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== Notable loot ==
== Notable loot ==
Loot not found in a vault:
Loot not found in a vault:
* {{RarityItem|Amulet of Restoration}} - Can be found in a chest titled 'Private Stash' {{coords|-85|-185}} in the eastern room down the very first flight of stairs.
* {{MdRarityItem|Amulet of Restoration}} - Can be found in a chest titled 'Private Stash' {{coords|-85|-185}} in the eastern room down the very first flight of stairs.
* 2x {{RarityItem|Smokepowder Barrel}} -
* 2x {{MdRarityItem|Smokepowder Barrel}} -


=== Safes ===
=== Safes ===
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* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** Heavy Chest containing:
** Heavy Chest containing:
*** [[Ruby]]
*** {{RarityItem|Ruby}}
*** [[Bronze Goblet]]
*** {{RarityItem|Bronze Goblet}}
*** 108 [[Gold]]
*** {{Gold|108}}
|-
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| Safe n°2 ||
| Safe n°2 ||
* '''Key:''' Sold by [[Skittle]] at [[Heapside Prison]] in the [[Basilisk Gate Barracks]] in the [[Lower City]]. Since the key costs nothing, it must be gained through Trade instead of Barter.{{Verify}}
* '''Key:''' Sold by [[Skittle]] at [[Heapside Prison]] in the [[Basilisk Gate Barracks]] in the [[Lower City]]. Since the key costs nothing, it must be gained through Trade instead of Barter.{{Verify}}
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** [[Greataxe +2]]
** {{RarityItem|Greataxe +2}}
** [[Shortsword +2]]
** {{RarityItem|Shortsword +2}}
** [[Triumphal Helm]]
** {{RarityItem|Triumphal Helm}}
|-
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| Safe n°3 ||
| Safe n°3 ||
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*** 2 [[Alchemy]] ingredients
*** 2 [[Alchemy]] ingredients
*** 2 [[Elixir]]s
*** 2 [[Elixir]]s
*** Around 100 [[Gold]]
*** Around {{Gold|100}}
** [[Potion of Universal Resistance]]
** {{RarityItem|Potion of Universal Resistance}}
** [[Elixir of Battlemage's Power]]
** {{RarityItem|Elixir of Battlemage's Power}}
** [[Superior Elixir of Arcane Cultivation]]
** {{RarityItem|Superior Elixir of Arcane Cultivation}}
|-
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| Safe n°4 ||
| Safe n°4 ||
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* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** Gilded Chest containing:
** Gilded Chest containing:
*** 467 [[Gold]]
*** {{Gold|467}}
|-
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| Safe n°6 ||
| Safe n°6 ||
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* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** Backpack containing:
** Backpack containing:
*** [[Rope]]
*** {{RarityItem|Rope}}
*** [[Mug]]
*** {{RarityItem|Mug}}
*** 1-2 [[Potion of Healing]]
*** 1-2 {{RarityItem|Potion of Healing}}
*** 2 [[Elixir]]s
*** 2 [[Elixir]]s
*** Around 13 [[Gold]]
*** Around {{Gold|13}}
** Backpack containing:
** Backpack containing:
*** 1 [[Potion]]
*** 1 [[Potion]]
*** 1-2 [[Coatings]]
*** 1-2 [[Coatings]]
*** [[Disguise Kit]]
*** {{RarityItem|Disguise Kit}}
*** [[Thieves' Tools]]
*** {{RarityItem|Thieves' Tools}}
*** Around 22 [[Gold]]
*** Around {{Gold|22}}
|-
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| Safe n°7 ||
| Safe n°7 ||
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* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** Open Crate containing:
** Open Crate containing:
*** [[Angelic Scion Outfit]]
*** {{RarityItem|Angelic Scion Outfit}}
*** [[Celestial Sandals]]
*** {{RarityItem|Celestial Sandals}}
*** [[Black Flare Leather Outfit]]
*** {{RarityItem|Black Flare Leather Outfit}}
*** [[Solemnity Outfit in Green]]
*** {{RarityItem|Solemnity Outfit in Green}}
*** [[Wizard Hat]]
*** {{RarityItem|Wizard Hat}}
*** [[Raffish Garb]]
*** {{RarityItem|Raffish Garb}}
|-
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| Safe n°8 ||
| Safe n°8 ||
* '''Key:''' Found in a mailbox {{Coords|65|-95}} above the entrance to the [[Guildhall]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Key:''' Found in a mailbox {{Coords|65|-95}} above the entrance to the [[Guildhall]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** 4 x [[Gold Ingot]]
