Grim Dawn

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Associates of Riggs spawn locations
By Zekarth
Killing 5 "Associates" of Riggs is required for the Bargain Help achievement. At the time of creating this guide Grim Tools only lists the areas they can spawn but I could not find a map on where in those areas. Which is the purpose of this guide.
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Introduction
As is written in the guide description you need to kill 5 Associates of Riggs for the achievement "Bargain Help" which is an achievement for the Forgotten Gods DLC. Furthermore you need to kill these 5 Associates in one session i.e. without exiting the game or to the main menu






The Associates of Riggs have 22 possible spawn locations throughout the Forgotten Gods DLC. From my own experience while looking for these spawn locations they will spawn in 3-5 places per session, each place with 1-4 Associates (3 seems to be the most common)

I've chosen to list the locations in the order you'd encounter them (more or less) if you where to run from the Conclave of the Three all the way to the Tomb of the Eldritch Sun. Of course you are free to check them in whichever order you desire.

As you'll notice the Associates have quite a long aggro-range and will most likely notice you and start running towards you before you see them.
How to spawn Associates of Riggs
Riggs is located in the Conclave of the Three, close to the Dreeg faction vendor. Before he will send his "associates" to kill you need to complete at minimum 2 of his 3 quests:
  • Now You Owe Me: unlocks after completing Loyalty to the Three story mission. Simply talk to Riggs and recieve an item

  • Deeper in Debt: unlocks after completing The Fallen God which is the final mission of the DLC. Simply talk to Riggs and recieve yet another item

Completing these two will unlock his final mission Paying Debts. Now you have two options in regards to the achievement.
  • A: talk to Riggs but refuse to help him. This will cause the Associates to spawn until you have completed the Paying Debts quest which can be accepted by talking to Riggs again

  • B: complete the Paying Debts quest which is to collect the three seals needed to unlock the Tomb of the Heretic dungeon and killing its final boss Morgoneth after which you'll be able to loot an item Riggs wants from a nearby chest. After this you can through talking to Riggs toggle the Associate spawn on and off as you like

As for the Associates they are humans dressed akin to mercenaries/assassins. They are marked as heroic monsters with stars but are significantly tougher than regular heroic monsters.




Spawn 1: Korvan Plateau
From the Korvan Plateu rift, the spawn is just before entering into the Temple City of Osyr area

Spawn 2: Temple City of Osyr
The spawn is roughly half-way between the Korvan Plateau and Temple of Osyr rifts, just a short way from spawn location 1

Spawn 3: Temple City of Osyr
The spawn is just before the bridge that leads towards the next section of Korvan Plateu

Spawn 4: Temple of Osyr (dungeon)
The spawn is just north of the entrance from the Temple City of Osyr

Spawn 5: Cairan Docks
The spawn is shortly after the Korvan Sands rift, north-east of the rift

Spawn 6: Cairan Docks
The spawn is to the north-west from the Cairan docks rift, roughly half-way to the Sandblown Ruins entrance

Spawn 7: Sandblown Ruins (dungeon)
The spawn is on the second floor of the Sandblown Ruins, shortly after entering from floor 1 close to the shrine

Spawn 8: Sunbane Oasis
The spawn is to the west of the Cairan docks rift, roughly half-way between the rift and the Sanctuary of Horran entrance

Spawn 9: Sanctuary of Horran (dungeon)
The spawn is located on the first platform after entering from the Sunbane Oasis

Note: there is a chance they'll aggro as soon as you've entered the area so beware...

Spawn 10: Sunbane Oasis
The spawn is to the north-east from the Sunbane Oasis rift, shortly before the entrance to the Howling Chasm

Spawn 11: Ruins of Abyd
The spawn is south-east from the Ruins of Abyd rift, just outside the entrance to the Temple of Ateph

Spawn 12: Temple of Ateph (dungeon)
The spawn is just after entering from the Ruins of Abyd

Spawn 13: Basalt Crags
The spawn is located a short distance to the north-west from the Ruins of Abyd rift

Spawn 14: Valley of the Chosen
The spawn is located in the south-west part of the Valley of the Chosen, shortly before entering the Infernal Wastes. Closest rifts are the Infernal Wastes and Korvan City ones, running from Korvan City will take you past spawns 15, 16 & 17 as well.

Spawn 15: Valley of the Chosen
The spawn is located to the south from the Korvan City rift, just outside the entrance to the Tomb of Nephos. Kaisan also has a chance to spawn in the same area, a short bit further to the south.

Spawn 16: Tomb of Ariath (dungeon)
The spawn is on the center platform, together with The Dusk Reaper if you've done the quest relating to it.

Spawn 17: Tomb of Nephos (dungeon)
The spawn is located in the middle of the dungeon, below the seal which is part of the Dreeg Cult side quest The Future is Madness. Kaisan also has a chance to spawn in the same area.

Spawn 18: Remnants of Korvan City
The spawn is located a short distance to the north-east from the Korvan City rift. Again, Kaisan also has a chance of spawning in the same area.

Spawn 19: Remnants of Korvan City
The spawn is located in the northern part of the Remnants of Korvan City, just south of the shrine.

Spawn 20: Path of Ascension
The spawn is just before the place you met Uroboruuk and Dravis as part of the storyline quest, shortly before the entrance to the Tomb of the Eldritch Sun.

Spawn 21: Tomb of the Eldritch Sun (dungeon)
The spawn is on the first floor, a short distance to the east from the Tomb of the Eldritch Sun rift

Spawn 22: Tomb of the Eldritch Sun (dungeon)
The spawn is located on floor 2, in the same area as the shrine shortly before the entrance to the Father Kymon fight

Final words
I've included in the guide the kind of information I was looking for when I set out to do this achievement so hopefully this can be of help to you guys. If you have any comments regarding the content please let me know in the comments.

Please note that the pictures are taken in ultimate difficulty and therefore the location of some shrines might differ if you are playing on normal or elite, the spawn locations should still be the same

Happy hunting!
27 Comments
Jeroen 8 Jul @ 10:20am 
very useful, thanks for doing the work
Bärenpower 25 Jan @ 9:00pm 
thanks!
Aliebn 11 Dec, 2023 @ 7:26pm 
thank you VERY much, this was a huge help!
thinklikeacushion 29 Nov, 2023 @ 8:22am 
Thanks for taking the time to put this together, was exactly what I was looking for and worked like a charm. Great job!
FortheWatch@迷龙 25 Sep, 2023 @ 5:06am 
GJ
slwaq 25 Aug, 2023 @ 9:59am 
:wnheart:
Gavner 29 Mar, 2023 @ 4:54am 
This was so perfectly detailed. Thanks a lot man :steamhappy:
Winged 29 Nov, 2022 @ 9:54am 
thanks for the guide! i was incredibly unlucky as they literally spawned at last 2 locations i looked (20 and 22). :D
CaMarchePas 13 Oct, 2022 @ 8:05pm 
Oh f_kc ! Worked on normal mode, same state of game than elite, got them before 6 spawn check.
Then i notice steam magic : all achievement have been reset ! (ingame too).
So now i have one of the rarest achievement, thanks to you, but none of the most common ones likes killing Krieg... (just got level X, kill Z number and a few other). Oh, and ofc lost that old <lvl11 Krieg kill and that reverred X faction you loose after because you level the other one on the same guy >.>
CaMarchePas 13 Oct, 2022 @ 6:38pm 
Ok so just cleared the whole dlc, including all side dungeons and all bosses, no sign of any Associate so i guess there is something fishy in that game >.>