Time sensitive activities

Time sensitive activities are activities that automatically end based on the party moving to a certain location, completing a quest, or performing a number of long rests.

General trigger points

There are various points in the game where a pop up appears asking the party if they wish to proceed to the next area and suggesting they tie up loose ends. If the party proceeds on, this causes many interactions and events to automatically resolve. These major choke points are:

• Entering the Rosymorn Monastery Trail for the first time
• Entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands
• Entering the Shadowfell
• Leaving the Shadow-Cursed Lands for Baldur's Gate at the end of Act Two
• Entering the Morphic Pool at the end of Act Three

Time sensitive interactions

Recruiting Shadowheart on the Ravaged Beach

Trigger: Completing the prologue after rescuing Shadowheart.

Length: Shadowheart will wake up and leave for the Emerald Grove alone if not interacted with before going to camp, fast travelling, or entering the Grove.

Rescuing Lae'zel from the tieflings

Trigger: Get rid of the tieflings that have caught Lae'zel in the cage.

Length: If the the cage is not destroyed, Lae'zel breaks herself free after some time. If the player character is not present when she breaks herself free (even if companions are) or otherwise does not recruit her, she disappears and later appears at the Mountain Pass, with one final opportunity to recruit her.

First night contemplation

Trigger: Resting for the first time.

Length: Leaving the crash site.

Ceremorphosis discussion 1

Gale in front of the fire in Camp

Trigger: Resting for the first time.

Length: Entering the Emerald Grove or the Forest.

Ceremorphosis discussion 2

Gale examining his mirror image in Camp

Trigger: Resting after the first ceremorphosis discussion or entering the Emerald Grove.

Length: Entering the Forest.

Ceremorphosis discussion 3

Trigger: Resting after talking to either Nettie, Sazza or Zorru with Lae'zel.

Length: Entering the Forest.

Bugbear assassinates Nadira

Trigger: Approaching Nadira's location.

Length: The Bugbear immediately begins sneaking up to Nadira and sneak attacks her unless the party initiate combat.

Ethel's shop in the Druid Grove

Trigger: Entering the Emerald Grove

Length: Ethel leaves the Grove after the party enter the Sunlit Wetlands or after she is robbed for the first time (regardless of whether the player got caught or not) or if Pandirna reveals that she is paralyzed because of Ethel's potion.

True Soul Edowin's family

Trigger: Approaching Edowin's location.

Length: Edowin's siblings leave after returning to camp or fast travel.

Dark Urge's kill

Trigger: Crossing the bridge or stream towards the Blighted Village.

Length: Long resting leads to Alifira's demise or, if Alfira is already dead or knocked-out, it leads to Quil's death.

Owlbear Cave

Trigger:

If Andrick and Brynna are convinced to hunt the owlbear, they wait for the party outside the cave mouth. If ignored, they eventually enter the cave by themselves and start fighting the owlbear.

Interacting with the Owlbear in the Owlbear Nest.

Length: The owlbear dies after one long rest.

Aradin and his gang

Trigger: Approaching Aradin near the entrance to the Blighted Village if he decides to leave the Emerald Grove.

Length: Aradin and his band of adventurers leave after one long rest or fast travel.

Dying illithid

Trigger: Starting Act One

Length:

Entering the Emerald Grove, the illithid will already be dead and the party only find the body.

Entering the Shattered Sanctum, the goblins steal the illithid's corpse for Dror Ragzlin to commune with.

Dolly Thrice

Trigger: Acquiring Kar'niss' Moonlantern.

Length: Dolly Thrice dies if the party does not free her before entering Act Three.

Saving Geraldus from doppelgangers

Trigger: Entering Wyrm's Crossing

Length: Geraldus is killed and the basement is empty if the Lower City is entered before entering the basement

Time sensitive Quests

See also: Time-Sensitive Quests

Companion Quests

In Case of Death...

Trigger: Gale dies for the first time, while his orb is still not stabilised.

Length: Gale is not resurrected for three long rests.

The Githyanki Warrior

Trigger: Approaching the githyanki patrol with Lae'zel in the party, following the cutscene.

