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Through Sacred Ground
Required	No
Start	Talk to Yeena
Objective	Yeena has asked you to locate the Hand of the 'good man'
Completion	Talk to Yeena
Boss	Archbishop Geofri the Abashed

Through Sacred Ground is an optional quest in Act 2.

Walkthrough

Talk to Yeena to start the Quest. It is unlocked after you free Helena from the Chamber of Sins during Intruders in Black and after completing The Great White Beast.

Yeena: The spirit is strong in Fellshrine. You touch the stones, you will feel it. They spoke to me, those stones. Told me to take their altar, and to find the hand of a Good Man. He lived in that 'church' as you call it. The altar is his and it will wake when he touches it once more.

You could find the Good Man, bring me his hand? When the spirit of the altar awakes, I will share it with you. I promise.

Find the Golden Hand in the Crypt

Yeena has asked you to locate the Hand of the 'good man' in the Crypt to the south of the Crossroads which lies to the east of the Forest Encampment. (The Hand is on level 2 of the Crypt.)

Interact with the Altar within the Crypt to obtain the Golden HandGolden HandAn open palm raised in peace,
cut down by the slaves of war..

Take the Golden Hand to Yeena

You have found the golden hand relic that Yeena dreamt of. Bring it to her in The Forest Encampment.

Yeena: You are Dream Tender, my new name for you. Badness is everywhere around us. You bring us something good.

Now, I promised to share. Let us awaken this spirit, bring even more good into this life.

Quest Complete

Quest Complete - You have returned the golden hand relic to Yeena. She has rewarded you with a Skill Book. Use it to gain two Passive Respec Points.

Quest rewards

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Through Sacred Ground Act 2	Book of RegretsBook of RegretsGrants two Passive Respec PointsA Book of Skill. Right-click to gain two Passive Respec Points.

Vendor rewards

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	No longer awards Survival InstinctsSurvival Instincts Viridian JewelLimited to: 1 Survival20% reduced Flask Charges gained 50% increased Flask Effect Duration SurvivalObserve and master your surroundings.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket., Survival SecretsSurvival Secrets Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1 SurvivalFlasks applied to you have 20% reduced Effect Flasks gain 3 Charges every 3 seconds while they are inactive SurvivalNature provides its own solutions.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. or Survival SkillsSurvival Skills Crimson JewelLimited to: 1 SurvivalFlasks gain 2 Charges when you hit a Non-Unique Enemy, no more than once per second 80% less Flask Charges gained from Kills SurvivalA helping hand has long reach.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. The Book of Regrets is now the only reward offered for this quest.
3.16.0	The "Survival" Unique Jewels available from the Through Sacred Ground quest have been reworked to let you gain charges another way, while reducing the charges gained from kills.
3.0.0	Due to the removal of difficulties, the Cruel and Merciless quest rewards of this quest are moved to new quest in part 2 of the storyline [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
2.0.0	A quest in Act Two offers you a different selection of Unique Jewels to choose from in each difficulty level.
0.9.5	Enabled the "Golden Hand" quest in the Church Dungeon. This currently gives two skill respec points per difficulty as its reward, but this will change in the future.

v t e Quests

Act 1	Enemy at the Gate Mercy Mission Breaking Some Eggs A Dirty Job The Dweller of the Deep The Caged Brute The Marooned Mariner The Siren's Cadence The Way Forward

Act 2	Through Sacred Ground Intruders in Black The Great White Beast Sharp and Cruel The Root of the Problem Deal with the Bandits Shadow of the Vaal Safe and Sound Einhar's Hunt Einhar's Menagerie

Act 3	Lost in Love Victario's Secrets The Gemling Queen The Ribbon Spool Fiery Dust Sever the Right Hand Piety's Pets A Swig of Hope A Fixture of Fate The Sceptre of God

Act 4	The Eternal Nightmare Breaking the Seal An Indomitable Spirit The King of Desire The King of Fury Corpus Malachus Niko's Mine Niko's Fuel Niko's Explosives Return to Oriath

Act 5	Return to Oriath The Key to Freedom The Ravenous God Death to Purity The King's Feast In Service to Science Kitava's Torments

Act 6	The Brine King Essence of Umbra The Father of War Fallen from Grace Bestel's Epic The Puppet Mistress The Cloven One The Rogue Harbour

Act 7	The Mother of Spiders Lighting the Way Essence of the Artist Web of Secrets The Master of a Million Faces The Silver Locket Kishara's Star In Memory of Greust Queen of Despair No Time like the Present

Act 8	Essence of the Hag Love is Dead Reflection of Terror The Wings of Vastiri The Gemling Legion Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse

Act 9	Fastis Fortuna The Storm Blade Queen of the Sands The Ruler of Highgate Recurring Nightmare The Immortal Syndicate

Act 10	Safe Passage Death and Rebirth No Love for Old Ghosts Vilenta's Vengeance Map to Tsoatha An End to Hunger

Epilogue	A Call to Arms The Atlas of Worlds Strange Growths Pound of Flesh The Searing Exarch The Eater of Worlds The Maven The Elder

Other	The Lord's Labyrinth The Sacred Grove Quest contracts Missions Challenges

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