Shattered Sanctum

The shrine to the Absolute in the Shattered Sanctum.

Wilderness
Worg Pens
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Defiled Temple	←	Shattered Sanctum
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Goblin Camp

Tthe Shattered Sanctum is a Location within the Wilderness in Act One of Baldur's Gate 3. It is the interior area of the Goblin Camp, and leads to the Defiled Temple and Worg Pens.

Overview

The map screen of Shattered Sanctum

War Drums are scattered throughout the ruined temple and turns the entire population hostile, if played.

Entryway

The main entrance from the Goblin Camp leads directly into the entryway. With six goblins guarding here, there is no way to get by them outside of using  Invisibility. Approaching leads Warrior Trinzas to question the party, who can be bypassed through a variety of skill checks or by being a drow (or  disguised as a drow). If the party progressed  Save the Goblin Sazza, Sazza helps bypass this point.

Centre

Branding station

The party can meet the cult leader Priestess Gut to obtain the Brand of the Absolute. If the priestess becomes indisposed, Warlock Greez can brand members of the party.

Spider pit

North of Priestess Gut's shrine is a large spider pit, where the goblins toss in prisoners. If the party venture into the pit using the lever-operated iron gate at X: 298 Y: 0, they can talk to the pit's denizens, Larger Giant Spider and Smaller Giant Spider. The spiders can be convinced to spare the party and attack the goblins.

A cave passage within the pit connects to the prison cell in the Defiled Temple.

West

Zhent storeroom

At the southeastern corner, the Zhentarim trader Roah Moonglow can be found with her partners. She is a useful Trader who can reappear in Act Two at Moonrise Towers. Behind her is a storeroom holding the cult's large supply of Firewine Barrels and Smokepowder Barrels. There are six of each, more than enough for setting up an explosive trap. Besides fighting past the guards, a party member can jump into the storeroom from the rafters above. Alternatively, small-sized characters can fit through a rocky crevice at X: 255 Y: -42 from the Defiled Temple at X: 422 Y: 17. Miscellaneous crates in the room contain Grenades and weapon coatings, and a locked chest ( DC 18 Sleight of Hand check) can be picked for several hundred Gold.

Gut's room

Farther north is Gut's workroom, where she leads the party as part of her trap. If the party refuses to drink her potion, she can be safely killed here so long as she doesn't get the chance to  Call for Help. It is possible to stymie her call for help by casting  Silence. There is also a route into the locked storeroom through the rafters, reachable by someone with decent Strength or mobility spells such as  Enhance Leap.

East

"Pigeon" cage

Gribbo keeps her "pigeon" Volo locked in a cage at X: 332 Y: -9. The party can trick Gribbo into negotiating his release with an ability check. When Volo is freed, he immediately heads to the party's Campsite.

North of this room is a rickety wooden walkway leading to the Worg Pens. An iron ladder on the west side of this room connects to Minthara's room.

Bloodied shrine

In a chamber on the east side of the initiation hall is a shrine dedicated to Loviatar, occupied by her servant Abdirak. Abdirak can give the player character the permanent bonus  Loviatar's Love, provided they subject themselves to his sadomasochistic religious ritual and successfully pass a series of Ability Checks.

Torture rack

Liam, the unfortunate straggler from Aradin's adventuring party, is tied to the torture rack at X: 336 Y: -34. He can be spoken to privately by intimidating or manipulating Torturer Spike into shirking his duties. Spike and Lookout Gresh will go next door, into Abdirak's room, if convinced to stop torturing Liam. Alternatively, the party can choose to torture Liam, and if successful he reveals the location of the Grove. Spike reports this information to Minthara, and the party can talk to Liam and choose to free him.

North

Ragzlin's throne

Dror Ragzlin's throne room lies at the north side of the temple. The hobgoblin warlord uses  Speak with Dead on a mind flayer corpse. Participating in this ritual reveals information about the Cult of the Absolute, but requires ability checks to avoid incriminating the party as their enemy. The room is layered with a web of shadowed rafters to allow for high-ground ambushing.