Length:

Lae'zel dies after fast travelling or long resting if Kith'rak Voss is not spoken to.

Travelling to the Rosymorn Monastery Trail before or after the trigger causes the patrol to disappear.

Our Fiery Friend

Trigger: Start of quest.

Length: Karlach leaves the party if Anders and the Paladins of Tyr are not killed for Hunt the Devil and the party travel to the Rosymorn Monastery Trail or Shadow-Cursed Lands.

Act One

Explore the Ruins

Trigger:

Approaching the Chapel Entrance north of the Overgrown Ruins at X: 287 Y: 332, either falling through the cracked stone or using the door.

A hatch on a nearby cliff at X: 317 Y: 363

Lockpicking the Ancient Door at X: 284 Y: 305 northeast of the Overgrown Ruins waypoint with a DC 20 Sleight of Hand check, then use the heavy oak doors to enter the crypt.

Length: Withers disappears from the tomb after entering the courtyard of the goblin camp.

Find the Missing Shipment

Trigger: Approaching the cave on the Risen Road.

Length: One long rest causes Rugan and Olly to be killed by the gnolls.

Investigate the Beach

Trigger: Approaching the beach north of the Inner Sanctum.

Length: Completing a long rest causes Mirkon to die.

Notes: Mirkon dies if not rescued before Defeat the Goblins is completed, even if Investigate the Beach was never triggered.

Raid the Grove

Trigger: Talking with Sazza and Minthara (Save the Goblin Sazza) or informing Minthara of the Emerald Grove's location.

Length: The goblin leaders disappear after one long rest.

Rescue the Gnome

Trigger: Approaching windmill in the Blighted Village.

Length: After entering Grymforge, the Rosymorn Monastery Trail or travelling to the Shadow-Cursed Lands, Barcus Wroot dies and his corpse can be found in the Blighted Village.

Rescue the Grand Duke

Trigger: Approaching Waukeen's Rest.

Length: Long resting or fast travelling or entering the Rosymorn Monastery Trail after approaching Waukeen's Rest, causes the trapped survivors to die.

Rescue the Trapped Man

Trigger: Approaching Waukeen's Rest.

Length: One long rest or fast travel.

Rescue the Druid Halsin

Trigger: Learning about Halsin being last seen in the Goblin Camp.

Length: Entering the Rosymorn Monastery Trail or the Shadow-Cursed Lands causes Halsin to die in his cell. If freeing him but not celebrating or long resting before passing a trigger point, Halsin's quest can still be completed. See Rescue the Druid Halsin.

Save Arabella

Trigger: Approaching the Inner Sanctum of the Emerald Grove.

Length: Completing Defeat the Goblins or Raid the Grove.

Save the Goblin Sazza

Trigger: Start of quest.

Length:

Completing Defeat the Goblins or Raid the Emerald Grove causes Sazza to die.

Entering the Rosymorn Monastery Trail or the Shadow-Cursed Lands before finishing the quests causes this quest to complete with the following journal entry: "We didn't free Sazza. Who knows what happened to her?"

Save the Refugees

Trigger: Start of quest.

Length: Entering the Rosymorn Monastery Trail or the Shadow-Cursed Lands.

If leaving without completing Investigate Kagha, the Rite of Thorns is completed, blocking all outsiders from the Emerald Grove.

If leaving after completing Investigate Kagha, but before finishing Defeat the Goblins, the grove will still be accessible, but the tieflings will be gone. The journal entry says: "We left without helping the tieflings. They'll likely die on the road."

Entering the Rosymorn Monastery Trail or the Shadow-Cursed Lands after completing Defeat the Goblins but before taking a long rest to trigger the party that night will produce the same effect.

Notes: The completion of the Rite of Thorns is not tied to long rests.

Cure the Poisoned Gnome

Trigger: Approaching Thulla at Ebonlake Grotto.

Length: Thulla becomes a myconid husk after three long rests.

Free True Soul Nere

Trigger: Interacting with the rubble in Grymforge.

Length: Fast traveling or long resting more than once causes Nere to die.

