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Defiled Temple

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The Selûnite puzzle in the Defiled Temple.

The Defiled Temple (also known as The Temple of Selûne) is a Location in Chapter One. It can be reached from the Shattered Sanctum and serves as one of the entrances to the Underdark.

Area Information

The Defiled Temple can be entered from a door in Gut's chambers in the Shattered Sanctum X: 253 Y: -7. This area is one of several ways to enter the Underdark.

Polma, Gut's bodyguard, guards this location.

Moon Tile Puzzle

A long descent down into the Underdark can be revealed by solving a puzzle in this room. In the northeastern section of the Defiled Temple is a room with four tiles in the center. The puzzle is solved by rotating the tiles such that the full moon icons are all on the northern-most tile, the half-moons are on the outer west and east tiles, and the empty moon icons are all on the southern-most tile.

  • The puzzle can be solved by interacting with the tiles in the following sequence: (note that this is only one of many possible solutions)

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  1. North
  2. West
  3. East
  4. East
  5. South
  6. South
  7. South
  8. West
  9. West
  10. East
  11. East
  12. West
  13. North
  14. West
  15. North
  16. North
  17. North
  18. West
  19. West
  20. West
  21. East
  22. North
  23. North
  24. North
  25. East
  26. East
  27. East
  28. North
  29. East
  • Alternatively, there is a hidden lever in the north part of this room, near a set of stairs, that can be revealed with a Perception check X: 442 Y: 64. This lever can be Lockpicked to bypass the puzzle and open the way.

Related Quests

Related Locations

Regional Locations

Shattered Sanctum

Door Door X: 405 Y: 30
Cave Exit Cave Exit X: 413 Y: 70
Goblin Camp
Worg Pens

Points of Interest

  • Four Stone Discs X: 436 Y: 55

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Connected Locations

Underdark

Ladder Ladder X: 441 Y: 98
Selûnite Outpost

Notable NPCs

Notable Loot

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