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* You'll find [[Us]] here if they weren't destroyed on the [[Nautiloid]]. You can free Us to get the item [[Summon Us|Summon Us.]]You'll also meet [[Chop]] here.
* You'll find [[Us]] here if they weren't destroyed on the [[Nautiloid]]. You can free Us to get the item [[Summon Us|Summon Us.]]You'll also meet [[Chop]] here.
* Threatening to kill Chop results in a battle commencing.
* If the player threatens to kill Chop, he will respond as though he wants the player to kill him; despite this, attacking him will still make Chop and the surrounding Intellect Devourers (except for Us) hostile. Nonetheless, Chop will comment that he is "free at last" as he is killed.


=== Necrotic Laboratory ===
=== Necrotic Laboratory ===
In the South East (X:715 Y:-49).
In the southeast of the map, at {{Coords|715|-49}}.


* When you enter the area, a battle with several undead will commence.
* When you enter the area, a battle with several undead will commence.
* You can find [[Circlet of Mental Anguish]] and [[Braindrain Gloves]] on a skeleton.
* You can find [[Circlet of Mental Anguish]] and [[Braindrain Gloves]] on a skeleton at {{Coords|748|-141}}.
* The Mind-Archive Interface (X:699, Y:-117) allows you to talk to the brain jars found scattered across the area.
* The Mind-Archive Interface at {{Coords|699|-117}} allows you to talk to the brain jars found scattered across the area.
** The [[Waking Mind]] found behind the brain mapping puzzle can grant a permanent buff: [[Githzerai Mind Barrier]].
** The [[Waking Mind]] found behind the brain mapping puzzle can grant a permanent buff: [[Githzerai Mind Barrier]].
** The [[True Mind]], [[Willing Mind]], [[Butchered Mind]], [[Closed Mind]] and [[Fresh Mind]] brain jars elsewhere in the Colony, as well as the [[Dark Mind]] and [[Slave Mind]] brain jars from the [[Nautiloid]], will only give dialogue.
** The [[True Mind]], [[Willing Mind]], [[Butchered Mind]], [[Closed Mind]] and [[Fresh Mind]] brain jars elsewhere in the Colony, as well as the [[Dark Mind]] and [[Slave Mind]] brain jars from the [[Nautiloid]], will only give dialogue.
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=== Tadpoling Centre ===
=== Tadpoling Centre ===


* You'll find [[Zevlor]] here for the [[Find Zevlor]] quest. If you want to free him you will have a fight with three mind flayers and several intellect devourers.  
* You'll find [[Zevlor]] here for the [[Find Zevlor]] quest. If you want to free him you will have to fight three mind flayers and several intellect devourers.  
** Zevlor and the other survivors can potentially turn hostile if they are damaged by the player, including via spell AOE effects such as Cloud of Daggers or Flame Wall.
** Zevlor and the other survivors can potentially turn hostile if they are damaged by the player, including via spell AOE effects such as Cloud of Daggers or Flame Wall.
* In the next area you can find [[Mizora]] stuck in a pod. Free her if you want to advance Wyll's quest ([[The Blade of Frontiers]]).
* In the next area you can find [[Mizora]] stuck in a pod. Free her if you want to advance Wyll's quest ([[The Blade of Frontiers]]).
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=== Barracks ===
=== Barracks ===
* Here you will meet [[Kressa Bonedaughter]], who will recognize The Dark Urge. After some dialogue, battle comments with her and her crew. Fight them or deceive them. There are several notes that can shed light on [[The Dark Urge]].
* Here you will meet [[Kressa Bonedaughter]], who will recognize The Dark Urge. After some dialogue, battle comments with her and her crew. Fight them or deceive them. There are several notes that can shed light on [[The Dark Urge]].  


