1. Sorcerous Sundries & Lorroakan
A massive magic shop in the center of the Lower City. If the Nightsong is alive, Lorroakan wants to imprison her to claim her immortality.
Speak to Lorroakan's projection on the second floor. Take the correct portal (the one labelled "The Nightsong is an immortal being") to reach his tower. You can betray the Nightsong to him (giving you a powerful wizard ally) or side with Dame Aylin to kill him (yielding his legendary robes and staff). Also, explore his secret vaults below to find the books of Karsus and read the Danse Macabre to upgrade your Necromancy of Thay.
2. The House of Hope
You need the Orphic Hammer to free Orpheus from the Astral Prism. It is kept by Raphael in Avernus. Go to the Devil's Fee shop, pay Helsik (or pickpocket her), and perform the blood ritual upstairs to open a portal to hell.
Steal the Orphic Hammer, the Amulet of Greater Health, and the Gauntlets of Hill Giant Strength. Rescue Hope using the hammer. When you try to leave, Raphael intercepts you.
- Use Hope's Divine Intervention ability to instantly heal your party and restore spell slots mid-fight.
- Destroy the four Soul Pillars in the corners of the room ASAP, as they empower Raphael's spells.
- Use control spells like Hold Monster or Otto's Irresistible Dance on Raphael to keep him locked down while you clear his cambion guards. He drops the legendary Helldusk Armor.
3. Cazador's Palace (Astarion's Quest)
Enter the palace via the central watchtower. Make your way to the underground ritual chamber. Cazador is preparing the Rite of Profane Ascension to become a Vampire Ascendant.
During the fight, keep your characters standing on the magical runes in front of the captive vampire spawn to block the flow of power to Cazador. Use Daylight spells (Cazador takes 20 radiant damage per turn in sunlight). After he is defeated, you must make a critical choice: let Astarion complete the ritual to ascend (gaining new powers but losing his humanity), or persuade him to stop the cycle of abuse and remain a spawn.
4. The Iron Throne (Gortash's Secret)
To disable the Steel Watch mechs protecting Gortash, you need the Gondians. They are being forced to work because their families are held hostage in an underwater prison called the Iron Throne.
Once you dock the submarine, Gortash triggers a self-destruct sequence. You have 6 turns (on normal difficulty) to open the cell doors, find Duke Ravengard (Wyll's father), locate Omeluum the mind flayer, and get as many prisoners as possible to the ladder. Use Haste, Dimension Door, and Potions of Speed. Omeluum can instantly teleport himself and one ally back to the sub.
After saving the families, raid the Steel Watch Foundry, plant the Runepowder bomb (or use the Gondian leader's code), and blow up the factory. Gortash's shields will drop, making his boss fight back at Wyrm's Rock much easier.
5. Gathering Key Allies
Before facing the Dead Three, help these factions around the Lower City to secure their help in the final battle:
- The Hag Survivors: Help Mayrina destroy Auntie Ethel for good in the Blushing Mermaid basement.
- Mystic Carrion: Destroy his secret jars of organs hidden around the city to kill the immortal mummy lord and free his undead servant Thrumbo.
- Minsc & Jaheira: Rescue Minsc from the Counting House vault and the sewers, using non-lethal damage to knock him out and recruit him alongside his hamster Boo.
6. Murder Tribunal & Temple of Bhaal
To reach Orin the Red and save her kidnap victim, you need the Amulet of Bhaal. Track the serial killer down to Candulhallow's Tombstones. Pass through the hidden bookshelf into the Murder Tribunal.
You face Sarevok Anchev from BG1. You can become an Unholy Assassin of Bhaal by killing investigator Valeria, or kill Sarevok to take the amulet. Proceed into the Undercity Ruins and unlock the Temple of Bhaal doors.
Orin the Red Boss Fight: She transforms into the Slayer. She is shielded by Unstoppable stacks generated by her cultist chanters. Use multi-hit spells like Magic Missile to strip her Unstoppable shield, then hit her with your heaviest attacks. Take her Netherstone and rescue your kidnapped companion.
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