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[[File:Zhentarim.webp|200px|right]][[File:Zhentarim Hideout.jpg|thumb|The Zhentarim Basement.]]

The '''Zhentarim Basement''' (also known as the '''Zhentarim Hideout''') is a [[location]] in [[Act One]]. It is an interior area within [[The Risen Road]], located within [[Waukeen's Rest]]. {{SpoilerWarning}}

The Zhentarim Basement is accessed through a barn on the western side of Waukeen's Rest. Inside is a jumpy man named [[Salazon]], who will ask for a password. [[Rugan]] will give the player this password if they save him during the quest [[Find the Missing Shipment]], otherwise passing any of the dialogue ability checks with Salazon will have him stand down.  

 

If Salazon is successfully dealt with, he will give the player a key to the wardrobe at the back of the barn, which leads to the hideout.

* The '''Zhentarim Basement''' is one of the four entrances to the [[Underdark]]. There is a secret lift that leads to there, hidden behind an illusionary wall at {{Coords|268|-190}}, revealed by a Perception check while next to the wall. Passing through the wall will not cause anyone to be hostile.

* If you steal the [[Iron Flask]] from the caravan chest after saving [[Rugan]] and [[Olly]], they will show up in the hideout, Olly being dead, and Rugan being tortured.

'''Note:''' These items are locked behind certain quest/dialogue choices. They will only appear in [[Brem]]'s inventory if you gain [[Zarys]] and her group's trust.  The items can then be acquired through trading, [[Stealing|pick-pocketing]], or looting Brem's corpse (if you decide to kill the group anyway after gaining their trust).

If you antagonize Zarys in any way, the group will turn hostile and the items won't appear in Brem's inventory, making it impossible to acquire them. In particular, if you had convinced [[Rugan]] to cross the Zhents and let you take the shipment, then the only way to gain Zarys's trust is to follow her order to finish off Rugan. It's not possible to obtain the shipment, spare Rugan's life, ''and'' get access to the items above.