Avenge the Ironhands: Difference between revisions

'''Avenge the Ironhands''' is a [[quest]] in [[Chapter Three]] of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking to [[Wulbren]] in [[Moonrise Towers]] at the end of [[Chapter Two]] or by approaching the gate to [[Wyrm's Crossing]] in [[Rivington]].

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** The Ironhand Gnomes are planning something big in Baldur's Gate. We should look for them once we arrive in the city.

** A group of deep gnomes attacked a Steel Watcher when it scanned us - saving us. They fled. We should follow them.

** The deep gnomes didn't survive, but they must have come from somewhere close by. We should find their hideout.

** We discovered the deep gnomes' hideout.

** Wulbren wants to crush the Gondians for serving Gortash and supplying him with Steel Watchers. He asked us to sneak into their Steel Watch Foundry and destroy it.

** In order to blow up the Foundry, Wulbren gave us a powerful explosive called a runepowder bomb. We need to plant it somewhere in the Steel Watch Foundry.

** Barcus is adamant that there is a peaceful way to deal with the Gondians - one that doesn't need violence.

** We've arrived in the Steel Watch Foundry. We need to find the perfect place to use the runepowder bomb, otherwise it won't do enough damage.

** We have found the heart of the Foundry - the Neurocitor. We should examine it.

** We used the runepowder bomb. We need to find another way to destroy the Steel Watch Foundry.

** We learned of a way to destroy the Foundry using the Neurocitor. We need to enter code 'Nebelun' then increase it to maximum output.

** The Foundry has been destroyed. Wulbren will be pleased.

If Wulbren was rescued as part of [[Rescue Wulbren]], he appears in Moonrise Towers after [[Defeat Ketheric Thorm]] is completed. Here, he can be spoken to and mentions grand plans for the city of Baldur's Gate. This will add the quest to the quest log, but the bulk of the quest does not commence until Chapter Three starts.

Once the Foundry has been entered, a cutscene plays, revealing that the Gondians are being forced to work by Banite cultists, under threat of explosive collars and their families being murdered. If the party approachs, the Banites will move to attack the cultists and bid the Gondians to aid them. It is possible to convince the Gondians to help fight back:

If the first two options are chosen, the Gondians help the party. Otherwise, they are too scared to fight against the Banites and will remain hostile until Black Gauntlet Tamia Holzt is defeated. Upon her death, the Motivator she carries will begin to activate and can be deactivated with an Intellect roll (DC 5). After the battle, the Gondians will begin to panic and state that their families are being kept hostage.

In order to gain more information, the party must go into the Security Office. The key can be looted off of Tamia Holzt's body, or lockpicked (DC 15). Only one Gondian is inside - Zanner Toobin, who will immediately recognize the party as intruders. He explains more about the Gondian's families being held hostage and beg the party to rescue his daughter. If the party agrees, he will help shut the place down. This will begin [[Save the Gondians]].

Save the Gondians does not need to be undertaken to finish Avenge the Ironhands. If the party fails to disable the Motivator and the Gondians die, the party can delve deeper into the Foundry and plant the runepowder bomb. If the runepowder bomb was not taken, Zanner's body can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]] and he will provide the code to destroy the Foundry. Otherwise, the party can choose to forsake the Gondians and plant the bomb, killing them in the process.

* [INTIMIDATION] Walk away WUlbren - I won't ask twice.