== Advance to Ketheric Thorm ==
== Advance to Ketheric Thorm ==
To the east is the big showdown with [[Ketheric Thorm]]. Before descending down the lift use the Restoration Pod to the right of the lift to get a free [[Long Rest]].
To the east is the big showdown with [[Ketheric Thorm]]. Before descending down the lift use the Restoration Pod to the right of the lift to get a free [[Long Rest]].


You will watch a cutscene between [[Ketheric Thorm]], [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] and [[Orin]] and meet [[the Netherbrain]] and learn of their plans and the fact the Elder Brain is the [[Absolute]]. If you have Gale with you, you have the option to let him go nuclear and kill the Elder Brain. You will watch the Elder Brain infect Duke Ravengard with a Tadpole, before the three unleash the assault on Baldur's Gate.
A cutscene will then play, wherein the player will see [[Ketheric Thorm]], [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] and [[Orin]], learn of their plans, and meet [[the Netherbrain]], thus discovering the true identity of the [[Absolute]]. If [[Gale]] is in the party, the player will have the option to allow him to explode the Netherese Orb; this will kill the Netherbrain, all three Chosen, and your party, resulting in a very early endgame and the credits rolling. If this action is not taken and the party remains unexploded, this cutscene continues with the Elder Brain infecting [[Ulder Ravengard|Duke Ravengard]] with a Tadpole, before the Chosen of the [[Dead Three]] unleash their assault on Baldur's Gate.


=== Fight with Ketheric ===
=== Fight with Ketheric ===
Time for the next fight with Ketheric. He'll call on his god for help and the fight will start. Remember that Ketheric remains invulnerable as long as he has the [[Dame Aylin|Nightsong]] captured. Your initial goal is to free Nightsong with the Help action, as she is trapped inside a soul cage by Ketheric.  
When the second fight with Ketheric starts, Ketheric will begin by calling on [[Myrkul]] for aid. Ketheric remains invulnerable so long as he has the [[Dame Aylin|Nightsong]] captured. The player's initial goal is to free Nightsong with the Help action, as she is trapped inside a soul cage by Ketheric.  


After the battle you will get a series of cutscenes. you'll teleport back to [[Moonrise Towers]] ground floor where you can talk to some of the people you have met in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] before you head west to Baldur's Gate. [[Chapter Two]] will be pretty much finished.
After the battle will be a series of cutscenes. The player will be teleported back to [[Moonrise Towers]] ground floor, where they can speak with some of the characters met in the [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]] before heading west to Baldur's Gate. This is the end of [[Act Two]].


==Related Locations==
==Related Locations==
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* {{SmIconLink|Flail PlusOne Icon.png|Myrkulite Scourge}} - Looted from Kressa Bonedaughter
* {{SmIconLink|Flail PlusOne Icon.png|Myrkulite Scourge}} - Looted from Kressa Bonedaughter
* [[Summon Us]] - Given by [[Us]]
* [[Summon Us]] - Given by [[Us]]
* [[Resonance Stone]]
* {{SmIconLink|Resonance Stone.png|Resonance Stone}}
* [[Blade of Oppressed Souls]] - Found in the Necrotic Laboratory after solving the brain puzzle
* {{SmIconLink|Longsword PlusOne Icon.png|Blade of Oppressed Souls}} - Found in the Necrotic Laboratory after solving the brain puzzle
* [[Ketheric's Warhammer]] - Looted from Ketheric Thorm
* {{SmIconLink|Ketheric's Warhammer Icon.png|Ketheric's Warhammer}} - Looted from Ketheric Thorm
 
