Fast Hyperlinks
- Route 1: Blighted Village
- Route 2: Zhentarim Hideout
If you happen to assume the primary act of Baldur’s Gate 3 is just in regards to the island you’ve gotten crashed onto, you might be lifeless fallacious. There may be a complete world mendacity beneath this island with way more harmful enemies and a brutal surroundings.
The Underdark is a large world by itself to discover, however firstly you want to discover ways to get there. Fortunately, there are a number of methods to go into the Underdark, and this information will go over all of them, from the simplest routes to the toughest ones.
Up to date by Mehrdad Khayyat on August 7, 2023: We up to date the best way you want to remedy the Stone-Disk puzzle contained in the Goblin Camp.
Route 1: Blighted Village
That is certainly the simplest approach to get to the Underdark, however solely when you have spells like “Feather Fall” that might stop or cut back fall injury. Because the title implies, you want to head inside Blighted Village. This village is positioned on the western facet of the Roadside Cliffs or Silvanus’ Grove quick journey stations. So, you merely must head west from any of those checkpoints till you attain a stone bridge.
As quickly as you move over the bridge, one can find your self on the entry gate of Blighted Village. Understand that this village is attacked by Goblins and upon your entrance, you may be interrupted by a Goblin. You possibly can both combat with him or persuade him via your Persuasion, Intimidation, or Deception abilities.
Shifting a number of steps ahead to the center of the village will reveal the quick journey station of Blighted Village, in entrance of which there’s a effectively. If you happen to work together with the effectively, you’ll have the choice to bounce inside it.
As soon as you might be inside, proceed the best way ahead. Whilst you can sneak across the spiders and different enemies within the first room, this could possibly be fairly time-consuming and troublesome. For this reason we advise you settle for the primary combat towards the enemies. There are three Spiders and two smaller enemies on this location. When you take care of them, observe the trail proven within the photographs above, and as quickly as you attain that ledge passage with distinctive white lighting above it, change to Stealth mode.
If you happen to transfer ahead right here, you’ll have to combat with an enormous spider, which is sort of troublesome to beat. Since your purpose is to achieve the Underdark, it is best to keep away from the combat if potential. Now, bounce down from the ledge. You might be strongly instructed to ungroup your characters from right here.
If you are nonetheless in Stealth mode, information your character to observe the trail drawn within the photographs above. There are two spiders right here that you want to keep away from getting of their sight. As soon as you might be standing subsequent to the deep effectively, forged the Feather Fall spell and bounce contained in the effectively. A cinematic video will play proper after, and one can find your character within the Underdark. Do the identical for different characters as effectively.
It does not matter if different characters haven’t got the identical spell. They’ll die as quickly as they land within the Underdark, however your alive character can revive all of them.
Route 2: Zhentarim Hideout
Earlier than we get into full particulars, needless to say this route requires lockpicking. So, be sure to have a bunch of lockpicks earlier than beginning the journey. If you have not discovered the Zhentarim Hideout but, it’s positioned north of Blighted Village.
As quickly as you exit Blighted Village from the northern gate, take the path to the northwest and move over the damaged bridge. Then, take the northwest route once more till you attain a brand new village bounded by flame. Go contained in the village, after which one can find a passage in your left, however the floor is on fireplace. Leap over the hearth and observe the path to the west till you see a lifeless Ox on the bottom. On the northern facet of the Ox, there’s a shabby door blocked by a number of packing containers. Destroy packing containers and enter that room.
You’ll be now interrupted by an NPC. Kill him, after which search for a hatch contained in the room that leads you to the Zhentarim Hideout. As soon as you might be in, transfer forward till you discover a Wardrobe in a nook. Work together with it to discover a hidden path. This may lead you to the depth of the hideout.
Transfer towards the iron gate, after which you may be interrupted by the gang’s chief. You need not combat together with her. So, simply attempt to use your talkative abilities to make your approach inside. If you happen to succeed, the iron gate will open up. Now, you want to search all the hideout to seek out a wolf named “Istor.” This wolf is standing in entrance of a rocky nook, however that rocky nook is certainly an illusionary wall. Shadowheart is one of the best character to efficiently spot that phantasm, which is why we advise you lead your group together with her at this half.
As soon as you’ve got noticed the illusionary wall, it can glow, which implies you possibly can move via it, however DO NOT do it. If you happen to undergo the wall in entrance of the wolf’s eye, all the camp will assault you. As an alternative, you want to ungroup all of your characters, change them into Stealth mode, and transfer them contained in the hidden room one after the other with out the wolf noticing.
Inside this hidden room, there may be an Elevator Winch. With a view to make it work, you want to lockpick it. If you happen to succeed, you will get on the elevator on the sting and head right down to the Underdark.