** 4 x {{RarityItem|Gold Ingot}}
** 2 x [[Silver Ingot]]
** 2 x {{RarityItem|Silver Ingot}}
** 560 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|560}}
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* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** Opulent Chest containing:
** Opulent Chest containing:
*** [[Diamond]]
*** {{RarityItem|Diamond}}
*** [[Onyx]]
*** {{RarityItem|Onyx}}
*** 107 [[Gold]]
*** {{Gold|107}}
** 250 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|250}}
** 580 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|580}}
|-
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| Vault n°2 ||
| Vault n°2 ||
* '''Key:''' Unknown.
* '''Key:''' Unknown.
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** [[Scroll of Disintegrate]]
** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Disintegrate}}
** [[Scroll of Otto's Irresistible Dance]]
** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Otto's Irresistible Dance}}
** Traveler's Chest containing:
** Traveler's Chest containing:
*** [[Scroll of Expeditious Retreat]]
*** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Expeditious Retreat}}
*** [[Scroll of Speak with Dead]]
*** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Speak with Dead}}
*** [[Scroll of Web]]
*** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Web}}
*** [[Scroll of Sleep]]
*** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Sleep}}
*** [[Scroll of Feather Fall]]
*** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Feather Fall}}
*** [[Scroll of Mage Armour]]
*** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Mage Armour}}
*** [[Scroll of Protection from Evil and Good]]
*** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Protection from Evil and Good}}
*** 114 [[Gold]]
*** {{Gold|114}}
|-
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| Vault n°3 ||
| Vault n°3 ||
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* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** Wine Rack containing:
** Wine Rack containing:
*** [[Balor Ale]]
*** {{RarityItem|Balor Ale}}
*** 2 x [[Gulthmeran Reserve]]
*** 2 x {{RarityItem|Gulthmeran Reserve}}
*** [[Arabellan Dry]]
*** {{RarityItem|Arabellan Dry}}
** Wooden Crate containing:
** Wooden Crate containing:
*** 2 x [[Highsun Liqueur]]
*** 2 x {{RarityItem|Highsun Liqueur}}
*** [[Marsember Ice Wine]]
*** {{RarityItem|Marsember Ice Wine}}
** [[Barrel-Aged Callidyrran]]
** {{RarityItem|Barrel-Aged Callidyrran}}
|-
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| Vault n°4 ||
| Vault n°4 ||
* '''Key:''' Unknown.
* '''Key:''' Unknown.
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** [[Beach at Dusk]] (Painting)
** {{RarityItem|Beach at Dusk}}
** [[Struck Match]] (Painting)
** {{RarityItem|Struck Match}}
** [[Full Body Depiction of a Tiefling]] (Painting)
** {{RarityItem|Full Body Depiction of a Tiefling}}
** 495 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|495}}
|-
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| Vault n°5 ||
| Vault n°5 ||
* '''Key:''' Can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Avery Sonshal]] in [[Felogyr's Fireworks]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Key:''' Can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Avery Sonshal]] in [[Felogyr's Fireworks]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** [[Scroll of Revivify]]
** {{RarityItem|Scroll of Revivify}}
** Pouch containing:
** Pouch containing:
*** [[Jacinth]]
*** {{RarityItem|Jacinth}}
*** [[Silver Band]]
*** {{RarityItem|Silver Band}}
*** [[Agate]]
*** {{RarityItem|Agate}}
*** 55 [[Gold]]
*** {{Gold|55}}
** 1220 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|1220}}
|-
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| Vault n°6 ||
| Vault n°6 ||
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* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** Gilded Chest containing:
