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

Access edit

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

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, who are looking for the  Astral Prism. They can be snuck up on or conversed with and, if  Lae'zel is in the party, a successful  DC 18 Intimidation or Persuasion check makes them leave without a fight; this also gains ( +1).

Hidden Room edit

On the far North wall, behind a large knight statue, on the right side of an indent is a hidden button at X: -734 Y: 577 which can be seen with a  DC 13 Perception check. Using the button reveals a hidden doorway, behind it is  the Emperor's old room. Here is where he kept many mementos, some of which can be uncovered by passing additional perception checks. Some of the items can be looted and used.

The Emperor's special items edit

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

Special item	Location	Emperor commentary
Butter Fork	X: -731 Y: 596	"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]
Chains	X: -739 Y: 594	"The chains I used to bind my meals - villains and lawbreakers. You see I tried to exercise morality, where I could."
Dog Collar	X: -742 Y: 584	"Rascal's collar...My poor four-legged friend. Their lives are so brief, so simple, and yet - full."^[2]
Emperor's Wardrobe	X: -727 Y: 590	"My old wardrobe - the home of all my disguises. We are what we appear to be, and so appearances matter."
Empty Brain Jar	X: -745 Y: 593	"An old container for brains. Empty - shame. It would have been nice to find one to sustain me now."
Recipe for Fiddlehead Soup	X: -744 Y: 587	"A recipe for fiddlehead soup - a favourite meal of mine, when I had need of meals like that."^[3]
Stelmane's Portrait	X: -732 Y: 597	"There she is in all her glory - Duke Belynne Stelmane. My old partner."^[4]
Sword of the Emperor	X: -734 Y: 589	"My old sword - my first purchase as an adventurer. No use to me anymore. It's yours, if you want it."^[5]
Unique Shell	X: -726 Y: 586	"A shell - a keepsake from my final voyage. Pinched in a moment of sentimentality."

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 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.

Related locations edit

⁠Elfsong Tavern
⁠Lower City Sewers

Related quests edit

⁠Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout

Notable characters edit

Reinforcements edit

Loot edit

Related literature edit

Notes and references edit

↑ The name of the item is "Butter Fork", implicitly because of the "missing" butter knife. As ⁠Balduran#LegacyForgotten Realms lore claims, that the butter knife was not actually missing.
↑ Interacting with this item often equips the collar to the necklace slot of the controlled character. It is not known if this behaviour is a bug.
↑ It may be necessary to pick up the item to trigger this commentary, rather than just interacting.
↑ The game asset used for the portrait item is a renamed version of the painting item "Portrait Of A Woman". Dialogue with  Wyll implies that this portrait is still accurate to what she looked like, albeit at a younger age.
↑ Interacting with this item sometimes automatically equips it to the interacting party member's melee weapon slot.
↑ Worn by Ch'r'ai Har'rak
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Inside the Emperor's Wardrobe

External links edit

⁠Knights of the Shield on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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[1] The name of the item is "Butter Fork", implicitly because of the "missing" butter knife. As ⁠Balduran#LegacyForgotten Realms lore claims, that the butter knife was not actually missing.

[2] Interacting with this item often equips the collar to the necklace slot of the controlled character. It is not known if this behaviour is a bug.

[3] It may be necessary to pick up the item to trigger this commentary, rather than just interacting.

[4] The game asset used for the portrait item is a renamed version of the painting item "Portrait Of A Woman". Dialogue with  Wyll implies that this portrait is still accurate to what she looked like, albeit at a younger age.

[5] Interacting with this item sometimes automatically equips it to the interacting party member's melee weapon slot.

[6] Worn by Ch'r'ai Har'rak

[wardrobe-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Inside the Emperor's Wardrobe

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