Baldur's Gate 3 Route Guide - Patch 8

This is a Complete Route Guide for Baldur’s Gate 3 with interactive checkboxes! It is recommended for second playthrough. There is an order on each step but you don’t have to follow it. You can just use it as a checkbox list so you don’t miss anything important!
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Baldur's Gate 3 – Complete Checklist

✅ Baldur’s Gate 3 – Act 1 Checklist

📍 Step 1: Explore the South

Find Shadowheart
Find Wyll
Find Astarion
Find Gale
Find Lae’zel
Explore Wither’s Dungeon

📍 Step 2: Druid Grove (Head North)

Save Nadira from the Bugbear
Save Arabella
Save the Tiefling Child from the Harpies
Talk to Alfira the Bard
Talk to Volo - Buy Ring
Talk to the Caged Goblin

📍 Step 3: North-West – Goblin Village Route

Explore Owlbear Cave
Find Scratch the Dog

📍 Step 4: West to Blighted Village

Eliminate all enemies
Retrieve Necromancy Book (Basement)
Rescue Barcus the Gnome

📍 Step 5: South to the Swamps

Start Kagha’s Quest (Southeast)
Return to Druids to complete Kagha’s Quest
Visit Auntie Ethel’s House (Southwest)

📍 Step 6: North via Broken Bridge

Find Karlach
Explore Toll Collector’s House
Eliminate the Gnolls (Northwest)

📍 Step 7: Waukeen’s Rest

Save 2 People from the Fire
Find the Zhentarim Hideout
Travel North with Lae’zel to find Githyanki Scouts

📍 Step 8: Back to Blighted Village

Explore the Blacksmith
Find Infernal Iron (for Karlach)
Explore the Phase Spider’s Cave

📍 Step 9: Enter the Underdark

Arcane Tower (Southwest)
Festering Cove (South-Center)
Selunite Outpost (Southeast)

📍 Step 10: Return to Goblin Camp

Talk to Volo
Free Sazza
Interact with Owlbear Cub
Eliminate the Goblins

📍 Step 11: Shattered Sanctum

Defeat all enemies
Save Volo
Save Liam
Rescue Halsin

📍 Step 12: Deep Underdark

Board the Ship
Save Philomeen (Northeast)
Kill Nere and save the Gnomes
Talk to Barcus
Explore the Adamantine Forge
Defeat Grym

📍 Step 13: The Mountain Pass

Complete the Githyanki Creche
Steal the Gith Egg
Talk to Therezzyn
Side with the Dream Visitor
Kill the Inquisitor
Collect the Blood of Lathander

✅ Baldur’s Gate 3 – Act 2 Checklist

📍 Step 1: Enter Shadow-Cursed Lands

Travel back to Trielta Crags Waypoint
Head west to Shadow-Cursed Lands
Kill goblins (if they appear)
Explore west along the shoreline
Go north to the Shadowed Battlefield
Save Harpers from shadows (north)
Return south and cross the bridge to Last Light Inn

📍 Step 2: Last Light Inn

Talk to everyone inside
Find Barcus
Talk to the Strange Ox
Speak with Isobel
Talk to Art Cullagh
Speak with Halsin at your camp

📍 Step 3: Explore Southern Region

Talk to Oliver (middle of map)
Save Rolan (far south)

📍 Step 4: Cross Reithwin

Talk to Harpers on the bridge
Cross into Reithwin
Proceed west, kill shadow enemies
Defeat Kar’niss
Solve the Moon Lantern puzzle – gain buffs

📍 Step 5: Masons’ Guild & Graveyard

Explore Masons’ Guild basement
Head north to the Graveyard
Find Arabella

📍 Step 6: Grand Mausoleum Area

Talk to Raphael
Head northwest and defeat Kuo-Toa
Find the beach cave
Clear out everything inside the cave
Exit through the morgue

📍 Step 7: Western Reithwin

Survive ambush near Baldur’s Gate entrance
Explore House of Healing
Find Arabella’s parents
Return to Art Cullagh at Last Light Inn
Speak with Halsin
Help Thaniel and Oliver
Talk to Arabella in your camp

📍 Step 8: Reithwin Town Waypoint

Clear the Tollhouse
Clear the Waning Moon (directly west)

