Outlander

Outlander is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around exploration and navigating the wilds. Karlach, Halsin, and the hirelings Eldra Luthrinn and Sina'zith have this background.

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You grew up in the wilds, learning to survive far from the comforts of civilisation. Surviving unusual hazards of the wild will enhance your prowess and understanding.

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Background features

• Athletics Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Strength (Athletics) Ability Checks.
• Survival Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Survival) Ability Checks.

Background goals

Performing certain actions that align with this background rewards Inspiration. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. Completing an inspiration event also grants experience to characters with this background. While not necessarily all-inclusive, listed below are known events which grant inspiration points.

Location	XP Reward	Name	Description
Act One
Multiple locations	30	Walking On Air	Successfully use a fairy ring. "Fairy ring" refers to the mushroom circles found in the Sunlit Wetlands, in the Overgrown Tunnel or in the Underdark. First time travelling through any of them grants the inspiration.
Campsite	25	Cub Tamer	Successfully tame the owlbear cub. The cub must be spared in the Owlbear Nest and saved from the Goblin Camp. The inspiration is given after the cub comes to the camp for the second time (with a wounded paw) and if it then stays as a Camp Follower.
Grymforge	50	The Floor Is Lava	Defeat the Lava Elemental in the lava lake.
Owlbear Nest	25	A Mother's Fury	Triumph over the mother Owlbear. Placating the Owlbear without Speak with Animals does not grant this one. Does not require actually fighting the Owlbear. Convincing her not to attack using Speak with Animals is sufficient.
Risen Road	30	Rock Steady	Survive the bandit's rolling boulder trap. The trap blocks the cave mouth at X: 50 Y: 570. The description is misleading; disarming or getting around the two tripwires awards the inspiration, while getting hit by the boulder and surviving does not.
	30	Cursebreaker	Discover the curse of Yeenoghu and destroy his hyenas. All hyenas and gnolls around the massacred caravan must be killed. Flind's pack does not count.
Sunlit Wetlands	30	Eyes of the Wild	See past the illusion covering the swamp. Must reveal the true appearance of the wetlands, passing an ability check: the initial on entering the area, or when interacting with the disguised Redcaps. Provoking Auntie Ethel to reveal her true form does not count.
Underdark	30	A Noble Endeavour	Effectively use a noblestalk mushroom. Once obtained, it can be given to Baelen, Derryth, Shadowheart, or eaten by the Dark Urge.
	30	Abyss Jumper	The party must enter the Underdark through the bottomless well. The inspiration is granted upon landing. Thus, the Feather Fall effect, via spell or potion, must be active to survive the fall. This can be acquired even if the Underdark was previously entered via some other way.
	30	Clever Cuckoo	Steal from the giant bird's nest in the Underdark. The nest can be reached by series of jumps up from approximately X: 43 Y: -141. Then, the wooden chest inside must be looted.
	30	Mushroom Enthusiast	Destroy each kind of hazardous Underdark mushroom. The party must destroy at least one stalk of Bibberbangs, Timmasks and Torchstalks each, regardless of the order. Nightlights and Barrelstalks do not count. It is enough for the Outlander character to witness the destroying of the third type of mushroom, whichever that would be. The inspiration is given regardless of whether any party member got hurt from the mushrooms' effects.
	30	Nest Egg	Take an item from the Carrion Crawler nest. The interacting character must belong to a Short race, e.g. either Halfling or Gnome, or disguised as such. In this case, a sequence of Survival check and then a passive Wisdom check (both DC 15) grants the inspiration.
Wilderness	20	Sticky Fingers	Secure the pouch from the spider crevice. The party must pass any ability check, use class-based dialogue option or use Speak with Animals to acquire the pouch.
Act Two
Campsite	50	Sleeping in the Dark	Take a full Long Rest in the Shadow-Cursed Lands. This is only awarded for resting in a camp that's out in the actual dangerous area. Camping at Last Light Inn, in Moonrise Towers, or in the Gauntlet of Shar does not count. Resting within the Sharran Sanctuary still grants the inspiration, despite the claim that there's no curse effects inside.
Gauntlet of Shar	75	Always a Step Ahead of the Darkness	Reach Nightsong without having been affected by the shadow curse. Granted upon leaving the Shadowfell.
	75	Path Least Followed	Complete the Gauntlet of Shar without going to Last Light or Moonrise. This effectively locks the party out of participating in most events of Act Two. Granted upon leaving the Shadowfell.
	75	Tools of the Trade	Obtain the orthon's crossbow. This weapon can only be looted from Yurgir's corpse (regardless of the circumstances of his death), and cannot be pickpocketed from him.
Last Light Inn	60	Grove Keeper's Keeper	Protect Halsin's portal while he saves the spirit of the land. Eliminating all enemies before the counter ends also grants the inspiration.
Mind Flayer Colony	95	From Head to Toe	Explore all sections of the mind flayer colony. Must visit Morgue, Barracks, Tadpoling Centre, Necrotic Laboratory, and descend to the Main brine pool. Visiting Oubliette is not required. The order is irrelevant. Visiting previously unexplored rooms after defeating Apostle of Myrkul (but before teleporting from the colony) grants the inspiration as well.
