BALDUR'S GATE: DARK ALLIANCE FAQ/Walkthrough Copyright © 2002-2004 Marc "Darth Maul" Binda E-mail: m_binda@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/dmaully -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- File Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Version : 1.0 Updated : February 8th, 2004 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Version History -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Version 0.1 ----------- - Preliminary version. Not released. Version 0.2 - 01/12/2002 ------------------------ - Completed FAQ up to the end of Act 1. Version 0.3 - 01/13/2002 ------------------------ - Completed FAQ up to the end of the Burning Eye Mountain in Act 2. - Resubmitted FAQ in ZIP format to fix the formatting of the text. Version 0.4 - 01/20/2002 ------------------------ - Completed FAQ up to the end of the game with the Dwarven Fighter. - Grouped the weapon list into weapon types. - Put the ending character statistics for my two games along with equipment. Version 0.5 - 03/10/2002 ------------------------ - Completed my third game, this time with the Arcane Archer on Easy. - I didn't add any of the weapons I found during this game because it is extremely time consuming. Note: If any of you wish to send me weapon and armor lists that you have found, send them to my e-mail address and I'll add them to my list, giving you proper credit. - Added a Combat Strategies section (0-11). - Added a Frequently Asked Questions section (5-1). - Thanks to everyone who sent me e-mails concerning my guide. It is really appreciated. One small request, however. No more information on the Gauntlet mode. I will work on it in a next version but not soon. Version 0.6 - 04/10/2002 ------------------------ - Completed my fourth game, this time with the Dwarven Fighter on Hard. - Updated details on the Gauntlet mode. - Probably going to finally play with the Sorceress in my next game. Whee! Version 1.0 - 02/08/2004 ------------------------ - Almost 2 years since I'd last played this game, I finally decided to start a new game using the Elven Sorceress, the character I'd never really played with. Playing the sequel made me want to revisit the original again. This will likely be the final version of my guide. - Added "Elven Sorceress" in the Combat Strategies section. - Added "Available Feats/Spells" in the Heroes of Baldur's Gate section. - Added a comment about gems in the Helpful Hints section. - Added some details about the differences in NPC reactions depending on which character you are playing. - Added the Elven Sorceress strategy for Eldrith the Betrayer. - Added some questions and answers to the Frequently Asked Questions section. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Game Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Title : Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Platform : Playstation2 Player(s) : 1-2 player (2 player mode is cooperative) Year : 2001 Company : Interplay Entertainment Producer : Black Isle Studios Developer : Snowblind Studios -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Introduction -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Set in the very popular Forgotten Realms Dungeons and Dragons world, Baldur's Gate : Dark Alliance puts you in the role of an adventurer (either a Human Archer, a Dwarven Fighter or an Elven Sorceress). You arrive in the city of Baldur's Gate, on the Sword Coast, looking for fame, fortune and glory. Your first night in the city isn't very pleasant though. You get attacked by brigands. They knock you unconscious. You awakened by the city's watchmen. You realize that the brigands have taken all of your gold and possessions, except the clothes on your back. The watchmen suggest that you take shelter in the Elfsong Tavern that's nearby and that maybe there, you can find someone who can tell you where to find the brigands that attacked you. Thus begins your adventure... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Playing History / Character Statistics -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game #1: Easy - Dwarven Fighter - Level 17 - Completed in about 8 hours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Character Statistics -------------------- Experience : 150,024 Next Level : 153,000 Health : 298/298 Energy : 88/88 Armor : 108 Base Attack : 33 Damage : 106-136 (Onyx Sword) Strength : 32 (+11 hit/+11 dmg) Intelligence : 10 (+0 max energy) Wisdom : 11 (+0% experience) Dexterity : 12 (+1 armor) Constitution : 19 (+4 hit points) Charisma : 10 (+0% buy/sell) Weapon : Onyx Sword Chest Armor : Full Plate Mail +5 Shield : Iron Shield +3 Helmet : Full Plate Helmet Gloves : Full Plate Gloves +5 Boots : Half Plate Boots +4 Ring 1 : Ring of Constitution +4 Ring 2 : Ring of Strength +5 Amulet : Amulet of Strength +5 Gold Pieces : 70,557 Skills : Dodge (3 ranks) Endurance (5 ranks) Toughness (3 ranks) Bull Rush (1 rank) Targeting (1 rank) Intestinal Fortitude (4 ranks) Combat Reflexes (4 ranks) Death Blow (4 ranks) Improved Critical (4 ranks) Sword and Fist (5 ranks) Shield Expert (1 rank) Whirlwind Attack (1 rank) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game #2: Normal - Dwarven Fighter - Level 17 - Completed in about 11 hours. (Started writing the FAQ during this game) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Character Statistics -------------------- Experience : 149,209 Next Level : 153,000 Health : 284/284 Energy : 88/88 Armor : 112 Base Attack : 35 Damage : 108-138 (Onyx Sword) Strength : 36 (+13 hit/+13 dmg) Intelligence : 10 (+0 max energy) Wisdom : 11 (+0% experience) Dexterity : 12 (+1 armor) Constitution : 16 (+3 hit points) Charisma : 10 (+0% buy/sell) Weapon : Onyx Sword Chest Armor : Full Plate Mail +5 Shield : Iron Shield +2 Helmet : Half Plate Helmet +5 Gloves : Full Plate Gloves +5 Boots : Full Plate Boots +5 Ring 1 : Ring of Strength +5 Ring 2 : Ring of Strength +5 Amulet : Amulet of Strength +5 Gold Pieces : 52,762 Skills : Dodge (4 ranks) Endurance (3 ranks) Toughness (4 ranks) Bull Rush (1 rank) Intestinal Fortitude (5 ranks) Combat Reflexes (4 ranks) Death Blow (5 ranks) Improved Critical (5 ranks) Sword and Fist (5 ranks) Improved Block (1 rank) Shield Expert (1 rank) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Game #3: Easy - Arcane Archer - Level 17 - Completed in about 7 hours. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Character Statistics -------------------- Experience : 151,359 Next Level : 153,000 Health : 241/241 Energy : 111/111 Armor : 118 Base Attack : 26 Damage : 99-129 (Onyx Sword) Strength : 28 (+9 hit/+9 dmg) Intelligence : 11 (+2 max energy) Wisdom : 13 (+3% experience) Dexterity : 23 (+6 armor) Constitution : 14 (+2 hit points) Charisma : 11 (+0% buy/sell) Weapon : Onyx Sword Chest Armor : Full Plate Mail +5 Shield : Iron Shield +4 Helmet : Full Plate Helmet +5 Gloves : Full Plate Gloves +5 Boots : Half Plate Boots +5 Ring 1 : Ring of Dexterity +5 Ring 2 : Ring of Strength +5 Amulet : Amulet of Strength +5 Gold Pieces : 36,727 Skills : Accuracy (1 rank) Targeting (1 rank) Arcane Quiver (1 rank) Flame Arrows (2 ranks) Hail of Arrows (4 ranks) Enchant Arrows (3 ranks) Dodge (2 ranks) Deflect Missiles (1 rank) Endurance (3 ranks) Toughness (1 rank) Willpower (1 rank) Meditation (1 rank) Intestinal Fortitude (3 ranks) Combat Reflexes (4 ranks) Death Blow (5 ranks) Improved Critical (5 ranks) Sword and Fist (5 ranks) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Game #4: Hard - Dwarven Fighter - Level 17 - Completed in about 7 hours. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Character Statistics -------------------- Experience : 149,411 Next Level : 153,000 Health : 264/264 Energy : 88/88 Armor : 113 Base Attack : 35 Damage : 108-138 (Onyx Sword) Strength : 37 (+13 hit/+13 dmg) Intelligence : 10 (+0 max energy) Wisdom : 11 (+0% experience) Dexterity : 12 (+1 armor) Constitution : 15 (+2 hit points) Charisma : 10 (+0% buy/sell) Weapon : Onyx Sword Chest Armor : Full Plate Mail +3 Shield : Iron Shield +5 Helmet : Elven Full Plate Helmet +5 Gloves : Full Plate Gloves Boots : Half Plate Boots +5 Ring 1 : Ring of Strength +5 Ring 2 : Ring of Strength +5 Amulet : Amulet of Strength +5 Gold Pieces : 32,459 Skills : Dodge (4 ranks) Endurance (2 ranks) Toughness (3 ranks) Bull Rush (1 rank) Intestinal Fortitude (5 ranks) Combat Reflexes (5 ranks) Death Blow (5 ranks) Improved Critical (5 ranks) Sword and Fist (5 ranks) Improved Block (1 rank) Shield Expert (1 rank) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game #5: Normal - Elven Sorceress - Level 17 - Completed in about 6 hours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Character Statistics -------------------- Experience : 151,036 Next Level : 153,000 Health : 204/204 Energy : 202/202 Armor : 114 Base Attack : 15 Damage : 96-126 (Onyx Sword) Strength : 22 (+6 hit/+6 dmg) Intelligence : 18 (+13 max energy) Wisdom : 12 (+3% experience) Dexterity : 14 (+2 armor) Constitution : 13 (+1 hit points) Charisma : 15 (+10% buy/sell) Weapon : Onyx Sword Chest Armor : Full Plate Mail +5 Shield : Iron Shield +3 Helmet : Full Plate Helmet +5 Gloves : Full Plate Gloves +5 Boots : Jeweled Full Plate Boots +5 Ring 1 : Ring of Strength +3 Ring 2 : Ring of Strength +3 Amulet : Amulet of Rejuvenation +5 Gold Pieces : 64,772 Skills : Magic Missile (1 rank) Burning Hands (3 ranks) Melf's Acid Arrow (2 ranks) Fireball (1 rank) Ball Lightning (4 ranks) Intestinal Fortitude (5 ranks) Willpower (1 rank) Meditation (5 ranks) (6 ranks left in reserve) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TABLE OF CONTENTS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- GAME BASICS -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- A. Background Story B. Controls C. Heroes of Baldur's Gate D. Character Statistics Screen E. Character Abilities F. Spells and Feats G. Weapon List H. Armor List I. Magical Items List (Rings and Amulets) J. Helpful Tips K. Combat Strategies -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ACT 1 - BALDUR'S GATE *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 1-1. The Elfsong Tavern 1-2. The Cellars 1-3. The Sewers 1-4. The Crypt 1-5. The Thieves' Guild -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ACT 2 - THE SUNSET MOUNTAINS *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* 2-1. Wind's Walk 2-2. The Mining Camp 2-3. Burning Eye Base 2-4. Burning Eye Summit - Part 1 2-5. Burning Eye Summit East 2-6. Burning Eye Summit West 2-7. Burning Eye Summit - Part 2 2-8. Burning Eye Peak 2-9. The Mines 2-10. The Drow Underworld 2-11. The Dark Forest 2-12. Ice Cave -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- ACT 3 - THE MARSH OF CHERLIMBER -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 3-1. The Sunken Chapel 3-2. Adderspine Road West 3-3. Adderspine Road East 3-4. Cherlimber's Crown 3-5. Cherlimber's Keep Exterior 3-6. Cherlimber's Keep Interior 3-7. The Rotting Bog 3-8. The Sinking Temple 3-9. The Onyx Tower 3-10. The Black Forge 3-11. The Hall of Rememberance -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SECRETS -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 4-1. The Gauntlet -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 5-1. Frequently Asked Questions 6-1. Credits, acknowledgments and legal stuff -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A. Background Story -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Taken from the game manual] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: I think there's an error in the game manual. In the manual, they say that Eldrith's company was named the Bladed Crescent. However, once you meet Keledon in Act 3, he says her company's name was the Westering Sun. Keledon also calls one of the events "The Crescent Port Siege" while in the game manual, they call it "The Stillwater Port Siege". I've used the names in this section according to Keledon's story in Act 3, not from the game manual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you not heard of Eldrith the Betrayer, the Traitress of Swords, Eldrith of the Westering Sun? That she has been forgotten is an... irony of a sort. Eldrith was one of the greatest generals of the Sword Coast, commander of the Company of the Westering Sun, sworn sword and defender of Baldur's Gate. She served with honour and distinction in the first and last seasons of the Sundering War, the Crescent Port siege and finally, the campaign against the Black Horde. In all these battles, she was victorious. I do not know when pride burrowed into her heart, but it poisoned her. Eldrith had fought too many battles, achieved too many victories, and she had come to see the city of Baldur's Gate as her own. On the day of the Great Betrayal, Eldrith's company took the field against the Black Horde and scattered them, even though the orcs and goblins outnumbered her troops five to one. Still, in the rout, almost half their forces survived and fled the field. Eldrith was determined to pursue them. The Dukes of Baldur's Gate refused. Too many good soldiers had been lost, the Dukes told her. They - and the people - wanted no more of blood and death, and they felt the Horde would not return. Eldrith was furious. Even though she had lost many men, she felt it was better to deal a deathblow to the Horde and insure they never threatened Baldur's Gate again. And so she defied the Dukes, and led her soldiers to their deaths. Far from Baldur's Gate, she cornered the Horde in a narrow defile, but once their retreat was denied to them, they proved more vicious than we had anticipated. Eldrith, fearing of losing the field, sent a messenger back to Baldur's Gate for reinforcements before the Horde broke free of her trap. The reinforcements never came, and the Horde overran Eldrith's weakened troops. Eldrith survived... but many of the Company of the Westering Sun did not. Eldrith became a creature consumed by fury. Wounded, she returned to Baldur's Gate to demand an audience with the Dukes. Instead, she was met at the gates and told that for her disobedience upon the battlefield, the walls of Baldur's Gate would be forever closed to her and the Westering Sun. Eldrith gathered all of the Bladed Crescent who remained, all who had sworn to serve her, and she ordered her broken company to attack the walls of her city... she swore she would take it from the Dukes and put them to the sword. It would be justice, she said. Eldrith's attack was like a charge of a maddened animal. It was suicide. The Westering Sun were slain almost to the main, and they were driven from the city, hounded by the remaining troops of Baldur's Gate. They pursued Eldrith for leagues, all the way to the Marsh of Cherlimber. As the last of her soldiers floundered and died within the marsh, the soldiers closed upon her. She was no longer recognizable - blood caked her armor, her helmet, barely able to put one foot in front of the other - she was dying, but even in death, she still struggled onwards, fueled by her vengeance. Fearing her skills with the sword, the soldiers band did not approach within arm's reach of her - instead, they felled her from a distance with crossbow bolts. It was a cowardly execution, one without honor. As Eldrith fell, she cursed Baldur's Gate and all within it. And with her death, the Dark Alliance was born. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- B. Controls -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- L1 button Automap Toggle R1 button Block/Parry L2 button Drink Rejuvenation Potion R2 button Drink Healing Potion R3 button Reset camara angle X button Attack Circle button Use Feat or Cast Spell Triangle button Jump Square button Action/Talk SELECT button Inventory screen/Character Statistics/Level up START button Pause/Menu Directional buttons : Up/Down Toggle Spells and Feats List Up/Down Left/Right Toggle between melee and ranged weapons Left analog stick Move character around Right analog stick Rotate camera angle -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- C. Heroes of Baldur's Gate -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You can choose from three character classes in Baldur's Gate : Dark Alliance. [Some parts taken from the game manual] Vahn, the Arcane Archer ----------------------- Arcane Archers are archers known for their supernatural accuracy with a bow and the ability to imbue their arrows with magic. A fusion of skill and innate magical ability has turned them into fearsome and respected warriors. A good character for taking down opponents from a distance, the Arcane Archer employs a number of magical powers related to his archery skills, including the ability to enchant arrows with magical accuracy, create fire arrows, exploding arrows, and even fire off several arrows at once. Available Feats/Spells ---------------------- Accuracy, Targeting, Arcane Quiver, Flame Arrows, Ice Arrows, Shock Arrows, Hail of Arrows, Enchant Arrows, Exploding Arrows, Repulsion, Dodge, Deflect Missiles, Endurance, Toughness, Willpower, Meditation, Intestinal Fortitude, Combat Reflexes, Death Blow, Improved Critical. Kromlech, the Dwarven Fighter ----------------------------- The youngest of the Bruenghor Clan in the Sunset Mountains, this gruff and opinionated dwarf is a fearsome warrior - tough, strong and devastating in combat when wielding melee weapons. A good character for hand-to-hand combat and sheer toughness, the dwarf also has access to a number of specialized fighting feats unavailable to the Arcane Archer and the Sorceress. Available Feats/Spells ---------------------- Dodge, Endurance, Toughness, Bull Rush, Accuracy, Targeting, Willpower, Meditation, Intestinal Fortitude, Combat Reflexes, Death Blow, Improved Critical, Sword and Fist, Improved Block, Shield Expert, Whirlwind Attack, Clangeddin's Fist. Adrianna, the Elven Sorceress ----------------------------- A strikingly beautiful female elf with exotic features, the Elven Sorceress can create magic the way a poet creates poems, by drawing on the raw power within themselves... and unleashing it with devastating effects. The Sorceress has the ability to cast spells, an ability unavailable to the Dwarven Fighter or the Arcane Archer, and she has a number of specialized metamagic fields and spells available to her as she advances in level. Unlike the Dwarven Fighter or the Arcane Archer, however, the Sorceress cannot use weapons that require more than one hand such as two-handed swords and two-handed axes. Available Feats/Spells ---------------------- Magic Missle, Burning Hands, Melf's Acid Arrow, Fireball, Snowblind, Lightning Bolt, Otiluke's Icy Sphere, Ball Lightning, Fire Shield, Meteor Swarm, Mordenkainen's Sword, Intestinal Fortitude, Willpower, Meditation, Accuracy, Targeting. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- D. Character Statistics Screen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Some parts taken from the game manual] This screen can be accessed by pressing the SELECT button. There are different tabs for each of the types of information presented. Carrying Capacity: On the main screen, in the top left corner, there's a percentage of the character's total carrying capacity. The number on the left is the current weight of the equipment and loot you are carrying. The number on the right is your total weight capacity. You cannot carry more than your total carrying capacity. Your carrying capacity can be increased with the Endurance feat (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter only, see section 0-6. Spells and Feats). Gold Piece Total: To the left of the Carrying Capacity, there is the total number of gold pieces you are carrying. There is no limit to the number of gold pieces you can carry. Weapons Tab: You can view the weapons you carry on this screen. Weapons that are currently equipped have a green background. To equip/unequip a weapon, press the X button. To drop a weapon, press the Triangle button. You can only have one melee and one ranged weapon equipped at a time. Armor Tab: Here, you can view the armor you are carrying/wearing. You can wear shields, helmets, chest armor, gloves/bracers, leggings and boots. Equipping, unequipping and dropping armor is done the same way as with weapons. Potions/Magic Items Tab: This tab lists all of the potions and magic items your character is carrying. Potions include: - Healing Potions: These potions heal damage your character has taken. They come in many varieties, each which heals a varying amount of damage to your character (3 types of potions: Lesser, Normal and Extra Healing Potions). - Rejuvenation Potions: These potions can restore arcane energy (which is used when casting spells or using active feats). They also come in many varieties, each which restores a varying amount of arcane energy to your character (3 types of potions: Lesser, Normal and Extra Rejuvenation Potions). - Recall Potions: These potions can teleport your character to the nearest safe area (which may be many maps away from your current location). Within Baldur's Gate for example, recall potions teleport you back to the Elfsong Tavern. Please note that there are times in the adventure where recall potions can't be used, such as when a safe area hasn't been discovered yet in a new act of the game, for instance. You can use recall potions by pressing the START button and choosing the Recall option. Using the Recall option again will return you the the previous location, as long as you don't leave the area you have recalled to. Statistics Tab: This tab lists all of your character's abilities, which are explained in the Characters Abilities section (0-4). Journal Tab: Your current quests/tasks are listed here. Spells and Feats Tab: List of your character's spells, feats, and their respective ranks. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- E. Character Abilities -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Taken from the game manual] There are a number of abilities that define your character: Strength: This measures your character's physical power. Characters with a high Strength have a better chance to hit opponents in melee combat, do more damage when they hit, and can carry more weight than weaker characters. Intelligence: This determines how well your character learns and reasons. The higher your character's Intelligence, the faster your arcane energy regenerates, and the more arcane energy points you gain each time you advance a level. Wisdom: This describes your character's willpower, common sense, perception and intuition. The higher your character's Wisdom, the more experience points your character will gain when they kill monsters and accomplish quests. Dexterity: This measures your character's hand-eye coordination, agility, reflexes and balance. Characters with a high Dexterity have a better chance to hit opponents with ranged weapons and have a better Armor Class. Constitution: This represents your character's health and stamina. A high Constitution means your character will have more hit points and a faster hit point regeneration rate. Charisma: This measures a character's force of personality, persuasiveness, personal magnetism, and physical attractiveness. The higher your character's Charisma, the less trouble they will have buying and selling items at the local store or merchant. NOTE: As you gain levels, you will gain points to spend on increasing these abilities. Every four levels, you will be able to increase one of your ability scores. You get one point at level 4, one at level 8, one at level 12, etc. Experience: You get experience by either killing monsters and creatures or finishing the quests you receive. When playing in the 2-player game, the player that kills the monster gets 60% of the experience while the other gets 40%. However, the two players receive both 100% of quest experience point rewards. Next Level: The number of experience points needed to reach the next level of experience. Health: Total number of hit points. Number on the left is your current total. Number on the right is your total. When a character has 0 hit points, he or she dies. Hit points can be recovered by either using Healing Potions or with time. High Constitution makes hit point regeneration faster. Arcane Energy: Total number of arcane energy points. Number on the left is your current total. Number on the right is your total. When a character has 0 arcane energy points, he or she won't be able to use spells or active feats. Arcane energy can be recovered by using Rejuvenation Potions or with time. High Intelligence makes arcane energy regeneration faster. Armor: This represents your character's Armor Class. The higher this score, the better. You can increase your AC by wearing armor, with a high Dexterity score and with the Dodge feat (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter only, see section F. Spells and Feats). Base Attack: This is the bonus your character has to hit an opponent in combat. The higher, the better your chances of hitting your enemies. You can increase your Base Attack by going up levels, with a high Strength, with a magical weapon and with the Sword and Fist feat (Dwarven Fighter only, see section 0-6. Spells and Feats). Damage: The amount of damage your character inflicts on a successful hit. The higher, the better. You can increase your Damage by going up levels, with a high Strength, with a magical weapon and with the Sword and Fist feat (Dwarven Fighter only, see section F. Spells and Feats). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- F. Spells and Feats -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Some parts taken from the game manual] Spells and feats are special abilities your character gains, such as new attack types, additional hit points, and so on, that help to customize your character as you go up in levels. Each time you gain a level, you gain a number of skill points equal to the level you have just acquired. Therefore, you gain 2 points at level 2, 3 points at level 3, 4 points at level 4 and so on. Some spells and feats cost more points than others from skill level to skill level so it's sometimes a good idea to save points from a level for later on, once you level up again. Some spells and feats have more than one rank. The more points you place into a spell or feat, the more powerful it is. Certain spells and feats are only accessible to certain classes. There are two types of Feats in the game : Passive and Active. Passive Feats are always on and do not need to be activated. ------------- Passive Feats ------------- Accuracy: (All) Improves the accuracy of your ranged attacks. You'll find it much easier to wound creatures at a distance when you have this feat. NOTE : Vahn, the Arcane Archer, starts with one rank in this feat. Arcane Quiver: (Arcane Archer) This feat reduces the weight of arrows in your inventory, allowing you tol hold enough to take down an army. Combat Reflexes: (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter) With this feat, your attack speed increases slightly, allowing you to hammer down your foes more quickly. Death Blow: (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter) If you take the Death Blow feat, your critical hits will deal more damage. Deflect Missiles: (Arcane Archer) This feat gives you a chance of automatically blocking missile attacks. This is useful when a swarm of kobold archers suddenly pops up from around the corner. Dodge: (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter) If you don't like being hit, take the Dodge feat. It gives you a +1 bonus to Armor Class and makes your enemies' lives much harder. Enchant Arrows: (Arcane Archer) With this feat, every normal arrow you fire becomes echanted, doing additional damage when it hits. Endurance: (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter) Increases your carrying capacity, allowing you to haul more loot out of dungeons. Improved Block: (Dwarven Fighter) Improved Block allows you to block with a melee weapon, without having a shield equipped. Perfect for characters who prefer two-handed weapons but still want the ability to block when need be. Improved Critical: (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter) Increases your chance of scoring a critical hit in combat, something your enemies won't care for too much. Intestinal Fortitude: (All) Intestinal Fortitude increases your health regeneration rate. This reduces the amount of time you have to spend to wait to get back up to full health in the dungeon. NOTE: Kromlech, the Dwarven Fighter, begins the game with one rank in this feat. Meditation: (All) Increases your arcane energy regeneration rate. Just as Intestinal Fortitude aids your health recovery, Meditation reduces the amount of time you have to spend to wait to get back to full power in the dungeon. Shield Expert: (Dwarven Fighter) Your character really knows how to use a shield. This feat gives you an additional armor class bonus when you have a shield equipped. Sword and Fist: (Dwarven Fighter) This feat increases your chance to hit with melee weapons (Base Attack) and your damage. Targeting: (All) Helps you aim your ranged weapon by providing a targeting line on the screen. Toughness: (Arcane Archer and Dwarven Fighter) This feat grants you a permanent +3 hit points per rank bonus. Willpower: (All) This feat grants you a permanent +5 arcane energy points per rank bonus. ----------------------- Active Spells and Feats ----------------------- Active spells and feats need to be selected from the spell and feat list and activated by pressing the Circle button. Ball Lightning: (Sorceress) A ball of electricity travels forth from the caster, striking all nearby foes with lightning. Much like the Arcane Archer's Hail of Arrows feat, Ball Lightning helps you clear a room quickly. Bull Rush: (Dwarven Fighter) This is a short, powerful charge that inflicts tremendous damage. It costs arcane energy to use, but the results are worth it. Burning Hands: (Sorceress) The Sorceress automatically begins the game with this spell. When cast, Burning Hands turns the sorceress into a magical flamethrower, emitting a cone-shaped blast of fire from her hands to torch any enemies within range. Clangeddin's Fist: (Dwarven Fighter) A gift of the dwarven god Clangeddin, this feat allows you to strike the ground with a warhammer to smite your foes. Exploding Arrows: (Arcane Archer) Enchants arrows so that they explode when they strike a target. Perfect for scaterring large clumps of monsters quickly. Fire Shield: (Sorceress) This spells encircles the caster in a flaming wreath that damages any enemy that comes into contact with it. Perfect for those close-quarters combats when you're being mobbed from all sides. Fireball: (Sorceress) A D&D classic, a fireball is a burst of flame that the sorceress can hurl at a target. It detonates when it hits, doing damage to all creatures within its radius; the greater the number of ranks in the spell, the more damage it does. Flaming Arrows: (Arcane Archer) This feat grants a flaming aura to your arrows, causing them to do more damage when they hit. Hail of Arrows: (Arcane Archer) Allows you to fire multiple arrows at once, starting with two arrows at rank one, all the way up to six arrows at rank 5. This feat allows you to get more bang from your buck from any quiver of arrows you pick up in a dungeon. Ice Arrows: (Sorceress) This feat echants your arrows with an icy aura, increasing their damage and can freeze opponents struck by them. Lightning Bolt: (Sorceress) When cast, a bolt of lightning streaks from the sorceress toward a nearby enemy, inflicting electrical damage. At higher ranks of this spell, it evolves into chain lightning, allowing the sorceress to harm multiple enemies in the bolt's path. Magic Missile: (Sorceress) When used, a missile of magical energy darts forth and unerringly strikes a target. The Sorceress gains an additional magic missile for every two levels she is above the first (at 3rd level she fires two missiles, at 5th she fires three missiles) up to a maximum of 5 missiles. Melf's Acid Arrow: (Sorceress) Named for the famed elven adventurer Melf, this spell causes a magical arrow of acid to spring from the sorceress' hand, doing acid damage to any creature struck by it. Meteor Swarm: (Sorceress) When cast, the heavens open up and meteors rain down around the caster, doing tremendous damage to any enemies in range. This spell is the ultimate spell in the sorceress' arsenal, and puts the skies themselves at her command. Mordenkainen's Sword: (Sorceress) This spells summons a magical weapon of force to your aid, slashing at enemies within range. For every rank of this spell, the weapon and the damage it does improves. Otiluke's Icy Sphere: (Sorceress) This spells summons a sphere of intense cold to strike targets, doing frost damage and freezing targets in place. Repulsion: (Arcane Archer) Repulsion causes a ring of force to spread out from the archer, driving enemies away and doing damage to them in the process. It's useful for telling a horde of melee attackers to "back off." Shock Arrows: (Arcane Archer) This feat enchants arrows with an electrical aura, increasing the damage they do and shocking opponents. At higher levels, shock arrows gain an electrical trail that damages any enemies along their path. Snowblind: (Sorceress) A mysterious spell from the wizards of the Far North, Snowblind causes a cone of frost to shoot forth from the sorceress' hands, doing frost damage to any targets within range. It behaves similarly to Burning Hands, except that it also has the power to freeze enemies, reducing their movement rate and combat ability. Whirlwind Attack: (Dwarven Fighter) When you equip a two-handed axe or hammer, you can put this feat to good use. The whirlwind attack costs arcane energy to use, but it causes you to perform a devastating circular attack on any opponents within reach. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- G. Weapon List -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please note that my lists only include weapons and armors I found during my games (#1 and #2, I stopped compiling the lists after that). If any of you want to send me new items via e-mail to add to my lists, be my guest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: I will not include Keen weapons in this list seeing as the only change in the statistics of the weapon is that the weapon has an increased chance of scoring critical hits. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daggers Damage (1-handed, Weight: 1.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Dagger 1-2 Dagger 1-4 Fine Dagger 2-6 Dagger +1 2-5 Masterwork Dagger 2-8 Flaming Burst Dagger 2-10 Flaming Burst Dagger +1 3-11 Icy Burst Dagger of Defense +5 7-21 Flaming Burst Mithral Dagger 6-30 Icy Burst Mithral Dagger 6-48 Serrated Dagger 4 Serrated Dagger +1 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short Swords Damage (1-handed, Weight: 3.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Short Sword 1-3 Fine Short Sword 2-9 Short Sword +1 2-7 Short Sword +2 3-8 Short Sword +3 4-9 Short Sword +5 6-11 Frost Short Sword 2-18 Masterwork Short Sword +1 4-14 Frost Short Sword +3 5-21 Flaming Masterwork Short Sword +1 6-26 Adamantine Short Sword +2 12-32 Icy Burst Masterwork Short Sword +3 10-42 Serrated Short Sword 6 Serrated Fine Short Sword +3 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long Swords Damage (1-handed, Weight: 4.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Long Sword 1-4 Long Sword 2-8 Wounding Long Sword 2-8 Long Sword +1 3-9 Fine Long Sword 3-12 Flaming Long Sword +1 4-15 Masterwork Long Sword +1 6-18 Mithral Long Sword 6-24 Flaming Burst Masterwork Long Sword +1 8-30 Flaming Burst Masterwork Long Sword of Def. +5 16-38 Shock Fine Long Sword of Defense +3 9-53 Icy Burst Mithral Long Sword +1 12-63 Serrated Long Sword 8 Serrated Fine Long Sword 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scimitars Damage (1-handed, Weight: 4.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scimitar 5-7 Wounding Scimitar 5-7 Scimitar +2 7-9 Scimitar +3 8-10 Wounding Fine Scimitar 8-11 Flaming Scimitar 6-13 Masterwork Scimitar of Speed +2 14-18 Mithral Scimitar +2 21-27 Icy Burst Fine Scimitar 9-29 Shock Scimitar +5 11-36 Frost Fine Scimitar of Defense +5 17-36 Flaming Burst Mithral Scimitar +5 33-54 Icy Burst Adamantine Scimitar +1 28-80 Serrated Scimitar 7 Serrated Scimitar +1 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bastard Swords Damage (2-handed, Weight: 10.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bastard Sword 8-18 Flaming Burst Bastard Sword +1 10-25 Frost Bastard Sword +1 10-31 Wounding Mithral Bastard Sword of Defense +3 33-63 Adamantine Bastard Sword +2 40-80 Shock Masterwork Bastard Sword of Defense +3 24-90 Flaming Burst Adamantine Bastard Sword +3 48-108 Flaming Adamantine Bastard Sword of Def. +5 56-116 Icy Burst Adamantine Bastard Sword of Def. +3 48-132 Shocking Burst Mithral Bastard Sword +5 42-141 Serrated Bastard Sword of Defense +3 21 Serrated Mithral Bastard Sword +3 63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Swords Damage (2-handed, Weight: 15.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Sword +3 13-27 Jeweled Great Sword +5 15-29 Masterwork Great Sword of Speed 20-48 Frost Adamantine Great Sword 44-144 Icy Burst Adamantine Great Sword +5 64-164 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Swords Damage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Onyx Sword 90-120 (1-handed, Weight: 10.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spears Damage (2-handed, Weight: 8.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Spear 1-3 Spear 2-6 Spear +1 3-7 Jeweled Fine Spear 3-9 Fine Spear +3 8-14 Mithral Spear +1 9-21 Masterwork Spear of Speed +3 10-18 Flaming Burst Masterwork Spear of Defense +5 16-34 Shocking Burst Masterwork Spear +3 12-66 Serrated Fine Spear 9 Serrated Fine Spear +1 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clubs Damage (1-handed, Weight: 3.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worn Club 1-2 Club 2-3 Club +1 3-4 Club +2 4-5 Club +3 5-6 Fine Club 3-5 Fine Club of Disruption 3-5 Masterwork Club 4-6 Shock Fine Club 5-41 Spiked Club 3 Spiked Club +1 4 Spiked Masterwork Club 6 Spiked Club of Disruption 3 Spiked Fine Club of Disruption 5 Spiked Fine Club of Disruption +1 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maces Damage (1-handed, Weight: 6.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Lt. Mace 1-3 Lt. Mace 1-6 Lt. Mace of Disruption 1-6 Lt. Mace +1 2-7 Lt. Mace +3 4-9 Fine Lt. Mace 2-9 Masterwork Lt. Mace 2-12 Masterwork Lt. Mace of Disruption 2-12 Flaming Masterwork Lt. Mace 4-24 Flaming Burst Mithral Lt. Mace +2 12-42 Flaming Burst Mithral Lt. Mace of Defense +5 21-51 Shocking Burst Masterwork Lt. Mace +5 14-70 Shocking Burst Mithral Lt. Mace +3 15-99 Spiked Lt. Mace +1 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Stars Damage (1-handed, Weight: 12.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Star 8-12 Morning Star of Disruption 8-12 Morning Star of Disruption +1 9-13 Morning Star +2 10-14 Fine Morning Star 12-18 Masterwork Morning Star +1 18-26 Masterwork Morning Star of Disruption +1 18-26 Frost Morning Star of Defense +5 14-29 Masterwork Morning Star of Disruption +5 26-34 Flaming Burst Mithral Morning Star +1 30-57 Mithral Morning Star of Disruption +3 33-45 Flaming Burst Mithral Morning Star of Def. +3 36-63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staves Damage (2-handed, Weight: 4.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worn Staff 1-3 Staff 1-6 Staff of Disruption 1-6 Jeweled Staff of Defense +1 2-7 Fine Staff 2-9 Fine Staff of Disruption 2-9 Jeweled Staff +3 4-9 Masterwork Staff 2-12 Fine Staff +2 5-12 Oak Staff 4-24 Flaming Burst Darkwood Staff 6-36 Wounding Oak Staff of Defense +5 24-44 Shocking Burst Darkwood Staff +1 9-93 Spiked Staff 6 Spiked Staff of Disruption 6 Spiked Staff +2 8 Spiked Fine Staff of Disruption +3 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warhammers Damage (2-handed, Weight: 8.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Warhammer 1-4 Warhammer 1-8 Warhammer of Disruption 1-8 Warhammer +1 2-9 Warhammer of Disruption +2 3-10 Warhammer of Disruption +5 6-13 Fine Warhammer 2-12 Fine Warhammer of Defense +1 3-14 Masterwork Warhammer 2-16 Frost Masterwork Warhammer +2 8-44 Shock Masterwork Warhammer +3 10-70 Shocking Burst Mithral Warhammer +3 15-105 Spiked Warhammer 8 Spiked Warhammer of Disruption +1 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Halberds Damage (2-handed, Weight: 18.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Halberd 2-24 Halberd of Defense +4 6-28 Wounding Fine Halberd of Defense +5 11-44 Icy Burst Fine Halberd +5 12-62 Adamantine Halberd of Speed +3 20-108 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handaxes Damage (1-handed, Weight: 5.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Handaxe 1-3 Handaxe 1-6 Handaxe +1 2-7 Fine Handaxe 2-9 Fine Handaxe +1 3-11 Mithral Handaxe 3-18 Flaming Handaxe +3 5-15 Icy Burst Handaxe +2 4-20 Wounding Mithral Handaxe of Defense +5 18-33 Shock Fine Handaxe of Defense +5 11-53 Shock Masterword Handaxe of Defense + 5 14-70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Battle Axes Damage (2-handed, Weight: 7.