Ad placeholder
Elfsong Tavern
| Lower City | ||||
| Candulhallow's Tombstones | ||||
| ↑ | ||||
| Armbrust's Home | ← | Elfsong Tavern | → | Stormshore Tabernacle |
| ↓ | ||||
| Baldur's Mouth | ||||
“Welcome, traveller. Remember, this ain't the Blushing Mermaid, it's the Elfsong, so behave yourself.„
Overview[edit | edit source]
The tavern[1] is located north-west of Stormshore Tabernacle and the Basilisk Gate waypoint. It can serve as the party's primary campsite while being in Baldur's Gate throughout Act Three if the proprietor 
Alan Alyth can be convinced to give it to the party, either by paying gold or through a dialogue check.
The tavern is a two-story building serving as both a place to get served food and drink, and to stay overnight in one of the rooms upstairs. It has a basement which mostly serves as storage for wine and an accessible roof-top area.
When approaching the location for the first time, the 
Emperor encourages the party to 
investigate his old hideout in the basement.[2]
If the party rents a room from Elfsong Tavern the The Elf Song, a song about Balduran, can be heard in the background.
History[edit | edit source]
Management of the tavern has fallen down to Alan Alyth from his mother, although ownership of the place itself is in the hands of the Hlath family.[3]
Locations[edit | edit source]
Ground floor[edit | edit source]
In the main area of the Elfsong Tavern features a bar and a large number of tables. On the sides of the room are separate tables surrounded by curtains. The tavern has also been the scene of 
Duke Belynne Stelmane's murder. The party can ask the bartender Alan Alyth about the Bhaalist murders taking place around town.
Afterward, they can choose to rent rooms on the second floor, which serve as the party's Camp while in the Lower City.
Many patrons can be found in the main room, among them:
- The dwarven siblings
Gherva Minedale and 
Stug Minedale, having a disagreement over Stug's kneecapping job. - Around a table in the center of the tavern
Buff Tanner, 
Cyndirie Vand, 
Grainne Jodhpur and 
Thimble are playing cards.[4] - The couple
Blarson Throaks and 
Clovia Throaks, celebrating their son getting a job. - The gnome
Dez Kanshaw who is searching for a place for his son Korson.
Suggesting to Dez Kanshaw that his son should join the Thieves' Guild grants the following inspiration:
Next Generation of Pockets (
Criminal backgrounds)
Among the people working in the Elfsong are multiple waiters, kitchen staff and a bouncer. If she survived Acts One and Two, 
Lakrissa can also be encountered, working as a waitress.
Kitchen[edit | edit source]
In the northern end of the tavern is the kitchen, where 
Chef Roveer, one of the Bhaalist murder targets, can be informed of his imminent demise. Speaking with him starts the quest Roveer's Storehouse to kill the rats in the storehouse under the kitchen.
Two cats in the kitchen, 
Tambourine and 
Zambomba can also be found dozing off. If spoken to with 
Speak with Animals, they also ask the party to clear the rats.
Cold room[edit | edit source]
On the western side of the tavern is a storage room, containing mostly minor food items, barrels and wine racks. A locked wooden chest can be found right next to the door which can be unlocked with the 
Cold Room Chest Key, kept by Alan Alyth. Inside the chest is more wine.
Laff Riot[edit | edit source]
| “ | Are you funny enough to cause a Laff Riot? Come on in and challenge the house comedian! |
„ |
| — Sign next to the doorway |
A room where 
Harvard Willoughby is hosting the Laff Riot can be found off to the south-eastern side. The party can join in and try to win.
The following inspirations can be gained:
- At Least They Didn't Throw Overripe Bananas... (
Entertainer backgrounds) - losing the comedy contest - A Stand-Up Adventurer ( Entertainer) background, winning the comedy contest
Harvard's son 
Belford Willoughby is helping his father out. The audience in the room consists of 
Phantaizha, 
Phibs Brogan, 
Preciosa and 
Waldo Walnut.
First floor[edit | edit source]
Next to the entrance of the kitchen are stairs which lead to the first floor. On the first floor there are two doorways accessible from the hallway. One opposite to the stairs leads to Stelmane's Private Room, the other one on the western side leads to 'Rented Rooms', which can be rented by the party.
When the party move upstairs for the first time, the Emperor recalls visiting the room and wonders if its still as he remembers it.[5]
Next to the doorway leading to the rented rooms is a ladder which can be climbed to move to the roof-top area.
Stelmane's Private Room[edit | edit source]
Up the stairs from the tavern on the southern side, Stelmane's room can be investigated as part of the quest Investigate the Murders. The party can encounter 
Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead in the room, who is investigating the murders in town and believes that these are part of a Bhaalist conspiracy. The party can convince her that they can help by passing an ability check.