** Gilded Chest containing:
*** [[Diamond]]
*** {{RarityItem|Diamond}}
*** [[Sapphire]]
*** {{RarityItem|Sapphire}}
*** [[Ruby]]
*** {{RarityItem|Ruby}}
*** [[Plate]]
*** {{RarityItem|Plate (Valuable)|alias=Plate}}
*** [[Fork]]
*** {{RarityItem|Fork}}
*** 2 x [[Gold Ingot]]
*** 2 x {{RarityItem|Gold Ingot}}
*** 2 x [[Silver Ingot]]
*** 2 x {{RarityItem|Silver Ingot}}
*** 202 [[Gold]]
*** 202 {{RarityItem|Gold}}
** [[Silver Tray]]
** {{RarityItem|Silver Tray}}
** [[Bronze Goblet]]
** {{RarityItem|Bronze Goblet}}
** [[Silver Goblet]]
** {{RarityItem|Silver Goblet}}
** [[Polished Necklace]]
** {{RarityItem|Polished Necklace}}
** [[Silver Glass]]
** {{RarityItem|Silver Glass}}
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* '''Key:''' Found in a Display Case {{Coords|4972|704}} in [[Ramazith's Tower]] (accessed via a portal in [[Sorcerous Sundries]] in the [[Lower City]]), underneath the invisible barrier. Unlike the other keys, this one is labeled as simply "Heavy Iron Key" and the vault number is written within the item's tooltip.
* '''Key:''' Found in a Display Case {{Coords|4972|704}} in [[Ramazith's Tower]] (accessed via a portal in [[Sorcerous Sundries]] in the [[Lower City]]), underneath the invisible barrier. Unlike the other keys, this one is labeled as simply "Heavy Iron Key" and the vault number is written within the item's tooltip.
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** {{SmIconLink|Nymph Cloak Icon.png|Nymph Cloak}}
** {{RarityItem|Nymph Cloak}}
** {{SmIconLink|Amulet Necklace B Gold A 1 Icon.png|Spell Savant Amulet}}
** {{RarityItem|Spell Savant Amulet}}
** 251 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|251}}
|-
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| High Security Vault n°2 ||
| High Security Vault n°2 ||
* '''Key:''' Can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Lady Jannath]] in [[Lady Jannath's Estate]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Key:''' Can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Lady Jannath]] in [[Lady Jannath's Estate]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** {{SmIconLink|Jannath's Hat Icon.png|Jannath's Hat}}
** {{RarityItem|Jannath's Hat}}
** [[Perfumed Days, Passionate Nights]] (Book)
** {{RarityItem|Perfumed Days, Passionate Nights}}
** [[Gold Pendant]]
** {{RarityItem|Gold Pendant}}
** [[Gold Necklace]]
** {{RarityItem|Gold Necklace}}
** [[Verdelite Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Verdelite Ring}}
** [[Gold Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Gold Ring}}
** 512 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|512}}
|-
|-
| High Security Vault n°3 ||
| High Security Vault n°3 ||
* '''Key:''' Found in [[Cazador]]'s Sarcophagus {{Coords|-1926|947}} in [[Cazador's Dungeon]] underneath the [[Szarr Palace]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Key:''' Found in [[Cazador]]'s Sarcophagus {{Coords|-1926|947}} in [[Cazador's Dungeon]] underneath the [[Szarr Palace]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** {{SmIconLink|Heavy Crossbow PlusOne Icon.png|The Long Arm of the Gur}}
** {{RarityItem|The Long Arm of the Gur}}
** [[Gold Pendant]]
** {{RarityItem|Gold Pendant}}
** [[Gold Necklace]]
** {{RarityItem|Gold Necklace}}
** [[Verdelite Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Verdelite Ring}}
** [[Gold Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Gold Ring}}
** [[Peridot Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Peridot Ring}}
** [[Silver Amulet]]
** {{RarityItem|Silver Amulet}}
** 551 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|551}}
|-
|-
| High Security Vault n°4 ||
| High Security Vault n°4 ||
* '''Key:''' Found in an Opulent Chest {{Coords|-246|-249}} on the second floor of the [[Water Queen's House]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Key:''' Found in an Opulent Chest {{Coords|-246|-249}} on the second floor of the [[Water Queen's House]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** {{SmIconLink|Allandra's Whelm Icon.png|Trident of the Waves}}
** {{RarityItem|Trident of the Waves}}
** 4 x [[Pearl Necklace]]
** 4 x {{RarityItem|Pearl Necklace}}
** 234 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|234}}
|-
|-
| High Security Vault n°5 ||
| High Security Vault n°5 ||
