embrace near the Emerald Stair Gatehouse in Dawnshore, while walking on the road leading east, you will pass through a couple of stone arches. The cave is beneath the Precarious Hold.
Dawnshore Strangled Adra Walkthrough
Head into the tunnel and follow it until you climb up the stairs and reach the hole in the ceiling blocked by some flammable roots. Deal Fire damage or ask Kai to free up the passage.
After you climb, you should pass through the double gate in front of you. Before that, on the right side, you can loot an Electric Lily Seed from a skeleton. This item can be used to electrify things.
Burn the roots on the right side of the bridge and pull the lever down. This will trigger a mechanism that will fire a pair of lightning arrows into the mechanisms on the sides of the gate and unlock it.
The game calls these mechanisms Essence Generators. They can be activated by dealing Shock damage to them. It will be used as part of more elaborate puzzles later in the game. Watch for the orange symbols above the door. When you activate them, the symbols will turn pale blue.
Before you cross through the gate, jump in the water and loot a small lockbox under the bridge. Keep an eye on the breath meter for your character and keep in mind that you’ll need to spend as much air reaching the surface as it took to dive to where you are.
Use the wooden ladder (what do they treat this wood to survive for so long submerged?) to get back on top of the bridge and go through the opened gate.
Check out the corpse in the corner for some loot and read the Crumbling Journal next to it.
Go to the left and drop down. Burn the roots to reveal a hidden switch behind them. Press it to open a secret door and go loot a treasure chest in the adjacent room.
Get back up on the main floor. In the next room, there is another mini puzzle waiting for you. Burn the roots and enter the adjacent room on the right. Shoot at the barrel to create an explosion that demolishes the wall.
Go pull the lever. Finally, shoot lightning at the left Essence Generators and this will open the gate for you.
Interact with the Strangled Adra on the terrace and watch the cinematic. After it ends, you will have a unique Upgrade Material in your inventory, the Adra.
Adra and its variants are used to Upgrading Unique Weapons and Armor between Quality tiers. This rare material is usually found in places like this – gated behind a challenging obstacle and sometimes combat encounters.
All Other Strangled Adra Locations
There is a Strangled Adra Pillar in each region of the game, and each will give you a piece of Adra associated with the Quality tier of that region and a decent chunk of XP. Cleansing all 5 Strangled Adra Pillars will grant you the Pillars of Eternity achievement.
Emerald Stair Strangled Adra Location
The Emerald Stair Strangled Adra is located north of Tama’s Cabin, where the Grim Wetlands, The Delemgan Glade, and The Wildwoods meet. You’ll get a piece of Awakened Adra for cleansing it.
Shatterscarp Strangled Adra Location
Shatterscarp’s Strangled Adra is on Broken Crown Rock in the Great Sand Sea, west of the Sand Sea Ruins. You’ll get a piece of Corrupted Adra for cleansing it.
Galawain’s Tusks Strangled Adra Location
You can find the Galawain’s Tusks Strangled Adra at the southern edge of The Sallow Steppe, southeast of the Southern Warden Tower. You’ll get a piece of Adra Bán for cleansing it.
The Garden Strangled Adra Location
You can find the final pillar of Strangled Adra in the Garden, south of the Maegfolc Graveyard overlooking the entrance to the Broken Aqueduct. You’ll get another piece of Adra Bán for cleansing it.
When you dive underwater after you’re in the room with the spiders, you’ll need to swim to the left to get up to the overlook with the Strangled Adra.
