Nautiloid

See Escape the Nautiloid for a detailed guide of this area.

The sieged Nautiloid soaring over Avernus

The Nautiloid is a region in the Prologue of Baldur's Gate 3. The player character starts on the Nautiloid immediately after character creation.

Overview

Nursery

The nursery is the initial area that the player characters awakens in. The room contains scattered mind flayer pods and a nursery at the centre of the room, which is a pool filled with larvae that explodes at the slightest touch.

Surgery room

In the adjacent room, Myrnath is undergoing surgery on an elevated platform. The creature Us can be recruited by removing it from Myrnath's exposed skull. Leaving the surgery room triggers a cutscene with Lae'zel, who joins the party to escape the Nautiloid. If Lae'zel is chosen as origin, Losiir joins the party instead.

Ceremorphosis chambers

The ceremorphosis chambers consist of two adjoining rooms on the northern side of the Nautiloid. In the first room, Shadowheart is trapped in a mind flayer pod, which can be opened with a slate carried by a corpse in the second room. Shadowheart's pod also has a nearby control panel with the following labels, from left to right: "Unleash", "Aggression", and "Annihilate".

In the second ceremorphosis chamber, adjacent to Shadowheart's room, an unresponsive woman is trapped in a mind flayer pod. The console behind her contains a button with the label "Perfect". Pressing the button forces her to undergo ceremorphosis.

Helm

The ship's helm is past the ceremorphosis chambers, where a Mind Flayer battles Commander Zhalk. Upon entering this area, combat immediately commences, and the party have a maximum of 15 turns to reach the transponder before the ship crashes. After several turns, two cambions spawn at the entrance of the helm. If Zhalk is defeated with his imps and hellsboars, the Mind Flayer attacks the party. Interacting with the transponder ends the prologue regardless of the remaining foes and party members' status.

Related areas

•  Ravaged Beach

Characters

• Lae'zel
• Losiir
• Mind flayer (prologue)
• Myrnath
• Sacrificed High Elf
• Sacrificed Human Cultist
• Shadowheart
• Us
• Zhalk

Creatures

• Cambion
• Intellect Devourer
• Lesser Hellsboar
• Lesser Imp
• Mind Flayer

Loot

• Dark Mind
• Eldritch Rune
• Everburn Blade disarmed or looted from Zhalk
• Gold Key
• Rune Slate
• Slave Mind

Related quests

•  Escape the Nautiloid
•  Rescue the Illithids' Captive

Gallery

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  Concept Art

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  Concept art by Dan Iorgulescu

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  Concept art by Dan Iorgulescu

Notes

• When playing as a custom character, if Lae'zel or Shadowheart are killed before reaching the Helm, they are found dead on the beach in Act One and can be revived.
• Prior to meeting Lae'zel or Losiir, characters cannot cast certain spells that summon controllable entities. The tooltips for such spells state they "can't be cast while your new parasite adjusts to your mind and magic". This is known to affect  Mage Hand and  Find Familiar. Casting  Minor Illusion is allowed, possibly because the entity cannot be moved around like the others. The affected spells become available at the start of the first combat encounter with the Lesser Imps.

External links

• Nautiloid on the Forgotten Realms Wiki