* '''Key:''' Found in a Safe {{Coords|-34|203}} hidden behind a painting on the top floor of [[Wyrm's Rock Fortress]] in [[Wyrm's Crossing]].
* '''Key:''' Found in a Safe {{Coords|-34|203}} hidden behind a painting on the top floor of [[Wyrm's Rock Fortress]] in [[Wyrm's Crossing]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** {{SmIconLink|Morningstar PlusTwo Icon.png|Ravengard's Scourger}}
** {{RarityItem|Ravengard's Scourger}}
** [[A Father's Diary]] (Book)
** {{RarityItem|A Father's Diary}}
** 517 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|517}}
|-
|-
| High Security Vault n°6 ||
| High Security Vault n°6 ||
* '''Key:''' Found in an Opulent Chest {{Coords|-48|98}} in the northwestern section of the [[Iron Throne]].
* '''Key:''' Found in an Opulent Chest {{Coords|-48|98}} in the northwestern section of the [[Iron Throne]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** [[Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen]]
** {{RarityItem|Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen}}
** [[The Astral Prism Heist]] (Book)
** {{RarityItem|The Astral Prism Heist}}
** [[To Take Control]] (Book)
** {{RarityItem|To Take Control}}
** [[Shield Steward Interrogation Log]] (Book)
** {{RarityItem|Shield Steward Interrogation Log}}
** 2 x [[Gold Ingot]]
** 2 x {{RarityItem|Gold Ingot}}
** [[Silver Ingot]]
** {{RarityItem|Silver Ingot}}
** 112 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|112}}
|-
|-
| High Security Vault n°7 ||
| High Security Vault n°7 ||
* '''Key:''' Can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Nine-Fingers Keene]] in the [[Guildhall]] in the [[Lower City]] [[Lower City Sewers|Sewers]].
* '''Key:''' Can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Nine-Fingers Keene]] in the [[Guildhall]] in the [[Lower City]] [[Lower City Sewers|Sewers]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** {{SmIconLink|Gloves of Dexterity Icon.png|Knock Knuckle Gloves}}
** {{RarityItem|Knock Knuckle Gloves}}
** Heavy Chest containing:
** Heavy Chest containing:
*** 4 x [[Toy Block]]
*** 4 x {{RarityItem|Toy Block}}
*** [[Stuffed Bear]]
*** {{RarityItem|Stuffed Bear}}
*** [[Practice Sword]]
*** {{RarityItem|Practice Sword}}
*** [[Training Shield]]
*** {{RarityItem|Training Shield}}
*** [[Ball]]
*** {{RarityItem|Ball}}
** 528 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|528}}
|-
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| High Security Vault n°8 ||
| High Security Vault n°8 ||
* '''Key:''' Found in a Jewellery Box {{Coords|-398|-1591}} in the [[Cloister of Sombre Embrace]] underneath the [[House of Grief]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Key:''' Found in a Jewellery Box {{Coords|-398|-1591}} in the [[Cloister of Sombre Embrace]] underneath the [[House of Grief]] in the [[Lower City]].
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** [[The Patriar Blackmail Files]] (Book)
** {{RarityItem|The Patriar Blackmail Files}}
** [[Skeletons in Patriar Closets]] (Book)
** {{RarityItem|Skeletons in Patriar Closets}}
** [[Silver Necklace]]
** {{RarityItem|Silver Necklace}}
** [[Ruby Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Ruby Ring}}
** [[Peridot Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Peridot Ring}}
** [[Polished Ring]]
** {{RarityItem|Polished Ring}}
** [[Black Diamond]]
** {{RarityItem|Black Diamond}}
** [[Ruby]]
** {{RarityItem|Ruby}}
** [[Pearl]]
** {{RarityItem|Pearl}}
** 261-268 [[Gold]]
** {{Gold|261-268}}
|-
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| High Security Vault n°9 ||
| High Security Vault n°9 ||
* '''Key:''' Reward for completing [[Return Rakath's Gold]] or can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Rakath Glitterbeard]] in The Counting House.
* '''Key:''' Reward for completing [[Return Rakath's Gold]] or can be looted or pickpocketed from [[Rakath Glitterbeard]] in The Counting House.
* '''Loot:'''
* '''Loot:'''
** {{SmIconLink|Elegant Studded Leather Icon.png|Elegant Studded Leather}}
** {{RarityItem|Elegant Studded Leather}}
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Revision as of 23:46, 16 January 2024

