Zhentarim Basem*nt - Baldur's Gate 3 - EIP Gaming (2024)

Act 1

A Nautiloid In Hell

The Emerald Grove

Overgrown Ruins Chapel

Sunlit Wetlands / Putrid Bog

The Whispering Depths

Risen Road

Zhentarim Basem*nt

Goblin Camp

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Shattered Sanctum

The Underdark

Grymforge

Act 2

Mountain Pass

Rosymorn Monastery

Crèche Y’llek

Shadow-Cursed Lands

Last Light Inn

Reithwin Town

Gauntlet of Shar

Moonrise Towers

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Zhentarim Basem*nt Maps and Points of Interest | Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)｜Game8

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In this Walkthrough, we will explore the hidden Zhentarim base hidden beneath Waukeen’s Rest, where a group of mercenaries, who are in the region in order to transport a mysterious chest to someone in Baldur’s Gate, reside. This guide will help you resolve encounters, find loot, and explore the area.

Map

Points of Interest

1 – Secret Door / Wardrobe

In the corner of the basem*nt, you will find a wardrobe that isn’t as it seems. By interacting with it, you will be able to reveal a secret door, leading to the complete Zhentarim hideout. In most cases, you’ll already have the key from Salazon, just upstairs, but if you do not you will be able to lockpick the door with a DC-15 Sleight of Hand check.

2 – Checkpoint

You will be stopped here, if seen, by Zarys, who will accost you and demand to know what you are doing in her hideout. If you rescued Rugan and Olly as part of the “Find the Missing Shipment Quest” (#7 in the Risen Road) and didn’t open the chest, they will be present to vouch for you to let you through. Otherwise, if they either perished, you haven’t met them, or you opened the chest, you will need to talk your way through with a DC-15 Persuasion or Intimidation check.

After being admitted entry (If you are), you will want to speak with Zarys (#5).

3 – Trapped Hallway

If you have not been permitted to enter the Zhentarim base itself, the 3 traps — which take the form of false granite stones — will be active. A successful passive Perception check is required to notice the traps, and it requires a DC-10 Sleight of Hand check and a Disarm Kit to deactivate.

4 – Brem and Oskar Fevras

Once you’ve entered the hideout itself, you will come across Brem and Oskar Fevras. Brem is a shopkeeper, but he is also the owner of a “pet artist”, Oskar Fevras. Speaking to him about this will begin the quest “Free the Artist”, which you can do by speaking to Brem and convincing him to let the artist go with a DC-20 Intimidation or Persuassion check (though Githyanki can perform a DC-15 Intimidation check at advantage). Otherwise, you can also purchase Oskar off of him for 1000 Gold, which can be haggled down with a successful DC-20 Intimidation or Persuasion check.

5 – Zarys

On overwatch of the entrance hallway is Zarys. Depending on your interactions with Rugan and Olly, they will also be present. If you rescued them from the Gnolls in the Risen Road (#7) and left them with the shipment, they will be in one piece, and Zarys will reward you with some gold and the unique crossbow Harold. Giving her the box directly (due to Rugan and Olly dying) will have the same effect, so long as it is unopened, though in that case you will be tasked with bringing it to Baldur’s Gate.

If Rugan and Olly were rescued, but you unlocked the shipment (either in secret or otherwise), you will come across Olly dead and Rugan being tortured, and you will need to be careful what you say — revealing that it was you that opened the chest will turn the Zhentarim hostile against you.

6 – Trapped Bridge

To get to the back portion of the Zhentarim Basem*nt, where all the most valuable loot is, the most obvious path will take you over a bridge with Proximity Explosives, which require a DC-15 Sleight of Hand check and a Disarm Kit to disarm. These will be deactivated if you entered the basem*nt friendly to the Zhentarim.

7 – Guards and Wolves

There are two locked cages at the rear of the Zhentarim Basem*nt filled with valuable loot, but they are locked and guarded by Karad, Jarg, and 4 wolves. Jarg has the key to both of the cells (#9 and #10), which she can only be relieved of by looting her corpse or pickpocketing her, both of which causing hostility with the Zhentarim. As well as the key, if you cast Speak with Animals, you can speak to the wolves, who will reveal that there is something off about the False Wall (#8).

If you end up in combat with Jarg and the wolves, you should make sure to take note of the highly flammable oil lying on the ground below a wooden platform to the south of the area, which can be exploded for great effect.

8 – False Wall

Near the back of the Basem*nt is an illusory wall, hiding an elevator down to a Zhentarim storeroom in the Underdark. You can reveal this with a passive Investigation check, via one of the wolves telling you about it using Speak with Animals, or simply by walking into the wall yourself.

9 – Trapped Chests

In a locked cell (requiring a DC-15 Sleight of Hand check with Thieves’ Tools or the Zhentarim Key on Jarg (#7), you will find two chests. These are both trapped, requiring a passive Perception check to notice the traps and a DC-10 Sleight of Hand check with a Disarm Kit to safely unlock.

10 – Ornate Chest

In a securely locked cell, there is an Ornate Chest and some other assorted loot. This room can be accessed with a DC-20 Sleight of Hand check, the Zhentarim Key on Jarg (#7), or via a burrow hole found to the left of the other locked room with the trapped chests (#9). The chest contains the Abyss Beckoners, a great set of gloves that gives resistance to all damage types except Psychic.

? – Dirt Mound

There is one Dirt Mound found in the Zhentarim Basem*nt. It can be located by your party if any of them get a successful Survival check, allowing you to use a shovel to dig it up to receive some very valuable mundane loot.

Exits and Waypoints

A – Waukeen’s Rest

The main entrance to the Zhentarim Basem*nt is this hatch, and it leads back to a cellar outside of Waukeen’s Rest in the Risen Road.

B – Elevator to Underdark

Behind an illusory wall is an Elevator down to the Underdark. In order to use it, you will either need the Zhentarim Key off of Jarg (#7), or will need to succeed on unlocking the winch with a DC-10 Sleight of Hand check with Thieves’ Tools. Taking this elevator will lead to the Zhentarim storeroom in the Underdark.

W – Waypoint

There is 1 Waypoint in the Zhentarim Basem*nt: The Zhentarim Hideout Waypoint.

Where To Go Next

After you are done with the Risen Road, you can go to the following places:

• The Underdark: Take the elevator at the rear of the Basem*nt to explore the eerie and mystical land under the land.
• Risen Road: Head back up where you came from in Waukeen’s Rest and continue exploring the Risen Road and rest of the overworld.