Moonrise Towers	50	Delving into the Deep	Enter the Oubliette... for better or for worse. Granted regardless of the way the party enters the Oubliette: deliberately or through the Cracked wall.
	50	Mutual Respect	Meet Steelclaw the tadpole-hunting cat. Earned only if using Speak with Animals. Granted upon the fact of talking to her. If the Dark Urge kills Steelclaw, this does not lock the party out of this inspiration.
	60	Never Liked Stairs	Enter a restricted area in Moonrise Towers from the outside. It can be one of the following rooms: Isobel's room, Ketheric's chambers, Balthazar's lab. Must be the first time you enter any of the restricted rooms. The party can use Grant Flight, or climb the roots to the east from the main entrance and reach the balcony by jumping to the scaffolds. Then, lockpick any of the doors. Entering Isobel's room from the rafters inside does not count, more so, it locks the party out of gaining this inspiration further in the playthrough.
Reithwin Town	60	I've Had Worse	Successfully drink and resist the negative effects of the brewer's concoction. After each drink the interacting character makes a passive Constitution Saving Throw with DC 14, then DC 16. The inspiration is granted for any single success, even if the others fail. Not necessary for the Outlander character to drink with the brewer.
Shadow-Cursed Lands	60	Bumps in the Dark	Conquer three combat encounters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
	50	Child's Play	Beat Oliver at hide and seek without alerting the shadow creatures. This requires winning both rounds of Oliver's game.
	50	Embracing the Environment	Survive two rounds of the Shadow curse. The inspiration is given at the start of the third turn, if the character feeling the curse effect is still alive and not downed. It does not need to be the character with the Outlander background themselves.
	60	I Ain't Afraid of No Shadows	Traverse through the Shadow-Cursed Lands to Last Light and Moonrise without using a Moonlantern. The party can fail this by accident, as Moonrise Towers are surrounded with streetlight Moonlanterns.
	60	No Cursed Stone Left Unturned	Explore each key area of the Shadow-Cursed Lands. The party must visit the Ruined Battlefield, Reithwin Town, the Last Light Inn, and reach the Gauntlet of Shar (through the Grand Mausoleum). The inspiration is given upon entering the last of all four locations, regardless of the order. Thorough exploration is not needed.
Act Three
Iron Throne	220	Down to the Depths Below	Enter the Iron Throne. The inspiration is given upon docking the submersible at the underwater prison.
House of Hope	220	Horizon Walker	Travel through the House of Hope portal. Granted after crossing the portal from Devil's Fee.
Lower City	220	Catastrophic Structural Failure	Blow up the Steel Watch Foundry. This is granted regardless of the particular way the party eliminates the foundry.
	170	Children of an Outlander	Convince Jaheira to let her family stay in the city. No actual convincing is needed. Granted upon talking to both Jaheira and Rion in their house, regardless of the chosen course of dialogue.
	170	For Once, a Warm Meal	Obtain room and board at the Elfsong Tavern. Granted regardless of the way the party obtains the rooms.
	170	Nature of the Beast	Discover the fate of the Githyanki egg. Available only if the Githyanki Egg was sold to Lady Esther in Act One. Mutually exclusive with ⁠Membership Admittance.
	170	Urban Jungle	Survive the Bhaalist ambush at the park. Must specifically fight the cultists. If the party agreed to ally with Orin, Reaper of Bhaal Clotilde offers to join them. Doing so locks the party out of gaining the inspiration.
Rivington	135	Cat's Got Your Tongue?	Find the missing letters. The letters are on the Open Hand Temple roof. Must convince Tara to leave, and pick up the letters. Having Gale in the party helps to bypass any checks on Tara.
	135	Enlisted Avian	Meet Commander Lightfeather. Works only with Speak with Animals. To get this one, "reporting" to him is not necessary.
	135	Gifts of the Wilds	Give raw goods as a donation. Must give Nestor food only through the barter menu, any amount. Can be earned only before Nestor sees the explosive toys.
	170	Macabre Hunt	Find all the pieces of Dribbles' body and return them to Lucretious. Obtainable only after opening the way to the Undercity Ruins.
	170	Primary Needs	Tame the dilophosaurus, making it non-hostile. Available only before the fight with Dribbles. Must feed Crimson through the cage door. Speak with Animals allows to bypass an Animal Handling check. Mutually exclusive with the ⁠Running Wild.
	135	Running Wild	Release all the imprisoned circus beasts. Available only before the fight with Dribbles. Lockpick the cages, or steal a key from Keren or from Ryland. Talking to the beasts is not necessary. Mutually exclusive with the ⁠Primary Needs. If Crimson is fed before unlocking his cage, he does not run away, and the inspiration cannot be gained.
	135	Solemn Farewell	Witness the Gur funeral. Available only if Astarion was not betrayed to the Gur hunter in Act One. Granted regardless of the passive Religion check result (rolled within the cutscene).
Undercity	170	Beneath the Gate	Enter the Undercellar. This is granted upon entering the Guildhall for the first time, regardless of the way and direction.
	220	The Face of Evil	Reach the Temple of Bhaal. Granted after opening the Solid Doors to the Temple in the Undercity Ruins.