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The Counting House is a banking and storage facility located in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate in Act Three. It is found along the southern coast of the Lower City, between Flymm Cargo and Old Garlow's Place.

Overview

Obtaining a Bank Pass

To enter further into the bank, you must show a Bank Pass to Cashguard Captain Faril. You can purchase a Bank Pass from Head Clerk Meadhoney for a large sum of gold, or if you succeed in a Detect Thoughts Detect Thoughts or a passive Insight check you get the option to persuade him into giving you a "temporary" pass which is, in fact, just a normal pass, or just steal one from the Head Clerk's office upstairs, on a cabinet at X: -102 Y: -180. After proceeding through Aid the Underduke, you can also make a Persuasion, Intimidation, or Deception check to convince Meadhoney to give you a pass.

The Bank Pass will get you access to the lower levels of the bank, including the safes and vaults.

The Counting House - Vaults

The Counting House Safes are found after a right turn immediately after proceeding down the stairs and through the Vault Door at X: -91 Y: -158. Each safe is tucked behind an ornate iron door that cannot be interacted with; bypassing each requires teleportation, like Misty Step Misty Step, or intangibility effects, like Gaseous Form Gaseous Form, keeping in mind that locks cannot be picked while under the latter condition. These safes each have a DC 20 Sleight of Hand check. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "Counting House Safe n°X Key".

Through the door directly opposite the Safes, on the left-hand side from the entry corridor, are the Counting House Vaults. Sigil circles protect each vault, teleporting would-be thieves back to the entryway should they pass above them, including flying or jumping over them. These circles can be bypassed with effects like Misty Step Misty Step, careful jumping around their edges, or by disabling them by pressing the button located at X: -963 Y: 797.[note 1] These vaults each have a DC 25 Sleight of Hand check lock. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "Counting House Vault n°X Key".

The Counting House - High Security Vaults

At the deepest part of the Counting House, beyond a vault door requiring a DC 99 Sleight of Hand check, are the High Security Vaults. This "impossible" lock can be bypassed in numerous ways:

  • Entering the passcode to open the door by walking over four of the nine pressure plates in a correct order. Reading Flintdigger's Abridged Dwarven History (in the Head Banker's office on the top floor, at X: -93 Y: -181) hints at the password being 1-3-5-6.
    • Unlimited attempts are allowed, so it's possible to brute force the passcode until all four symbols are entered in the correct order.
  • As hinted in Cleaning Staff Note at X: -947 Y: 789 and Counting House Vault Rules in the stack of scrolls at X: -958 Y: 772, creating an electrified surface and short-circuiting the lock.
  • Brute forcing Thieves' Tools on the door until a critical success is rolled.

Venturing into the High Security Vaults for the first time will trigger a battle between Bhaal Cultists and Counting House workers, with the cultists always hostile. The Reaper of Bhaal enemies start the fight invisible which, as a quirk, means they will occasionally not join the fight and be discovered when passing by them later on with See Invisibility See Invisibility, or not at all. Winning the fight and speaking to head banker Rakath Glitterbeard will initiate the quest Return Rakath's Gold.

These high security vaults each have a DC 30 Sleight of Hand check lock and Enchanted Security Enchanted Security which prevents Knock spells from opening them. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "High Security Vault n°X Key". Lockpicking and looting the vaults down here will not trigger any security response.

Counting House Docks

Counting House Docks.png

Docks line the southwestern perimeter of the Counting House. Besides a door at X: -114 Y: -193 connecting to the antechamber descending into the vaults, the docks can also be reached from the southern end of Flymm Cargo and the east end of Water Queen's House. Being spotted by any of the patrols, which include two Steel Watchers, will at best result in ejection, and at worst a fight.

Cargo boats and locked treasure chests are strewn about the docks. Each chest requires either a DC 10 or 15 Sleight of Hand check to unlock; though none contain unique loot, claiming them all will garner a windfall of valuables, scrolls, potions, and raw gold. Climbing to the top of the locked tower at X: -161 Y: -219, the player can additionally find two Smokepowder Barrels and an excellent view of the city's port. Travelling west from there leads to the Lustrous Lass, a ship steeped in disease and carrying a deadly Cursed Imp stowaway.

Notable characters

Related quests

Notable loot

Loot not found in a vault:

Safes

Safe Details
Safe n°1
  • Key: Found in an Opulent Chest X: -1308 Y: 1020 in the Szarr Palace, in the room left of the main ballroom. A button in the room to the right needs to be pressed, which will open the left door and close the right door.
  • Loot:
Safe n°2
Safe n°3
Safe n°4
  • Key: Can be looted or pickpocketed from Head Clerk Meadhoney in The Counting House main lobby.
  • Loot:
    • None
Safe n°5
Safe n°6
Safe n°7
Safe n°8

Vaults

Vault Details
Vault n°1
Vault n°2
Vault n°3
Vault n°4
Vault n°5
Vault n°6

High security vaults

Vault Details
High Security Vault n°1
High Security Vault n°2
High Security Vault n°3
High Security Vault n°4
High Security Vault n°5
High Security Vault n°6
High Security Vault n°7
High Security Vault n°8
High Security Vault n°9


Footnotes

  1. This button can be activated with a ranged attack.

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