A glittering pile of loot and treasure lies at the far north end of the room, behind a locked iron gate that can be opened with passing DC 18 Sleight of Hand check or using Dror Ragzlin's Key. A sneaking character can use  Misty Step to teleport into the vault without triggering combat, then fast travel away with the loot. The vault can also be reached by leaping from Minthara's open plan office (below), by jumping from the out of sight area behind the War Drum by using  Enhance Leap or other  Jump bonuses.

Minthara's war room

The drow Minthara and the goblin bosses Zurga, Skrut, and Rozzak reside in the room directly east of the throne room. The room is split by a rickety wooden bridge, held up by destructible wooden supports, and patrolled by a Scrying Eye that broadcasts activity to the Cult of the Absolute's shadowy leadership. Talking to Minthara gives the party the option to reveal the location of the Emerald Grove and launch a raid, either to defeat the goblin forces away from their home turf, or to crush the druids and tieflings in earnest.

If the party saved Sazza earlier, she reveals the location of the druid grove automatically, provided she is not killed through the dialogue with Minthara or a specific dialogue option is used (I will have nothing to do with this then I have to do something first, which also unlocks the opportunity to save both Sazza and Minthara). Once the grove's location is revealed, the raid takes place after the next long rest or the next travel by using a Waypoint. If killing or knocking out Minthara and killing Dror Ragzlin and Gut before a long rest, the raid no longer occurs.

An iron ladder on the east side of the room leads to the Worg Pens antechamber.

Connected locations

•  Goblin Camp
  • Through Heavy Oak Doors at X: 297 Y: -85
  • Through Collapsed Corridor at X: 312 Y: -31 (Wall in goblin camp must be broken first)
•  Defiled Temple
  • Through Priestess's Chambers at X: 253 Y: -7
  • Through Cave Mouth at X: 283 Y: 15
•  Worg Pens at X: 342 Y: 31

Notable characters

• Abdirak
• Brakkal
• Dror Ragzlin
• Gribbo
• Liam
• Minthara
• Priestess Gut
• Roah Moonglow (Trader)
• Smythin
• Torturer Spike
• Warrior Trinzas
• Volo

Related quests

•  Find a Cure
  •  Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help
•  Find the Nightsong
•  Rescue Volo
•  Save the Goblin Sazza
•  Save the Refugees
  •  Defeat the Goblins
  •  Raid the Grove
  •  Save the First Druid
•  The Blade of Frontiers

Notable loot

Notable items obtained in this location, whether looted, purchased, or obtained as a quest reward:

Item	Location
Absolute's Talisman	Looted from Priestess Gut
Absolute's Warboard	Carried by Priestess Gut
Amulet of Selûne's Chosen	In the treasure crates at X: 297 Y: 68
Assassin's Touch	Rewarded for completing Save the Goblin Sazza, upon speaking to Minthara
Boots of Striding	Carried by Minthara
Faithbreaker	Carried by Dror Ragzlin
Gloves of the Growling Underdog	In the treasure crates at X: 297 Y: 68
Infernal Iron	In the treasure crates at X: 297 Y: 68
Jagged Spear	Standing up by the torture rack at X: 336 Y: -34
Loviatar's Scourge	Carried by Abdirak at X: 338 Y: -22
Ritual Axe	On a table beside Abdirak at X: 337 Y: -26
Ritual Dagger	On a table beside Abdirak at X: 337 Y: -26
Ring of Poison Resistance	On a skeleton in a sarcophagus without a lid at X: 338 Y: 15 in the antechamber of the Worg Pens
Spidersilk Armour	Carried by Minthara
Springstep Boots	In the treasure crates at X: 297 Y: 68
The Watersparkers	In a gilded chest at X: 339 Y: 41
Xyanyde	Carried by Minthara

Gallery

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  Concept art by Dan Iorgulescu

External links

• Shattered Sanctum on the Forgotten Realms Wiki