Pillars of Eternity endings

 ends when you successfully complete the main quest line, or if you cause it to irreversibly fail. You are shown ending slides that depend on choices you have made at the end and throughout the game.

If you decide to let Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire import a savegame, these endings will at least partially be reflected in the successor's game-playing. You import a save during the Prologue, in conversation with Berath. To import, the save must be located in the default save location and must be an endgame save generated by the game after confronting Thaos.

Main end state
You can either win or lose the game:

The remaining ending slides listed below are only applicable if you won the game.

Souls of the Hollowborn
At the very end of the main quest line, you must choose what to do with the souls of the Hollowborn. This is how the available choices affect the end-game slides:

Angered gods
During Council of Stars, you can make a deal with some of the gods where you promise to make the main end-game choice (see ) according to their preference. If you end up breaking your word, the god's reaction will be presented in the end-game slides:

Thaos
Technically this is not a part of the "ending" because it's not shown in the slides. However this decision happens when the player has finished the final battle and unlocked the achievement "Won the Game!!!", so it should be considered a part of the ending. Your choice is referenced in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

After Thaos is defeated, the player can choose to:


 * Return his soul to the cycle.
 * Destroy his soul, stating the past he carried has been a burden to himself.
 * Banish him to the soul prison, Breith Eaman.
 * Erase his memories and let him be reborn free of the burden of the past.
 * Destroy his soul, stating that he has caused too much pain for The Watcher and deserves to die.

Gilded Vale
This is how your actions in Gilded Vale are reflected in the end-game slides:

Defiance Bay
This is how your actions in Defiance Bay are reflected in the end-game slides:

Dyrford
This is how your actions in Dyrford Village are reflected in the end-game slides. (Note that if Edér became the mayor of Dyrford, then the Skaenites will always be purged by him and neither of the below descriptions will be shown.)

Caed Nua
This is how your actions regarding your stronghold Caed Nua are reflected in the end-game slides:

Pallegina
This is how your influence on Pallegina is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited her at least once, and that she is still alive by the end of the game.)

Hiravias
This is how your influence on Hiravias is reflected in the end-game slides. These will only show if you completed his personal quest. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited him at least once, and that he is still alive by the end of the game.)

Edér
This is how your influence on Edér is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited him at least once, and that he is still alive by the end of the game.)

Aloth
This is how your influence on Aloth is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited him at least once, and that he is still alive by the end of the game.)

Kana Rua
This is how your influence on Kana Rua is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited him at least once, and that he is still alive by the end of the game.)

Grieving Mother
This is how your influence on Grieving Mother is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited her at least once, and that she is still alive by the end of the game.)

Durance
This is how your influence on Durance is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited him at least once, and that he is still alive by the end of the game.)

Sagani
This is how your influence on Sagani is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited her at least once, and that she is still alive by the end of the game.)

Zahua
This is how your influence on Zahua is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited him at least once, and that he is still alive by the end of the game.)

Devil of Caroc
This is how your influence on Devil of Caroc is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited her at least once, and that she is still alive by the end of the game.)

Maneha
This is how your influence on Maneha is reflected in the end-game slides. (Obviously, an additional condition for these is that you recruited her at least once, and that she is still alive by the end of the game.)

The Watcher
This is what the end-game slides reveal about The Watcher's own fate:

Stalwart and Abydon [WM2]
What happens to Stalwart and Abydon

Flames-That-Whisper Clan
What happens to Beregan and her clan.