Destroy the Ancient Tome

Destroy the Ancient Tome is a sub-quest of Search the Cellar in Act One of Baldur's Gate 3. It is initiated upon finding the book "The Necromancy of Thay" in the Blighted Village.

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Objectives

Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions and outcomes.

Destroy the book.

• Evil is inscribed on every page of this book. But all evil has a weakness - there must be a way to destroy it.
• Only light from the divine can burn away this book's evil.

Quest Complete

• The book has been destroyed, along with any dark secrets it contained. Good riddance.
• The book was too valuable to be destroyed - we decided to take its knowledge for ourselves.
• The book was lost, along with any dark secrets it contained.

Walkthrough

The Necromancy of Thay is obtained during Search the Cellar within the apothecary's secret laboratory past the ornate mirror. Removing the book from its trapped rooms starts a quest to either unlock the Necromancy of Thay's secrets or destroy it forever.

Destroying the book is simple - drop it on the ground. Then, attack the book with divine spells, such as Guiding Bolt. Be forewarned that destroying the tome summons several shadow enemies.