* {{SmIconLink|Ketheric's Shield Icon.png|Ketheric's Shield}} - Looted from Ketheric Thorm
* [[Ketheric's Shield]] - Looted from Ketheric Thorm
* {{SmIconLink|Reaper's_Embrace_Icon.png|Reaper's Embrace}} - Looted from Ketheric Thorm
* [[Reaper's Embrace]] - Looted from Ketheric Thorm
* {{SmIconLink|Gloves_of_the_Balanced_Hands_Icon.png|Braindrain Gloves}} - Can be looted from a skeleton near Necrotic Laboratory {{Coords|748|-141}}
* [[Braindrain Gloves]] - Can be looted from a skeleton near Necrotic Laboratory ( X: 748 Y: -141 )
* {{SmIconLink|Circlet_of_Mental_Anguish_Icon.png|Circlet of Mental Anguish}} - Can be looted from a skeleton in the Necrotic Laboratory {{Coords|748|-141}}
* [[Circlet of Mental Anguish]] - Can be looted from a skeleton in the Necrotic Laboratory ( X: 748 Y: -141 )
* [[Waking Mind]] - Found in the Necrotic Laboratory after solving the brain puzzle
* [[Waking Mind]] - Found in the Necrotic Laboratory after solving the brain puzzle


Revision as of 13:44, 18 September 2023

The Mind Flayer Colony is a location you can find from the Oubliette under the Moonrise Towers Prison in the Shadow-Cursed Lands in Chapter Two. You can access this area once you have faced Ketheric Thorm for the first time on the Moonrise Towers Rooftop.

If you arrive here from the Moonrise Towers Rooftop, destroy the membrane and move forward. There will lots of Intellect Devourers running around the colony. They are not hostile.

Areas

Morgue

  • You'll find Us here if they weren't destroyed on the Nautiloid. You can free Us to get the item Summon Us.You'll also meet Chop here.
  • If the player threatens to kill Chop, he will respond as though he wants the player to kill him; despite this, attacking him will still make Chop and the surrounding Intellect Devourers (except for Us) hostile. Nonetheless, Chop will comment that he is "free at last" as he is killed.

Necrotic Laboratory

In the southeast of the map, at X: 715 Y: -49.

Tadpoling Centre

  • You'll find Zevlor here for the Find Zevlor quest. If you want to free him you will have to fight three mind flayers and several intellect devourers.
    • Zevlor and the other survivors can potentially turn hostile if they are damaged by the player, including via spell AOE effects such as Cloud of Daggers or Flame Wall.
  • In the next area you can find Mizora stuck in a pod. Free her if you want to advance Wyll's quest (The Blade of Frontiers).
    • The left control is "annihilate," the right one is "release."
      • If you decide to free her, you can then persuade her (DC 14) for a reward to get Infernal Rapier.
      • Killing Mizora via the "annihilate" button results in Wyll dying as well.

Barracks

  • Here you will meet Kressa Bonedaughter, who will recognize The Dark Urge. After some dialogue, battle comments with her and her crew. Fight them or deceive them. There are several notes that can shed light on The Dark Urge.

Advance to Ketheric Thorm

To the east is the big showdown with Ketheric Thorm. Before descending down the lift use the Restoration Pod to the right of the lift to get a free Long Rest.

A cutscene will then play, wherein the player will see Ketheric Thorm, Gortash and Orin, learn of their plans, and meet the Netherbrain, thus discovering the true identity of the Absolute. If Gale is in the party, the player will have the option to allow him to explode the Netherese Orb; this will kill the Netherbrain, all three Chosen, and your party, resulting in a very early endgame and the credits rolling. If this action is not taken and the party remains unexploded, this cutscene continues with the Elder Brain infecting Duke Ravengard with a Tadpole, before the Chosen of the Dead Three unleash their assault on Baldur's Gate.

Fight with Ketheric

When the second fight with Ketheric starts, Ketheric will begin by calling on Myrkul for aid. Ketheric remains invulnerable so long as he has the Nightsong captured. The player's initial goal is to free Nightsong with the Help action, as she is trapped inside a soul cage by Ketheric.

After the battle will be a series of cutscenes. The player will be teleported back to Moonrise Towers ground floor, where they can speak with some of the characters met in the Shadow-Cursed Lands before heading west to Baldur's Gate. This is the end of Act Two.

Related Locations

Related Quests

Notable Loot

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

Notable NPCs

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