📍 Step 9: Moonrise Towers

Clear everything inside
Talk to Araj Oblodra
Proceed to the Throne Room
Go down to the Prison
Rescue Tieflings, Sazza, Wulbren, Minthara
Escape using the boat

📍 Step 10: Return to Last Light Inn

Talk to all returning NPCs
Find 3 pairs of NPCs with rewards

📍 Step 11: Gauntlet of Shar

Proceed north from Moonrise
Complete all Shar trials
Deal with Balthazar
Trigger Raphael’s long rest dialogue

📍 Step 12: Final Conflict – Ketheric Thorm

Save Mizora
Save Zevlor
Save Us (the brain)
Defeat Apostle of Myrkul
Collect brains and use them on severed head apparatus
Use the Walking Mind inside the apparatus
Use platform to the east and kill the Apostle

✅ Baldur’s Gate 3 – Act 3 Checklist

📍 Step 1: Dealing with Squatters & Guild Thugs

Go north and deal with squatters/guild thugs
Explore the basement of the toymaker's house
Talk to guards near the barn (south-east)
Find explosive toys inside the chest
Talk to Fist Rowan near the barn
Confront the toymaker
Go north-east to Gur camp (take Astarion with you)
Explore the abandoned windmill, deal with the basement, and get one tadpole

📍 Step 2: The Circus and Surrounding Area

Talk to Angleiron the smith (west of toymaker’s house)
Enter the circus, talk to all NPCs in the southern section (Dryad, Mummy, Boney)
Steal Akabi's ring and win his jackpot
Get transported to dinosaurs, collect ring in the cave and an amazing weapon to the north (inside the chest near the exit portal)
Break the lock on Shadow-Whisker's cage and feed Crimson in the cage next to him
Watch Dribbles' performance
Talk to Lucretious
Get the clown's hand near Popper south of Lucretious
Exit the circus

📍 Step 3: Rivington & Wyrm's Crossing

Explore Rivington and Wyrm's Crossing (in any order, avoid crossing the second bridge checkpoint to Wyrm’s Rock Fortress)
Pass perception check at the well, explore down and find a buried chest and backpack
Attack the wheel holding the drawbridge (you can exit here or go back up)
Explore a cave slightly to the west and up some rocks, find gnomes, Wulbren, and Barcus (if present)
Deal with smugglers (side with them or kill them all)
Collect 3 tadpoles (1 in crate, 2 on ship)
Enter the smugglers' passage, explore down one more level, and collect more loot

📍 Step 4: Post Office & Kennels

Return to Rivington and go north to the Post Office
Take the quest (can turn in Act 1 letters, blackmail Postmaster for 600 gold if you passed the check)
Talk to 3 pigeons on top of the post office
Deal with the cruel kennelmaster outside the post office
Exit the Post Office and head west to the Open Hand Temple

📍 Step 5: Open Hand Temple & Cemetery

Explore the Open Hand Temple and talk to various NPCs
Talk to Father Logan’s body (if you can speak with the dead)
Exit west to the cemetery, unearth Brilgor’s body and talk to it
Return to the temple, explore rooms, open chests, find Logan's diary (key on his body or lockpick)
Go to the roof of the temple with Gale, talk to the Tressym (cat in the nest), and collect the mail
Finish the Talking Amulet quest (fight him for a better amulet or pass a check to learn Tasha's Laughter spell)
Explore caves to the east and kill all enemies (find a dagger inside a hole, chest inside poison clouds, clowns' torso, and a flower key)
Exit the caves

📍 Step 6: Checkpoint & Fraygo's Flophouse

Pass the checkpoint (using Karlah’s line, gnome distraction, teleportation, animal forms, or jumping platforms)
Take Astarion and proceed to Fraygo's Flophouse to the west
Talk to Astarion’s siblings and proceed upstairs
Click on the wardrobe to open the room with a flower key
Read all books and scrolls, loot the room, and examine the blood near the bed
Talk to the body and loot it
Exit the building and proceed directly east

📍 Step 21: Lower City

Talk to a merchant inside the apothecary
Loot graves in the cemetery and destroy body part jars in the mortuary
Explore Devil’s Fee, perform the ritual, and enter Hell

