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Knights of the Shield Hideout

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A round table in the Knights of the Shield Hideout
Lower City
Lower City Sewers ← Knights of the Shield Hideout
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Elfsong Tavern
The Knights of the Shield Hideout is a Location within the Lower City in Act Three of Baldur's Gate 3. The hideout can be accessed through the Elfsong Tavern Basement or the Lower City Sewers.

Overview[edit | edit source]

Access[edit | edit source]

From the Elfsong Tavern Basement, a hidden button can be found at X: -868 Y: 544 within a side room. Pressing it opens a wine barrel in another room with a hidden hallway and stairs leading down to the Knights of the Shield Hideout.

Alternatively, the hideout can be accessed from the sewers via a ladder located at X: 52 Y: 793. This brings the party to the hidden room directly.

Knights of the Shield Hideout[edit | edit source]

Entering the location via the Elfsong Tavern leads the party to the main room. In the center a is large round table, presumably where the knights met. On the sides are two higher areas, only accessible via the stairs in the back.

Within the hideout are a group of Githyanki led by Ch'r'ai Har'rak Ch'r'ai Har'rak, who are looking for the  Astral Prism. They can be snuck up on or conversed with and, if Lae'zel Lae'zel is in the party, a successful DC 18 Intimidation or Persuasion check DC 18 Intimidation or Persuasion check makes them leave without a fight; this also gains (Lae'zel approves +1).

Hidden Room[edit | edit source]

The button to the storeroom

On the far North wall, behind a large knight statue, on the right side of an indent is a hidden button (X: -734 Y: 577) which can be seen with a DC 13 Perception check DC 13 Perception check. Behind is the Emperor's the Emperor's old room, where he kept many mementos, some of which can be uncovered by passing additional perception checks.

The Emperor's special items[edit | edit source]

  • Unique Shell X: -726 Y: 586
  • Emperor's Wardrobe X: -727 Y: 590
  • Butter Fork X: -731 Y: 596
  • Stelmane's Portrait X: -732 Y: 597
  •  Sword of the Emperor X: -734 Y: 589
  • Chains X: -739 Y: 594
  • Empty Brain Jar X: -745 Y: 593
  •  Recipe for Fiddlehead Soup X: -744 Y: 587
  • Dog Collar X: -742 Y: 584

Item commentary[edit | edit source]

The Emperor will have ambient commentary on each of the items, if interacted with.

  • Unique Shell: "A shell - a keepsake from my final voyage. Pinched in a moment of sentimentality."
  • Emperor's Wardrobe: "My old wardrobe - the home of all my disguises. We are what we appear to be, and so appearances matter."
  • Butter Fork: "My cutlery set - a gift from my mother. The butter knife is missing, but otherwise it looks to be complete. I don't need it anymore, but the memory stirs something in me still."[1]
  • Stelmane's Portrait: "There she is in all her glory - Duke Belynne Stelmane. My old partner."[2]
  • Chains - "The chains I used to bind my meals - villains and lawbreakers. You see I tried to exercise morality, where I could."
  • Empty Brain Jar: "An old container for brains. Empty - shame. It would have been nice to find one to sustain me now."
  • Recipe for Fiddlehead Soup: "A recipe for fiddlehead soup - a favourite meal of mine, when I had need of meals like that."[3]
  • Dog Collar: "Rascal's collar...My poor four-legged friend. Their lives are so brief, so simple, and yet - full."[4]
  • Sword of the Emperor: "My old sword - my first purchase as an adventurer. No use to me anymore. It's yours, if you want it."[5]

Beyond the area with the chains, there is a secondary room with a hatch, which leads to the sewers.

Interacting with the Emperor's sword successfully completes the quest Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout⁠Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout, even if other items are left in the room. Completing the quest does not deactivate the Emperor's possible commentary; the party can still learn about them later.

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Notes and references[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Yes, the name of the item is "Butter Fork", implicitly because of the "missing" butter knife. As Forgotten Realms lore claims, the butter knife was not actually missing Balduran#Legacy⁠Balduran#Legacy
  2. ↑ The game asset used for the portrait item is a renamed version of the painting item "Portrait Of A Woman." Dialogue with Wyll Wyll implies that this portrait is still accurate to what she looked like, albeit at a younger age.
  3. ↑ It may be necessary to pick up the item to trigger this commentary, rather than just interacting.
  4. ↑ Interacting with this item will often equip the collar to the necklace slot of the controlled character. It is not known if this behaviour is a bug.
  5. ↑ Interacting with this item will sometimes automatically equip it to the interacting party member's melee weapon slot.
  6. ↑ Looted from Ch'r'ai Har'rak
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Inside the Emperor's Wardrobe
  8. ↑ Inside the hidden room X: -734 Y: 589

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