The Welcome Home quest in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – From the Ashes picks up immediately after you finish The Last Dog Tag. It serves as a quiet, combat-free bridge between story beats, centered on reflection, flight, and meeting key characters.
How to start the Welcome Home quest
Step 1: Finish The Last Dog Tag mission in the From the Ashes DLC. As soon as that quest completes, Welcome Home becomes available automatically; there is no separate quest giver to talk to.
Step 2: Stay in the same area on the floating mountain. Look around near So'Lek’s Weapon Rack, which acts as your reference point for the start of this quest.
From this moment, the floating mountain hub is fully open for exploration, but the quest will not advance until you interact with a specific object nearby.
Change between first-person and third-person view (optional)
At the start of Welcome Home, a key option unlocks: you can now switch between first-person and third-person perspectives. This can be toggled in the game’s settings menu.
Using third-person can make Ikran flight and environmental navigation easier to read visually, while first-person keeps the more immersive view you may be used to from the base game. The choice has no impact on quest completion.
Find and use the Resting Mat
Near So’Lek’s Weapon Rack, you will find a Resting Mat on the ground. This is the trigger for the main part of Welcome Home.
Step 1: Approach the Resting Mat until the on-screen prompt appears.
Step 2: On PS5, hold the Square button to “reflect.” This begins a short meditation sequence.
During this reflection, a cutscene plays in which your character meditates, and Sarentu appears. This sequence sets the emotional context for the rest of the mission but does not require any input beyond starting it.
Race Sarentu to Hometree on your Ikran
Once the meditation vision ends, the quest pivots into an aerial race. You need to race Sarentu to Hometree using your Ikran.
Step 1: Mount your Ikran when prompted. Sarentu will launch ahead as your pacing guide.
Step 2: During flight, press X to trigger a Speed Burst. Use this to keep up with Sarentu without falling too far behind.
Step 3: Keep your eyes on two visual aids: Sarentu’s blue-colored smog trail and the yellow objective marker on your HUD. These show both the path through the branches and your overall direction toward Hometree.
There is no combat during this segment, but you can collide with the environment, so read the verticality of the trees and adjust altitude as needed.
Manage Ikran stamina during the race
This sequence emphasizes stamina management while flying, which becomes more important in later content.
- Active maneuvers drain stamina. Speed Burst, barrel rolls, and rapid direction changes all consume stamina from your Ikran’s bar.
- Stamina regenerates over time. If you ease off boosts and hard turns, the bar refills naturally.
- Skimming over water restores stamina faster. Flying low over water lets So’Lek’s Ikran hunt fish, accelerating stamina recovery.
To avoid losing momentum near the end of the race, alternate between short bursts and short recovery windows instead of holding Speed Burst continuously. Use low passes over water as a deliberate refill moment if the route allows.
Land at Hometree
As you near the destination, the route levels out around Hometree and the race section winds down.
Step 1: Descend until you are flying close to the ground in the indicated landing area. Watch for the on-screen Land prompt.
Step 2: When the prompt appears clearly, press Circle to land your Ikran.
If you are too high or slightly off the marked zone, the landing prompt will not show. Adjust position until it does, then confirm. Once you touch down, a cutscene plays with So’Lek and the Sarentu family, marking a key story moment.
Follow the Sarentu family into the cave
After the Hometree cutscene, the quest continues on foot.
Step 1: Move toward the Sarentu family and follow them as they lead you away from the landing area. They will guide you toward a nearby cave entrance.
Step 2: If you lose track of them or the environment is visually dense, use Na’vi Senses by pressing R1. This highlights the path and points of interest.
Step 3: Look for the familiar yellow path marker guiding you into the cave. Stay on that route until you reach the interior location where the next cutscene triggers.
This stretch is almost entirely guided. Reaching the highlighted spot inside the cave starts another brief story sequence where you meet the Tlalim.
Quest completion and what unlocks next
Welcome Home ends as soon as the final cave cutscene wraps up. There are no branching objectives or hidden requirements; if you have:
- Interacted with the Resting Mat and watched the meditation scene,
- Completed the Ikran race to Hometree,
- Landed in the marked area, and
- Followed the Sarentu family into the cave until the last cutscene finishes,
the quest completes automatically.
Right after this, the next story mission in From the Ashes, Ash on the Wind, becomes available and continues So’Lek’s storyline from the new home base.