📍 Step 22: Sorcerous Sundries

Kill Aradin near the entrance to avoid an ambush
Loot books like "Red Knight" and "Caution Before Seelie"
Loot Karsus and Elminster vaults for valuable items
Kill Lorroakan and loot items in the force fields

📍 Step 23: Fireworks Shop

Kill or explode everyone inside the Fireworks Shop to complete the quest

📍 Step 24: Philgraves Mansion

Enter the basement via the hole on the east side
Kill Mystic Carrion and his minions (can trade beforehand)
Loot the Staff of Revocation from Carrion's body
Exit the mansion and head east for an ambush on the shore
Enter the house, click the wardrobe, and talk to Thrumbo
Destroy the heart with fire to finish the quest
Talk to Thrumbo again to complete the quest and have him replace Carrion

📍 Step 25: Flymm’s House and Old Garlow’s Place

Explore Flymm’s House (to the south of Central Wall waypoint)
Optionally kill Gortash's parents
Go south to Old Garlow’s Place, remove the curse on the doll
Kill the hag's minion and craft the Hagsbane Potion
Visit Blushing Maiden, talk to NPCs and Captain Grizly
Kill Ethel with the Hagsbane Potion (optional: let pirates live for gratitude)

📍 Step 26: Lady Jannah’s Estate and House of Grief

At Lady Jannah’s Estate (west of Baldur's Gate waypoint), use See Invisibility to kill poltergeists and destroy the haunted portrait
Use the Staff of Revocation on the portrait
In House of Grief (north of Jannah’s estate), talk to Shadowheart and kill everyone inside
Use the mirror behind the parents for stat sacrifices and bonuses
Sacrifice stats until you get +1 Charisma, then pray for +2 bonus to any stat
Remove any curses using Remove Curse without losing stats

📍 Step 27: Cazador’s Lair

Take Astarion and enter through the Lower City Wall inside the tower.
Find a book and remove curse from the necrotic corpse.
In the torture room, find a ring inside Godey.
Kill werewolves and solve the puzzle (note: the puzzle is broken as of patch 3).
Proceed to the basement via an elevator.
Talk to the skull for a scroll and loot the area.
Deal with Cazador (use Daylight or an item on his coffin).
Make choices regarding Astarion and exit south to deal with Gur people.
Exit into the sewers on the west.

📍 Step 28: Steelwatch Foundry

Go to Steelwatch Foundry in the southwest.
Save Volo in front of the foundry.
Kill Steelwatchers and all Fists inside the factory.
Talk to the gnomes inside and to Zanner Toobin at the back.
Loot the watchers arm, targeting module, and blueprints.
Combine these on the workbench to craft a crossbow.

📍 Step 29: Water Queen’s House

Put at least 5 gold in the donation chest near the fountain to bless all characters.
Talk to NPCs and a corpse inside the Water Queen’s House.
Get the “Avenge the Drowned” quest.
Go east and slightly north over the water to Flymm’s Cargo.

📍 Step 30: Flymm’s Cargo

Kill the gnolls inside Flymm's Cargo.
Find a hatch to go downstairs and kill the dwarf.
Turn in the "Avenge the Drowned" quest for a robe (late reward).
Enter the submarine and save everyone (5 turns on Tactician difficulty).
Focus on saving Omeluum and Ravenguard.
Use various tactics to ensure survival, such as Gate Spells, Longstrider, or Flying.
Ensure to make it back to the submarine before the last turn.

📍 Step 31: Gondian Foundry

Visit Gondian Foundry and talk to Toobin.
Go down via elevator or stairs.
Save the Gondians (if possible) and kill everyone.
Enter the lab, click on brains near the entrance for flavor.
Kill the watchers and the boss.
Plant a bomb on the control panel, or enter a code if you killed Toobin or stole the book from him.
Talk to the gnomes outside and make Barcus an ally if possible.

📍 Step 32: Gortash’s Fortress

Bring Karlah and teleport to Wyrm's Crossing waypoint.
Enter the fortress via vines and scaffolds to the top floor.
Destroy traps beforehand or avoid them for the achievement.
Deal with Gortash directly.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Route Guide