How to help The Deserter in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Deserter quest - A soldier with a cannon

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

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If you’re exploring every nook-and-cranny inPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown, you’ll likely run intoThe Deserterwhile travelling through theHyrcanian Forestfor the first time. This cannon-wielding soldier hails from an earlier invasion of Mount Qaf but is trapped in a small cave just above the main path through the forest.

The easiest way to locate him is from the Wak-Wak Tree where you meet Kamil when you first enter the area. Drop down twice, immediately after the tree, into the room with three archways—wall jump near the entrance and hit the orange flower to activate the platform. This lets you hop across the three arches and slide into the soldier’s cave where you can start The Deserter quest.

How to complete The Deserter quest

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Wall jump and hit the orange flower to make a platform so you can get to The Deserter(Image credit: Ubisoft)

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Deserter quest - Platform flower

The soldier will ask you to find his lost comrade(Image credit: Ubisoft)

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Deserter quest - A soldier with a cannon

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Deserter quest - Cannonball location

Jump and attack to cut down the body so you can get the Cannonball(Image credit: Ubisoft)

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Deserter quest - Hanging soldier

You’ll know you’re in the right place because on the far left you’ll find some of those purple vines that can only be smashed with a charged attack, behind which is a room containing one of the soldiers you have to defeat for The Lost Warriors quest. Don’t go in there right now, however.

If you jump up onto the archway near where you dropped down, you’ll spot a dead soldier hanging from a rope and Sargon will comment, pondering how he got up there.Jump and attack to cut down the body, before searching it to find theCannonballitem. Now, you need to head back to the soldier in the cave, tell him about his comrade’s grisly fate, and hand over the Cannonball.

The soldier will give you aSoma Tree Petalfor your trouble, helping you progress towards a health bar upgrade, and he’ll use the Cannonball you kindly provided to blast his way out of the cave and escape—job done.

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