Tensions on the Highroad is a side quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2. After completing Welcome to Battahl and returning to Vernworth, you may be approached by a Vermundian knight who instructs you to escort an oxcart with a passenger named Ser Augustin, initiating the quest Tensions on the Highroad.
Escort the Oxcart WALKTHROUGH
When you return to Vernworth after completing Welcome to Battahl, you may find yourself approached by a Vermundian knight who tells you to escort a certain oxcart with a passenger named Ser Augustin.
This immediately triggers the quest Tensions on the Highroad, and you receive an item called Escort Orders.
This is a timed event, so you will need to reach Checkpoint Rest Town as soon as possible.
Escort the Oxcart.
When you approach the intersection in front of Checkpoint Rest Town, the screen will fade to black and then back to the game, showing three knights.
One of them, named Simon, will tell you that they have been waiting for you to protect Ser Augustin. The screen will fade to black again and back to the game, where the oxcart is ambushed by Raghnall, the sellsword you met in Bakbattahl.
Take a side.
In this instance, you will have to choose a side: Simon’s or Raghnall’s. To choose a side, simply attack Raghnall or Simon and his knights.
taking Simon’s Side
Choosing Simon’s side will lead to Raghnall picking up Ser Augustin and running away immediately after the first hit. Then, you will have to chase after him.
taking Raghnall’s Side
Choosing Raghnall’s side will lead you to help him defeat the knights of Vermund. After defeating one or two, the fight will end.
Raghnall will then thank you for believing in him but also states that he has to run away. Raghnall and Ser Augustin then run away into the forest.
Pursue raghnall
Now, pursue Raghnall and Ser Augustin as they run away into the forest. You will encounter a lot of choppers hiding in the bushes, so try to move past them carefully or take them out quickly.
You became separated from your pawn
Eventually, you will encounter a cavern entrance. Move deeper into the cavern until you find a seemingly well-made mine path with wooden floors. Walk towards it, and you will find yourself falling into the middle and down deeper into the cavern.
There is no other way to progress the quest other than this.
Falling down the hole will separate you from your Pawns, but do not worry and proceed forward. You will eventually find Raghnall fighting Hobgoblins. Help him defeat the monsters.
You caught up to Raghnall
After helping Raghnall, he thanks you and says that he too fell down trying to run away. Fortunately, he took the fall for Augustin, and he ran away.
Now, pass through the only doorway leading downwards to eventually find the exit.
Seek an exit
When you reach the exit of the cavern, you will be met by a couple of Saurians by the shore. Defeat all the Saurians, and Raghnall will have a chat with you.
Raghnall says that the whole escort mission was a trap to get you, the Arisen, in trouble. Ser Augustin fortunately had a stout mind and looked into the goings-on behind the escort mission and found out what was going on. Augustin then hired Raghnall to help you out, and all of it led to where you are now.
Raghnall then questions why all this happened and finds out that you are the Arisen.
The conversation ends as you and Raghnall make camp for the night.
Afterward, you will now have to proceed through the narrow cavern pathway, which eventually leads you to an exit. However, a bunch of rocks fall down and separate you from Raghnall.
Raghnall expresses his disappointment but looks forward to a bout between you two in the future.
You now find yourself at the Guerco Cavern exit by the Bridge of Theodracus the Second. The quest Tensions on the Highroad officially ends here.