Route 3: Goblin Camp
You probably have already rescued Halsin from the Goblin Camp, or no less than know the place the Goblin Camp is, there may be little to do that time. In case you do not know, the Goblin Camp is positioned on the west facet of the Blighted Village. You move over a picket bridge, face a Goblin Outpost that you could both problem in fight or sneak round, and eventually make your approach contained in the Goblin camp via a damaged stone bridge.
As soon as you might be inside, head ahead to the door behind the large goblin. There shall be one other door forward, however if you wish to get via it, you want to persuade the Goblin guard that you just imply no hurt. It may be carried out simply utilizing your Illithid energy or different deceiving abilities.
As quickly as you get inside the primary corridor with an enormous statue within the center, flip left and go upstairs. It is advisable open the second door from the left. As soon as you might be contained in the room, open the Ornate Door in entrance of you. This may lead you inside a jail space with an enormous Goblin guarding it.
It is advisable sneak across the Goblin and head to the open hall. Ungroup all of your characters, change to Stealth mode, and navigate them one after the other to the secure spot. On the finish of this hall, there may be an entrance to a different room marked by a guardian statue. Inside this room, there’s a stone-disk puzzle that you want to remedy to open the door on the opposite finish of the room.
Stone-Disk Puzzle Resolution
It is advisable order the disks just like the photographs above. 4 full moons on the highest disk, 4 darkish moons on the underside disk, and two different full moons on the outer sides of every center disk. If you happen to do it appropriately, the door will open up, and the ladder past that door will take you to the Underdark.
Route 4: Sunlit Wetlands
You probably have occurred to discover the southern elements of the island, then you will have discovered an previous lady speaking to 2 younger males about a lady known as Mayrine. Whereas it is a quest of its personal, the ultimate path to the Underdark is tied to this quest to a sure diploma.
We’ve to spoil this quest a bit bit in an effort to clarify the path to the Underdark. So, take this as a critical spoiler alert if you do not need this facet story to be ruined for you.
If you happen to observe the previous lady to the south, you’ll attain a brand new space known as Sunlit Wetlands. This can be a lovely however swampy location that does look suspicious. On the west facet of this space, there may be a home that belongs to the previous lady, the place you may also discover Mayrine. If you happen to insist on getting Mayrine out of that place, the previous lady will flip hostile, however she is going to take Mayrine to a location behind the house’s hearth.
Earlier than this occurs, nonetheless, you’ll need to take care of the previous lady’s guards that may encompass the home. If you happen to survive, get inside the fireside and go downstairs. You’ll meet the previous lady as soon as extra inside this mysterious cave. She’s going to disappear once more, leaving you with a mysterious door that will not open till you discover its trick.
How To Open The Mysterious Door
The door is just like a big tree foot with the face of a creature carved on it. Discuss to the door, and when your dialog is over, take a look at its proper, the place you’ll find 4 picket Whispering Masks on a desk. Every of your characters ought to decide up one masks, however DO NOT put them on for now.
Create a handbook save, ungroup all of your characters, and transfer three of them subsequent to the steps the place you entered the cave from. Lead the remaining character to stand in entrance of the picket door. Now, equip the masks, and it is possible for you to to really move via the door.
As soon as you might be on the opposite facet, take off the masks as quickly as potential.
This complete means of placing on and off the masks must be accomplished in round 5 seconds. If it takes longer than that, your character shall be managed by the magic of the previous lady, and they may change into hostile towards different characters. This example can solely be resolved by killing the hostile character, which isn’t good in any respect. With a view to keep away from this, we instructed earlier shifting different characters out of the masked character’s sight.
Now carry again the opposite characters to the door one after the other and repeat the identical course of for them. So as to have the ability to delay the masks shortly, don’t shut the stock tab after carrying it.
Now, you may very well assume what would occur if all characters put on the masks concurrently and transfer via the door. Properly, that’s merely not potential because the masks will kill all of your characters on the identical time.
Navigating To The Waterfall
As soon as all of your characters are on the opposite facet of the door, you’ll spot extra masked characters in right here, however they may all be hostile to you. Sneaking previous these NPCs is feasible, however you possibly can simply kill all of them when you have a full squad at Degree 4 or above. Your vacation spot, nonetheless, is past a waterfall on the appropriate facet of the room, which is guarded by a masked NPC. You will have to use the Leap command to get to the opposite facet of this waterfall.
As quickly as all of your characters are past the waterfall, there’s a little path to achieve the Underdark. As soon as you might be on the opposite facet, look to your proper, and you’ll spot one other of these picket mysterious doorways with a ledge in entrance of it. It is advisable bounce onto that ledge and repeat the identical mask-on/mask-off approach to undergo it. As soon as you might be on the opposite facet of the door, you’ll spot a inexperienced magical plate. If you happen to work together with the magic, you may be teleported to the Underdark.