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I'm in the prepare for the coming conflict stage, and i have a feeling i'm missing some stuff, so i've gone to the japanese styled portion of the game and done that storyline. I have also done the Egyptian pyramid. I know that some of the relic holders you can fight, as well as doing all the teleport room stuff, but i think i am missing some stuff other than that.
If you've done all the core companion quests, which you pick up by talking to each character in their rooms, outside of Venesh/Sarrina and Claude which are forced for the main story, and have recruited the "optional" companion Esthera and done hers, then there should be two other NPC's in the world now. Sarcom is in the east garden area of Rockford to start that arc (Vena/Esthera quests completions needed) and Doanpra is in the gardens one screen above the college in Verdenhiem for that arc (NaN/Mira/Claude quests completions needed). Those are the other two main content releases that were put in after Tishna's.
There were a lot of smaller one off things there were scattered all along the way, such as the small demon group that you find during Claude's quest in that area of the world map and which unlocks something for another companion depending on choices that you can still go back and do and some stuff that was only available in act 1 like Zig. As long as you've done the main companion quests and explored around you should find most of the large stuff that's needed for the various companion endings.
Provided you haven't already completed it, you need to progress the main story by completing Venesh/Sarrina's quest by speaking to the butler in your home base, either rescuing Rose with Venesh or freeing the person that is imprisoned in the Crusader base with Sarrina. Once you've done that and finished exploring around the areas you unlock from doing so, going back to your home base will cause a message from the butler to pop up to speak to Claude which moves the storyline forward.
If you've reached the point after beating the demon that there's the king's messenger waiting back at your home base in the main room and the warning of "proceeding further will lock out other options", then you've finished Claude's quest.
It depends on which snake woman you're talking about, as there are several. The common thread between all of them is the ability to apply the Frozen effect instead of being able to just stun them and no immunity to the Burn and Harsh Chill DoT effects. The Ancient Serpent also has no immunity against base stat debuffs like Defense and Magic Defense lowering effects. I tested the Crossroads update with Esthera, NaN, and Kushiel in the party so it is possible to down them though using Jin and Pierce for tank and healer may make things a lot easier depending on your party level.
