Confront the Elder Brain

Confront the Elder Brain is a quest in Chapter Three of Baldur's Gate 3.

Objectives

• Follow the Chosen to Baldur's Gate.
  • We can thwart the Chosen of the Dead Three by taking control of the elder brain - but will we use that control to liberate or to conquer? ** ** Whatever the answer, it lies in Baldur's Gate.
• Obtain the three Netherstones.
  • We have finally arrived in Baldur's Gate. To face the elder brain, we must obtain the Netherstones from the three Chosen. We already have Ketheric's Netherstone.
  • We have obtained Orin's Netherstone.
  • We have obtained Gortash's Netherstone.
• Meet Gortash at the Morphic Pool.
  • We made a deal with Gortash. He is waiting for us under the city at the Morphic Pool, where the elder brain feeds.
• Face the elder brain.
  • The elder brain killed Gortash and we took his Netherstone.
  • With all three Netherstones in our possession, it is time to go to the Morphic Pool and face the elder brain. We should head to the sewers.
  • The time has come to face the elder brain.
• Talk to the Emperor.
  • We tried to dominate the elder brain, but it has become too powerful to submit to orders. The Emperor might know what went wrong.
• Get a mind flayer on your side.
  • We drove the Emperor away - it has joined sides with what we now know to be a Netherbrain.
  • We struck a deal with Raphael. He will give us the Orphic Hammer to free Orpheus - our last chance to defeat the Netherbrain - and, in exchange, we will give him the Crown of Karsus when we triumph.
  • We have freed Orpheus from the globe of domination.
  • We learned that only a mind flayer will be capable of wielding the stones to dominate what we now know to be a Netherbrain.
• Face the Netherbrain again.
  • We have become illithid. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
  • Orpheus has become a mind flayer. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
  • Karlach has become a mind flayer. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
  • We gave the Netherstones to the Emperor. We should now be able to dominate the Netherbrain.
  • The Emperor gave us a Supreme Tadpole, which will transform whomever consumes it into a mind flayer. If we are to defeat the Netherbrain, we must have a mind flayer on our side.
• Get to the Netherbrain.
  • The Netherbrain has made its way to the High Hall. We are going to have to fight or sneak our way through to reach it.
  • We reached the brain stem. It's time to climb up and end this once and for all.
  • We made the ultimate sacrifice and became illithid. We should now be able to control the Crown once we reach the Netherbrain.
  • Karlach made the ultimate sacrifice and became a mind flayer. We should now be able to control the Crown once we reach the Netherbrain.
  • The Netherbrain has made its way to the High Hall. We are going to have to fight or sneak our way through to reach it.
• Reach the Crown of Karsus.
  • The Crown sits atop the Netherbrain, sending out an intense, pulsing aura. It's now or never: we must take control of the Crown of Karsus.
  • Karlach made the ultimate sacrifice and became a mind flayer. We need to help her so she can cast Karsus' Compulsion on the Crown.
  • We made the ultimate sacrifice and became illithid. We need to cast Karsus' Compulsion on the Crown.
• Enter the portal to the Netherbrain's psyche.
  • We successfully cast Karsus' Compulsion and can now enter what looks to be the Netherbrain's psyche manifested as a plane of existence.
• Bring the Netherbrain to heel.
  • We're in the mind of the Netherbrain, where its unbreakable will is manifested in physical form. If we can break it, we can bring the Netherbrain to heel.
• We conquered our parasites, defeated the Netherbrain, and took control of our own destinies. We did it. We won. We won!