In the room a 
Map of Murder can be found, as well as 
Notes on Stelmane's Murder written by Devella. Also near the cupboard with a mirror on the western side of the room, a 
DC 13 Perception check reveals a 
Discarded Wine Bottle. Interacting with the bottle, a DC 15 Medicine check changes it to Master Metzil's Karabasan's Gift.
Rented Rooms[edit | edit source]
A set of rooms[6] on the first floor can be rented out by speaking to the owner. After renting them, these rooms become the new camp location while anywhere in the Lower City or Lower City Sewers. Alan Alyth normally charges 200 gold for the rental, but passing a Persuasion or Perception check allows the party to commandeer the entire penthouse suite for free.
Renting the room grants the following inspiration:
- For Once, a Warm Meal (
Outlander background) - Perks of the Trade if a rebate was gained (
Charlatan background) - Proper Lodging, Finally (
Urchin background) - Veteran's Hotspot (
Soldier background)
While camping in these rented rooms, Supply Packs for long resting can be purchased from the Dumbwaiter at night.
Roof[edit | edit source]
The roof-top area is accessible through a ladder next to the entrance of the rented rooms. While on the roof a hatchway can be used to travel back down to the first floor connecting to the ladder. The roof-top is also accessible by jumping from outside the tavern on the western side. If she survived, 
Alfira can be found on the roof. Reuniting with her awards the following inspiration:
- Finding her Stage ( Entertainer background)
- Safeguarding the Songbird (
Folk Hero background)
If Lakrissa also survived, she may occasionally be encountered on the roof with Alfira, when not waiting tables on the ground floor. The two of them reveal they are dating, and that Alfira is planning on opening a bardic school.
A cracked tile can be detected by a passing DC 15 Perception check at X: 62 Y: -5. Underneath is some minor loot.
Basement[edit | edit source]
In the kitchen is a stairway which leads down to the basement. The basement consists of a main area where dozens of rats are skittering about. Killing the rats is part of the quest Roveer's Storehouse. In the back are two separate rooms, the larger one in the center is filled with large wine barrels, the smaller one on the side is filled with wine racks.
Inside the smaller room a hidden button can be found at X: -868 Y: 544. Pressing it will open a wine barrel in the larger room, revealing a hidden hallway with a stairs leading down to the Knights of the Shield Hideout.
Related locations[edit | edit source]
Related quests[edit | edit source]
Characters[edit | edit source]
Flaming Fists[edit | edit source]
Patrons[edit | edit source]
Blarson Throaks
Blevindall
Bombasto
Buff Tanner
Caitlin
Caitriono
Carys
Clovia Throaks
Cyndirie Vand
Dame Guisarme
Doora Thumbfoot
Dez Kanshaw
'Ears' Oohna
Frenello
Gherva Minedale
Grainne Jodhpur
Lyldara
Oloric Witmirth
Phoebelia
Roger Gherkins
Stug Minedale
Thimble
Truffles Smythe
Vinshent Fenteman
Wrilda Gemfinder
Laff Riot contest[edit | edit source]
Beggars[edit | edit source]
Staff[edit | edit source]
Owner[edit | edit source]
Kitchen[edit | edit source]
Security[edit | edit source]
Waiters[edit | edit source]
Roof[edit | edit source]
Loot[edit | edit source]
Related literature[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The first Baldur'S Gate Game and the tabletop D&D adventure Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus both include a description of the Elfsong Tavern, and explain the origin of its name: the tavern is haunted by the spirit of a long-dead female Elf who occasionally serenades the patrons. This is likely the voice heard singing Song of Balduran in the "camp" area upstairs.
- ↑ When approaching Elfsong Tavern, the Emperor has the following ambient commentary: "The Elfsong Tavern - I wonder if my old things are still there. They could be of use to you."
- ↑ As mentioned in
The Patriar Blackmail Files.
- ↑ Likely Talis is played, given the characters are referred to Talis Players for their Voice Actors.
- ↑ When approaching Stelmane's room on the upper floor, the Emperor has the following ambient commentary: "Stelmane's parlour - a place to receive clients and informants. I wonder if it's as I remember it."
- ↑ The lyrics of the song, sung by Mariya Anastasova, which hint at the plot of Baldur's Gate 3 and the ultimate fate of Balduran, can be found in
a book in a desk in the rented rooms upstairs.
- ↑ If met during Act One, and if she survived the events of Acts one and Two.
- ↑ If she survived Act One and Two.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Under a cracked tile on the roof-top.
- ↑ In the basement, in the middle of the room with the rats.
External links[edit | edit source]
Elfsong Tavern on the Baldur's Gate Wiki
Elfsong Tavern on the Forgotten Realms Wiki