The Pale Witness
Chapter 4 of Shadows of Greywake. The symbol from Whalewood's memory is carved into the Frozen Altar. Help Amanda wake the memory beneath the ice.
Quest overview
Game dataStart
Talk to Amanda in Frostveil Reach (58, 66).
Chapter 4. Amanda studies the ice around (58, 66) in Frostveil Reach, north of the North Wilderness.
Quest ID: greywake_pale_witness · Difficulty: Master
Requirements
Magic 45
Reverence 35- 30 Quest Points
- Completed What the Wood Remembers
Rewards
- 3 Quest Points
- 6,000 Magic XP
- 6,500 Reverence XP
Pale Sigil- Unlocks The Drowned Archive.
Dangers
No required fights.
The fourth chapter of Shadows of Greywake. The rewards are the Pale Sigil, 6,000 Magic XP, 6,500 Reverence XP and 3 Quest Points.
Requirements: What the Wood Remembers, 30 Quest Points, Magic 45 and Reverence 35.
Quest preparation
Game dataItems you need to hand in or show during the quest, and the quickest known ways to get them. Items given to you by NPCs during the quest are not listed.
Sanctified Ash (consumed) Make it: Reverence (Reverence 1); Drop: Bog Warden Shade (1/8) and 10 more.Catalysts (checked, never taken): the 
Fragment of the First Ledger and 3 
Bound Memory Rings, in your backpack.
Ritual materials (taken), in your backpack:
- 5
Frost Shards: mine Frost Crystals in Frostveil Reach (Mining 45 and a tier 4 pickaxe). - 5
Whalewood Logs: cut Whalewood trees in Whalewood (Woodcutting 42). - 3 Sanctified Ash: at a Reverence altar, light a Shrine Votive for 1 ash, or cleanse a relic (Reliquary Shard and Shrine Salt) for 2.
Frostveil Reach lies north of the North Wilderness (exit at (55, 69)).
Walkthrough
GuideComplete solution, including boss tactics and story reveals.
Talk to Amanda around (58, 66) in Frostveil Reach, choose The Pale Witness and Accept quest.
With the Fragment and all three rings in your backpack, stand next to the Frozen Altar at (44–46, 33–35) and choose Trace the pale marking. Read to the end.
Collect 5 Frost Shards, 5 Whalewood Logs and 3 Sanctified Ash. Amanda explains each source if you ask her.
With all materials and catalysts in your backpack, choose Invoke the pale memory at the altar. The materials are taken (the catalysts are not) and a long vision follows. At the end you receive the Pale Sigil.
Talk to Amanda and choose Complete quest.
Notes
- If you close the vision early, invoke the memory again: you do not pay the materials twice.
- Lost the Pale Sigil later? Amanda offers Recover missing Pale Sigil.
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