Save the Grymforge Gnomes

Trigger: Interacting with the rubble in Grymforge.

Length: Fast traveling or long resting more than once causes the gnomes to disappear.

Deliver Nere's Head

Trigger: Freeing True Soul Nere from the rubble.

Length: Fast traveling or long resting once causes Nere to disappear.

Act Two

Find Rolan in the Shadows

Trigger: After beginning Resolve the Abduction, approaching Rolan's location in the Ruined Battlefield.

Length: If the location is approached, combat between Rolan and the shadows will begin immediately, and he will be slain if the party does not intervene in time.

Lift the Shadow Curse

Trigger: After Wake up Art Cullagh is completed and Halsin opens the portal to the Shadowfell to rescue Thaniel.

Length: Portal must be protected for four combat turns.

Meeting Florrick

Trigger: Arriving at Last Light Inn.

Length: After one long rest, Florrick leaves Last Light Inn, leaving behind a letter.

Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse

Obtaining the Moonlantern

Trigger: After Resolve the Abduction, approaching the Harpers near the entrance of the Last Light Inn (if Follow the Convoy was not completed)

Length:

Rescue the Tieflings

Trigger: Start of quest.

Length: Entering the Shadowfell as part of Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic.

Rescue Wulbren

Trigger: Start of quest.

Length: Entering the Shadowfell as part of Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic.

Point of no return

All maps prior to the Shadow-Cursed Lands become inaccessible after entering the Shadowfell as part of Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic.

Act Three

Free Counsellor Florrick

Trigger: Reading the Execution Notices posted around the Lower City or speaking to Duke Ravengard and getting him to reveal the execution during Gortash's coronation.

Length: Counsellor Florrick is executed after the fifth long rest.

Help the Devilish Ox

Trigger: Meeting the Strange Ox in Rivington.

Length: Entering the Lower City.

The High Harper

Meeting the Harpers

Length: If entering the Lower City without having met with Jaheira's contact at Danthelon's Dancing Axe, she receives a messenger rat at camp. Talking to her reveals that the hideout was overrun by doppelgangers, though she still asks for help finding Minsc.

Investigate the Murders

Cora Highberry's death

Trigger: Either the party enters the Murder Tribunal, OR the party has read the Bloodstained Parchment and has approached the proximity of the Wine Festival in the Lower City.

Length: One long rest.

Figaro Pennygood's death

Trigger: Starting Impress the Murder Tribunal.

Length: If the party enters the Murder Tribunal by providing a hand of a murder victim, Dolor automatically completes his killing quest by murdering Figaro.^{[Needs Verification]}

Save the Gondians

Trigger: Start of quest.

Length: After arriving at the Iron Throne, 5 turns of combat (8 for Explorer difficulty) or completing Avenge the Ironhands without visiting the Iron Throne.

Rescue the Grand Duke

Trigger: The party attends Gortash's coronation without attacking him and spoke to Mizora during a long rest.

Length: After arriving at the Iron Throne, 5 turns of combat (8 for Explorer difficulty) or completing Avenge the Ironhands without visiting the Iron Throne.

Notes: If Wyll agrees to sell his soul to Zariel for all eternity, Mizora resurrects Duke Ravengard regardless of whether he dies.

Retrieve Omeluum

Trigger: Start of quest.

Length: After arriving at the Iron Throne, 5 turns of combat (8 for Explorer difficulty) or completing Avenge the Ironhands without visiting the Iron Throne.

Stop the Presses

Trigger: Speaking to Ettvard Needle after initiating the quest.

Length: The party's reputation is tarnished after one long rest unless the news is altered.

Notes: If the party defeats Gortash without talking to Ettvard, the news of Gortash's death supersedes the article about the heroes and their reputation is not tarnished.

Notes

• Although Rescue Orin's Victim appears to be time-sensitive, it is not. The party can take an unlimited number of long rests without Orin killing her kidnapping victim. The companion's life is only at risk once Orin is spoken to in the Temple of Bhaal.
• The vampire ambush of Astarion is not time-sensitive or related to meeting the vampires at Fraygo's Flophouse - it occurs as a random long rest event after entering the Lower City.