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusty Battle Axe 2-6 Battle Axe 4-12 Battle Axe +1 5-13 Battle Axe +2 6-14 Fine Battle Axe 6-18 Fine Battle Axe +! 8-20 Flaming Burst Battle Axe +1 6-19 Shock Battle Axe +3 8-39 Icy Burst Mastework Battle Axe +2 14-52 Shocking Burst Mithral Battle Axe +3 24-117 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Axes Damage (2-handed, Weight: 20.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mithral Great Axe +1 39-51 Jeweled Adamantine Great Axe +2 56-72 Flaming Mithral Great Axe +5 54-81 Shock Mithral Great Axe +3 48-129 Serrated Great Axe 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shortbows Damage (2-handed, Weight: 2.0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worn Shortbow 2-4 Shortbow 4-8 Shortbow +1 5-9 Wounding Shortbow +1 5-9 Shortbow +3 7-11 Flaming Shortbow 5-14 Flaming Shortbow +2 7-16 Fine Shortbow +1 8-14 Fine Shortbow +2 9-15 Masterwork Shortbow +1 10-18 Frost Fine Shortbow +3 12-35 Frost Masterwork Shortbow +2 14-44 Masterwork Shortbow +4 16-24 Icy Burst Darkwood Shortbow +3 24-69 Shock Masterwork Shortbow +5 20-74 Icy Burst Oak Shortbow +5 40-100 Shocking Burst Darkwood Shortbow +5 30-111 Shock Oak Shortbow of Defense +3 32-140 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Weapon Special/Magical Attributes --------------------------------- Rusty : This weapon causes half damage to creatures. Worn : This weapon causes less damage than the normal version. Fine : This weapon causes more damage than the normal version. Mithral : This weapon causes more damage than the normal version. Masterwork : This weapon causes more damage than the normal version. Adamantine : This weapon causes more damage than the normal version. Darkwood : This weapon causes more damage than the normal version. Oak : This weapon causes more damage than the normal version. Spiked : This weapon causes a fixed amount of damage. Serrated : This weapon always causes the maximum amount of damage. Jeweled : This weapon is worth more gold when sold. Burst : This weapon causes extra elemental damage on a critical hit. Fire : This weapon causes fire damage to an opponent when it hits. Flaming : This weapon causes extra fire damage on a critical hit. Frost : This weapon causes frost damage to an opponent when it hits. Icy : This weapon causes extra frost damage on a critical hit. Shock : This weapon causes electrical damage to an opponent when it hits. Shocking : This weapon causes extra electrical damage on a critical hit. Keen : This weapon has an increased chance of scoring critical hits. Disruption : This weapon can destroy undead creatures if hit strongly enough. Defense : This weapon raises your AC by +X points. Wounding : This weapon causes extra poison/wounding damage. Speed : This weapon has an increased attack rate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: You'll notice that magical weapons have a blueish glow to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- H. Armor List -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --------------------------------------------- Chest Armor AC Weight --------------------------------------------- Clothes 0 5.0 Worn Padded Armor 5 12.0 Padded Armor 6 12.0 Elven Padded Armor 6 6.0 Jeweled Padded Armor +1 7 12.0 Padded Armor +1 7 12.0 Padded Armor +2 8 12.0 Padded Armor +3 9 12.0 Leather Armor 9 15.0 Leather Armor +1 10 15.0 Studded Leather Armor 12 17.0 Studded Leather Armor +1 13 17.0 Studded Leather Armor +3 15 17.0 Scale Mail 21 30.0 Scale Mail +1 22 30.0 Elven Scale Mail +2 23 15.0 Chain Mail 24 40.0 Chain Mail +2 26 40.0 Chain Mail +3 27 40.0 Half Plate Mail 30 46.0 Full Plate Mail 39 50.0 Full Plate Mail +3 42 50.0 Full Plate Mail +5 44 50.0 --------------------------------------------- Boots AC Weight --------------------------------------------- Cloth Boots 0 3.0 Worn Leather Boots 1 2.0 Padded Boots 1 2.0 Padded Boots +1 2 2.0 Padded Boots +2 3 2.0 Leather Boots 2 2.0 Leather Boots +1 3 2.0 Studded Leather Boots 3 3.5 Studded Leather Boots +1 4 3.5 Jeweled Studded Leather Boots +1 4 3.5 Studded Leather Boots +3 6 3.5 Scale Boots 5 3.0 Scale Boots +1 6 3.0 Scale Boots +5 10 3.0 Chain Boots 7 4.0 Chain Boots +2 9 4.0 Chain Boots +5 12 4.0 Half Plate Boots 9 5.0 Half Plate Boots +1 10 5.0 Half Plate Boots +3 12 5.0 Half Plate Boots +4 13 5.0 Half Plate Boots +5 14 5.0 Full Plate Boots 12 6.0 Full Plate Boots +3 15 6.0 Full Plate Boots +5 17 6.0 --------------------------------------------- Gloves/Bracers AC Weight --------------------------------------------- Cloth Bracers 0 1.0 Worn Leather Gloves 1 1.0 Padded Gloves 1 1.0 Padded Gloves +1 2 1.0 Padded Gloves +2 3 1.0 Leather Gloves 2 1.0 Leather Gloves +2 4 1.0 Studded Leather Gloves 3 2.0 Studded Leather Gloves +1 4 2.0 Studded Leather Gloves +3 6 2.0 Scale Gloves 5 2.0 Scale Gloves +1 6 2.0 Scale Gloves +2 7 2.0 Scale Gloves +4 9 2.0 Chain Gloves 7 2.0 Chain Gloves +1 8 2.0 Chain Gloves +5 12 2.0 Half Plate Gloves 9 4.0 Half Plate Gloves +5 14 4.0 Full Plate Gloves 12 4.0 Full Plate Gloves +5 17 4.0 --------------------------------------------- Helmet AC Weight --------------------------------------------- Worn Padded Helmet 0 1.0 Worn Leather Helmet 1 1.0 Padded Helmet 1 1.0 Padded Helmet +1 2 1.0 Padded Helmet +2 3 1.0 Elven Padded Helmet +1 2 0.5 Leather Helmet 2 1.0 Leather Helmet +1 3 1.0 Leather Helmet +5 7 1.0 Studded Leather Helmet 3 2.0 Studded Leather Helmet +1 4 2.0 Studded Leather Helmet +2 5 2.0 Scale Helmet 5 3.0 Scale Helmet +1 6 3.0 Chain Helmet 7 4.0 Chain Helmet +1 8 4.0 Chain Helmet +4 11 4.0 Half Plate Helmet 9 7.0 Half Plate Helmet +1 10 7.0 Half Plate Helmet +3 12 7.0 Half Plate Helmet +5 14 7.0 Full Plate Helmet 12 8.0 --------------------------------------------- Shields AC Weight --------------------------------------------- Worn Wooden Shield 1 5.0 Wooden Shield 2 5.0 Wooden Shield +1 3 5.0 Wooden Shield +2 4 5.0 Iron Shield 4 15.0 Iron Shield +1 5 15.0 Iron Shield +2 6 15.0 ------------------------ Armor Special Attributes ------------------------ Elven : This piece of armor weighs half the normal amount. Jeweled : This piece of armor is worth more money when you sell it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: You'll notice that magical armor items have a blueish glow to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I. Magical Item List (Rings and Amulets) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIP: Mundane rings and amulets, just like jewels like rubies, can be sold for extra gold. Make sure to sell them whenever you visit a merchant. It also might be a good idea to sell off weaker magical rings and amulets once you get more powerful ones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rings Effects ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Ring of Protection +1 Raises AC by 1 point. Ring of Protection +3 Raises AC by 3 points. Ring of Protection +5 Raises AC by 5 points. Ring of Regeneration +1 Accelerates health regeneration. Ring of Regeneration +5 Accelerates health regeneration. Ring of Rejuvenation +5 Accelerates mana regeneration. Ring of Strength +3 Raises Strength by 3 points. Ring of Strength +4 Raises Strength by 4 points. Ring of Strength +5 Raises Strength by 5 points. Ring of Dexterity +2 Raises Dexterity by 2 points. Ring of Dexterity +4 Raises Dexterity by 4 points. Ring of Dexterity +5 Raises Dexterity by 5 points. Ring of Constitution +1 Raises Constitution by 1 point. Ring of Constitution +4 Raises Constitution by 4 points. Ring of Constitution +5 Raises Constitution by 5 points. Ring of Intellect +5 Raises Intelligence by 5 points. ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Amulets Effects ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Amulet of Protection +2 Raises AC by 2 points. Amulet of Protection +4 Raises AC by 4 points. Amulet of Regeneration +3 Accelerates health regeneration. Amulet of Regeneration +5 Accelerates health regeneration. Amulet of Rejuvenation +5 Accelerates mana regeneration. Amulet of Strength +1 Raises Strength by 1 point. Amulet of Strength +2 Raises Strength by 2 points. Amulet of Strength +5 Raises Strength by 5 points. Amulet of Dexterity +1 Raises Dexterity by 1 point. Amulet of Dexterity +2 Raises Dexterity by 2 points. Amulet of Constitution +2 Raises Constitution by 2 points. Amulet of Constitution +3 Raises Constitution by 3 points. Amulet of Constitution +5 Raises Constitution by 5 points. Amulet of Intellect +2 Raises Intelligence by 2 points. Amulet of Intellect +4 Raises Intelligence by 4 points. Amulet of Intellect +5 Raises Intelligence by 5 points. ----------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- J. Helpful Tips -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. In the beginning of the game, your character is weak. If you get swarmed by many enemies, retreat to a safe place and fight them one by one. This also allows you to recuperate your hit points and arcane energy. 2. Smash and break everything you can. Barrels, urns, crates and vases sometimes contain gold pieces and other useful items. 3. Watch out for exploding barrels. If you approach a barrel and it says 'Ignite', wait for the right moment and ignite it with the Square button when enemies are near it. Make sure to be far away from the exploding barrel. 4. Save often. As in any game of this type, saving your game often is a necessity. Contrary to some other RPG games, there is no penalty in this one for saving often so use it well. 5. Recall potions are useful, especially in the later parts of the game where convenient exits back to a safe point aren't near. Always make sure to carry at least 4 or 5 recall potions on you at all times. Also, remember that you can use a recall potion when you're in a safe point to return to your spot in the dungeon or wilderness. 6. Use the map. It's an often forgotten extra feature in games like these. Using it makes the game a bit easier but it's useful whenever you are lost in a dungeon or the wilderness somewhere. 7. Gems in this game are only useful for one thing: extra gold. Sell them if you ever get any, you won't be able to use them anywhere. Gems become more useful in the sequel (which is great, by the way). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Look for more helpful tips and hints scattered throughout this document. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- K. Combat Strategies -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --------------- Dwarven Fighter --------------- Of course, the Dwarven Fighter's speciality is melee combat. His Sword and Fist feat can wreak havoc on enemies really quickly. When you play this class, you can expect to be in melee combat for most, if not all of the game. No real strategies here except to be careful about not being swarmed by enemies too much. When faced with multiple enemies, retreat to a safe distance, preferably a doorway or a narrow space and let the enemies come at you one by one. ------------- Arcane Archer ------------- As the name of the class implies, this character's speciality is ranged combat. I've played only one game so far with this class and the feat that impressed me the most was Hail of Arrows. With many ranks in this feat, your Archer can be very deadly. Be careful about using the Archer in melee combat, however. Even though he can handle himself quite well with a melee weapon, he tends to generally have a lot less hit points than say the Dwarven Fighter. Beware the swarming monsters and the heavy hitters like the golems in the latter part of the game. --------------- Elven Sorceress --------------- Well, she's not much of a fighter but she makes up for it with very potent magic spells. My favorite is Ball Lightning, with 5 ranks, it causes 180 points of damage per -second-, wreaking havoc on large groups of enemies. Fireballs are tricky because they can damage you if you shoot them while too close to your foes. Melf's Acid Arrow is a good starting spell. As with all classes, the trick is to not get swarmed by enemies and with Adrianna, it's very important since she's the weakest of the 3 characters and can easily be killed by large groups of enemies. Retreat back to a safe place (especially narrow corridors) and cast spells at your enemies from a distance. She can't use great weapons like two-handed swords and two-handed axes at all in the game, so that's a fairly big weakness on the melee side. Lastly, she doesn't have access to the Endurance feat, so you'll find yourself returning to town very often to sell extra stuff and restock on potions. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A C T 1 - B A L D U R ' S G A T E -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1-1. The Elfsong Tavern -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- After entering the tavern, you speak to the half-elven bartender, Lady Alyth. She tells you about the eerie song being sung by the elf maiden spirit. You ask her about the thieves that attacked you in the streets. She says they might be members of a new thieve's guild in Baldur's Gate. It seems this new thieve's guild is at war with the old thieve's guild. She warns you about them. You insist on finding them. She suggests you try the sewers. She thinks they are using them to move around the city and that maybe that's why there are sewer rats being driven to the surface. She says there's a gate in the cellar of the tavern but that the door that leads to it is locked. She proposes a deal. If you help her clear out the rats that are infesting the cellars of her tavern, she'll give you the key that leads to the sewer gate and a few gold pieces to help you get back on your feet. You accept the deal. The door to the cellar is locked and she says you can get the key from Ethon. Ethon ----- Go talk to the guy standing next to Alyth near the bar. His name is Ethon and he's a regular of the Elfsong Tavern. You ask him to get the key that leads to the cellar, telling him about the deal you made with Alyth. You ask him about the thieves that attacked you in the streets. You insist that you wish to find them, even after he warns you to stay away from them. He also warns you about the rats in the sewers. He gives you the key to the cellar and a dagger. He asks that you don't stay down there too long or he'll have to come get you. Lortimer -------- Sleeping at a table, you can try talking to him but he won't respond. Nebbish ------- This man is standing near the door to the cellar. You ask him about the thieves that are in Baldur's Gate. He tells you about Alyth cutting him off from spending gold at her bar. With the cellars locked, he can't get a bottle to tide him over. He asks you to find a bottle for him. He says he'll make it worth your while. Bartley the Shop Keeper ----------------------- Bartley has set up shop inside of the tavern because of the thieve's guilds war. You can buy weapons, armor, potions and other equipment from Bartley. You can also sell off excess equipment to him to get gold to purchase better weapons and armor. However, you have no gold to start with. Head down to the cellar by unlocking the door next to Nebbish and going down the ladder. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1-2. The Cellars -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIP: The first act of the game is extremely straightforward. If you ever get lost in the cellars, sewers, crypt or thieve's guild, I pity you, very much. ;) This game features one of the best auto-map features I've seen in recent memory. Use it often whenever you're not sure about where you are and where you are going. I suggest you put the map in the top right corner of the screen because having the map over the main screen can get distracting after a while. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigate through the cellars, killing rats, breaking every barrel and urn you encounter, looking out for gold pieces and potions. Keep an eye out for treasure chests containing among other things, gold pieces, a Rusty Short Sword, a Ruby and a Worn Wooden Shield. After killing all of the rats, you can either go back up to the tavern to collect your reward from Alyth, sell some stuff and buy new equipment or you can continue exploring. You'll encounter kobolds further into the cellars. Be on the lookout for the wine bottle for Nebbish. You find a Rusty Long Sword and a Rusty Battle Axe in treasure chests along the way. You'll also encounter some spiders down in the cellar. Be careful to not let them swarm you. You should eventually reach a locked door that leads to the sewers. Before heading back up (either by walking back or by using a Recall potion), make sure to search for the secret passage in the north of that room. It leads to a room with loot inside. Go back to the tavern. Talk to Alyth. She asks you if you saw Ethon down in the cellars. He followed you down there not long ago to look for you. She's worried that he might be lost or that he even wandered down into the sewers. You tell Alyth that you'll look for Ethon down in the sewers. She gives you 75 gold pieces for the reward and the key that leads to the sewers. You also gain 200 experience points for completing her quest. Talk to Nebbish. Give him the wine bottle you found in the cellars. He gives you an Extra Healing Potion in thanks. You also gain 100 experience points for completing this quest. Finally, before heading to the sewers, sell off your excess equipment and jewels to Bartley and purchase better weapons and armor, if you can. I suggest you sell off all your Rejuvenation Potions for extra money, unless you're using the Sorceress. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1-3. The Sewers -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIP: If you head back down the cellars on your way to the sewers, keep an eye out for any left over barrels, crates and urns you might have missed during your first trip. Also, there are some random gold pieces lying on the ground. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you first enter the sewers, you see a cutscene with Karne, the thief that attacked you in the streets. He has captured Ethon. Karne orders a thief to take an orb to the shrine of Ilmater. -------------- Sewers Level 1 -------------- You'll encounter rats when you first enter the sewers. Beware of the kobolds in the next room. Some of them wield spears. To proceed further, you'll need to push a lever in the adjoining room. This will slide open the door, allowing you access to the next room. There will be four kobolds throwing spears at you behind some crates. Head into the waterway and you'll encounter some more rats and kobolds. Watch out for the bugbear leading a small group of kobolds in one of the rooms. Beware the large group of spear-wielding kobolds waiting for you at the end of the big hallway. Retreat back into the safety of the crates and boxes if you need a breather. Pull the 3 levers in this room to open the door to the next area. Battle some rats in the shallow water. Climb up the crates and jump to get to the crate pile with two chests on top. There's also another treasure chest atop a crate pile further on. Climb up the crates again to get to the next area. There will be a bugbear and a few kobolds waiting for you. Continue in the sewers, fighting kobolds along the way. You'll arrive in a big room with shallow water. Spear-throwing kobolds are in the middle of the pool. Get to them quickly. From there, head east, pushing the crates out of your way. You'll find your way to a small complex filled with kobold bodies. In one of the rooms, you'll encounter a giant rat. Make sure to loot all of the bodies of the dead kobolds on the way. Head back to the big room, save your game and go north, pulling the lever to open the door. You'll encounter another bugbear. In the next big room, you'll encounter the bugbear chieftain you saw conversing with Karne in the previous cutscene. He orders his kobolds to attack. --------------------------- | BOSS: Bugbear Chieftain | --------------------------- Actually, the biggest threat to this boss are his kobold lackeys. Don't let them swarm you. Just hack away at the kobolds, taking shelter if they outnumber you too much. Once the kobolds are out of the way, hack away at the bugbear chieftain and he'll eventually die. Keep an eye on your Health Bar at all times, drinking Healing Potions when necessary. You'll find a prison cell key on the chieftain's body. After defeating the bugbear chieftain and the kobolds, loot the room. Head to the east and you'll find cells. Ethon is in the middle cell. Open the cell door with the key you found on the chieftain to rescue him. He's grateful for the rescue. He felt guilty about you heading down in the sewers so he decided to follow you down. No sooner did he enter the sewers that he was knocked down by kobolds and brought to this prison cell. He used the entrance to the sewers in the city to reach the sewers. He admits he was once a thief in the old guild but has long since retired. He managed to pick a key on the bugbear chieftain that might lead deeper into the sewers. He also overheard a conversation between some thieves about something they're planning. He doesn't know what but he says you'll have to head deeper into the sewers to discover what. He says he'll meet up with you in the Elfsong Tavern and that you should come back to him once you learn what the thieves are up to. At this point in the game, you should have achieved level 3 of experience. However, you might be carrying a lot of loot that you could sell off. Climb the stairs in the room where you fought the chieftain and the kobolds to head back to the city and go back to the Tavern to sell the stuff to Bartley. -------------- Elfsong Tavern -------------- Talk to Ethon and he'll offer you 100 gold coins and an Amulet of Dexterity +1 for rescuing from the sewers. You also get 200 experience point as a quest reward. Talk to Alyth and she'll also offer you 200 gold coins for your troubles. You'll also get 300 experience points as a quest reward. Finally, you'll notice two new patrons in the tavern. Talk to Ipswitch. He came to Baldur's Gate to pay his respects at the Shrine of Suffering, the Temple of Ilmater. He came to find the temple sealed. He fears that something bad has happened but he doesn't know what. He wanted to visit the shrine to pay his respects to his brother and to take his medallion back with him. It was always his brother's intention to pass the medallion down to the family and since Ipswitch has a son now, he wishes to hand him the medallion. However, since the temple is sealed, he doesn't know what to do. Offer your help in retrieving the medallion. Talk to Osala. She wants to be left alone. She seems distraught and is waiting for someone, her man, Keissen. He left for an expedition to a place called the Battles of the Bones, in the North, but he hasn't returned. He'd been asked to retrieve an orb by someone and was getting paid handsomly for it. She said that before he left, he acted strange around her, almost hypnotized, like he was charmed or something. He was obsessed with finding his orb for his new employer. She says they agreed to meet here, in the Elfsong but she hasn't heard from him. She fears that orb he recovered might have done something horrible to him. You offer to tell her about Keissen should you see or hear of him. When you are ready to proceed, go back to the room in the sewers and open the door leading north. You'll find stairs leading to the second level of the sewers. -------------- Sewers Level 2 -------------- Head north and you'll encounter some bugbears. In the water-filled room, you'll fight some gelatinous cubes, which usually bear some good items worth looting. Head east and you'll fight some bugbears and kobolds. You'll also encounter green slimes for the first time. At the save pedestal, head east, passing by steam pipes. You'll fight more green slimes. Pull the lever in the room at the end. Head back west and go north, watching out for the steam coming out of the pipes again. At the crossroads, head west and fight a gelatinous cube. Back at the crossroads, head north. More green slimes and gelatinous cubes. You'll reach a circular room with a pool of water. Green slimes and chest. Exit room and head east. At the end of the hallway, watch out for the room filled with green slimes. Retreat if low on health to drink healing potions. Pull the lever in the small room. Go back to crossroads. Head west. Even more of the slimey creatures. You'll notice a save pedestal to the north with closed doors. Head east to find yet another circular room with a pool. More green slimes that surround another lever. Pull it and head back to the save pedestal to go north, through the now opened doors. You'll reach a staircase that leads to a crypt. Climb down. You'll see another cutscene with Karne discussing with his employer. They discuss the magical orb that the thief is bringing to the crypt. His employer asks to bring him the prisoner. Karne admits that the prisoner has been rescued and his employer isn't happy. He orders Karne to have his men search the sewers. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1-4. The Crypt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: After playing for a while, you should now be accustomed to using the map feature in the game to find where you are where you need to go. Therefore, to not bog down this document too much, I'll skip giving directions unless some are absolutely needed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIP: Try to avoid using slashing or piercing weapons in the crypt since the skeletons are strong against those types of weapons. Use blunt weapons like maces, clubs or morningstars. Also, if you've found a good blunt weapon that has the Disruption magical ability, equip it now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Crypt Level 1 ------------- Explore the rooms in the crypts, watching out for the zombies and skeletons. You'll encouter a priest of Ilmater named Fayed. He tends the crypts and performs burial rites here at the Shrine of Suffering, the Temple of Ilmater in Baldur's Gate. He's distraught about a strange set of tracks he found that lead to a strange magical orb. He escaped when he noticed undead walking around. He sealed off this level. However, undead creatures still lurk on this level. He mentions the way he barricaded this level by knocking off urns from their pedestals to seal off the lower levels of the crypt. He believes the undead are coming from that strange orb down in the crypts. You can ask Fayed to heal you. You agree to seek out and destroy the foul orb that's raising all of the undead in the crypts. Continue exploring the crypt, watching out for the skeleton archers along the way. You'll notice some tracks on the crypt floor at regular intervals. Seems someone has passed through here recently. You can follow the trail if you wish but you'll lose it sometimes. Explore all the rooms and passages of the crypt, cleaning out every undead creature you find. When you get to the large room with the save pedestal in the middle, save and head east. You'll find another large room with undead creatures. Go to the end of the room and keep an eye out for the medallion for Ipswitch on top of a stone coffin lid. Go back to the room with the save pedestal and head north. Watch out for the large group of skeleton archers in the next room. You'll notice three urns lying on the ground which you can push. For now, climb the stairs leading back up to town. The stairs will come out near the Temple of Ilmater, on the surface. Head to the Elfsong Tavern. -------------- Elfsong Tavern -------------- Give the medallion to Ipswitch and he'll offer his thanks and a very potent weapon to use against the undead, a Lt. Mace of Disruption +1. You also get 300 experience points as a quest reward. Sell off your extra stuff. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIP: If you have enough money, buy the suit of Scale Mail. The undead creatures will have a hard time hitting you if you're wearing Scale Mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once back in the crypt, push the three urns onto the stone squares at the north end of the room. You might need to place them in a certain order. The order is random (apparently) so place each urn one by one on the squares. You'll hear a faint clicking sound when you've placed an urn on the right spot. The stone disk covering the stairs leading to the second level of the crypt will slide open, allowing you access. Climb down the stairs. ------------- Crypt Level 2 ------------- From the stairs, head west then north. You'll pick up the trail again. Destroy the undead creatures in your path. At the intersection, go east and west to small alcoves with undead, then head north. Another large room with more undead creatures. Keep an eye out for one of the chests at the end of the room, near the save pedestal. It contains a very useful Morning Star of Disruption +1. Continue heading north and reach the next save pedestal. Boss fight coming up. Head north. You'll enter the Chamber of Ashes that Fayed talked about. In the middle of the room, there lies the strange orb that seems to be animating the undead in the crypt. It rises up and suddenly, skeletons surround you... --------------------------- | BOSS: Orb of the Undead | --------------------------- First, attack the orb while it's low on the pedestal. Eventually, it will rise up into the air and summon skeletons to attack you. Defeat the skeletons and the orb will lower itself again. Attack it again. It will summon a few waves of skeletons. After hitting the draining the orb's energy by attacking it, it will shatter. Just make sure not to let the skeletons gang up on you, moving away if need be. Once you've destroyed the orb, Fayed enters the room. He wonders where that orb came from. You search the body of a thief that's lying on the ground. You find a map of the sewers on him. You swear to Fayed that you'll find those responsible for this horrible act. He appreciates your help, offers you an Amulet of Protection +2 for your efforts and says he'll consult with his colleagues concerning this matter. He says to watch for a messenger at the Elfsong Tavern if they ever find out more info. You gain 750 experience points as a quest reward for destroying the Orb of the Undead. You can either walk back to the stairs leading up to town or use a recall potion to return to the Elfsong Tavern. -------------- Elfsong Tavern -------------- First, go talk to Osala and mention the body of the thief you found in the crypt. She'll thank you for putting her soul at ease and offer you a Ring of Protection +1 as thanks. You get 750 experience points as a quest reward. You'll notice a new male patron standing next to Ethon at the bar and another female patron on the other side of the bar, near the save pedestal. Talk to Alyth first. She says the man has been waiting to speak with you and that he's been talking to Ethon for hours. Talk to Ethon. He says the man's name is Jherek and that he wants to speak with you. He's worked with him in the past and says you can trust him. Talk to Jherek. He's intrigued by your bravery and efforts in the sewers and in the Shrine of Suffering. He admits that Ethon and he are members of the Harpers, a group of good-aligned people sworn to protect the Realms against evil. He invites you to join the Harpers. You can refuse, of course, but you won't be able to get any further if you don't, so accept his offer. Jherek has a task for you. He says the orb you encountered was put there for a reason, to cause chaos, to distract the city watch so that another group could act freely. The new thieves' guild which has declared war on the old thieves' guild. He asks you to infiltrate this new guild and to find out who or what is behind it. He says another agent tracked down a secret door on the first level of the sewers that might lead to this guild. He says it's locked magically and that they haven't found a way to open it yet. You show the key you found on Keissen's body. Jherek takes the key and places an echantment on it. He says to bring the key close to the secret door in the sewers and the key will open it. Talk to the new female patron, Keaira. She mentions the thieves plaguing Baldur's Gate. She's part of a merchant caravan that got attacked by thieves outside of the city. They killed off most of the guards and stole most of the goods of the caravan, including a rare box of spices from Amn. She has tried to track down the guild but with no luck. You offer to keep an eye out for the box of spices, since you are looking for this guild yourself. Head out into the city and enter the sewers via the grate. From the stairs, head east, past the cells where you freed Ethon. Go at the end of the hallway and the secret door to the thieves' guild will open. Another cutscene with Karne and his employer. They talk about the destruction of the orb in the Shrine of Suffering. Karne mentions you to his employer. His employer is revealed to be a beholder! The beholder says that if Karne fails, he'll see to the matter, personally. ~gulp~ Heh heh. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1-5. The Thieves' Guild -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ---------------------- Thieves' Guild Level 1 ---------------------- Head east and you'll encounter a trio of thieves. Search the weapon racks. You will also encounter some kobolds and some more thieves along the way. You'll come to a room with a throne at the end of the room with a treasure chest next to it. There's a Long Sword +1 inside the chest. In that room, there is also a stairway leading back up to the city. Come back here if you need to restock your potion supply or sell stuff to Bartley. Continue exploring the rooms and hallways of the guild. Watch out for ambushes by large groups of thieves. Don't let them gang up on you. Head north, past the save pedestal, searching the side rooms for loot. After the save pedestal, go east and follow the hallway. Kill the beholder spores. In the room at the end of the hallway, there will be several treasure chests and the box of spices Keaira is looking for. Among the weapons you'll find the chests are a Shortbow +1 and a Battle Axe +1. Now would be a good time to head back to the Elfsong Tavern by using the staircase you found earlier. -------------- Elfsong Tavern -------------- Give the box of spices to Keaira. She'll be grateful and offer you an Iron Shield +1 as gratitude for your actions. You'll also get a 500 experience point quest reward. Make sure to sell all your extra stuff to Bartley and to stock up on potions before heading back to the guild. There's a stairway leading to the second level of the guild at the north end of the hallway, north of the save pedestal. ---------------------- Thieves' Guild Level 2 ---------------------- You'll enter a series of various traps and pitfalls on this level, including pillars that throw fireballs and stone platforms that fall after you step on them. The level is thankfully spattered with save pedestals so use them wisely. You'll encounter a group of thieves in some shallow water. Also, watch out for spiders and a very large specimen later on in the level, after jumping across the large stone platform maze. I have it on good authority from ffixeiko's husband (ffixeiko is a very good friend of mine that recommended the game to me , Hello! ^_^) that this section 'sucketh mightly'...or worse! Just keep trying and you'll get by. Doing it alone is fairly easy. Doing it when playing 2-player mode is rough. The very large spider can poison you so keep an eye on your health meter. You'll fight some more smaller spiders along the way, some green slimes, a gelatinous cube, a large group of beholder spores, a group of spiders lead by a very large spider again, a group of rates and finally, another gauntlet of pillars that throws fireballs. Save at the pedestal. Make sure you have at least 20 healing potions in your inventory. If not, head back to town to buy some. You'll fight Karne. --------------- | BOSS: Karne | --------------- Watch out for the daggers he throws, they are fairly lethal. He'll eventually use smoke bombs to confuse you. Keep hacking away at him with everything you have and keep an eye on your health bar. After you've defeated him, loot his corpse for some nice magical items and proceed to the third level of the guild. ---------------------- Thieves' Guild Level 3 ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIP: Make regular trips at the Tavern if you find yourself low on potions. Make sure you will have enough for when you'll face Xantam, the beholder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pull the lever to lower the force field. In the next room, watch out for the rotating eye. If it catches you in its line of sight, it will shoot some disintegrating rays at you that are lethal. Next, you'll face pillars that shoot arrows at you. Navigate through, trying not to get hit too much, saving at each pedestal you find. You'll encounter more of the disintegrating eyes. Pull the levers while avoiding their deadly gaze, taking cover behind some barricades when necessary. You'll also encounter a room filled with levers that need to be pulled. There's a rotating eye at the middle. Time yourself well. In the last room before the throne room, you'll face three bugbears. Save your game and enter the throne room. ----------------------------- | BOSS: Xantam the Beholder | ----------------------------- Xantam uses the magical eyes he has at his disposal. Evade their effects as best you can, occasionally moving in to hack away at the beholder with your weapons, arrows or spells. You'll find that his bite isn't as lethal as his magical eyes. If you're wearing strong armor like Scale Mail, he'll have a hard time hitting you. After killing Xantam, Jherek enters the throne room and shows you the map hanging on the wall. It shows Baldur's Gate, the Sunset Mountains and the Marsh of Cherlimber linked with black lines. There's a teleportation gate in the throne room that Jherek says leads to the Sunset Mountains. He entrusts you to go through the gate to investigate what is going on in the Sunset Mountains. He offers you a Flaming Long Sword +1, a Fine Shortbow +1, 2000 gold pieces and you receive 2000 experience points as a quest reward. Whenever you are ready to proceed, head through the teleportation gate, to the Sunset Mountains... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A C T 2 - T H E S U N S E T M O U N T A I N S -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-1. Wind's Walk -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You emerge from the teleportation gate in some kind of desolate place. Start walking along the path in the moutain, fighting gnolls, ogres and yetis along the way. You'll eventually reach a mine camp. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-2. The Mining Camp -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This is a dwarven mining camp. Head into the camp and talk to Branoch the Shop Keeper. You can sell your extra stuff to him and purchase some new weapons and armor. Continue wandering in the camp and you'll meet Torrgeir. If you're playing as the Dwarven Fighter, you'll recognize him as one of your clan brothers. He says a patrol of drow raided their mines and were forced to establish this camp. They sealed off the mines and trapped the drow inside. You offer to enter the mines and drive off the drow. Torrgeir tells you about some warriors led by their leader, Kolgrim, that went to the Burning Eye to light the fire to signal their allies in Easting. He says he has heard no news of the warriors. The gate to the mines were closed with the Key of Dumathoin. He says Kolgrim has the key that leads to the mines. You tell him that you'll try to find Kolgrim and persuade him to let you use the key to enter the mines. Leave the village by going east, towards the Burning Eye Base. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: If you are playing as Kromlech, the dwarves of the camp are a lot less suspicious about your arrival. Actually, Kromlech is part of this clan of dwarves. If you're playing as Vahn or Adrianna, the dwarves will wonder who you are and what you're doing here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-3. Burning Eye Base -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Travel in the forest, fighting wolves along the way, following the trail. The trail will start climbing into the moutains. You'll find a gnoll camp along the way. The mountain path will start getting icy. You'll fight some more wolves and some snow yetis. Before continuing north to the Burning Eye Summit, head east and you'll find a cave. Inside, there are some wolves, some gold and some healing potions. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-4. Burning Eye Summit - Part 1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Head north and you'll find an Ice Cave. Inside, you'll find some chests, crates and exploding barrels. Head outside again and continue north. You will fight some more gnolls and ogres in their camp. Continue north and you'll have three path choices : east, west and north. Head east first. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-5. Burning Eye Summit East -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Here, you'll fight some wolves. Head down the path and you'll end up in a large camp site for some gnolls and ogres. Search all of the camp site, killing every gnoll and ogre you find, searching chests, crates and weapons racks. In the southern part of the camp, you'll find the remains of a dwarven fighter. Search his remains and you'll find a torch for lighting the Signal Tower. Exit this camp and return to the crossroads to head west, this time. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-6. Burning Eye Summit West -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Carefully navigate the icy walkways, fighting gnolls, ogres and wolves along the way. Keep an eye on your map to figure out where you need to go. This area is fairly vast so make sure to kill everything you can, for experience and gold. You will eventually discover an Ice Cave. Inside, there will be yetis and the remains of another dwarf. Search his body to find a slab of flint, for lighting the Signal Tower. Head back to the crossroads and go north. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-7. Burning Eye Summit - Part 2 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- After going north at the crossroads, you'll see two paths, one heading higher into the mountain and another one, heading west. Take the one heading west first. You'll find another Ice Cave. You'll find Kolgrim inside. He's badly wounded. He says you need to light the Signal Fire at the top of the Burning Eye mountain. You ask him about the key to the mines. He says that one of the others has it. They were attacked by a dragon and most of the warriors were frozen solid. The one carrying the key is frozen next to the signal fire. He says you'll have to light the signal fire to get to the key. To light the fire, he says you'll need to find the fuel and tinder his comrades are carrying to light the flame. He offers you a flask of oil to fuel the Signal Tower. His wounds are too great and he dies. Exit the cave and head back east, then head up the mountain, to the Signal Tower. Make sure you have all three items needed to light the Signal Tower : the torch, the flint and the oil flask. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-8. Burning Eye Peak -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- At the peak of the mountain, you'll find some gnolls bodies lying everwhere and you'll encounter some will o'wisps. Continue heading up the mountain. You will reach the Signal Tower. Light it with the three items you found and the frozen body of the dwarf will melt away, allowing you take the key to the mines. A cutscene will be shown. It seems the Signal Tower you've just lit has attracted the attention of a white dragon... Anyway, head back to the mining camp, by either walking or using a recall potion. --------------- The Mining Camp --------------- Back at the mining camp, go talk to Torrgeir. He says he saw the Signal Fire from atop the Burning Eye Peak and that you've retrieved the key. He asks if any of the dwarves from the expedition survived. You tell him that they fought valiantly but most were slain by a dragon. You insist on entering the mines to make the drow pay for they have done. He says to hold the key in your left hand as you approach the door and push it inside the door and the door should melt within itself, allowing you to enter the mines. Head east, towards the path to the Burning Eye Base and you'll notice the entrance to the mines on the cliff side. Insert the Key of Dumathoin into the mine door. Enter the mines. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-9. The Mines -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----------------- The Mines Level 1 ----------------- You'll fight some rats and you'll encounter some drows in the mines. Navigate around the rooms and hallways. Watch out for the drow crossbowmen with poisoned arrows, they are deadly. At the second interesection in the mines, head east to find some more drow and a shaft gear for a dwarven mine elevator. You'll need that later on. Back at the intersection, head north to find another tunnel complex with drow and another shaft gear for the mine elevator. Finally, head west from the intersection. You'll encounter some spiders and yet another shaft gear for the mine elevator. At the north end of this western branch of the mine, you'll find the elevator shaft leading to the second level of the mines. You'll need the 3 shaft gears before you can go down, since the elevator is broken. ----------------- The Mines Level 2 ----------------- More drow inhabit this level of the mines, including some females that can cast spells of poison and frost. Be careful, there are pits that will lead to your death scattered around this level of the mines. From the elevator shaft, head north first to a small tunnel complex. Then, back the the shaft, head west, saving along the way. The tunnel will turn north, eventually. There will be two narrow tunnels, one to the east and one to the west. The western one leads to a dead end. Watch out for the exploding barrels along the way. Taking the eastern narrow tunnel, you'll end up in another mine room. From there, an interesection runs east-west. The western tunnel leads to a complex filled with spiders while the eastern tunnel leads to another large complex inhabited with drow including some that are mounted on giant lizards. Head north from there, following the narrow tunnel, entering yet another large complex with drow. At the north end of this complex, you'll find the elevator shaft leading to the Drow Underworld. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-10. The Drow Underworld -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In the first cavern, you will encounter some umber hulks. These beasts can cause quite a lot of damage all by themselves so make sure to keep an eye on your health bar at all times. Explore the tunnels and you'll encounter some more drow and some more umber hulks. You'll end up inside a huge cavern with a drow camp site. At the eastern end of the cavern, you'll find some cells with a dwarf trapped inside. Come back here when you've found the cell door key. Head to the north end of the cavern. You'll meet a drow priestess of Lloth named Ilivarra. She will attack you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: If you are playing as Adrianna, Ilivarra will say something different to you, mostly relating to the eternal blood feud there is between the dark elves and the surface elves. I felt it added a nice touch to the game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- | BOSS: Ilivarra the Drow Priestess | ------------------------------------- Ilivarra will use all of the spells at her disposal to attack you. She might summon some undead minions to attack you, magic missiles, poison arrows, fireballs. She can also teleport at will so watch your back. After defeating her, you'll find a horn with a cell key attached to it. Loot the rest of her body and go back to the eastern end of the cavern to free the dwarf trapped inside the cell. The prisoner's name is Brogan. He asks you if you're of the Harpers. You ask him if he's one of their agents as well. He says he was their eyes in the Sunset Mountains. He talks about the gnolls and ogres being banded together by the drow. He mentions the dragon. The drows plans were to take over these mines and they enlisted the aid of the gnolls and ogres for their attack. You mention the teleportation gate you found in Baldur's Gate that lead to the dwarven camp. You think that someone might be intending to move the gnoll and ogre troops through the gate and attack the city. Brogan mentions something about the drow talking about another teleportation gate that leads to the Marsh of Cherlimber. You ask him where the gate is that leads to the Marsh. He thinks the gate is located within an ice cave in the mountains. He says he'll mark the location of the cave on your map. He says the cave is sealed with a massive sheet of ice. He mentions the horn the drow priestess carried. You tell him you have the horn and that you'll find this new teleportation gate to the Marsh of Cherlimber. Use a recall potion, if you have one, to head back to the dwarven mining camp. --------------- The Mining Camp --------------- Back at the camp, go talk to Torrgeir. He says he was worried about you. He asks you if the drow still hold the mines. You say you have defeated the drow. He offers you 3000 gold pieces as thanks and you gain 2000 experience points as a quest reward. You tell him about meeting Brogan inside the mines and the ice cave in these parts. He warns you to be careful if you go looking for it. Take the northern path from the mining camp to head into the Dark Forest. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-11. The Dark Forest -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You'll encounter some wolves, kobolds, gnolls and ogres in this forest. This is an expansive area so I won't detail the directions this time. Just keep a close eye on your map and explore every part of the forest thoroughly. Keep going in a general northern direction and you'll eventually reach the ice cave entrance that's sealed with a sheet of ice. Blow Ilivarra's Horn of Sahri to open the cave entrance. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2-12. Ice Cave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ---------------- Ice Cave Level 1 ---------------- You'll fight some yetis in the first part of the cave. You'll also encounter some displacer beasts, that occasionally become invisible. You'll fight some more snow yetis before finally finding an entrance down to the second level. This level of the cave is relatively short. ---------------- Ice Cave Level 2 ---------------- On the second level of the Ice Cave, you'll encounter some more displacer beasts, snow yetis, frost wolves, frost spiders and some very dangerous frost giants that will stop the living hell out of you if you're not careful. Also watch out for the giant frost spider roaming this level. Make sure to save your game before heading down to level 3... ---------------- Ice Cave Level 3 ---------------- The sole inhabitant of this level is a very big white dragon named Ciraxis. He doesn't seem too happy that you've invaded his lair, so, he launches his attack... ---------------------------------- | BOSS: Ciraxis the White Dragon | ---------------------------------- Ciraxis flaps his wings and takes off. Large chunks of ice fall everywhere during the whole battle. Make sure to evade his frost breath because it can cause a lot of damage. He occasionally settles on the ground, when he wants to use his breath weapon against you. Use that time to go next to him and attack him. Be careful because he'll often try to stomp you, causing massive amounts of damage. Just keep an eye on your health meter and Ciraxis will eventually die. Once you've defeated him, make sure to loot the treasure chests inside his cave and when you're done, enter the teleportation gate. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A C T 3 - T H E M A R S H O F C H E R L I M B E R -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-1. The Sunken Chapel -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- After exiting the teleportation gate, you find yourself in an flooded room. You'll encounter some undead creatures, zombies and skeletons. Search all the hallways and rooms of this flooded place and find your way to the exit, which leads to Adderspine Road West. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-2. Adderspine Road West -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You'll find yourself in the Marsh of Cherlimber. You'll encounter some lizard men and some zombies that emit a toxious and deadly poisonous gas when they are destroyed. Follow the path in the marsh and you'll eventually reach a small hut with a lizard man in front of it. Talk to him. Sleyvas ------- He says he has no wish to fight you and that he placed the vines in the marsh to lead you here. He speaks Common via a magical spell. He asks why you have come to his land. He speaks about an Onyx Tower and asks if it is your god. He says the arrival of that tower was like a poisoned spear. All their tribes have joined forces with the tower. He doesn't know how the tower arrived in the marsh. He talks about a human female inhabiting the tower. He says she rose from the marsh after dying. He says she enslaves his people to take human cities. He speaks about the teleportation gates. She is the one who creates them. You tell Sleyvas that you will enter the tower and stop this woman. He says he'll help you in any way he can. To reach the tower, he says you must first go through the tribes of his people and make your way to a drowned city. Beyond the drowned city is the tower. He says you need to find the King of his people, Sess'sth and kill him to cause confusion among the tribes. After getting all the information you need from Sleyvas, you can sell him your extra stuff and purchase new weapons and armor. After finishing your transactions with Sleyvas, he opens up the vines that were barring the path in the marsh. Head towards that new exit. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-3. Adderspine Road East -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This area is a very large place with scattered lizard men encampments along the way. Make sure to search this area entirely for experience, gold and items. Keep an eye out for those pesky lizard men shaman. Once you've explored all of this area, head northeast and you'll find a small network of wooden paths above the water. Take these paths towards the east and you'll arrive in the drowned city Sleyvas spoke of, Cherlimber's Crown. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-4. Cherlimber's Crown -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Make your way along the brides and walkways on the rooftops of the sunken buildings, fighting off lizard men along the way. You'll eventually reach a large area filled with more lizard men. Head north and you'll reach the Outer Keep. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-5. Cherlimber's Keep Exterior -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- More lizard men infest this area. Kill them all and search for weapons and armor in the weapon racks. Keep heading north and you'll reach the Keep's Interior. This whole area is very straightforward. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-6. Cherlimber's Keep Interior -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Inside the Keep's Interior, you'll encounter some more lizard men and some kobolds. You'll also encounter some umber hulks in some rooms. Make sure to find the room filled with kobolds in the west of the keep. Keep heading north and you'll find Sess'sth's throne room. -------------------------------------- | BOSS: Sess'sth the Lizard Man King | -------------------------------------- Watch out for that spiked club of his. It can cause massive amounts of damage. Like all bosses, keep an eye on your health bar and retreat for healing when things get dicy. After defeating him, return to Sleyvas. Sleyvas ------- He says that the road to the tower is now clear. He says there is no gate to reach the Onyx Tower, however. He talks about a Sinking Temple beyond the Rotting Bog. Inside that temple, he says there might be a way inside the Onyx Tower. He mentions something about a Water Stair. It seems there's an entryway to the Elemental Plane of Water in this Sinking Temple. Sell off your extra stuff and upgrade your equipment as needed. Return to Sess'sth's throne room and head down the stairs to the Rotting Bog. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-7. The Rotting Bog -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Poisonous zombies infest this bog. There's nothing really interesting in this area so just keep on fighting zombies. Eventually, you'll reach an area of the bog that is infested with bullettes, creatures that borrow in the ground. Watch out for these, as they can cause an impressive amount of damage if engaged in melee combat. The entrance to the Sinking Temple is guarded by a humonguous bullette. Defeat it and enter the Temple. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-8. The Sinking Temple -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Inside this Temple, you'll encounter some minotaurs. Watch out for their bull rush type attacks. It's no use using recall potions in this Temple. Sleyvas is waiting for you inside this Temple, next to the Water Stair. Talk to him. He casts an enchantment on you that will allow you to breathe in the Plane of Water. This will be the last time where you can buy/sell stuff so make sure you have enough potions and equipment for the rest of the game. When you are ready, tell Sleyvas you're ready and head down the stairs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: You will find many very powerful magical items in the Onyx Tower. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-9. The Onyx Tower -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------- Onyx Tower Basement ------------------- You'll encounter some gargoyles and some iron golems down in this basement. Watch out for the poisonous gas the golems spit out. Make your way up to the first level of the Onyx Tower. The stairs are in the northwest corner of the basement. ------------------ Onyx Tower Level 1 ------------------ Monsters in this level include iron golems and minotaurs. Again, search every corner for powerful items on this level. Make your way north and you'll find the stairs leading to the second level of the Onyx Tower. ------------------ Onyx Tower Level 2 ------------------ Gargoyles assault you as soon as you enter this level. You'll also encounter another variety of iron golems. These ones wield huge swords and come at you swinging them like madmen. You'll also encounter some more minotaurs. Make your way north again and you'll find the stairs leading to the third level of the Onyx Tower. ------------------ Onyx Tower Level 3 ------------------ You'll encouter some more gargoyles, iron golems and a new variety of iron golem, a much larger one that wields a massive halberd to attack you. Make your way north, once again, and you'll find stairs that lead to the Black Forge. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-10. The Black Forge -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- First, you'll encounter some black spiders. You will also encounter creatures known as fire mephits. These creatures are elementals from the Plane of Fire. Make your way north again and you'll reach a very large room. Inside is a huge onyx golem. It is very powerful. Try not to get too close to it or it'll stomp you for massive damage. Make sure to pick up the Onyx Sword it drops when defeated. Continue onward to the Hall of Rememberance. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3-11. The Hall of Rememberance -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The only creatures you'll encounter in this place are the ghosts of Eldrith's mercenary company, the Westering Sun. You'll find stairs leading upwards but you cannot climb them. Go to the west and meet a ghost named Keledon. Keledon ------- He was the first captain of the company of the Westering Sun. Soldiers of the Westering Sun are imprisonned here, in the Hall of Rememberance. He talks about Eldrith (see the Background Story section for info on Eldrith and how she betrayed Baldur's Gate). Keledon also speaks about her wife, an elven maid he left in Baldur's Gate on the last day of the campaign against the Black Horde. You mention to Keledon that you've met his wife and that she has passed on but still sings for his return in the Elfsong Tavern. After Keledon's story, he says you'll find Eldrith at the top of the Onyx Tower. He says he'll open the way to the top of the tower and that he prays you will kill her, for the second time and hopefully, the last time. He mentions that maybe a blade constructed in the Black Forge and made of the same material as the tower may be your strongest weapon against her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Although it may seem, according to Keledon's words, that only the Onyx Sword can harm Eldrith, that's not true at all. While the Onyx Sword is a very potent weapon of itself, there are more powerful weapons in the game and they are just as effective against her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you are ready, save your game and head to the top of the tower. ------------------------------ | BOSS: Eldrith the Betrayer | ------------------------------ With the Dwarven Fighter, just equip your strongest weapon, armors, rings and amulets and hack away at her, taking pauses for health regeneration. With the Arcane Archer, I used my Hail of Arrows feat to cause massive damage at close range. Just be careful not to stick near her too long because one or two swipes of her sword could kill you. With the Elven Sorceress, don't try Ball Lightning, it won't have any effect on her at all. I didn't really bother using any of my other spells and decided to just hack away at her using the Onyx Sword, which works really well. Just keep an eye on your health meter at all times. At certain parts of the fights, Eldrith will become electrified and grow in size. When she is undergoing the transformation, your attacks will have no effect. Take that time to rest and heal yourself, dodging the lightning bolts. Just keep at it and eventually, she will stand down on one knee. When you have defeated her, the Onyx Tower starts to crumble. Make your way to the teleportation gate on top of the tower and enter it. The Onyx Tower is destroyed. It seems that Sleyvas has an unseen master and that your quest to destroy the Tower was all a ruse... You emerge from the teleportation gate in an unknown place, surrounded by dark creatures... but that, is for another tale and hopefully, another awesome game. ^_~ Congratulations! You've beaten the game! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- S E C R E T S -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4-1. The Gauntlet -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- After completing the game at least once, you'll unlock this special game mode. In this mode, you control probably the most popular character ever in the Forgotten Realms, Drizzt Do'Urden, the renegade drow ranger. He wields his usual equipment, his twin magical scimitars, Icingdeath [+3 Frost Scimitar] and Twinkle [+5 Defending Scimitar] along with a suit of Mithral Chainmail +4. Basically, you go around in rooms, attacking various monsters. You have a 15 minute time limit as well. I completed this mode after about 50 different tries, maybe more. Helpful strategies ------------------ * Attack very quickly and use hit and run tactics. * Use potions only when absolutely necessary (for they are in limited supply). * Avoid getting swarmed by enemies at all costs. Use Repulsion when enemies try to swarm you and things get too crowded. * I beat the mode without using the Icy Sphere spell. It can be useful in slowing down enemies, though. Section 1 : Spiders ------------------- Watch out for their poison. Try and avoid getting swarmed by them. Lure them one by one to a safe spot somewhere. I've noticed that they sometimes have the tendency to run circles around you. Use that to your advantage. Section 2 : Kobolds and Kobold Shamans -------------------------------------- Go for the Shamans first because their spells, when combined with other Shamans can cause massive damage. Kill off the rest of the kobolds. Believe it or not, I actually got killed here a few times. As always, be careful not to get swarmed. Section 3 : Umber Hulks ----------------------- Toughest section in this mode, IMO. Just one of these creatures can kill you with two swift strokes. Make sure not to attack all of them at once. Try luring them one at a time in the southern hallway. Section 4 : 3 Spiders and 2 Huge Spiders ---------------------------------------- Watch out for the huge spiders for they can pack quite a mean attack (similar to the Umber Hulks). Keep an eye on your health meter at all times, especially since these creatures use poison. Again, lure them out in the previous hallway, one by one, if possible. Section 5 : Gnolls and Kobold Shamans ------------------------------------- The gnolls are wimps but still, watch out not to get swarmed. Go for the Shamans at first, as always. Section 6 : Gargoyles --------------------- Probably one of the toughest sections in the mode. The gargoyles cause massive damage so be careful to not let them swarm you, as always. Section 7 : Spiders, Drow and Onyx Golem ---------------------------------------- Final section is fairly easy but watch out for the Onyx Golem. It can kill you with a single stroke and end your try very quickly. Once Gauntlet Mode is completed, the game will ask you to save your game. It unlocks Extreme mode, which basically allows you to import any character you've made in the new difficulty mode called Extreme. I haven't played it at all so far though. I think that after you've completed this mode, you can import Drizzt in normal games. More details to come in further versions. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5-1. Frequently Asked Questions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Q: What are gems used for in this game? A: Nothing, except getting a little extra gold. Gems are more useful in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II, actually, but in this game, nah. Q: How do you unlock The Gauntlet Mode? A: Finish the game at least one in any difficulty setting. Q: How do you unlock Extreme Mode? A: Finish The Gauntlet. Q: Where can I find the Onyx Sword? A: The Onyx Sword, a pretty potent weapon (90-120 damage) can be found after you defeat the Onyx Golem guarding the stairs up to the Hall of Rememberance in the Black Forge. The golem drops the sword on the ground when it is defeated. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 6-1. Credits, acknowledgments and legal stuff -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ffixeiko : Thank you for recommending this great game to me. ^_~ CJayC : Thank you for creating my favorite website for FAQs and a great message board system. Richard Curtis : Thanks for the info on the Burst weapon attribute. Portions of this FAQ/Walkthrough are taken from the game manual. This FAQ/Walkthrough may be distributed, but not modified in any way without explicit permission from the author. The following websites have permission to host this document : GameFAQs - http://www.gamefaqs.com Cheat Code Central - http://www.cheatcc.com PS2Update - http://ps2update.cjb.net Copyright © 2002-2004 - Marc "Darth Maul" Binda. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance © 2001 Interplay Entertainment Corp.