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'''Find the Missing Shipment''' is a [[quest]] in [[Chapter One]] of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by approaching the trapped [[Rugan]] and [[Olly]] at [[the Risen Road]], finding the [[Zhentarim Basement]] and speaking with [[Zarys]] there, or reading a note found on the corpse of one of her missing agents.

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

Finding the Missing Shipment is started either by encountering Rugan and Olly on The Risen Road or by entering the Zhentarim Hideout in Waukeen's Rest and speaking with Zarys. Either approach leads to the same result - encountering the [[gnoll]]s attacking the guards and deciding what to do with the locked chest.

Aside from saving the pair, the party can also let them die. This can occur by Long Resting instead of confronting the gnolls or by commanding the gnoll Warlord [[Flind]] to kill the humans inside the cave. The option to commune with Flind's tadpole occurs within the first few rounds of combat. Flind can also be commanded to feast on herself or her pack, or to retreat.

After this successful check, Rugan relinquishes the chest to the party. If Rugan is not persuaded, the party can also steal the chest or lockpick it open (DC 20). If the [[Iron Flask]] inside is taken, the chest is considered stolen. If the chest was unlocked, even without taking anything out of it, Zarys will consider it a violation of the agreement and order her henchmen to attack.

To learn more about the Zhentarim, their hideout must first be located. It's in a barn west of Waukeen's Rest, at the shabby door. The party will automatically be aware of the Zhentarim Hideout depending on if Rugan and Olly were encountered first - either by speaking with Rugan or by asking his corpse questions with [[Speak with Dead]]. If the party spares Rugan's life, he shares the location of the hideout along with the password need to enter. With a successful perception check, the party notices a man, [[Salazon]], crouching behind some shelves. Reciting the password requires a DC 10 dexterity check to say "''Wait, listen!''" before reciting "Little serpent, long shadow." Succeeding the check has him stand down immediately and provide the key to a wardrobe that leads into the hideout. If the party does not have the password, there are a myriad of other options to get past Salazon:

If Rugan and Olly are spared, and the chest is not stolen from them, they will return the chest to the basement (note: if they are not in the basement when the party goes back, taking a long rest will unblock the progression). Zarys thanks the party for their aid and considers them a friend of the Zhentarim. Their merchant [[Brem]] opens up special stock and Zarys rewards the party with gold and a crossbow, [[Harold]]. If Rugan and Olly did not survive, then this outcome can still be obtained by returning the chest to the Zhentarim without opening it.

If the chest was lock-picked and the Iron Flask is returned to Zarys, the Zhentarim will become hostile. If the player chooses not to inform her that they stole the shipment, Brem still opens his special stock but Zarys will not give {{RarityItem|Harold}} as a reward.

In [[Act Three]], the unopened chest can be delivered to Zhentarim agents in the Guildhall. Turn the shipment over to [[Slick Inatra]] to receive a few words of thanks.

* "Special Stock" from [[Brem]] if the chest is returned unopened.